06 Oct 1984
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1984
Page
1
The Detroit Tigers edged the Kansas City Royals 1 0 Friday night to win the American League championship for the first time since 1968. A2 AP Laserphoto notes the victory as a historic milestone for Detroit in major league baseball.
NASA faces a potential setback as the space shuttle Challenger conducts day two in orbit while technicians work through the night to fix a malfunctioning EU-band antenna. The crew, led by Crippen, begins four remote fuel transfer experiments and continues Earth observation plans, with a late return to Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 13.
Darnell Parker, 26, a former Ohio mental patient, held an 18 hour mistreatment rampage at Garden Valley housing, decapitating Kashanna Davis, 2, wounding Myril Davis, 8, and injuring Natalia Davis, 4, who was in critical condition. Parker and his wife Linda Davis, 24, were injured. police expect charges after the chaotic episode ends Friday.
Pope John Paul II opened a three day tour of Calabria urging residents to renounce Omerta the Mafia vow of silence. He spoke to thousands in Paola calling for dignity of labor and an end to kidnappings violence and other evils, as he planned to visit Catanzaro Conso and other poverty stricken towns.
A Cayuga County grand jury may indict a suspect in the 1981 Julie Monson murder. District Attorney Paul Carbonaro and Investigator Donald Brandstetter said an indictment depends on the grand jury inquest. Monson disappeared September 27 1981 and remains were found at the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge in April 1983.
Marilyn Bell, who flushed her Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Class of 1968 ring as a teen, got it back when a public works crew flushed Hoyt Lakes sewer lines. Emil Spielman identified the owner by yearbook links and initials, surprising Mary Lou Deppe now working at Minnesota Power.
Washington reports Congress faces delays in passing a 472 billion dollar end of year funding measure to keep the federal government operating. Leaders warn of a possible lame duck session as negotiations hinge on defense spending, aid to Nicaragua rebels, anti satellite language, water projects and Star Wars funding. The debt ceiling rise to 1.82 trillion also awaits final action next week.
Walter Mondale and Ronald Reagan settle stage details for the head to head debate. Reagan, ahead in polls, says his strategy is to tell the truth and aims to speak to an estimated 75 million TV audience in Louisville. Mondale vows victory, saying Americans seek change as journalists will question both candidates.
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