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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1982
Page
2
News brief outlines shuttle crew readiness and related coverage as a main feature of the October 7 1982 edition. Medicare outlook and Lehrman tax cut plan are listed alongside push for Reagan support and other features on pages A3 through A6.
Washington AP report says Phyllis Schlafly and her Eagle Forum print 100000 pamphlets warning of herpes risk. The material urges virginity before marriage and opposes Planned Parenthood sex education, birth control makers, and adult magazines while claiming 20 million Americans are affected.
In West Germany a bank raid in Koblenz ended with 11 hostages held and later released after a 19 hour drama. Police, aided by a taped voice and a drawing of a bearded man, searched the Rhineland for the two gunmen who fled with $480,000, outwitting hundreds of officers in a wild car chase and shootout.
In West Palm Beach, Sandra Andreasen testified she once said Mrs. Roxanne Pulitzer was unfit to be a parent but has since changed her view. A bearded young man denied an affair with Mrs. Pulitzer and stated she did not take cocaine or receive roses from him. Brian Richards, 29, said he once threw stones at the Pulitzer home hoping to see her and has worked odd jobs in Palm Beach for 11 years.
Rev Sun Myung Moon founder of the Unification Church will marry over 6 000 couples from 83 countries in a three day ceremony in Seoul with about 4 000 couples from Japan and 150 from the United States. The event will climax next Wednesday with Moon officiating rites following rituals similar to the Madison Square Garden wedding in New York last June that drew 2 075 couples.
In Portage County Ohio election officials warn they lack funds to print ballots or pay poll workers as a 33 000 request faces county commissioners amid 11.4 percent unemployment and Kent State University land tax issues. The community awaits a governor and senate race lineup while budget blame circulates.
Twenty two Vietnamese relatives and 24 Amerasian children arrived from Ho Chi Minh City in Bangkok on an Air France flight as the second exodus under a voluntary agency plan. Some reunions occur with fathers, but not all. Doan Thi Day travels with five children including Betty and Rose Howard, documented US citizens.
Italian peacekeepers reportedly stopped Lebanese troops from beating Palestinians during mass arrests in west Beirut. Four Lebanese officers were disciplined for brutality, with promises of harsher punishment for future violators. The broader situation saw shifts in withdrawal talks as Israel and Syria consider staged exits alongside the PLO.
Wall Street posted a dramatic rally as blue chip names like Eastman Kodak Teledyne Texas Instruments and Lockheed surged. Analysts blamed institutions buying on expectations of lower rates while Fed policy signals and mortgage prospects fed hopes of stimulus for housing despite a grim unemployment forecast.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports a wife doubts her husband killed himself and says there was no motive. Tylenol capsules are recalled nationwide with exchanges offered for Tylenol tablets. Officials say contamination unlikely from manufacturing and no link found between Philadelphia lot and other recalled lots. An unidentified associate linked to Pascual was in Chicago the prior weekend, with police sources noting investigations remain unsettled.
Unusually strong storms battered the Pacific Northwest bringing frigid winds heavy rain and up to four inches of snow in northern cascades. Western states warned to brace for wintry conditions with gale force winds and flash flood advisories. Temperatures plunged into the 20s in the Dakotas and rainfall caused localized flooding in Texas Illinois and Tennessee. Air quality listed as moderate with an air pollution index of 60.
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