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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1986
Page
34
Rescue workers at a Durban wrecked site retrieved bodies as cranes shifted rubble. Officials reported 39 fatalities with crews continuing searches after a crane pried open the wreckage on a mid day Saturday.
The report highlights a high profile ceremony at a church in Huntington Beach and a Miami talk show broadcast. It mentions guests including Walt Disney World ties, Gregory Peck relatives, and stars like Bob Dylan and Linda Ronstadt. Demolition plans and safety code concerns surface alongside entertainment schedules.
In Baltimore and White Sulphur Springs, 35 of 182 House Republicans were urged to stress broad themes like economic recovery and a balanced budget, avoiding program cuts such as student loans Amtrak and Medicare. Democrats, including R Coelho, urged reframing the party’s image amid electoral realignment talk.
Hundreds gathered in Cadiz Ohio to mark Clark Gable Day with a 7 foot granite and bronze monument and an evening benefit. The celebration honored Gable born in 1901 who rose to fame as Rhett Butler in Gone With The Wind. State officials recognized the day while a commemorative paperweight was issued by the Gable Foundation. Ronald Reagan and Butterfly McQueen sent regrets, and a letter from Reagan was read at the ceremony. State Senator Robert Burch announced the Legislature designated Saturday as Clark Gable Day.
Polls released Saturday indicate most Americans support civilians on shuttle missions and view the Challenger disaster as a price worth paying for space exploration. Separate surveys show 55 percent of 1,003 in a U.S. News poll favor civilian crewed flights, and 73 percent call the deaths a regrettable disaster but a price to pay.
Florida fruit and vegetable crops escaped major ruin after two freezing nights and a late arctic air mass. Jupiter foreman Felix Pellot watched foggy pepper rows near dawn as peppers on a 300 acre Palm Beach County spread largely withstood the chill.
JELLICO Tenn AP an attorney shot himself Saturday the day he was to report to federal prison to begin a twenty year tax fraud sentence. George W Ridenour Jr former lawyer for jailed banker Jake Butcher died in his car on Interstate 75 north of Knoxville.
In Kampala, Uganda, Henry Kasule a 14 year old guerrilla fighter joins hundreds of youths in the National Resistance Army operation. The underage soldiers many orphans wear no uniforms and are deployed in a battle that raises Geneva Convention concerns.
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