Marcellus Mom Rallies Support With Flag Display
Evelyn LeClair began flying the American flag from her Falls Road porch to back U S troops in the Middle East. Her son Marc serves as a Navy radar operator on the USS Okinawa which departed Hong Kong for the Persian Gulf. By Thursday seven flags hung in Marcellus and after TV attention on Monday the count reached 87 as local stores sold out.
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Marcellus
U.S
Middle East
Marc
Okinawa
Hong Kong
Persian Gulf
Evelyn
State Fair booster boom drives local ice and business
The 150th State Fair opens to a surge of activity as Holiday Ice and hundreds of Central New York companies supply a makeshift city. 9 000 pounds of ice daily, 50 tons over 11 days, 80 000 visitors, 4 000 workers, and eight in ten Onondaga hotel rooms booked. 175 000 cars expected, sausages grilled, Elvis memorabilia hawked as the fair transforms Solvay into a temporary metropolis.
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Holiday Ice. Inc
Syracuse
Utica
Tony Barraco
Vine St
Onondaga County
Butiato Burgers at Fair Page B1
New York state runs that small city on an annual budget of 86 million. The Fair in Central New York attracts vast money and crowds. In 1981 the state Department of Agriculture and Markets estimated the Fair's economic impact at more than 30 million with 651,709 attendees. last year it drew 852,482. No similar study since, though locals question the broader community impact.
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New York State
New York
State Department of Agriculture and Markets
Americans urged to flee Jordan amid crisis and troop moves
President Bush planned to sign orders to mobilize thousands of reservists, as the United States advised Americans in Jordan and Yemen to depart. Yemeni gunboats blocked an Iraqi tanker near Aden while Iraq expanded missiles in Kuwait. Tariq Aziz visited Amman, UN talks stalled on force to back sanctions, and evacuation of foreign nationals from Kuwait continued.
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Soviet Intelligence Review
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Amman
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UN Security Council
Thomas Picker
Inside Arab Views on U.S.-Iraq War Prospects
Internal Arab sentiment suggests belief in an inevitable U S Iraq war while ongoing hostage crises magnify regional tensions. Gasoline prices rise to new highs as twenty civilian airliners are diverted for military use, signaling broader defense industry benefits amid the crisis.
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Carter
Weather Update For Tonight And Wednesday
Partly cloudy with a high in the upper 70s and a 430 percent chance of a shower. Tonight will see variable cloudiness and around 60 for low. Wednesday forecast remains unsettled with mainly shower chances and warm temperatures.
U.S. millionaires count doubles in four years
IRS estimates show the number of Americans with net assets of at least 1 million rising from 475,000 in 1982 to 941,000 in 1986. The group held about 28.5 percent of total wealth, with California leading holders at 340,000. Women made 41.2 percent of holders, averaging 1.17 million in 1986, while stock replaced real estate as the top asset.
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