The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 8

A8 THE PANTAGRAPH, Sunday, March 22, 1992 E3E Today there will be a chance for snow or rain showers morning, then turning partly cloudy and cool, high near 40. Wind will be north at 15 mph. Mostly clear tonight, low in the upper 20s. Wind turns west 10 mph. Monday will be partly cloudy with a chance for a flurry or sprinkle late.

Continued cool, high in the lower 40s. angor Tuesday will be mostly sunny. Continued cool, high in the lower 40s. Wednesday will be partly cloudy with a chance for a light rain or snow shower. High in the mid-40s.

Thursday will be mostly sunny but cooler again, high near 40. Jt International Falls MINNESOTAN WISCONSIN MICHIGAN Milwaukee 2236 WastLansIng iowa 1937 pi Chicago Des Moines 2537 A 2642 1 Bloomhgton-Normal INDIANA 2641 A Indianapolis ILUNOIS 3045 Columbia 3045 St.Loulsf 3146 Carbondale Loufsvllle 3048 3348 MISSOURI JKENTUCKY Orlando lift RAIN I 11 30 I THUNDERSTORMS 31 50 XX SNOW 51 70 milium ice I I71-90 Copyright 1 M2 OnM WaM SvMot. Inc. 3 The eastern U.S. will have unsettled weather today, as a storm system brings showers and thunderstorms to much of the region.

There also may be several inches of snow in parts of the Northeast. Meanwhile, high pressure will result in sunshine with pleasant but unseasonably cool early spring weather in the central U.S. A new Pacific storm system will bring rain and snow to parts of the West. Highs today will reach 20s and 30s from the north Great Plains to the Northeast, with 40s to 60s in the Pacific Northwest. The southern U.S.

will have mostly 50s to 70s. Tomorrow I State Partly doudy, chance for a late sprinkle or flurry. High in the lower 40s. cdy cdy clr clr cdy clr cdy cdy clr Tuesday Mostly sunny and pleasant, but continued on the cool side. High in the lower 40s.

Wednesday cdy cdy cdy cdy clr cdy cdy clr cdy cdy clr clr cdy cdy cdy sn cdy sn cdy clr cdy cdy Partly cloudy, chance for a sprinkle or flurry. High near 44. Sunsel today 6:10 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:54 a.m. Moonrlse tomorrow 11:49 p.m.

Moonset tomorrow 8:22 a.m. Flagstaff 40 30 .63 Green Bay 23 18 .03 Greensboro, N.C 59 28 Hartford 38 22 Honolulu(3549) 82 69 Houston(3531) 66 55 .05 Indianapolis 44 31 .01 Jackson, Miss. 62 37 Jacksonville(3550) 65 38 Juneau 42 39 Kansas Clty(3532) 51 42 .10 Las Vegas 63 50 .07 Little Rock 66 37 Los Angeles(3533) 63 54 .34 Louisviile 67 36 Memphis 65 36 Miami(3534) 71 55 Milwaukee(3535) 31 27 .20 Mpls-St Paul(3536) 30 23 .17 Mobile 63 42 Nashville(3551) 58 30 New Orlens(3552) 61 48 .05 New York(3537) 42 28 Nortolk.Va. 51 34 Oklahoma City 69 45 Omaha 50 31 Orlando(3553) 71 49 Phlladelphla(3538) 42 29 Phoenlx(3539) 73 61 .06 Pittsburgh(3540) 38 26 .05 Portland(3554) 69 40 Providence 42 27 Raleigh-Durham 59 28 Rapid City 32 24 Reno 64 30 Richmond 50 26 Sacramento 66 47 St Louis(3541) 62 38 .05 Salt Lake City 59 39 San Antonio 67 57 San Dieg0(3542) 65 57 .21 San Fran(3543) 67 56 San Juan.P.R. B6 73 Santa Fe 60 32 St Ste Marie 27 -02 Seattle(3544) 69 42 Sioux City 39 30 .01 Sioux Falls 31 28 Spokane 56 30 Syracuse 29 18 .03 Tallahassee 67 36 Tampa(3545) 70 46 Topeka 58 39 .01 Tucson 72 45 Tulsa 72 46 45 32 Wichita 61 42 Wilmington.Del.

42 27 Worcester.Mass. 37 27 .01 Thursday Saturday HI Lo Pre Chgo.OHr -snow 36 24 0.43 Chgo.dtn -snow 36 26 00 Marseilles -rain 36 23 0.01 Moline rain 51 36 0.27 Peoria -rain 53 35 0.05 Quincy cldy mm 35 trace Rockford snow 31 22 0.49 Sprngfld -rain 53 35 0.01 Nation Saturday HI Lo Pre Otlk Albany.N.Y. 37 19 an Albuquerque 65 35 clr Alientown 36 22 cdy Amanita 74 41 cdy Anchorage(3547) 35 30 .01 sn Asheville 55 33 cdy Atlanta(3522) 63 34 cdy Atlantic City 45 21 cdy Austin 64 54 .04 cdy Baltimore(3523) 43 27 cdy Billings 45 26 clr Birmingham 60 30 cdy Bismarck 31 13 .13 clr Boise 62 26 clr Boston(3524) 35 28 .01 sn Brownsville 77 69 cdy Buf1alo(3548) 30 17 sn Burlington.Vt. 27 16 sn Casper 33 25 .06 clr Charleston, SC. 57 41 rn Charleston.W.Va.

50 30 .01 cdy Charlotte.N.C. 61 34 cdy Cheyenne 32 27 .01 clr Chicago(3525) 36 24 .49 cdy Cmcinnati(3526) 44 26 .07 cdy Cleveland(3527) 35 23 .06 cdy Columbus, Ga. 62 35 cdy Concord, N.H. 39 16 sn Corpus Christ! 73 64 .03 cdy Dallas(3528) 63 51 clr Dayton 43 22 cdy Daytona Beach 65 45 cdy Denver(3529) 37 27 .04 cdy Des Moines 46 36 .11 clr Detroit(3530) 37 19 Cdy Duluth 31 06 cdy El Paso 76 60 Cdy Eugene 67 35 Cdy Evansville 59 31 cdy Fairbanks 32 02 cdy Fargo 37 26 clr I World I Saturday HI Lo Wthr Amsterdam 50 45 cdy Athens 64 39 cdy Auckland 73 59 cdy Bangkok S3 81 clr Barbados 66 73 Clr Barcelona 64 41 clr Beijing 41 28 clr Beirut 59 50 rn Belgrade 64 39 cdy Berlin 55 37 rn Bermuda 75 68 clr Bogota 72 41 rn Brisbane 88 62 clr Brussels 52 48 cdy Budapest 43 32 rn B'Alres 75 64 rn Celro 66 48 clr Calgary 42 24 clr Caracas 86 68 cdy Copenhagen 48 43 cdy Dhahran 70 64 rn Dublin 50 37 clr Frankfurt 60 43 rn Geneva 59 37 cdy Harare 79 63 rn Havana 82 75 clr Helsinki 39 34 rn Hong Kong 75 68 clr Istanbul 45 39 rn Jerusalem 48 39 cdy Jo'burg 77 59 cdy Kiev 39 37 cdy Lima 82 72 clr Lisbon 73 52 clr London 54 45 cdy Madrid 73 41 clr Manila 93 73 clr Mexico City 79 55 cdy Montreal 34 11 cdy Moscow 41 28 clr Nairobi 79 59 cdy Nassau 62 71 clr New Delhi 84 64 cdy Nicosia 59 37 clr Oslo 41 37 cdy Paris 55 54 clr Rome 64 36 clr San Juan 69 71 clr Santiago 79 50 clr Singapore 93 79 clr Stockholm 43 39 cdy Sydney 78 66 cdy Taipei 75 61 cdy Tel Aviv 59 48 cdy Tokyo 50 36 rn Toronto 27 18 clr Vancouver 54 41 clr Vienna 60 45 rn Mostly sunny but a little cooler again, high around 40. Bloomlngton-Normal Hi Lo Yesterday 52 36 Yesterday's record 881907 Today's record 8tV1907 121906 Precipitation March Average for Year Yesterday to date March to date 0.22" 1.88" 3.01" 4.15" Friday Mostly cloudy, chance for a rain or snow shower.

High near 41. cdy cdy cdy rn cdy clr Cdy clr clr clr clr sn cdy cdy clr cSf cdy clr cdy cdy 0(DOQ)0 Last Waning New Waxing First Mar.25 3 4-9 10 Champaign 217-352-6718 DeWitt 815842-4346 Ford 815-698-2112 Iroquois 815698-2112 La Salle 81 5-224-3030 Livingston 815-842-4346 Logan 217-782-5730 Macon 217-352-6718 Marshall 309-673-8245 Mason 217-782-5730 McLean 815-842-4346 Peoria 309-673-8245 Piatt 217-352-6718 Tazewell 309-673-8245 Woodlord 309-673-8245 Weather updates available on CITYLINE lor some U.S. cities. Call 829-9000, then enter the four-digit number tor the city from the list above. lu7 IP L.

SLAYING From A1 suspect was armed. Braswell and Myrick were arguing outside 38 Oak Park Mobile Home Court when a shot was fired, according to police. Braswell was pulled inside the mobile home af- ter the shooting, according to officials. Bloomington rescue workers said there was a large amount of blood on the outside steps of the mobile home when they arrived and that Braswell was on the floor inside the mobile home. Reports indicated that Braswell had been without a pulse for about 15 minutes.

A family member said Braswell and his wife, Maria, were having marital problems and had sepa rated, but were trying to work things out The relative said Braswell and Myrick were apparently arguing over Mrs. Braswell Friday night. "No one knew he had a gun," she added. Neighbors said they heard a single gunshot and then heard people screaming, "He's in the woods, he's in the woods." Oak Park Mobile Home Court is on the old Howard Johnson's service road on Bloomington's southwest side and near a wooded area. Three children, one of whom was Braswell's teen-age son by a previous marriage, were at the residence when the shooting occurred, according to a relative.

The two younger children were apparently asleep during the incident. "i -ifc. Set? SPAR Am. 4 911 From A1 are a little nervous and don't stay on the line for long. But in real emergencies, people calling for help will stay on the line as long as possible because they're waiting for instructions or advice.

And then there are those calls that aren't real emergencies, but dispatchers understand why the caller was concerned. For example, newcomers in the Twin Cities will often dial 911 when they first hear the emergency sirens, which are tested early each month. "A lot of them ask if we're being invaded or something," Ms. Buch-anon says with a laugh. Dispatchers at Bloomington police report the same kind of problem.

Robin Anderson, who has been fielding 911 calls for six years, remembers one lady who wanted the city's animal control unit to trap squirrels all over town and release them in her yard, where there was an abundance of acorns. "She was unhappy there were no squirrels around to eat her nuts," Ms. Anderson explained. Other residents will call to report cars parked the wrong way on a one-way street, a dog loose or a car parked near a crosswalk. One lady called to explain she ate a grape at a local supermarket and feared she had been poisoned as part of an insidious plot that involved the pope.

Neighborhood squabbles also take center stage on the 911 exchange. An adult will call to report some kids keep throwing a ball in his yard. A few minutes later, the kids are on the phone, complaining that someone has just confiscated their ball. "We get so many of them each day," said Ms. Anderson, who added that one of her favorites occurred when two homeless people used 911 while arguing over their turf.

A man called to complain the woman had taken over his bus stop bench. A moment later, the woman called 911 and complained the man had just threatened to push her in front of a bus. Fortunately, the 911 system now isn't tied up by the numerous unnecessary calls. Dispatchers consider the situation more as an inconvenience rather than a threat to the 911 system and public safety. And police expect the number of prank calls to drop dramatically when the enhanced 911 system which automatically indicates where the call is originating is implemented in a few years.

Nevertheless, dispatchers don't hesitate to tell callers to get off the line when they call with bogus complaints, like the guy who was whining about the tax being withheld from his payroll check. "I am short with people calling on 911," explains Ms. Buchanon. "I tell them 911 is for emergency use only. You're using up a 911 line, and someone's life might be in danger or someone's house might be on fire.

I don't worry about making people feel stupid or angry" Bloomington Police Chief Mike Miller said although most calls to 911 aren't real emergencies, most people have good intentions and aren't intentionally abusing the system. Some questions like time and temperature are so simple that it's just easier answering them rather than telling the caller to go elsewhere for the information. "I'm not aware that people are Chicago last Sunday night, Brown-had accused Clinton of funneling. money to the law firm in which his wife, Hillary, is a partner. Clinton angrily denied the accusation, and party leaders later jumped on Brown, claiming that his charges were misleading and not factual.

Yesterday's exchange came as the two candidates shared the stage at the Shea Theater in Buffalo at a Democratic forum with two minor candidates, former Minnesota Sen. Eugene McCarthy and former Irvine, Mayor Larry Agran. Both Brown and Clinton are The PantagraphSTEVE SMEDLEY Police dispatcher Peggy O'Shea worked in the radio room of the Bloomington Police Department. Bloomington police Sgt. Ron Maaks was in the background.

From A1 that sound good and new ideas and new leadership. By his own admission, he was still shaking the money tree in the 1980s when I was out working for real political reform "In 1990, Gov. Brown testified ill California against limits on campaign contributions and his law firm got $178,000 in taxpayer money defeating the California contribution limit," he added. California voters in 1988 passed a limit on California contributions of $1,000. State legislative leaders and other officials opposed the ruling and hired Brown's law firm to challenge it legally, according to Clinton aides.

Brown, then state party chairman, testified against the limits, said Clinton spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers. At their last debate, one in campaigning actively in New York in advance of the April 7 primary and its bonus of 242 delegates, and really abusing it," he said. "If the same person keeps calling, our telecommunicators have ways of identifying them. After determining it's not an emergency, they'll tell them to call back on another line and hang up. They'll be up front with them." That's usually the best way to handle the situation, dispatchers say.

Like the time Ms. Anderson got a call from a man at a local motel who complained he didn't get all he wanted from a prostitute. He demanded that police arrest the woman or force her to return to his room so he could get his money's worth. "I told him he was out of luck," Ms. Anderson said.

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