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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1989
Page
2
Customer service hours and contact numbers for delivery and advertising are listed. Phones run Monday through Saturday 6 am to 8 pm and Sunday 8 am to 11:30 am with numbers 1-800-431-0020 and local Sage 470-0050 for advertising assistance.
A raid on a Davao City jail after captors killed male hostages and raped women. Eight inmates and five hostages died, including Jacquelline Hamill, 36, of Sydney, shot during the assault. Australia questioned authorities as negotiations failed and the siege ended within 40 minutes.
In Warsaw, lawmakers from two minor parties endorsed the idea of a coalition government led by the independent Solidarity faction. The move aims to form Eastern Europe's first non communist government amid four decades of political crisis and a looming $39 billion foreign debt. No date announced for a formal meeting to finalize the plan.
The USS Dubuque ferried 30 Vietnamese refugees ashore in Singapore after rescuing them from a wooden boat in the South China Sea. An embassy official said they would be resettled within 90 days. The prior captain, Capt. Alexander Balian, was court-martialed in 1988 for neglecting distress calls.
The RAS Herald Journal invites readers to report factual inaccuracies in coverage. A contact line provides the number 470-2265 for submitting corrections and ensuring a full fair and accurate report.
Partly cloudy tonight with a low in the upper 50s. Thursday will be partly sunny with highs 70 to 75. Extended outlook through Friday to Sunday calls for partly sunny days and mostly clear nights with daily lows near 60s and highs around 80.
Cooler air sweeps into New York from the Great Lakes region ending clouds and showers in Syracuse. Skies will be partly cloudy tonight with a low in the upper 50s and pleasant, 70 to 75 by Thursday. Nights stay clear, and highs reach near 80 through Friday to Sunday. Thunderstorms and strong winds pounded New York, Pennsylvania, and the Southwest with hail and power outages reported in several areas.
Regional forecasts list partly cloudy conditions and mild nights across multiple zones. Expect light to moderate northwest or north winds, with Thursday mainly sunny and highs ranging from the mid 60s to mid 80s depending on area, including Buffalo Olean Jamestown Rochester Elmira Corning Oswego Watertown Syracuse Urda Utica Albany and New York City regions.
Albany New York reported 82 by 71 with Braton at 80 by 60 Rochesies reached 87 by 64 Auman A/62 and 63 by 85 Fra. Watertown showed 83 by 64.
Syracuse reports a high of 85 and low of 64 with a record 95 set in 1944. Normal highs and lows are 80 and 59. Precipitation shows none Tuesday and 2.51 inches for today, with historical records cited for August norms and past totals. Winds are NW at 7 mph with forecasted aloft winds up to 59 mph at 25 000 feet from National Weather Service readings at Hancock Airport.
The snippet provides contact numbers for weather service forecasts and road conditions. It mentions a Friday forecast access line and a throughway conditions number, plus radar reference. No clear event or entities beyond general weather and traffic information.
Oneida Lake sees light variable winds and fair weather. Lake Ontario and St Lawrence are under small craft advisories with northerly winds 5 to 20 knots and waves up to 4 feet. Rochester water temperature listed as 7 desrens. Lake Erie under small craft advisory with 5 to 20 knot northerlies and waves up to 4 feet.
History note recounts the 1777 Battle of Bennington delayed by rain aiding Vermont militia arrival and delaying British reinforcements. Americans beat two enemy forces in sequence. Dawid Ludum’s The American Weather Book is cited. What is convection Answer: The transfer of energy by means of vertical currents in the air.
Weather notes report 7 to 8 hours of drying conditions on Thursday with humidity near 60 percent. NWS and crop report indicate low cooling degrees and moderated moisture for agricultural activities.
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