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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1983
Page
2
Three hijackers forced a South Yemen Boeing 707 to land at Djibouti and wounded two passengers before surrendering. About 40 people were aboard. three crew escaped as others locked in the cockpit amid the gun battle.
About 400 Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna workers attended a meeting where United Steelworkers Local 2603 president Art Sambuchi said unions would use several "bomb shells" to pressure the company to reverse its decision to end steelmaking by year end. Sambuchi warned the plant is likely to close though he would not detail plans.
Bruce Davis, 38, an assistant vice president at the New York Stock Exchange, apparently leaped from an 11th floor Wall Street office but was stopped by an eighth floor ledge. He suffered a broken hip and internal injuries, listed in stable condition at St. Vincent's Hospital. Davis, married and father of seven, earns about $70,000 a year and has 15 years with the exchange. Police say he left no notes.
Rep. Keith Farrar of Hugoton introduces a bill to reduce state legislators' pay from 45 to 43 dollars per day plus expenses. He says the move mirrors public discontent with Congress raising salaries and cites a weak economy as context.
Bob Gruenenwald, a 6 foot 6 inch figure, roams UW Madison tunnels by night, guiding tradesmen and fixing lights. Security officer Bruce Carroll says he knows the maze better than anyone and helps students during fraternity rites and events like Dungeons and Dragons. The tunnel network carries 4000 volt cables, phone lines, computer links, and steam pipes, with Gruenenwald slipping in through lifted sidewalk grates.
Washington insiders warn of furious opposition to payroll tax hikes and benefit levies in the Social Security reform commission’s final plan. The report backs raising the retirement age toward 66 by 2015 and a six month delay in this year’s cost of living adjustment to raise $169 billion through 1989, drawing mixed votes and bilateral support from Reagan administration and congressional leaders.
New York designer Pat Moore lived four lives as three senior women and one thirty year old, disguising herself as elderly for three years to study aging in America. She endured mugging and ridicule yet found kindness, noting age bias in daily life and questioning her own identity through the experiment.
A deep winter storm dumps up to 17 inches of snow with ice and subzero wind chills from California to New England. Four deaths linked to the storm span from the West to the Northeast as about 4,600 homeless seek warmth in New York shelters. Universal travel advisories, flooded by freezing rain and snow, hit the Midwest and South with dangerous driving conditions.
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