16 Feb 1983
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1983
Page
1
The National Weather Service at Hancock Airport reports a 30 percent chance of rain tonight and tomorrow. Low temperatures will be in the low 30s with highs near 40, and a 60 percent chance of rain. Extended outlook calls for partly cloudy skies through Sunday with lows 25 to 30 and highs 35 to 40.
Fire across parched bushland kills at least 29, injures 450, and forces thousands to flee in Victoria and South Australia. Rescue officials report 20 deaths in South Australia and nine in Victoria. Both states declare disaster areas as fires rage through drought zones.
Secretary of State George P. Shultz appealed to the House Foreign Affairs Committee for congressional approval of the Reagan administration’s 14.5 billion foreign aid plan. He argued it would counter Soviet influence in the Third World and aid economic recovery amid the global recession. In Beirut, Israeli forces breached a Lebanese roadblock in east Beirut amid the Lebanese army’s recent control of the Christian sector.
Albany AP reports the daily numbers game winner was 548 and the Win Four number drawn last night was 6688. The prizes and payout specifics were not disclosed in this brief.
A light quip notes two things a child will share willingly communicable diseases and his mother's age, contrasting innocence with a blunt truth in a old style newspaper voice.
U S intelligence links a February 8 Plesetsk launch to a new solid fuel ICBM with four warheads, possibly the first successful test of a second new Soviet type. Officials say the event may challenge SALT II limits and fuel debate over treaty compliance amid previous October tests and long-standing fuel-use differences.
Investigators said the Cessna 340 vanished into clouds above Woody Creek Colorado after takeoff from Aspen. Pilot Robert B. McCormick of Fayetteville Syracuse attorney and his wife Emmet Owens and their spouses died. The crash occurred at about 9 000 feet with no radio contact or radar trace. Data recorders were not on board and the cause may never be known.
Residents and businesses on Erie Boulevard welcomed Corenco Corp move to stop rendering by end of March. The plant will stay open as a transport facility while shifting away from burning animal carcasses to comply with environmental guidelines. Neighbors praise the change amid two years of strong odors affecting local commerce and quality of life.
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