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Experts advise customers to shop around for long distance calling plans to maximize savings. Page B8.
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1997
Page
1
Experts advise customers to shop around for long distance calling plans to maximize savings. Page B8.
Mostly cloudy with a few showers on Tuesday. Breezy and cooler conditions with a low around 52. Wednesday remains cool with some sunshine and a high near 70. Thursday turns mostly sunny with a high around 76 and a low near 52. Friday expected warmer with highs around 86 and a low near 56.
More than two dozen UPS workers in DeWitt joined thousands of Teamsters on an early nationwide walkout against UPS, the first 185,000 member strike in the company’s 90 year history. The disruption targets delivery of documents and packages as UPS estimates one-day losses around $50 million.
Sen Alfonso D'Amato's ad praising welfare relief for 120 families at Stuyvesant Charter Apartments in Kingston was withdrawn after it offended locals. Manager Marion Darling says only four residents are on welfare while most tenants work or are retired.
Three days of intensive investigations failed to establish a link between two men, Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer and Safi Khalil, accused of planning a death by own action bombing on a New York City subway and terrorist activities in Israel. They were captured in Brooklyn in a Thursday raid.
Allen Iverson, last season's NBA Rookie of the Year, was arrested near Richmond Virginia early Sunday and charged with possession of marijuana and firearms. The firearms charge was dropped. Iverson played two years at Georgetown before turning pro and now plays for the Philadelphia 76ers.
Jeanne Calment believed to be the world’s oldest person died today in Arles at age 122. Sources close to Arles city hall confirmed the death. Calment had spent 12 years in a retirement home and remained spirited despite aging. Her routine included Port wine and olive oil in moderation.
Dick Clark and others will observe the 40th anniversary of American Bandstand a program that for 30 years served as a reference point for American youth. The show began in Philadelphia on August 5 1957 with Clark as a smooth talking ambassador for rock n roll on ABCs late airing.
Time magazine reported that Autumn Jackson's father may be Jesus Vasquez, a former busboy who was married to Jackson's mother in 1973. Co workers at a Los Angeles restaurant believed Vasquez could be the father. Upshaw sought Vasquez’s help for U S citizenship and denied sexual relations with him through her attorney.
Albany report shows Onondaga County schools gain 5.1 percent in the $67 billion budget, trailing the statewide 6.7 percent rise that lifts total state aid to local schools to $10.3 billion. Rural districts face shortfalls due to enrollment growth and reassessment effects. Bragman mentions an extra $100 million in special aid outside the regular formula.
A brief primer on Lyme disease appears amid a note that the field of late night TV talkers is growing crowded. ABC previews a new ad campaign poking fun at television.
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