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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1984
Page
3
In Lisbon the National Assembly passed a bill legalizing abortion after a 24 hour debate. The proposal from the Socialist Party drew support from the opposition Communist Party, while 132 voted yes and 102 opposed with 15 abstentions or absences in the 250 seat body.
In Jakarta 68 non-aligned nations studied a draft declaration asserting government sovereignty over information. The document, to be issued Monday after a five day conference, proclaims developing countries may regulate news to serve the common good while honoring laws and institutions.
Colder temperatures and light snow moved into the northern Plains and Great Lakes region on Thursday while showers hit the Southeast. North Dakota wind chill neared 30 below zero as northerly gusts reached 30 mph. Houghton Lake saw two inches of fresh snow, Minneapolis and Duluth reported about one inch, and Valdosta Alma and Tallahassee logged rain totals around two-thirds to one-third of an inch.
Nationwide forecast calls for fair skies and warmer weather Saturday across most areas. Flurries are expected in the upper Great Lakes. Tonight will be partly cloudy with lows from 15 to 25. Saturday will be mostly cloudy with a chance of snow in northern counties by afternoon or evening and highs in the 30s.
Akali Dal leader Harchand Singh Longowal announced a day long strike in Punjab on February 8 to press demands for religious and political rights. He said all schools, businesses, shops, and transport would close across the Sikh dominated state, following earlier arrests and violence in Amritsar.
Thousands of civil servants walked off the job to oppose a government ban on unions at the Cheltenham top secret Government Communications Headquarters. Prime Minister Thatcher said the ban is needed to keep essential electronic intelligence flowing to Britain the United States and NATO allies. Trade unions leaders voiced broad support for a half day walkout while denouncing the ban as a step toward outlawing unions in essential services.
Martin E. Sgut, a survivor of the Belgrano sinking during the Falklands war, sues multiple news groups in Manhattan claiming his photographs were used without permission. He says hospital duplication produced copies later licensed to the New York Times Newsweek and AP after Gamma Liaison bought them for 10000 dollars.
Arizona Court of Appeals threw out a Maricopa County Superior Court jury verdict for a bank and urged the bank to bill the losing attorneys for court costs. Judge Bruce Meyerson said the "totally deficient briefs" wasted time and warned there is a limit to judicial leniency.
The forecast calls for a local Fair Sunday with a chance of rain or snow Monday. Temperatures will reach the mid-30s to mid-40s Sunday, and stay in the 30s for Monday and Tuesday. Overnight lows dip into the 20s.
Nearly 1,400 baby chicks died after being left at Kennedy Airport for two days without food or water when a flight was canceled due to fog. About 5,000 chicks were rescued and housed at the ASPCA airport animal center, where they were fed corn meal and given water. The ASPCA labeled the airline cruelty and said further charges could follow after investigation.
The lake will shift from northwest winds around 10 knots tonight to southerly 10 to 20 knots Saturday. Ice coverage remains high with most of the lake frozen.
Port Clinton Municipal Judge Paul Moon sentenced Sandusky man Spencer Blatnik to a year in jail for drunken driving, calling it the stiffest such punishment yet. Blatnik attempted to rush the bench, was removed by police, and faces an additional six months for a related auto offense as the case, treated as violent crime due to prior DWI convictions, may face appeal. Also noted, Harrisburg lottery: winning number 6 4 6.
DERRY NH AP Pinkerton Academy trustees rescind the faculty beard ban policy while keeping Kenneth Johnson dismissed. Johnson, who taught American history, says he will challenge the dismissal and notes the school allows students to grow beards. The policy change takes effect in September.
The Ohio Lottery announced the daily Number drawing 824 and Pick 4 4348, with earnings of 574 050.50 from the daily game on sales of 1 056 476.50 and 482 426 distributed to winners. In Pick 4 sales totaled 160 058.50 with 72 204 to winning tickets.
Congress censured President Hernan Siles Zuazo for reappointing 14 cabinet members against its advice in the first such action in Bolivian history. The censure called his conduct anti constitutional and autocratic, warning it endangers democracy amid 200 percent inflation and falling tin prices that threaten the economy and $3.8 billion foreign debt.
In Stroud England two priests chased a ghost at the 300 year old home of Queen Elizabeth II's cousin. Prince Michael of Kent had prayers and holy water in every room as Rev Tom Curtis-Hayward and Canon Roger Grey conducted a ritual said to mirror exorcism rites.
John Sheffield, known as Boy in the Tarzan films, recalls Johnny Weissmuller as strong and protective. Weissmuller trained him in swimming, saved him on set, and acted as a guiding Hollywood father as Sheffield grew into a veteran actor. The piece also notes Pepsi ad secrecy and Maria von Trapp’s early birthday homage.
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