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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1982
Page
2
July 19 1982 records outline civil rights concerns and health cost debates. The page notes D Amato commenting on Beirut and considers whether a flat tax could be adopted. Also mentions plans to rebuild the Thunderbirds.
The armed forces have quietly begun to rebuild guerrilla, sabotage, and clandestine warfare capability. The Joint Chiefs of Staff, under Defense Secretary Weinberger, are tightening command and control to respond faster. A new joint headquarters for special operations units is being considered, with no decision yet.
South Korean students accused of starting a fire at the U.S. cultural center in Pusan testified they were beaten and tortured by police to confess to seeking a communist takeover in Seoul. One college student said officers beat him until he could not walk before admitting to being a communist sympathizer.
Unknown assailants bombed and torched vehicles and buildings at Frankfort and Mannheim projects tied to the controversial airport runway. Police said property damage occurred at Dressler and Bilfinger Berger sites with no injuries reported.
In Codington County a 75th anniversary parade and other festivities honored Foley, a vanished town not on the 1980 census and absent from maps. More than 250 locals gathered near the remaining elevator, the town's center since 1907, with Foley Garden Club planning the event led by John Foley as grand marshal.
Protesters in northern Idaho deny stripping during a demonstration against spraying about 50 acres of brush north of Avery. Group leader Mickey McKinney says nudity was not used as tactic, while a forest ranger described some protesters as naked in the brush. About 30 protesters camped at the site as the U.S. Forest Service carried out the spraying.
The Minnesota built Hjemkomst, a 76 foot replica Viking ship, arrived in Bergen after a 34 day Atlantic crossing. The one mast square rigged vessel with a 12 member crew docked at Festningskai after a calm Baltic harbor approach amid sirens and fireworks. Debie Asp, lone woman aboard, spoke of safety and pride as U.S. Ambassador Austad and Bergen officials welcomed the crew.
After a 15 day strike by locomotive engineers collapsed, rail service in Britain returned toward normal as unions refused support. About one million health workers began a three day pay strike, while Thatcher faced political risk amid security scandals. British Rail ran roughly 90 percent of trains during the morning rush as delays persisted.
Western Iran near the Iraqi border reports say Ilam and Khurramabad seen as sites of Iranian mop up operations. A London monitored radio broadcast claimed red alert and a bomb shelter warning for Tehran followed by an unclear all clear, raising questions of accuracy or test.
Across the region a blistering heat wave drives 98 degree highs in New York City and Boston setting a near record while power lines fail and debris flies from 45 to 60 mph winds. Waterways swell and storms rattle the Plains as heat triggers hotspot alarms and a city heat line opens.
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