16 Mar 1981
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1981
Page
1
A cold front from a New England low pressure system will sweep across the state. Temperatures are expected to drop into the teens and 20s with strong winds enhancing the chill. Snow is likely tonight and tomorrow with a 70 percent chance and variable cloudiness.
Moscow police wearing bulletproof vests stormed a 10 story apartment building hosting foreign diplomats and businessmen and seized a man said to hold a girl hostage after a three hour operation. Western witnesses reported gunfire and two men taken away by ambulances. Soviet officials offered no comment. A separate Berlin incident saw East German guards shoot at a climber attempting to cross the Wall, marking the first such fatal shooting by border guards.
Beirut reports a child and two Nigerian soldiers with the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon were killed in artillery barrages said to originate from Israeli guns. Israel denied firing into Lebanon.
The Iraqi news agency via Beirut says an apparently unsuccessful coup was attempted in Mauritania, a desert nation in Africa. In Paramaribo, Suriname’s government information service reports a failed coup late last night with one dead and one wounded. A political quote about free hands ends the brief.
101 freed hostages from a Pakistan International Airlines jet were flown to Saudi Arabia for a two day thanksgiving at Moslem shrines. Frederick Hubbell of Des Moines reunited with his parents in Frankfurt after the Damascus release. An American hostage suggested the killing of a Pakistani diplomat may have been accidental. One American spokesman noted Canada would pursue a fugitive using a forged name.
Justice Walter Gorman ruled four Syracuse police officers should be exempt from prosecution for criminal possession of a nightstick used in the beating of Raul Mora on Sept 8 1980. He kept intact assault counts and set trial commencement for April 20.
About 400000 commuters faced a citywide transit shutdown as a strike by Local 234 halted buses trams and subways. Conrail trains refused to cross picket lines causing cancellations and delays while officials opened parking, urged car pools and staggered hours to ease traffic.
Washington AP reports UMW and soft coal industry edge toward a tentative contract as a midnight deadline looms. Negotiations continued under tight security with no public comment. Key issues include pension changes, wage boosts around 50 percent, and a private arbitration board. Union concerns center on averting a 160,000-member strike.
Former president Jimmy Carter tells United Press International he is avoiding attacks on Ronald Reagan while the honeymoon lasts. He expects the next months to begin redemption of his programs and notes he is not bitter, having just sold the peanut warehouse for over 1 million dollars and his memoirs to Bantam Books for about 1 million.
Dennis the Menace marks a 30 year publishing anniversary. Hank Ketcham notes the character remains a five year old at heart while releasing an Anniversary Week of cartoons from the 1951 start on Page D10. The feature highlights changes in styling over time and a planned Dennis musical.
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