26 Feb 1983
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1983
Page
1
Dateline items from February 26 1983 report a contested film ruling and criticism of a jobs bill. Additional brief notes cover a baby seal hunt, features on games shortchanging girls, and Williams who did not seek pity.
CAPE CANAVERAL AP reports a leak in space shuttle Challenger No 2 engine could push back the shuttle's first flight, already delayed by a hairline fracture in the original engine. Tests found a defect in a small fuel line to the augmented spark igniter affecting ignition of propellants.
Chester and Ann Sobolewski received a replacement vehicle from a local Connecticut dealer under the states lemon law after their December purchase failed after six days and 81 miles. The car would not shift into reverse and was in the shop for six weeks. In Hamburg, police say Brady Way admitted bulldozing his own home off its foundation under divorce pressures.
John Cowles Sr former president and chairman of the Star and Tribune Co died at age 84 from cardiac arrest at his home. He had a lengthy career as reporter foreign correspondent editor and publisher with broad interests in international relations politics education and the arts. A memorial service is set for Tuesday at Gethsemane Episcopal Church in Minneapolis. He donated his body to the University of Minnesota Hospitals for research. He married Elizabeth Morley Bates in Oswego NY on July 18 1923. she died in 1976.
In Johnstown Pennsylvania a crowd of about 200 gathered at a hotel meeting room to press federal aid and job programs after the city posts the nation’s highest urban unemployment rate at 22.7 percent. Residents highlighted mill closures, layoffs, and calls for retraining in technology and diversification into metals and synthetic fuel projects.
President Reagan told Felicia Lynch, a Union City California teen, that the birth control regulation is needed because the government cannot be both mother and father. He noted federal clinics must inform parents when under 18 receive birth control, despite court rulings against the rule.
An attorney tied to Banks says the ex-defense participant in the Wounded Knee trial will stay in Poughkeepsie until March 6 for his current trial. Banks living on Onondaga Reservation since January seeks to derail South Dakota extradition by Cuomo proposal. Talks with Gov Janklow pending approval and press comments show no negotiations yet. Attorneys push for work release to avoid full prison time once arrested.
Analysts say Nigeria may restudy its $5.50 cut and join a unified price reduction at next week's OPEC emergency session. Lagos reports Nigeria ready to attend to negotiate a uniform $30 per barrel base, amid global efforts to steady oil markets and avert a price war.
Neighbors described rumors of Pipines considering selling Central City. Police say he was killed after 7 am and found in his bedroom with a head wound. About 40 officers searched Manlius for clues, stopping cars and questioning motorists amid reports of a suspicious van and a hitchhiker in the area.
Forecast clear tonight with low 20s and light southwest winds. Snowfall affected the lower Great Lakes and upper Ohio Valley with mountains of West Virginia and North Carolina under advisory. Northern New England and the Pacific coast saw mixed snow and rain while heavy Sierra Nevada snow and coastal rain affected California.
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