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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1982
Page
2
Mexico devalued the peso for the third time in 1982 ahead of expected lifting of currency controls. The central bank cut the controlled rate from 70 to 1 to 95 to 1, with banks to sell limited dollars at a free market rate likely near black market levels. Private citizens may buy up to $1,000 at a time, firms up to $5,000, and dollars remain scarce.
Patricia Ann Flax 28 and her four children Ben jamin 1, Stephanie 2, William 6, and Eliza 18, along with Mrs Flax, died as flames swept a Christmas tree fire. Allen Flax 43 escaped with a 3-year-old, then Mrs Flax reentered to save others and perished. Fire Chief Jim Davidson said the blaze began in the living room near the tree. cause under investigation.
Romanian Orthodox Archbishop Valerian Trifa, linked to Nazi war crimes, has been refused asylum by Switzerland and must find another destination after an immigration judge ordered his departure from the United States. In Los Angeles, thirteen Jewish Defense League demonstrators were arrested for allegedly disrupting services at a church where Trifa was to appear. Trifa, head of the US and Canada Romanian Orthodox church, would not name other potential destinations and said he would leave when ready.
In Morristown Tennessee a 30 by 50 foot sinkhole near Lloyd Cobble's home continues to grow. Cobble, a machinist, cannot afford to plug it as the hole nears his house. Researchers from Sink Hole Data and Research Center plan to help at no charge, citing a leaking pool as a contributing factor.
A joint USFWS and California study counts 1,194 otters and 144 pups between Point Conception and Ana Nuevo, showing a population about the same as 1976. Once nearly wiped out by pelts hunters, sea otters are now protected under the Endangered Species Act.
Two loaded ferries the European Gateway and Speedlink Vanguard collided in a night storm off Harwich England sinking one vessel and killing at least five people with another feared dead. About 64 rescued, lifejackets and lifeboat space questioned. No tourists aboard. crew and drivers aboard European Gateway. Authorities investigate cause. first major accident in over 20 years of operation.
Democratic leaders Foley and Wright say a solvent Social Security fund is achievable without deep cuts in benefits. They await a 15 member commission’s recommendations due by year end, with White House and congressional leaders undecided on specifics.
Dennis LeBlanc a 36 year old associate administrator at the Commerce Department's Office of Policy Analysis and Development and former Reagan chauffeur is paid per diem to perform ranch chores at Rancho del Cielo in Santa Barbara California while the White House reimburses Commerce He traveled by military plane on trips with Reagan and received stipends of 459 and 520 dollars for two California ranch visits with travel voucher notes stating essential for agency programs and missions
A broad winter storm blankets Ohio to New York with 1 to 7 inches of snow and gusts up to 78 mph in western Washington. Pennsylvanians brace for mixed precipitation. eastern PA and southern NJ under winter storm warnings. City forecasts call for 5 inches in Pittsburgh and 4 inches in Buffalo. temperatures dip below freezing and winds continue to generate high tides and slick conditions.
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