Students Voters Rights in Onondaga County Debated
The piece argues for easing residency rules for Syracuse University and Le Moyne College students in Onondaga County. It cites low voter registration success, cites state law ambiguity, and endorses Sen. Nancy Hoffmanns Students Voting Rights bill to simplify residency, prevent disparate eligibility, and ensure census counts reflect student populations.
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Ononda
Catestens Donie Thee
Syracuse University
le Moyne College
Onondaga County
Robert Romeo
John Kinsella
Ithaca
Romeo
Aircins
Nancy Lorraine Hoffmann
Syracuse
Poll tax sparks riots reflect medieval roots of policy
Thatcher defends the poll tax as a curb on local spending while critics call it a medieval relic. Riots across London over the new tax left hundreds injured and arrested as tens of thousands protested, highlighting broad UK anger at a flat rate levy.
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Margaret Thatcher
London
Thatcher
Osten
Labor Party
England
Wales
Scotland
United Kingdom
George Bush
Armory Square project urged despite neighborhood worries
Letter to Syracuse Common Council president urges support for the Armory Square development by Robert Doucette and Mayor Tom Young. Argues housing near Salina Street is essential and that naysayers should not block progress for downtown revitalization.
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Armory Square
John DeFrancisco
Syracuse
Ou City
Salina Street
Bear cub finds new home at Burnet Park Zoo in Syracuse
Kelly Redmore thanks Burnet Park Zoo staff and director David Rabey for aiding a bear cub named Syra in need. The zoo arranged a home for the cub and hosted a program about the facility, inviting donations to Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation in San Antonio, Texas.
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Burnet Park
David Rabey
Syra
Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
P.O. Box
San Antonio
Texas
Kelly Redmore
Syracuse
Remembering When Comics Were True Art in Newspapers
The writer laments modern newspaper cartoons as poorly drawn and says past cartoons were true art. They claim many current illustrators are flunking out of art and design classes and question the quality and value of recent comic work in papers and magazines.
Act of grace Sardino kept lid on explosive time
A Syracuse University memory recalls Chief Thomas Sardino negotiating with barricades at the Heroy Geology site to remove dangerous oxygen bottles. Amid threats he calmed a furious student, saying you’re all right, kid, and proved decency and integrity saved a dangerous moment.
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Syracuse Police Department
United Methodist
Syracuse University
Heroy Geology
Thomas Sardino
Chief Sardino
Sardine
Readers invited to send public issue letters
The Herald-Journal and Herald American invite readers to submit letters on public issues. Letters should be brief and legible with a clear point. Unsigned or unverifiable authors will not be published, but identity can be withheld for compelling reasons. Include daytime telephone number.
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Herald-Journal
Herald American
Syracuse Newspapers
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Donald P Pickard
Janes F. Kleiklaus
Thomas J. Heck
American Heart Association
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
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Heart Association
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Manhattan
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New York Housing Authority
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Reagan
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