Regents Curriculum Reform Plans Win Backing in Syracuse Area
Central New York educators and students support the Regents Action Plan to improve elementary and secondary education, despite concerns over funding. The plan would require more math science social studies and arts courses, a foreign language, more testing and homework, and expanded computer use from elementary grades, with a 20 day extension to the school year for in service training.
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New York
State Board of Regents
Regents
Marilyn Peet
East Syracuse-Minoa
Peet
Charles H. Eckermann
Syracuse Board of Education
Bicyclists Save Man Then Earn South Dakota Honor
Geoff Spofford and Doug Gurley, two 20 year olds bicycling across the country, heard a man cry for help near a baler in a field west of Pierre. They rescued Brent Niehoff, transported him to a hospital, and are being considered for the Executive Proclamation of Valor by Gov. Bill Janklow for their lifesaving actions at the South Dakota State Fair in August.
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South Dakota
Bill Janklow
Pierre
Syracuse
Geoff Spofford
Spofford
Doug Gurley
Brent Niehoff
Murdo
S.D
Niehoff
Gurley
Hayes
Bedford
Mass
Brent
Janklow
Spofford and Gurley
Pact with SU expires but strike averted at Syracuse University
Syracuse University service employees, Local 200 of SEIU, voted 253 to 188 against a three year pact offering 6.5 percent raise first year and 4 percent in each of the next two years. A strike vote failed by under 20 votes as the union returns to bargaining to avoid disrupting the Empire State Games starting Aug. 10. George Kennedy said the games prompted the decision.
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Syracuse University
Service Employees International
George Kennedy
Kennedy
Lineman Killed Repairing Downed Wire in Utica
A Niagara Mohawk lineman William Leach, 34, of Whitesboro, died in Utica while fixing a downed distribution line amid weekend thunderstorms. The 13,200 volt line near Pine Grove substation served Clay, affecting 2029 customers. repairs completed by 4:36 pm. Rainfall totaling 87 inches over the weekend drew praise from farmers for benefiting crops despite yield reductions on some vegetables.
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New York
Niagara Mohawk
William Leach
Whitesboro
Utica
Leach
Niagra Mohawk
Jack Hennesy
Bridgeport
Moyer’s Corners
Clay
Elbridge
Pine Grove
Jim Cosgrove
Moyer's Corners
Cosgrove
Martin Nagelkir
National Weather Service
Nagelkirk
Trial delayed as Pugh defense seeks company records
Judge Mordue delays jury selection after pretrial wrangling over an order commanding Central City Roofing officials or the Pipines family to surrender private ledgers and vouchers for 1981 and 1982. Cynthia Pugh faces second degree murder and weapon charges tied to the Feb 24 shooting of James Pipines, a Lakeport millionaire and Manlius executive. Prosecutor Fitzpatrick plans to show embezzlement of about 15000. Security tightens as proceedings loom toward a month of testimony and potential defense calls.
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Norman A. Mordue
Central City Roofing Company
James Pipines
Cynthia Pugh
Mordue
Paul Shanahan
Pugh
Shanahan
Pipines
Frank Pfau
Rt. 31
Lakeport
Manlius
Central City Roofing
William Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Vockers
Park landmark status framed as living history at Thousand Island Park
In Thousand Island Park on Wellesley Island the national landmark designation is tied to continuity of mood and a swami’s stay in a cottage on the rocks. Swami Vivekananda visited in the 1890s, introducing eastern religion to Americans, and in 1947 a retreat and shrine were established there by his order, attracting Hindu visitors who pay respect.
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Thousand Island Park
Wellesley Island
Trude Brown Fitelgan
Trude
Swami Vivekananda
U.S
St. Lawrence
New York
Order
New York City
Woos
Vivekananda
Park landmark push turns cottage district into preservation site
Trude, longtime Park resident and leader of the Landmarks Society, built support for a state and federal landmark designation over nearly a decade. Her survey of 300 buildings and contact with architect Paul Malo culminated in a formal dedication last July, spurring cleanup and renewed interest in preserving The Park’s Victorian cottages and the famed Sweetheart Cottage.
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Trude
Cornell University
Outlook Street
New York State
Collie
Gale
Lae State Preservation Board
Albany
Interior Department
Washington
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Robert Mullane
Central New York School Boards Association
New York State School Boards Association
Mullane
Westhill
Mike Danaher
Fabius-Pompey
ENG
Drathena
Science
AMT
Jed
Stan Evans
Heraia Journal Phos
Dave Grant
Leon Tessier
Sherriff
Michael Goudy
Goudy
Park
Dick Case
Adiswarananda
Landmarks Society
Paul Malo
Thousand Islands
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