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W3 PAQEMmCTvuvn- 4 Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Monday, April 25, 1994 mm iiiliPilpiBpiiB Monday, April 25 Around the world HcwWUm teinil tor vr oonJX id torym Ttmparaturat Indicate Sunday's high and ovtmlgrit low to 8 p.m. EDT. ill Lo Pre Otlk Albuqurqu 7S 49 clr Anchorgt 68 38 cdy AtlmU 81 62 Cdy Bltlmor 82 48 ckr BolM 87 47 .19 cdy Burllngton.Vt- 73 48 .01 73 44 78 43 cdy CIvlnJ 79 40 cdy Columbut.Ohlo. 79 39 cdy Con cord, N.H 79 42 Drrvr 78 51 cdy pressed fears about nuclear war. In 1983, the Pioneer 10 epececraft crossed Pluto's orbit, speeding on Ite endless voyage through the Milky Way.

Ten yeara ago: David Anthony Kan-nedy, the 28-year-old eon of the late San. Robert F. Kennedy, wee found dead In hotel room In Palm Beech, Fla. Five yeere ago: Japaneee Prime Minister Noboru Takeahlta announced hie resignation In order to take responsibility for his Involvement In Japan's "Recruit" stock scandal. One yaar ago: Hundreds of thousands Today will be a continuation of Sunday's weather, but with more clouds than sun and a chance of showers In the north.

Northeast Pa. Today wfll bring variable cloudiness to eastern Pennsylvania with highs In the lower 70s and west winds around 10 mph. Tonight will continue the variable cloudiness with lows In the lower 50s. Tuesday wll be partly sunny with highs In the lower 70s. Fair and warm Wednesday with variable cloudiness on Thursday and a chance of showers and thunderstorms on Friday.

Early morning lows mainly In the 50s. Daytime highs will be near 80 on Wednesday, In the 70s on Thursday and In the 60s on Friday. 82 60 Duluth El pmsburBH I Atlantic 1 -t "7aVJ Ocean clr of gay rights actlvlats and their sup Gnat Fall. -4 .83 67 JU 60 44 .11 67 48 .04 88 72 porters merched In Washington D.C., Haltna. Honolulu.

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On this date: In 1792, "La Marseillaise," composed the night before by Cleude Joeeph Rouget de Dale, was eung for the first time, In Strasbourg, France. In 1859, ground was broken for the Suez Canal. In 1874, radio pioneer Gugllelmo Marconi was born In Bologna, Italy. In 1898, the United Statea formally declared war on Spain. In 1901, Naw York became the first state to rsqulre eutomoblle license plates; the fee was one dollar.

In 1908, broadcaat Journalist Edward R. Murrow waa born In Pole Creak, N.C. In 1915, during World War Allied soldiers Invaded the Galllpoll Peninsula In an unsuccessful ettempt to take the Ottoman Turkish Empire out of the war. In 1945, delegatea from 45 countries met In San Franclaco to organize the United Nations. In 1959, the St.

Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping. In 1983, Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov Invited Samantha Smith to visit his country after receiving letter In which the Manchester, Maine, schoolgirl ex-Next Saturdays "Super 7" pot will be at laa at $22 million since no one matched seven numbers Saturday. Three matched elx numbers to won 414 matched five numbere for 184.50; end 6,964 players hrt four end won $15. Lot 68 63 XI cdy Loulavllla 81 43 The Accu-Weathaf torecaat lor noon, Monday, Apnl 25.

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Thought for Today: "A greet many; people think they are thinking when they" are merely rearranging thalr William Jamas, American philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910). Around the region 60 YEARS AQO Tech. Sgt. Mlchaef Mehalehlck, McAdoo, le In Qermarr prisoner of war camp. Hie parente were told by the War Department Mehalshlck waa an aerial gunner end radio operator aboerd an Army Air Force bomber baaed In England.

He waa Mated ee missing after hie plane failed to return from a mission over Berlin on Jan. 11. The daylight bombing raid haa been called i the greateat aerial battle of the war. cdy clr cdy Sunset p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:10 a.m.

Full Moon today 3:45 p.m. Moonrlse today 8:08 p.m. The planet Jupiter, seen near the moon tonight, Is actually about 411 million miles beyond our satellite tonight. Oklahoma 82 61 JOT cdy Phllaoalphla 78 49 cdy Phoanbc 76 61 cdy Ptttaburgh 78 39 cdy Portland.Ora 81 48 .30 cdy Provtoanca 75 44 cdy Rapid City 72 47 Rno 68 39 83 43 clr 63 47 .02 SaR Laka Clty 66 80 San Antonio 88 68 cdy San Dkago 62 83 23 cdy San 69 60 Santa Fa 74 43 clr Saattla 60 46 J02 cdy Shravtport 81 60 cdy Sioux Falla 88 62 cdy FRONTS: 90 Saturday: DAILY: 6-6-1 BIG FOUR: 4-5-0-6 SUPER 7: 03-09-15-18-24- 39-57-64-69-74 Sunday: DAILY: 5-7-8 BIG FOUR: 7-8-6-5 100 YEARS AQO Nlcholaa Cotter; the miner whoee head waa crushed by falling coal at Mllneevllle on Tuesday; died laat night. He never recovered consciousness.

He waa 40 yaare old. A wife end family survive him. a EZ3 0 cQ 0 EI Calamity of Exercise Tiger shrouded in B-Bay's shadow Reich says there's no inflationary pressure WASHINGTON (AP) Rising interest rates are a natural result of the expanding economy, Labor Secretary Robert Reich said Sunday, stressing he was not concerned that higher rates would choke off the recovery. "There's a lot of demand for capital and that does push up interest rates. Every time the economy grows, that's the case," he explained.

Fear of inflation, he said, was not a primary cause. "Inflation is almost down to nothing right now. You have no push on inflation," Reich said on NBC's Afeer the Press. Since February the Federal Reserve has increased the interest banks charge each other three times in an effort to stave off inflation. Reich insisted the economic situation was excellent, with 2 12 million new jobs created over the past 14 months, inflation down and the budget deficit going down.

'--J V-. FBI By ROBERT DVORCHAK AP National Writer Exercise Tiger began innocuously as a dress rehearsal for D-Day; it ended in cataclysm, with 749 U.S. soldiers and sailors dead in the English Channel. But the next day and for the many days after that no word of the disaster appeared in American newspapers. It had to be hushed up, lest the Germans know the Normandy invasion was imminent.

Fifty years later, the April 28, 1944, catastrophe is still shrouded in D-Day's shadows, much to the anguish of the men who survived it and the families of those who didn't. "People should know the story. These men should be recognized," said Evelyn Brannock of Perry, whose brother, James Oliver Cottrell, was among the dead. "There isn't anything about it in the history books. Nothing.

Zero. It's kind of sad." To mark the 50th anniversary, Brannock is among dozens of BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING High blood pressure is recognized as the major cause of heart disease. However, since it has no symptoms, 17 million people have this health problem and dont know it A simple check can determine if you have high blood pressure. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27th 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sponsored in association with the American Heart Association Americans heading to Slapton Sands, England, for a cemetery service and to drop a wreath in the channel for the bodies never recovered.

But those ceremonies will get little of the spotlight accorded the Normandy beaches this June. Exercise Tiger was the U.S. 4th Infantry Division's final tuneup for D-Day. It involved 3,000 ships and 30,000 men outfitted in full battle dress. The men and ships sailed into the channel to practice a landing at Slapton Sands.

But the drill became a death trap when a pack of nine German torpedo boats operating from France stumbled onto the eight LSTs (landing ship, tanks) of Convoy T-4 shortly after 2 a.m. The German speedboats, traveling at 40 mph, darted around the lumbering LSTs, chugging along at mph. Two LSTs were sunk and a third was damaged in 30 minutes. On LST 507, Navy medical officer Eugene Eckstam heard a deafening explosion and rushed to help trapped men. I got thrown back by the roar of the fire.

I could hear guys screaming and hollering. I can still hear them," said Eckstam of Monroe, Wis. LST 531, hit next, went under in 7 minutes, losing 424 of the 496 men on board. "Bang! There was an explosion. Just a big ball of fire," said John Perry, of Johnstown, Pa.

"The Germans just picked us off. We were sitting ducks. We never knew what hit us." LST 289 was also torpedoed. The final toll 551 soldiers and 198 sailors dead, and 89 participants wounded made Exercise 1101 West 15th Street Hazleton, Ph. 454-9608 WaffseekaJ Pveaarriejtieei Ceertvn 1 00 CLOSE-OUT TuBtic CoTdiaftij Invited I 7 7U MATTRESS SALE ohll model Eugene Eckstam holds a photo of survivors of Exercise Tiger in his Madison, home April 8.

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