Nation pays special tribute to Viet veterans
Nation observes Memorial Day weekend honoring Vietnam veterans as crowds flock to beaches and parks. A U.S. adviser slain in El Salvador mourned in his hometown, while WWII veterans plan a reunion. Deaths tally climbs with traffic crashes. four missing in river incidents. Memorial services and dedications mark the holiday across towns and at Arlington.
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Syracuse Weather Outlook With Showers Nearby
The National Weather Service forecasts cloudy periods with a 30 percent chance of rain tonight and tomorrow at Hancock Airport. Tonight’s low around 50, tomorrow’s high 60 to 65, with southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Wednesday brings scattered showers and a high near 60. Thursday and Friday look partly cloudy with highs in the upper teens?
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Woman Falls Into Niagara River Rescued In Ontario
An unidentified New York woman, who fell from a ledge near a former power plant above Niagara Falls, was rescued by bystanders including a plant employee who tied a rope to his waist and pulled her to safety. She remains in satisfactory condition at a local hospital.
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Unidentified climber scales World Trade Center tower
A man started climbing one of the twin World Trade Center towers in New York City after firefighters arrived too late to halt his ascent. Police said the incident began this morning and the climber remains at large as authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding the attempt.
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Lottery numbers drawn in Albany daily game results
Albany AP reports the daily numbers winner THB and Win Four drawing 6503. A holiday drawing is planned. A travel joke from Malta frames the piece, noting drivers in different countries switch sides yet all stay in the shade.
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World leaders urge lower U.S. interest rates at summit
Major industrial nations meeting at a Williamsburg summit pressed President Reagan to cut high U.S. interest rates they blame for delaying global recovery. Thatcher Trudeau Mitterrand Kohl Fanfani Nakasone Thorn joined Reagan as they discussed budgets, unemployment, trade barriers, and the international debt crisis. A draft statement urged non inflationary growth and greater exchange stability.
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Reagan heads arms talk with mixed summit mood
President Ronald Reagan won a largely united endorsement of his arms control policy from summit partners though France and Canada caused friction. The final declaration left open whether British and French nuclear forces would be included in Soviet negotiations, while calling for arms control and sufficient military strength to deter any attack.
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Voter interest wanes as 1980 turnout dips nationwide
Census Bureau finds declining voter participation in recent presidential elections with 1980 turnout at 48.5 percent for voting age, well below 1960s peaks. It highlights regional and state disparities led by Minnesota 70.6 percent and South Carolina 41.7 percent.
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Auburn learns jobs cannot be guaranteed
Auburn's mayor notes the closure of the Columbian Rope Co ends 75 years of assumed job security for its workers. The departure teaches the city that long standing employment at the plant can vanish, highlighting broader concerns about factory stability.
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Columbian Rope’s Auburn Plant Tied to IH Legacy
In Auburn, the closure and shift to Mississippi last May stunned residents as Columbian Rope, likened by Lattimore to International Harvester of the 1980s, impacted about 350 workers. He warned no community should assume a long‑standing firm will endure, noting layoffs dumped longtime employees into a weakened labor market amid foreign competition and a national recession.
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