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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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a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 10 -THE DESERT SUN, Palm Springs, -Thursday, July 3, 1986 The Weather. Local High and me temperatures for 24 hours ending 5 p.m. yesterday. High Beaumont Cathedral City 109 98 8781 Desert Hot Springs 108 78 Indian Wells 104 73 Indio 104 80 La Quinta 105 79 Mecca 108 80 North Shore 106 85 Oasis 96 75 Palm Desert 101 Palm Springs 110 81 Humidity, 5 p.m. Rancho Mirage 106 80 1000 Palms 109 80 Top of the Tram 68 57 Twentynine Palms 106 72 Yucca Valley 98 68 WEATHER: Coachella Valley 345-3711 (Monday-Friday) SMOG: Coachella Valley (800) 242-4666 WIND: Coachella Valley and San Gorgonio Pass 345-2767 California High, low, precipitation for 24 hours ending at 5 a.m.

today. Bakersfield 71 Fresno 38888 74 Eureka 53 Lancaster 75 LosAngeles 63 Oakland 74 57 PasoRobles 99 56 RedBluff 98 63 RedwoodCity 85 58 Sacramento 99 62 Salinas 70 56 SanDiego 82 66 SanFrancisco 72 57 SantaBarbara 75 58 Stockton 96 68 High, low, precipitation for 24 hours ending at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Apple Valley 98 61 Barstow 109 75 BigBear 84 49 Bishop 100 55 Blythe 107 81 Catalina 70 60 CulverCity 86 69 LongBeach 89 67 Marysville 101 62 Monrovia 96 64 Montebello 90 72 Needles 110 86 NewportBeach 71 64 Ontario 94 66 Pasadena 90 66 Riverside 97 64 SanBernardino 95 67 SanGabriel 92 64 SanJose 87 61 Santana 85 65 SantaCruz 75 56 SantaMaria 77 51 SantaMonica 67 62 Tahoe Valley 81 43 Torrance 80 62 Yosemite Vly 90 60 Ready for the 4th Swim trunks, suntan oil "There'll be a hot time and an ice chest full of in the ol' town on the cooling beverages Fourth," the desert and maybe a couple of deviner noted, pointing firecrackers have all out that Coachella been gathered by Valley temperatures Rodney the Roadrunner Friday should again as he prepares for a climb to the 110-degree fun-filled holiday. level.

Southern California forecasts SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DESERT AREAS Fair tonight and Friday. Gusty southwest winds 15 to 30 mph in the northern deserts mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. Not quite as warm north portions Friday. Highs in the Owens Valley Friday in 90s. Lows tonight in the 50s.

Highs in the upper deserts Friday 92 to 102. Lows tonight 65 to 75. Highs in the lower deserts Friday 100 to 110. Lows tonight 75 to 85. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL AREAS Fair tonight and Friday except night through mid morning low clouds and fog extending into the lower coastal valleys during the early morning.

A little cooler Friday. Highs at the beaches Friday 65 to 70. Lows tonight 58 to 65. Highs in the valleys Friday 84 to 92. Lows tonight in 60s.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN AREAS Fair tonight and Friday. Local gusty winds 15 to 25 mph. A little cooler Friday. Highs Friday 75 to 85. Lows tonight in the mid 40s higher valleys otherwise 50s.

LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY Fair tonight and Friday except late night through mid morning low clouds. A little cooler. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 80s. SAN FERNANDO AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEYS Fair tonight and Friday except patchy early morning fog and low clouds in the lower portions.

Not quite as warm. Lows in the low to middle 60s. Highs in the mid to upper 80s. SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY Fair and not quite as warm tonight and Friday, Lows 64 to 68. Highs in the lower Obituaries Marquardsen Cryptside services for Ileen T.

Marquardsen, 84, of La Quinta will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. Mrs. Marquardsen died Monday at her home." She was a 1922 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. She was secretary of her graduating class and member of the Delta Zeta sorority.

Mrs. Marquardsen, a member of La Quinta Country Club, was an avid golfer. She had been active with the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic for many years. Her husband of 26 years, Ernest Marquardsen, survives her. Visitation will be held today from 3 p.m.

to 5 p.m. at FitzHenry Funeral Home in Indio. Reece Ethel W. Reece of Palm Desert died Sunday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. Mrs.

Reece was a native of Indiana and had lived here since 1962. She was a charter member of Soroptomist Club of Palm Desert. She and her husband, the late Cecil E. Reece, were co-owners of the Sandra-La Motor Lodge in Palm Desert. Mrs.

Reece is survived by her daughter, Ella Fern Chandley of Palm Desert. Memorial services are pending. Rodgers Memorial services for Esther Rodgers, 83, of Indio were held this morning at Church of Christ in Indio. The Rev. Jim Layton officiated.

Mrs. Rodgers, a retired cook for the Desert Sands Unified School District, died Monday at her home. The Oklahoma native was a lifetime member of the Church of Christ; a 40-year member of the Parent-Teachers Association; Den Leader with the Boys Scouts of America and 20-year member of the Boy Scouts Council. She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Joseph Rodgers; one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Oatman of Indio; three sons, Ronald Rodgers of Chino, John Rodgers of Mira Loma and Jack Rogers of Palm Springs Mortuary Funerals Cremations Shipping Services 327-1331 FLORES, SANTOS Services Pending LEVEZU, EDNA Services Coachella Valley Cemetery The nation Temperatures indicate high and overnight low HI 66 Albuquerque 87 Amarillo 84 Anchorage 64 Asheville 84 Atlanta 88 AtlanticCity 78 Austin Baltimore Billings 97 Bismarck Birmingham 83 Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo Burlington, Vt. Casper Charleston, W.Va.

83 Cheyenne 88 Chicago Cincinnati 75 Cleveland 74 Columbus, Ohio 58 Dallas-FtWorth 89 Dayton 73 Denver 94 DesMoines 81 Detroit 76 Duluth 71 ElPaso 84 Evansville 81 Fairbanks 87 Fargo 80 Flagstaff 86 GrandRapids 76 GreatFalls 98 86 Hartford 65 Helena 99 Honolulu 88 Houston 93 The world Temperatures and weather from midnight to midnight day, Amsterdam Athens Bangkok Barbados Beirut Belgrade Berlin Bermuda Bogota Brussels B' Aires Cairo Calgary Caracas Copenhagen Dublin Frankfurt Geneva Havana previous day's Jackson, Miss. 89 68 to 5 a.m. PDT. Jacksonville 93 73 Lo Prc Otik Juneau 65 49 52 .64 clr Kansas City 86 69 64 coy Las Vegas 109 88 66 LittleRock 88 72 54 Louisville 78 59 .30 Lubbock 82 67 65 Memphis 88 73 62 MiamiBeach 85 78 cdy Midland-Odessa 86 69 .17 Milwaukee 75 52 71 Mpls-StPaul 59 65 62 Nashville NewOrleans 63 New York City 62 55 .95 Norfolk, Va. NorthPlatte 89 55 OklahomaCity 64 Omaha cdy Orlando 92.

76 76 .01 Philadelphia 85 62 63 Phoenix 104 78 69 .09 cir Pittsburgh 74 58 60 cdy Portland, Maine 63 53 52 Portland, Ore. 76 56 56 Providence 67 57 .22 Raleigh 93 70 RapidCity 85 Reno 55 .72 Richmond 83 76 StLouis 84 SaltLakeCity 100 SanAntonio 94 59 88 53 StSteMarie 68 48 cdy Seattle 91 70 70 53 Shreveport cir SiouxFalls 81 .04 Spokane 52 62 Syracuse 59 56 cdy Tampa-StPtrsbg 82 47 .01 cdy Topeka 87 69 63 .02 Tucson 97 75 65 .03 Tulsa 92 72 58 1.14 cir 87 66 65 Wichita 90 70 76 .01 cir Wilkes-Barre 72 53 76 .33 cdy Wilmington, Del. 83 62 Helsinki 79 61 clr HongKong 86 77 rn Istanbul 82 68 cdy Jerusalem 82 61 clr Jo'burg 64 37 cir Kiev 77 55 cdy TelA viv 84 68 clr Tokyo 70 63 cdy Toronto 75 57 cdy Vancouver 70 55 cdy Vienna 79 61 clr Warsaw 84 55 clr conditions Lisbon 79 61 clr on previous London 79 64 cir Madrid 91 68 clr Hi Lo Wthr Manila 88 75 cdy 75 57 clr Mexico City 59 cdy 88 66 clr Montreal 59 cdy 93 81 cir Moscow 57 cdy 86 73 Nassau 90 77 cir M. MM NewDelhi 96 77 clr 77 55 cir Nicosia 82 clr 90 63 cir Oslo 79 63 cdy 84 77 cdy Paris 86 68 clr Peking 82 70 cir 81 63 clr Rio 82 60 64 44 clr Rome 90 59 clr 91 66 clr SanJuan 88 75 cdy 75 59 cdy Santiago 72 36 clr 81 68 rn SaoPaulo 57 cdy 61 clr Seoul 59 cdy 64 54 cdy Singapore 88 79 cdy 90 63 cir Stockholm 77 72 cir 86 57 clr Sydney MMM 77 cdy Taipei 93 77 rn Friday forecast .06 .42 .01 .02 .15 .17 .35 11 .49 .98 .82 .16 .12 .02 .02 .02 .01 .73 dr .42 .01 70- 80 80 100 High Temperatures .100 90 FRONTS: Warm we Cold Showers Rain Flurries Snow Occluded ver Stationary SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL VALLEYS Fair tonight and Friday except patchy late night and early morning fog and low clouds in the lower portions. Not quite as warm.

Lows in the low to mid 60s. Highs 82 to 90. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERMEDIATE VALLEYS Fair and not quite as warm tonight and Friday. Lows in the 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.

OWENS VALLEY Fair and a little cooler tonight and Friday with gusty afternoon and evening winds. Lows in the 50s. Highs in 90s. SANTA BARBARA AND VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL AREAS, SANTA MONICA BAY AREA, LONG BEACH AND ORANGE COUNTY METROPOLITAN AREAS, LAGUNA BEACH TO THE MEXICAN BORDER COASTAL AREAS Night and morning low clouds near the coast extending inland during the late night through mid morning hours tonight and Friday. A little cooler.

Lows to 66. Highs in the mid to upper 60s at the beaches ranging to 75 to 82 inland. IMPERIAL AND LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEYS Clearing tonight and sunny on Friday. Local gusty afternoon and evening winds to 25 mph. Lows 75 to 85.

Highs 102 to 110. ANTELOPE VALLEY, MOJAVE DESERT AND DEATH VALLEY Clearing tonight and sunny Friday. Slightly cooler with gusty afternoon and evening winds to 30 mph. Lows 65 to 75. Highs 92 to 102.

Death Valley tonight 90, 3 killed as tornado hits N.C. mobile home park JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) An apparent tornado flattened four homes in a mobile home park outside of town, killing three people including a 1-month-old infant and injuring eight other people, authorities said. The storm system Wednesday also brought winds up to 70 mph in other parts of the Carolinas and in Georgia. The storm hit the Triangle Trailer Park, which is near Camp Lejeune and was home to many Marines, about 9:30 p.m., authorities said.

Hundreds of rescuers lifted one demolished trailer so a woman and infant could be removed. "There was a big gush of wind that picked up my trailer and crushed it like it was a said Fred Senay, who suffered three broken ribs, a broken leg and back injuries. Authorities declined to identify the dead, but Doris Martin, a spokeswoman at Onslow Memorial Hospital, said they were a monthold infant, a 4-year-old girl and a woman. Six people were treated at Onslow Memorial, and one of them was admitted with minor injuries, Ms. CAPA 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: Springs 320-6920 Palm Desert 346-5646 Classified Advertising: 323-4251 325-5005 -MEMBERCalifornia Newspaper Publishers Assoc. American Newspaper Publishers Assoc. Represented Nationally by Metro smog EL MONTE (AP) For the second consecutive day the Air Quality Management District forecast a first-stage alert in the San Gabriel-Pomona Valleys, Today's air quality for the rest of the South Coast Basin was predicted to range from good to unhealthful for sensitive people.

Unhealthful air quality for everyone and a Pollutant Standard Index of 200 was forecast for the San Gabriel-Pomona Valleys. Unhealthful air quality for sensitive people and a PSI of 188 was forecast for Riverside-San Bernardino and a PSI of 175 for the San Fernando-Santa Clarita Valleys. Hemet-Elsinore had a PSI of 125 predicted. Canada Hi Lo Prec. Calgary 76 47 Edmonton 76 48 10.

1 Montreal 69 57 4.4 Ottawa 73 50 24.8 Regina 84. 64 Toronto 76 52 Vancouver 70 53 1.2 Winnipeg 74 60 High temperatures Wednesday, Lowest this morning, Precipitation in millimeters. The moon Last quarter June 28 New moon July 6 First quarter July 14 Full moon July 21 The sun Rises: July 4, 5:38 a.m. July 5, 5:39 a.m. Sets: July 3, 8:01 p.m.

July 4, 8:01 p.m. U.S. extremes High Wednesday 120 Death Valley, Ca. Low this morning 36 at Marquette, Mich. U.S.

summary Rain dotted broad sections of the nation today, keeping high water alerts in force in several states, after a storm system slammed into the Carolinas and Georgia. Showers and thunderstorms extended from southern New Jersey across eastern North Carolina; across southern Louisiana and into eastern Texas; and across northeast Ohio and southeast and central, Arizona. Rain was scattered across northeast Oregon, eastern Washington and the Idaho Panhandle. Flood warnings remained in force for parts of the Big Blue River in Nebraska and flood watches continued in sections: of southwest Texas. The Raccoon River remained above flood stage at Des Moines and Van Meter, lowa, and the Des Moines River: was over flood stage at Des Moines, the National Weather Service said.

An apparent tornado flattened four homes in a mobile home park outside of Jacksonville, N.C., killing three people including a 1-month-old infant and injuring eight other people Wednesday, authorities said. The storm system also brought winds up to 70 mph in other parts of the Carolinas and in Georgia. Fontana; one brother, Ray Sulivan of Indio; 20 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Burial was private. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations in her name be made to the John F.

Kennedy Memorial Hospital Foundation. Frias A Mass for Manuel Frias, 67, of Coachella was said this morning at Our Lady of Soledad Catholic Church in Indio. He died Monday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. Mr. Frias, a native of Arizona, was a Coachella resident for many years.

He was a former employee of Cattle Valley Farms. Survivors include two daughters, Maria Cruz and Luisa Frias, both of Coachella; seven sons, Serafin Frias of Thermal, Lucio, Manuel, Jose, Joselito, Arnoldo and Artemio Frias, all of Coachella; one brother, Santo Frias of Mexico; two sisters, Medesta Desideria and Maria Jesus, both of Mexico; and 15 grandchildren. Burial was at Coachella Valley Cemetery. MacKenzie Jeanne Helen Angus MacKenzie, 64, of Palm Springs died Tuesday in Garden Grove. Mrs.

MacKenzie, a native of California, had lived in Palm Springs for 31 years. Survivors include two sons, Donald J. Angus of Sunnyvale and Jack N. Angus of Desert Hot Springs; two daughters, Bonnie J. Septer of Garden Grove and Sheri L.

Lambrook of Redwood City; one sister, Virginia Rudy of Pacifica; 13 grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. SERVICES AT LEFELS. Jon FUNERAL DIRECTORS 666 VELLA ROAD PALM SPRINGS PHONE 327-1257 ROGERS, BESSIE Services 2 p.m. Thursday, San Luis Obispo McKAY, WILLIAM Services 11 a.m. Thursday, Eternal Hills Cemetery, Oceanside Martin said.

One person was treated and released from the Naval Regional Medical Center at Camp Lejeune, she said. A 14-year-old boy was transferred to a hospital in New Bern with spinal injuries and was in "supercritical" condition, she said. The National Weather Service in Wilmington said the report of a tornado was not confirmed, adding that the damage could have been and volunteers rushed to the park caused by high winds. after the storm went through, HalBut Tim Benson, who lives across bert said, and found that a woman. the street, said: "It was a twister, I and a baby were trapped under one can tell you.

I saw it. I looked out- demolished trailer. side and all of the sudden the wind started kicking up. It sounded like a "The trailer must have weighed a small train." ton, and all those people lifted it? Police Chief Roger Halbert esti- up," he said. "I was afraid they mated the damage at $200,000.

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