Banner Graphic, Volume 13, Number 96, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 December 1982 — Page 2

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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, December 29,1982

Snow moves north to Canada, leaving many powerless

By JUDY GIBBS Associated Press Writer Thousands of families remained without power today after a fast-moving storm chucked up to 18 inches of snow on the Midwest and snapped utility poles in six states before dashing into Canada, leaving behind snow-shoveling work for the jobless. The storm left behind 8-foot drifts and darkened airports, highways and city streets Tuesday, as flooding continued in Mississippi and Louisiana and Eastern cities enjoyed unseasonably warm temperatures into the 70s as far north as Pittsburgh. The brutal series of storms that began Christmas eve claimed at least 25 lives . Winds gusting up to 50 mph and snow-packed tree limbs falling on utility lines knocked out power in lowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas and Nebraska, leaving more than 100,000 people without power. Power was restored to many areas by nightfall, but 35,000 customers in Michigan, 20,000 in Kansas, 150 in Nebraska and 402 in lowa were still without power overnight. The National Weather Service called the storm the fourthworst in Minnesota history. In Minneapolis and St. Paul downtown offices were deserted and the airport was shut for the first time in 25 years. More than 470 flights were affected during the 16-hour stoppage. The storm moved into Canada on Tuesday evening after dumping up to 18 inches of snow in Nebraska and 17 inches in South

Pulitzer gets custody of twins; wife awardedsl3s,ooo i

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) After a divorce trial laced with tales of drugs and sex, a judge granted newspaper heir Peter Pulitzer custody of his twin sons and gave only modest alimonn to his wife Roxanne, saying she engaged in “flagrant” adultery. Circuit Judge Carl Harper, who listened to 18 days of headline-grabbing, reputation-blackening testimony that ended in November, offered little sympathy for Mrs. Pulitzer, 31, in his ruling Tuesday. In a terse order blaming the former secretary, 21 years younger than Pulitzer, for the breakup of the 6' 2 -year marriage, Harper said she had engaged in “flagrant acts of adultery and other gross marital misconduct.” The judge ordered that Mrs. Pulitzer get her jewels, valued at about $60,000; a black Porsche, valued at $20,000; $48,000 in alimony spread over two years or until she remarries , and a $7,000 interest in her husband’s 74-foot yacht. “I’m so happy. I can’t believe it,” said Pulitzer, 52, the grandson of publisher Joseph Pulitzer. He and sons Mac Lean and Zachary had been staying at his 8,000-acre ranch north of Lake Okeechobee since Sunday. Mrs. Pulitzer, staying at the estranged couple’s Palm Beach home, refused comment, said Pierrette Barr, a gover

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Dakota and Minnesota. Michigan got up to a foot of snow and Kansas and lowa recorded up to 8 inches in places. ‘‘lt’s over with. The storm moved so fast the low pressure system’s already in Canada. It’s gone,” said Alex Koscielski, a National Weather Service meteorologist. There were record highs in some places, including 62 degrees in Boston. In Illinois, the Windy City lived up to its name when winds clocked at more than 50 mph toppled six 150-pound metal beams from a construction site on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, which was nearly deserted during the 5:30 a.m incident. There were no injuries. Hundreds of stranded travelers spent the night at truck stops, armories, hotels and motels and deserted vehicles were scattered across highways and streets in the Midwest. Most major highways were reopened by Tuesday night Flooding continued in Mississippi and Louisiana as rivers rose. There were no firm figures on the number of people evacuated due to the flooding, but in Louisiana, officials said there were thousands and Gov. Dave Treen declared 14 more parishes disaster areas. In Monroe, La., where 800 people have already been evacuated, National Guardsmen were called in to help move more families after a dirt levee began leaking. It was reinforced with all-night sandbagging.

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A 30-hour shutdown at Stapleton International Airport in Denver not only snarled air traffic, but made movement on the ground miserable as well. Swarms of vehicles leaving the closed airport, which

ROXANNE PULITZER: Gets alimony, car ness for the 5-year-old twins. She said Mrs. Pulitzer burst into tears.

was closed by the record-breaking blizzard, were caught in a traffic jam as snow and ice reduced maneuverability. (AP Wirephoto).

Tylenol extortion suspect pleads not guilty

By Maurice Possley (c) 1982 Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO Amid extremely tight courtroom security, Tylenol extortion suspect James W. Lewis pleaded not guilty Tuesday in federal court. Lewis, unshaven and appearing gaunt, stood quietly next to his attorney, Michael D. Monico, to answer a single charge of sending a $1 million extortion letter to the parent company of the maker of ExtraStrength Tylenol capsules “to

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“She was destroyed. She was absolutely destroyed,” said Ms. Barr. "She was in tears. She said Judge Harper believed all the lies.” The trial rocked this Gold Coast resort community with testimony of cocaine abuse, extra-marital affairs, incest, lesbianism, menage-a-trois sex and late-night seances. According to court documents, Pulitzer tried earlier this year to avoid the publicity of a trial by offering his wife the car. annual alimony of $45,000, four years in their home and a $200,000 home after that. She turned down the offer, instead fighting in court for a share of her husband’s fortune, which she estimated at $25 million in international hotels, orange groves and other properties. He placed his wealth at a tenth of that. Harper wrote that a larger settlement was not justified, saying, “The wife's exorbitant demands shock the conscience ... putting the court in mind of the hit record by country singer Jerry Reed, which laments: ‘She Got the Gold Mine, I Got the Shaft.’” Mrs. Pulitzer’s legal team was awarded a lump sum of $90,000, plus $12,500 awarded in June. In a 19-page decision. Harper ordered the “primary physical residence” of the twins to be with their father.

stop the killings.” The letter was allegedly a reference to the deaths of seven Chicago area people who took cyanide-tainted capsules. Lewis also has been linked to a threatening letter sent to President Reagan. Before accepting the not guilty plea, U.S. District Judge John A. Nordberg asked Lewis, 36, if he had “sufficient time to discuss this with your attorney.” Lewis, who has been in

Police clash with youths in Miami

MIAMI (AP) Dozens of police patrolled a black ghetto early today after rock-tossing gangs looted stores and burned cars in violence sparked when an officer critically wounded a black man playing a video game. One looter was killed by police, authorities said. Tuesday night’s violence in the run-down neighborhood known as Overtown also left at least seven people injured. It was Miami’s worst disturbance since a May 1980 riot claimed 18 lives and caused SIOO million in property damage. Nine people had been arrested on various charges by early today, said police spokesman Mike Stewart. An 84-square-block area remained sealed off, with exit ramps on a nearby highway closed, and about 50 officers equipped with riot gear were on patrol, said Stewart. “Now it’s real quiet,” he said shortly before dawn. “There’s only sporadic incidents of rocks and bottles being thrown.” The man whose shooting by police prompted the violence, Nevell Johnson Jr., was reported in critical condition today at Jackson Memorial Hospital with a bullet wound in the head. Two witnesses claimed the shooting was unprovoked. Community leaders warned that violence might flare again, since Overtown is near the site of the Orange Bowl Parade on New Year’s Eve, and the Orange Bowl college football game on New Year’s Night. “This weekend, that neighborhood is going to be a dangerous place,” said Bill Perry, president of the local chapter of People United

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custody since his arrest Dec. 13 in New York City, answered, “Yes, I have, your honor.” Dressed in combat boots and Army fatigue brown shirt and pants, Lewis stood with hands folded in front of him as U.S. Attorney Dan K. Webb and coprosecutor Jeremy D. Margolis urged that bond remain at $5 million cash. Nordberg agreed and set a Feb. 14 status hearing to rule on pre-trial motions and to set a trial date.

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to Save Humanity, who said he walked th£ streets to try to quell violence.“ These people are mad. We can probably expect a lot more trouble.” Perry said he thought many rioters wanted to > avenge the shooting of Johnson. After he was wounded, two or three officers investigating the shooting were trapped in the arcade by ap angry mob for about an hour before they could be freed with a tear gas assault, police said. . Miami’s black neighborhoods erupted in 1980 after an all-white jury in Tampa acquitted four’ white policemen in the beating death of black businessman Arthur McDuffie. That riot was'* centered in Liberty City, which is about five • miles from Overtown. In Tuesday’s violence, at least three police cars and two news cars for television and radia* stations were burned and several stores authorities said. A group of about 20 young men was seen swarming a young white woman, who was stripped of her clothes. Other youths were seen , running down a street with hams taken from a t meat store that was looted after a car was rammed into the building. “The brothers were throwing rocks and bottles like terrible,” said Michael Patterson, a reporter for the black-oriented Miami Times weekly newspaper. “Every so often, a white person would drive by and they would throw at them. It must have been 500-600 people.” Up to 200 police officers descended on the area to quell the initial disturbance. One police officer was shot, but unhurt because of his bullet-proof vest. Stewart said.

Soviets ready to test three weapons

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. officials are monitoring Soviet development of four types of advanced land-based missiles, but say they lack enough information to tell whether Moscow intend to violate nuclear arms treaty curbs. Three of the missiles are expected to be ready for flighttesting next year. The fourth failed in a test last October, according to U.S. intelligence sources. The 1979 SALT II treaty allows the Soviet Union and the United States each to dlight-test and deploy one new intercontinental ballistic missile. Both countries have agreed to stay within in the treaty’s terms, even though neither country has ratified it.

Monico said he planned to subpoena television and radio reports of the Tylenol investigation and the manhunt for Lewis and his wife. LeAnn, 35, who surrendered here Dec. 14. Monico said he would review the reports, along with newspaper stories, because there is a “very significant issue relative to pre-trial publicity.” Webb, at a news conference after the arraignment.

Lewis leaving Cabinet for cable TV position

(c) 1982 Chicago Sun-Times WASHINGTON - Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis will leave the Cabinet Feb. 1 to head a major venture in the cable television field, he announced Tuesday. In an exchange of letters that Lewis released when he made the announcement, President Reagan accepted “with great regret” the 51-year-old Philadelphia businessman’s decision to return to the private sector. Lewis had said at the time he joined the Reagan Cabinet in January, 1981, that he intended to serve for only two years. In a handwritten letter to the president dated Dec. 12, Lewis

The State Department has indicated it is satisfied that the Soviets’ solid-fuel missile tested in October came within the limits permitted by the treaty. But Soviet testing of any or all of the other three strategic missiles reported under, development could raise! serious questions, said lf.S. r government sources who declined to be identified. i . Government sources said that’ two of these untested missiles appear to be advanced versions of current Soviet weapons, the powerful and highly accurate SS-18s and SS-lSs. If it turns out that these missiles are improved versions of current weapons, officials said that would not represent a violation of the treaty,

disagreed, saying, “I do not believe there has been any pretrial publicity that would prevent him (Lewis) from get-, ting a fair trial.” Webb, flanked by U.S. Mar-, shal Peter Wilkes and Chicago FBI agent in charge Edwajxl Hegarty, said the extreme, security measures were taken for Lewis’s protection, but noted, “We don’t have any specific evidence of threats against him.”

said he had “come to the conclusion that it is an appropriate time for me to return to the private sector.” He said, in answer to a question at a press conference, that he will become board chairman and chief executive officer of Warner-Amex Cable Communications Inc., effective Feb. 1. “Warner-Amex is a very well financed company...,” Lewis said. “It is in the cable business, which I think has a very great future. I think you are going to see a tremendous expansion in cable television in the next 2 to 5 years. It seems to me like it’s a tremendous growth industry.” - -