Regents' plan for curriculum reform earns mixed praise
Central New York educators praised the Regents Action Plan to Improve Elementary and Secondary Education while voicing concerns over funding. The plan demands more math science social studies and arts courses, a foreign language, additional tests and homework, computer use in elementary grades, and a 20 day extension of the school year. Local officials warn of massive costs amid district deficits, with final approvals targeted for February or March 1984 and a regional Syracuse conference set for October 26 to gather reactions.
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New York
State Board of Regents
Regents
Marilyn Peet
East Syracuse-Minoa
Peet
Charles H. Eckermann
Syracuse Board of Education
Robert Mullane
Central New York School Boards Association
New York State School Boards Association
Mullane
Westhill
Syracuse
Mike Danaher
Fabius-Pompey
Bicyclists Honored for Life Saving Rescue in South Dakota
Syracuse native Geoff Spofford and Doug Gurley, both 20, rescued Brent Niehoff 20 from a farmer baler in a field west of Pierre after seeing his arm trapped. They drove him to Pierre, called an ambulance, and Niehoff later underwent surgery. Bill Janklow considers them candidates for the Executive Proclamation of Valor to be awarded at the State Fair.
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South Dakota
Bill Janklow
Pierre
Syracuse
Geoff Spofford
Spofford
Doug Gurley
Brent Niehoff
Murdo
Niehoff
Gurley
Hayes
McKennon Hospital
Sioux Falls
Bedford
Mass
Brent
Janklow
Spofford and Gurley
Pact with SU expires but strike averted
Syracuse University service employees in Local 200 of SEIU voted 253 188 against a proposed three year contract offering 6.5 percent raise first year and 4 percent in each of two following years. They narrowly rejected a strike to avoid disruption of the Empire State Games starting Aug 10. Kennedy said the union will return to bargaining to avoid games disruption.
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Syracuse University
Service Employees International
George Kennedy
Kennedy
Lineman killed repairing downed wire in Utica
Niagara Mohawk lineman William Leach, 34, of Whitesboro, died while repairing a downed distribution line in Utica as thunderstorms hit Central New York. The accident is under investigation. Power outages affected Bridgeport, Moyer’s Corners, Clay, and Elbridge, with a 13 200 volt line near Pine Grove substation servicing Clay damaged by lightning.
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New York
Niagara Mohawk
William Leach
Whitesboro
Utica
Leach
Jack Hennessy
Bridgeport
Moyer’s Corners
Clay
Elbridge
Pine Grove
Jim Cosgrove
Cosgrove
Martin Nagelkir
National Weather Service
Nagelkirk
Pugh murder trial delayed by pretrial wrangling over records
Judge Mor delayed trial as Cynthia Pugh seeks private ledgers and vouchers from Central City Roofing and the Pipines family or a former comptroller to contest an embezzlement claim in the Feb death of James Pipines. Prosecutor Fitzpatrick plans 45 witnesses while defense signals possible defense calls and a ruling on whether Pugh will testify. Security and publicity surround one of the era’s most publicized homicide cases.
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Norman A. Mordue
Central City Roofing Company
James Pipines
Cynthia Pugh
Mordue
Paul Shanahan
Pugh
Rt. 31
Lakeport
Pipines
Manlius
Central City Roofing
William Fitzpatrick
Sherriff
Michael Goudy
Goudy
Fitzpatrick
Shanahan
Witapatrick
Park landmark column recalls a solitary guide at The Park
A Second of two columns reflects on Thousand Island Park on Wellesley Island named a national landmark. The piece notes Trude Brown Fitclson guiding visitors and recounts Swami Vivekananda’s stay in the 1890s at a cottage by the St. Lawrence River. The shrine and retreat established in 1947 anchor the community’s continuity.
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Thousand Island Park
Wellesley Island
Trude Brown Fitclson
Trude
Swami Vivekananesa
U.S
St. Lawrence
New York
Order
New York City
Vivekananda
Same Hinds
Swames
Preservation push crowns The Park as landmark district
Trude, president of The Park's Landmark Society, led a decade long effort to gain landmark designation for The Park. She surveyed 300+ cottages with a Cornell intern, citing rare 19th century architecture and the Sweetheart Cottage. State and federal review delays tested resolve, but approval arrived just after Christmas. Public interest spurred cleaning and restoration of gingerbread details across cottages.
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Trude
Cornell University
New York State
State Preservation Board
Albany
Interior Department
Washington
Wade Len
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Social Studies
Science
Toregn Langiags
Leon Tessier
Park
Dick Case
Adiswarananda
Landmarks Society
Tama
Trode
Firsh
al Sensi
Paul Malo
Thousand Islands
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