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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1982
Page
1
Central New Yorkers will enjoy a fair night with a low around 60. Light and variable winds. Tomorrow will be beach and picnic weather with a high of 80 to 85. Chance of showers Sunday and Monday, then a sunny Tuesday. Highs in the 80s, lows 60 to 65.
Scott Robert Meese, 19, son of White House counselor Edwin Meese III, died after his car ran off a road and struck a tree in McLean Virginia. U S Park Police reported today the fatal accident occurred last night in the suburb near Washington.
South African jet fighters bombed a southern Angolan town on Wednesday as UPI reports Vernon Walters visited Luanda in Angola. The Angolan news agency said the raid occurred and South Africa denied the charge.
Empire Magazine in Syracuse Herald American runs Pat Snyder’s account of her son Benji’s cancer battle, treatment and death. The Sunday feature shares a family’s emotions, the pain of illness, and burial details two years after those summer months.
The winning daily number drawn last night in the state’s Lottery was 969. The Win Four number was 8787.
The Senate approved a 99 billion three year tax increase aimed at reviving the economy. The bill raises cigarette, phone, and high medical expense deductions taxes, imposes a 10 percent withholding on interest and dividends, and rescinds part of last year's business tax cuts. It cuts 17.5 billion in federal spending and enjoys President Reagan's backing.
Washington data show consumer prices climbed 1 percent in June led by higher gasoline and housing costs. Food and beverages, medical care, and other items also rose, keeping inflation signals elevated with the CPI at 290.6.
President Reagan considers four or five candidates to replace Murray L Weidenbaum after the White House economist resigned amid frustration over limited influence. Officials say the move stems from policy drift and budget deficits, not a policy dispute, and Weidenbaum plans to return to academia.
In Brooklyn's Sunset Park, three gunmen robbed Payroll Express workers delivering a Thursday payroll to Exhibit Group. Guards Russell Gordon and Herman Biarsky, both of Union City, NJ, were shot dead. Ed Percoco of New Jersey survived. About $40,000 was stolen. a $16,000 reward is offered, with investigators tracing a beige getaway car and possible bandit injury.
Vic Morrow, star of Combat, and two Vietnamese children were killed when a helicopter crashed during a Twilight Zone revival shoot at Indian Dunes Park near Los Angeles. Five others were injured as debris struck the craft during a simulated warfare scene.
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