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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1985
Page
12
A 40 percent chance of morning showers or thunderstorms today gives way to partly sunny skies with near 80 degree highs. West winds around 10 mph shifting to northwest 10 to 15 mph. Tonight will be fair with mid 50s lows. Tuesday looks mostly sunny with highs in the upper 70s.
Partly cloudy today with a 30 percent chance of a shower or thunderstorm. Highs near 80. Winds southwest 10 to 15 mph, become northwest 10 to 15 mph late in the day.
Temperature readings show yesterday's high and overnight low through 8 p.m. EDT across major cities including Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Boston Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Fort Worth Detroit and more. The fragmentary data lists various city codes and partial figures indicating highs and overnight lows, but the precise values are incomplete.
On June 24 historical notes include John Cabot’s sighting of land in 1497 during English voyage, likely in present day Canada. In 1647 Margaret Brent demanded a vote in the Maryland Assembly and was ejected. In 1793 France adopted its first republican constitution.
The almanac recalls events from 1908 to present including Grover Cleveland’s death in Princeton at 71, 1940 Franco-Italian armistice talk, 1947 Kenneth Arnold flying saucers sighting, 1948 Berlin Blockade start, a 1978 Eastern Airlines 727 crash near New York killing 113, 1973 Carter in Belgrade, 1991 Persian Gulf lull end near Kharg Island. Birthdays include Al Molinaro, Jack Carter, Claude Chabrol, Michele Lee, Mick Fleetwood, Nancy Allen and a thought for today on truth.
Muhammad Abdul Aziz, one of three men convicted in Malcolm X’s 1965 murder, is released from Arthur Kill Correctional Facility on Staten Island after the parole board approved his parole despite a prior panel’s two to one vote to keep him jailed. Aziz, 46, maintained innocence and had served just over the 20 year minimum.
Harrisburg AP The Republican State Committee passed a resolution against cross filing in primaries saying candidates should not enter both parties contests. The vote followed GOP success of some members on Democratic ballots and argues cross filing deters voting and blurs party differences, despite criticism it clutters ballots and enables wins by ballot position.
The Norfolk Naval Shipyard publishes warnings to workers to spot potential spies among colleagues and neighbors amid espionage charges against John A. Walker Jr. and four associates. The article notes the shift from glamorous spy myths to ordinary suspects and urges identifying who genuinely needs classified information.
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