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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1981
Page
6
A growing sinkhole in Winter Park swallows trees cars and buildings, forcing residents from homes and threatening about six small businesses. Damage to a foreign auto agency is estimated at $300,000 as streets within a half mile are closed. Fire officials monitor a hole about 1,000 feet wide and 125 feet deep that continues to grow.
A young Mitterrand supporter erupts with champagne toward a crowd near the socialist party headquarters in Paris as Francois Mitterrand, 64, defeats Valery Giscard dEstaing. The win could allow Communist participation in the French government, though Mitterrand must later decide if he will meet Communist demands for cabinet posts.
C Thomas Biscardi, 32, says he photographed a man-ape in northern California after years of hunting the so-called Big Foot. He claims two prior sightings and plans to film the creature again in Arizona's Superstition Mountains to prove its existence.
Christian Democrats win as Norbert Blüm hugs Richard von Weizsäcker after a CDU victory. Weizsäcker, a mayoral candidate, and Schmidt's Social Democrats lose heavily in West Berlin, deepening strains on Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's coalition government.
Two Burbank police officers examine the wreckage of a light Beechcraft Bonanza that plunged between two hangars during takeoff at Hollywood Burbank Airport. Four aboard died, including a pilot, two women, and a man. Identities were not known immediately.
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