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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1981
Page
1
The National Weather Service forecaster at Hancock Airport says rain will transition to snow tonight with a low near 30 degrees. Winds will be west to northwest 10 to 20 mph, with a high in the mid 30s and a 70 percent precipitation chance tonight rising to 80 percent tomorrow as flurries and possible snow squalls occur.
Attackers threw a bomb through a U S Army office window near Kassel in West Germany. Two soldiers suffered minor injuries including thigh cuts to the staff duty officer Donald D McAllister and minor neck cuts on Spelie Lewis K Bruce. Both were treated on scene and released to duty.
The Associated Press reports a severe snowstorm, the worst in three seasons, killing seven people and stranding thousands in New England. Oregon endures more heavy rain while fog in Southern California causes six deaths, overlaying disaster conditions across the West and Northeast.
American survivors and Japanese mourners held services and raised flags at Pearl Harbor to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Japanese attack that drew the United States into World War II. In Albany, New York, the nightly numbers game produced the winning number 752. The column notes three stages of sickness as ill, pill, and bill.
In Barranquilla Colombia a group armed with grenades and submachine guns forced three Venezuelan airliners with 262 aboard to depart from the port city. Officials cite unclear motives and conflicting hijacker origins including Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, Venezuelan or M-19 ties. The airport is sealed and flights halted as authorities assess hostages and safety.
The Ways and Means Committee voted 6-2 to authorize a 4.3 million loan to erase a projected 1981 deficit in the county Social Services Department, ensuring welfare checks mailed Dec 15. The budget note, paired with interdepartmental transfers, lets the county break even for the year.
Solidarity leaders discuss a forceful transfer of authority from the communist regime at a secret Radom meeting. Jan Rulewski urges forming a temporary government to stabilize the country until elections, with plans for seat distribution and a potential own worker police, per later press details and quotes attributed to Zbigniew Bujak.
The United States and Libya trade charges over alleged plans to assassinate President Reagan. Khadafy accuses Washington of lies while Moynihan cites strong evidence of Libyan plots and U.S. officials targeted abroad, prompting a State Department denial.
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