Graham's secret memo eyed sabotage in Vietnam crusade
Albert O. Halstead of Syracuse heads a finance committee for the Central New York Billy Graham Crusade. Six days before opening, the crusade is more than 350000 short of its goal. Committee members plan to tap prayer and multiple sources, insisting they will reach the funds and trusting the Lord to aid the effort.
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Billy Graham Crusade
Albert O. Halstead
Syracuse
Halstead
New York
Graham memorandum urged Nixon to withdraw troops and wage guerrilla war
A declassified memo from 20 years ago shows Billy Graham telling President Nixon to pull 17S traons from Vietnam and wage a guerrilla style war with sabotage and propaganda. The plan, revealed by the National Security Council, parallels later U S strategy against Nicaragua’s Sandinistas under Reagan.
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Billy Graham
Nixon
Vietnam
National Security Council
National Archives
Graham
Reagan
Nicaragua
Alexander seeks sentence reduction over low mood
Federal prosecutors say Alexander, 61, diagnosed as severely low in spirits, should not have his 10 year term shortened. He is serving time after extortion, racketeering and tax evasion convictions. He’s near 28 months from parole and is housed at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota.
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Lee Alexander
U.S
Paula Ryan Cowan
Alexander
Harold Boreanaz
Buffalo
Boreanaz
Thomas J. McAvoy
Lawmakers Approve 47.1 Billion New York Budget
State lawmakers approved a 47.1 billion dollar budget that raises about 1 billion in taxes and preserves programs Governor Mario Cuomo sought to cut. If Cuomo signs the package, state spending rises 82 percent since 1983. Saved funds include 420000 for the State Fair.
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Albany
Mario Cuomo
Cuomo
Aid to schools rising locally in 1989-90 budget
Albany report shows Onondaga County school districts gain an average 0.4 percent increase in state aid under the $47.1 billion 1989-90 budget begun April 1. Statewide local school aid rises 5.7 percent, benefiting districts including Solvay Westhill Lyncourt and others.
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Onondaga County
Solvay
Westhill
Lyncourt
Pan Am flight security papers cited in Lockerbie bombing probe
The Independent reports a U S congressional panel reviewed Pan Am internal documents showing many diplomats canceled seats on flights before the Lockerbie bombing. The documents, including telegrams and memoranda, relate to security warnings and who knew of the threat. The incident killed 270 people including 35 Syracuse University study abroad students and three Central New York residents.
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U.S
Pan Am
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The
Independent
House of Representatives
Frankfurt
United States
Syracuse University
Town of Clay
Prosecutor compares North to Hitler in closing argument
Prosecutor John W. Keker denounces Oliver North as a habitual liar and accuses him of following Hitler’s reception principles while the jury weighs 12 criminal charges in the North coverup trial. Defense counterattacks call the government argument insulting and say evidence should guide jurors.
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Hitler
Nicaragua
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