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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1990
Page
1
The Herald Journal notes a shift as fashion blends comfort with professional attire. Designers and workers adapt casual pieces for work environments, signaling a broader move toward practical, stylish business wear.
In Jessup Pennsylvania a Memorial Day weekend race features a 6800-pound statue of St Ubaldo racing to the finish. Local teams from Saints George Anthony and St Ubaldo patrol their 800-pound saints atop platforms along a 1 1 2 mile course amid debate over rules and fastest team. The event echoes a longstanding Gubbio tradition held May 15 with heavier statues on a longer course.
The National Weather Service says clear skies for two days then a wet weekend. Remnants of a low pressure system moved through today bringing rain to Syracuse. High pressure will bring sunshine on Wednesday and Thursday with cooler temps near 40 tonight and below 70 highs on Thursday.
Partly sunny with a high near 60 to 65, followed by mostly sunny conditions and a low around 45 to 50. A third period brings a high near 65 to 70 and a chance of showers with a low in the mid 50s.
Syracuse reports high Monday at 80 and low at 47 with record high and low dates noted. May 26 records show 2.01 inches for today, with monthly extremes and wind speeds listed at multiple altitudes. Bata JoAnn Graham is mentioned in the end.
In a commencement address to about 2,700 University of Rhode Island graduates Kurt Vonnegut Jr. urged optimism about the American experiment, noting Boston and Philadelphia claim liberty origins yet true freedom has been a long process. He warned against cynicism and praised nursing and teaching as noble professions. He also suggested sainthood can exist anywhere, even in the Army. Robert B Meyner dies. former New Jersey governor aged 81. Joe McDonald Ingraham, senior U.S. Circuit Judge, dies at 86 in Houston after heart illness. Lucy Boston, author of The Children of Green Knowe, dies at 97 in Hemingford Grey, England. Henry Keller, early pioneer of prefab aluminum homes, dies at 70 in Miami Beach. Local obituaries: Page B4.
The 450-year-old quarrel between Rome and Canterbury moves toward closure as Pope John Paul II and Archbishop Robert Runcie join in prayer at Canterbury Cathedral. Mount Everest first summit achieved by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay after a 29,000-foot ascent. John F. Kennedy born in Brookline Massachusetts. Wisconsin admitted as 36th state in 1845, and the 13th colony ratifying the Constitution in 1790.
The Herald Journal invites readers to report factual inaccuracies in its coverage by calling the provided number, 470-2285. Editors pledge full, fair, and accurate reporting and commit to corrections as needed.
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