24 Sep 1981
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1981
Page
1
The National Weather Service expects clearing skies tonight with a low around 40 to 45 degrees. Tomorrow will be warmer with a high near 70 and mostly variable cloudiness. Light and variable winds tonight, with rain chances near zero tonight and about 10 percent tomorrow.
The South Africa national rugby team will meet a third U S side on Saturday in a private game to be held at an undisclosed site with no tickets sold. Eastern Rugby Union official Thomas Selfridge noted the game is not secret, but private, following a court battle over a Tuesday match at Albanys Bleecker Stadium.
Connecticut and New York authorities widened the search for four extremely dangerous inmates who fled the Community Correctional Center by breaking a second floor window and sawing through bars. One had been labeled the most dangerous man in the state. The escape occurred late last night as the quartet slipped into the night, prompting a cross state manhunt.
Two East German soldiers crossed the Berlin Wall into West Berlin during the night after locking a comrade in a watchtower. They wore uniforms with rifles and reported to a police station in Lichtenrade, according to a statement from West Berlin Interior Ministry.
Albany AP reports the state's daily numbers draw last night selected 306 as the winning number.
A humorous line notes that convenience food is whatever sits at the front of the refrigerator. It plays on the quick grab idea and playful everyday domestic scene.
President Reagan prepares a 9 pm address to outline a 16 billion dollar package of 1982 budget cuts while social security remains protected. White House aides kept details tight as lawmakers anticipate shifts including delaying some pensions and veterans benefits but preserving cost of living increases for Social Security.
The Labor Department reported August inflation at 10.6 percent annually, with housing costs up 1.0 percent and mortgage rates rising 1.3 percent. Food and transportation costs rose more slowly, while fuel oil fell for the fifth straight month and medical care costs continued to climb.
Prime Minister Jaruzelski announced the army would assist police in a tougher bid to curb anti-Soviet actions by Solidarity. He urged leadership changes at the union’s congress in Gdansk and promised state forces would back interior ministry efforts to restore law and order amid unrest and economic strain.
United States and Soviet Union pledge to start formal negotiations on strategic arms control in Europe on November 30 in Geneva. Haig and Gromyko meet at U.N. Mission, with Nitcay and Kyitsinsky named as chief negotiators. Second talks to follow.
Three Armenian gunmen seized about 40 hostages at the Turkish consulate in Paris on Boulevard Haussmann and threatened to kill unless Armenian political prisoners and priests are freed. A Turkish guard was wounded. police evacuated about 70 remaining occupants as attackers refused negotiations and threatened to blow up the building.
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