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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1990
Page
2
Workers remove scaffolding in Hamburg from a propeller of the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth V after a major overhaul that added two propellers a new restaurant and new cabins. The passenger ship plans to sail to Southampton tonight.
In El Salvador the rebel leader boasted of a decisive win as more than two companies of the Bracamonte Battalion fled into Honduras after 40 hours of heavy combat. Officials countered that troops conducted a strategic retreat amid accusations of faltering morale. Over 200 soldiers, including about 30 wounded, sought refuge across the border.
Six people died and nine were injured in a crash on the Stuart Highway in far northern Australia involving a small bus and a multi trailer tractor rig. Several victims were children. The highway was blocked by wreckage and four of the injured remained trapped for about two hours before transport to Katherine Hospital.
A wind whipped ten alarm fire destroyed at least seven apartment buildings within a four block area in Revere Massachusetts. Dozens were left homeless as 50 to 60 residents evacuated. No serious injuries reported though three residents were treated and released from a hospital.
Buddy Ear Justus, 37, was executed at the State Penitentiary after being convicted of raping and shooting Ida Mae Moses in 1978 and linked to two more murders in Georgia and Florida. He smiled at a prison minister moments before death, having offered no final words. Detective notes recount the cross state slayings and the death sentences imposed.
Randall Ayers, freed after eight plus years, receives 365000 from the Ohio Court of Claims for a rape conviction he did not commit. Prosecutors say Robert Minton confessed to the rape, but Minton faces unrelated murder charges and potential death sentence. Ayers was 17 at arrest and spent time in Lebanon Correctional Institution.
The ACLU warns Clermont County officials to remove the annual nativity scene in front of the Batavia courthouse or face legal action. The Jewish Community Relations Council joins in, citing church state separation, while officials note the display sits on village land and a survey shows the right of way is limited.
Tonight a storm system brings rain with possible freezing rain or sleet in the north. Lows 30s north and 40s south. Saturday rain likely with temperatures mid 40s to 50. Sunday mainly fair. Chance of rain Monday and Tuesday with highs in the 40s to 50s and lows 25 to 45. South winds 15 to 25 knots rising to 25 to 35 knots after midnight. Waves 4 to 6 feet building to 6 to 8 feet.
Salvage crewman Gary Shore secures a cable near the falls to retrieve an orange metal drum that drifted downstream and jammed in rocks for nearly a year. The successful operation ends a long nuisance as Shore works from the edge using safety gear and precision maneuvers.
Roseanne Barr performed a free morale event at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms California for about 800 Marines and families. She sang a medley including I am Woman Mandy Amazing Grace and Stand by Your Man amid attendees cheering and jokes about her voice.
Smirnoff joined CARE volunteers in Los Angeles to assemble a aid package for Soviet citizens including tuna fish chicken and soap. He noted despite greater freedoms in the USSR food shortages have worsened and lines have disappeared due to scarcity. Willie Nelson Tax Auction Planned To Pay Debts Dan Nelson's properties in Colorado Washington and Alabama face IRS action as part of 16.7 million back taxes.
The Ohio Lottery will pay out $561,463.50 to winners in Thursday's Pick 3 Numbers game. Sales in Pick 3 Numbers totaled $1,443,788. The Saturday Super Lotto jackpot is $6 million. Daily: 0-1-1 BIG 4, 1-4-8-0.
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