Flood warnings issued in Syracuse area as winds pick up
Officials noted high winds of 20 to 35 mph from the west and northwest. A New York Telephone spokesman said problems were minimal. The weather pattern stems from a low over northern Lake Huron with temperatures mid 60s to upper 60s east of it, while much of the Midwest stays near or below freezing. Precipitation chances are 80 percent this afternoon, 0 overnight, and 30 percent tomorrow.
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Appalachian Mountains
Midwest
Winter storm sweeps nation with snow across regions
Harsh winter weather spans the country with snow in central and northern Rockies and Great Lakes, flurries in the Northeast, heavy rain in the Southeast, and a general drop in temperatures. Temperatures ranged from 64 as a record high to 2 as a record low, with wind from the northwest at 15 to 30 mph and 24.1 inches of snowfall to date.
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Rockies
Wisconsin
Great Lakes
Unions Cut Off Strike Benefits at L A Herald Ex
Typographers and pressmen on the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner strike will lose union strike benefits next month. International Typographical Union and International Association of Printing Pressmen spokesmen announced the cutoff without explanation. Average payments have been about fifty dollars weekly, with ranges from twenty five to one hundred twenty five. The Newspaper Guild and the Stereotypers Union will continue benefits for their members. The strike began December fifteen, 1987, and committee director William R. Robertson said the group will relocate its headquarters and cut free food for strikers.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Herald- Examiner
International Typographical Union
International Association of Printing Pressmen
Newspaper Guild
Stereotypers Union
Herald-Examiner
William R. Robertson
First Woman President Sought in West German Bundestag
The Social Democratic party nominated Annemarie Renger, age 33, in Bonn for the first female Bundestag president. Her election is expected when the new Bundestag meets next Wednesday after being elected two weeks ago.
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Bonn
Germany
Willy Brandt
Social Democratic Party
Annemarie Renger
Bundestag
Tanker Runs Aground in Fog on East River
A 660 foot British oil tanker trying to navigate the East River in dense fog ran aground last night. About 150 tons of oil spilled into the Hell Gate currents as the Coast Guard planned to refloat the 20,880 ton Vitta today.
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New York
East River
Coast Guard
Cuba policy shift eyed as piracy threat grows
President Nixon faces a potential policy change as Cubans contend with new security rules. Volpe says the procedures target piracy and will fall on private airlines and airport operators, though travelers will bear the cost. Davis calls the measures stringent, though past marshals and ground checks proved insufficient.
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Nixon
Volpe
Benjamin C. Davis Jr
Moonlighting by firemen hit Lackawanna in audit
Mayor Joseph R. Bala called a meeting of top city officials to address State Comptroller Arthur Levitt’s charge of moonlighting and questionable financial practices by city workers. The audit released in Albany claimed firemen worked other jobs during duty hours and that staff were assigned to non-public work.
Gas station blast burns three teens in Kings Park
Three teenage boys Wayne Caferella 16 Robert Nolan 17 and Michael Pwalirzin 17 were badly burned when a gasoline explosion at a Kings Park gas station blew them through the front windows and wrecked the service bays late last night according to police.
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Kings Park
Wayne Caferella
Robert Nolan
Michael Pwalirzin
Storms batter west and central United States
A blizzard battered the Sierra Nevada with winds to 70 mph and heavy snow. Weather warnings extended across northern California and eastern Oregon, with gusts along the west coast north of Point Reyes. The Great Lakes region faced a frigid center with sleet and snow on the plains, and Oklahoma to Michigan saw freezing rain. Denver recorded 12 degrees.
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Associated Press
Sierra Nevada Mountains
California
Oregon
Point Reyes
Calif
Portland
Ore
Washington
Great Lakes
Plains
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Oklahoma
Michigan
Texas
Panhandles
Denver
Macon
British storm devastates coast killing sailors and motorists
Winter gales battered the British Isles and surrounding seas killing at least six sailors and two motorists. Flooding damaged roads and homes. thirteen seamen were missing and believed drowned.
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London
British Isles
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