28 Dec 1981
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1981
Page
1
National Weather Service at Hancock Airport reports one to two inches of snow tonight with a low in the mid 20s and northwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Tomorrow highs 25 to 30 with an 80 percent then 40 percent chance of snow. Extended outlook includes scattered flurries and continued cold through New Year with lows 10 to 15 and highs mid 20s.
Soviet human rights activist Andrei Sakharov was released from hospital and sent home on Christmas Eve, ending a 20 day forcible hospitalization during a hunger strike. His wife reported the phone call from Gorky.
Nearly two thousand passengers of the S S Norway are back ashore in Miami after a fire swept the boiler room, buckling steel plates and turning their vacation plans to ashes.
The Associated Press reports a low death toll from the three day Christmas holiday weekend, with traffic fatalities totaling 309, well below the National Safety Council’s early weekend estimate.
In Albany, the nightly numbers game result named 212 as the winning number for the latest drawing. No further details on payouts or involved authorities were provided in the readable text.
A lighthearted observation notes people rarely worry about paying gradually. The joke implies comfort in staggered costs as long as the total bill is not paid in one lump sum.
An Otis Elevator Co employee was killed at Syracuse University Biological Laboratories when 4500 pounds of counterweights fell as two workers recabled an elevator. Partner Eugene Marshfield was treated for shock at Crouse-Irving Memorial Hospital. Police call it an industrial accident.
The Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia reported its first pregnancy resulting from in vitro fertilization with a 5 pound 12 ounce girl born well after birth at Norfolk General. The clinic, which began in February 1980, has kept parental names private and noted three additional pregnancies since.
Western reporters in Warsaw report shortages of meat butter and antibiotics as Poland's martial law regime enters week three. Lech Walesa, Time Man of the Year 1981, is held in an undisclosed location. January meat rations fall to 5.5 pounds for most, 8.8 pounds for the vulnerable, with farmers hit hard by a complete cut.
Wayne B Williams is escorted to Fulton County Courthouse under heavy guard to face trial on two of the 28 murders haunting Atlanta. Jury selection starts after delays as 48 prospective jurors are screened amid reporters and spectators. 15 deputies guard the process with 10 inside the courtroom.
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