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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1983
Page
3
A New York city study urges prevention over intervention to curb truancy and juvenile delinquency. It recommends earlier action such as counseling and school resources to stop occasional truants from becoming chronic offenders. Police data show most arrests for drugs weapons or disorderly conduct occur during school hours.
A stubborn blaze at a Lafayette Street commercial building prompted a overnight closure of Canal Street from Baxter to Broadway. Police said ice from freezing hose water will keep the street shut until morning, delaying traffic as firefighters battled the fire. Meanwhile the New York Lottery reported Christmas Day is the one day without drawings, with Lotto numbers 28 38 39 5 1 19 and supplementary 37. no first prize was won.
About 65,000 more New Yorkers than expected collected welfare checks in the first half of 1983, threatening to add millions to state, local and federal welfare spending. State officials warn it is early to gauge exact extra funds needed beyond the $653.5 million set aside for the current fiscal year.
The Syracuse area is sunny today with a high in the teens and a 60 percent chance of snow tomorrow reaching around 30. The extended outlook calls for snow on Wednesday, partly cloudy with scattered flurries Thursday, highs in the 20s, lows in the teens, then fair Friday with single digit lows and teens highs.
Brutal cold and lake effect snow squalls shuttered the state Thruway and contributed to multiple deaths across upstate New York. A young child froze on a Claverack porch as authorities postponed details for family notification. Fire, shoveling, and traffic crashes caused further fatalities amid record low temperatures in Binghamton and widespread snow totals.
Dozens gathered at Cpl. Dana Spaulding’s West Batavia home to deliver fruit baskets, canned goods, wrapped gifts and money for Christmas. The 19 year old, injured in the Oct 23 Beirut bombing, received support from locals and readers of the Rochester paper, easing travel costs and ostensible hardship while he recovers at Camp Lejeune and VA facilities.
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