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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1983
Page
2
June 23, 1983 report notes Chilean authorities moving to curb a broad labor strike impacting commerce, with government measures aiming to maintain order and productivity across key sectors. No fatalities reported.
The American Medical Association says overreaction and misreporting have harmed residents in dioxin contaminated areas. Delegates approved a campaign to educate the public and curb rumors and unscientific claims about the chemical.
Boston reports about five percent of John F Kennedy secret recordings from his final 16 months were released to protect national security and privacy. The tapes cover the University of Mississippi integration crisis and the 1962 63 tax cut proposals. Poor audio left much unintelligible, as reporters queued at the JFK Library for 12 hours of cassettes and 440 pages of material.
Paris reports Libyan aircraft backed a rebel assault on Faya-Largeau by forces loyal to exiled President Goukouni Gueddei. Government troops were holding the city as fighting continued about 490 miles from Ndjamena. The United States warned Libyan-backed dissenters were prepared to strike.
Former Arms Control Director Eugene V. Rostow testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United States did not miss an opportunity last summer to reach a key arms control accord. He said the administration remains committed to pursuing an agreement as hearings on a nuclear freeze proposal and related measures conclude. Deputy Secretary Kenneth Dam represented the administration, opposing the freeze, with a committee vote on the proposals tentatively planned for next week.
San Quentin officials rejected a creator’s idea to release Forrest Tucker a 64 year old armed robber captured after a kayak escape to attend a local bathtub regatta as a public relations ploy for Children’s Hospital. Dean Jennings proposed the visit with security by Oakland police Alameda County Sheriff and Coast Guard flotilla. Tucker remains in Florida custody and San Quentin officials say inmates cannot be released for such events.
Secretary of State George P. Shultz begins a 12 day Asian journey to push for ending Afghanistan's Soviet occupation and Cambodia's independence restoration. He seeks improved U S Soviet talks on nuclear arms and broader relations while coordinating with West Germany on East West issues ahead of Kohl Andropov talks and a planned NATO nuclear deployment. In Manila he meets President Marcos as part of the effort.
George Shultz outlines a broad US strategy visiting Manila Bangkok and New Delhi to press for Vietnamese removal from Cambodia and a summit with Reagan. He seeks human rights progress in the Soviet Union and Afghanistan talks via UN and Pakistan while detailing aid to Cambodian refugees and new nuclear supplier plans.
Colorado River communities across three Sunbelt states and Mexico brace for more controlled flooding. Officials say discharges from Hoover Davis and Parker dams will ease, yet rising waters risk areas downstream and across the border, with up to 15 000 evacuees in Baja California and millions in damage already reported.
Forecast calls for fair tonight with a low near 60 to 65 and a high near 80 tomorrow. Violent storms struck the South with scattered showers and thunder for eastern Texas to Florida, and storms also spread from the Pacific Northwest to Montana. Strong thundershowers hit the Southwest and New England with hail and high winds in Colorado Springs.
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