Carey acts to ease prison overcrowding in New York
Gov. Carey signed a $590 million prison bond act and related bills to expand capacity by about 1,250 immediate cells and 4,000 more if the bond passes. Plans include 200 at Great Meadow, 150 at Fastern, 100 at Attica, 50 at Green Haven, and 150 at Camp Gabriel plus 596 cells at Ossining. The package targets 23,234 inmates, 106 percent of capacity, and funds three new prisons plus renovations and local jail grants.
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Pat Fergus
Albany
New York State
Hugh Carey
Garey
Ossining State Prison
Great Meadow State Prison
Fastern
Attica
Green Haven
Camp Gabriel
Paul Smiths College
Franklin
Department of Correctional Services
Wallkill
Ulster County
Woodbourne
Sullivan County
Coxsackie
Greene County
Quintuplet Baby Timothy Beach Dies From SIDS
In Rochester a Beach quintuplet, Timothy, born March 17, died at Rochester General Hospital from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. He weighed 3 pounds 7 ounces at birth and was the first born of Corinne and Timothy Beach, who worked at Eastman Kodak. Firefighters and medical staff tried 25 minutes to revive him after he was found not breathing at home.
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Rochester
Timothy Beach
Rochester General Hospital
Monroe County
Timothy
Strang Memorial Hospital
Corinne Beach
Beaches
Eastman Kodak Co
Wayne County
Ontario
Nick Sassano
Greece Ridge
Sassano
Rochester General
John Syverud
Beach
Patrick
John
Corinne
Deborah
Helmsleys Light Up St Patrick’s Cathedral With Moonlight
New York AP Harry Helmsley owner of the Empire State Building and Leona Helmsley lit St Patrick’s Cathedral with seven lamps atop the Helmsley Palace Hotel across from the cathedral. Robert Prouse of Howard Brandston Lighting said the beams illuminated the Lady Chapel by agreement with church officials. The artificial moonlight aims to complement existing floodlights on the cathedral’s Fifth Avenue side.
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New York
Harry Helmsley
Empire State Building
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Helmsley Palace
Helmsley
Leona
Robert Prouse
Howard Brandston Lighting
Nixons set to move into 1.2 million Saddle River estate
Former President Richard Nixon is expected to move to his newly purchased 1.2 million Saddle River estate in North Jersey after Labor Day. Closing on the seven bedroom house is done and the Nixons await Secret Service security setup and redecorating before leaving their Manhattan townhouse. Local realtor Emily Schalone notes Nixon plans several changes.
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Newark
Richard Nixon
North
Jersey
Manhattan
Saddle River
Nixons
Secret Service
Nixon
Emily Schalone
Penalties for scalping tickets boosted by law
Albany Gov Hugh Carey signed a set of bills expanding scalping penalties. Second offenses rise from 250 to 500 and third offenses cap at 1,000, while first offenses selling six or fewer tickets drop from misdemeanor to a 100 dollar fine. The act also covers kosher labeling, insurance mental health protections, rent receipts, therapist certification, unemployment representation, direct marketing of farm goods, transit safety veto, and county court expansion in Broome County.
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Albany
Hugh Carey
Carey
State Department of Agriculture and Markets
Howard Lasher
Brooklyn
Broome County
New York State
Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board
New York
Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets
Computerized pumps to monitor usage
State officials launch a pilot of seven computerized gas pumps at Belmont Lake State Park and a South Glens Falls post to track fuel use via plastic cards. The aim is cutting costs, with a 12 month test before wider rollout to 500 locations, promising automatic data to a central computer and possible loss prevention.
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Marc Humbert
Albany
New York State
Mark Lawton
Peter Lynch
Lynch
Belmont Lake State Park
Long Island State Park Commission
South Glens Falls
New York
Texas
Michigan Bell
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
New York City
Officials push funding to sustain war on crime
NEW YORK AP Officials told a Reagan era task force that federal aid is vital to keep leading efforts against violent crime despite budget cuts. Mayor Koch urged continuing federal support for innovative local programs such as a Street Crime unit, noting it accounts for 5 percent of manpower but 17 percent of felonious arrests.
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New York
Reagan
William French Smith
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Edward Koch
Robert Keating
Robert Maguire
Bronx
Mario Merola
Henry Dogin
SEAA
Koch
New York City
LEAA
Merola
Bell
Somone
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UPI
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
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Lodie
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Syracuse
N.Y
Man York State
Stalwall
Lyrémos
Mos
Imo
Lye
Imos
Daity
Aupaiey
Poice Transportation Safety Board
Tam
John Caemmerer
Nassau
John F. Kennedy Airport
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