05 Dec 1983
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1983
Page
1
Comic Henry Youngman drew about 450 people to the annual Boys’ and Girls Towns of Italy awards dinner Sunday night. The event highlighted charity and entertainment with strong attendance and community support.
Local affiliates dispute major networks over broadcasting special youth shows. The impasse leaves children with fewer programs designed for them as tensions spill into entertainment and scheduling sections.
A playful line from a humor column notes lottery winners and ironizes life rules. The fragment hints at a light tone about wealth and aging, contrasting coins worn smooth with human flaws.
A car bomb exploded in a Beirut apartment building garage killing at least 10 and injuring 84 while U S forces seek the source of shelling that killed eight Marines earlier. Rescue crews pulled victims from rubble as fighting with Syria continued in Lebanon and two U S pilots were reported missing or captured.
FBI and local law enforcement link a violence-prone leftist group to five armed bank robberies across DeWitt Geddes Utica Rotterdam and nearby areas over the past two years totaling about $582000. The Sam Melville Jonathan Jackson Unit is named in FBI posters as a suspect group with ties to prior bombings.
Three people were treated for minor burns after a natural gas explosion on Bennett Street in DeWitt. Syracuse Suburban Gas employees had been inspecting a possible leak when a car was moved and sparked ignition. Victims Michael Meccina and Doug Mohorter, residents on Bennett Street, and gas company employee Joseph Watkine were treated and released. Firefighters contained the blaze that shot about ten feet into the air.
George Morar, 59, of Davis, California, died Sunday after his reserve parachute opened while in a Cessna 182. He leaped from the open door at 6,000 feet, aiming to avoid a plane crash. Four other jumpers witnessed the incident and Sn Netz noted Morar likely saved the pilot’s life before his own death.
Nicaragua says exiles who fled since 1979 will be welcomed home. The government also promises an amnesty offering safety voting rights and land to rebels and former refugees. DanieI Ortega sets February 21 as the election schedule announcement date as regional peace talks proceed.
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