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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1982
Page
1
July 6 1982 newspaper listings highlight an elusive mystery man as court studies redistricting and Mexican unity issues. A separate feature compares inflation strategies, with details on national and regional implications.
Nearly 7,000 NEA delegates planned a one mile march in Los Angeles to protest Reagan administration cuts in public school aid and tax credits for private schooling, with the American Federation of Teachers joining in New York to oppose tuition credits.
London reports Prince Charles gains in style credited to Princess Diana, named among seven best-dressed men by a tailor. In Muscatine, Iowa, NOW opposes a wet T shirt contest but a radio station presses ahead, promising proceeds and 1000 attendees. New York notes Nathan’s hot dog contest winner Steven Abrams ate 11 hot dogs in 10 minutes at Coney Island.
Space Center Houston AP reports astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly II and Henry Hartsfield Jr start debriefing after a seven day mission aboard Columbia. Engineers study boosters that underperformed but flight deemed safe with orbit reached, though slower and lower than planned.
In Waterbury Connecticut a man linked to a niece's apartment fire was charged with starting another blaze an hour later that left at least three dead and 12 missing. More than 120 people homeless as two downtown buildings burned. Rescue crews work through smoldering rubble while Red Cross shelters house victims.
RANDOLPH E. SCHMID reports that heat waves in July and August kill hundreds yearly and add thousands of deaths when factoring indirect causes. Historic summers show tens of thousands of fatalities, with 1901 deaths exceeding 9,500 and 1930s waves blamed for nearly 15,000. Weather forecasts predict above normal temps along the coasts with mixed chances elsewhere.
Weather forecasters warn of warm nights with lows 65 to 70 and hot humid days reaching the 90s as 300 people treated for heat exhaustion in St. Louis. Tornadoes hit the South and winds up to 85 mph lash the northern Plains with hail and flash floods reported from South Dakota to Iowa. Minneapolis logged 100 degrees, Marquette tied a record 86, and Sioux Falls saw urban flooding. Officials noted air quality moderate and continued watch advisories.
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