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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1999
Page
12
In a jagged field of rumors and anonymous tips, readers recount whispered claims about Mayor Bernardi leaving his wife, possible hospital visits for Alice, and talk of tapes and police coverups. The piece notes Da and reporters chasing Tinkerbell and hints at a looming resignation, with residents debating truth versus urban legend.
Syracuse police investigate whether a stabbing and three gunfire incidents over three days are gang related. Witnesses fear retaliation, hindering cooperation. Two bystanders were shot early Wednesday. prior shots occurred on Faye Avenue and West Onondaga Street. Suspect Chance Gathers, 20, remains at large. Brantley linked to Brighton Brigade gang. Injuries include gunshot wounds to Dennis and Washington, both in the South Side, as officers respond to a volatile, ongoing sequence of street violence.
Syracuse dancer Phyllis Antos and Neil McCarty, both 48 and 37 respectively, died when an eastbound van crossed the center line on Route 5 in Elbridge, colliding with Antos's Lincoln Continental. Driver John Newman escaped with injuries. McCarty's son Jesse, age 3, suffered a broken ankle. The Erie Canal Cloggers vow to dedicate upcoming State Fair performances to Antos.
The Taylor family and attorney Alan Rosenthal criticized Syracuse police for the fatal shooting of Taylor, questioning the officer's back shot at close range and demanding review of training and procedures. They may pursue a civil suit after assessing Fitzpatrick's response.
About 2,000 Niagara Mohawk customers lost power when a sport utility vehicle broke loose from a tow and struck a utility pole on Thompson Road, starting a brush fire. No injuries were reported to driver Robert Sitterly or others. Firefighters waited 15 minutes for power to be cut before extinguishing the blaze.
Baker turned to the state poultry council to vend barbecued chicken at a fair. After a setback, he recruited three helpers and operated from between the horse and swine barns. The four men earned 57 dollars weekly, while Baker’s family later funded six kids through college by summer work. The Chicken Coop, oldest fair business, claims 4 million served and Cornell influence. Baker, a former Cornell teacher, helped popularize chicken barbecue and poultry cuts, boosting per capita chicken consumption from forty pounds in 1949 to eighty pounds today.
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