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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1977
Page
5
Mayor elect Edward Koch toured Rikers Island with security escort and promised substantial steps to improve food hygiene and sanitation for guards and inmates. He stressed fiscal issues would not block reforms after a 90 minute jail visit and noted plans to reduce the detention population. He ate in a mess hall with inmates and called the meal terrific.
Austrian born Nikolai Wischnewsky tried to hijack Eastern Airlines Flight 688 with a dummy pistol and a fake bomb. After 24 hours of negotiations he was subdued by FBI agents and Atlanta police at Hartsfield tied to explosives on his leg.
Frigid conditions persist with a 30 percent chance of snow flurries tonight and tomorrow. Low temperatures range from 5 to 10 degrees, with highs near 20. Yesterday reached 46 with a 19 low. record highs and lows for the date are 59 in 1964 and 12 in 1914. Snowfall to date totals 51.2 inches. Relative humidity was 68 percent at 8 p.m. yesterday and 56 percent at 8 a.m. today. Winds from the south to southwesterly at 15 to 25 mph. Sunset 4:35 p.m. Sunrise 7:35 a.m.
Snow covered the Great Lakes from Minnesota to Pennsylvania slowing holiday travelers returning from Christmas gatherings. Michigan Ohio and Pennsylvania issued travel advisories with up to six inches expected in northwest Pennsylvania. Erie Pennsylvania reported four inches, Sault Ste. Marie four inches bringing total to 22 inches. A Detroit area snow squall caused two pileups involving about 50 cars. Louis Skudlarick 63 died of a heart attack while shoveling snow in Traverse City Michigan. Temperatures fell with 16 below at Devils Lake North Dakota. Rain and snow extended into New England and parts of the South and West.
An early morning blast at the Venezuelan Consulate near Fifth Avenue blew out windows up several floors and scattered glass on the street. No injuries reported. A caller claiming Omega Seven attributed the attack to Orlando Bosch's imprisonment, linking it to the Cubana flight bombing off Barbados on Oct 6, 1976.
The St. Lawrence Seaway, officially closed since December 15, ends the season as Westwind icebreaker clears Snell Lock at Massena and heads to Montreal for repairs. Over 80 ships raced to beat winter ice, avoiding traps for first time in 12 years.
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