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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1979
Page
4
CHICAGO AF A week before his death Phoenix suburb Mayor William Hawkins aged 57 warned in a note that he faced execution. He was shot on his driveway by an assassin using a high powered rifle on Tuesday Oct 16 and died two days later without speaking. Authorities say threats remain unclear.
A weekend release by a mental hospital patient sparked a deadly sniping at a suburban Brussels field injuring up to a dozen. Oden Renard, 25, fired from Winchester and 22 caliber rifles at spectators, killing two and wounding at least 12 before firefighters and police subdued him. He had been on home leave from an Antwerp psychiatric hospital.
Atlanta based CDC expert Dr James Allen says hospital acquired infections lift annual costs by about 1 billion dollars. He cites a 6 percent patient risk, 15 million infected nationally, and 40 percent from urinary catheter use with 22 to 23 percent from surgical wounds. The five year study of hospital programs may show effectiveness but not all infections are preventable.
California resumes the odd even gasoline allocation with a 100 mile from home exception to aid tourists. Gov Edmund G Brown Jr says the concession helps conservation and avoids panic buying while enforcement remains uncertain and station operators resist the added checks.
Washington Governor Dixy Lee Ray said she will sign an executive order to reopen the commercial low level nuclear waste dump at the Hanford Atomic Reservation. The order requires a disposal use permit and a certificate of compliance for users, following assurances from federal agencies.
Pemiscot County authorities say little hope remains for rescuing three hotel residents trapped after a 70 year old fire collapsed the Chaffin Motor Hotel. Searches of rubble found clothing but no air pockets as dusk halted work. the missing include a 27 year old woman, her 5 year old daughter, and a woman in her 60s.
UPI reports 84 year old Spencer W. Kimball, leader of the Mormon Church, remained in stable condition after a routine brain operation at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. Doctors expected to move him out of intensive care soon but he likely remains hospitalized up to two weeks. he previously had a similar procedure in September.
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