Weekend forecast shows no rain and warm high temps
National Weather Service forecaster at Hancock Airport predicts fair skies this weekend with temperatures in the mid 80s. Tonight’s low around 50 to 55 degrees, then a warm, fair stretch through Tuesday with lows near 60 and highs in the mid 80s.
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Inmate Lemuel Smith Sentenced to Electric Chair
Poughkeepsie Lemuel Smith was sentenced in Dutchess County Court to die in the electric chair during the week of July 10 for the May 1981 slaying of Green Haven guard Donna Payant. The first degree murder conviction in April left this as the only penalty, making him possible the first New Yorker to die by electrocution in two decades.
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Poughkeepsie
Lemuel] Smith
Green Haven
Donna Payant
Smith
Dutchess County
State Supreme Court
Albert Rosenblatt
New York
Three Israeli Soldiers Killed in Lebanon Attack
Guerrillas shelled an Israeli patrol in southern Lebanon killing three soldiers and wounding one, with reports of 250 captives seized. In Baalbek a bomb killed a radical PLO member allied to the five week old mutiny against Yasser Arafat, his wife killed, and several relatives wounded.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Baalbek
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Lottery numbers announced in Albany evening draw
Albany officials confirmed the daily lottery results with the winning number 753 and the Win Four number 0302 last night. The draw highlighted the state's lottery activity and provided numbers for players to check against tickets.
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Wife jibes husband during baseball game on TV
A wife teases her husband while he watches a baseball game at home remarking that she thought they canceled a show long ago. The light exchange captures a playful domestic moment amid the game ambiance.
Thatcher cruises to second term as Labour suffers rout
Thatcher leads Conservatives to a 160 seat edge in the 650 member House from 630 counted seats. Labor suffers its worst defeat in 60 years, and a centrist alliance helps the Tories despite expected losses in Northern Ireland. Thatcher vows moderate policy and denies extremism.
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London
Margaret Thatcher
Socialist Labor Party
Thatcher
House of Commons
Northern Ireland
Labor
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Nuclear decision keeps Indian Point reactors open amid planning row
White Plains reports that NRC's 3-2 ruling keeps Indian Point 2 and 3 running after threatening closure over inadequate emergency plans for the 10 mile radius around Buchanan. Gov Cuomo and Lt Gov DelBello push for a workable plan while Rockland County criticizes betrayal. Local officials warn the decision adds pressure to finalize emergency measures and transportation plans before the next exercise in about 66 days.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Indian Point
NRC
Buchanan
Manhattan
Herbert Reisman
Rockland County
Rockland
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Mario Cuomo
Alfred DelBello
DelBello
Westchester County
Andrew O'Rourke
O'Rourke
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Cuomo
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Consolidated Edison
New York Power Authority
Webster Pierce
Con Ed and Power Authority
Commission
Painter dies after transplants linked to fumes
A Pittsburgh surgeon ties the death of 26-year-old Lewis County liver transplant recipient Larry Walker to solvent fumes during a Camillus water tower paint job. Walker received two liver transplants on May 20 and later died after three weeks in declining health. The surgeon warned of low survival odds, while local health officials say more factors may be involved and note workers may have worked without proper protective gear.
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Pittsburgh
Lewis County
Camillus
Bud Shaw
Presbyterian University Hospital
Larry Walker
Walker
Shaw
Lyons Falls
Onondaga County Health Department
Kasson Road
F.G. West & Co
Utica
Bill Scriver
Scriver
Katherine Lawler
W.M. Engineers
F.G. West
W.M
Richard Houmiel
Lewis County Hospital
State University Hospital
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