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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1980
Page
1
Two Toronto mountaineers failed a self supported ascent of the CN Tower, stopping at about 700 feet after communicating with tower officials. Police removed them to a station. officials doubt charges will follow. The climbers left a note marking the fourth anniversary of the tower’s opening.
At the Allied summit in Venice President Carter framed the Soviet invasion as a moral and strategic imperative to oppose with their combined strength, while other leaders offered muted reactions. The gathering shifted from economic strategy to energy and economic issues amid calls for greater oil independence and increased nuclear power use.
Soviet troops have begun withdrawing from Afghanistan with reports of a division of about 10,000 men leaving, crossing Salang Pass to return to the Soviet Union. Brezhnev cited defeating rebels as grounds for partial withdrawal while pledging future aid. Kabul remains tense as citywide strikes and violence disrupt normal life and resist Soviet presence.
Vietnamese forces crossed the Thai Cambodian border with artillery and rocket fire overran Nong Chan Non Mak Mun and Kok Sung near the frontier. Thai counterattacks by infantry armor and air power failed to dislodge them, while about 100,000 Cambodian refugees fled, with casualties feared and hospitals overwhelmed.
The first week of summer brings near 90 degree heat and high humidity, with 8 am readings around 64 and 87 percent humidity at Hancock Airport. Tonight mainly clear, overnight low in the low 60s and a 10 percent chance of rain. Tomorrow mostly sunny with highs in the mid 80s and a 20 percent rain chance. Extended outlook shows scattered showers or thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday with 65 to 70 degree lows and 85 to 90 degree highs.
A concise remark defines ignorance as lacking knowledge about something you learned only yesterday. It contrasts present understanding with prior gaps, framing ignorance as a temporary state tied to new information. The saying underscores the evolving nature of knowledge.
An old advertisement jokes that Isolon comes from reading the small print while experience comes from not recording it. The ad labels its source as DONOGHUE Dy IGE of Rt. 11 Cicero.
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. reduced its prime lending rate for top corporate clients to 11 percent from 12 percent. The Southwest Bank of St. Louis lowered its rate to 11 percent, while most banks nationwide shifted to 12 percent in the past two weeks.
In a 7 1 decision the Supreme Court reversed a lower ruling, saying Medicaid recipients in nursing homes lack a constitutional right to challenge government moves that could render the home ineligible for federal funds. Justice Stevens noted that enforcing regulations did not affect patients’ life, liberty, or property interests.
Five Palestinians, including Bir Zeit University students, are wounded in a clash with Israeli border police in the occupied West Bank following a border incident that killed one woman. The incident occurred as Prime Minister Begin proposed moving his offices to East Jerusalem, prompting international concern. A university student with a shattered arm underwent surgery, and Bethlehem University mourns as security forces intensify a manhunt for explosives after new bomb blasts.
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