Barco denies drug lord talks as bombs hit three cities
President Virgilio Barco rejected reports of negotiations with cocaine cartels after 12 bombs exploded in Bogota Pereira and Barranquilla injuring about 30. Police said the cartel-linked campaign began Aug 24 with more than 160 blasts nationwide as Barco met with Group of Eight leaders in Peru and Bolivia.
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Exxon chief says image remains good after spill
Exxon Corp. Chairman Lawrence G. Rawl told a Society of Petroleum Engineers meeting that he doubts serious harm to the company image from the Alaskan spill. He noted about 11 million gallons spilled and that Exxon has spent 880 million of its funds plus 400 million from insurers for cleanup and compensating fishermen and canners.
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East German refugees face river crossings at Polish border
East German refugees flee to West Germany as Polish border guards, under Solidarity governance, intercept and return hundreds. They describe perilous river crossings and the Polish pledge not to send them home, while West German officials report many escape stories and record trains carrying refugees.
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Italian leader begins US visit from Rome to New York
President Francesco Cossiga departs Rome for a week long official visit to the United States with Foreign Minister Gianni De Michelis and a delegation. He will meet President Bush in Washington and spend time with Italo American groups in New York New Jersey and Connecticut. The trip aims to discuss Eastern Europe changes and Israeli Palestinian negotiations.
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Beijing urges stronger push in purge as dissidents linger
Beijing Daily reports a Monday meeting of senior city officials urging stepped up actions in China’s political crackdown. The government warns remnants of the spring pro democracy movement could become a time bomb and calls for ferreting out remaining dissidents branded as counterrevolutionary rebels.
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East German police end protests with dialogue call
East German authorities allowed anti-government demonstrations to end peacefully after leaders and clerics urged dialogue. The shift to hands-off policing contrasted with earlier violent crackdowns and followed large rallies in Leipzig and East Berlin. The same day the Supreme Court agreed to clarify standards for government wiretaps in a terrorism case tied to the 1983 Wells Fargo robbery in West Hartford and a rocket attack on a Puerto Rico FBI office.
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Antarctic preserve urged at treaty meeting
Prime Minister Michel Rocard opened the 15th Antarctic Treaty sessions urging 39 signatories to make Antarctica a natural reserve free from mining and drilling. He backs an extraordinary conference with France and Australia to pursue a global environmental protection framework amid heavy lobbying by Greenpeace WWF and the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition.
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Clear Skies Frost New England As Temperatures Plunge
Frosty overnight across New England and much of the Northeast as high pressure sweeps in from Virginia and southeast Quebec. Readings drop to 26 in Concord New Hampshire 37 in Providence Rhode Island and 40 in Boston with Mount Washington at 12 in fog. Elsewhere frosted mid Atlantic Pennsylvania cool with 30s and 40s as a north cold front and clear skies persist. Midwest sees a weak front bringing clouds scattered rain showers and some thunderstorms overnight.
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Illinois Weather Forecast and Lottery Draw
Illinois extended forecast through Saturday calls for a warm spell with Thursday and Friday sunny and mild. highs reach the 70s to 80s with cool nights in the 40s to 50s and a chance of showers Saturday. Illinois lottery results show Mondays winning number 2-5-6 and Pick Four 1-4-7-8. The Little Lotto numbers were 5-12-21-22-35 with an estimated Lotto grand prize of $12 million for Saturday.
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Commodity quotes and futures snapshot from Merchants Trading
Noon commodity prices including live cattle hogs pork bellies soybeans corn wheat and softs. Futures shown for Oct Dec Feb Mar May Jul and other months with prices in dollars per unit as listed. Market indicators cover metals oils and cotton with gold silver cocoa and sugar also cited.
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