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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1982
Page
2
A Sunday report notes ten people perished in a residential fire. Authorities probe cause as neighbors describe rapid spread and intense heat. Fire crews battled the blaze throughout the morning with residents evacuated and emergency services on scene.
In New Hyde Park a burglar blasted open the Exxon safe with an improvised device, shredding money and plaster. About $3,200 was in the safe. the thief left with only a few dollars as police investigated the failed raid. The Texas DPS added twins Mary Theresa and Mary Anna Pena to its 90-trooper graduation roster. Both 20, from Goliad, will work in Corpus Christi after completing an 18 week program.
A Carnegie Endowment study warns U S strategic forces face serious flaw from ICBM survivability with about one thousand Minuteman missiles at risk. It suggests exploring MX basing options while noting submarine missiles remain highly survivable and that arms control can ease but not solve vulnerability.
A Gordon Black Associates poll of 1,205 adults shows Koch 57 favorable, 8 no opinion. Cuomo 55 favorable, 22 unfavorable. Lehrman 59 favorable among Republicans with 18 percent unfavorables. Emery and Rosenbaum show many no opinion. Survey of 314 Republicans and 409 Democrats, others independent or unsure.
Riots equipped state troopers kept order as about 150 Klan opponents shouted down a Vermont recruitment rally in Ver mont while 100 Klansmen marched in La Grange Georgia without violence. In Woodstock Vermont four Klansmen were jailed on gun charges and five men arrested in Georgia on weapon charges.
Time magazine listed one conductor as among the nation’s five most promising young leaders. Keene, a Le Moyne College graduate, weighed whether to display his degree to his father as classmates celebrated. Other seniors shared relief and loans, while Morano urged grads to confront global chaos. A car waited outside as the audience looked to Long Island.
Britain asserts eleven aircraft struck the cruiser torpedoed by a British submarine on May 2 in icy waters near the southern tip of the continent. Argentines killed or missing totalling about 400. British losses were 23 dead, 20 in an Argentine missile attack on the destroyer HMS Shhof ield. An Argentine navy spokesman said rescue efforts for the General Belgrano crew can be considered terminated with little likelihood of survival after two weeks in the zone.
Mild tonight with a low near 50 and sunny conditions tomorrow reaching around 70. A spate of strong thunderstorms yesterday swept the mid Mississippi Valley, spawning a tornado that severely damaged several Milwaukee suburb homes. A tornado watch was issued for parts of Illinois and Iowa. Police Chief Jerome Wolff of Brookfield, Wisconsin, reported roofs and upper floors ripped from four homes among the worst damage, with about 15 more lightly affected. No injuries were recorded. Thunderstorms spread through central Illinois, western Kentucky and Tennessee into northern Alabama and Mississippi. Scattered showers stretched from the northern Intermountain region through northern Arizona and the northern Rockies into the northern Plains and upper Mississippi Valley. Lemmon, North Dakota, measured 1.15 inches in six hours to 2 p.m., Minot 0.61 inch. Blowing dust reduced visibility in the southern Texas Panhandle. Most of the nation remained mostly sunny. LP weather forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms in Texas and the upper Plains, with generally fair weather elsewhere.
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