Lipe Takes Trash Agency Helm in County Turmoil
Willard Lipe, a longtime Onondaga County legislator, takes temporary leadership of OCRRA amid scrutiny over spending and consultant billing. He will guide the agency through a transition as the board searches for a permanent director, declining a lucrative salary to serve as a volunteer.
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Willard Lipe
Lipe
Onondaga County
Independent County Resource Recovery Agency
Paul J. O'Connor
OCRRA
O'Connor
Herald-Journal
Matthew Spina
Ocara
Bill Lipe
Sipe
Couple Reunited After Medicaid Rule Clash
Dorothy and Charles Middleton, married 55 years with six children, were separated by Medicaid rules until Gov. Pataki’s reform office intervened. Charles, with Alzheimer's and heart disease, moved to the Nottingham in DeWitt for nursing home care with his wife nearby. The case prompts calls for flexible rules and federal-state spending powers.
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Dorothy
Charles Middleton
Middletons
Charles
Nottingham
DeWitt
Onondaga County
Legislature
Congress
Smoking and heart attacks in young adults rise with smoking
Oxford University researchers find smokers in their 30s and 40s face five times higher heart attack risk than nonsmokers in the same age group. Young adult smokers have about double the risk of earlier estimates. about 40,000 such heart attacks occur yearly in Americans aged 20s to 40s.
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Oxford University
Britain
Rory Calling
Clinton
Voters' 96 picks for global challenges in 1996
In the 1996 political year the piece argues for choosing leaders capable of handling evolving global threats from nuclear powers to terrorism. It stresses the need for foresight, credible judgment, and policies to address shifting Europe Asia and the troubled world, urging voters to select trustworthy candidates.
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Nity
North Korea
China
Asia
Iraq
Iran
Libya
Europe
Republic of
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Far East
Hong Kong
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Whitewater Nixon reference stirs debate in column
In a Herald-Journal column Cal Thomas headlines Whitewater's Nixon factor. The piece argues comparing Whitewater to Watergate is ludicrous and notes Nixon obstructed justice with tapes and dirty tricks. The reader challenges Thomas to produce a smoking gun.
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Cal Thomas
Whitewater
Herald-Journal
Richard Nixon
Mr. Thomas
Oswego reader commends Dr. Winfield for life-changing surgery
A letter praises Dr. Winfield of Syracuse for a surgery on a 15 month old, saying the procedure gave their son a normal life and strong intellect, while noting innocence until proven guilty in sexual harassment accusations reported by Herald American. Laurie Kelly of Oswego signs the message.
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Herald American
Jeffrey Winfield
Syracuse
Clay town to require developers to fund road upgrade
Clay officials demand commercial developers at Route 31 and I 481 provide funding for a service and access road before any zoning change. They cite unacceptable congestion and say the road will ease Route 31 I 481 bottlenecks and improve property access, boosting the area as a competitive location. Other interests may follow if current developers resist.
Mantle memory and the quiet power of good parenting
The writer recalls Mickey Mantle as a national idol while recognizing a more lasting hero in his father. He describes how a parent’s presence and encouragement at Little League games shapes a child, asserting that influencing kids daily is a grand, personal form of heroism.
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Mickey Mantle
Mantle
Sparta
Local readers critique McHugh Walsh on environment
Central New Yorkers denounce John McHugh and James Walsh for weakening environmental protection. They warn Onondaga Lake remains polluted and Fulton drinking water risked by corporate influence, urging preservation of strong laws and enforcement.
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New
Fulton
Syracuse
Onondaga Lake
McHugh
Walsh
Fox
Readers urged to send letters for publication
Readers are invited to submit letters for publication to the Herald Journal Herald American in Syracuse. Letters must be succinct legible include the writer’s daytime telephone number and be signed or verifiable. The paper reserves the right to edit for length and provides the official address P O Box 4815 Syracuse NY 13221 and contact numbers for fax modem and questions.
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