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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1997
Page
8
Volunteers from up to 10.50 miles away passed sandbags to protect Montevideo Minnesota as rain swells the Chippewa and Minnesota rivers. The merging rivers flood two highways and threaten the town’s water source as levels rise from 22 feet to an expected crest between 24 and 25 feet.
A Las Vegas based tour bus carrying Taiwanese tourists to the Grand Canyon lost its brakes on an unpaved road near Meadview Arizona and toppled over injuring 23 people, five critically. Driver Wei Cheng of 8 Tours Service said the brakes appeared to fail.
The missing $8.8 million Air Force Thunderbolt with Captain Crai David Button and his crew vanished near Tucson during a training flight. A new search focused on the Telluride area in southwestern Colorado as investigators weigh possibilities from electrical failure to autopilot.
Angel Moseley testified about a drug ring led by Lindsey that recruited homeless teens, housed them in Utica Rome Herkimer and Auburn apartments, and paid promised wages that never arrived while violence kept control. Lindsey and Tommy Walker spearheaded the operation with a network that earned up to 15000 a day, as prosecutors noted a sharp rise in arrests of children under 18 in surrounding counties.
Moseley recounts fear of returning home after threats by Lindsey and describes being forced to sell crack in a Utica apartment. She details beatings, robberies, and controlling behavior as she carried out up to 50 crack packets a day and lived in a windowless unit for nearly two months.
A Mississippi girl nicknamed Angel fled abuse from her father, aligning with Lindsey to sell crack in Auburn after receiving 35000 dollars and 4000 dollars of drugs. She and three others were arrested and sentenced. Angel served a year, was paroled, and seeks a fresh start, urging other teens to seek help.
About 3,500 United Auto Workers members began a strike Friday night at General Motors Oklahoma City assembly plant home to the Malibu and Cutlass models. Workers cited manpower safety and outsourcing as key issues. local contract lapse since September and resumed talks Saturday.
ALBANY Convicted serial killer Lemuel Smith has sued the state to end his 15 years in solitary at Elmina Correctional Facility. He argues insufficient evidence he would be a threat if moved to the general population while officials defend the current confinement.
At Great Meadow Correctional Facility jail guards were injured Saturday morning when inmates returning from breakfast attacked them. Two guards attempting to assist were also assaulted, and a fourth was hurt as inmates dispersed. Officials differ on injury severity, with union representatives saying serious injuries occurred.
Millard Harmon 71 of Delmar landed a medical shipment in Cuba claiming engine trouble while en route from Albany County Airport to Grand Cayman. He could face up to 55000 in fines for violating the embargo and returning without U S Customs clearance in Miami.
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