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The Desert Sun from Palm Springs, California • 4

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The Desert Suni
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Palm Springs, California
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-THE DESERT SUN, Palm Springs, Calif. -Saturday, May 17, 1986 The Weather Local High and low temperatures ending 5 p.m. yesterday. Beaumont City Desert Hot Springs Wells Indio La Quinta "Mecca North Shore De Oasis -Palm Desert Palm Springs Humidity, 5 p.m. -Rancho Mirage 01000 Palms -Top of the Tram Twentynine Palms -Yucca Valley Coachella Valley 345-3711 (Monday-Friday) SMOG: Coachella Valley (800) 242-4666 WIND: Coachella Valley and Gorgonio Pass 345-2767 California for 24 hours High Low Rodney, the Coachella 84 52 96 64 Valley's weather 93 60 forecasting roadrunner, 103 plans to stay cool this 94 Summer-like conditions 96 submerged in water.

96 95 hot weekend 86 0 94 61 will continue with highs 99 64 today between 95 and 103. Sunday will be 96 62 100 65 even warmer with the 92 57 mercury expected to 92 57 soar to 105 degrees. 82 50 Skies both nights are expected to be clear with temperatures between 58 and 68 WATER San degrees. Wet wings Southern California SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DESERT AREAS Mostly clear through the weekend with sunny hot days. Local gusty north and northwest winds 15 to 25 mph afternoon and evening hours Saturday otherwise generally light north winds.

Owens Valley overnight lows 42 to 52. Highs Saturday and Sunday in the 80s. Overnight lows in upper deserts in the 50s. Highs Saturday and Sunday in the mid-80s to lower 90s. Overnight lows 58 to 66 in the lower deserts.

Highs Saturday and Sunday Mainly in the 90s. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL AREAS Mostly clear Saturday through Sunday with sunny and much warmer days. Local gusty north and northeast winds to 25 mph at times below the passes Saturday. Lows at the beaches 52 to 57. Highs Saturday 68 to 75.

Highs Sunday 73 to 78. Lows in the valleys 44 to 60. Highs Saturday 78 to 86. Highs Sunday 84 to 90. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN AREAS Mostly clear through Sunday.

Local gusty northeasterly winds 15 to 25 mph Saturday. Gradual warming over weekend. Resort highs in the 70s. Overnight lows mainly in the 40s. LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY Mostly clear with sunny and much warmer days Saturday and Sunday.

Highs Saturday 82 to 85. Highs Sunday 84 to 88. Lows Saturday night in lower 60s. SAN FERNANDO, SAN GABRIEL AND SAN BERNARDINO VALLEYS Mostly clear with sunny and much warmer days Saturday and Sunday. Gusty north winds 15 to 25 mph at times below the canyons and passes Saturday.

Highs Saturday in low to mid-80s. Highs Sunday in the mid-80s to around 90. Lows Saturday night in the 50s. conditions Kiev 73 52 clr previous Lima 73 64 clr Lisbon 66 55 cdy Lo Wthr London 63 43 cdy 43 clr Madrid 81 54 cdy 57 clr Manila 91 73 cdy 81 clr Moscow 72 54 clr 75 clr Nassau 82 64 cdy 68 clr NewDelhi 106 77 59 clr Nicosia 75 57 rn 43 clr Oslo 55 41 cdy 66 cdy Paris 61 46 cdy 43 cdy Peking 77 55 clr 50 clr Rio 82 59 clr 39 cdy Rome 81 50 clr 59 clr SanJuan 89 73 cdy 68 cdy Santiago 59 50 cdy 46 cdy SaoPaulo 75 59 cdy 47 clr Seoul 64 48 cdy 37 cdy Singapore 84 77 rn 50 cdy Sydney 64 55 cdy 46 rn Taipei 88 73 cir 75 clr TelA viv 75 59 clr 50 cdy Tokyo 73 55 clr 50 clr Vienna 50 cdy 46 clr Warsaw 72 57 cir Obituaries Federal judge begins The nation Temperatures indicate previous day's high and overnight low to 8 p.m. EDT.

Hi Lo Prc Otik 72 56 .01 clr Albuquerque 78 54 Amarillo 80 62 cdy Anchorage 57 35 Asheville 76 57 .03 Atlanta 78 64 .47 cdy AtlanticCity 65 57 Austin 78 72 .09 cdy Baltimore 84 60 Billings 58 32 Birmingham 88 62 Bismarck 54 38 Boise 65 30 Boston 71 49 Brownsville 89 78 Buffalo 78 59 .06 Burlington, Vt. 68 57 .12 Casper 36 31 .45 cdy 75 70 Charleston, W.Va. 84 66 .42 85 61 Cheyenne 45 32 .50 Chicago 79 62 .03 Cincinnati 82 67 .03 Cleveland 79 64 1.26 86 58 cdy Columbus, Ohio 82 63 .16 73 42 Dallas-FtWorth 82 71 Dayton 79 66 .59 Denver 43 39 .71 DesMoines 50 .57 cdy Detroit 74 63 .05 Duluth 67 45 .18 cdy ElPaso 86 64 Evansville 83 66 Fairbanks 60 35 .09 Fargo 59 45 Flagstaff 65 32 GrandRapids 67 54 .65 Greatfalls 57 31 .01 85 57 Hartford 74 55 cdy Helena 61 28 Honolulu 86 71 .20 Houston 80 72 cdy Indianapolis 79 66 .62 Jackson, Miss. 86 66 The world Temperatures and weather from midnight to midnight on day. Hi Amsterdam 61 Athens 79 Bangkok 95 Barbados 84 Beirut 77 Belgrade 81 Berlin Bermuda 71 Bogota 66 Brussels 64 B' Aires 59 Cairo 79 Caracas 84 Copenhagen 54 Dublin 61 Frankfurt 63 Geneva 66 Helsinki 50 HongKong 84 Istanbul 70 Jerusalem 64 Jo'burg 61 Jacksonville 82 cdy KansasCity 77 .16 LasVegas 88 69 LittleRock LosAngeles 61 Louisville 84 68 Lubbock 88 66 Memphis 88 69 MiamiBeach 79 75 Nashville 89 64 Milwaukee Mpls-StPaul Midland-Odessa 78 70 92 52 50 69 .12 SERE NewOrleans 86 69 NewYorkCity 73 57 Norfolk, Va.

83 60 North Platte 47 42 .91 Oklahoma City 83 68 Omaha 64 55 1.18 cdy Orlando 84 61 Philadelphia 82 60 Phoenix 94 68 Pittsburgh 83 64 .10 Portland, Maine 62 40 .03 Portland, Ore. 69 Providence 70 49 Raleigh 83 60 Reno Rapid City 41 39 dr Richmond 86 59 cdy Sacramento 89 53 cir StLouis 84 65 .40 SaltLake City 57 43 .02 SanAntonio 80 73 SanDiego 69 60 clr SanFrancisco 78 53 cdy 86 73 cdy StSteMarie 69 55 .22 cdy Seattle 64 42 cdy Shreveport 85 66 cdy SiouxFalls 57 51 .07 Spokane 65 29 cdy Syracuse 81 59 .42 cdy Tampa-StPtrsbg 86 63 Topeka 80 64 cdy Tucson 90 56 clr Tulsa 77 70 cdy 85 62 cdy Wichita 85 68 Wilkes-Barre 59 cdy Wilmington, Del. 79 60 cdy 90 High Temperatures 90 FRONTS: Warm Cold Showers Rain Flurries Snow Occluded Stationary: 4 Metro smog EL MONTE (AP) The Air Quality Management District forecast unhealthful for sensitive people in the inland valley areas, metropolitan Los Angeles Riverside-San Bernardino and other areas Saturday. Desert, coastal and mountain areas are expected to have good air quality, the AQMD said. Unhealthful air quality for sensitive people and a Pollutant Standard Index of 175 was forecast for the San GabrielPomona valleys and Bernardino.

A PSI of 125 was fo forecast for the San Fernando-Santa Clarita valleys, Banning, metropolitan Los Angeles and Hemet-Elsinore. Good air quality with a PSI of 100 was forecast for inland Orange County. Canada Hi Lo Prec. Calgary 53 27 Edmonton 57 25 Montreal 63 56 7.8 Ottawa 70 59 13.0 Regina 49 33 .6 Toronto 71 57 9.4 Vancouver 55 42 .4 Winnipeg 55 40 .3 Highest and lowest temperatures Friday. Precipitation in millimeters.

By BILL POOVEY mer U.S. Attorney General John tax returns in Associated Press Writer MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) U.S. District Judge Harry, Claiborne on Friday became the first sitting federal judge to go to prison, reporting to a minimum-security camp to serve a two-year sentence for tax evasion while still drawing his $78,200 salary. Claiborne, 68, of Las Vegas, arrived in a taxi at the Federal Prison Camp at Maxwell Air Force Base, declining to comment to reporters at the prison gate.

Inmates at the prison camp, which gained publicity when for- Neptune i For 24-Hour Information In The Palm Springs Area 4922 Arlington Ave. Riverside, CA 92504 ENPA 1986 Member CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Karen Oppenheim, Publisher James M. Lycett, Editor (USPS 155-000) THE DESERT SUN PUBLISHING CO. A subsidiary of Gannett Inc. 611 SOUTH PALM CANYON DRIVE Palm Springs, Calif.

92262 Published evenings Saturday morning, except Sunday and Christmas. Entered as paid second class postage at the Post Office at Palm Springs, California, August 5, 1927 under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879 The Desert Sun Publishing Co. will not be responsible for unsolicited manuscripts or photos left with or mailed to The Desert Sun. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: By carrier home delivered: $5.25 per month, $63.00 per year. Single copies at newsstands: 25 cents.

Mail rates payable in advance $8.00 per month. In Riverside County: $5.25 month. Foreign Countries: $16.50 per month. Main Office: 325-8666 Circulation: Palm Springs 320-6920 Palm Desert 346-5646 Classified Advertising: 323-4251 325-5005 -MEMBER- California Newspaper Publishers Assoc. American Newspaper Publishers Assoc.

Represented Nationally by 0 70 70 WARM 80 COOL forecasts High, low, precipitation for 24 hours haending at 5 p.m. Friday. Valley 86 46 Bakersfield 86 54 Barstow 93 59 Beaumont 84 52 a BigBear 72 34 Bishop 80 48 Blythe 100 65 Catalina 65 56 74 58 Eureka 59 43 Fresno 89 55 Lancaster 87 61 LongBeach 72 57 LosAngeles 75 61 Marysville 89 60 83 59 Montebello 76 60 Monterey 66 50 Mt. Wilson 77 50 Needles 96 70 66 59 Oakland 79 51 Ontario 84 64 PalmSprings 99 64 Pasadena 77 55 90 41 Riverside 79 56 88 61 Redwood City 87 52 Reno 71 39 Sacramento 89 53 Salinas 74 49 San Bernardino 82 60 SanGabriel 78 55 SantaMaria 69 41 SantaMonica 63 58 Stockton 89 56 Tahoe Valley 65 30 70 62 Yosemite Vly 76 46 Cortez COACHELLA A Mass for Alejandro "Alex" C. Cortez, 22, of Coachella, will be said at 10 a.m.

Monday at Our Lady of Soledad Catholic Church. Burial will be in the Coachella Valley Cemetery. 1-Mr. Cortez, an employee of the May Co. in Palm Desert, died Wednesday in Palm Springs after a brief illness.

He was born in Mexico. include his parents, Francisco and Emma Cortez of Coachella; five brothers, Ramon, George, Hector and Robert, all of Coachella, and Xavier of Japan; two sisters, Martha Cortez of Yucca Valley and Lupe Cortez of Indio; and his grandparents, Isidoro Cortez and Odelia Cazares, both of Mexico. Friends may call at the Fitz- Henry Funderal Home Chapel i in Indio from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.

A service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Schleining passes Saturday. Highs Saturday in the mid-80s and Sunday in the upper 80s to lower 90s. Lows Saturday night in the low and mid-50s.

OWENS VALLEY Sunny Saturday and Sunday with warmer days and clear nights. Highs in the 80s. Lows Saturday night in the mid-40s to low 50s. SANTA BARBARA AND VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL AREAS Sunny Saturday and Sunday with warmer days and clear nights. Local northeast winds to 25 mph below the canyons Saturday.

Highs in the low 70s to low 80s. Lows Saturday night in the upper 40s to mid-50s. SANTA MONICA BAY AREA, LONG BEACH AND ORANGE COUNTY METROPOLITAN AREAS Mostly sunny Saturday and Sunday with warmer days and clear nights. Highs in the upper 60s to upper 70s along the beaches to the mid-80s warmer inland cities by Sunday, Lows Saturday night in the mid and upper 50s. LAGUNA BEACH TO THE MEXICAN BORDER COASTAL AREA Mostly sunny Saturday and Sunday with warmer days and clear nights.

Highs Saturday in the upper 60s to lower 70s and Sunday in the 70s. Lows Saturday night in the upper 50s to lower 60s again. IMPERIAL AND LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEYS Sunny Saturday and Sunday with warmer days and clear nights. Local north winds to 25 mph along the Colorado River Valley through Saturday. Highs in the 90s.

Lows Saturday night in the 60s. ANTELOPE VALLEY, MOJAVE DESERT AND DEATH VALLEY Sunny Saturday and Sunday with warmer days and clear nights. Local gusty northerly winds to 25 mph. RANCHO MIRAGE Services for Adam Schleining, 76, who died Thursday at his home here, will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Desert Memorial Park Chapel in Cathedral City.

Burial will be in Desert Memorial Park. Mr. Schleining was owner of TriCo Disposal. Survivors include his wife, Thelma C. Schleining of Rancho Mirage; a daughter, Donna Gilbreath of Santa Ana; a son, Richard Schleining of Lake Tahoe; brothers, George and Edward Schleining, both of Portland, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Last of Mount St. Mary's College founders is dead LOS ANGELES (AP) Sister Ignatia Cordis, the last of the nine nuns who founded Mount St. Mary's College and watched it grow from 10 students to a current enrollment of 1,250, has died at age 99, the school said. Sister Cordis died of heart failure Wednesday at the West Los Angeles campus, Sister Anne Marie said. A funeral Mass was planned for Sunday evening in Mary Chapel at the 61-year-old mountaintop campus, a building she designed.

She would have been 100 on Aug. 18. "She was also an avant garde artist and watched the bulk of her acclaimed watercolors destroyed when the art building she had designed and taught in burn during the 1961 Bel-Air fire. In rare 1975 interview with the Los Angeles Times granted in conjunction with the college's 50th anniversary Sister Cordis recalled the genesis of the school. was teaching at St.

Mary's Academy on Slauson, a high school, and at commencement exercises in 1924 Bishop John J. Cantwell said, 'We need a women's Catholic college," she said. Palm Springs Mortuary Funerals Cremations Shipping Services 327-1331 SCHLENING, ADAM Graveside Services 10:30 a.m. Monday, Desert Memorial Park McGUIRE, HELEN Services Pending The moon First quarter May 16 Full moon May 23 Last quarter May 30 New moon June 7 The sun Rises: May 18, 5:43 a.m. May 19, 5:42 a.m.

Sets: May 17, 7:42 p.m. May 18, 7:43 p.m. U.S. extremes High Friday afternoon 100 at Blythe. Low Friday morning 21 at Butte, Mont.

and 1980. He is U.S. summary Wet snow fell Friday over Wyoming and the Colorado mountains, where wind chills plunged into the teens at midday, while thunderstorms dumped heavy rain from Missouri to South Dakota. By contrast, the temperature at Caribou, Maine, soared to 81 degrees Friday afternoon, a record high for the date, the National Weather Service said. The previous record was 75 degrees, set in 1944.

Four inches of snow blanketed Casper, Friday morning, with 2. inches at Cheyenne, and 1 inch at Lander, Wyo. Temperatures fell to the 30s and 40s across Wyoming and the Nebraska Panhandle, with noontime wind chill values in the teens across much of the area. Rain fell over western Nebraska, northwest Kansas and eastern Colorado, wth rainshowers and thundershowers scattered over Utah and northern Arizona. Showers and thunderstorms were developing over eastern Nebraska, north-central Kansas, southeastern South Dakota, southern Minnesota, lowa, northeast Missouri and northwest Illinois.

Morning thunderstorms dumped 1 inch hail near Greanleaf, marblesize hail in southeast Nebraska. A tornado watch was posted in portions of Kansas, Missouri, lowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois and Indiana. sentence considering impeachment pro- Mitchell served his term for Watergate offenses there, work free of any confining fence or wall. "There's nothing taller than a blade of grass to keep them in," said Lt. Richard R.

Bernick, who greeted Claiborne at the prison entrance. Claiborne was sentenced to two years in prison for a 1984 conviction of failing to report law practice income totaling $106,000 on federal would be eligible for parole in eight ceedings. If the House votes for months. impeachment, Claiborne would be The judge has refused to resign tried in the Senate. from the bench, a lifetime appoint- On Thursday, Justice John Paul ment, and will continue to draw a Stevens of the Supreme Court $78,200 annual salary in prison refused without comment to block unless he is impeached.

Claiborne's imprisonment pending Claiborne said Thursday he further appeals in his case. would welcome an impeachment Claiborne is only the second fedtrial and a chance to tell "my side eral judge to be indicted for crimes of the allegedly committed while on the The House Judiciary Committee bench. COMPARE OUR 3-OR 4-NIGHT CRUISE TO MEXICO WITH ANY OTHER VACATION VALUE. $83 2 PER PER TO A NIGHT. PERSON, CABIN.

Within a year, Sister Cordis and eight other members of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet had begun to erect a building that could accommodate a few expected students on the St. Mary's campus on Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard. "That was out from the city in those days, and the only public transportation was the old Red Pacific Electric Car," she recalled. She also remembered how the seven took turns cooking for each other between classes.

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