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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1981
Page
6
Clear tonight with a mid 50s low and mostly sunny tomorrow near 80. Zero rain expected tonight and tomorrow. Sunset 8 36 p m sunrise 5 46 a m. Yesterday high 76 low 57. Record high 98 in 1933 and record low 50 in 1977. Yesterday humidity 45 percent at 8 p m and 69 percent at 3 a m today. Light and variable wind tonight.
Heavy rains lash the plains as tornadoes touch down in South Dakota and Nebraska. Record highs include 107 in Wichita and 105 in Amarillo, while Jackson Wyoming reports 32 degrees. A 68 year old man dies from heat in Oklahoma as a cold front cools the north later.
Fires raged across Colorado and Idaho burning thousands of acres of range and forest. In Idaho 6 000 acres burned near Wendell as 64 firefighters with 10 water trucks and two aircraft fought the blaze. Two large suspected arson fires in southern Idaho covered 16 600 and 3 800 acres near Bruneau and Castleford. In Colorado two blazes on BLM land charred about 1 400 acres as hot dry winds hampered efforts. Overall more than 2 000 acres were on fire statewide in a dozen blazes believed started by weekend lightning.
Weather conditions disrupted microwave relays across Louisiana and Ohio, affecting communications from the East, South and West. AT&T spokesman Wayne Dubois said the garbled data and noise on voice circuits disrupted some network television transmissions and the UPI news report, lasting through the night due to fog or alternating air layers.
Advertisement claims hundreds of U S citizens can win oil lease rights in Wyoming drawings with as little as 30 dollars risk. Entrants receive official entry cards by mail from The Stanton Company for a August 12 1981 deadline and may pursue royalties on oil or gas production.
Prince Charles arrived at White's club in central London for a secret party with 20 friends, triggering anger from staff as reporters and photographers waited. The Times called it the most closely guarded secret before Charles's wedding to Lady Diana Spencer next Wednesday.
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