THE LIMA NEWS Serving Northwest Ohio Since 1884 decision day. The full House is scheduled to consider the so-called Freedom of Choice Act after the Democratic National Convention in July. Vice President Dan Quayle praised Monday's court ruling, saying it would push for a more decentralized government. "It is moving in the right direc- Court's Staff and wire reports Congressional supporters of legal abortion say the Supreme Court's mixed decision raises the stakes for their bills that would write abortion rights into federal law. "It's clear the courts won't protect a woman's right to choose," split SUPREME COURT said Rep.
Charles Schumer, D- N.Y. "It's clear the president won't protect a woman's right to choose. It's up to Congress." The House Judiciary Committee was taking up one of those bills today, and a Senate panel was scheduled to follow on Wednes- Beating the heat tion," Quayle said during a visit to Middletown. "The court upheld the fact that there can be limited restrictions on abortions on demand. "I believe what you are beginning to see is a movement by the court that the states make decisions on how to deal with their own," he added.
"We think it's the News photo by Dennis Lamen SEVEN-YEAR-OLD RYAN JONES (left) their water toy Monday afternoon. The degrees. and Danny are the sons races his four-year-old brother Danny water was a cool relief from Monday's of Gary and Kelley Jones of BrenRyan through a spray of water shooting out of warm temperatures, which reached 83 donwood Drive. Superintendent's letter rankles council president fourth city reinvestment area, Lima City Council President Keith A. Cunningham was incensed Monday by a letter sent to 4th Ward residents by Shawnee Schools Superintendent William L.
Lodermeier. was The informational letter, which re- made its way into Cunningham's home mailbox, detailed the school to. district's opposition to the zone the and contained several "untruths," News Business I The government's chief economic forecasting gauge rose 0.6 percent in May, the Commerce Department said Lifestyle I Wayne Custer, a 13-year-old seventh-grader at Shawnee Middie School, had his wish come true. Custer, who has muscular dystrophy, took a trip to Australia through MAKE A WISH of Northwest Custer Ohio. The organization grants the wishes of children with lifethreatening illnesses.
A Crocodile Dundee fan, his first choice was to visit Index Business A6 Classified B6-10 Commentary A7 Lifestyle A8-9 TV schedule A11 A4. high of 22 pages Daily $1.00 Sunday 01992 Freedom Newspapers Inc. TUESDAY Wait a second Timekeepers will add a second to world clocks today, making leap year 1992 the longest year since leap year 1972, when two leap seconds were added. Why: Time is measured by the Earth's rotation. Atomic clocks, accurate to a billionth of a second per day, eventually get out of sync.
When: Second will be added at 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Times. That's 7:59:59 p.m. EST. How many: This will 1992 be the 17th leap 1972 second since 1972. SOURCE: U.S.
Naval Observatory Knight-Ridder Tribune SCIENCE Take your time today Knight News Service FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. If today seems to drag on forever, there's a little bit of a scientific reason for it: Just before tonight; time will stand still for a second. A leap second. Because the Earth is slowly slowing down, the world's official timekeepers have to add a second to their super-accurate atomic clocks at the U.S. Naval Observatory every now and then.
The leap second will be plugged in right after 7:59:59 p.m. EDT. As a leap year, 1992 is already a day longer than your average year. The addition of the leap second makes 1992 the longest year since 1972, when this whole business started with not one but two leap seconds. It was that year that the world's timekeepers decided to let atomic clocks run separately of the Earth the original clock.
But there was one problem: The Earth is slowing down. Tuesday's leap second is the first since Dec. 31, 1990. Reinvestment district a bone of contention By TIMOTHY R. WOLFRUM The Lima News Just when you thought it safe to talk about community investment again.
During what was scheduled be a negotiation period on Inside today's Political In a wide-ranging television forum Monday night, Dallas billionaire Ross Perot laid out some of his principles and beliefs but few specifics. He believes in raising taxes if that's the only way "to pay our bills," and Perot approves of effective sex education, but not prayer, in Sports I The Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 9-6 Monday night in Cleveland. In other action, the Houston Astros took a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in B1 Entertainment I Five mornings a week, Bob Edwards settles into a dark blue office chair in a slightly frayed studio near Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C., and tells America what's new. He is the host of "Morning Edition" on National Public Partly cloudy Wednesday, 2 sections, JUNE 30, 1992 pressures fourth reinvestment area which would give real estate tax breaks for new construction or home improvements because it will cost the schools future tax revenue. A third reinvestment area, including targeted areas on the city's south and east sides, was approved by council on May 4.
Lodermeier today stood by 'his (See LETTER, page A2) Congress best way for the democratic Monday's ruling allows states to create certain restrictions, including parental notification in cases dealing with minors and a 24-hour waiting period, when dealing with abortions. Congressional supporters of (See ABORTION, page a2) TRANSPORTATION Owners road weary Allentown traffic puts businesses, residents in a jam By TIMOTHY R. WOLFRUM The Lima News A wider Allentown Road. would ease traffic congestion and attract more enterprise to a west-side area, one businessman told Lima City Council Monday. Representing 29 business owners who have petitioned for a center turn lane, Yocum Realty owner Gene Nameche said traffic is jammed on Allentown Road from Woodlawn Avenue west to Cable Road, trapping customers and residents alike.
Nameche claimed that alleviating the traffic problems by adding the turn lane could lure more businesses into an already attractive area. "The old thing about no one wants to be in the city is a bunch of bull," Nameche said. Council referred the petition to its public works and streets, traffic and transportation committees. Public Works Director J. Howard Elstro said the issue deserves scrutiny.
"We've had our eye on it for quite awhile," he said. "We know that the area needs to be developed." Nameche said the group proposed a three-lane plan because four lanes are unnecessary and would require too much land loss for small businesses along the roadway. A 1990 Ohio Department of Transportation survey said an average of 17,600 vehicles traveled the five-block stretch of Allentown Road daily. Nameche estimated the of the Clock Tower Plaza on (See JAM, page A2) LIMA CITY COUNCIL Cunningham said. "I'm deeply offended that Mr.
Lodermeier felt compelled to write a letter of propaganda to the residents of his school district," Cunningham said. "I assume he wanted to incite some type of public response." Cunningham was concerned by the letter's claims that district Briefing Cycle racer dies. An amateur motorcycle racer has died of injuries sustained during weekend races at the Allen County Fairgrounds. Frank Shellenbarger, 28, of Elkhart, died at 10:26 a.m. Monday at Lima Memorial Hospital of multiple trauma, according to Dr.
William T. Wright, county coroner. Shellenbarger was injured during Sunday's amateur flat-track motorcycle races at the fairgrounds, said Ron Gilroy Jr of the Perry Township rescue squad. Shellenbarger crashed during a race at about 3:15 p.m. Sunday and was thrown approximately 50 feet from his bike.
The amateur races are run in conjunction with the annual Camel Pro racing series, which ran Saturday night. Guilt admitted TRENTON, N.J. (AP) Irene J. Seale pleaded guilty today to extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion, tearfully admitting she was wrong to have taken part in the fatal kidnapping of Exxon executive Sidney J. Reso.
Mrs. Seale admitted in U.S. District Court that she and her husband, Arthur, abducted Reso, that' Reso was shot in the arm, and that he was left in a storage locker after the couple attempted to treat his wound. Reso, the 57-year-old chief of Exxon Co. International, was kidnapped outside his home April 29.
families receiving real estate tax exemptions would not help pay for their children's educations. Lodermeier's letter also said the school district would need more school buses and teachers, a proposition Cunningham called "mere speculation." Both Elida and Shawnee schools superintendents have been outspoken against a plan to include portions of their districts in the AP photo Road reveals fissure Southern California tourism trembles on shaky ground LOS ANGELES (AP) Don't mind riots? Gridlock? Gang warfare? Smog? If you still want to come here for vacation or business, how do you feel about the biggest earthquake in four decades? No one can say for sure what the economic effect of the quakes will be on Southern California. But it's clear they won't help. "Basically, stability has been challenged," Lynn Reaser, chief economist at First Interstate Bank, said Monday. "Now there are too many question marks." No major visitor attractions or hotels had any significant damage.
Still, there may be financial damage to come. "The greater fear is that this will hurt the tourist season," said Rolfe Arnhym, executive vice president of the Chamber DISASTERS of Commerce in Palm Springs, near the earthquakes' epicenters. "The riots were bad, the recession was worse, and this will scare off the rest of them." The area was rocked by further aftershocks today and damage tolls were tallied. Sunday's and 6.5 quakes damaged 4,631 homes and 164 businesses and destroyed 20 homes and 10 businesses, said the San Bernardino County Office of Public Safety. Damage was put at more than $37 million.
A boy was killed and more than 350 people were injured. Roads and bridges in San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties sustained $500,000 damage, the state Transportation Department said. Suspect arrested in Findlay man's death KENTON A suspect in the death of a Findlay news has been arrested. Christopher A. Van Wormer of Findlay is in the Hardin County jail in the death of Timothy, J.
Rayle, 22, also Findlay, a spokeswoman for Kenton Municipal Court. said. Van Wormer, who was arrested in Montgomery County, faces charges in the incident, the spokeswoman said. REGION Rayle's body was recovered by divers from stone quarry near Dunkirk last week. A coroner's report said he died of massive internal injuries and was dead before entering the water.
He had a lacerated liver, broken ribs, fractured skull and evidence of a footprint on his chest. Following discovery of the body, authorities began searching for an Alvada man whose wallet was found along with Rayle's in a car parked by the quarry. That man has since turned himself in to Findlay police and was released following questioning. No charges were filed against him. Hardin County Sheriff George Smith said Monday that his department is searching for a third person to talk with in the case..
