Brief Frigid Weather Sparks Travel Advisory Upstate
A cold front brings plunging temperatures and snow squalls across the upstate region with high winds. Motorists are urged to travel with extreme care as low temperatures drop to 0 to 10 below, with 50 to 60 percent snow chances tonight and tomorrow. Local readings ranged from 7 degrees in Massena to 31 in Islip. Winds from Lake Ontario threaten blowing and drifting snow through the weekend.
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Upstate
Weather Service
Hancock Airport
Massena
Islip
Long Island
Lake Ontario
Pipeline leak spills up to five thousand barrels in Alaska
An Alaska spokesman says the Trans Alaska pipeline was shut after a North Slope leak with as much as 5000 barrels possibly spilled though the exact amount is unclear due to darkness. The Syracuse Herald American features include an Oswego priest’s Shroud of Turin study and a note on women in sports tied to Title IX gains.
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Anchorage
Oswego
Turin
Syracuse Herald
Empire Magazine
James T. Mulder
Vincent Donavan
Jesus Christ
Winning number in New York daily game at 707
The New York daily numbers drawing produced the winning number 707. No details on drawing time or payout are provided.
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New York
Christmas legends in college term paper folklore
A light note on a Christmas season belief that a college student may work on his term paper during the holidays. The snippet hints at stereotypes of student life and holiday study pressure with a festive context.
ZIP postposed start of nine digit ZIP code
The Postal Service delays the debut of nine digit ZIP codes to June 1 1981 after Senate action. Postmaster Bolger cites caution and public information efforts while noting expected $600 million annual savings when fully active in 1987. The plan remains voluntary with potential incentives for business mailers. independent businesses oppose list revisions.
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Washington
Postal Service
Senate
William F. Bolger
Bolger
National Federation of Independent Businesses
Roger Jepsen
Iowa
Carter weighs antisurge import protection for specialty steel
President Carter plans modest steel import safeguards after interagency talks. A memo from domestic policy staff outlines options and the antisurge mechanism already used for textiles, triggering fast federal probes and potential duties if foreign shipments are subsidized or dumped.
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Washington
Carter
Japan
United States
Sugar boosts food costs to rise 15 percent in 1980
The Associated Press reports a drought driven rise in the market basket with prices up 14.4 percent in 1980 across 13 cities. Sugar led the surge as raw sugar costs climbed 50 percent from 1979, pushing a five pound bag from 1.42 to 2.85 by year end.
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Associated Press
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Iranian cleric calls hostages spies amid ransom clash
In Tehran a leading Iranian cleric said the 52 Americans held since the embassy seizure are spies not hostages and urged trial. Algerian intermediaries delivered the U.S. reply on $24 billion in assets, with Iran warned to avoid endless bargaining. Washington framed the offer as escrow asset release once hostages are freed.
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U.S
Iran
Mohammad Ali Rajai
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Algeria
Carter
United States
Ronald Reagan
Washington Post
Post
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Ayatollah
Allameh Wahya Noori
Noori
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Carabinieri
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