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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1999
Page
3
Cygnus Inc develops GlucoWatch a wristwatch device that measures glucose non invasively every 20 minutes. FDA advisers vote unanimously to approve for adults. The unit uses tiny currents to monitor levels and warns when blood sugar is dangerous, including during sleep.
Religion Newswriters Association surveyed 30 experts to rank key events of the second millennium. Leading picks include the Protestant Reformation, movable type and Gutenberg Bible, the Great Schism, the Nazi Holocaust, founding of Israel, Crusades, destruction of Buddhism in India, Islam’s expansion, fall of Constantinople, Vatican II reforms, and Plymouth Rhode Island church state settlement.
U S District Judge Susan J. Diott dismissed a bid by Richard Gamlin challenging Congress authority to set Christmas as a federal holiday. The Cincinnati judge opened a 24 page ruling with rhyming lines noting seasonal confusions and a nine stanza poem, then ruled against the plaintiff. Ganulin plans to appeal, arguing church state separation was violated by Christmas being nationalized.
Fortuna North Dakota, a 31 person town 260 miles northwest of Bismarck, appeals for help after its water source failed and debt rose. Real estate owner Gehrke of Santa Rosa California contributes 250 and invites others who left town to donate, offering 2500 for an antique fire truck if 39 more donors give. Since November 15 ten more contributors have given 250 each.
A national search ends with Robert King named a top candidate to become SUNY chancellor. The SUNY Board of Trustees expected to approve King at a Dec. 14 meeting in Manhattan. If chosen, he would succeed John Ryan who steps down in 1996 to become a part time consultant.
Albany officials said a new computer rollout disrupted the telephone claims system for unemployed New Yorkers from Sunday into Monday. Betsy McCormack of the Labor Department said computers were being restored this afternoon and that certifications and dam verifications will proceed with Friday and Saturday deadlines.
Iceland plans to collect DNA samples from about 270000 citizens and link genetic profiles to health records and family trees. Decode Genetics aims to build a nationwide database, with encryption to protect identities, sparking debate on privacy, data ownership, and potential misuse by insurers or employers.
Tom Carson’s water bill unexpectedly traveled from town to Peru then reached a Lima based American missionary. Carson, 44, said the bill was in a mail stack dropped at the city post office and became stuck inside a booklet the missionary received.
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