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The Herald-Palladium from Benton Harbor, Michigan • 2

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2A The HeraJd-PaRacfium, Benton Hartxx-St Joseph. Michigan, Wednesday. August 10. 1994 NEWS DIGEST 2 S33S in The Accu-Weather forecast for noon, Thursday Aug. 11.

Ngh mpmm ma kr a m. RCdland Daily News damaged by fire MIDLAND, Mich. CAP) A fire broke out in the ceiling of the advertising department of the Midland Daily News on Tuesday morning, forcing the evacuation of newspaper employees and causing about $15,000 damage. An electrical short in a ceiling fixture ignited the wood frame, said Fire Department Battalion Chief David Cole. The fire was discovered at about 8 ajn.

when advertising employees noticed the lights flickering. Employees were evacuated for about 20 minutes because smoke was beginning to spread through the building. No injuries were reported. i 2-year-old skeleton remains a mystery MARINE CITY, Mich. CAP) WEATHER By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN Tonight, rain likely, possibly a thunderstorm.

Lows mid- to upper 50s. Southeast winds 5-10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent Thursday, 50 percent chance of rain early, otherwise mostly cloudy. Highs around 70. LAKE MICHIGAN Tonight, southeast winds 10-20 knots.

Showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2-4 feet Thursday, southeast winds 15-20 knots becoming northeast Showers and thunderstorms. Waves 3-5 feet EXTENDED FORECAST Lower Peninsula Friday, chance of rain, possibly thunderstorms. Lows low 50s north to 60 south. Highs 70s.

Saturday, chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows 50 far north to 60 far south. Highs 70 far north to low 80s far south. Sunday, chance of showers early south. Dry elsewhere.

Lows low 50s far north to low 60s far south. Highs upper 60s north to upper 70s south. WEATHER PICTURE The highest temperature reported Tuesday in Michigan was 70 at Houghton. The low was 42 at Marquette. The normal high temperature for Aug.

10 in Detroit is 82. The low is 61. I The record high for this date in Detroit is 99, set in 1944. The record low is 45, set in 1972. COLO NS4W tTATKHVrr E3 EI EZ3 MOM tOW HOnCM AAM T-tTOmm FUMRF The sun sets today at 8:42 pjn.

EDT and rises Sunday at 6:37 ajn. EDT. I TanpMurM Mam pmom tmt Kg an aw-; if mmf at. Z3 Searchers find missing girl alive PETOSKEY, Mich. CAP) A 12-year-old Pennsylvania girl who disappeared Sunday in a state park has been found unharmed, the Emmet County Sheriffs Department said Tuesday.

i Sara Riegel was rescued early, Tuesday in Wilderness Park, one' of the densest wettest wilderness areas in the Lower Peninsula. Searchers found her deep in the forest standing on a tiny island dump of dry moss. She was in real good shape. We fed her a peanut butter and Jelly sandwich and some juice," rescuer Ken Slack said. Sara was treated and released at an area hospital.

Riegel, of Reading, Pena, at a campsite in the park with her aunt and uncle around 8:30 pjn. Sunday, Emmet County Sheriff Jeffrey Bodzick said Monday. She set out to explore the area and disappeared into the state park west of Mackinaw City. Court halts dumping of shoreline weeds CLAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. CAP) A St Clair County Judge has or-, dered a company clearing decaying weeds off the Lake St Clair shoreline to stop dumping the foul-smelling weeds on Dickinson Island.

Circuit Judge Peter E. Deegan issued a restraining order Monday against Marine Pollution Control, which has a state contract to clean the Macomb County shoreline. "We will study it with our legal counsel and respond appropriately in court," said company spokesman Berl Falbaum. Clay Township officials will seek a permanent ban. School tax increase wins voter approval LAKE Mich.

CAP) -Voters in the Lake Linden-Hubbeli school district have approved a 2-mill property tax increase to pay for repairs and renovations of the elementary school ordered by the state fire marshal. The tax increase passed Monday, 496 to 173. It should generate $72,633 this year, enough for the district to finish installing a fire alarm system and fix other code Jetliner crashes; all aboard survive 1 SEOUL, South Korea (API A Korean Air jet beaded Cor a resort maim umiw oua nyivauuiig phooa skidded off a rain-slicked runway after landing and burst into flames today, but all 160 people on board escaped alive. The Airbus A-300 from Seoul was rocked by gusty winds during the landing on the southern island of Cheju. The pilot tried unsuccessfully to abort the landing -and the jet rammed into a safety barricade at the end of the wet runway and caught fire.

Feminist author escapes Bangladesh DHAKA, Bangladesh CAP) -Taslima Nasrin, the feminist writer with a price on her head from Muslim extremists, has left Bangladesh, a government official said today. "She was free to go anywhere she liked and that's what she did," Home Secretary. Azimuddin Ahmed told The Associated Press. But he refused to confirm a newspaper report that said Ms. Nasrin had left Dhaka early Tuesday on a flight to Europe, probably Norway.

After two months in hiding, Ms. Nasrin emerged Aug. 3 to face a charge of insulting Islam and was granted bafl. No trial date was set, and the judge said she was allowed to visit other countries if she informed the court Opera singers kill zoo animal COPENHAGEN, Denmark CAP) Opera may be -sweet to some people's ears. But to one animal, the strains of Wagner were fatal The Copenhagen Zoo said Tues-.

day that one of its okapis a rare Afriran mammal rwlatari in tha raffe died from stress apparently triggered by opera singers rehearsing 300 yards away in a park. i The 6-year-old okapi, Katanda, collapsed after Royal Theater performers began singing selections: from "Tannhauser" on Friday, zoq spokesman Peter Haase said. "She started hyperventilating. went into shock and collapsed," he said- HIH all uro onnM tint cha died Saturday." Okapi can be severely affected by unusual sounds, he said. Andioiayi A 70 94 cdp MM 71 atf AMnUcCay 71 to My torn fl ct 7 ctfr Ctmot tT 0 a OmmmHC cdy ogo ij-n DmM OS 00 IMRWoiO) tt TO Odr 0 00 04 cdy Mret (2 ft DuUk 40 edf FtagM 1 75 HMn 64 HonaUl 01 77 JnHonH 1 OS 70 it edy KmaC tt Ug i 101 (1 JH vedy E3 OL tHOW ICS BMHT nOLOUOf CLOUD? ft 74 cdr 43 tr oo Mi Mr ao ft cur i 01 71 17 Mr tr at Mr oi 74 Mr wo to Mr ft tt dr f.

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Anti-gay measure nixed by court CINCINNATI CAP) A federal Judge struck down an anti-gay rights measure' Tuesday that had been approved by Cincinnati voters lastfalL VS. District judge S. Arthur Spiegel ruled that the measure is unconstitutionally vague and violates the First Amendment rights of homosexuals to participate in the political process. The City Charter amendment was approved Nov. 2.

Karf Kadon, a deputy city solicitor, said the city will appeal Clean and Treat Decks and Roofs NO Industrial VS. detains Cuban hijackers KEY WEST, Fla. CAP) -Twenty-six Cubans who tried to reach the United States on a stolen Cuban government boat were detained at sea today while the U.S. Coast Guard awaited orders on how to deal with them. 1 i A Cuban'diplomat demanded they be returned to Cuba as common criminals, saying a Cuban navy lieutenant was killed.

But the defectors told the Coast Guard Tuesday night that nobody was killed. floss' fugitive back in custody SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. tAP) An inmate who traided tninty-waxed dental floss into a 20-foot rope to freedom smiled and joked when he was captured five1 weeks later, police said. Police caught Robert Dale Shep-ard on a brushy hillside Tuesday after he allegedly robbed a phar- Detectives are searching for dues to the identity of a skeleton found in an abandoned farmhouse by two teen-agers looking for aluminum cans. St Clair County Sheriffs investigators had suspected the remains might be those of Connie Lynn Royse, 24, of CottrelMle Township, who was reported missing in June 1990.

Dental records ruled out that possibility, Detective Terry G. Baker Tuesday morning. An autopsy showed the woman, who had been shot once in the I 1 Un JnnJ ueau, may uavc uccu ucau im iwu years, Baker said. LOTTERIES 1 Tuesday MICHIGAN Dally Lottery: 4-2-2 Daily-4: 5-4-5-4 Cash-S: 9-10-28-32-34 Keno: 1. 4, 15, 17, 21.

31, 33. 35. 41. 42. 46.

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