Police seek link in hitchhiker deaths in upstate murders
Police in New York reexamine unsolved murders of young women who hitchhiked as Richard W. Zimmer of Binghamton faces second degree murder charges in the March killing of an 18 year old Ithaca student Deborah Linton. Zimmer attempted suicide in Broome County Jail after arrest.
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Binghamton
Richard W. Zimmer
Ithaca
Zimmer
Broome County
Edward J. Kelly
Town of Dryden
Edward Sweetland
Chetango
Syracuse
Hamton
Marion Fisher
Terry Cornell
Morrisville College
Regina Reynolds
Cobleskill College
Kathy Koloziej
Driver education plan revival urged by education chief
Commissioner Peter DelGiorno announced he will ask the Board of Education to restore the driver education program in city secondary schools. He noted the course once cost about $80,000, served 600 students, and offered benefits including an insurance discount and a blue card license, unlike the paid adult evening program. He warned state law bars charging a regular school fee and urged public attendance at the study session at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the School District Central Office.
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Board of Education
Peter DelGiorno
DelGiorno
W. Genesee St
Fire Tears Through Rich Street Apartment Struck by Blaze
Seven residents fled a two story wood frame apartment on Rich Street as flames engulfed the lower unit. Alice Council alerted occupants, others including Juanita Gainey and family escaped unharmed. Investigators probe cause as smoke and water damage spread to the upper floor. Police and Red Cross aided families at the scene.
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Rich Street
Rich St
Alice Council
Juanita Gainey
Barbara Whipple
Albert Hayes
Richard Morgan
Morgan
David Farkas
Brian Murphy
American Red Cross
GOP probe resumes before new grand jury panel
The second grand jury in Peter D. Andreoli’s inquiry began testimony with the Republican County Committee as a focus. Two committee staffers testified on basic material about the committee’s foundation and functioning, while the first panel’s status remained unclear and no county attorney’s office members had been subpoenaed yet.
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Peter D. Andreoli
Republican County Committee
GOP
Richard Grossman
Herald-Journal
Grossman
Republican Committee
County Republican Committee
Berndt
Highway Department
Andreoli
Kishman
GOP Committee
Brothers Gilmour Jailed for Abuse After Guilty Plea
Ronald L. Gilmour and George D. Gilmour, both of 1240 W Belden Ave, were sentenced by County Court Judge William J Burke after pleading guilty on Nov 2 to sexually abusing a young boy in August. Ronald receives up to five years at Attica. George up to three years in state prison due to elder brother's prior record.
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Ronald L. Gilmour
George D. Gilmour
W. Belden Ave
William J. Burke
Ronald Gilmour
Attica
John Laidlaw
Gilmour
Cliffside Trailer Park Residents Seek Help Amid Cliff Danger
About 80 families at Cliffside Trailer Park fear a cliff collapse as DeWitt Town hammers out closure plans and blasting limits at two General Crushed Stone quarries. Residents blame town state and quarry actions for pressure to move homes while arguing blasting remains within safe limits and the cliff’s danger is exaggerated.
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Dan Haar
Cliffside Trailer Park
DeWitt
New York State Parks and Recreation Department
General Crushed Stone
David Salati
Cliffside
Gail
Joan Read
General
Marila Rafferty
Daniel
Diane Kelly
Doris Kaschel
Keachel
Gail Salati
Mrs. Kelly
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Richard G. Case
Deborah Linton
Cornell University
Dryden
Chittenango
Morrisville
Barbara Jean Kemp
Phoenix
Volney
Cornell
Department of Transportation
Onondaga Creek
W. Onondaga Street
W. Adams Street
Joseph Berndt
Francis Kishman
Reachout
Onondaga St
Gerald Maywright
Gina Diacquadio
Harry Ronan
Upstate
H Ge Press
Pe Park
Tad Kelly
Debbie
Ball Tymon
George Read
Joan
Sarah
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