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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1981
Page
1
Brief forecast notes variable cloudiness with a few showers tonight then sun tomorrow. Rain probability drops from about 40 percent tonight to 20 percent tomorrow, with temperatures 35 to 40 tonight and mid 50s tomorrow. Sunday through Tuesday look cloudy with possible showers, lows in 50s and highs in lower 60s.
United Press International reports May Day events with Moscow and Peking praising revolutionary roots while Guatemala rebels explode bombs in pursuit of their aims. Poland offers low-key celebration as Brezhnev remains somber atop Lenin's tomb at the parade, with over a dozen Western ambassadors boycotting.
Two thousand anthracite miners in UMW District 25 voted 1,400 to 540 against a settlement, ending their old contract and joining a 36 day strike by soft coal locals in eastern Pennsylvania. In West Germany, thousands of women protested sexual exploitation, smashing peep show windows and throwing paint bombs, with Hamburg seeing hundreds march and chant Women take over the night.
The winning number in New York's daily numbers game was 483. A light note follows about a change in a habit focus, mentioning quilting and smoking being replaced by talking about it.
Syracuse University students Shaun Silverman and Fern Kerner of New York City joined to reveal an AIA Honor Award given to the university project. The $4 million renovation modernized the interior of the century old Hall of Languages while preserving its 19th century Victorian facade. The Syracuse firm Sargent Webster Crenshaw and Folley partnered with a Cambridge, Massachusetts firm.
Japan agreed to reduce its auto shipments to the United States by at least 140000 cars in the first year of a two year voluntary cutback. The plan aims to ease pressure in Congress while allowing US automakers time to rebuild competitiveness.
President Reagan planned two hours of one on one outreach at the White House to sway fence sitters among House members amid a budget vote expected Tuesday or Wednesday. aides noted the vote could be very very close and did not disclose undecided members.
Northern Ireland reports Britain accusing the outlawed Irish Republican Army of a calculated cold blooded campaign of terror in the name of hunger striker Bobby Sands who nears death on day 62 of his hunger strike. Frank Hughes neared death on day 46 of hunger strike and last rites were given. Sands elected to Parliament last month while jailed at Maze Prison near Belfast as authorities warn of deteriorating conditions. Barricades rise as Belfast stocks pile up, with fears of violence if any striker dies. Labor activists protest Thatcher policy in London. Sands and Hughes near death as details emerge from Maze.
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