Syracuse Herald Journal (Newspaper) - May 23, 1997, Syracuse, New York i j n t KUJI i H 1 Vic V RO VOL 121. NO 36207 19 1997 The Herald Company MAY 1987 METRO EDITION Union officials charged Two union executives representing sands of CNY cery store workers are charged with embezzling PAGE B1 Man wrongly Lawyers say the District Attorney's Office granted immunity to Larry Ellis then went ahead and charged him PAGE B1 A CNY man opens a railroad museum as a tribute to his who was a Syracuse surgeon PAGE B1 In an Pataki says state will no longer try to collect sales tax on Indian land j STORY BELOW a thrusts a fist in the air as he salutes a passing motorist along Interstate 81. Optimistic Americans A study suggests more of us think our futures will be rosy PAGE All DENNIS photographer Rock band has big dreams I The Associated Press THE FINE ART of basketball was rarely displayed Thursday as the Bulls tled the Heat for a 2-0 series BULLS WIN UGLY Miami set mark for scoring eclipsing former Syracuse record SU's lacrosse team revs up for another Final Four Saturday PAGE D1 Red Wing scoring avalanche buries Colorado PAGE oe GOOD EVENING TONIGHTS TOMORROW'S It may shower alter midnight Partly sunny and low 50. a shower or thunderstorm low 46, high 70. Partly perhaps a morning low 44, high 67. A mix of sun and low 44, high 65. News Top AP Sports 1111 Mil Biz Dow NY Canadian Birthday tilt Juat for Laughs Mil II Pill II Cam cny Comics Editorials GanMy B6 Local B1 D7 Movies C1 C6 Sports B1 B4 do you know these WOODS BLAIR REED FREEH The Associated Press WASHINGTON Not even one in 10 Americans surveyed for a new poll could identify the names Ralph Reed or Louis But eight out of 10 could identify Tiger Woods or Dennis showing anew that people follow sports more than politics and The poll was conducted last week by the Pew Research Center for the People the which asked whether those surveyed could identify certain Eighty-two percent knew the hot new golfing and 80 percent could identify the Chicago Only 9 percent knew executive director of the Christian and 8 cent knew FBI director Other recognition Ellen actress who came cut as a lesbian on time 62 Alan as chairman of the Federal Reserve said to be the second most powerful person in 40 John central figure in the investigation into the fund-raising 20 Kenneth independent counsel investigating President 20 Garry Russian chess champion recently beaten by a 18 5 Trent Senate majority 15 Webster potential key witness in Starr's 15 Tony the new British prime 15 The of 615 had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage Bombing trial Timothy McVeigh's lawyers suggest the real bomber died in the Their evidence is an shares HI the Microwave Filter Company in but no one is quite sure who Asthma cities especially ir. C1 The nation's first female pilot will leave the Air Force on a general discharge and not face a court-martial on charges of lying and Local business Someone is buying thousands of An on-line writing class is offered this summer at Syracuse C2 Editorials A proposal that the federal government add million to the 19% budget to ensure the food supply is safe should be Woman critically hurt in crash By Laurel Champion Staff Writer A woman pinned under her car after an accident with two dump trucks today on West Seneca Turnpike in Onondaga was taken to a Syracuse hospital in critical An infant riding in the woman's car was not injured in the accident reported shortly after 7 deputies and fire officials Two men riding in one of the dump which rolled onto Us were also taken to Syracuse hospitals with cuts and Sheriffs deputies said the woman was driving west near the Onondaga College entrance when her car drifted onto the right The woman apparently and the car drove into the eastbound first dump truck deputies The impact caused her car to spin around and the rear end collided with another dump truck in the eastbound The woman was thrown from the car which then landed on Rescue crews from Onondaga Hill and Taunton used rescue ment to lift the car about 4 feet off the said Onondaga Hill Assistant Fire Cruel When the dump truck it caused a fuel tank on the back to spill 35 gallons of diesel fuel into a Fire crews shoveled a pile of dirt to prevent the diesel fuel from running down the TV Department of En- Conservation has been called to clean up the Pataki cites turmoil as he abandons Indian tax deals By Robert L. Smith Staff Writer Goeman stood on a platform halfway up a highway billboard and pointed to the or Society emblem painted in black and is what they're afraid he shouted to a cheering group below this is what changed the governor's People on both sides of a issue think he may be Thursday Gov. George Pataki ended the state's forts to reach tax collection deals with the Iroquois and other Indian In doing Pataki cited the moil the tax issue created across the saying continues lo divide The state had been trying to low court rulings requiring the col- lection of taxes on sales of specifically cigarettes and gasoline by Indian chants to Announcing his decision in Pataki said he would ask the state Legislature to change the law so sales taxes are no longer an issue on reservations He ed his appreciation to the chiefs he has been negotiating with for their efforts and acknowledged the they came hopeful they can continue to work Mike press said Four days the Mohawk Warrior Society and Iroquois ness groups led a rally along Inter- state 81 on the Onondaga About 65 Iroquois people from across New York and parts of ada came to protest a pact agreed to by traditional Iroquois chiefs It aimed to solve the sales tax dispute by bringing reservation Commerce under control of vation governments and ending an era of freewheeling When some protesters moved ward the state police moved clubbing Native cans to the ground m front of tele- vision Some think that was enough to Page A8 Accident kills granddaughter By Eil win Staff Writer MONTEZUMA A Cato woman and her 2-year-old granddaughter died Thursday when their van went through a stop sign and was hit by three vehicles including a stale police Killed were Marvis 68, of Route 34N, and her grand- Teresa 2, of Investigator Richard J Searing of state police m Auburn said Frank's Oldsmobile van was traveling south on state Route 90 about 3 45 p.m when it went through a stop sign at state Routes 5 and 20. The van was struck in the right rear by a vehicle heading west The van then spun into the eastbound where it was struck by a tractor-trailer by Gerald Weeks of Frank s van then continued and struck another vehicle waiting at the Teresa's Timothy English of also was in the police said He was taken to Auburn Memorial Hospital with head and shoulder Searing He was in stable condition this a nursing supervisor Frank was pronounced dead at Auburn Memorial police Teresa English was airlifted by helicopter to University where she was pronounced police Frank's relatives and friends todav said she was a caring but they were too shocked to talk more No one else was police said Police said passengers in the cles wore scat belts and air was not a factor The accident is still under police Staff Writer Jeff Stage contributed to this ON TIME OR FREE GUARANTEED BY TO SUBSCRIBE CALL 470-0050
