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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1983
Page
5
In Bangkok suburbs a three story Kong phet Asia doll factory collapsed trapping more than 150 workers inside. Police report 12 killed and over 100 injured as monsoon floods hover nearby and officials probe a recently added third floor for cause.
Mexico City AP report says the National Action Party warns of possible violence as thousands march Sunday to allege fraud in the November 6 elections. The party claims wins in three Sinaloa mayoral races while the state election commission says the Institutional Revolutionary Party swept all mayoral and state legislative races. A party spokesman cautions that unrecognized victories could spark violence.
Severe thunderstorms lash the southern Plains while snow piles in Colorado mountains and eastern plains. Thick fog blankets the eastern Dakotas as showers spread through the Ohio Valley and eastern Great Lakes. Pacific Northwest rain nears, while the South enjoys fair skies.
A chance of showers Monday with fair skies Tuesday and Wednesday. Highs will be in the 50s Monday and in the mid 40s to mid 50s Tuesday and Wednesday. Overnight lows range from the upper 30s to mid 40s Monday, then in the 30s Tuesday and Wednesday.
South to southwest winds reach 15 to 25 knots tonight and 20 to 30 knots Sunday with a chance of showers today and rain and possibly a thunderstorm tonight and Sunday. Average waves run 4 to 6 feet tonight.
Nation rain and snow targets the Northwest with some snow mixed with flurries in the western Great Lakes. Showers spread across the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys and into the Northeast. Ten showers with possible thunderstorms west tonight, heavy rain at times in the Northwest, and lows in the upper 40s to mid-50s. Sunday showers with likely thunderstorms east, highs 55 to 60 in the West and mostly 60s to the east.
Ohio corrections chief Richard P. Seiter says only the most dangerous or high-risk offenders should be jailed as part of a broader effort to reduce crowding. A pilot probation program in Lucas County will expand to Franklin, Hamilton, Summit and Cuyahoga counties, with the Monday Program in Dayton expanding to Mahoning, Fairfield and Licking counties, offering intensive supervision, counseling and training for lower-risk inmates.
Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash says he will ignore the U N Security Council declaration that the secession of Turkish occupied northern Cyprus is legally invalid. He signals openness to negotiating a two state federation while the council deplored the proclamation and urged withdrawal.
Sudanese army command said troops liberated seven Frenchmen and two Pakistanis captured by guerrillas in southern Sudan. The release followed another raid that freed two British Chevron workers abducted near Bentiu, with one man suffering severe foot injuries from forced marches.
In Rangoon Burma AP reports two North Korean army commanders will be tried within two weeks for the Oct. 9 bombing at the Martyrs Mausoleum that killed 21 people including four South Korean ministers. They face murder and illegal weapons charges with potential death and ten year terms.
U.S. Ambassador cites lack of confidence in stability after opposition leader Benigno Aquino's assassination. He notes regrets over delays in investigating the August 21 incident but welcomes a new investigative panel formed of individuals with reputations for achievement and integrity.
Nationwide Friday saw scattered clashes as non striking drivers faced eggs and small arrests. Boston saw 10 arrests with egg throwing as buses departed terminals while San Francisco pressed to halt Greyhound service for safety. In Phoenix Amalgamated Transit Union leaders expect rank and file to reject an amended wage cut contract, with talks tracing to a walkout triggered by a 9.5 to 30 percent cut claim. Greyhound drivers earned about 27000 dollars annually under the expired contract.
Alabama Governor George Wallace told the Advisory Committee on Humanitarian Affairs in Montgomery that suffering could affect their minds, recounting years of hardship since 1972 and noting a five person staff to handle rising aid calls from the disadvantaged and handicapped. Rosie Ruiz, once the Boston Marathon winner, was arrested in Miami on cocaine trafficking charges after an undercover deal. Faron Young was arrested for driving while intoxicated in Austin, with a court appearance set for December 8.
Washington AP witnesses say Rita Lavelle used her EPA managed 1.6 billion cleanup fund to aid Republican candidates in 1982. Prosecutors called seven current and former EPA employees as evidence shows she directed staff to work on a Seymour Indiana site and Missouri dioxin contamination to bolster reelection bids of Senators Richard Lugar and John Danforth.
Five companies building the Great Plains coal gasification project warn they may abandon the $2 billion plant near Beulah North Dakota if the Synthetic Fuels Corp does not approve price guarantees. The 90 percent complete plant plans 20000 barrels of synthetic natural gas daily by late 1984.
A 4.0 magnitude earthquake shook the Pocatello Valley near Portage Utah at 8 50 p m Friday with no damage or injuries reported. University of Utah seismographics official Walter Arabasaz said the tremor was felt 60 miles north of Ogden and 60 miles south of Pocatello.
The Reagan administration calls Moscow's arms control proposal a ploy to sustain the Soviet Union’s large European medium range missile monopoly. Reported by West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and US officials, Moscow is said to drop its demand to include 162 French and British missiles. In exchange Washington would cancel plans to deploy Pershing and GBI missiles while the Soviets reduce their European warheads.
The FBI accuses Morton H. Franklin, 56, of Chagrin Falls of plotting to murder undercover agent John Bell. Franklin offered to pay and provide weapons to an assassin. Bell had been involved in a case that led to Franklin facing federal drug trafficking charges.
The Ohio Lottery reported The Number winning 589 and Pick 4 3321. Friday earnings reached 782 74450 on sales 1 243 83550. Parimutuel Pick 4 Friday sales 163 559 with 45 percent payout 73606. Pennsylvania Daily Lottery 3 2 8 was drawn.
In Columbus, Dr Edward F Jackson Jr asked Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Frederick T Williams to declare him indigent. The judge said he would decide after hearing evidence.
Williams said the hearing was ordered due to Jackson’s internist background before his Sept. 5, 1982 arrest and Akron trial. Jackson testified he earned $55,000 yearly in the past and now only $6 a month in idle pay as a state prison inmate.
Gov. Richard Celeste plans to view the controversial nuclear war film The Day After at a Democratic governors meeting since he won t be home Sunday night to watch the ABC telecast.
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