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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1981
Page
9
A North Korean agent posing as a laborer in Tokyo collapsed drunk at an office party and was found to hold a forged alien registration card. He admitted entering Japan last November and recruiting agents for an espionage network, overseeing about 1,000 operatives for Pyongyang.
Washington AP report says former President Nixon has paid whistle blower Ernest Fitzgerald 144000 dollars and may owe 34000 more to drop a 3.5 million damage suit. Morton Halperin, a national security aide, says the payments endanger his own suit for illegal wiretaps. The two cases raise questions about presidential immunity from damages for acts while in office.
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow with showers and thunderstorms increasing in number. Lows 65 to 70 and highs 80 to 85. Sunset 8:09 p.m. tonight. sunrise 6:10 a.m. tomorrow. Yesterday’s high 83, low 59. Record highs and lows for this date are 95 in 1947 and 48 in 1966. Mean for this date last year 73. normal 70. Relative humidity yesterday 73 percent at 5 p.m. and 84 percent at 8 a.m. today.
Corpus Christi man paralyzed in an oil rig accident reached an out of court settlement with Lee C Moore Corp of Tulsa. John Morgan 24 will receive over 2 million now and 313,333 monthly for 47 years. If he lives to 71 the total could reach about 10 million, says his attorney. Morgan sued after a Nov 26 1978 accident on a Corpus Christi oil rig.
United Press International reports scattered showers and thunderstorms sweeping from the southern Rockies into the upper Mississippi Valley threaten the Southwest with floods. Mash flood watches cover central Nevada southern Utah and central California as pea sized hail lashes west central Nevada. Thunderstorms hit the Texas Panhandle dropping over 3 inches near Clarendon while Memphis Texas receives near an inch in 30 minutes.
A Beechcraft twin engine plane crashed near Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport during touch and go training. One man, Mike Martin, 46, of Miami died. Warren Sarkisian, 46, of Miami, was in critical condition with third degree burns and to be moved to a Tampa burn unit. The crash hit a rental car lot, destroying at least 10 cars.
A six year old boy camping with parents drowned in the reservoir at Brodie Mountain Ski Resort in Pittsfield Massachusetts. Michael Kerr of Troy was last seen at the lodge at 11 a.m. and his body was recovered from the 30 foot deep water at 7:20 p.m. State police used a search dog and divers to locate the body.
President Aristides Royo signals receptiveness to keeping U S military forces in the Panama Canal zone beyond the current treaty term, contingent on continued goodwill. Rep William Dickinson, ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, reports Royo expects Panama to invite continued U S presence if relations stay strong.
The Postal Service will resume regular mail service to Canada on Monday after a strike by Canadian postal workers caused a suspension. Customers may resend letters that were returned during the halt if no refund was issued, with the "Postal service temporarily suspended" endorsement crossed off. Express Mail to Canada has already resumed.
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