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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1992
Page
1
Music writer Brian G. Rourke will be on hand to cover the Bono led supergroup during the mammoth Zoo TV Outside Broadcast Tour stop in Saratoga Springs, capturing the sights and sounds for the Herald Journal.
Maurice F Forman former chair of B Forman Co. dies at 80 in Rochester. Rev Laurence J McGinley former president of Fordham University dies at 86 in New York. Dorothy Rodgers writer decorator inventor and widow of composer Richard Rodgers dies at 83 in New York. Donald G Padilla 71 a former Minnetonka newsman turned PR dies of lung cancer in Minnesota.
An advertisement lists crossword clue answers at 75 cents per minute and gambling style numbers for winning clues. It promotes weather updates with a three day forecast and local time for 2000 cities, priced at 95 cents per minute. It references touch tone phones and multiple numeric codes and prices.
Forecasters predict cloudy conditions tonight with a 30 percent chance of showers and a low around 60. Expect continued cloudiness Wednesday with likely showers and thunderstorms, then a cooler high near 74. Thursday to Saturday look generally fair and dry. A tropical storm named Andrew formed about 1000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles with top winds of 45 mph.
Fragmentary weather broadcast notes indicate winds varying by altitude across Syracuse area with west to northwest flow. Forecast showers and thunderstorms for Oneida Onondaga Lakes and St Lawrence region include gusts to 40 knots and visibility drops in storms. Water temp around 66 degrees.
Yesterday's pollution index stood at 22 indicating good air quality. The main pollutant was ozone per the state Department of Environmental Conservation readings across two locations for 24 hours with the daily index based on the highest pollutant. Health effects begin at 100.
The passage recalls the tri state tornado of 1925 in the Midwest and the accompanying August 18 violent storms. It notes the most costly hailstorm on record with nearly five million dollars in crops destroyed. It also lists yesterday's national extremes of 121 at Death Valley and 35 at Empire.
Readers ask about President Gush and the Fidelity during last year's storm, Rodneys King's civil rights case under Title 18 Section 242, and Rep. Dornan's background. The reply notes Fidelity’s minor damage and repair, King's due process rights, and Dornan's Air Force service, acting career, and political past.
A collage of date facts notes Genghis Khan death associated with his era and Virginia Dare born on Roanoke Island marking early American history. It also mentions Woodrow Wilson issuing a neutrality proclamation in 191 Arfresident s term, aiming to keep the United States out of World War I.
Herald Journal corrects Stars Magazine date error for The Toymaker's Dream. Performances run 7 p.m. Thursday Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday at Believer's Chapel in North Syracuse. Tickets cost 5 dollars in advance and 7 dollars at the door. call 699 4140 for details.
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