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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1988
Page
12
A 19 year old man was acquitted of attempted murder and assault in the Howard Beach racially charged case. The jury found the prosecution case weak and doubted Cedric Sandiford's identification, prompting tears and cheers in Queens Supreme Court as others awaited verdicts in related rioting charges.
The U S Army Corps of Engineers rejected the plan to divert water from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi amid drought. Senators split along regional lines with southern leaders urging action and northern lawmakers opposing the move as illegal. The proposal sought raising Lake Michigan outflow from 3200 to 16000 cubic feet per second.
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