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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1983
Page
8
Huntington officials plan to mark homes with unpaid water bills since 1981 by painting a fluorescent W in front of them. Water commissioner Rosemary Caputo says the symbol will warn neighbors and guide town crews to shut off water, comparing it to Hawthorne era warnings.
Sanitation workers digging a sewer on Chicago s South Side uncovered four 19th century coffins at a site once occupied by the Holland Dutch Reformed Church. Two coffins were intact containing a young baby and an adult. One coffin handle dated 1875 confirms age. Bodies to be reburied in a city cemetery.
Chicago officials may virtually waive a 190000 dollar fine on a West Side nursing home after officials submitted a plan to fix deficiencies. The Center for Human Development facility was closed when four elderly patients died during a record heat wave July 22 23 after air conditioning failed.
Rough seas and faulty gear hindered divers from lifting the 1300 pound Civil War anchor and filming the sunken USS Monitor. The team plans a possible next week dive and a 1985 expedition to raise the turret, with NOAA funding an extra day if needed.
A 3,200 pound replica of the great white from Jaws fell from a moving truck in Los Angeles, blocking southbound lanes for two hours. The truck overturned while shifting the prop from a billboard over the Hollywood Freeway to Universal Studios tour center, startling commuters.
Dallas homicide detectives have no specific suspects in the poisoning death of jeweler Richard Mankin 34. He drank cyanide tainted milk from a carton bought at a convenience store across from his northside shop and died two days later at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Police remove dozens of milk pints and quarts. officials say the incident seems isolated.
Star Trek star William Shatner joined crews battling a sweeping blaze at Paramount Studios Hollywood. The fire destroyed vintage outdoor sets including New York Street used for Going My Way and Bells of St Marys, damaged sound stages, and burned polyurethane Vulcan planet props for Star Trek NT: The Search for Spock. Fire officials estimated damage in the millions.
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