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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1977
Page
2
Columbus police report a spike in dumpster thefts across the east side and around Ohio State University, with 15 to 20 incidents since last summer. The missing containers total about 12 000 dollars, weighing up to 1 000 pounds empty for six yard models.
Ashmont Systems Inc announced privately financed plans to build a $90 million two year facility at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to convert garbage into recycled steel and energy creating 300 construction jobs.
In Dawson, Georgia, District Attorney John Irwin dropped murder and robbery charges against five Black defendants known as the Dawson Five. He cited inability to convict after suppressing the confession of Roosevelt Watson, who was to be tried for the January 1976 killing of Gordon Howell. The defendants maintained their innocence, claiming coercion and racial bias influenced their arrest.
Christina Pratt an 18 year old from Jamestown walked out of Westchester County Jail after executive clemency from Gov Hugh Carey ending a two year prison term for fatally shooting a relative she said raped her. She planned to go to a halfway house then the Green Hope Residence for Women in The Bronx.
It took 29 days for Han del to compose The Messiah and the full performance lasts over an hour according to UPI.
After a 90 minute City Hall meeting with Mayor Beame Mayor-elect Koch and council leaders the council backs recalling a proposed 10 000 annual pay raise for 51 top officials. Hearings will be held next year on raises following a council study and possible state action.
Nel lie Tayloe Ross, the first female governor of the United States and former U S Mint director, died at a Cheyenne nursing home at age 101. Inaugurated January 5 1925 she followed her husband William Bradford Ross after his death. A Democrat she lost reelection in 1926 and later headed FDRs Mint campaign. She directed the mint for 20 years.
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