Food Stamps Debate Sparks Realistic Hunger Take
U S Agriculture Secretary John Block and family test the thrifty food plan with a $58 weekly budget. Critics say one week of simple meals cannot reflect true hardship, as hunger grows with unemployment near 10 percent and emergency food services rise nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Agriculture
John Black
Block
Black
America
Saundra
Smokes
Herald
Onondaga County
Dairy Secretary's Budget Pinches Farmers Over Margarine List
The piece notes dairy farmers face income loss under the Agriculture Secretary while butter costs drop to 50 cents per hundredweight. It highlights the secretary's shopping list for a food stamp experiment calling for margarine, not butter, and suggests he try living on an average dairy family budget.
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Block
Tragic Seneca River Accident Involving Four Friends
Four friends fished a Seneca River rowboat when a passing motor boat swamped them. One swam ashore, one clung to the boat, another to a cushion, and three survived while one drowned. Authorities point to the power boat operator, identified as a teenage boy, as the likely cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca River
Life preservers could have saved non swimmer
A trailed river tragedy notes non swimmers in a rowboat lacking life jackets led to one death. The piece argues boating rules and required equipment could prevent similar losses, urging better safety and enforcement for unsafe operators and unprotected waterway users.
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Ing
Seneca River
New York Law Holds Adults Stepping Into Teen Drinking Accountable
Gov. Mario Cuomo signed a state law making adults who host underage drinkers legally liable if a teen drives after drinking and causes injury or death. The measure expands accountability to include property damage and any resulting crash, raising the stakes for responsible hosting.
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Mario Cuomo
Substitutes August Fill-Ins For TV and Theater
NBC confirms Joan Rivers will be replaced by Johnny Carson as perma host. George Bush substitutes for Ronald Reagan during his Santa Barbara ranch retreat. Summer stock theaters feature Suzanne Somers John Ritter in The King and I and Merv Griffin in Hamlet. Jack Anderson previews Drew Pearson reruns with Whittaker Chambers Sherman Adams and Joseph McCarthy. Renkin Askew substitutes for Ernest Hollings. HUD covers Commerce. South Dakota stands in for North Dakota.
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NBC
Joan Rivers
Permanet
Johnny Carson
George Bush
Ronald Reagan
Ron
Santa Barbara
Suzanne Somers
John Ritter
Merv Griffin
Hamlet
Umn
Drew Pearson
Whittaker Chambers
Sherman Adams
Joseph McCarthy
Renkin Askew
Ernest Hollings
Department of Hud
Department of Commerce
South Dakota
North Dakota
Camp Vigor sale discussed by local Scouts group
A letter from P J Hafer of the Friends of Camp Vigor argues against selling Camp Vigor to preserve a rustic site with trails and state land. It compares Camp Vigor unfavorably to Camp Portaferry, cites merger problems between scout councils, and proposes keeping Vigor by purchasing it to run as a private boys camping area with staff layoffs as the least reversible option.
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St. Lawrence Boy Scout Council
Jeff Lewis Council
Friends of
Camp Vigor
P.J. Hafer
Potsdam
Slow Jail Booking Delays Draw Attention in Syracuse
A Syracuse reader condemns the sheriff's jail booking room as a slow system that forces visitors to return repeatedly for prisoner visits and clothing exchanges, describing it as a frustrating game by the sheriff's department.
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Sheriff's
Syracuse
Sheriff's Department
Civil Disobedience Protest Plans Near Army Depot
Emerson Moran of Romulus reports that thousands of women will gather in Seneca County to stage civil disobedience at Sampson State Park and trespass on U S Army Depot land, asserting use of 53 acres owned by Seneca Encampment west of Route 96 as assembly space.
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Seneca County
Sampson State Park
United States Army
State of
New York
United States
Route 96
Army Depot
Emerson Moran
Romulus
Police Help Rescues Man Choking During Supper
R Davern of Clay thanks Officer D DeSano of Clay police who arrived swiftly after a June 22 choking incident. The officer helped him restart breathing before EMS arrival and, following surgery, Davern expresses gratitude to the department.
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Clay Police
D. DeSano
Korean War Ceasefire Anniversary Unmentioned in Herald Journal
The July 27 Herald Journal omits noting the 30th anniversary of the Korean ceasefire despite over 47 000 American deaths and a UN mission that kept South Korea independent and economically strong. It contrasts with debate over a proposed 1.5 billion payout to Japanese Americans interned after Pearl Harbor.
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Bataan
Heartbreak Ridge
United States
U.N
South Korea
Herald-Journal
United Nations
West Germany
Joan Bernstein
Commission On Wartime Relocation
Pearl Harbor
Bernstein
Proposes monthly scout pickup for paper waste in Auburn
Mrs H H Boundy of Auburn urges action on garbage by suggesting a monthly scout collection for papers while reaffirming reusables like glass and metal. She argues it is a starting point toward a better long term waste solution.
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H.H. Boundy
Auburn
Cartoon and editorial clash over handgun issue in Herald American
Letter writers respond to a controversial handgun cartoon and accompanying editorial. William Sunderlin thanks a Good Samaritan who returned a purse at Fayetteville Mall theater. Mary Kasimirski notes ongoing oxygen needs in LaFayette and praises honest people.
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Fayetteville Mall
Tam
Praise for Bart Pollock and The Herald Journal on Nicaragua
The author commends Bart Pollock and The Herald Journal for a strong Nicaragua series amid U S policy tensions. It argues Reagan’s Central America stance risks war and bloodshed while Nicaragua pursues poverty reduction, basic rights, and social services under its government.
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Bart Pollock
The
Herald-Journal
Nicaragua
Reagan
Ameran
Latin America
U.S
Latin American
Guatemala
Salvador
Colom
Two fine Chiefs At Onondaga Hills All Star Tournament
On July 23 the Onondaga Hill Community Association hosted the Apple Valley League All Star Tournament. Syracuse Chiefs pitchers Jim Baker and Tom Lukish appeared, signing autographs posing for photos and answering questions for more than 200 participants.
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Onondaga Hill Community Association
Jim Baker
Tom Lukish
Syracuse Chiefs
Jim
Tom
A Little Leary When A Man Thinks His Hands Grow Broad
A fragment reflects unease as a man notices his hands seeming broader and suspects lust may test his conscience, a terse meditation on vanity and moral strain.
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Syracuse Herald-Journal
Arthur Jenkins
Herald Company
Clinton Square
Syrocut
N.Y
Stephen Rogers
Stephen A. Rogers
Timothy D. Bunn
Robert T. Hannassey
Donald P. Pickard
R. Gary Kruger
By Mark Russell
Jack Anderson
FicaRane
Dick Case
Sam
Gentlemen's Quarterly
George P. Branca
Music D'Italia
R. Davern
Clay
Itseff
Herald American
NFA Institute For Legislative Action
Kia
Argentina
Chile
Haiti
Dominican Republic
William Sunderlin
Mary Kasimirsky
LaFayette
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