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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1999
Page
1
On Frontiers PAGE B12, a trend toward advanced golf equipment clashes with traditionalist players and fans. Analysts note wearers of smart sensors, distance-tracking devices, and performance analytics draw scrutiny from purists who value classic methods and feel the sport’s identity shifting under new tech.
Sources say two men believed responsible for the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing are en route to the Netherlands to stand trial. Rockies beat Padres in the season opener south of the border. Roger Clemenson works the Yankees pen. SAN DIEGO'S Ruben River gets a hit in a day's game against Colorado. Rockies catcher Kirt Manwaring appears in photos. Milwaukee Press
In Syracuse area coverage, state and city officials seek new revenue to cover daily municipal costs while residents in Cazenovia gather to oppose a giant retailer. Separately, lenders require private mortgage insurance for homes bought with less than 20 percent down, as noted on page D1.
Tonight low 64 and clear, Tuesday sun then clouds and milder with low 44. Wednesday morning shower then sun with high 8 and low 40. Thursday partly sunny and warmer with high 66 and low 44. Friday cloudy with a chance of sun, high 58 and low 38. Weather stats A2.
The United States to deploy 24 Apache helicopters, 18 rocket launchers, and 2,000 troops to Albania to support NATO strikes in Kosovo. Pentagon officials say the move would tighten pressure on Slobodan Milosevic, aiming to halt ethnic cleansing and blunt Serb advances amid ongoing air campaigns that have driven hundreds of thousands from Kosovo.
Libyan suspects Lamen Fhimah and Abdel Basset al Megrahi were handed over to travel to the Netherlands for trial in the Pan Am 103 bombing case. They spoke of innocence and hoped for acquittal as U N representative Hans Corell witnessed the handover at Tripoli airport. The move ends a decade of Libyan isolation and could lift sanctions on Libyan air travel and military procurement.
The Syracuse city government, led by Mayor Roy Bernardi, used water fund transfers to fund general operations. By 1997 managers sought Common Council approval to shift more than 2 million dollars yearly from the water fund and raised water rates in 1996 to sustain city spending.
A Herald Journal report notes Y2K fears prompt companies to push end of year plans. A Republican group ridicules Vice President and a TV commerce claim. North Carolina seeks ways to end utilities. Rogue trader Nick Leeson may be released from a Singapore prison in July.
A TV critic Tom Shales skewers Strangers With Candy while Jesse Jackson urges compassion in a column. Editorials condemn Congress’ record as shameful and reflect a Sunday and Saturday lottery data brief with Daily Number WinFour Pick 10 and Lotto supplements.
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