Warm New York Area Forecast Dims Evening Skies
Tonight remains clear and mild with temperatures dipping to the mid sixties and south winds around 5 to 15 mph. Tomorrow rises to near 90 degrees with partly cloudy skies and breezy conditions. From Wednesday to Friday expect warm humid weather with scattered showers or thunderstorms and highs in the mid eighty(s).
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National Weather Service
Hancock Airport
Syracuse
Money Matters: Home equity and local lending outlook
Weather map notes how homeowners may tap equity, with local lenders urging consideration. The Money Matters section previews Syracuse videotaped weddings and a bright spot in commercial real estate sales amid a cautious industry, while entrepreneurs start new ventures at rising rates.
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Herald- Journal
Money Matters
Syracuse
Death toll 280 as Independence Day weekend ends
The traffic death toll rose to 280 by 9 a.m. EDT as the long Independence Day weekend ended its final day. The National Safety Council had estimated 400 to 500 could be killed during the period, with 566 deaths recorded last year. Albany report notes New York daily numbers game result 968. Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Five killed in holiday auto accidents across the area
A Baldwinsville man was among five residents killed in separate car crashes during the holiday weekend. Authorities report alcohol involvement in all incidents. Victims include Paul Steinbeck 35 of Baldwinsville killed near Vernon Route 234. Ronald Beardsley 18 of Willet killed on Route 26 in Cincinnatus. Greg Wilcox 19 of Lakeport Road and David Lake 27 of Chittenango struck on Seneca Street. an eight year old Canandaigua boy who died near Lake Ontario after a car went into the lake. and Janet Ward 11 of Homer who was hit while cycling on Route 11. Police say drivers faced charges including DWI and failure to stop or keep right where applicable.
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Stephen Fortier
Baldwinsville
Paul Steinbeck
West River Road
Vernon
Jamie Roy Lawton
Orlando
Fla
Lawton
Steinbeck
Poice
Oneida City Hospital
Ronald L. Beardsley
Lower Cincinnatus Road
Willet
Cincinnatus
Beardsley
Greg Wilcox
Lakeport Road
David Lake
McDonald St
Chittenango
Seneca Street
Wilcox
Lake
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Michael A. Busa
Cliff Road
Canandaigua
Lake Ontario
Yester
Joseph Cotropin
Weedstone Road
Myers Community Hospital
Andrew Vance
North Centenary Road
Lake Road
Janet Ward
Homer
Preble
Hugh Graff
Cheektowaga
Milton Gardner
Graff
Cortland County
Reagan hails shuttle crew on Fourth of July return
Space Center Houston reports President Reagan honoring astronauts Ken Mattingly and Henry Hartsfield after Col umbia lands at Edwards Air Force Base on the Fourth of July. The seven day mission completed 112 orbits with a flawless touchdown, setting up a Florida relocation for refurbishment and a future October or November launch with a four member crew. Reagan urged a permanent space presence while a White House directive favors anti satellite development and enhanced nuclear threat warning systems.
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Columbia
Reagan
Desert
Earth
Florida
White House
Lunar eclipse to grace sky as Earth lines up with Moon
Night sky will host a rare long lunar eclipse visible across half the world. The moon enters the umbra at 1 33 a m and stays fully eclipsed from 2 38 a m to 4 24 a m with colors possible from copper to brick red. The event lasts about 1 hour 46 minutes. Observers may see a tinted moon due to volcanic ash from Mexico's Chinchonal eruption.
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Larry Ciupik
Adler Planetarium of
Chicago
Chinchonal
Mexico
Brian Toon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mountain View
Calif
Israelis Hit PLO Around Beirut Airport in Heavy Fighting
Israeli artillery blasted Palestinian guerrilla positions near Beirut airport as PLO forces answered with Katyusha rockets and mortars in the heaviest clashes in over a week. AP photographer Tom Baldwin described dawn fighting in Haddeth north of the airport, south of Bourj el Barajneh, a PLO stronghold. No deaths or injuries were reported. Arafat reportedly rejected a Lebanese exit plan, leaving a token force and political mission. Friction followed recent Israeli strikes at Khalde during the northward push toward west Beirut.
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Associated Press
Beirut
PLO
Tom Baldwin
Haddeth
Bourj el Barajneh
Israel
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Lebanon
Baldwin
Khalde
Mossem
West Beirut
De la Madrid elected Mexico’s new president
Mexico City AP report says Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado won the presidency as Interior Ministry announced the victory. Opposition cited isolated irregularities such as ballot stuffing and poll-watchers’ kidnapping, but did not dispute the outcome while turnout was described as abundant.
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Mexico City
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado
Mexico
Interior Ministry
Miguel de la Madrid
Enrique Olivares Santana
Jose Minando Garfias
National Action Party
National Electoral Commission
Carlos Sanchez Cardenes
Socialist Coalition
Commission
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