Miller employees victimized by racial harassment at Fulton plant
A Herald American report cites a decade of racial harassment of two African American workers at Miller Brewing Co. in Fulton, including slurs over a PA system, graffiti, and vandalism. The FBI is investigating. company says it forbids racist conduct and has moved PA gear to a security office.
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Miller Brewing Co
Dan Kane
Herald American
Miller
Fulton
FBI
Harry Thomas
Baldwinsville
Michael Brophy
The
Central
New York
Disciplining bad doctors in New York state investigation
A Syracuse Newspapers analysis questions why New York ranks 48th in physician discipline after switching oversight to the Health Department from the Board of Regents. The piece cites staff shortages, backlog, and reforms with no extra funding, noting many disciplined doctors were foreign trained. It calls for review of foreign doctors’ cases and the policy shift allowing doctors to discipline peers.
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New York State
Inéaupany Limes Union
State Department of Health
State Board of Regents
New York
Health Department
Tom Donoghue
Medical Society of the
State of New York
Emlyn Griffin
Syracuse
Cheers and Jeers Highlight Syracuse Clinic Volunteers
CHEERS for Onondaga County health clinic volunteers on Gifford Street in Syracuse. Thirteen doctors donate time at a new Near West Side location offering prenatal care immunizations and counseling as the community seeks more volunteers to handle a growing patient list.
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Onondaga County Health Clinic
Gifford Street
Syracuse
West Side
Bush plan to grant Israel loan guarantees sparks dispute
Edmund R. HANAUER of Search for Justice and Equality in Palestine Israel argues that up to 10 billion dollars in U.S. loan guarantees to Israel reward illegal settlements. He notes Rabin’s partial freeze and warns the policy undermines Arab–Israeli peace, urging a U.S. stance aligned with Palestinian rights.
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George Bush
Israel
Yitzhak Rabin
Rabin
West Bank
Gaza
Arab East Jerusalem
The
Golan
Yitzhak Shamir
U.S
Syrian
Golan Heights
Jerusalem
Jordan Valley
Syria
Jordan
Bush
Congress
United States
Washington
Clinton
Edmund R. Hanauer
Search For Justice and Equality In
Palestine
Framingham, Mass
Clinton and Gore Back Family Leave Bill in Senate Move
President Bush vetoed a family leave bill as Clinton and Gore show support for a measure approved by the Senate. The act would require firms with over 50 employees to grant up to 12 weeks unpaid leave for childbirth or adoption and similar leave for serious illness of a family member.
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Avenst
Senate
House
Bill Clinton
al Gore
Bush
Public-Access Letter Calls Out Hate
Chester C Whiteside of DeWitt urges readers to switch off programs that promote bigotry by using the on-off switch. He notes Tom Cool spreads racial claptrap and advocates removing such content from viewing and listening environments.
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Tom Cool
Chester C
Whiteside DeWitt
Real heroes in Herald Journal front page stories
August 20 feature highlights the Schwartz family forgiving and visiting the DWI killer of their parents and Mennonites who foster children of prison inmates. The pieces praise transformative faith, practical holiness, and love that changes lives, urging more such stories in newspapers.
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Herald Journal
Poe Rime
Schwartz
Schwartzes
Mennonites
Duke Barber
God
Duke
Paul F. Goetchius
Jamesville
Lawmakers' pay raise criticized as arrogance
In a reply to Gus Bliven's column in the Herald American Sunday, Tom denounces proposed legislative pay raises as unwarranted and self-serving, vowing to abstain from voting themselves more money in January after elections.
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Tom
Gus Bliven
The
Herald American Sunday
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Timothy P. Atseff
James F. Kleinklaus
Thomas J. Heck
Burnet Avenue
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Patricia Goodrich
Steven Maholik
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