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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1983
Page
2
Denver reports highlight a mayoral loss amid civic drama with policy battles labeled Trojan horse and criticisms aimed at a local radio station. News features note Florida tests split and ERA fasters marking one year since key events.
United Auto Workers officials see Owens Bieber as the inevitable successor to retiring President Douglas Fraser at the union convention in Dallas. Bieber, 53, was nominated by the International Executive Board in November and faces only a potential grass-roots challenge from delegates.
Officials gathered near Mount St. Helens to dedicate a national monument on the third anniversary of the 1980 eruption that killed 59 people and ravaged 150 square miles of forest. USGS scientists continued crater monitoring as lava dome growth persisted and the eruption cycle entered a new phase.
Albert Helmut Rauca, a 74 year old former Gestapo sergeant living in Canada 32 years, is ordered deported by Justice Minister Mark MacGuigan for alleged direct involvement in the slaughter of nearly 12,000 people during World War II. He will be sent to West Germany once arrangements are made.
The Polish government newspaper Rzeczpospolita denounces Lech Walesa as his conduct contradicts his conciliatory statements. Vatican sources say Pope John Paul II may meet Walesa in Poland next month with June 23 cited as a potential date.
Thousands of 2 inch red crabs drifted north along Southern California beaches due to warm ocean currents. Known as pleuroncodes or tuna crabs, they normally dwell 300 to 500 miles south off Baja California. The El Nino warming trend and last seen in 1959 brought millions ashore from the Mexican border to Santa Barbara before beach crews swept them up.
In Sheakleyville Pennsylvania voters faced a quiet primary as no local nominees existed. Council president Neil Stallsmith noted terms were expiring with five of seven council seats an assessor and two auditors up for election but will be filled by write-ins in November.
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici seeks Democratic votes to back a compromise budget after Republicans failed to win Reagan support. The plan could raise taxes and cut the defense budget, while Reagan vows to veto any tax increases. Senate and House actions include repealing tax withholding on interest and dividends and funding MX missile development. The immigration bill moves toward final passage, ending a pro amnesty bid. Enterprise zones would offer tax credits to spur urban rehabilitation.
The United States and Israel drew up a secret pact cited as defining Israel’s right to self defense and paving a troop withdrawal from Lebanon. The document, signed at the State Department by George Shultz and Benjamin Netanyahu, mirrors an Israeli-Lebanon draft already signed in Israel. President Reagan hailed it as a step toward Middle East peace and Lebanese sovereignty, urging Syria and the PLO to withdraw, while noting Syria’s pullout must precede the accord’s full effect.
A freak spring storm buried Wyoming and Colorado under up to 24 inches of snow, shut roads and left thousands without power. Winds up to 86 mph lashed Fort Carson near Colorado Springs, with Denver voters forced to cast ballots by flashlight as highways closed and travel became nearly impossible.
Severe weather across the central U S eased after hail tornadoes and heavy snow disrupted travel and left towns without power. A spring blizzard dumped 24 inches in Wyoming and 23 inches in Colorado near Fort Collins. Tornadoes and high winds hit Kansas Oklahoma and north Texas but injuries were minimal.
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