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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1985
Page
2
Jackie Gleason, age 69, performed with the Congo Foot Warmers Hot Dance Orchestra at the Raccoon Club after being invited onstage by bandleader Mike Walbridge. The onstage moment occurred during a 1920s ngh stepper as Gleason sang You're Gonna Lose Your Gal.
Jane Pauley argues news stations should allow anchors to build an audience before dismissal when ratings fall. She criticizes male‑dominated nightly slots and notes women on air have steadily shifted America's view of women at work over the past decade. Erskine Caldwell, at 81, dismisses fame and monuments, saying success comes if his writing opens eyes, as he and Virginia Caldwell take part in a Georgia writers in residence program. Also, Billy Graham’s Romania tour draws 150,000 Romanians despite limited press coverage, with services circulated largely by word of mouth.
Actress Jennifer Jones, famed for playing nurse Catherine Barkley, will be honored at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing 50th anniversary event. Jones cites her husband Norton Simon’s Guillain Barre syndrome as deepening her appreciation for nursing staff and patient care.
Herald American announces a daily strive for full fair and accurate reporting. Readers are invited to call 470 0011 to report factual inaccuracies and corrections.
Syracuse forecast calls for sunny and warmer conditions with a mid-70s high and mainly clear skies tonight cooling to about 55. South winds 5 to 15 mph. Wednesday will be partly cloudy with a high near 80. Extended outlook projects mostly sunny Thursday and Friday with a chance of showers Saturday. daily lows 55 to 60 and highs near 80 Thursday and 80 to 85 Friday, about 75 Saturday.
The 411 wind, Tropical Storm Fabian, strengthens in the Atlantic and could threaten shipping. Central New York remains clear with sunny spells and no rain, while a high pressure system covers New York and Pennsylvania, bringing warm, mostly sunny days through Friday before weekend showers. Flood warnings spread along the Texas coast as storms hit the Pacific Northwest and Midwest.
City records show manday high 70 and low 43, with today’s record high 89 dating to 1942 and record low 38 in 1923. Normal high 72 low 52. Rainfall none. September 185 inches for Sep tember, 20 10 inches this year. record rainfall for Monday 189 inches in 1934, today 95 inches in 1974. Winds forecast surface south easterly at 8 mph, aloft southerly 18 mph at 6,000 feet, southwesterly 18 mph at 12,000 feet, and 25,000 feet westerly 23 mph.
Weather service forecast notes degree days 3 and 3 with air quality indices and probabilities. Readings include humidity and wind patterns with hours of expected operation today and Wednesday. Forecast highlights good to fair air quality, temperature ranges, and advisories for midweek.
Mainly clear tonight with milder lows around 50s and 60s. Wednesday, mix of clouds and sunshine with highs mostly near 80 across Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, and surrounding areas. Lake George to Lake Ontario show similar warm, fair conditions. Boating winds light to moderate, southerly, with 1-3 foot waves and water temperatures around 63 degrees off Rockland.
A fragmented clipping notes a weather disturbance affecting areas east of the Prime Meridian and mentions estimated times in the evening and morning windows. The text references travel impacts and potential school or event delays but lacks clear figures or locations. Further readable details are not available in the fragment.
The Discovery Center on Clinton Street has set up a Halley’s Comet hotline at 425 5397 to aid amateur astronomers locating the comet low in the southern sky this October.
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