29 Aug 1983
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1983
Page
1
Archdiocese asks all Masses at St Patrick's Cathedral be offered for Cardinal Terence Cooke who doctors say has months to live from acute leukemia complicating a chronic lymphoma. Sermon at 10 a.m. high Mass drew about 2,000 worshippers. cardinal, 62, in declining health.
At Cape Canaveral NASA prepared for Challenger’s first nighttime launch targeting 2 15 am Tuesday. Crewmates Truly Brandenstein Gardner and Blu Ford tested emergency landings in twin jets while weather looked favorable for the India satellite mission.
Prime Minister Menahem Begin postponed a final decision on resigning, prompting analysis that he may stay in office. Coalition leaders and his spokesman cited the delay as a possible change of mind, with threats of an election and Shamir named as leading successor candidate. Avraham Shapira hinted November as a likely date for an election.
In Beirut a five hour mortar barrage by Shiite forces left two U S Marines dead and six wounded while Cobra gunships and 133 mm howitzers answered. The fight widened across the capital as the Lebanese army conducted house to house searches against gunmen who attacked a joint U S Lebanese checkpoint. President Reagan voiced sorrow and praised the Marines as peacekeepers.
The 1983 State Fair draws large crowds as dairy leaders push industry merits by day while Loverboy headlines a near sellout grandstand show at night. About 15,000 expected attendees could make the concert the all time grandstand record, while dairy cattle breeders showcase prizes and living-life on the farm.
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