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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1982
Page
1
A short notice notes a milestone in animal reproduction with gorillas and advances in assisted birth technology. The piece highlights the first successful birth in a test tube context and hints at broader implications for science and zoos.
London AP reports Edward Topol and Fridrikh Neznansky, two Soviet writers in exile, claim in a forthcoming book that Yuri Andropov plotted to overthrow Brezhnev. They allege Andropov ordered the murder of KGB general Semyon Kuznitsov, Brezhnev insider and black market link, who died in January after a long illness.
Dr. Judith Xiomara Suazo Estrada, a 33 year old radiologist, was released after nine days in captivity. Kidnappers from the Pedro Diaz Command of the Revolutionary Movement of the Ixim had demanded a statement. newspapers printed their anti-U S manifesto as the price of freedom. The release occurred in downtown Guatemala City near the hospital she left December 14. The captors had threatened to kill her if demands were not met.
The IMF granted final approval for a 3.9 billion loan to Mexico as part of a broader rescue package. New trade credits of about 2 billion from ten industrial nations bolster financing, with conditions to cut public spending and reduce government services to free funds for debt payments. Net financing of 7 billion is projected, including 5 billion from banks and 2 billion from foreign trade credits.
In Huntsville Texas UPIs report, a six foot lighted motorized Santa Claus stolen from Allen Sylvester's lawn on December 15 was found abandoned in a city street. Deputy Alvin Baker located the damaged figure, leading investigators to suspect students stole Santa and two plastic reindeer as part of the Sylvester Christmas display. Sheriff Darrell White commented on the incident as a sign of holiday mischief.
President Reagan, revising earlier pessimism, predicts a definite upturn in 1983 though unemployment may not fall quickly. He hailed final passage of a nickel-a-gallon gas tax increase to fund highway and mass transit projects expected to create about 170000 jobs. Reagan urged employers to hire at least one additional worker to reduce joblessness while stressing the need for a long term recovery plan.
A winter storm dumped two feet of snow in Colorado and Wyoming with winds up to 50 mph. The system moved from California through the Rockies, causing flight suspensions at Denver and interstate closures along I-5. Tornadoes and flooding affected multiple states, with at least 14 weather related deaths and numerous injuries.
Washington remained tense as the 97th Congress adjourned after approving a 5-cent gasoline tax hike to 9 cents a gallon, a $5.5 billion annual highway and mass transit program, and higher heavy-use taxes for trucks. Senate leaders and critics clashed over rules, with Senators Mitchell Pryor Kennedy Durenberger and Helms trading sharp remarks as the chamber sent the bill to President Reagan for signature.
A massive western storm front drives record warm temperatures across the Midwest and New York, while a Christmas Eve snowstorm buffets the Rockies. Gulf moisture feeds the system, bringing balmy highs into the 50s in New York and rain chances later today. Winter conditions extend from the Texas panhandle to southern Minnesota and southern South Dakota with rain from central Kansas to northwestern Wisconsin. Sunset is 4 34 p.m.
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