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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1983
Page
2
July 18, 1983 report notes a rescued child amid mounting tensions at a Cancun conference. The article highlights disruptions and a prominent hijacking incident this month. The ruling in Oneonta draws additional attention to ongoing legal matters.
Police detained more than 40 Armenian activists in the Paris region in connection with the Orly airport bombing. Weapons and explosives were reportedly seized as investigators pursue leads on the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia which claimed responsibility for the Turkish Airlines counter attack that killed six and injured 55.
An explosion at a downtown Windhoek gasoline station, caused by a limpet mine, damaged pumps and cars but produced no injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the first terrorist bombing in the territory since 1978.
In Londonderry Northern Ireland two male officers and a female officer were wounded after responding to a call at an elderly apartment building near the Bogside. A Royal Ulster Constabulary spokesman said gunmen fired from a nearby house, escaped by car, and left the officers injured with serious wounds and non fatal injuries.
Stepped-up fighting around Beirut tests the Lebanese army's ability to assert control after Israel's troops withdraw. Christian and Druse militiamen battled in the central mountains and shelled beaches north of Beirut, sending bathers fleeing.
On Okeechobee Road near Miami a 1000 pound bull charged a patrolman, tossing him onto the pavement before the animal leaped into a canal. Trooper S A Williams, 25, wore a bulletproof vest and survived with a possible concussion. He was treated at Palmetto General Hospital.
In Alameda County Jail, a Prison-MATCH program lets children visit their imprisoned parents in their rooms to replace grim images with a calmer scene. Children attend twice monthly visits marked by a circus and carnival as parents meet in the visiting room while kids enjoy play areas and activities.
Lech Walesa returned to work at the Gdansk shipyard amid a hero’s welcome from about 5,000 workers. He criticized government proposals, warned he would prefer martial law to new laws, and said his unauthorized vacation is now legitimized with a two week extension.
Albany reports that several stereo headphone makers including Sony Panasonic General Electric and IVC will warn buyers about risks of listening while driving or jogging. A pamphlet issued with future sales will urge not to use headphones while driving and to keep volume low. The notice follows a Long Island teen’s death after being struck by a van he failed to hear due to headphones. The pamphlet also warns against prolonged high volume use and is to begin in January 1984.
Massachusetts woman Robin Benedict disappeared March 5 after breaking off a relationship with former Tufts professor William Douglas. NYC police recovered Benedicts bloodstained car near Pennsylvania Station with two large blood stains and possible human matter. Investigators linked credit cards a handbag and undergarments to Benedict at Douglases Sharon home as a grand jury probes potential homicide charges.
Police across northern Illinois hunted today for two men who ambushed two cars and a sheriff's cruiser on a gravel road Saturday. Four people were killed and two wounded, wallets missing. A canoeist found two wallets and a purse in the Du Page River, suggesting robbery. One volunteer deputy was among the dead and another critically hurt. The killers fled in an old brown van and a blue pickup, taking the deputies' service revolvers.
An ambulance transferring a patient to a Pittsburgh hospital hydroplaned on a wet roadway after storms, struck an oncoming car, overturned and exploded killing three people. Victims were James Ruhlman, 62, his wife Anna, 59, and attendant Thomas Burnatoski, 25. A nurse, Richard Freed, 29, was critically burned. Ambulance driver Cecil Gald, 54, and other crash occupants received injuries.
One glider pilot died and another is missing after a mid-air collision near Hawkesbury Ontario. Divers recovered a body from the Ottawa River identified as Samantha Hiscox 18 of Dollard des Ormeaux Quebec. The second pilot Lillian Stamboulich 29 of Point Claire Quebec remains unaccounted for as search efforts were hampered by industrial waste in a lagoon.
Partly cloudy tonight with a low near 62. Thunderstorms span the High Plains from Colorado to the Dakotas with hail and winds up to 110 mph. Barns and mobile homes damaged near Ogallala Nebraska. wind gusts near 110 mph reported at Mullen. Hail three inches deep observed at Marshall North Dakota and other towns. New all time highs set in Charleston South Carolina and Raleigh North Carolina. Air quality good with index 22.
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