20 May 1983
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1983
Page
1
A local event invites families to a Sunday birthday party themed around the Jedi universe. Organizers promise activities, crafts, and age appropriate entertainment for young children and their guardians. Proceeds support a community youth program.
The National Weather Service forecaster at Hancock Airport says more showers are likely through Tuesday. Tonight’s low will be 50 to 55 degrees with tomorrow’s high near 70. Temperatures through Sunday stay around 70, with 50s at night, then lows in the 40s Monday and Tuesday and highs 60 to 65.
Benjamin Hooks is suspended and briefly replaced as executive director of the NAACP by Thomas I. Atkins. Margaret Bush Wilson, board chair, ordered the change to make the board more assertive and have policy carried out by the director rather than set by him.
An explosion in Pretoria during the evening rush hour injures or kills an unknown number of people. Witnesses report panic and shouting as the blast is felt near Church Square. In Las Vegas, Tom McKevoy wins the $540,000 first prize at the World Series of Poker after a marathon session, topping Rod Peate.
Albany AP reports the daily numbers game winner was 825 and the Win Four number was 060 last night.
A light wit item notes how travel feels vast until the long journey to the airport reveals how small the world really is. The quip underscores humor in travel, distances, and everyday journeys.
Four inmates seized a Department of Corrections bus and a guard's handgun on the New York State Thruway east of Utica. One was shot in the arm and hospitalized as the group fled in a stolen car, later ditched near Route 12. The escape occurred at 10 13 a.m. with 22 inmates en route to Auburn. all four were recaptured shortly after noon.
A 26 year old Lewis County man, Larry Walker of Lyons Falls, left Presbyterian University Hospital in critical condition after a 14 hour 45 minute liver transplant begun yesterday at 8 30 p.m. He was flown from Upstate Medical Center where acute liver failure was diagnosed. Only about 150 liver transplants have been attempted in the past three years in the United States. Walker was painted work on a water tower in Camillus when exposed to solvent fumes from vinyl paint. Doctors say survival rates for the procedure have improved since 1980 with roughly 60 to 65 percent of adults and 65 to 70 percent of minors living a year after surgery.
Country fans camped outside the Carrier Dome for Willie Nelsons Texas Woodstock show on July 2. The nine hour concert with Linda Ronstadt Emmy Lou Harris Merle Haggard and The Stray Cats runs 3 p m to midnight and marks the tour kickoff replacing Nelsons Fourth of July Picnic.
The Republican led Senate narrowly approves a 1984 budget with a 9.9 billion tax rise next year and 75 billion over three years, a victory for moderates and Democrats opposing deficits with higher taxes. The 50 to 49 vote, pushed by Sen. Slade Gorton, foreshadows House conflicts and 1984 election stakes.
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