10 Aug 1981
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1981
Page
1
Variable clouds bring scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight through Wednesday. Lows around 65, highs 80 to 85, with rain chances 80 percent tonight and 50 percent tomorrow. Winds light. some sun returns Thursday and Friday. Weather map data from Page A3.
Pan American World Airways asked its 33,100 employees to accept a 10 percent pay cut and a wage freeze through December 31, 1982. The carrier reported a 1981 first half loss of 217.6 million dollars, compared with 114.2 million dollars in the same period a year ago.
A ferry with 350 passengers returning from Martha's Vineyard collided head on with a freight ferry in dense fog near Woods Hole Massachusetts. Five people were slightly injured as authorities said neither vessel was traveling at full speed according to Woods Hole Steamship Authority spokesman Ray Martin.
New York AP reports the state lottery drawing last night produced winning number 102. A housewife, while on the phone with her butcher, requests a dollar’s worth of steak and asks to have the order slid under the door if she is not home.
Washington AP reports the Reagan administration defends production of neutron warheads, saying stockpiling at home reduces deployment risk. Tass denounces the move as stepping toward nuclear death, calling it barbaric. State Department says weapons will not be deployed abroad now. Meese argues planned deployment deters aggression and strengthens allies.
Bombs exploded outside Israel's embassy in Vienna injuring a 75-year-old woman and damaging nearby areas, while two home-made devices exploded at the Israeli Diplomatic Mission in Athens with minor damage and no injuries. No group claimed responsibility. A Palestinian group in Beirut later claimed involvement.
Washington rejects stepping back from a week old walkout as 12 000 fired controllers near return negotiations. Canadian controllers halt non emergency U S flights to Canada triggering delays and cancellations at Boston Logan and Dorval.
A L Feldman, Continental Airlines chairman and CEO, was found dead in the executive suite at Los Angeles International Airport. A gun was found near his body, and officials say he apparently died by suicide. Feldman, 53, had recently taken the top post amid a hostile takeover battle with Texas International Airlines. His death follows the company’s struggle and his bereavement last year. His passing comes as Texas International pursues a takeover andContinental grapples with the bid and employee buyout plan.
Air traffic controllers at Syracuse Hancock Airport did not picket on the first day since Tuesday. Dennis Rice of Local 256 said his group and several Central New York locals were ordered not to picket by a higher source, a claim disputed by PANC East which said there were no such orders and that New York City area locals did picket. The Syracuse local planned to resume tomorrow.
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