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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1983
Page
2
The FCC approved a plan raising residential bills by $2 and business bills by $6 monthly starting Jan 1. The commission discarded last December’s plan for minimum long distance fees and imposed flat-rate charges to appear on all telephone bills, regardless of interstate usage.
Yonkers City Council votes 8-4 against a $216.3 million compromise budget as the Aug. 1 deadline nears. Mayor Angelo Martinelli calls the move a political show while a Friday session aims to renew attempts to approve a spending plan before state certification. In Washington, the Wartime Relocation Commission urges $1.5 billion for 60,000 Japanese Americans compensated for World War II internment, with a bill backed by Sen. Cranston to carry out the panel’s $20,000 payments per survivor.
Sen. William Proxmire awarded the Golden Fleece to the U S Coast Guard for poor planning of a 1.1 million boat repair station that was built but left unfurnished and unstaffed. The agency also damaged a Cape Hatteras hoist by testing it with a heavier weight. LT Jon Blaney confirmed the allegations.
In a swift cross country effort, surgeons begin a delicate life saving operation for Clayton Conger, a dying 4-year-old from Rock Springs. The liver, sourced from a drowning victim in Colorado, was transported from Denver to Minneapolis then Pittsburgh for the operation at Children’s Hospital. The transplant started around 2 a.m. after a rapid arrival from Salt Lake City.
Frans Antiona Van Es Ill, 25, was charged with attempted aggravated robbery after a knife pointed at a clerk during a convenience store robbery in Butler County. He reportedly set the knife down, gave his name and address, and walked away while officers later arrested him at the address. He is held on a 3000 dollar bond.
Police evacuated three floors at the Internal Revenue Service office after a suspicious leaking bag was found in a copier room. The bag was detonated on Belle Isle, but only lunch remnants remained. FBI traced the bag to a Comprehensive Employment Training Act employee.
The State Department warned the United States would use military force if needed to counter Iran's threat to block Persian Gulf oil shipments. The nuclear carrier Carl Vinson and accompanying ships patrolled the Indian Ocean as Washington reaffirmed freedom of navigation in the gulf amid Iran Iraq hostilities. Rafsanjani warned that Iran would act if Iraq obtained Western weapons, signaling readiness to confront aggressors.
In Lisbon an attack at the ambassador’s residence killed and injured several, with Armenian militants claiming vengeance for historic Armenian deaths. The incident followed a string of bombings in Europe, including a July 14 Brussels diplomat killing and an Orly Airport bombing. A Turkish attache was killed in 1982 outside Lisbon, his wife later dying. A separate blast near Paris damaged an Armenian cultural center but caused no injuries. Authorities detained two suspects for questioning.
Pennsylvania State Police report surrounding a gunman tied to the Tonawanda NY killings of a married couple and their daughter. The man hid in a Greene Township house armed with a shotgun or rifle, with negotiators at the scene. Local resident John Loftus assisted by entering the house with hands raised. The New York victims were Michael A Casio, 46, insurance executive, his wife Nancy, 46, and daughter Elizabeth Goer, 26.
A cold front pushed storms across the central and northern Plains with heavy rain in Nebraska while scattered thunderstorms lingered in the Southwest and Southeast. Most regions expect sun or showers with highs near 90 to 95 and lows around 65, sunset at 8 32 p.m., and sunrise at 5 50 a.m.
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