Snow storm closes schools early in Syracuse area
Central New York reels from a snow storm with 9.4 inches causing two hour early dismissals across city and county schools. Danforth School remains open full day while Phoenix and Hancock report travel delays. A fatal car crash near Fulton highlights hazardous roads as city officials propose an executive salary hike averaging 16 percent for most managers.
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New York
National Weather Service
Sidney Johnson
Danforth School
Syracuse
Fulton
Richard K. Dodge
Lakeland Ave
Vivian Gardner
Oswego
Phoenix
Hancock Airport
Eastern
American
Allegheny Airlines
1800 Mines Idle as UMW Strike Grips Coal Regions
Charleston West Virginia AP reports 1800 coal mines idle as United Mine Workers strike halts half of national production to press wage, health, pension, and local grievance strike rights. Talks with Bituminous Coal Operators Association recessed, last hope to avert wider walkout fades.
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Charleston
W.va
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Washington
Begin cancels London schedule due to stomach illness
Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin canceled engagements in London through late afternoon after his doctor diagnosed a stomach ailment likely from food poisoning. Dr Basil Lewis said there is no link to past heart problems and Begin would fly home tomorrow.
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London
Menahem Begin
Basil Lewis
Hadassah Hospital
Jerusalem
Begin
Britain
Supreme Court: employers cannot cut women seniority on maternity leave
The court ruled that denying sick pay during childbirth leave may be legal while stripping female workers of seniority is illegal. Nora Latty sued Nashville Gas Co after maternity leave in 1972 left her at the bottom of the seniority list. Richmond school district case sent back for further action. Justice Rehnquist upheld that pregnancy may be excluded from disability programs, but barred discriminatory burdens on women in employment opportunities under the Civil Rights Act.
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Charlotte Moulton
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
Nora Latty
Nashville
Tenn.) Gas Co
Richmond
Calif
Sth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nashville Gas
Rehnquist
General Electric
Father appeals to governor over son's cancer treatment
Albany AP The father Joseph Hofbauer urged Gov. Hugh Carey to intervene in a court fight over his 8 year old son Joseph's cancer treatment. Hofbauer seeks to use a nutritional therapy including Laetrile against doctors' conventional regimen. The boy is in St. Peter's Hospital Albany for tests as another Family Court hearing in Saratoga County looms.
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Albany
Hugh Carey
Colonie
Joseph Hofbauer
Carey
Hofbauer
Joseph
St. Peter's Hospital
Family Court
Saratoga County
Francis Anderson
Saratoga County Department of Social Services
Mary
Pie Attack Provokes Protest At Hamilton College Merger
Kirkland College coed Lacy Gluck hurled an apple pie at Hamilton College President J Martin Caravano during a talk on the merger details. Gluck said the act was a social comment defending Kirkland ideals and programs for the next year. Her roommate Karen Kujlawski distracted Caravano to allow the pie throw.
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Clinton
Kirkland College
Hamilton College
Hamilton
J. Martin Caravano
Lacy Gluck
Kirkland
Caravano
Miss Gluck
Karen Kujlawski
Long Island
New College
Parochial Aid Struck Down by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that New York state aid reimbursing parochial schools for record keeping and testing expenses is unconstitutional. The decision holds the law breaches the First Amendment by aiding religion or expanding state involvement in religious affairs. The Cathedral Academy of Albany led the suit, affecting about 2,000 more schools and highlighting prior actions by the 1970 and 1972 statutes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Cathedral Academy of
Albany
Potter Stewart
Syria agrees to Vance visit during Middle East trip
Washington sources say Syria invited Secretary of State Cyrus Vance to stop in Damascus on his Middle East mission. The visit would let Vance confer with President Hafez Assad and President Anwar Sadat after a period of strained ties. The schedule already includes Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.
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Washington
Syria
Cyrus R. Vance
Damascus
Middle East
United States
Vance
Hafez Assad
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Lebanon
Jordan
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
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Randy Hildebrandt
David Garber
Thomas J. Sardino
Thomas Hanlon
Paul Bringewatt
David
Ann C. Michel
Michel
Harry Rook
Frank Kelly
James Gelormini
Fred Murphy
Housing Authority
Raymond Storto
Robert J Kelly
Clinton Byers
John Cerio
James Thorton
John Fannetti
Electronic Communications
Mortimer Gallivan
Roy Bernardi
Michael Wieloszynski
Hildebrandt
Robert Srogi
Jeanne Schultheis
Hildebrant
John Ely
Hartford
Connecticut Social Services Department
UPI Telephoto
Porter
Sylvia
Wilson
Earl
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