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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1981
Page
1
The first winter warning should subside by nightfall with milder conditions expected tomorrow. Expect mainly clear, cold weather with a low near freezing and a high around 55. Tonight’s precipitation chance is 20 percent, 10 percent tomorrow, per National Weather Service at Hanover Airport.
A massive petroleum fire at the Akron Oil Co tank farm in Akron New York consumed 50000 gallons and prompted evacuations for hours. Residents were told to return home at 9 30 a m. The blaze was blamed on vandals who cut valve chains allowing gasoline to spill.
A basement fire at Ardmore Memorial Hospital sent smoke through the four story building, prompting evacuation of at least 75 patients. Nurses and staff were treated for smoke inhalation. no major injuries reported. Fire reported at 1 08 a.m. and under control about two hours later. cause was not known.
Albany reports the state lottery drawn yesterday produced 037 as the winning number. No details on prize or ticket holders are provided in the brief item.
A light quip jokes that a psychiatrist makes money by using other people's heads. The line playfully frames the profession as capitalizing on patients' minds.
Bruce Perry of 318 Kellogg St died at St. Joseph's Hospital from injuries suffered during a Halloween night assault near Mulberry Square on the near South Side. Police say the attack occurred last Saturday, Perry reported it three days later, and autopsy is to be conducted as investigators shift from assault to homicide. No suspects or leads have been found.
Icy roads and several inches of snow across Central New York slowed traffic overnight. Up to three inches fell in many areas with higher elevations worse. Thruway conditions deteriorated between Utica and Rochester as drivers without snow tires faced hazards. No major crashes reported locally though some vehicles left roads or hit guard rails.
Moscow marked the 64th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution with a mass parade at Red Square featuring a float denouncing Ronald Reagan policies. Brezhnev reviewed troops atop Lenin’s mausoleum as 2,700 soldiers passed 220 tanks amid a NATO boycott and Afghan occupation protests.
Reagan defends his economic recovery plan and rejects tax increases for 1982 while facing calls to offset deficits. He questions critics who imply a recession and says he will stand by the program. GOP leaders expect he may consider tax hikes in 1983 and 1984.
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