The Times Herald from Port Huron, Michigan • Page 7

THE TIMES HERALD PORT HURON. MICH. Fridoy Mor. 14, 1986 7A From the Associated Press and Gannett News Service gfflhf Nation PfllMML, ll.niuyii.y.n.i,, Weather Blue Water Area forecast Clouds will continue to hover over the Blue Water Area this weekend. It will be cloudy with patchy dense fog tonight.

The low will be about 36. Clouds will linger on Saturday with a chance of rain. The high will be about the low near 28. It will be partly cloudy on Sunday and Monday. There is a possibility of rain for Tuesday.

Local statistics fir- Yesterday's high 41 Yesterday's low 34 Year ago high 45 Year ago low 31 Record high 44 (1957) Record low 10 (1950) Rainfall (inches) 0.28 Rainfall to date 1.42 Rainfall last year 0.10 Snowfall (inches) none Group embrace Members of the Great Peace March join in a group embrace at their encampment near Barstow, on Thursday. The marchers, who have settled temporarily near Barstow as they work out finances, have spent their time singing, dancing and praying for the march to continue. Snowfall to date 28.24 Snowfall last year none Sunset 4:34 p.m. Sunrise 4:42 a.m. Saturday Air pollution index 10 (A reading of 32 or less is considered acceptable; a reading of 100 or more is considered serious.) Great Lakes forecast Lake Huron winds will be southwest at 10 to 15 knots tonight with patchy dense fog.

Waves will be 1 to 3 feet. Lake St. Clair winds will be southwest to west at 5 to 15 knots tonight with dense fog. The lake is mostly ice covered. Lake Superior will have northeast winds 10 to 20 knots tonight with some snow or rain.

Waves will be 2 to 5 feet. 5 Politician commits suicide NEW YORK Donald Manes, who survived a suicide attempt then resigned as Queens borough president when he was linked to the city's largest corruption scandal in 15 years, ended his life with a knife wound to the heart. Manes, 52, died Thursday night, little more than an hour after an ambulance was called to his home, where he was found lying on the kitchen floor with a stab wound to the chest, police said. Manes, who resigned as borough president on Feb. 11, had returned with his wife from his sister's home and had just called his psychiatrist when his daughter saw him reach into a kitchen drawer, police said.

He stabbed himself with a 12-inch knife. Manes, who had been active in Queens politics since 1965, attempted to kill himself on Jan. 10. Shortly after, the deputy director of the city's Parking Violations Bureau and a longtime friend of Manes, admitted taking a bribe, allegedly on instructions from Manes. The official later pleaded guilty to racketeering and mail fraud charges.

AIDS drug ready for testing NEW YORK A new anti-viral drug, the first to produce improvements in the symptoms of AIDS patients, is ready for large-scale, nationwide testing. The drug, azidothymidine or AZT, boosted the immune systems of 15 of 19 AIDS patients, reduced fevers in some of them and improved appetite and weight gain, researchers reported today in The Lancet, a British medical journal. The results are encouraging enough to have prompted the drug's maker, Burroughs Wellcome Co. of Research Triangle Park, N.C., to invest in a nationwide study of about 200 AIDS patients at 10 or 12 university medical centers, said Dr. David Barry of Burroughs Wellcome.

The drug appears to be relatively non-toxic, causing only mild headaches and stomach discomfort in some patients and some disruption of the ability of the bone marrow to produce blood cells, the researchers said. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome leaves its victims open to a variety of infections by impairing their immune systems. Michigan forecast AP Lower Peninsula: Mostly cloudy with patchy dense fog in the south tonight. Cloudy in the north with a chance of rain, changing to snow later tonight. Lows will be from the upper 20s to upper 30s.

It will be cloudy Saturday with a chance of rain in the south and snow in the north with highs from the upper 30s to upper 40s. Upper Peninsula: Cloudy tonight with a chance of snow in the west. Rain in the east will change to snow by midnight. Lows will be in the 20s. It will be cloudy Saturday with a chance of snow east and flurries west.

Highs will be in the 30s. State temperatures Houghton Lake 34 33 fog Jackson 54 41 fog Lansing 44 38 cdy Marquette 31 29 fog Muskegon 40 34 cdy TWA resumes schedule NEW YORK Trans World Airlines, in the seventh day of a flight attendants' strike, has announced plans to use 1,750 newly hired attendants and other employees this week in resuming flights to all 86 cities it serves. TWA will fly 431 of its 581 scheduled flights on Saturday, including trips to Barcelona, Spain, and Copenhagen, Denmark, the company said Thursday. The carrier said the flights will serve all 63 U.S. cities and 23 overseas destinations on its regular schedule for the first time since 5,700 members of the International Federation of Flight Attendants went on strike March 7.

On Wednesday, three hours of talks between TWA and the striking union, held with the National Mediation Board in Philadelphia ended with no progress. No new negotiations are scheduled. FAA wants to fine Eastern WASHINGTON The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking a record fine of $9.5 million from Eastern Airlines for alleged maintenance violations, according to agency officials and a published report. After a two-month inspection, the FAA alleged the Miami-based air carrier had committed 78,000 individual rules violations and is seeking the $9.5 million fine, the New York Times reported today. The newspaper added that the airline said 60 percent of the charges were inaccurate.

John Layden, an agency spokesman, confirmed that the FAA sent Eastern a letter last Friday seeking "a substantial civil penalty." But citing agency policy, he declined to reveal the amount. THURSDAY HI LO Otlk Alpena 33 33 fog Detroit 49 37 fog Escanaba 34 32 rn Flint 44 40 fog Grand Rapids 39 35 fog Houghton 34 31 fog Pellston 35 32 rn Saginaw 35 33 fog Sault St. Marie 34 32 rn fog Traverse City 39 34 The Forecast 4i H30 2CT- 20 Kv Michigan FRONTS: Warm ww Cold-Occluded Stationary Showers Rain Flurries Snow 'Whiz Kid' leaving Ford DETROIT Arjay Miller, a 1950s "Whiz Kid" who helped revitalize Ford Motor is retiring as a Ford director. Miller, Ford president from 1963 until 1968, has turned 70, the company's mandatory retirement age for directors. Retiring with him will be Franklin Murphy, 70, a director and chairman of the executive committee of Times Mirror Co.

Former Transporation Secretary Drew Lewis will be nominated to the board at the annual meeting in May, Ford said Thursday. Miller, along with former Ford President Robert S. McNamara, was among 10 young Air Force officers, known as the "Whiz Kids," who brought new management and analytical skills to Ford in the critical period after World War II when the automaker needed revitalization. Bush can woo delegates WASHINGTON A federal election commissioner said his colleagues turned "a blind eye to the realities" of George Bush's presidential aspirations by allowing a Bush group to engage in Michigan precinct politicking. The Federal Election Commission, in a 4-2 vote Thursday, said the vice president's political action committee, the Fund for America's Future, can continue efforts to influence Michigan's August precinct delegate contests.

The fund was formed to help GOP candidates in the 1986 elections. The contests are the state's first step toward selecting delegates to the 1988 GOP presidential nominating convention. Refund ruling may be sought LANSING The dispute over whether Michigan violated the 1978 Headlee tax limitation amendment by collecting too much tax revenue last year may be decided by the state Supreme Court. Attorney General Frank Kelley said Thursday that Gov. James Blanchard will send questions to the high court next week in an attempt to learn if the state owes its taxpayers refunds.

Kelley said that the high court will be asked to consider a lawsuit filed by Republican gubernatorial hopeful William Lucas, who argues the state owes taxpayers more than $200 million, and certain specific questions about the Headlee Amendment. Senate delays liability vote LANSING The Senate's Republican leadership said they will be ready to debate and vote next week on their latest plan to rewrite the state's liability laws. Senators had planned to debate the eight-bill package Thursday, but that bid was derailed by a mini-filibuster by Democrats balked at the way the GOP tried to position its proposals for a final vote. Normally, there is a one-day wait between the time a committee approves a bill and the time it appears on the Senate's calendar. But the latest liability overhaul package moved from committee to floor debate overnight.

The new plan links pain and suffering awards to awards for economic losses, such as salary and medical expenses. Civil contempt limits OK'd LANSING Jail sentences for civil contempt charges would be limited to 90 days under legislation supporters say will end lengthy lockups for people who practice civil disobedience. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Michael Ben-nane, D-Detroit, was approved 13-2 Thursday by the state House Judiciary Committee. It was applauded by activists, who say it would end excessive jail terms imposed on nonviolent protesters jailed for civil disobedience.

Under current law, a person charged with civil contempt can be jailed indefinitely, while someone charged with criminal contempt faces up to 30 days in jail. Three split Lotto jackpot LANSING Three tickets matched the six numbers drawn in the latest Michigan Lotto and will share a jackpot of nearly $6.6 million. The three ticketholders matched the six numbers drawn Wednesday 7, 8, 12, 14, 21 and 26 and will receive initial payments of $110,388 each and annual installments of $109,700 through 2005, the lottery bureau said Thursday. Another 421 tickets matched five of the numbers drawn, worth $1,243 each in second-prize money, while 16,256 tickets matched four numbers, worth $39 each to the ticketholders. National Weather Service NOAA, U.S.

Department of Commerce. The forecast is for cold weather Saturday from the Midwest through the Plains states. There will be rain in the Pacific Northwest, New England and New York. Showers are expected in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Nation's forecast Today's forecast called for showers and thunderstorms from Alabama and Georgia through the upper Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic Coast states; showers and thunderstorms scattered across the lower Mississippi Valley and Florida; rain across much of New York and New England; a mixture of rain, sleet and snow over northern Maine; snow scattered over the upper Mississippi Valley and northern Michigan; rain across the northern Pacific Coast; and showers of rain or snow across the Rockies.

Highs will be in the 30s to 40s from the northern Plains through the upper Great Lakes and across New England; 40s across the northern and central Rockies; and 70s to 80s from southeastern Texas through the southern Atlantic Coast. U.S. temperatures People THURSDAY MiamiBeach 77 75 .14 cdy Hi. Otlk NewOrleans 74 54 .01 rn Albuquerque 52 37 cdy NewYork 40 39 .50 cdy Anchorage 42 29 clr OklahomaCity 52 34 cdy Boston 38 34 .53 cdy Phoenix 44 51 .11 cdy Brownsville 85 42 cdy Portland, Me. 33 32 .43 rn Buffalo 50 39 .13 rn Portland, Or.

52 40 .13 rn Chicago 54 34 cdy StLouis 43 35 cdy Cleveland 40 47 .18 cdy StPeteTampa 84 72 rn Dallas-FtWorth 45 47 .09 cdy Tucson 44 47 08 cdy Denver 51 24 cdy Washington 49 47 .22 rn Duluth 33 30 .22 cdy National Temperature Extremes El Paso 59 44 cdy High Thursday afternoon 91 de-Flagstaff 44 27 .09 sn grees at McAllen, Texas, and Honolulu 83 72 .02 cdy Ocala, Fla. LasVegas 42 45 .08 cdy Low Friday morning 12 degrees at LosAngeles 40 44 .42 rn Winter Park, Colo. A World Truant nabbed Biology teacher Douglas Wynn and three students return Bambi, a 12-foot-long python, to her cage at Westerville (Ohio) High School on Thursday. The snake escaped from her cage and played hooky for four days in the school's suspended ceiling. Car thief missed big haul Whoever stole a car and dumped it 20 miles away from Rancho Cucamonga, wasn't too bright, police say there was $100,000 worth of jewelry left in the trunk.

"We're talking about the stupid thief of the year," San Bernardino County sheriff's Detective Robert Terrell said Thursday. Terrell and Detective Bruce McPhail learned Wednesday that police in Riverside had recovered the car, which had been stolen Sunday with keys to the trunk left in a purse under the front seat. "(There was) a lot of finger-crossing before we opened the trunk," Terrell said. Pearls, gold bangle bracelets, necklaces of turquoise, gold and diamonds and century-old gold coins were among the items the 48-year-old owner, a Rancho Cucamonga woman, had collected over the years. Author makes a change Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sydney Schanberg, best known for his book which was the basis for the film "The Killing Fields," will join Newsday as a columnist and an associate editor, the newspaper announced Thursday.

Schanberg's twice-weekly column on New York City affairs will appear in the New York and Long Island editions of the paper starting in April. Schanberg, who won a Pulitzer in 1976 for international reporting for his coverage of Cambodia for The New York Times, wrote a column in the Times, "New York" for four years. The Times discontinued it at the end of July. His experience in Cambodia formed the subject for his book, "The Death and Life of Dith Pran," which was the basis of the Academy Award-winning film, "The Killing Fields." AP Captive believed dead DAMASCUS, Syria A mediator indicated that two days of secret talks in Beirut led him to believe a Frenchmen held captive there has died, and a British television network said today it received film of three other hostages. Visnews, the British television network, said that a statement accompanying the black-and-white video tape of the three hostages warned France that time was running out to accept the captors' demands and free the hostages.

Space flight on target MOSCOW The Soyuz T-15 spacecraft carrying two veteran cosmonauts to a Saturday docking with the Soviet's newest space station is functioning smoothly, Soviet news media reported today. Radio Moscow, in a brief report during its hourly English-language broadcast, said cosmonauts Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovev are feeling fine and performing tasks to prepare for the linkup. The time of Saturday's rendezvous had not yet been Palme suspect held STOCKHOLM, Sweden Police announced their first arrest in the murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme, and a neo-Nazi group claimed responsibility for the socialist leader's assassination in a letter made public by a news agency Friday. The group, calling itself the European National Socialist Union, sent a letter to the Swedish news agency TT that said, "We are behind the killing of Palme. German traitor Willy Brandt will be next." Brandt, 72, a close friend of Palme, is a Social Democrat and a former West German chancellor.

The agency, quoting a source in the Swedish security police, said neither Swedish authorities nor West German police had any information on the group. At least two other claims of responsibility have been made in Palme's killing on behalf of West German leftist terrorist groups. Palme, 59, was fatally shot the night of Feb. 28, while walking home on a well-lighted Stockholm street with his wife, Lisbet. Pruder proud of his potholes Be happy that Jerry Pruder doesn't work on roads you drive because his job is to keep potholes big enough to provide for maximum car vibration, noise and general punishment.

As overseer of 45 miles of road at the Chrysler Proving Grounds in Chelsea, Pruder maintains potholes and dips big enough to see what the test vehicles can take. Engineers say they prefer to use the track for testing, even though some Michigan roads could serve the same purpose. "A good chuckhole or a bad surface on a public road is not much good to us because within a day or two it is repaired and we have lost a benchmark for testing," said B.J. Ludwig, Chrysler chief engineer of vehicle Garbage bag? Throw it out Martha Estrada thought a garbage bag would be a perfect hiding place for the $11,094 she was carrying until a friend's 3-year-old daughter tossed the bag out the car window. Estrada, who planned to use the cash to buy a dump truck for her father's landscaping business in Dallas, noticed the bag was missing about six hours after running an errand with her friend and the 3-year-old.

The money had been found and turned in last week by Francisco Morales, 18, and Jose Maraz, 39, and police thought at first it might belong to drug dealers. But Estrada and her father claimed the money Wednesday, persuading authorities it belonged to them by describing the denomination of the bills and how they were wrapped..