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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1996
Page
2
The forecast shows strong northeast winds to 30 knots tonight with showers and thunderstorms and waves rising to 5 to 7 feet. Saturday brings winds 15 to 25 knots shifting to north with rain and possible thunderstorm and seas remaining 5 to 7 feet. Temperature around 74.
The Chronicle Telegram lists world temperatures in today’s brief weather section. The note is part of the standard publication and references the regular weather data updates for readers across Lorain County and beyond.
Ramzi Yousef Abdul Hakim Murad and Wali Khan Amin Shah were found guilty on all seven counts related to a plan to blow up 12 U.S. airliners in a two day attack. Yousef faces life in prison plus a later trial for the 1993 Trade Center bombing. Prosecutors said the plot could have killed thousands aboard flights to Los Angeles San Francisco Honolulu and New York.
Fran battered the Carolinas driving evacuations of more than half a million people from the coast and sending thousands to shelters. Buildings, bridges, and a 12 foot storm surge damaged Wilmington and surrounding towns as residents described the pounding wind and rising floodwaters. Several deaths were reported and officials warned of ongoing, severe damage.
Experts note trees like cottonwoods are dropping leaves earlier due to drought. Shorter days and warm days with cool nights drive fall color, while elm trees at Findley State Park suffer Dutch Elm disease worsened by dryness. Water recently planted trees and shrubs, and water trees again late October and early November to aid root growth.
National Weather Service forecaster from Cleveland expects possible rain today as Fran looms near the East Coast. Lorain County Farm Bureau director Joel Hastings says crops need soaking rain after weeks of stress from a wet spring and hot dry summer, with local forecast uncertain for days.
The 1996-97 United Way drive in Lorain County, under the theme Working together, helping our own, seeks to keep all funds locally. Leaders note care for seniors and troubled youth, with donations of goods accepted at Ridge Tool through Thursday. Ford plant workers contributed last year, totaling $192,057 for about 3,620 employees. The 1996 goal is about $3.93 million, a 3 percent rise, and the campaign surpassed last year with $3,883,440, the first time in a decade reaching the target.
The court ruled that each spouse may sue separately for loss of consortium under an uninsured motorist policy, risking higher premiums. The case involved Allstate paying $100,000 to Jeanette Schaefer after a crash by an uninsured driver. her husband David pursued his own consortium claim, now allowed under state law.
Mother Teresa, 86, was released from a Calcutta hospital in a wheelchair after more than two weeks of treatment for lung and heart problems. She was driven to the Missionaries of Charity headquarters and, though frail, expressed determination to return to work saying God will take care of me and that she has a lot of work to do.
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