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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1994
Page
4
Stanford surgeons use fabric covered mesh tubes to repair aneurysms in the aorta without major surgery. The minimally invasive method promises quicker recovery but remains experimental, with long term risks and effectiveness not yet known. The aorta carries blood from the heart to the body, and the procedure targets bulging weak spots before they burst.
Miami man Harvey Rosenthal, 65, accuses former confidant Donald Bunsis of a failed investment. Rosenthal has a life insurance policy naming himself as beneficiary, hoping to recapture about $235,000 he says he lent. He paid $237.58 monthly for 12 years, reducing coverage from 250,000 to 200,000 after Bunsis repaid 85,000.
George Howard Lynn, 50, told police he wished to die after a high speed chase and shootout, planning to crash into a restaurant. Eight pipe bombs were found in his Montgomery apartment. he claimed despondence over not seeing his wife serving life for murder and a prison visiting ban due to a bullet found on him.
Upjohn Co halted clinical trials of Freeedox for head injuries after an independent safety board recommended suspension. Trials showed higher death rates among those taking the drug versus placebo due to brain swelling and rupture in brain injury patients. FDA comment noted death counts withheld to avoid skewing ongoing results.
Derrick Hardaway, 14, was indicted as an adult in Cook County Circuit Court for the Sept 1 shooting death of 11-year-old Robert Sandifer known as Yummy. Police say the victim was killed by gang members angered by his notoriety after allegedly killing a 14-year-old girl. If convicted, he faces at least 20 years or life. Illinois applies death penalty only to murderers 18 and older.
Inmates at Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail gain privileges once given to O J Simpson. Daily court appearances for three weeks bring hot evening meals instead of cold sandwiches. A soundproof room for Simpson is now shared by inmates on a first come first served basis.
Pataki plans to keep the police chief and names several appointees including Bernadette Castro as parks chief and Joseph Holland as housing commissioner. Other picks include Richard Jackson as motor vehicles chief and Sandy Treadwell as secretary of state. Rhode Island health director Barbara DeBuono is considered for health commissioner. Confirmation is expected smooth.
Governor-elect George Pataki named Bernadette Castro as Parks Commissioner and Mary Glass as Social Services Commissioner. Others chosen include Joseph Holland Housing and Community Renewal, Richard Jackson Motor Vehicles, Neil Levin Banking, James McMahon State Police, George Sinnott Civil Service, Alexander Treadwell Secretary of State, and Michael Urbach Taxation and Finance. Biographical sketches note Castro’s business career on Long Island, Glass’s long service in Westchester, Holland’s Harlem ventures, Jackson’s Peekskill roots, Levin’s Goldman Sachs roles, Sinnott’s labor board work, and Treadwell’s sports writing and Essex County chairmanship. Salary figures range around $90k-$102k.
A look at George Pataki as he becomes New York's 53rd governor. He will be sworn in at a private Albany ceremony at the Executive Mansion, with a large public inauguration on New Year's Day at Knickerbocker Arena. Tickets are gone. He vows a 25 percent top income tax cut over four years and death penalty reintroduction, while warning of a potential $4 billion budget gap for the new fiscal year.
President Clinton opens a hunt for a new CIA chief to repair the agency’s tarnished image after Ames treachery and postwar restructuring. James Woolsey resigns, Deutch among front runners, while Congress grills budget and ethics issues shaping the selection.
The Health and Human Services plan says states would get funds to build fewer than 9,000 orphanage places for children cut from AFDC. Shalala warned that millions would lose welfare without paid care, contrasting Boys Town fantasy with real state budgets and child costs. Residential care costs about 36,500 yearly while foster care runs 4,800.
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