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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1996
Page
3
Traffic safety officials consider electronic drivers licenses as a decade long step to curb drunken driving. Other options discussed by the commission include house arrest for offenders and car devices that require a driver to pass a breath test. The system would use the license as the car ignition key, with each license programmed to start specific vehicles.
Former Education Secretary William Bennett says MCA Inc. violated a pledge not to distribute offensive music after moving Interscope artists like Snoop Dogg and Tupac to MCA in February. Bennett, Senator Lieberman, and NCBCBW member C. DeLores Tucker say MCA failed to honor the commitment.
John Deutch plans to quit his post at the GIA within a week or two rather than wait for Senate confirmation as defense secretary in President Clinton's second term. An administration official stated the director will depart early to speed a replacement.
The Associated Press reports a bomb designed to kill many was found in a knapsack at a July concert. The FBI appeals for tips, offering $2,000,000 for information identifying the bomber after releasing the 911 call tape. A blast killed one woman and injured over 100.
North Tarrytown residents vote on changing their village name to Sleepy Hollow to boost tourism and revenue after GM plant closure. The debate centers on history and identity with locals recalling Irving's Tale and landmarks like the Old Dutch Church and Pocantico River bridge.
An Appellate Division panel ruled that some procedures on state psychiatric patients violate equal protection under state and federal constitutions. Research with more than minimal risk and no therapeutic value is prohibited for children in state care, even with parental approval, and also for incapacitated adults lacking consent.
Anthony Norman, 24, an unemployed father of eight, robbed a Brentwood bank and briefly took a train passenger hostage to fund gifts for his children. He threatened the next seat neighbor before surrendering to police. Norman was captured after a chase and stations.
A former Berkeley professor, named Gore Reczy Country, pleaded innocent to charges tied to attacks in New Jersey. The violent incidents killed two people in California and involved alleged use of TV cameras and phones by technicians. The defendant remains in Ta state custody awaiting further proceedings.
In Wilmington two 18 year olds, Brian C. Peterson Jr. and Grossberg, face first degree murder or an intentional death penalty charge in the newborns death. The grand jury also charges first degree murder by abuse or neglect, carrying life without parole.
Coast Guard helicopter crews plucked six men and a woman from 12-foot seas as the 125-foot schooner Alexandria sank about 50 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras off Quiet Banks, North Carolina. The vessel, 67 years old, had been seaworthy enough for open water before taking on water near daybreak en route to Beaufort.
Michigan farmers voiced frustration as deer devour apples peppers cucumbers and squash. They consider a class action against the DNR unless the herd is reduced from about 2 million to 1.3 million by October 1, 1998, as the Michigan Farm Bureau plans a meeting near Traverse City.
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