State grant funds teen pregnancy prevention in Onondaga County
Statewide grants totaling 1.9 million will fund teen pregnancy prevention programs in Onondaga County. The effort supports diverse groups, aiming to deliver effective sex education while addressing social and economic impacts of teenage pregnancy. Officials acknowledge controversy over how to implement programs and the role of sex education.
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Onondaga County
Mario Cuomo
Tral
Lange
Cuomo
Networks Skip Armageddon Film and Offer Satires and Classic Sitcoms
A reader letter laments CBS postponing Deal of the Century amid the Iran arms affair and urges NBC ABC and others to pull games and old films as tasteless. It mocks Reagan era politics while suggesting Hogan's Heroes and The Monkees as alternatives, and notes HBO may air A Passage to India amid the quagmire.
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CBS
Iran
Washington
NBC
ABC
Washington Bullets
Harlem Globe Trotters
Washington Generals
Reagan
George Bush
Knute Khomeini
North
Northwest
Poindexter
HBO
India
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbie
Rajiv Gandhi
Zail Singh
CIA
William Casey
White House
Donald Regan
Ants Invade Zoo Kitchen Amid Rain Forest Exhibit Woes
Burnet Park Zoo faces a brown ant infestation from dirt import material for the Rain Forest show. Pesticides risk harming animals, prompting a quirky suggestion to bring in an anteater Myrmecophaga jubata to curb the ant problem. County officials weigh options amid the crisis.
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Burnet Park Zoo
Florida
John Mulroy
Zoo
David Rabey
Strength in Syracuse is its people and unity
A reader profile from Syracuse argues the city’s assets include education, water, location, and transport, but insists the core strength lies in its people and unity. The letter praises local leaders Mulroy and Young for collaboration, cites business needs, and critiques political overreach and study-heavy governance.
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Greater
Syracuse
Onondaga County
John Mulroy
Tom Young
Joseph W. Lewis
Young
Ruth Blumberg
Fayetteville
Restaurants offer non smoking sections to handle smoke
In response to a reader’s letter about non smoking areas in restaurants, several local eateries are cited as having non smoking sections, smoke eaters, or exhaust systems. The majority of operators feel these devices clear smoke, though pipes or cigars still produce odor. The author notes his lounge uses smoke eaters and fans and offers a non smoking area on request, but few requests are received.
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Walter Melton
Clement
NYS Restaurant Association
Liverpool
Bach
Josephine Redmond
Syracuse
Gayle Scroggs
Layoffs Hit Central New York Workers on Military Contracts
Costing U.S. jobs, the rash of layoffs in Central New York leaves Carner and General Electric workers anxious about when the axe will fall, as many remain in roles tied to military contracts that erode their prospects for future employment.
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U.S
New York
Carner
General Electric
Wanted to love a child in need now
An appeal urging Americans to consider adopting black children across the United States. The piece notes 33,000 Americans awaiting placement, discusses trans-racial adoptions, and highlights National Adoption Center efforts led by Gloria Hochman and Al Fitzpatrick. It outlines flexible eligibility, stressing the sole requirement is the capacity to love and provide a home.
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National Adoption Center
Gloria Hochman
Philadelphia
al Fitzpatrick
National Association of Black Journalists
Gloria
Toni Oliver
Adoption
Oliver
Chestnut St
Knight-Ridder
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