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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1981
Page
4
Forecast calls for snow and flurries in the Great Lakes region and upper New England with mixed skies elsewhere. Tonight and tomorrow show 60 and 30 percent snow chances respectively, temperatures in the 20s, winds NW at 10 to 25 mph, and total seasonal snowfall at 43.5 inches.
A Great Lakes to New England snowstorm hit New York City with up to five inches by rush hour and more expected, worsening a city already strained by flu, drought worries, and thousands of unheated homes. City officials brought in 344 sanitation workers early to clear plows, while Mayor Koch opened a Manhattan armory with 700 cots for the elderly and poor in heatless buildings. Health officials warned flu cases reached epidemic levels, hitting the elderly hardest.
Edward W. Barrett paid $3 to join the Mother Earth Church and noted “ordination” ads offering degrees for fees while lampooning such schemes. Desi Arnaz denies mob plots despite claims by ex-mafia figure Fratianno that he was targeted for assassination over Prohibition-era fame. Fratianno’s book alleges Chicago mobsters ordered the hit, then canceled after Arnaz hired kids to deter assailants. Kate Smith’s estate valued at about $500,000 as sale of her Lake Placid retreat to Robert E. Grant proceeds under conservatorship. Doris Day seeks divorce from Barry Camden in Los Angeles custody notes.
Volcano experts warn Mount St Helens could blow its top again with little forewarning due to a growing lava dome and recent earthquakes. Red zone around the mountain remains closed as scientists caution near-term eruption chances are uncertain and potentially rapid.
A 4.5 magnitude quake struck San Benito County near San Juan Bautista early morning, felt from Monterey to Marin with no damage or injuries reported. The tremor, centered west of San Juan Bautista about 80 miles southeast of San Francisco, woke residents as lights flickered along the hillside.
Low water levels on the Mississippi River threaten record lows this month, delaying river commerce in Memphis. Towboat and barge operators reduce load to navigate the shrinking nine foot deep channel. dredges keep the channel open after closures at Blytheville Arkansas and Caruthersville Missouri. Grounding averages about one ton every two hours in the Memphis district.
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