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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1976
Page
7
A boy named William Henry Christopher Presserve imagines giants to rebel against schooling and Santa, insisting giants exist. He crafts a wooden sword, tells tall tales at home and in class, and sparks concern from parents and teachers before bedtime rumors of travel to Senta Land.
Snow expected across the Northeast and northern Great Plains with snow flurries over the Great Lakes region. Showers target southern Florida as cold air grips most of the nation.
A New Jersey Supreme Court ruling struck down a civil rights order for Montclair to hire more black police and fire personnel to correct racial imbalance. Justice Morris Pashman dissented, warning the decision could block affirmative action plans and expose agencies to challenges, while the majority said anti bias protections apply to all minorities.
Variable cloudiness with light snow tonight and a cold blustery tomorrow. Low teens tonight, high near 20 tomorrow. Sunset 4 31 p m, sunrise 7 17 a m. Yesterday high 21, low 5. Snow to date 26 2 inches. Northwest wind 15 to 25 mph.
Four gunmen armed with tommy guns stormed the General Federation of Belgian Workers headquarters on Avenue Louise. They wounded a security guard and several bystanders during a chaotic shootout with police before fleeing in a sports car with an undetermined sum of money. Initial reports overestimated casualties, later revised to indicate no police or child fatalities.
The second weekly drawing in the Holiday and Colossal Pay back Game will be held at 4 45 p m Friday at the Empire State Plaza next to the Capitol according to Lottery Director John Quinn.
16 British trawlers left Icelandic waters under a 200 mile limit after an eighteenth year dispute. Talks begin December 14 in Brussels on Common Market fishing rights with Iceland and others as Britain seeks a 50 mile exclusive zone.
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