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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1993
Page
3
A Virginia shop purchase at 81 led to a heavy bidding sale as a century old 144 pound glass paperweight from St. Louis Glass and Crystal Glass Works of eastern France sold for 20000. The piece features a glass basket and multicolored flowers, dating to the mid 1800s.
Ex-priest James Porter, 58, pleaded guilty to molesting 28 children in three Southern Massachusetts parishes during the 1960s. A judge sentenced him to 18 to 20 years in a maximum security prison as victims testified to decades of pain and self loathing.
Tamarac Florida in World War II era nurse Lillian Romer aged 76 treated wounded soldiers abroad and saved herself after being shot in the abdomen by her husband who then killed himself. Broward General Medical Center spokesman notes her medical knowledge aided her, while police report said Wilbert Romer also died. A separate Raleigh North Carolina report states former federal prosecutor Jim Blackburn received three years for fraud and embezzlement related to faked lawsuits and forged court orders, involving 234000 dollars.
Los Angeles jurors ordered Zsa Zsa Gabor to pay 800000 in actual damages and Frederick von Anhalt 1200000 in a defamation case over remarks about Elke Sommer to German publications. Sommer sought 10 million. punitive damages pending. Gabor says she will appeal.
Cuomo and aides attend Victory 94 fund-raisers in Syracuse and Fayetteville amid a fundraising push that nears 1.9 million dollars. Democratic volunteers report strong turnout and pledge broad party support as Cuomo weighs running again.
The governor's team floated seven day options to Miller to keep the Volney brewery, including discounted utilities and tax breaks, while Philip Morris weighs a sale. Miller officials cite a final closing decision with talks continuing on possible employee buyouts and union concessions. State officials plan meetings Thursday to discuss alternate plant uses and economic zone designation for Oswego and Fulton.
Family members and advisers tell The Daily News Mario Cuomo should retire after 12 years and not seek re election next year. His daughter Madeline Cuomo says most protectors want him out of the race.
Washington The Boy Scouts of America sought a broad Supreme Court ruling on excluding gays atheists and others who do not share core values but the justices refused to hear their appeal or the case of a boy who could not become a Tiger Cub for not acknowledging a duty to God. The Scouts won the Welsh case and blocked girls from joining in Florida and Minnesota, yet nine civil rights suits across several states remain unresolved.
Pearl Harbor veteran Grady Lee Nelson Jr. will be the ninth survivor of the attack to have his ashes entombed in the sunken USS Arizona. His widow Loralee will hand his ashes to a National Park Service diver for placement inside the wreck. Nelson died June 14 at 49 after a 30 year Navy career.
Don Ameche, star of 1930s and 40s films and later Oscar winner for Cocoon, died in Scottsdale at 85. Funeral home spokesman cited 6 p.m. death with no disclosed cause. Born Dominic Amici in 1908, Ameche rose from radio to Fox leading man, returned to fame in Trading Places and Cocoon, earning best supporting actor Oscar in 1986.
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