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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1998
Page
2
On this date in 1875 The Rev Patrick Francis Healy a black priest was named president of Georgetown University making him the first black person to preside over a white university.
Online weather data cover over 800 cities updated hourly with images from Clinton Square. Forecasts are available via NewsLine by phone with numeric codes for Dave Eichorn, time and temperature, and NOAA updates every 10 minutes. Boating forecasts list winds and waves for Oneida Onondaga, Lake Ontario, and Finger Lakes with varying speeds and wave heights. National Forecast for noon Saturday notes separate high temperature zones.
A Martha's Vineyard resident and a Massachusetts clerk magistrate up on assault charges. The magistrate ruled insufficient evidence to press assault and battery against James Belushi. He did allow a criminal trespass complaint against Franz Guestlil stemming from a June 28 Chilmark beach incident. Guest says he was in the intertidal zone and that Belushi shoved him. Both men set to return to court on August 5. Separately, the Bee Gees announced a new live album One Night Only marking 30 years of hits. The project, recorded at their sole U.S. concert last year, will be released September 7. The brothers, inducted into the Rock Hall in 1997, note they make music they love.
The Herald Journal explains its corrections policy and provides contact details for reporting errors. It lists telephone lines for the Syracuse newspaper information service, plus a regional toll free and local numbers for Cayuga Jefferson Oswego and Oswego counties, including several towns and exchanges.
The Herald-Journal promises delivery by 5 p.m. and offers a no-cost res delivery if late. Customer Service is staffed 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 3:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday, with ads handled via Advertising Glassified.
In cooperation with the U S Consumer Product Safety Commission Payless Shoe Source recalls about 6000 novelty purses made of clear plastic nine by five inches with bright colored liquids in the flap. The hazardous contents could be harmful or fatal if ingested prompting immediate return for refund and $10 gift certificate. Call 800 444 7463 or mail to Topeka address for details.
Noel Behn, 70, novelist and screenwriter known from Woody Allen films and Elaine's, died in New York of a heart attack. He helped NBC’s Homicide Life on the Street and led Cherry Lane Theater in the 1950s and 60s, author of seven books with several adapted to film. Ann Buford Mitchell, 73, former Planned Parenthood leader, died July 24 in Cincinnati after guiding Cincinnati Planned Parenthood since 1967 and championing abortion rights. Guy M. Altmann, 20, Texas A&M student, died in Covington, Louisiana after experimental heart surgery in April that included removing a heart and tumor and returning the heart to the chest.
Obituary page Bié lists local deaths with ages including Russell R. Austin 97 Shirley M. Barner 50 Joan M. Biatman 87 Margaret S. Butt 86 Donald C. Cameron 66 Esther R. DeFoe 83 Niles T. Greatrex 72 Lottie M. Greene 87 Barbara A. Gregory 66 Pearl Grinnell 87 Thomas J. Johns 39 Arthur Jowett 75 Norma T. King 78 Robert E. Nichols 79 John Panek 78 The Rev Nebo Roberts 91 Doris M. Robinson Mildred J. Rookey 94 Geraldine A. Sieradzke 31 Josephine T. Sumyk 71 Marian E. Washer 86.
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