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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1983
Page
2
June 24 1983 overview highlights debates over AIDS funding with national attention. Syria expels Arafat affecting Middle East headlines. Cuomo backs pension bill signaling state policy moves. Tax cheating costs 52.5 billion dollars noted in features. Last day at Jowonio marked by school community events.
Monsoon floods in Gujarat, India, have left 133 dead and 166 missing in Junagadh district as four days of rain swelled rivers. Army and volunteers evacuated marooned villagers by rubber boats while air force helicopters dropped food. Crops and livestock were ruined.
An early 6.6 magnitude quake hit the China Vietnam border about 600 miles west of Hong Kong, followed two hours later by a Taiwan quake reported as 6.4 by US centers and 7.2 by Taiwan officials. No damages or casualties were immediately reported.
Secretary of State George P. Shultz’s goodwill mission to Asia was halted when two cracked hydraulic pumps in a U.S. Air Force jet failed at Elmennae Air Force Base delaying takeoff for Manila. A replacement aircraft with spare parts was sent from Washington to continue the four nation tour.
AUSTIN Texas resident Dyer incurred a $200 telephone bill after 10 hours of listening to space shuttle Challenger conversations. She and her son Aaron dialed a special number early mornings, assuming a toll free line, only to learn charges were 50 cents for the first minute and 35 cents for each additional minute. Mrs Dyer plans to avoid such calls in the future, lamenting the cost.
A brown leather bomber jacket once worn by Gen. Claire Chennault, founder of the Flying Tigers, was found in a Greenwich Village trash can with a flier inside offering its return. The jacket, valued at 2500, drew a citywide appeal after Detective Chris Riggan publicized the missing item and a resident reported the find on East Village Street.
The U S Supreme Court unanimously finds the Reagan administration illegally scrapped a 1977 auto safety rule requiring passive restraints. The decision sends the matter back to NHTSA to delay or justify repeal, condemning the agency as arbitrary and capricious for acting on industry preferences. Other actions include a postal case on contraceptive ads and notes on sick leave mandates.
Dam breach releases about 5 billion gallons, flooding 270 homes and 100 farms as 600 people evacuate. Water system losses threaten 70,000 acres of dryland farming. bridges, roads and utilities disrupted. Evacuations continue in Delta, Oasis and Deseret with officials predicting receded waters today.
Princeton researchers conclude the new federalism plan altered federal state local government relations through budgeting, with working poor hit hardest by funding cuts and states passing costs to the public. The recession amplified welfare burdens, while Congress did not enact all swaps and turnbacks.
Showers and thunderstorms stretch from eastern Washington to the northern Plains while the South and West endure clear skies and mild temperatures. No US tornadoes on the first day of the month. 180 twisters this month, above June’s 150 average. Utah dam break floods farms, 600 displaced. Colorado River releases flood 270 homes and businesses. Arizona, Nevada, Colorado flood losses around 5.5 million.
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