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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1983
Page
2
March 24, 1983 datelines summarize crisis in Nicaragua and state education funding and road tax battles. Germany census features across pages A10 and related national coverage rounds out the day.
A Senate subcommittee says President Reagan may divert 60 million dollars in military aid to El Salvador only if he agrees to pursue unconditional talks with Salvadoran rebels. The move, one of four conditions, was outlined in a letter to Secretary Shultz.
A Manhattan printer, John Plaza, 30, was arrested at his print shop on 54 W. 21st Street for producing 1,000 counterfeit welfare checks and printing about 1.5 million in counterfeit $100 bills. He allegedly helped a ring of five women posing as battered welfare recipients cash phony checks and obtain welfare cards. five women were arrested with up to five others at large.
An 84-foot inflatable King Kong will be mounted near the top of the Empire State Building, with unveiling set for April 7 to 13. Faye Wray may attend the event in San Diego, tied to a movie featuring the infamous ape.
Two men from Chicago and Tell City used a British import license to collect 400 dollars worth of pizzas from Famous Ray’s in Manhattan. They flew from Kennedy to London where a school bus would transport the 40 pies to Harlaxton College near Grantham. The shipment, donated by TWA, included pepperoni sausage mushroom and plain pizzas.
Washington Eastern Airlines, a major carrier, averted its first strike in 17 years with a tentative three year contract for machinists. Management chairman Frank Borman said costs to reach parity with other carriers are grave. Ratification by rank and file remains pending after last weekend’s rejection, with briefing sessions planned in Atlanta.
The Democratic House approved a fiscal 1984 budget plan to slow defense buildup, boost domestic spending, and raise $30 billion in taxes, opposed by Republicans. Speaker O’Neill framed the vote as a shift toward fairness, while Republicans criticized it as partisan. The measure heads to a Senate gridlock with Easter recess looming.
Mayor Jane Byrne withdraws from her write in bid for a fourth term as Harold Washington gains party support. Byrne cites a long legal battle and voter confusion, declining to endorse Washington while urging voter participation on April 12. Local Democratic leaders rally behind Washington amid national stumping for him.
A rare spring snow storm blankets parts of Georgia Alabama and the Carolinas with up to six inches forcing school and road closures and leaving Atlanta Hartsfield airport with only one runway usable. Northern Georgia reports three inches and Atlanta five inches with officials noting the heaviest late season snowfall yet for the area.
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