Taylor protesters bar state team at low level dump site
A small group named Citizens Against Radioactive Dumping blocked a van with three state technicians attempting to inspect a Cortland County site on Suarez Road. The blockade began at dawn with about a dozen CARD members, while Sheriff Lt. Robert Churchill avoided arrests and redirected the vehicle back toward Turner Valley Road.
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Taylor
Cortland County
Suarez Road
CARD
Cortland
Turner Valley Road
Churchill
Weather outlook: chilly with flurries Thursday
Partly cloudy and cold tonight with a low near zero. Wednesday brings variable clouds and afternoon flurries with a high around 16 to 20. Details: A7.
Neighbors Rally After Tragic Mobile Home Fire
In Casual Estates a fast moving early morning fire killed 2 year old Courtney Scott. Her mother Darlene, 24, and her 5 year old son Ryan escaped with relatives. The community organized immediate aid for the family.
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Courtney Scott
Darlene Scott
Ryan
Angela Goodeve
Casual Estates Mobile Home Community
Leona Helmsley given four year prison term and fines
Leona Helmsley received a four year prison sentence and eight point eight million dollars in fines after pleading guilty to income tax fraud. She pleaded for mercy in Manhattan federal court while her husband Harry Helmsley and others watched, and she blamed others for her downfall.
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Associated Pre
Leona Helmsley Wades
New York
Leona Helmsley
New York Ily
Helmsley
Barbara Walters
Cindy Adams
Helmssey
Harry
Manhattan
Soviet leader offers reform plan, preserves state ownership
Premier Nikolai I. Ryzhkov presented an economic reform package that keeps private property banned and maintains government control of the economy. The 2,250-member Congress interrupted his nearly two-hour speech with sparse applause, about half of the deputies supporting his assertion that the state owns the means of production. Progressives, who pressed to liberalize private property and end the Communist Party monopoly on power, remained dissatisfied with the plan.
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Moscow
Nikolai I. Ryzhkov
Congress
Ryzhkov
Communist Party
Czech opposition and Communists in standoff over new president
The Czech opposition and the Communist bloc face a standoff over a new president as tensions rise in Prague. Internally, questions about reforms and leadership shape the political scene amid broader East European shifts. The piece notes U.S. delegation support for East German reforms and argues for separating socialist ideology from policy to ease the Soviet-led crisis. Gorbachev fights off attempts to topple Soviet leadership.
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Czechoslovakia
U.S
Mikhail
Gorbachev
Drunken driving control week aids with nonalcoholic drinks
At a news conference Onondaga County Stop DWI launched its annual drunk driving awareness week. A 50 page booklet lists nonalcoholic party recipes to curb drinking and driving. Hosts are urged to take guests keys and prevent impaired driving as part of the effort led by Assistant District Attorney LaParo.
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Onondaga County
Distriot Attarnar Jehn
LaPato
LaParo
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