Foley chosen as House speaker
Democrats chose Rep. Thomas Foley of Washington to be speaker, succeeding Texan Jim Wright who resigned after an ethics scandal. Foley, a 13 term Democrat, faced a token challenge from Republican Robert Michel as the party held a 259 to 175 majority. Wright will resign by month’s end. Michel urged reform while Foley promised to lead the entire House.
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Solidarity cautious after landslide win in Poland
Solidarity warned Poles to temper celebrations after their landslide parliamentary victory. Advisors warned key powers remain, citing police control and external observers in the Soviet bloc. Unofficial results show 67 Senate seats for Solidarity. other seats awaited.
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Pope John Paul II visits Denmark on Nordic tour
Pope John Paul II arrives in Copenhagen as part of a five country Nordic visit. He meets Prime Minister Poul Schlüter and Queen Margrethe II before celebrating mass for about 13 000 worshippers at the Benedictine Convent of Our Lady. In Cambridge a Smoot plaque honors the MIT origin and 364 4 Smoots length of the Harvard Bridge. In Detroit police report a man's head found in a home fridge after his mutilated body was discovered in a field following a fatal confrontation over drug money.
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Safer inspections urged for seafood nationwide
Consumer advocate Ellen Haas told a House subcommittee that seafood illness risk is higher than beef and urged mandatory federal inspections from ship to store. She estimated a full program would cost 75 to 100 million dollars annually, far less than the 400 million spent on meat and poultry.
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Weather pattern brings rain across seaboard and Gulf Coast
United Press International reports scattered rain and thunderstorms along the Atlantic Seaboard and Gulf Coast with more wet weather forecast. An inch of rain fell in the southern Appalachians as creeks ran bankfull, while Gulf Coast storms produced small hail in Plaquemine Louisiana and 42 mph winds at Tallahassee Florida.
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Illinois forecast and lottery results brief
CHICAGO UPI report notes Dixon temperatures with a high of 76 and a low of 56 as a five day forecast from Thursday to Saturday shows showers possible on Thursday and Friday, fair Saturday, highs in the 80s and nights in the 60s. Illinois lottery daily game winning number 8 4 3 with Pick Four 7 8 1 5 and Little Lotto 2 6 10 15 23. Saturday Lotto grand prize estimated at 11 million dollars.
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Commodity quotes and futures wrap for noon session
ComEd 3734 Tamp 6154 Nicor 235 Wolo 17 percent USF&G 32 percent. Noon commodity quotes from Merchants Trading Company list live cattle futures June 69.12 August 68.20 October 70.80 December 71.32. Live hogs June 48.35 July 47.62 August 45.57 October 42.22. Pork bellies July 31.50 August 31.67 February 48.15 March 47.75. Feeder cattle August 79.02 September 79.35. Soybeans July 7.1242 August 6.88 September 6.5442 November 6.37 January 6.46. Corn July 2.6344 September 2.4434 December 2.39 4 March 2.4742 May 2.5154. Wheat July 3.9212 September 4.00 December 4.13. Soybean meal July 209.30 Soybean oil July 21.44. Cocoa July 11.79 Sugar October 11.23. T bonds June 94.22 oats July 1.65 Gold June 374 Cotton July 64.30 Silver June 5.30 July 5.424%.
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