Albany budget stalemate blamed as state sinks deeper
In Our Opinion the Albany stalemate cripples New York as 1981 82 spending authority evaporates. Hospitals nursing homes and health care facilities face unpaid bills while governor and lawmakers cut off communication. Assemblyman James L Emery urges a bare bones budget using existing contracts and formulas to keep essential services afloat and reduce emergency borrowing.
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New York
Assembly
Senate
Albany
James L. Emery
Congress Should Not Silence Energy Research
A commentary condemns the Department of Energy for cutting energy conservation and federal research. It argues budget cuts undermine efforts toward oil independence, calls for continued support of sun and wind power, battery tech, and breeder reactor projects, and urges Congress to counter perceived shortsightedness.
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Department of Energy
Conservation Energy
Uncle Sam
Tennessee
Washington
Congress
Political Humor on Succession Amid Presidential Disability
A humorous piece imagines a constitutional sequence where the secretary of state and secretary of defense wrestle for control in a disability scenario. The secretary of state issues orders with comic phrases and a man with a secret box carries a coded message about Al Haig. The joke notes the president’s relative steadiness and labels the third in line as the most senior and often more disabled.
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Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
Philadelphia
al Haig
New SU dean to be installed at Hendricks Chapel jubilee
Syracuse University's Hendricks Chapel celebrates a jubilee as Rev Dr Richard Lee Phillips, new fourth dean, is installed by Chancellor Melvin Eggers in an interfaith ceremony. Phillips, SU alumnus and former teacher and youth leader, returns amid a community-wide homecoming for three days of events. Call 423-2901 for times.
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Syracuse University
Hendricks Chapel
Richard Lee Phillips
Phillips
Melvin Eggers
Syracuse
Baker University
American Youth Foundation
New York
Jaws 3 Promises More Thrills with Shark on the Loose
Hollywood buzz says Jaws 3 will outdo the first two with bigger scares. Rumor claims the shark equipped with a machine gun will dominate the action and set a new high for aquatic menace.
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Hollywood
Reroute plan to close State Fair Boulevard Route 690 junction
Opinion urges prompt action to reroute traffic away from the hazard at State Fair Boulevard and Route 690. It argues the intersection causes injuries and three fatalities and would require up to six years for DOT changes, proposing Walters Road as a temporary alternative with light adjustments.
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State Fair Boulevard
Route 690
State Department of Transportation
Walters Road
Veterans Property Tax Exemption Stance in Marcellus Vote
Councilman Peter Vignogna defends keeping veterans exemption intact as Marcellus moves to full assessed valuation. He rejects claims of conflict of interest and recalls his own tax history including a 171.30 veteran exemption and council salary raises debated last fall.
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Marcellus
Marcellus Knolls
Peter Vignogna
No second job for deputy after hospital escape
Donna Leonard thanks friends relatives and law enforcement after her husband recovers from hospital stay. She praises the sheriff's department city police and state troopers. She notes police officers must work two jobs to support families and announces no more cab driving for Deputy Joe Leonard.
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Sheriff's Department
Joe Leonard
Debating Gun Control Based on Distorted Facts
The letter by J Harmon argues that gun ownership and murder rates vary by country and critiques US comparisons with Switzerland and England. It notes Swiss army home weapons blur ownership, questions per capita ownership meaning, and cites NA RO survey data on guns in American homes. It mentions public support for stricter laws.
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J. Harmon
Hig
Harmon
United States
Switzerland
England
U.S
National Opinion Research Center
United Kingdom
Like rare wine and spring’s awakening
Dorothy Weynberg of Syracuse writes a lyrical note praising April as divine, describing the season’s sights, scents, and sounds that revive her spirit like rare wine. The piece closes with her signoff and location in Syracuse.
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Dorothy Weynberg
Syracuse
Killers and gun rights debate voiced in Boonville letter
David A. Dean of Boonville argues against more gun laws urging preservation of the Bill of Rights and swift capital punishment for murderers. He warns that losing the Second Amendment could lead to the loss of the other nine rights.
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Sue Anderson
Liverpool
David A. Dean
Boonville
Question on dioxin safety at garbage plant hearing
The letter questions whether the environmental impact statement adequately covers dioxin releases from garbage burning plants. It notes EPA drinking water limits were cited, but the Rock Cut site concerns are atmospheric. The writer urges proof that stack gas dioxin levels are nonhazardous and seeks public release of safety data.
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Robert Sperber
EPA
Rock Cut
Message to East Side residents on facilities and spending
A writer urges East Side residents demanding better facilities to focus on defusing a larger situation. He condemns spending on basketball courts and aid programs while praising schools and libraries as better investments. He recalls working from age 15 and insists funds are not the city’s to waste on summer basketballs.
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East Side
Brezhnev's Prague trip leaves U S officials puzzled
James Reston reports from Washington that Brezhnev's Prague visit sent mixed signals on Poland crisis. While backing Husak warnings, Brezhnev offered a muted Polish alert and ordered troops back, prompting fear of Brezhnev Doctrine reassertion or a staged shift in Polish leadership, with no clear path to stabilization.
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James Reston
New York Times
Washington
Leonid Brezhnev
Prague
Reagan
Poland
Gustav Husak
Husak
East Germany
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Brezhnev
Stanislaw Kania
Communist Party
Kania
Warsaw
Moscow
Czech
Communist Bloc
China
Yugoslavia
Izvestia
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