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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1981
Page
1
A National Weather Service forecast says today will be cloudy with a slow clearing trend. Sunshine is expected tomorrow with a high around 55 to 60 degrees and a 10 percent rain chance, down from 20 percent tonight.
Two University of Michigan students Edward Siwik and Douglas McGraham were killed in an early morning dormitory shooting. A 22 year old Detroit student suspect was in custody as police and campus officials investigated at Bursley Hall.
Congratulatory cables flooded the presidential residence as Zimbabwe observes one year of independence and black majority rule. President Mugabe's socialist-oriented government receives tributes from global figures including President Reagan and Queen Elizabeth II.
Karen Bradley Cain profiles four children living with chronic diseases, detailing their families and the nurses who support them in a compassionate Empire Magazine piece in the Syracuse Herald American Easter edition. Kevin Hyland promotes year-round egg decorating as a hobby, while Mary Beth Irving notes Syracuse University aiding a Texas woman to pursue military photojournalism dreams. New York AP reports the daily lottery number 842 drawn last night.
A light note about a good day when the wheels of your shopping cart roll straight ahead in unison.
Representatives of private farmers and the communist government signed an accord in Bydgoszcz calling for registration of an independent farmers union by May 10. The deal recognizes the Communist Party’s leading role while Solidarity estimates Rural Solidarity would include about 800,000 of Poland’s 3.5 million private farmers. Protests ended as negotiations continued and the act to register the union moves forward.
State officials clash over Carey proposed 8.2 billion Medicaid cost takeover. Critics like Assemblyman Willis H. Stephens and Senator Tarky Lombardi Jr. warn upstate counties would face losses while five central New York counties expect 142 million in full costs. They warn remaining programs and tax cuts could suffer.
Rescue teams found the 15th body at sunrise completing the hunt for victims of the Dutch Creek No. 1 mine explosion 30 miles west of Aspen. Nine were found in the main tunnel, five in a branch corridor. the cause was not confirmed but methane pockets were suspected. Miners’ families crowded the site as the death toll rose.
Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world gathered in Jerusalem for Good Friday and the Stations of the Cross amid Passover and Eid al-Fitr overlap. About 100,000 worshippers walked the 14 stations, many barefoot, as Israeli security tightened. Pope John Paul II at St Peter’s and a Manila crucifixion reenactment also drew attention as Holy Week events unfolded.
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