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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1989
Page
2
The Wednesday draw lists daily number 4435 with win pour 3724 Reno and assorted numbers 17, 21, 23, 24, 27, 32, 34, 36, 37, 44, 46, 55, 58, 59, 61, 63, 66, 74, 79, 80. Lotto includes 23, 7, 4, 35, 49 with supplementary 39 and associate urns noted.
The Syracuse forecast calls for continued cold with lake effect snow tonight and Friday. Low tonight around five below zero, Friday about five above, then lake effect likely Saturday with lows of five to fifteen below. Mostly sunny but very cold Sunday with snow possible.
Central New Yorkers face frigid air as winter arrives. Snow belts and lake-effect flurries sweep Oswego County and surrounding areas, with temperatures plunging below zero and wind chills reaching deep subzero levels. Snow totals mount as roads close and schools shut while forecasts warn of colder days ahead.
Western diplomats report demonstrations in Bucharest and Timisoara as crowds chant Down with Ceausescu and explosions echo in the capital. Reports from Yugoslav media claim soldiers and police who refused to fire on protesters were executed. thousands of unarmed people are said to have been killed in Timisoara over the weekend.
In Prague the Communist Party voted to disband the People's Militia, a move aimed at appeasing the pro democracy movement that surged across Czechoslovakia last month. The paramilitary force had been under party control and was disarmed on December 3. Delegates hoped to elect new Central Committee members by congress end.
Delegates at a special congress replace top leaders with reformists who accept democratic socialism. They apologize for past repression and back a program to end one party rule. Karel Urbanek is replaced by Ladislav Adamec, who opened talks with opposition leader Vaclav Havel.
MOSCOW Lithuanian Communists defy Kremlin warnings and vote to set the republic on its own path. Algirdas Brazauskas hails the decision and pledges unity with the Soviet party and other movements. Tass reports the move as a major shift away from 80 years of policy, prompting warnings from Politburo member Yegor Ligachev about great trouble ahead.
The Dec 12 Herald Journal reported a fire damaging a Causeway Road house in Otisco. The owner was listed as Betty Smith and Peggy Mote, but Betty Smith rents space from Peggy Mote, correcting the ownership details.
Strong Arctic air blankets the Buffalo area and extends through Rochester Elmira Corning Oswego Watertown Syracuse Auburn Utica Rome Binghamton Lake George Adirondacks St Lawrence Valley Champlain Valley Albany Catskills Lower Hudson Valley and New York City regions. Temperatures fall 5 to 20 below zero tonight with highs near or below zero Friday. Snow flurries and lake effect snow accompany the cold in many zones, with windy, bitter conditions widening across the state. Extreme wind chills and dangerous travel conditions expected statewide.
A terse calendar style report notes yesterday's weather with temperatures across cities. Readings include New York and Rochester showing highs and lows, along with brief partial figures for several locales.
The Syracuse weather summary lists temperatures including a high Wednesday near 55 and record highs from 1957, plus a low 7 and normal low around 2. Snowfall totals show 2 to 4 inches on Wednesday and 50 inches for December, with a seasonal record of 161 inches in 1977-78 and 2 inches for December as a least. Wind reports indicate west surface winds up to 18 mph today with forecasts of 25 to 37 mph on subsequent days, and mention a 3,000 foot wind profile.
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