Heat Keeps Up As Syracuse Sees Week of Near 90
Weather officials warn of a hot humid week with near 90s in Syracuse and a 20 percent rain chance. Forecasters expect a brief cooling Friday and a return to muggy, humid conditions across the region.
18 Jul 1977
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1977
Page
1
Weather officials warn of a hot humid week with near 90s in Syracuse and a 20 percent rain chance. Forecasters expect a brief cooling Friday and a return to muggy, humid conditions across the region.
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Israeli Prime Minister Begin travels to Washington to present a confidential complete peace plan as the United States seeks a framework for Arab-Israeli negotiations. Carter signals openness to a Palestinian homeland concept, while Dayan advocates limited autonomy with continued Israeli security. Sadat hints at potential diplomatic ties within five years of a peace accord.
President Giscard d Estaing warns of a reprisal against the United States if Concorde landing rights remain denied, saying retaliation will avoid harming the French economy. The Port Authority has banned SST landings at JFK, while Washington tests continue at Dulles and a decision by Secretary Adams is pending.
Michael Block a 35 year old Manhattan executive spent 2600 dollars to place eight illuminated billboards in the Lexington Avenue IRT urging a marriage partner. He says he is aromantic and wants a woman who is not and has already lined up a first date with a respondent who praised him as unconventional.
Congress may add a 3 to 4 cent per gallon gasoline tax as part of a broader energy package. Chairman Thomas Ashley said the House Ad Hoc Energy Committee could restore much of Carters requested tax increase while keeping options open for rationing if gasoline use fails to fall.
Senate testimony by Sen. Charles H. Percy charges the Central States Teamsters Pension Fund may have lost between $500 million and $700 million through bad investments. He cites Las Vegas casinos, a Florida dog track, race tracks in Ohio and Pennsylvania, a Connecticut jai alai center, a California resort, and a Chicago hotel project as examples. The fund, with $1.4 billion in assets, covers 459,000 workers and retirees, paying $22 million monthly to 74,000 retirees while employer contributions could rise about 20 percent to $37 per month per new employee.
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