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A-6 Mid-Illinois Newspapers Wednesday 23,1988 Divers say they found piece of parachute VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) -Divers seeking clues to the fate of D.B. Cooper, the legendary hijacker who disappeared 17 years ago, have found a piece of parachute in the Columbia River, a few hundred yards from where $6,000 of Cooper's ransom washed ed bills that washed up on the banks of the Columbia nine years later, no trace of him has ever turned up. Tosaw, a former FBI special agent and finder of missing heirs, believes Cooper landed in the Columbia that night and drowned. nivprs working with Tosaw AP UserPholo up eight years ago.

"I'm not going to get excited, but it's as promising a clue as we've found in all these years," said Richard Tosaw, a lawyer from the Modesto, area who has sponsored the hunt for Cooper and his ransom money. "They found it in a very likely place," he said. "It's just where it. should have been." Cooper parachuted out of a Northwest Air Lines 727 with $200,000 in ransom money on Nov. 24, 1971.

Except for the waterlogg The radar-eluding B-2 bomber is on display for the first time outside its production hanger. Air Force unveils stealth bomber Keith hovers in Gulf, could strike Florida By DENNIS ANDERSON Associated Press Writer rtijiuuu-iiii, Vaiu. lire mi Force is bringing the B-2 stealth bomber, the crown jewel of its super secret "black inventory," out from behind the veil of secrecy hat hnc ehrniiriori it fnr a rifrarle The high-technology flying-wing aircraft, designed to penetrate enemy radar defense and drop nuclear bombs, was being unveiled today by Northrop Corp. at a Hospital Notes By BRIAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer MIAMI Tropical Storm Keith churned over the Gulf of Mexico toward a possible Florida landfall tonight after drenching a stretch from Mexico to the Florida Keys and forcing the evacuation of 2,500 people in Cuba. At 5 a.m., the storm packing 65 mph winds was centered near 24.5 north latitude and 86.5 west longitude, 325 miles southwest ofr vFort Myers antP moving northeast at nearly 15 mph.

It was expected to cross Florida's west coast tonight, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said. Strong high-altitude winds in the northern gulf were expected to tear at the spiraling storm and discourage growth beyond minimal hurricane force of 74 mph winds, said -Martin Nelson of the center in Coral Gables. "Right now it looks like there's not much chance of Keith becoming a hurricane," he said. "It's probably going to be Just a lot by the Air Force. The B-1B, the Air Force's most current operational nuctear bomber, came in around $250 million apiece, before modifications.

Stealth bombers could cost twice that. Critics have questioned the need for such a plane and called it a destabilizing element in arms-control efforts. Gen. Larry D. Welch, Air Force chief of staff, -contends the B-2 will play a vital role in America's defense.

The stealth, so-called because it Trina Butler, Areola Lorena Corra, Mattoon Lucille Craven. Oakland Margaret Evans, Charleston Mary Fuller, Mattoon Angela Green, Greenup Doyle James, Greenup Iva Lackey, Louisville Mary Lynn Lakiris and infant son, Casey Harold Mutrux, Mattoon night at Gateway Liquors, 413 Lincoln Ave. Siberz reportedly loft the store with a bottle of liquor. Roger Edwards, 30, of 712 N. 12th St.

in Mattoon, was charged with agrravated battery Wednesday night (Nov. 16). Police said Edwards walked into the apartment of Patrick Burns with two friends and started to beat on Burns." Kennard D. Proctor, 19, of rural Charleston was issued a ticket for failure to yield at a stop intersection Sunday afternoon. Proctor collided with a vehicle driven by Kenneth L.

Kubycheck, of Mount Prospect, at the intersection of Ninth Street and Lincoln Avenue. rollout ceremony although at a secure distance of 200 feet. "It is simply not comparable to anything ever done before. It is the i first real computer-age aircraft," Northrop spokesman Les Daly said Monday in one of the aerospace company's first public pronouncements about the B-2. Daly referred to an aircraft that has not yet flown and which the General Accounting Office estimates could cost taxpayers up to $68.5 billion if the Pentagon builds the 132 aircraft-fleet sought Irene Reeley, Charleston Ellen Robinson, Toledo Baby boy Ruiz, Areola Clifford Smith, Casey Victoria White and infant son, Neoga Frank Willingham, Charleston Released Monday William Anderson Mattoon Clark Ballinger.

Humboldt failure to report an accident to police early Sunday morningi Witnesses saw Martin pull out of a parking lot at Fourth Street and Lincoln Avenue, slide onto the center median and back across traffic lanes, travelling over the curb and onto the shoulder before he struck a light pole. Sean Christopher Johnson, 22, of 1434 Ninth was charged with criminal trespassing early Friday morning at Hardees, 315 Lincoln Ave, Johnson was told to leave by a police officer and became verbally abusive before he was arrested. John Siberz of South Holland was charged with retail theft Friday Admitted Monday Oleda Elliott, Mattoon Angela Green, Greenup Clayton Hayes, Mattoon Jonna Hulfachor, Paris Mabel Kollman, Windsor James Matheny, Paris LylaMcGuire, Mattoon Donna Noffke, Mattoon William Siren Report Charleston fire The Charleston station of the Lincoln Fire Protection District responded to a smoke scare at 7:15 p.m. Monday at the home of Phil Waggoner, route 5. Firefighters did not "discover any fire when they arrived on the scene.

Charleston police Kevin C. Noland, 20, of Oak Forrest, was charged with unlawful use of a driver's license Friday night at Mother's bar, 506 Monroe Ave. Christopher W. Martin', 19, of Indianapolis, was issued a ticket for Area Deaths Weather Watch found a small parachute, called a pilot chute, on Monday near the Washington side of the river, snagged underwater among some pilings. Such chutes are used to deploy the main canopy of a parachute.

Earl Cossey, the Seattle skydiving instructor who packed the parachute for Cooper in 1971, said Monday night that he would have to examine the pilot chute to determine whether it was Cooper's. ram." If Keith's winds reach more than 74 mph, it would be the sixth hurricane of the six-month Atlantic, season, which ends Nov. 30. Monday's rains didn't do major damage to Yucatan Peninsula 1 resort of Cancun, Mexico, which was among the areas hardest hit in September by Hurricane Gilbert. On Cuba, civil defense authorities reported at least 2,500 people were evacuated from low-lying areas in the island's westernmost province of Pinar del Rio.

While- still a depression, Keith passed south of Jamaica late Friday and early Saturday, pouring i i is i i aimosi incnes oi rain on lungaiuu in 24 hours. It also dumped rain on Honduras before heading north into the gulf. Tropical depressions are upgraded to tropical storms when their sustained winds reach 39 mph. Keith reached tropical storm. status Sunday.

Keith is the season's llth named storm. Since 1980, there have been four November hurricanes. Pit. SHOWERS World temperatures HILoWthr Athens 66 50cdy Bejing 43 30 cl 12 Bermuda 80 73 clr B'Aires 59 53 cdy Cairo 7 73 48 clr Hong Kong 73 '66 clr Jerusalem 64 41 clr London 43 32 clr Madrid 54 32 clr Moscow 21 14 cdy New Delhi 82 53 clr pan. 39 aclr 21 I Stockholm 30 25 cdy National temperatures hi pre ok Anchorage 19 12 31 cdv Atan4 52 43 ,1, 8ings 56 35 cdy Boston 1 47 34 clr Charleston.S.C.

57 51 .16 cdy 47 27 clr Cleveland 41 37 clr Dailas-Ft Worth 59 30 cdy. Denver 58 27 clr onolulu 83 cdy Houston 63 44 clr Indianapolis 46 28 clr KansasCity 53 '29 clr Lasvegas 63 38 cdy Los Angeles 74 53 cdy Miami Beach 81 78 cdy Mpls-St Paul 39 22 cdy New Orleans 67 50 clr New York City 50 35 cdy Orlando 82 70 38 cdy rmiaoeipnia 49 28 Phoenix 74 13 Pittsburgh 47 35 Portland, Maine 46 32 St Louis 46 24 San Diego 73 48 San Francisco 61 55 Seattle 52 44 Tampa-St Plrsbg 76 68 Washington, D.C. 50 35 Cdy clr cdy cdy clr' cdy .46 cdy 68 rn 83 cdy clr National high-low Low Zero at Gunnison, Colo. High -86 at Miami, Fla. is intended to be extremely difficult to detect on enemy radar, has been described as a dark, tailless flying wing with no sharp angles to reflect radar, and built of exotic composite materials, some of which will absorb radar rather than reflect it.

Air Force officials say it will resemble a bird on a radar screen. Until earlier this year Northrop was forbidden even to acknowledge it was developing the bomber. Donna Noffke, Mattoon Sheila Spencer and infant daughter, Trilla Linda Waldrop, Mattoon Forrest Walls, Charleston Births Monday To Alfonso and Janice Ruiz of Areola, a son. To Kyle and Victoria White of Neoga, a son. Cara A.

Stine, of reported damage to her vehicle Saturday night. Stine told police she was parked from 9:45 to 1U30 p.m. in an alley behind 1509 Second St. When she returned, she found -that someone struck the passenger's side door. Kevin Crouse, of 1807 Reynolds reported his vehicle was buglarized Sunday morning.

The vehicle was parked in the driveway and a rear window latch was forced open, police said. Items stolen include a cassette player, cassette tapes, a racquet ball racket and a flashlight. Stolen (terns and damage to the vehicle was estimated at $855. Lottery SPRINGFIELD (AP) Here are the winning numbers selected Tuesday in the Illinois State Lottery. Daily Game 0-5-7.

Pick Four 3-4-5-0. Estimated LOTTO jackpot $13 million. Personals THE FAMILY OF Vera Dudley wish to -thank the friends and neighbors for their lovely flowers and cards during the loss of our loved one. Also sincere thanks to Rev. Boaz and Harper Swickard Funeral Home.

"WE WANT TO THANK all our friends relatives who helped us celebrate our 40th Wed- dlng Anniversary. Thanks for all our beautiful cards, gifts flowers. A special thanks to our wonderful daughter son-in-law Wayne Betty Moffett IN LOVING MEMORY of Eugene A. Davis, who passed away Nov. 23, 1981.

Wife, Family Sister IN MEMORY OF OUR Friend, Lisa Newman. Ron Teresa Orr INMEMORYOF Leonard John Stabler, who left us 1 year ago, Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving will never be the same without you. Sadly missed by His Family. IN REMEMBRANCE Of Thomas H.

Decker, who left us 14 years ago today. Sadly missed. Wife Grandchildren Vj eiMttaiukM daughter of John and Millie Spain Bland. She married Royal Edward Rankin, in October of 1910, in Stras-burg. He preceded her in death Feb.

25, 1970. Survivors include two sons, Eugene of Stewardson and Allen of Strasburg; one daughter, Isabel Howard of Riverton; -nine grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. She was precede in death by seven brothers and sisters. Mrs. Rankin was a member of the Lower Ash Grove Church of Christ.

Dayton Wagner Edna Martin GREENUP Mrs. Edna L. 72, of Yale died at 8:20 a.m. Tuesday (Nov. 22, 1988) in Richland Memorial Hospital, Olney.

The funeral is set for 1:30 p.m. Friday in Barkley Funeral Home, Greenup, with burial in Mound Cemetery near Oblong. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. She was born Feb.

1, 1916, in Jasper County, the daughter of Lee and Clyda Miller. IShe married Charley Martin in 1936. He died in 1979. Survivors include-five daughters, Louise Urfer, Betty Huber and Pat Bowen, all of Yale, Juanita Martin of Robinson and Joyce Bennett of Martinsville; a sister, Mrs. Cleo Nebergall of Phoenix; 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother and a sister. Mrs. Martin was a member of the New Hope Cum-: berland Presbyterian Church. Vicki Parker MATTOON Vicki Nicholson Parker, 38, of Broken Arrow, formerly of Mattoon, died at 2:20 p.m. Monday (Nov.

21, 1988) at her sister's residence In Mattoon. The funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Schilling's Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Carter officiating. Burial will vbe in Resthaven Memorial Gardens.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. She was born Oct. 2, 1950, in Mattoon, the daughter of Charles R. and Virginia Mulvany Nicholson. Survivors include her mother of Mattoon and her father of Neoga; three brothers, Tony of Urbana, Terry of Belleville and Curt of Mattoon; one sister, Mrs.

Gary (Kim) Olson of Mattoon and several nieces and nephews. Miss Parker was an ordained children's minister. 1 lnJ tttA Dkamo Djkln TtwAccu-WMliMr'loracMt fort 40 Mattoon data: Temperatures Uinh 46 "iflh ..................24 Precipitation No precipitation was recorded in Mattoon be- hveen 5 p.m. Monday and 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Cliae Moonrise 4:07 p.m. Moonset 6:54 a.m. i i Charleston data: Temperatures 46 23 9pA 32 Precipitation No precipitation was recorded in Charleston between 9 p.m. Monday and 8 m. Tuesday.

SkieS n.jfi.m Sunset 4.JJ p.m. Records 74 in 1931 Low 3tn1950 Illinois temperatures Tuesday Chgo.OHr -clear Chgo.dtn lear Marseilles -mocldy Moline -cloudy Peoria -cloudy Quincy -clear Rocklord -cloudy Sprnglld-ptcldy High Low Pre 35 28 00 37 30 00 32 28 00 28 20 00 31 29 00 25 19 00 30 27 00 29 24 00 Extended forecast Friday through Sunday: Friday, warm with highs in the 50s north and 60s south and lows in the 40s Saturday and Sunday, colder with a chance ol ram, highs in the 40s by Sunday and lows falling into the 30s. FHQHTS: TO CoM Warn SMtoaary SHELBYVILLE Dayton D. Wagner, 79, of Shel-byville died at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday (Nov.

22, 1988) at his residence. The funeral will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Lockart Son Funeral Home in Shelbyville with the Rev. Robert Litteral officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville.

Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. He was born Oct. 31, 1909, in Shelby County, the son of Arthur and Effie Herron Wagner. He married Helen Apple, June 10, 1929.

She survives. Also surviving are two sons, James H. and Donald D. both of Shelbyville; two sisters, Mrs. James (Louise) Metzger of Mt.

Zion and Mrs. John (Mar-jorie) Pierce of Shelbyville; one brother, Maynard Wagner of Shelbyville; 20 grandchildren and -15 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son, Robert. Mr. Wagner was the owneroperator of Dayton Wagner Coal Trucking and Redi Mix Company since 1929.

He retired in 1979. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. Conlin service MATTOON The funeral service for William Michael Conlin was held Tuesday at the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church with Rev. Herman Niebrugge officiating. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery.

The Resurrection Choir, accompanied by the organist, '-Rosemary Linhoff, sang "On Eagles Wings," "Here I Am Lord" and "Peace is Flowing Like a River." Honorary pallbearers were Ralph Moyer, Francis Marshall and Bill Price. Pallbearers were Melvin Wetzel, Wayne Fleming, Dale French, Lloyd Goble, John Waltrip and John Romack. Mr. Conlin, 57, of 2916 Oak, Mattoon, died Nov. 20, 1988.

nau gTaUUdlcu nuiu mc nuciiia diuic tuaiuuic ui Tulsa, and the school of the local church also in Oklahoma. Frances Rankin STEWARDSON Frances Dott Rankin, 96, of 9 RIverton, formerly of Stewardson, died at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday (Nov. 22, 1988) at her daughter's home in Riverton. Tho fnnpral will be held at 11 a.m.

Saturday at Erummerstedt Funeral Home in Stewardson. Burial will be in the Upper Ash Grove Cemetery near Windsor. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. She was born Feb.

28, 1892; in Shelby the.