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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1983
Page
2
May 17, 1983. A school event described as a last stand dominates the front with brief notes on oil seal leaks and a feature about a college for frogs. A separate item notes a lava flow diversion and a light human-interest piece titled Blue Bandit surprises dad.
Washington AP reports the Soviet Union has accepted a U.S. offer to negotiate a long term grain sales agreement. The official spoke on condition of anonymity and said the Agriculture Department will formally announce the decision.
Pope John Paul II will spend eight days in Poland and deliver 30 speeches during his June trip. The Vatican announced the official itinerary as he met Polish church leaders to review eight city tour preparations.
In Belfast, an off duty Garda Cathcart aged 49 was shot four times as he arrived home. He died later in hospital. The attacker and accomplice fled on a motorcycle. The IRA claimed responsibility for the killing. Also in Peking a court sentenced three alleged anti government plotters to death and three to prison for armed robbery and planning assassinations.
In northeastern Nicaragua heavy clashes persisted with conflicting reports. Rebel commander Steadman Fatgoth Muller alleged 400 government troops killed since Friday while 900 rebels and about 2,500 Sandinista troops fought near Bawisa, about 250 miles northeast of Managua.
CBS News reports US intelligence intercepted diplomatic cables from Iran to its Damascus embassy days before the April 18 Beirut embassy bombing that killed 17 Americans. The cables allegedly connected Tehran to the attack, according to administration sources quoted by CBS.
Mayor Harold Washington mothballed the blue Cadillac used in his campaign naming it vulgar and chose a modest Oldsmobile 98 from the city fleet parked at City Hall. Spokesman Grayson Mitchell said the Cadillac will be saved for visiting dignitaries and is not Washington style. The former limo belonged to Jane Byrne and had been used by Daley and Bilandic.
Wildlife official Warden Craig Tisdale campaigns to save deer in overpopulated forest preserves around Winnetka Illinois. Starving deer nibble suburban rose bushes drawing donations and attention. He will trap and tranquilize deer then relocate them to lower density areas such as Des Plaines Conservation Area near Joliet.
Detroit greeted Michael Reagan after a 12 hour 34 minute 41 second powerboat dash from Chicago to Detroit. He says rough lake conditions and mechanical problems caused the delay, and he believes the trip sets a new record. Reagan jokes about needing beers after the voyage.
SANTA MONICA Calif Eric Fleming says she is very relieved by a Superior Court ruling that praises her as a loving companion to the late Groucho Marx and bars the estate from collecting 250000 in punitive damages without a new trial The Bank of America estate executor had accused her of gold digging and abusing Marx into giving 400000 in cash and gifts The judge upheld 221000 in compensatory damages but said retrial could overturn those awards and gave the bank 15 days to decide on a new trial and further action
US and Soviet negotiators began a fresh round of discussions in Geneva led by Paul Nitze and Yuli Kvitsinsky. Washington seeks roughly 300 warheads per side with no hidden agenda. Soviet critics doubt progress until December deployment of 12 U S ground launched cruise missiles in Britain and West Germany looms.
Actor and singer Mark Syers, 30, famed for a leading Evita role, was killed in a Sunday traffic collision in Hopewell Township. His station wagon collided head on with a car driven by Charles Brashier, 21, of Lawrenceville, who also died at the scene.
Delegates flew by helicopter to Kiryat Shmona to sign the ceasefire pact in Khalde marking a new chapter after five months of withdrawal talks. Children welcomed them with balloons as leaders shook hands, but Kimche warned obstacles remain and opponents may try to undermine the agreement.
The National Weather Service issued travelers advisories for parts of Colorado and Wyoming as winterlike conditions lingered in the Rockies with up to eight inches of snow forecast. Showers and storms stretched from Utah to central Kansas, New England, and the northern Atlantic coast, with rain and thundershowers across the Central Plains to the Mississippi Valley. Over 16 injuries were reported from tornadoes in southern Georgia near Blakely, while pre dawn temps ranged from 24 in Marquette to 78 in Key West. Sunset 6:23 p.m., sunrise 5:38 a.m. Air quality good at 36 and 82 percent humidity today. Weather data lineups broadcast on 167.550 MHz.
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