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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1990
Page
1
Syracuse University football coach Mac waits for an answer as quarterback Bill Scharr is absent from practice amid a reported personal problem. Team officials declined to elaborate while fans seek clarity on Scharr’s status and future participation.
Denver Monday reports Brent Musburger, longtime CBS Sports announcer, is released by CBS. Tonight’s NCAA championship game between Duke and UNLV marks his last assignment as a free agent after contract talks failed.
Riot at Strangeways prison in Manchester injures 47 and leaves hundreds involved. Authorities regain control of half the facility as inmates remain on rooftops and thousands of inmates are moved or awaiting placement. No confirmed fatalities. three inmates per cell typical. Home Office says most inmates surrendered. riot described as the century’s worst prison disturbance.
Soviet forces move dozens of armored personnel carriers into Vilnius while Lithuania's leadership refuses to revoke its March 11 declaration of independence. Vytautas Landsbergis and Kazimieras Motieka refuse to back down, warning of grave consequences if secession ends. Western reporters evacuated, fear of martial law grows as troops seize offices and a printing plant.
A 19 year old woman hitchhiking from a hospital visit was shot by a white man about 25 with a dark mustache driving an older Pontiac. She was treated at Tompkins Community Hospital in good condition. The attack occurred near her home in Tru mansburg after 11 p.m. on Route 0.
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