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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1977
Page
3
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms says new ingredients in explosives let investigators identify type, manufacturer, and date after a blast. Demonstrations used a 1965 Mustang and an 1890 house, with glow in the dark phosphor coated particles and 3 million color combinations.
Lt. Gen. Donn Starry faces private meeting at the Pentagon with Army Secretary Clifford Alexander and Gen. Bernard Rogers over an unauthorized warning that the United States could enter a Soviet Chinese war. Pentagon says remarks should have been cleared in advance. Starry, 52, leaves Germany after 16 months commanding the Sth Corps and defers comment on his speech.
Syracuse Budget Director Randy Hildebrandt says the court decision will not impact the city but notes cities and school districts may be compelled to raise taxes beyond the two percent constitutional cap to fund operations. He cites 1967 and 1976 shifts in property tax reliance and calls for possible future constitutional changes. State Sen. Tarky Lombardi Jr previously warned the law might be unconstitutional.
Jose Angelo Cordero, 41, told Bronx State Supreme Court through an interpreter that he masterminded the October blaze at a Bronx club to protect a teenage girlfriend from drinking and smoking. He denied a lover's quarrel motive and faces 20 years to life. codefendant Hector Lopez, 17, could get 1 to life. Francisco Mendez, 17, awaits trial.
PepsiCo and Pizza Hut Inc announce a preliminary merger valued above $300 million. PepsiCo will exchange 1.55 shares for each Pizza Hut share, subject to board and shareholder approval. Frank L. Carney would remain Pizza Hut president and COO and join PepsiCo board. Pizza Hut and PepsiCo are based in New York and Wichita respectively.
Scattered showers and thundershowers in parts of the central valleys and northern Atlantic coast with fair conditions elsewhere. Tonight muggy and cloudy with a low in the mid 60s, tomorrow partly cloudy and warm with highs 85 to 90.
Thundershowers lingered over the Midwest and Southeast with scattered showers across Wyoming Nebraska Kansas Iowa and the southern Mississippi Valley near a slow moving cold front. Large hail was reported in Wyoming and Nebraska including Alma Nebraska and near Sheridan Wyoming. Night temps near normal overall with cool pockets in Maine and Montana and scattered readings across major cities.
Vatican statistics show world Catholic numbers at 709.5 million, up 4.5 million in 1975. Brazil leads with 96 million, followed by Italy, the United States, and Canada with 36.9 million and Spain with 33.5 million. The report notes 42,739 annulments in the US and a priest total of 1.56 million with 968,526 nuns.
London dealer David Caritt says a work sold at Sotheby’s Rothschild sale as The Toilet of Venus by Carl Van Loo is in fact The Toilet of Psyche by Jean Honore Fragonard. He values the piece at about one million dollars after expert study.
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