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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1982
Page
2
July Fourth coverage highlights teachers airing gripes at A4 and a rappel down Hoover Dam at A5. The edition also notes the I Love New York campaign winner on the same pages and crime victims receiving assistance at C7 and D3.
In Johannesburg South Africa 12000 black miners refused to work at the Kloof mine triggering unrest as guards fired tear gas to disperse crowds. No injuries were reported though seven Black miners died last week at Gold Fields controlled mines.
Three blasts five minutes apart shattered public phone booths on Broadway in New York. One nearby woman suffered light cuts from flying glass but declined treatment. Police say bomb squads were sent to the sites and preliminary reports indicate bombs caused the damage.
Buenos Aires reports the government closed banks, foreign exchanges and the stock market to curb speculation ahead of a major economic policy update. Newspapers and broadcasters expect Jose Maria Dagnino Pastore to reveal new measures, but officials declined to comment.
U S and Canadian dignitaries gathered at Roosevelt Cottage on Campobello Island to mark the centennial of Franklin D. Roosevelt birth. Officials praised him as a dominant 20th century political figure as two warships rode offshore. Roosevelt Jr led visitors on a porch tour while a commemorative stamp was presented.
LaPorte Mayor A J Raimely, shot by a Memorial Day attacker who killed his wife, remained in very critical condition at St Josephs Medical Center. Hospital spokesman Al Kniola said doctors reported he had become less responsive and his overall condition was deteriorating.
In Dallas a Ford showroom party plan targets women to ease car buying fears. M J Ellsworth notes 110 cars sold to women at 14 area dealers, with Miracle Ford drawing 500 guests to engraved invitations and 14 carat gold bracelets.
Reports from Marfa Texas describe rapid lights seen year round near town. Scientists suggest car headlights through atmospheric tunneling. Other theories include mica reflections and static discharges, but none fully explain why the lights move or disappear.
President Reagan directs use of the shuttle system to bolster space defense against Soviet presence, calling for anti satellite weapons, protection for spacecraft, and better early warning systems. He proposes a permanent space presence but delays a fifth shuttle and a manned space station pending a new space policy panel.
NASA officials paraded its fleet including Columbia Challenger and Enterprise as President Reagan dispatched a Challenger ferry flight over the desert. Astronauts Mattingly and Hartsfield flew to Ellington after a public homecoming amid cheering crowds estimated at 500000.
Space shuttle Challenger and its 747 carrier arrive at Ellington near Houston after a July 4 fueling stop attended by about 50 000 spectators. Astronauts Tom Mattingly and Henry Hartsfield later arrived, while Columbia landed in California ending a seven day mission.
A dozen tornadoes with up to 92 mph winds swept the Midwest, with up to 5 inches of rain washing out bridges in southern Iowa and damaging electrical service across several states. Northern New England cooled to the 30s while Minnesota and Georgia endured record highs. Weather extended from Montana to Tennessee with widespread thunderstorms and power outages. forecasts call for more rain tonight in the upper Great Lakes and central Plains.
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