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THE TIMES-PRESS. STREATOR, Hi. Iriday. February 9, 1990 Tyson firmly denies Racketeering trial for fed. judge opens SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) The trial of the first federal judge in the United States ever iatrist psych hiring newspaper.

Davis's acting career failed to take off and she turned to i charged with racketeering got under way Thursday, and defense lawyers accused an FBI agent of building a false case against their first with "Home Front," an unflattering parallel of her family, and then "Deadfall," thriller about Nicaraugaa policy and neither pleased her parents. HOWARD AND THE TOWER: Director Ron Howard and his wife, Charyl are asking lots of TELEPHOTO OHIO SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES examine the body of Amy Mihaljevic found by a jogger along a rural county road Thursday morning. The 12-year-old had been missing since last October. dispatcher Richard Cowgill received a frantic call from a Spanish-speaking woman about 10:45 a.m., Danjou said. Through a translator patched in from Northern California, Cowgill learned that a child the woman was caring for bad stopped oreathing and turned blue.

Cowgill dispatched paramedics to the scene, then in a three-way phone conversation with the translator, instructed the unidentified woman how to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Jockey pleads guilty to shocking horse JOLIET, 111. (UPI) A 39-year-old jockey pleaded guilty Thursday to charges he used an electronic shock device on the horse he rode to victory at Balmoral Park in 1988. Geary Louviere, of New Iberia, had an unblemished "record in his 23 years as a jockey until Dec. 13, 1988, when he was caught removing an object from his pants immediately after the race in which he rode "Chief in Charge" to a first-place win.

Steve Bajovich, the head of Balmoral's security, said he became suspicious when the odds on "Chief in Charge" dropped from 50-1 to 7-1 by post time. The horse had never been a contender in any of his other 1988 races, Bajovich said. ACTUM LIKE A CHAMP: Boxer Mike Tyson was in a surly mood for his Tokyo news conference to promote Sunday's fight against Jams "Bastor" Douglas. The heavyweight champ, who showed up 36-minutes late and in jeans and a T-shirt, bristled when a reporter asked if he had really hired a psychiatrist to help him prepare for the fight. "Psychiatrist?" Tyson snapped.

"I'm afraid you're wrong." The reporter assured him that she meant nothing derogatory and pointed out that plenty of athletes use therapy. "No, I just fight," Tyson said to start a sentence that he finished with a four-letter word. Sources in the Tyson camp later confirmed he does indeed have a psychological consultant in his entourage but is sensitive about it ever since his ex-wife, Robin ttvoas, said he was emotionally unstable. Promoter Don King confirmed recent talks about Tyson taking on wrestler Hulk Hogaa but played down the matter, saying it won't happen unless big money is involved. questions about the microwave tower that officials want to build near their home in Greenwich, to improve emergency of his dislike of the liberal judge's rulings.

In opening statements in the trial of U.S. District Judge Robert Aguilar, defense lawyer Patrick Hallinan said FBI agent Thomas Carlon was the -architect" behind the case and was an outspoken opponent of liberal judges. "ill' instruction helps babysitter save child CULVER CITY, Calif. (UPI) A "911" dispatcher helped a frantic babysitter save the life of an 8 month-old girl on the brink of death, authorities said. Marissa Barbour was listed in good condition at UCLA Medical Center late Thursday, police Lt.

Joe Danjou said. The incident began when ruse, calling the home and telling Amy he was a co-worker of her mother's and wanted Amy's help in picking out a present to celebrate the mother's promotion. The sheriff said her body was spotted about 7:30 a.m. in a field in the northwest corner of the county, about 45 miles southwest of Cleveland. The identity was established in Cleveland by Cuyahoga County Coroner Elizabeth Balraj from dental records and fingerprints.

Ashland County Coroner William Emery said in a statement Amy's death was a homicide, but declined to answer any questions. Body of missing girl discovered by jogger ASHLAND, Ohio (UPI) -A jogger on an early morning run in a farm field Thursday discovered the body of a 12-year-old girl kidnapped from a shopping center in October. Ashland County Sheriff Kenneth Etzwiler said the body was identified as that of Amy Mihaljevic, whose disappearance last fall sparked nationwide interest. Amy was abducted from the Bay Square Shopping Center Oct. 27, apparently by a man who lured her to the center.

The FBI said the kidnapper used a Howard communications. Howard, a television actor before going on to directing hits like "Parenthood" and "Cocoon," is not opposed to the tower but wants to be sure it's safe and not too obtrusive, says their lawyer, Stophaa Sagrao. "The Howards fully understand that the need to improve radio communications for the police and fire department is a priority," Sugrue said. "They do not have a "not in-my-backyard' attitude. They just want to ensure that as minimum a tower as possible is put up.

Presuming the safety issues can be put aside, then-concern is the aesthetics because this would be a pretty large tower." The proposed site of the tower is 260 feet from the Howards' property. GLIMPSES: Olympic sprint champion Floraitca firlffith Joyaar will be experiencing a different Tyson King Rescue teams were not immediately able to go to the site of the blast because of the intense heat emanating from a carbide oven that exploded twice shortly before 9:00 a.m., police said. The two explosions that shook' the Buna carbide factory near Halle, in the south of the country, left at least three people dead and 19 injured, some of them seriously, police told ADN. mal expert at Japan's Fisheries Agency told United Press International. In 1988, the year Japan agreed to a ban on commercial whaling, Japanese fishermen more than doubled the catch of Dall's porpoises, said the official said.

The porpoises are sold for meat and eaten in the same way as whale meat, cooked or raw. The Dall's porpoise catch numbered about 15,000 annually before 1988 but jumped to 39,000 in 1988, the official said. Japan switches from whales to porpoises TOKYO (UPI) Japan, which has reduced its killing of whales in response to international pressure, has more than doubled its consumption of a species of porpoise, a government official said Friday. "The ban on the hunting of whales has raised the demand for porpoise meat and the catch has increased," a marine mam Plant explosion claims at 3 lives WEST BERLIN (UPI) A huge explosion rocked an East German chemical plant Friday, killing at least three people and injuring 19 others, the East German news agency ADN said. "There was a terrible bang: Suddenly everything around us was black and the air was virtually burning," a worker at the plant told ADN.

kind of speed April 21. She'll be behind the wheel for the pro-celebrity Grand Prix of Long Beach, along with "La Bamba" star CAPITOL OAKS: Tko Oak Ridge Boys a different kind of audience Wednesday the members of the Tennessee General Assembly. The lawmakers gave the Oak Ridgers a standing ovation and passed a resolution that congratulated them for promoting "wholesome family values." The group recently volunteered to help the state promote its adopt-a-highway program, under which businesses and organizations pick up Utter along designated stretches of state highways. DIVORCE IN THE WORKS: Pattl Davis, Roaald aad Naacy Reagan'a estranged daughter, is now estranged from her husband, according to the New York Daily News. Davis, 37, has been living apart from yoga instructor Paal Orllloy, who she married Aug.

14, 1984, for about a month, the News said. "They are divorcing," a friend of Davis's told the Phillips, former Miami Dolnnin ITEMS USED for today's Glimpses were taken from the Unionville Dispatch, the monthly newsletter of the Streatorland Historical Society Inc.) and bakery goods. It was located at 102 E. Main St. 1908 It was August, when Constable Masters climbed up on a platform on a corner of Main Street and arrested Dr.

Fred Blankner for pulling two teeth from a young boy while about 100 people looked one. 1919 "Gus" Webber, the clover young wrestler of the local YM- CA, pinned Ros Josepson, the "Terrible Persian," to the mat thus winning the International Gymnasium Championship tournament held in Chicago Feb. 14. It was the 135 pound class. 1928 A contest was held to select the 100 most beautiful spots in the State of Illinois.

Any entry was sent from Streator by C.A. Foldenauer, local photographer. The scene chosen came out a winner. away to stand, and warned them severely to "strickly avoid shouting." 1882 S.W. Williams started a paper mill west of Strong along the Vermillion River.

The product was old style brown paper, made from rye and oat straw purchased from area farmers. 1900 F.A. Orsinger had a place in Streator selling ice, ice cream Joynar Larry Caoaka, retired baseball star Rod Carow and Orog Evlgan of "My Two Dads" Frank Sinatra and Don Rleklos will play a Sept. 2 fund-raiser to benefit the new Italian Community Genter in Milwaukee Tennis ace Steffi Oraf of West Germany tore ligaments in her right hand while skiing in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and will be off the tour until April.

1881 Wires were strung in May and the first phones, 70 in all, were installed in June. People were told how to hold and crank the new contraptions and how far former Secretary of State Dean Rusk in 1909 (age 81); exotic dancer Gypsy Rose Lee in 1914; Irish playwright Brendan Behan in 1923; television journalist Roger Mudd in 1928 (age 62) singer Carole King in 1942 (48) and actress Mia Farrow in 1945 (age 45). majority, the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams the sixth president of the United States. In 1950, Sen. Joseph McCarthy, charged that the State Department was infested with communists.

In 1971, an earthquake shook Los Angeles and killed 64 people. In 1984, Soviet President Yuri Andropov, in power only 15 Today is Friday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 1990 with 325 to follow. The moon is full. The morning stars are Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn.

The evening star is Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. 1 They include William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States, in 1773; actor Ronald Coleman in 1891 Committee considers 'potty parity' bill ANNAPOLIS, Md. (UPI) -State senators have begun considering a bill that would pro-, vide "potty parity" for women using public restrooms in The bill, introduced by state Sen. Barbara Hoffman, D-Baltimore, would require all public restrooms to have the same number of toilets for women as the number of toilets and urinals in the men's room.

Beehive bomber may soon 'bee' behind bars PRINCETON, 111. (UPI) A man who bombed a bar with beehives may soon be put behind bars. Charles Lucas, 41, who hurled the manmade beehives through the window of Neuf's Tavern in Seatonville last June was convicted Wednesday months, died at the age of 69. In 1987, former Reagan administration national security adviser Robert McFarlane was hospitalized for an overdose of Valium, just hours before he was to testify to a presidential commision about the Iran Contra scandal. A thought for the day: Irish playwright Brendan Behan wrote, "I respect kindness in human beings first of all, and kindness to animals." On this date in history: In 1825, after no presidential candidate won the necessary Pep City Hi Lo.

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Northern Illinois: Fair and colder Friday night. Low in the lower 20s. Northwest winds diminishing. Saturday increasing cloudiness and colder. High in the lower or middle 30s.

Central Illinois: Friday night fair and colder. Low in the mid die 20s. Northwest winds diminishing. Saturday increasing cloudiness and colder. High in the middle or upper 30s.

Southern Illinois: Friday night fair and colder. Low around 30. Northwest winds diminishing. Saturday partly sunny and cooler. High in the middle or upper 40s.

Extended forecast: Sunday through Tuesday: Sunday mostly cloudy and a chance of rain or snow north. Monday fair. Tuesday mostly cloudy. 43 23 68 57 67 64 1.61 58 46 71 44 45 25 82 63 57 36 58 46 .04 58 46 .02 41 33 48 46 .11 53 36 61 46 70 46 .07 31 23 83 69 63 45 57 50 83 71 .11 43 42 .13 35 29 83 67 60 46 58 34 Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans ts New York pc Oklahoma City pc Omaha sy Orlando pc Philadelphia sh Phoenix Pittsburgh ts Portland: Me. Portland Ore.

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42 degrees Thursday High 60 degrees Low Last Night. 38 degrees Courtesy of Northern Illinois Water Corpor City HI La Pep Chicago O'Hare 61 37 none Marseilles 61 35 none Moline 63 25 none Peoria 63 34 none Quincy 69 36 none Rockford 58 30 none Springfield 63 36 none Sunset today 8:23 p.m. Sunrise Friday 6:57 a.m. Oapt ml loncMti prtpm UW ay vwwi .01 .05 Fab. 1 IT 18-24.

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