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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1998
Page
1
Local officials note state assessments spurred changes in area classrooms. Weather watchers report varied snow totals as the Nor'easter's heart sat over the region, affecting totals and forecasts.
Breezy and milder Friday with a low 30s, Saturday shows a shower risk and a high near 46, Sunday turns cloudy with a high around 42, then Monday mostly cloudy with a few showers and a high near 38.
After a three day storm burying the region in up to three feet of snow, temperatures rise from single digits to the thirties and forties. Officials note lake effect winds shift to flurries and light rain as the Great Snow Melt of 1998 approaches.
AP report notes Skeptical Inquirer findings that tabloids missed nearly all 1997 forecasts. Psychic flops include Barbra Streisand converting Rush Limbaugh, Pamela Anderson Lee’s political or film futures, and Diana remaining alive. Only one forecast since 1979 proved half true.
Michael Kennedy son of Robert F. Kennedy dies after colliding with a tree while skiing in Aspen Colorado. Officials say he 39 was rushed to Aspen Valley Hospital where he died. He faced prior scrutiny over an alleged affair with a teenage babysitter and had recently separated from his wife Victoria Gifford Kennedy.
The Herald's Journal reports California imposes sweeping bans on smoking inside bars and casinos statewide, aiming to reduce health risks and secondhand smoke exposure across venues. In related notes, Dr Jack Kevorkian vows to starve himself if convicted. A helicopter crash in New York City injures eight. The State Department clears two baseball players and their wife to enter the United States after defecting from Cuba.
A lighthearted column blends kitchen tips and food trends. It spotlights a Syracuse supermarket encounter and notes beets rising in Lo menus. Woody Allen discusses Deconstructing Harry release while TV previews feature The Magnificent Seven and a Seinfeld controversy.
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