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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1984
Page
3
Police burst into a Desenzano city hall wedding to arrest 36 year old Mafia suspect Remo Capitano as guests protested. Capitano, charged with robberies kidnapping extortion and illegal arms, was seized on a Turin warrant issued December 6.
A bomb exploded in a small annex near the main French Embassy in Bonn West Germany. Police reported extensive damage but no injuries. The blast occurred around 12 20 a m and shattered windows in nearby homes.
A broad winter system spreads across the northern United States with flood warnings in Texas and New York, freezing rain advisories in Nebraska, and snow in northern Wisconsin and central Minnesota. Accu weather calls for mixed precip, cold highs in the 20s to 50s, and winds shifting from easterly to northwest into Tuesday.
The Queen’s New Year honors add hundreds of recipients led by fire chief Charles’ guard year’s honors for saving York Minster. Thatcher’s recommendations include actor Anthony Quayle, athlete Tessa Sanderson, two Labour leaders, a police chief, opera singer Josephine Barstow, conductor Reginald Goodall, and various politicians scientists and civil servants.
Madhya Pradesh plans a U S lawsuit against Union Carbide Corp seeking compensation for casualties and damage from the December gas leak in Bhopal. About 200000 of Bhopal's 900000 residents were affected and medical officials treated around 60000 for gas effects.
The National Safety Council warns about half of long New Year’s weekend crashes caused by alcohol. It urges abstaining or moderating drinking if driving. Estimates 350 to 450 deaths expected over the four-day period ending Tuesday. At 5 am Monday, 154 deaths were recorded.
Actress Margaux Hemingway, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, is recovering in Innsbruck after breaking her pelvis in a ski accident near Gerlos Tyrol. Hospital staff confirmed a major ski injury and imminent London discharge around January 10 with possible five to six weeks of bedridden recovery. Time magazine names Peter Ueberroth man of the year for Olympic success.
In Louisville William Schroeder spent the weekend in his room watching football with family and showed slow steady progress with the Jarvik-7 artificial heart. Dr William C DeVries said new patients would be screened this week for the next implant as Schroeder enters the next life week.
Columbus report says gas tax revenues could fund renovation of the Ohio Department of Transportation central offices to improve efficiency and support computerization for about 900 workers in the nine story building. Spokeswoman Mary Lynne Cappelletti notes automation has boosted workload without more staff, with potential savings cited. Officials estimate costs possibly reaching seven million dollars, though plans remain under discussion. The tax revenue would fund administrative costs of overseeing the state highway program.
Indianapolis police say Carolyn Yvonne Starks beat her granddaughter Latresha Caldwell to death on December 1 and abandoned four other children who lived with the body for 18 days before placing it in a plastic bag on the porch. Latresha died after being struck with a broom handle the head and body. The four other children cashed welfare checks to survive for a month. The mother, Darl in R Caldwell, 23, is jailed on child neglect charges.
Nicole Cerchio, 11, of Wilmington Delaware, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a December 14 transplant from a British donor. She battled aplastic anemia and multiple complications, never having an identical twin.
The Ohio Lottery reports the daily game number drawn Saturday night in The Number was 561. In the semiweekly Ohio Lotito draw the six winning numbers were 7, 9, 18, 26, 34 and a missing final number due to incomplete report.
A single winning ticket was sold in Cleveland for the Ohio Lottery drawing, matching all six numbers for a $1,526,934 jackpot. After federal taxes are withheld the winner will receive 20 annual installments of $61,479.36. Sales totaled $3,641,250 and the Wednesday drawing is expected to reach about $1 million.
Harrisburg AP reports the Pennsylvania Daily Lottery drawing produced the winning number 0-2-7 on Saturday. The Big 4 Lottery result for Saturday showed the wing numbers 0-B-7-0, with play details not disclosed.
Iraqi warplanes hit two Iranian border villages on Sunday in a serious incident. The official IRNA reported at least 14 dead and 96 wounded. The first raid struck Magasis Ramleh at 11 45 a m, injuring six. The second targeted Bostan at a 30 p m time unclear.
More than 25,000 worshipers filled the outdoor Mass at St. Stanislaw Kostka Church in Warsaw in subfreezing weather. A fellow priest urged Poles to pursue a safe and formal life in their country as four secret police officers face trial for the Oct 1984 abduction and killing. The Torun proceedings recessed with the case to resume, seen as a potential disclosure of the murder’s masterminds.
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