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Page 8 Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Indiana, Friday, June 10, 1988 TODAY'S WEATHER Faces INDIANA TEMPERATURES Temperatures Today 82 High 72 Recorded 1:48 p.m. Thursday City Evansvllle Fort Wayne Terre Haute Indianapolis Lafayette South Bend HI Lo Prec LOW Recorded 5:37 a.m. today Wind Today .44 Jessica taking on wrestler Direction Wind chill 61 Peak gust 30mph Recorded 6:07 p.m. Thursday Barometer Today 30.19 Falling 0.01 High ....30.20 Recorded 7:39 a.m. today Low 29.92 Recorded 8:55 a.m.

today Rainfall Today 0.00 inches Month 0.42 inches Today's readings taken at 9 a.m. today. Highs and lows recorded since last reading at 9 a.m. yesterday. Zones 1-2-3 Fair and very cool tonight with a low In the middle and upper 40s.

Mostly sunny and warmer Saturday. High In the middle 70s. Zones 4-5-6-7 Fair and very cool tonight with a low in the middle and upper 40s. Mostly sunny and warmer Saturday. High In the middle 70s.

Zones WHO Fair and very cool tonight with a low In the middle and upper 40s. Mostly sunny and warmer Saturday. High in the middle and upper 70s. Zones 11-12-13 Fair and very cool tonight with a low In the middle to upper 40s. Mostly sunny and warmer Saturday.

High In the lower 80s. Zones 14-15 Clear and very cool tonight with a low in middle and upper 40s. Mostly sunny and warmer Saturday. High 80 to 85. INDIANA vid Downham, 9, LongfeUow McClure After readings in the 90s earlier in the week, Indiana's temperatures took a nose dive early today, setting a record at Evansville and a record was tied at Indianapolis.

But the cooler temperatures will not last long. The National Weather Service predicts readings in the 90s by Monday. Evansville's reading of 48 degrees this morning bettered the previous record of SO set in 1913. At Indianapolis, the mercury dipped to 44, which tied the record for the date set in 1913 and 1980. South Bend's reading of 41 degrees was not a record.

Dry Sunday through Tuesday with mostly sunny days and clear nights. Lows in the middle and upper 50s Sunday. Highs In the lower and middle 80s. Warmer Monday and Tuesday. Lows in the lower 80s.

Highs In the lower 90s. 50 70 FRONTS: Warm Static I Occluded Map shows maximum temperatures. 80 Temperatures Indicate previous day's high and overnight low to p.m. EOT. HI Lo Prc Otlk 70 50 cdy 52 86 65 81 53 .78 54 85 67 90 79 89 46 55 51 .04 97 75 80 42 Aloany.N.Y.

Albuquerque Amarlllo Baltimore Billings Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo Burllngton.Vt. Casper Chicago Cincinnati Dayton 83 38 83 52 82 72 .01 63 49 71 51 67 49 .41 clr clr clr cdy clr cdy cdy clr clr cdy cdy clr clr clr clr clr Denver Des Molnes Detroit Duluth El Paso Evantvllle Fairbanks Juneau Kansas City LasVeeas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Lubbock Memphis Miami Beach Midland-Odessa Norfolk.Va. North Platte Oklahoma City Omaha 86 61 74 52 68 40 72 31 101 59 73 57 81 53 57 51 77 97 SB 87 77 56 75 53 95 62 73 71 86 60 1 105 66 78 60 88 62 87 70 77 56 89 .05 .24 Cdy clr .02 clr clr clr .70 clr cdy cdy clr clr clr clr .86 clr clr .18 clr .18 clr 19 clr cir clr clr Portlaivj.Malne St Louis Salt Lake City San Antonio Sin Diego Sin Francisco San St Ste Marie Seattle Shreveport Sioux Falls Spokane Syracuse Tampa-SI Ptrsbg Washlngton.D.C. Wichita 58 43 73 56 87 51 100 73 71 56 67 56 94 77 60 34 84 48 91 70 TS S3 70 41 63 40 87 76 60 54 83 66 clr .02 clr clr clr cdy clr cdy clr cdy clr clr cdy cdy cdy .87 clr clr National Temperature Extremes for Thursday. Low 21 al South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

High at Del Rio, Texaj. Midwest, Northeast shiver; Storms plague South A high-pressure system caused the mercury to plunge in parts of the Northeast and upper Midwest today, while fierce winds ripped off roofs, downed power lines and toppled a 75-foot-tall pine tree in the South. Frost and freeze warnings were posted this morning from southern New York into Pennsylvania's northern mountains. Frost and freeze advisories covered parts of central and northeast Wisconsin and northern Michigan. Meanwhile, thunderstorms drenched parts of the Southeast.

The storms extended from eastern North Carolina through much of South Carolina into the central Gulf Coast region. In Georgia, strong winds ripped a roof off a house and a barn Thursday night In Bullard, while trees and power lines were downed in parts of Macon, Irwinton and Toomesboro. The storm system brought rain to some drought-stricken areas, along with crop-damaging hail. "It was not a lot of rain, but every little bit helps," said Joe M. Peliffier, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service at North Carolina's Raleigh-Durham International Airport.

WEATHER TRIVIA Are men or women struck more often by lightning? LANCASTER, Texas (AP) wasn't enough that toddler Jessica McClure spent 58 hours trapped in a well last October. Now she plans to take on World Class Wrestling star Kevin Von Erich to raise money for a 5-year-old who awaits a heart-lung transplant. Jessica will go into the ring Saturday with fund-raiser organizer Bonnie Arnold on behalf of the youngster, Brennan Bolin. "At the beginning of the event for fun he (Von Erich) will be tumbling around with Jessica," Mrs. Arnold said Thursday.

"We're not going to let him hurt her, or her hurt him either. It's a fun bout." Brennan needs $125,000 for his operation, said Mrs. Arnold. The fund drive so far has raised about $55,000. The Bolins and the McClures are acquaintances, said Mrs.

Arnold. Helmsley fighting decorator over $50,000 advance NEW YORK (AP) Leona Helmsley, already facing federal and state tax evasion charges, is now on the rocks with an interior decorator who allegedly ignored her wishes for outfitting one of her homes. The decorator, Rita Silbert Davis of El Paso, Texas, has refused to return a $50,000 advance on the Paradise Valley, home, court papers filed by Mrs. Helmsley alleged Thursday. Mrs.

Helmsley, the self-proclaimed "queen" of the hotel chain run by her husband, New York real estate magnate Harry Helmsley, has requested that Ms. Davis use Mexican volcanic stone inside the house, among other things. recommendations did not reflect the concept for the house previously agreed upon with Helmsley," the court papers charge. Ms. Davis was fired March 31.

Mrs. Helmsley, one of the world's wealthiest women, seeks the return of her $50,000 with interest. Willis resting comfortably after appendix operation LOS ANGELES (AP)Entertainer Bruce Willis was "at home, resting comfortably" five days after doctors removed his appendix, a spokeswoman said. Willis, 33, was released from an unidentified hospital Wednesday, spokeswoman Cheryl Nakao said Thursday. "Everything is fine.

He's doing great," she said. After about 10 days at home, Willis is expected to go back to work promoting his upcoming movie, "Die Hard." Willis, one of the zany detectives on ABC's "Moonlighting" television series, experienced pain Saturday night and was taken to the hospital, where appendicitis was diagnosed and surgery was performed later that night. Chase says Belushi's drug use strained friendship NEW YORK (AP) Chevy Chase says his relationship with fellow "Saturday Night Live" actor John Belushi was strained because Belushi's drug use had turned him into "kind of a dork." Chase said he was not suprised when Belushi died of a cocaine overdose in March 1982, because 'I knew John could go over the line." "In fact, that was the very reason I hadn't seen much of John in the last two or three Chase said in an interview in the June issue of US magazine. "Frankly, he had become kind of a dork. Spending time with him had become difficult and unpleasant." As for his own addiction to prescription Newman WUlis Chase painkillers for back pain, Chase said he Knew after his second day at the Betty Ford Clinic that he'd never take another pill, mainly to avoid returning there.

"I hated the god-awful lecturing and group therapy and the endless reassessment of your life and what you've done to get you to such a low point," Chase told the magazine. "Well, I didn't feel I was at such a low point in my life. I felt I simply had to get off these Newman says ideas for salad dressing were his BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) Paul Newman says a delicatessen owner who sued the actor seeking stock or profits from Newman's food business had nothing to do with the development of his line of salad dressing. The 63-year-old president and founder of Newman's Own Inc.

testified Thursday that the ideas for the salad dressing, its recipe, label and packaging were his own, and that Westport deli owner Julius Gold had no involvement. Gold alleges that he contributed 30 months of effort to Newman's company and that an attorney for the actor promised him 8 percent of the stock from Newman's Own in return. Newman's Own, whose products include spaghetti sauce, lemonade and popcorn, has donated $15 million to charity since 1982 and helped create a camp for seriously ill children hi northeastern Connecticut, which opened last week. Pop star Tiffany, mom settle their dispute LOS ANGELES (AP) Teen-age pop star Tiffany has agreed to withdraw her petition to be legally recognized as ah adult after reaching a settlement with her mother. Tiffany Darwish, her formal name, and her mother, Janie Williams, reached the agreement Thursday after hours of negotiations at the Los Angeles County Courthouse.

Attorneys for both sides refused to disclose the terms of the settlement, as did the 16-year-old singer, who has scored hits with remakes of '60s era songs such as "I Saw Him Standing There" and "I Think We're Alone Now." Tiffany filed emancipation papers in March after Williams refused to approve a management contract between the singer and George Tobin, her manager. Since Tiffany is a minor, her contracts must be approved by her guardian and a court. Author says Americans must overcome prejudice OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Americans must find the courage to overcome their biases in the face of often-subtle prejudice, author and actress Maya a Angelou says. "Courage is the most important of all the she said at the 50th anniversary banquet Wednesday of the Midlands Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

"It is easy to speak of racism when the food is good and the wine is generous," she said. It is more difficult on the street, but she predicted that Americans eventually will overcome their prejudices. "It will happen or our country will disintegrate," she said. Ms. Angelou portrayed Kunta Kinte's mother in the TV miniseries "Roots," and a television movie was produced from her autobiographical book, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Angelou FISH AND TENDERLOIN FRY Idaville Vol.

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