17 Feb 1984
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1984
Page
1
Central New Yorkers welcomed a spring like day as temperatures rose to 51 degrees, ending a harsh January. Residents enjoyed Frisbee in Thornden Park and Sinondaga Park, with shoppers buying sunglasses and shorts along Marshall Street marking the milder spell.
Sunday editions feature Verdi Otello with Dyan Cannon and Goodwin Cooke in interviews. Empire Magazine spotlights Syracuse photographers best shots of 1982. Reporter Tom Schwendler explains why calves are raised in germ free bubbles at Cornell University. Joan Vadeboncoeur talks with tenor William Neill about the title role in Syracuse Opera Co. Otello on Feb 24 and 26 at the Civic Center.
Militants of Druse and Shiite factions push back Gemayel loyalists near Beirut as fighting swells around the capital. Shelling kills civilians and threatens the U.S. Marine base at Beirut airport while discussions on Saudi peace proposals intensify. The U.S. plans to relocate Marines within 30 days and maintain embassy protection as Rumsfeld visits.
In the Chouf Mountains near Beirut, bodies of many slain villagers were found in Kfar Matta. A blood stained pillow carried a message from a journalist signed Clark, urging his family to be told of his love. Western reporters were escorted to the site by Druse fighters amid ongoing fighting after an Israeli pullout.
Albany AP reports amounts of carcinogenic ethylene dibromide exceed federal guidelines detected in five two pound jars of Cracker Jack Extra Fresh Popping Corn. The state recalls the lot coded 3297D from Cracker Jack Borden Inc, with jars seized at Mandell Food Store Brooklyn. EPA bans EDB as a grain fumigant due to health risks.
New York health commissioner Dr David Axelrod urged Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to be denied a nuclear magnetic resonance scanner. He cited rising costs and the hospital's planned $2 billion rebuild to curb public health expenditures. The move signals broader pressure on Manhattan hospitals to cut back for budget relief.
Miss Teen USA Ruth Zakarian, 17, of Amsterdam, had spoken against drug abuse when the diamond tiara like crown disappeared from a hotel restroom in Albany between 11:15 a.m. and 12 p.m. A reward was offered by Julio Martinez, head of the state anti drug agency, who said the crown has little monetary value but means a lot to her.
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