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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1998
Page
5
In Greensboro Pennsylvania two young boys aged five and two and their two deceased puppies were found in the trunk of a car after their parents reported them missing. State police trooper Terry Hunt said there appears to be no foul play and it is likely an accident.
An armed man held a teenage girl for 36 hours and briefly held her mother Lori Urs in a weekend incident. Police say the man, identified as Nutter, demanded a minister and intended to marry Urs after negotiations. He surrendered and was arrested as officers resolved the standoff.
Appalachian Trail pioneer Earl Shaffer, 79, haltingly progresses toward Maine from Georgia on a solo reattempt. He carries a 25 pound pack through pines at Pine Grove Pa while recounting a 1948 feat that made him the first to hike the full length in one uninterrupted journey.
U S government moves toward releasing records on Nazi war criminals and their Cold War roles. Senate passage and House consideration promise major disclosures, with historians urging caution about embargos and the potential impact on national memory.
A burning pickup crashed into the Tippecanoe County courthouse in Lafayette Indiana on a planned attack. The ground floor was damaged but no injuries were reported. Authorities sought FBI and ATF assistance. The truck reportedly carried 58 gallon drums of gasoline and another unknown substance and appeared to have no driver.
Arizona voters in November confront whether to keep the state lottery after a string of setbacks. An audit criticized the fired director and poor sales, a computerized Bingo revival failed, and a Pick 3 program could not generate the number nine.
Syracuse health leaders discuss ER crowding amid rising acuity and managed care pressure. Marketers draw patients to urgent centers while hospitals add monitored beds and fast tracks. Ambulance data show increased call volume and transfers to out-of-town facilities as insurers optimize volumes.
The 1997 U S prison population rose to 1 244 million inmates as longer sentences and tougher parole laws kept people behind bars. Violent crime drove growth while drug arrests surged, raising overall crime trends and state by state incarceration rates.
Albany reports a radical change in prison policy under Gov. Pataki with nonviolent felons released, mostly into drug treatment, while parole for violent offenders is tightened. The move reverses a trend since the Rockefeller era and reflects aims to reduce prison crowding and alter outcomes for drug offenders.
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