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A10 Friday, January 8, 2021 The Herald-Palladium DO YOU REMEMBER? TODAY IN HISTORY 1996 25 years ago LECO plans to construct an electronic instrument testing facility, which will result in the creation of ve jobs. The test fa- cility will be constructed on Hill- top Road on the site of the former Gard School, which the company had torn down last year. The site is next to its Carl Schultz Techni- cal Center on Hilltop. 1986 35 years ago Larry Priest of Galien won the National Discussion contest at the American Farm Bureau Fed- eration Convention in Atlanta, according to Michigan Farm Bureau Assistant Director of In- formation and Public Relations Donna Wilber. The prize for win- ning the competition was use of a Duetz-Allis Tractor for one year.

Priest and his wife farm about 200 acres of corn and soybeans, with help from his father, William. 1971 50 years ago What is believed to be the rst four-channel quadrasonic broad- cast in the Midwest will be pre- sented Jan. 17 by WAUS-FM, the new stereo radio station at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, and by Benton WHFB-FM stereo. The quad-cast celebrates the open- ing of the new station Sunday. The two-hour spectacular will include music selections from all across the music spectrum, clas- sic to contemporary.

Quadrasonic sound is the art of broadcasting four discrete channels of program information, not merely two as in stereo. The quad-cast more accurately resembles the original performance. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Today is Friday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2021. There are 357 days left in the year.

Highlight in history: On Jan. 8, 1998, Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was sentenced in New York to life in prison without the possibility of parole. On this date: In 1815, the last major engage- ment of the War of 1812 came to an end as U.S. forces defeated the British in the Battle of New Orle- ans, not having gotten word of the signing of a peace treaty. In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined his Fourteen Points for lasting peace after World War I.

Mississippi became the rst state to ratify the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which established Prohibition. In 1935, rock-and-roll legend Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union address, declared an tional war on poverty in Ameri- In 1968, the Otis Redding sin- gle On) The Dock of the was released on the Volt la- bel almost a month after the sing- death in a plane crash. In 1973, the Paris peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam resumed.

In 1982, American Telephone and Telegraph settled the Justice antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System com- panies. ALMANAC 5-Day Forecast for St. Joseph Today Mostly Cloudy Tonight Partly Cloudy Saturday Partly Cloudy Sunday Mostly Cloudy Monday Mostly Cloudy Tuesday Mostly Cloudy Today we will see mostly cloudy skies with a high temperature of humidity of North northeast wind 9 mph. Expect partly cloudy skies tonight with an overnight low of North northeast wind 3 to 8 mph. The wind chill for tonight could reach Local Outlook Benton Harbor Yesterday Temperature High Low High in 2008 Low in 2014 Precipitation 0 00" to date 0 76" for month 0 38" to date 0 76" Year to date 0 38" Local Almanac Forecast map for Jan.

8, 2021 National Weather Map 8:13 a.m. 5:31 p.m. 3:11 a.m. 1:47 p.m. New First Full Last Sun and Moon 37 Offender Particles Good Moderate Sensitive Unhealthy The higher the number, the greater the need for people with respiratory problems to reduce outside activity.

Air Quality Do tornadoes occur in January? Answer: Yes, the average year sees 47 tornadoes in its first month. Weather Trivia Today, NE wind 8 to 10 kt. Mostly cloudy. Waves around 1 ft. Water temperature 39 degrees.

Tonight, NNE wind 7 to 10 kt. Partly cloudy. Waves around 1 ft. Lake Michigan Upper Peninsula Today, skies will be partly cloudy to mostly cloudy with highs in the 20s and 30s. East southeast wind 6 mph.

Expect mostly cloudy skies Saturday with highs in the 30s. Northwest wind 6 mph. Lower Peninsula Today, skies will be mostly cloudy with highs in the 30s. North northeast wind 9 mph. Expect partly cloudy skies Saturday with highs in the 30s.

North wind 3 to 6 mph. Michigan Forecast Benton Harbor Cheboygan Chicago Detroit Flint Gary Grand Rapids Green Bay Port Huron Lansing Marquette Midland Milwaukee Oshkosh Sault Ste. Marie Toledo Traverse City Regional Map For latest weather updates: www.UpdatedWx.com/HP Road bridge construction over U.S. 31 and bridge improvements over west- bound I-94; and the con- struction of the U.S. 94 interchange.

Next year MDOT will fo- cus on the reconstruction of eastbound I-94; construc- tion of the U.S. 31 seg- ment and the connection at the I-94 business line interchange; Benton Cen- ter Road bridge improve- ments over eastbound I-94; Benton Center Road bridge construction over U.S. 31; and the reconstruction of the I-196 interchange. Weather permitting, Schirripa said the project remains on schedule. saying that with a fair amount of he said.

longer a proj- ect goes, the more chances there are for delays. Keep in mind this is a three-year project. Based on what seeing thus far, this will probably be completed on time and functioning in its final form by the end of A legacy project The project revival comes after several delays span- ning decades that have been frustrating for South- west Michigan residents. Plans were originally crafted in the 1960s to ex- tend U.S. 31 north, from the Indiana portion to I-94.

Construction began in the 1970s and portions of that U.S. 31 section were com- pleted in phases. However, the final ma- jor piece hit a snag in the 1990s after it was deter- mined the highway would threaten the habitat of a rare butterfly. Plans were modified to accommodate the butterfly habitat, but securing funds became the challenge. Later it was de- cided to drop plans to con- nect directly to I-196, and instead link up with I-94 at Exit 33.

In late 2018, MDOT was awarded $20 million in dis- cretionary grant funding to complete the project. Prior to this, the last ma- jor milestone was the 2003 completion of the 9.5- mile section from Berrien Springs to Napier Avenue in Benton Township. Schirripa referred to it as a legacy project for a lot of people at MDOT. seeing hap- pen now has been in the making for 40 he said. have an engineer who will be retiring soon.

When she started on this project, it was her first year (with MDOT). She was one of the original engineers and vowed not to retire until she saw it through to Benton Township Super- visor Cathy Yates said been encouraging to watch the ongoing progress. A large portion of the project is centered in the township. look at it as a gateway between three Yates said. think a wonderful improvement.

For semis, I know go- ing to be a timesaver in connecting to the various a i i TheHP.com, 932-0358, Twitter: BYPASS From page A1 Don Campbell HP staff Heavy equipment is pictured near the new Britain Avenue bridge currently under construction near Benton Center Road and Britain Avenue. says is effective but critics consider inadequate. The Brandon Road project will provide another layer of protection further down- stream. in planning, pleased to nally put these agreements into action, allowing us to move the project to its next steps planning and design and, ultimately, said Colleen Callahan, director of the Illinois Department of Natural Re- sources. Once design is complete, building the system will take six to eight years, Sat- tinger said.

The deal between states that have sometimes quar- reled over how to stop the carp is model of part- nership that we hope to see more of in the future as we work toward a common goal of securing the health and longevity of our greatest natural said Molly Flanagan, chief operating of cer of the Al- liance for the Great Lakes. DEAL From page A1 in Berrien County, accord- ing to the COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard. COVID numbers update Berrien County recorded 98 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, breaking with the average of about 50 new cases a day. In addition, the county recorded 91 recoveries and one additional COVID-19 death on Thursday, bring- ing the death toll to 183. With deaths and recover- ies, the county is at about 1,687 active COVID-19 cases.

up slight- ly from Wednesday, but still down from 2,135 last Thursday. COVID hospitalizations at Spectrum Health Lake- land continue to uctuate in the mid-40s, with 46 pa- tients admitted as of Thurs- day morning. Last Thurs- day, the hospital had about 43 patients admitted. Contact: com, 932-0357, Twi ter VACCINE From page A1 Hurt feelings, anger linger after Pence, Trump clash By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON They were never a natural the straight-laced evangelical and the brash reality TV star. But for more than four years, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence made their marriage of polit- ical convenience work.

Now, in the last days of their administration, each is feeling betrayed by the other. part of the fallout from an extraordinary 24-hour stretch in which Pence openly de ed Trump, Trump unleashed his fury on the vice president, and a mob of violent supporters incensed by rhetoric stormed the Capitol building and tried to halt the peaceful transfer of power. The Trump-Pence relation- ship is raw right said one top GOP congres- sional aide, who described multiple phone calls in which Trump berated Pence and tried to pressure the vice pres- ident to use powers he does not possess to try to overturn the results of the 2020 elec- tion. Pence, for his part, was left feeling and by the episode, accord- ing to people close to him. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters.

decision to public- ly defy Trump was a rst for the notoriously deferential vice president, who has been un inchingly loyal to Trump since joining the GOP tick- et in 2016. Pence has spent his tenure defending the actions, trying to soothe anxious world leaders put off by caustic rhetoric, and carefully avoid- ing the ire. He has taken on some of the most high-pressure projects, in- cluding leading its response to the coronavirus. And he has stood by Trump even as the president leveled baseless allegations of voter fraud and refused to concede the elec- tion after his loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Under normal circumstanc- es, the vote-tallying proce- dure that began on Wednes- day would have been a mere formality.

But after losing court case after court case, and with no further options at hand, Trump and his allies zeroed in on the congressio- nal tally as their last chance to try to challenge the outcome. In a bizarre interpretation of the law, they argued that the vice president had the uni- lateral power to reject Elec- toral College votes support- ing Biden. The Constitution makes clear that only Con- gress has that power. The effort effectively turned Pence into a scapegoat who could be blamed for loss if the vice president re- fused to go along with the plan. Trump and his lawyers spent days engaged in an ag- gressive pressure campaign to force Pence to bend to their will in a series of phone calls and in-person meetings, in- cluding one that stretched for hours on Tuesday.

When Pence, who consulted with his own legal team, con- stitutional scholars and the Senate parliamentarian, in- formed Trump on Wednesday morning that he would not be going along with the effort, the president a in the words of one person briefed on the conversation. Not long after, Trump took the stage in front of thou- sands of his supporters at a the rally, where he urged them to march to the Capitol and continued to fan false hopes that Pence could change the outcome. Mike Pence does the right thing we win the elec- Trump wrongly insist- ed. He repeatedly returned to Pence throughout his speech as he tried to pressure the vice president to fall in line. his own social media ac- counts but who remains commander in chief of the greatest military.

not worried about the next election, wor- ried about getting through the next 14 said Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, one of staunchest allies. He condemned the role in Wednes- riots and said, something else happens, all options would be on the Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi de- clared that president of the United States incit- ed an armed insurrection against She called him very danger- ous person who should not continue in of ce. This is urgent, an emergency of the highest Neither option to remove Trump seemed likely, with little time left in his term to draft the Cabinet mem- bers needed to invoke the amendment or to organize the hearings and trial man- dated for an impeachment. But the fact that the dra- matic options were even the subject of discussion in corridors of power served as a warn- ing to Trump.

Fears of what a desper- ate president could do in his nal days spread in the capital and beyond, including spec- ulation Trump could in- cite more violence, make rash appointments, issue ill-conceived pardons in- cluding for himself and his family or even trigger a destabilizing international incident. The video Thursday which was re- leased upon his return to Twitter after his account was restored was a com- plete reversal from the one he put out just 24 hours earlier in which he said to the violent mob, love you. very His refusal to condemn the violence sparked a restorm of criticism and, in the new video, he at last denounced the demon- and As for his feelings on leaving of ce, he told the nation that as your president has been the honor of my while hinting at a return to the public arena. He told supporters our incredible journey is only just TRUMP From page A1.