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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1988
Page
12
Three thousand residents were evacuated after a PCB depot fire in St Basile le Grand, Montreal area. Fire burned six hours sending a 150 foot plume and prompted tests for water and soil contamination as officials promise a thorough probe.
Tass reported a crude bomb was found in the luggage of a Soviet woman traveling from Kiev to Kuybyshev. Police suspect her husband, a former army colonel, of making and placing the device. the bomb failed to explode.
Chilean military leaders revoke all state of emergency orders for the first time since 1973. The four man junta considers Pinochet as sole presidential candidate for October referendum. Decree takes effect upon official publication, likely today or Friday, and opposition hopes for a fair vote.
Exiled former president Ferdinand Marcos filed a petition with the anti-corruption court seeking the right to defend himself when a former Cabinet minister testifies in November. Markets fell as businessmen warned on government stability after the request became public.
In Marietta, J Robert Caldwell was arrested on attempted murder charges after his 12 year old daughter Sarah Caldwell was found strangled and raped and his 10 year old son was stabbed and near death. Prosecutors await lab results to determine murder charges.
Firefighters battled multiple blazes across the region as hundreds of soldiers fought the lines. A North Fork fire near a campground threatened Yellowstone scenes while a Minuteman II silo area in Montana faced flames within two miles. Oregon Governor Goldschmidt declared an emergency to deploy National Guard for fire response as fires burned in Idaho Washington and California.
Cleveland AP reports no one matched all six Super Lotto numbers on Wednesday as the $6 million jackpot remains unsettled. The Saturday drawing will offer 39 million. Winning numbers were 11 15 26 29 39 41 with 175926 in Kicker and 933 in The Number. Pick 4 yielded 6175. Five numbers earned 1000 each, four numbers 81 each, and one player won 100000 in Kicker. Super Lotto sales reached 4709797 and Kicker sales 694426.
Weather outlook shows showers in the Southwest and thundershowers in northern Florida. Ohio tonight will be mostly clear with lows in the mid 50s to around 60. Friday high temperatures reach the upper 70s to low 80s with fair Saturday and chance of showers Sunday and Monday. Winds vary and seas range from 2 to 5 feet with water temp near 79 at Cleveland.
In Harrisburg the Pennsylvania Daily Number drawing produced 7 7 7 as the winning trio. Big 4 numbers were 3 5 6 7. Pennsylvania Super 7 results listed across multiple figures. In Columbus Gov. Celeste issued an executive order enabling the Summer Game instant lottery tied to Olympic themes to begin immediately, with top prizes up to $100.
A powerful storm swept South California and Arizona bringing heavy rain and lightning. The downpour caused dozens of crashes along Interstate 15 injuring several people and cut power to about 82 000 customers including 70 000 in Los Angeles suburbs.
Eleven convicts cut a hole in a wire mesh fence and fled Lindholme Prison in Doncaster. Police said 10 remained at large with one captured on a nearby farm after inmates rioted and smashed windows during the late Wednesday escape at the northern England facility.
The New Straits Times reports Bakir Alias Yeop used a monkey as bait to trap the companion of the 200-year-old man-eating crocodile Bujang Sudin. The beast weighing 397 pounds and 164 feet long was hauled from a river with help from two men and sold to a crocodile farm.
The rock star Prince announces a four year return to the road with Sept shows at Met Center Bloomington and a sequence of dates across Chicago Cincinnati New York Washington D C Atlanta and Philadelphia through October with added dates possible. Publicist Bob Morris says more shows may be added.
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