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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1982
Page
1
In Rome police linked to a pre-dawn raid by Red Brigades on an air force barracks near Rome. Reported leaders included a 24 year old woman among about 12 members nine men and three women. Seized were 14 submachine guns and three pistols.
Peking reports five men in their early 20s pleaded guilty to attempting to hijack a domestic jetliner to Taiwan. China carried out their executions, a Xinhua dispatch said. No method specified, authorities often use firing squads.
A mix of lighthearted and oddball items from UPI reports. Cooks in a national chicken contest suffer finger cuts while nerves run high as a $10,000 prize ignites competition. Marcia G Adams of Fort Wayne wins with Baked Chicken Reuben. A Cleveland tale describes Charlotte the tarantula escaping intruders. In Des Moines, Richard Oldman is fined for speeding amid a dispute over playing the Iowa fight song versus the Nebraska tune on car horns, reflecting Iowa Hawkeyes vs Nebraska loyalties.
Washington reports 198,000 job openings at 163 state employment services in June with 60 percent filled by month end, leaving 80,000 still available on July 1. Demand spans auto mechanics, cooks, sales agents, secretaries, wait staff, janitors, and painters while hard to fill include general duty nurses and data processing analysts.
GOP leaders celebrate a 13.3 billion package of budget cuts advancing to Reagan for signature. The plan trims dairy price supports, food stamps, and federal pensions, with inflation adjustments for retirees, aiming to lower deficits and spur rates. Tax increase battles loom as lawmakers push for broader fiscal restraint.
Weather forecast notes southwest to west winds 10 to 20 mph and partly cloudy cooler conditions tomorrow. United Press International reports intense thunderstorms with 60 mph winds over Colorado and large hail in North Dakota, a Minnesota tornado, and 3 inch rains across Texas. Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska hit by worst storms with 80 mph gusts from Blackduck to Six Mile Lake. Benna, Moose Lake damaged. golf ball hail in North Dakota and Wisconsin power lines down.
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