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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1983
Page
2
Jerusalem Prime Minister Menachem Begin marks his 70th birthday amid denial of retirement rumors. Sources say he will remain in office until Israel’s Lebanon involvement is resolved, with his Gregorian birth date listed as August 16, 1913.
A federal judge in Manhattan denied Westchester County immediate relief from truck traffic chaos caused by detours for the collapsed Mianus Bridge on I 95. Judge John Sprizzo withheld a decision, noting the dispute may fade by Friday as Connecticut officials push to have ramps and a new detour ready by tomorrow.
Lebanese President Amin Gemayel rejects any partial Israeli pullout arguing it would split Lebanon. He planned talks with Secretary of State George Shultz and President Reagan on redeployment, while Israel announced a redeployment moving forces south of Beirut to stronger positions.
Jurors in the second degree murder trial of Suette Scott, 21, found a retractable knife in blood stained trousers worn by former Rochester officer Robert Prior on the night of his death. The defense claimed self defense as the knife had been brandished. The knife, labeled a court exhibit, had been overlooked by investigators.
In Wichita Kansas United Press International reports three brothers James Hahn John Jones and John Clay Burch met for the first time since their adoption 57 years ago. Their mother left them with relatives in St Louis after abandonment. Jones and Hahn had previously met unknowingly years earlier in Missouri.
Margaret H. Sexton of Beltsville Maryland advertised in Soldier of Fortune seeking an explosives expert to blow the Golden county jail The plan unravelled when a police informant connected with Edward Satchfield of Orange Texas offered to assist Satchfield alerted FBI Sexton and fellow prisoner Mark Nola face charges and $100000 bonds Nola has been jailed since July 8 on felony theft burglary and forgery charges United F International
United States backed Israel moving arms captured from the Palestine Liberation Organization to Honduras for eventual transfer to Nicaraguan rebels. The shipments, including artillery, mortars, mines, grenades, and ammunition, mark a deeper Israeli role in Central America to aid insurgents against Nicaragua and complement U.S. security aid.
Ling Ling at the National Zoo gave birth to a panda cub at 3 18 a m EDT but authorities said the baby had not moved for hours and was presumed dead. It was the first panda cub born in the United States and the sixth born outside China. The panda crawled for about three hours after birth before movement ceased. The paternity remains uncertain between Hsing Hsing and Chia Chia.
Almost 2400 women will be assigned to non-combat ships by September 1985, nearly doubling their numbers aboard. The Navy plans to raise female officers and enlisted on non-combat vessels to 5200, with the program starting in 1978 aboard Vulcan. Sea duty for women is mandatory and eligible sailors can be assigned.
A report in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes there is no less hazardous cigarette option. Low yield brands do not reduce tar or nicotine intake, as smokers can adjust habits to absorb similar amounts. Researchers and medical experts warn against the misleading advertising.
A nationwide heat wave brings temperatures above 100 across regions including Missouri Iowa and Georgia. Two elderly men and a woman died in Missouri with 21 heat related deaths nationwide. St Louis County opened 50 cooling shelters and officials warn the heat will continue into the weekend.
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