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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1989
Page
2
Marines and Border Patrol exchanged fire with horseback drug smugglers in the first such battle since border patrols began. The half hour engagement left no injuries though riders fled. Authorities seized about 570 pounds of marijuana.
President Bush refused to end around the clock operations of an airborne command post despite a Defense Department recommendation. Defense Secretary Cheney backed keeping the planes grounded part time to reduce risk, but the administration signaled continued readiness for nuclear war contingencies.
Gino Negretti a 71 year old Miami criminal defense attorney was injured when a pipe bomb rigged to his late model Cadillac exploded as he started the car. He suffered severe burns to his lower body and two broken arms. Police said his client list is being scrutinized and neighbors described a loud blast near the Miami River area.
The East German Communist Party fired Erich Honecker at an emergency congress amid social and economic chaos. The move aims to correct errors and preserve some power ahead of May elections in a bid to prevent civil war.
Julio A. Martinez, head of New York State Division of Substance Abuse Services, resigns after a критical state report accused him of directing over 2 million dollars to programs run by friends that failed to treat anyone. Cuomo names him head of prison system drug-treatment programs.
Federal Judge Thomas C. Platt refused to release details of the U S government probe into the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. He said information may remain sealed until criminal investigations here and overseas wrap up, potentially delaying the civil case for years. The suit seeks between 1 and 25 million dollars for families of 150 victims including Syracuse University students and a Clay town couple.
Gov Mario Cuomo signed the bill granting Staten Island residents a vote next year to form a commission to draft a new government structure. After a three year process the question would return to voters, reflecting long standing complaints of the borough’s limited voice compared to Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens.
An apartment fire at Mid Town Towers injured and displaced residents. Pansy Kiernan 83 Eunice Roberts 88 and Frank Pepe were among those improved. Evelyn Lorentzen 83 remained in a coma. Firefighters faced heavy smoke and locked doors. building lacked a sprinkler system. Authorities note federal funds for sprinklers arrived earlier but not installed. Investigators pursue possible arson while residents watched from the street as responders labored overnight.
Steven Billinger reports that senior housing in Syracuse largely lacks sprinkler systems while only Eastwood Junior High renovation units have full coverage. Syracuse Housing Authority director Fred Murphy cites smoke detection as the plan, despite Watertown fires that killed three. The Watertown and Syracuse complexes share the same design by Sargent Webster Crenshaw Folley of Syracuse.
In a fire at the Mid-Town Tower apartments in downtown Watertown, a woman revived using improvised mouth-to-mouth resuscitation amid thick smoke. Three other residents died. Fire crews faced narrow stairs and power loss as tenants helped evacuate using makeshift ropes. responders praised residents as heroes for their actions.
Cold air and heavy winds sweep from New England to Virginia and Wisconsin to Kentucky with wind chills dropping to ten below in parts of the South and Midwest. Snow 8 to 14 inches expected in mountains and Great Lakes belts as arctic front chills broad regions and winter warnings extend through New England and New York.
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