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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1981
Page
1
The National Weather Service at Hancock Airport reports lingering cold tonight with mid 50s expected under clear skies. Tomorrow brings sunny skies and a high around 80 to 85 as winds stay light. No rain is anticipated through tonight and tomorrow.
In Rome AP reports Pope John Paul II remains in satisfactory condition after a virus and will stay in hospital at least a week and possibly three weeks while doctors monitor his recovery. The Pontiff’s illness has prompted prayers from followers and statements of support from the Vatican.
A chartered bus carrying teachers and families plunged from a bridge into a dry river bed near Ujjain central India. The United News of India reports 28 dead and 28 injured after the weekend sightseeing trip. Meanwhile Lebanese authorities accuse Israeli gun boats of forcing a Greek ship from Sidon port after docking. Israel denies the charge.
Washington reports a 16 percent rise in domestic long distance telephone rates set to take effect at 12:00 a.m. local time tomorrow. The move affects customers nationwide and expands telecom charges across major providers.
New York state daily numbers game result announced last night with the winning number 738. The AP report states the number drawn as 738, highlighting the latest result for players and observers.
A witty garden saying notes that delaying planting leads to running out of time to begin. It emphasizes timing and the playful frustration of postponement in gardening tasks.
Four people died in an early morning fire at 45 Somerset Ave Massena. The bottom floor residents perished while two top-floor residents escaped. Fire Chief Arthur Lamendola reported the home was engulfed in flames with blown-out windows. The victims were Lawrence Hubbard 32 Thelma Hubbard 25 Randy Hubbard 19 and Christine Basmanjian 19. The cause was under investigation with no suspicion. Firefighters from Massena Norfolk and Louisville battled the blaze.
A booby trapped tape recorder exploded during a Friday sermon at Abu Zar mosque in south Tehran wounding Hojatoleslam Ali Khamenei, a senior cleric and aide to Ayatollah Khomeini. Tehran Radio said he suffered lung and windpipe injuries but was in satisfactory condition. An employee saw Khamenei bleeding from the left shoulder as he was rushed to hospital. The attack was blamed on the Ferghana underground group by Pars News Agency. Isfahan executions raised the counter-revolution toll to 1054 since Bani Sadr’s ouster.
President Reagan hailed a major victory as the House voted to grant most of the sought budget cuts, yet warned that further restraint will be needed. The package trims more than 5 billion in new cuts, reducing federal spending by 38.2 billion in 1982 and 145 billion over three years, with Democrats and Republicans forging a bipartisan path.
A propane tank explosion sparked a blaze on a 35 year old bus carrying 25 relatives bound for a Fourth of July family reunion in Decatur Alabama. Seventeen others were injured jumping from windows as the bus rolled down a Cajon Pass mountain road after smoking and bursting into flames.
In La Paz rebel tanks surrounded the city to unseat President Luis Garcia Meza, but army chiefs Gen Lucio Anez Rivera and Gen Humerto Cayeta were detained after admitting defeat. Garcia Meza had said he would quit August 6, as Bolivian history records numerous coups and political upheavals.
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