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Page A 2 The Buffalo NewsMonday July 20 1987 Weather Report National Weather Scattered showers and thunderstorms will extend from Vermont and Central New York State to northern Pennsylvania Scattered showers and thunderstorms will also occur over lorida and across southeast Texas and southern Louisiana Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop during the afternoon from southern and western Texas through much of New Mexico and Colorado to eastern Arizona Scattered showers anil thunderstorms are also expected over portions of the upper Mississippi Valley and from the northern Rockies to eastern Washington Slate High temperatures will be in the low to mid 90s over most of the nation Highs will lx? in the Sils from the central Rocky Mountain region through the northern high Plains and the upxr Great Lakes to New England Highs will bo in the 70s along the Pacific Coast and the Pacific Northwest to the northern Plateau Highs will also lx? in the 70s in the Great Basin and the higher elevations of Arizona Highs will reach 100 and 105 degrees in desert areas of Arizona and California ORECAST 8 a July 21 1987 Hain Abo 60 60 TCsojjSHOWERy LT stor lurries I (TTn I I ice (T sTORMspn 5 As 1 CwarmT1T 60 Warm Cold stationary Traveler's orecast The fulio'ving forecast for today shows projected weather conditions and the expected range of tempera tures from afternoon highs to even ing lows: The Nation Today Tomorrow City Hi LoWea Hi LoWea Albany 84 70 rn 90 64 clr Albuquerque 90 66 cay 90 65 cdy Anchorage 62 54 rn 64 53 cdy Atlanta 91 70 dr 93 72 clr Atlantic City 85 71 clr 90 71 clr Baltimore 96 73 clr 96 72 cdy Birmingham 94 69 cdy 94 70 cdy Bismarck 89 63 cdy 88 65 cdy Boise 82 55 cdy 84 56 cdy Boston 78 66 rn 77 65 cdy Buffalo 87 70 cdy 88 70 clr CnarlestonSC 91 71 clr 93 74 clr Charleston WVa 90 69 cdy 90 69 cdy CharlotteNC 94 70 clr 94 70 clr Chicago 9o 76 clr 96 76 clr Cincinnati 92 69 clr 92 69 clr Cleveland 93 7) clr 91 71 cdy Columbia SC 96 67 clr 98 70 clr ColumbusOhio 94 70 dr 93 70 clr Concord NH 76 65 rn 80 64 cdy Dallas Worth 91 73 clr 94 74 clr Denver 92 58 cdy 88 62 rn Des Moines 95 73 clr 95 73 clr Detroit 94 69 clr 92 69 cdy Duluth 83 63 clr 84 65 cdy El Paso 92 70 rn 93 69 cdy airbanks 72 55 cdy 68 55 rn argo 90 68 cdy 89 69 edv lagstaff 74 45 rn 77 42 cdy Honolulu 90 73 clr 90 72 clr Houston 92 73 rn 92 74 cdy Indianapolis 91 71 clr 92 71 clr Jackson Miss 94 69 clr 92 73 cdy Jacksonville 88 70 cdy 91 71 cdy Juneau 76 50 clr 70 5) cdy Kansas City 93 75 dr 94 74 dr Las Vegas 98 72 cdy 97 74 cdy Little Rock 94 72 cdy 94 72 cdy LOS Angeles 84 59 clr 85 61 clr Louisville 93 71 dr 94 72 clr Memphis 95 73 clr 94 73 clr Miami Beach 88 76 rn 89 78 cdy Milwaukee 93 75 clr 94 74 clr Mpls St Paul 93 74 clr 95 73 dr Nashville 93 68 dr 93 69 dr New Orleans 89 73 rn 88 73 rn New York City 91 74 cdy 93 74 cdy Norfolk Va 96 75 dr 96 75 dr Oklahoma City 92 71 dr 93 72 dr Omaha 94 71 clr 95 74 clr Orlando 90 73 rn 92 73 cdy Philadelphia 94 73 dr 94 72 dr Phoenix 102 78 cdy 104 77 dr Pittsburgh 91 71 rn 92 71 rn Portland Maine 72 60 rn 73 63 cdy Portland Ore 85 58 clr 78 58 cdy Providence 79 67 rn 82 64 cdy Reno 82 52 cdy 80 50 cdy Richmond 97 71 dr 97 71 clr Sacramento 84 54 cdy 85 56 clr St Louis 93 75 clr 94 74 clr Sal! Lake City 89 63 cdy 85 62 cdy San Antonio 93 74 cdy 92 74 cdy San Diego 73 60 cdy 74 62 cdy San rancisco 69 55 cdy 73 57 cdy San Juan 89 76 cdy 87 76 rn Seattle 78 56 cdy 77 56 cdy Sioux alls 93 70 cdy 93 70 cdy Spokane 77 53 clr 82 55 cdy Syracuse 87 67 rn 90 66 dr Tampa St Ptrsbg 90 74 rn 92 74 cdy Tucson 100 69 cdy 104 72 cdy Washington DC 97 77 clr 97 76 cdy National Temperature Extremes High Sunday 107 at Gila Bend Ari? Low Monday 31 at West Yellowstone Mont The World Yesterday Mi LoWthr Amsterdam 66 55 cdy Berlin 73 59 rn Bermuda 82 75 clr Budapest 80 70 dr B'Airos 57 32 dr Dublin 64 50 cdy Helsink i 72 59 clr Hong Kong 91 R2 clr Jerusalem 88 72 clr jo'burg 50 43 clr London 64 57 rn Mexico City 81 54 dr Moscow 59 52 Cdy New Delhi 106 8 7 dr Paris 63 57 cdy Rome 93 75 dr Tokyo 77 rn Vienna 73 59 cdy Buffalo Temperatures 1 pm 81 9 pm 81 5 am 71 2 pm 86 10 pm 80 6 am 73 3 pm 86 11 pm 78 7 am 76 1 pm 87 Midnt 76 8 am 77 5 pm 86 1 lint 77 9 am 77 6 pm 85 2 am 71 10 am 78 7 pm 84 3 am 72 11 am 81 8 pm 83 4 am 71 Noon 81 Area Temperatures Canadian Cities orecast orecast Today Tomorrow 24 Hr Overnight City High Low Angelica 84 55 Avon 83 68 Coiden 83 65 ranklinville 85 60 Geneva 80 68 Ithaca 81 67 Jamestown 82 42 Olean 89 61 Port Allegany 86 56 Warsaw 85 65 City High Wea Lo Hi Montreal 79 cloudy 6682 Ottawa 81 a 66 82 Toronto 86 Sunny 7086 Almanac Temperatures Normal July 19 71 Moan July ill 80 Departure from normal Jluy 19 9 Excess 1987 702 Degree days July 19 0 Degree da vs since July 1 3 High in 1978 91 Low in 1965 46 Lake temperature 76 This Dale List Year Maximum temperature 82 Minimum temperature 70 Character of day Cloudy Precipitation 24 hours since midnight 0 Since July 1 116 Normal this month to dale 171 Since Jan 1 2168 Excess 1987 291 Data at Noon Humidity SO' Wind velocity SW 20 Daylight Hours Sunrise today 5:45 Sunset today 8:48 Sunrise tomorrow 5:55 Buffalo Area orecasts Metropolitan Area air skies warm and humid to night Low near 70 Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph Considerable sunshine brisk winds hot and humid Tuesday with a 30 percent chance of a thun derstorm later in the dav High 85 to 90 Extended orecasts Partly sunny each day Wednes day through riday Highs 85 to 90 and lows 65 to 70 Weather actors A warm front through Western and Central New York is expected to move east Between high pres siue centered over Kentucky and low pressure near James Bay is a flow of warm humid air This warm humid air is expected to persist into Tuesday Erie Genesee Wyoming Niagara Orleans Counties air skies warm and humid to night Low 65 to 70 Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph Considerable sunshine brisk winds hot and humid Tuesday with a 30 percent chance of a thun derstorm later in the day High about 90 Western inger Lakes air skies warm and humid to night Low 65 to 70 Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph Considerable sunshine breezy hot and humid Tuesday High about 90 Western Southern Tier air skies warm and humid to night Low 65 to 70 Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph Considerable sunshine breezy hot and humid Tuesday with a 30 percent chance of a thunder storm later in the day High 85 to 90 Western Pennsylvania air and humid tonight Low near 65 Light winds Partly cloudy hot and humid Tuesday with a 30 percent chance of afternoon thun derstorms High near 90 Marine orecasts Upper Niagara River and Buffalo Harbor West winds 10 to 20 knots tonight and Tuesday air through Tuesday Water becoming choppy tonight The water temperature off Buffalo is 76 degrees Buffalo to Ripley along Lake Erie West to northwest winds 10 to 20 knots tonight and Tuesday air through Tuesday Average waves to 2 to 4 feet through Tues day Niagara River to air Haven along Iake Ontario West to northwest winds 10 to 20 knots to night and Tuesday air Average waves becoming 2 to 4 feet tonight and Tuesday The water tempera ture off Rochester is 71 degrees air Haven to the St Lawrence River West to northwest winds 10 to 20 knots tonight and Tuesday air tonight and Tuesday Average waves 2 to 4 feet tonight and Tues day Agricultural Data Hours of sunshine 7 to 9 hours today and Tuesday Drying conditions becoming good today and Tuesday Minimum relative humidity to day about 60 percent Maximum relative humidity to night about 80 percent Air Pollution Index Today 87 (moderate) MOON CHANGS 1 New irst ull Last July 25 Aug 2 Aug 9 Aug 16 9:37 pm 8:24 pm 11:17 am 9:25 am July 1 July 20 Mercury invisible Venus invisible Mars invisible Jupiter rises after midnight Saturn sets after midnight Soviets to Go All Out to Seek Life on Mars By LEE DYE US ii i'tl' BOULDER Colo The Soviet Union has rejected the widely held belief that life does not exist on Mars and will make the search for life there a major part of its explo ration of the planet early in the 1990s That disclosure camo during a weekend satellite linkup between Soviet scientists in Moscow and US scientists here and it clearly star tled some of the Americans who believe that the US Viking prolx that landed on Mars in 1976 had shown that no life exists on Mars During lhe conference it became clear that lhe Soviets think lhe Vi king spacecraft may have looked in the wrong areas The Soviet participants in lhe conference repeatedly quizzed LOTTERY WINNERS July 19 1987 New York: 236 Win our: 3523 Daily Win Ten: 5 7 11 13 15 16 22 30 34 37 38 47 48 62 67 70 71 73 77 78 American scientists about areas of the planet that they thought would lx? most likely to sustain life Soviet missions to Mars will car ry devices to search for micro or ganisms that may exist below the ground which resembles lhe perma frost that blankets northern reaches of the Soviet Union The Soviet Union has previously announced a wide range of ambi tious unmanned missions to Mars during the 1990s including a space craft that would scoop up Martian rocks and return them to Earth for examination About 25 scientists in each loca tion took part in the satellite confer ence held at the University of Colo rado and sponsored by the Planetary Society of Pasadena The purpose of the conference with Cornell University astronomer Lotto Jackpot Prize Reaches $15 Million NEW YORK (AP) The Lotto drawing Wednesday will bo worth $15 million because no one matched all six numbers in draw ing a lottery official said Sunday The Saturday jackpot was $10 mil lion A lottery spokesman said 248 sec ond prize winners matched five numbers for $1486 13413 third prize winners with four correct numbers won $6950 each and 18158 fourth prize winners won $20 each Carl Sagan as host was to promote the concept of a joint US Soviet mission to Mars That goal was clearly upstaged however by dis cussion of the own plans for a search for life on Mars The Viking probes both landed in areas chosen for their benign cli mate and landscape conditions to give the spacecraft a better chance of landing with their delicate instru ments intact Several Soviets whose comments were not always easily understood over the satellite link referred re peatedly to lhe possibility of an existing on Mars They did not say where such an oasis might be but American scien tists said they suspected the Soviets were referring to polar re gions where water is believed to be trapped below the surface in the form of ice Scientists believe that early in its history Mars hail rivers of water anti that those rivers have long since Current research suggests that life in its most primitive form began on Earth during the planet's very earliest stages possibly within the first few hundred million years and many scientists Ixdieve that the same process may have occurred on Mars Why the process evolved so dif ferently on the two planets they suggest could tell much about the evolution and possibly even fate of lift? on Earth Victims of lood Mourned Tenth Youth Still Sought By DAVID SEDENO Amut ialt I'rcs COMORT Texas More than 300 people jammed a small church to grieve for teen agers killed in a flash flood on their way home from Bible camp while searchers contin ued looking for a 10th youngster who disappeared while helping oth ers to safety National Guardsmen and volun teers resumed the search today for John Bankston 17 of Dallas be lieved to lx? the last of 10 teen agers swept to their death riday by the raging Guadaluix River The 6 foot 2 inch Bankston other teens to safety from the Sea goville Road Baptist Church when the river engulfed a bus and a van as they left a church sponsored camp witnesses told authorities Authorities had little hope of finding Bankston alive because witness reports lhe last time he was seen he was going underwa trooper Tom Mobley said While about 400 people partici pated in the search Sunday almost 300 miles away in Balch Springs the Rev Nathan Benton tried to com fort the devastated Baptist congregation at a memorial service The churchgoers linked hands as Benton prayed for the dead most of them members of the church or stu dents at affiliated Balch Springs Christian Academy Among those present were survi vors who were plucked by helicop ter from the rain swollen river after the two church vehicles carrying 43 people were swept into the floodwa ters Although it was believed earlier that the drivers were trying to ford a low water crossing authorities said Sunday that several vehicles leaving the camp were attempting to take an alternative road Some succeeded but waves of water hit the Seagoville bus stall ing it The vehicles were abandoned after they began filling with water was no wrongdoing on the part of the driver of lhe Mob ley said was just an unfortunate judgment error and the people weren't aware of how this river can come up in such a rapid fashion as it did" AIDS Continued from Page 1 to be part of lhe said Re gent Emlyn Griffith of Rome "Edu cation of the public is essential and the public at risk includes subteens and teen agers If they get it in the schools then they should get it at About two dozen states have al ready approved policies regarding teaching about AIDS prevention or have AIDS curriculum materials available according to a publica tion of the National Association of State Boards of Education Under the latest draft of the pro gram younger students would be taught about AIDS as if it were another communicable disease like measles or chicken pox As students got older they would lx? taught more specifically about AIDS including ways it can be transmitted and how to avoid it Specific teaching about sex would probably begin in sixth grade said Edward Lalor the state Education Department's program development director The program would be divided into four sections kindergarten through 3rd grade grades 4 through 6 grades 7 and 8 and grades 9 through 12 But before AIDS education could gel Io the classroom teachers across the state would have to be trained to teach about the disease Training would begin probably in October with a guide issued by the Education Department Lalor said Many school districts already teach about AIDS and New York City which has the highest concen tration of AIDS cases in the coun try has an extensive program state education officials have said Mail Continued from Page 1 bargaining committee representing the two unions and the Postal Ser vice that satisfied the con cerns about the Postal Service agreement with the Mail Handlers Union The Mail Handlers Union a divi sion of the Laborers' International Union of North America represents' 50000 workers who perform such tasks as loading and unloading mail sacks and packages in house trans portation and all manual and mech anized sorting of bulk mail Their three year tentative pact announced Tuesday if ratified by the membership would lie the first postal settlement worked out with out an arbitrator in 12 years The Mail Handlers contract calls for pay raises of $350 in the first year $400 in the second and $500 in the third year of a three year agree ment plus cost of living allowances and benefits improvements That amounts to raises of only 16 percent per year according to the other unions They have de manded raises averaging 68 per cent for their members plus reduc ing the time it takes to get to top pay scale and other improvements Currently pay for postal clerks anil letter carriers ranges from $20094 to $27089 not including ben efits SWITZ Bolzano Hotel Destroyed in Sondrio! Milan ergamo Landslides in village of Tartan Near Sondrio Ligurian yfvciiiii i 60 miles 1 tr I Sx yugo Severe looding Also Hits Austria and Switzerland MSi £r7 1 Associated Press 19 Die 8 Missing As loods Strike In Italian Alps By PIERO VALSECCHI uMHldh I'rt SONDRIO Italy Rescue work i ers searched today through ttcres of mud in the Italian Alps for victims of flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rains Officials said the death toll rose to 19 Eight other people were missing 50 were hospitalized and an esti mated 10000 persons were left homeless after a four day downpour flooded mountain streams and riv ers and sent mud cascading down wooded slopes One landslide de stroyed a resort hotel Heavy rain in southern Switzer land also caused flooding that forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes Police said three people died in a car accident on a rain slick road The Italian Civil Defense Minis try said the few bodies that had identified by today were Ital ian hut did not say how many were identified The sun came out today and floodwaters began receding from the region a tourist mecca and a leading producer of fine wines cheese and smoked meat Officials said damage was esti mated at $800 million in the stricken area stretching over a 150 mile wide area from Bergamo east of Milan up to the Swiss border and to Bolzano to the east Thousands of troops and civilian rescue workers waded today through lakes of mud to reach iso lated villages Helicopters and heavy trucks ferried food and water to evacuees while helicopters plucked survivors from rooftops of houses and hotels Sabres Continued from Page 1 The deal with Channel 49 moved so quickly that it is now likely that a number of the Sabres' games could go on the new outlet as early as this season The Sabres who finished dead last in the NHL last season are hoping for improvement with lhe addition of the Nol draft choice Pierre Turgeon The Sabres might not take over the station in time for lite opening of lhe season but the club apparently is trying to steer the games to its eventual station Channel 2 still could retain the games by matching an offer from the now station But tin? Sabres could make it nearly impossible to match the offer by extending the number of games to be carried from 24 to 30 or more Channel 2 which is affiliated with NBC the top rated network in prime time would pre fer to reduce the number of games Diop Olf Buffets I Qarmens catering I Picnic Special May 15 Sept 15 your favorite picnic area or hori'ie Complete set up in 1 eluding condiments and 4 meats 1 I Roast Beef on Week I Baked or BBQ Chicken I Italian Sausage wpopper or onions I Polish Sausage fresh or smoked Choice of Two Scalloped Potatoes Baked Beans i Au Gratin Potatoes German Potato Salad 5 Delmonlco Potatoes D'Ela Potatoes Lazy Pierogi Spirals wSauce Also Including: Macaroni or Potato Salad Antipasto Vegetable Platter Relish Tray A resh Rolls A $599 675 0681 Accommodates 25 2500 I Plus $10 00 Delivery and 8 Tax it carries noi expand the number Channel 2 President and General Mantiger Sandy DiPasquale said Itite today that he received the terms of an offer from Channel 49 to lhe Sabres and has 15 days to match the offer He said lhe WNYB TV offer indeed does call for a mini mum of 30 Sabres games on the station will bo very very difficult for us to match it but I have 15 days to study said DiPasqualo So far as Channel 49 is con cerned lhe addition of the Sabres on the new station would ensure it instant credibility Some media watchers have been skeptical about the chances of ever going on lhe air initial programming plans were very similar to the program ming carried by the other indepen dent in the market WUTV Channel 29 Ironically Channel 29 made a spirited bid for the Sabres games a few years ago If the Sabres take over Channel 19 the station eventually could be a vehicle to promote the club The station also may have a sports mix that goes beyond hockey Bob Rich Jr the owner of Hie Buffalo Bisons is a vice chairman of the board of the Sabres It is possible that some of the Bisons' games may also land on Channel 49 in the future or now the Sabres are mum on their plans for lhe station Their statement only concluded "the new television station will make an im portant contribution to lhe growth and vitality of the Buffalo communi ty" The Sabres would not be the only team in the NHL with television in terests Swados notes that owners or important investors with the Van couver Canucks the Winnipeg Jots the New York Rangers and lhe New York Islanders also have broadcasting interests Caller Claims Corvette George Papaj of North Tonawanda had little trou ble selling a 1980 Corvette after advertising it for sale in The News classified section only took one day! In fact three people came at about the same time and all of them had the deposit It have been Call Classified: 856 5555 The Buffalo News Sondrio.