This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1982
Page
1
LONDON. Britain’s unemployment rate rose to 13.8 percent in mid August, marking a record 3,292,702 jobless. The rise of 102,000 from mid July drew sharp attacks from Labour on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her government.
In Londonderry Northern Ireland police and British troops conducted dawn raids in Catholic areas and arrested 32 people on murder and other serious crime grounds. Authorities did not specify other charges or name any IRA suspects among the detainees.
Boston firefighters battled five fires overnight, four deemed suspicious, injuring two and trapping two others under a collapsed floor in one incident. The Fire Department reported 30 alarms late yesterday into today as crews responded across the city.
In Blountville Tennessee bats in the courthouse basement spread fleas that bite file clerks. Purchasing agent Tommy Hulse blames slow fumigation approval by the county commission, delaying action until Sept 14. Fleas will multiply as officials debate response and safety concerns rise.
State police divers and about 70 volunteers reopened the hunt for Oakland Symphony conductor Calvin Simmons presumed drowned after a canoe accident in Connery Pond near Lake Placid. Discrepancies over details emerged as divers continued from dawn, with no body found and searches to continue indefinitely.
New York AP Stanford Moore 68 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry died in an apparent suicide. He suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and left notes in his East 66th Street apartment. Police suspect poisoning or chemicals. a note indicated where his Nobel medal was located.
Swedish actress Ulla Jacobsson known for Smiles of a Summer Night has died of bone cancer at 53 in Vienna after a career including Love is a Ball Zulu and The Heroes of Telemark. She lived in Vienna with her third husband ethnologist Hans Winfried Rohsmann and appeared in theater roles in her final years.
Heavy fighting rages in Lebanon's central mountains east of Beirut as the fourth contingent of PLO fighters departs the city aboard a Cypriot ship escorted by the U.S. Navy. U.S. Marines plan to join a peacekeeping force while Israeli backed units clash with Syrian and Palestinian forces along the Beirut Damacus highway.
Weather watch reports severe thunderstorms with 65 mph winds and tennis ball sized hail across South Dakota Wyoming Nebraska and Utah Ripple effects include a 5 foot water wall in Utah and flooded streets in Phoenix Arizona Rain fell at two inches an hour in Washington County Utah while warnings extended from South Dakota to Kansas Tornadoes touched down near Kadoka and Martin and damage followed in Edgemont Chadron and North Platte Sunset and sunrise times and past temperature records are noted.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.