Fire Destroys West Genesee United Methodist Church
Fire investigators search for clues after a blaze heavily damages the West Genesee United Methodist Church on W Genesee Street. Two off duty deputies spotted smoke. flames damaged the first floor rear wing and caused extensive smoke and water damage. The fire started in the Fellowship Hall and investigators note hidden spaces in churches complicate fighting fires. This is the second church fire on the West Side this month following Sacred Heart Church fire on December 2.
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West Genesee United Methodist Church
W. Genesee St
James Daly
Paul Marconi
Ing
Clylus Mowry
Sacred Heart Church
Park Avenue
Man pleads innocent to attack with metal bar
Benjamin Allen 42 of Tyler Court pleaded innocent at arraignment in Police Court to second degree assault. He allegedly struck Lawrence Williams 27 of Fellows Avenue several times with a metal bar in the 940 block of East Genesee Street. Williams was treated and released from the VA hospital. Bail set at 1500 with return date January 20. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Michalenko, son of Orchard Avenue residents, recently took part in a training exercise near Pohang South Korea.
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Benjamin Allen
Tyler Court
Allen
Lawrence Williams
Fellows Ave
Eastern Ambulance
Veteran's Administration Hospital
Williams
E. Genesee St
Morris Garber
Aden
Lance Cpl
Joseph M. Michalenko
Joseph Michalenko
Orchard Ave
Owego
Pohang
South Gen
Parks Kick Off Winter Activities Across Onondaga Parks
The Onondaga County Parks and Recreation Department unveiled a winter schedule with cross country ski clinics fish hatchery tours and snowshoe hikes at nine county parks including Beaver Lake Highland Forest Oneida Shores Jamesville Beach Marcellus Onondaga Lake Pratt's Falls and Spafford Forest. Events feature ski tours clinics and a February snowshoe hike with equipment needs noted and registration methods provided.
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Onondaga County
Manley Field House
Elbridge
Fisherman's Museum
Onondaga Lake Park
Highland Forest
Griffin Field
Hopkins Road Park
MacArthur Stadium
Onondaga STIP aims to place 25 workers in training
Interviews will fill 25 positions for the Skills Training Improvement Program a joint OCC and industry effort in Onondaga County. The 18 month program includes classroom training at OCC plus on the job training with Xerox IBM Burroughs Niagara Mohawk Nichols Anaren. A $178225 federal grant funds wages at 3 25 per hour and books. Applicants must be unemployed or underemployed in the counties outside Syracuse city with ninth grade math reading, mechanical aptitude and financial criteria. Call 4253427 for an interview.
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Onondaga County Manpower Division
STIP
Onondaga Community College
OCC
Xerox Corp
IBM
Burroughs Corp
Niagara Mohawk
Nichols Business Machines
Anaren Microwave
Curtis Green
Protesters Oppose Pregnant Teens Tutoring Plan
About 200 parents gathered signatures opposing Camillus Elementary School’s planned tutoring program for pregnant high school students. Spokesman John Maddock says the petition will be presented to the West Genesee Board of Education at its Tuesday meeting. The program would start January 30 on a vacated floor of the old wing as an alternate option for girls on the county’s west side. Some parents accuse the board of insufficient research and ignoring alternative sites.
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Camillus
John Maddock
West Genesee Board of Education
Board
Syracuse
OCC offers non credit IBM Mag II computer course
Onondaga Community College adds a spring non credit course on operating caring for and using the IBM Mag II computer. Classes meet 6 30 to 8 p m Tuesdays and Thursdays from Jan 24 to March 9 in Room 202 Academics Building OCC campus. For registration call 465 7741 Ext 3225.
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Onondaga Community College
Division of Community Services
OCC
Mental illness coverage expands with new state law
New York state joins 4 state law effective tomorrow requiring health insurers to cover mental or emotional disorders. The National Association report says commercial insurers and Blue Cross must offer on request at least 30 days inpatient care and 700 dollars yearly for outpatient services. Coverage extends to public and private psychiatric facilities and offices, benefiting about 18 million insured residents.
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New York State
National Association of Private Psychiatric Hospitals
Blue Cross
Pitals
Carey
James Prevost
Hutchings Psychiatric Center
State Department of Mental Hygiene
State Insurance Department
Hit-and-run injures man outside James Street apartment
A 49-year-old man, William Comfort, was critically injured by a hit-and-run driver near his James Street apartment around 3 a.m. He crossed for coffee when a black sedan, possibly a Thunderbird, struck him head-on and fled. Witnesses saw the car hit a tree stump then flee toward Lodi Street.
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James Street
State University Hospital
William Comfort
James St
J. G. Stone
Comfort
Janes St
Lodi Street
Stone
Thomas Bland
Dems Cut Salaries For Clerks In County Legislature
Democrats assume control of the County Legislature and reduce pay grades for the clerk and deputy clerk roles, keeping the assistant clerk salary intact. The plan saves about 12 000 but funds a full time secretary by converting a part time stenographer. Harriet Jackies becomes clerk and Patricia Piperno deputy clerk with new salaries, while Bette Hall becomes assistant clerk.
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Doris Chertow
Chertow
Harriet Jackies
Katherine
Flattery
Board of Supervisors
Frank Conway
John H. Mulroy
Jackies
Patricia A. Piperno
Jackles
Geddes
Michael Bragman
Bette C. Hall
Joan Snigg
Snigg
County Comptroller's Office
Piperno
Lakeland Seeks Power Tap to Niagara Mohawk Denied
Solvay village officials fail to win PASNY approval for a temporary power tap to Niagara Mohawk. Lakeland area, served by a local electrical company, faces voltage shortages for about 1,000 homes amid growth. The village plans to request more information after Niagara Mohawk declined the tap with no explanation.
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Solvay
Power Authority
Pasny
Greene reports for duty with Second Marine Division at Lejeune
Pfc. Charles E. Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Greene of 182 Maplewood Ave, has reported for duty with the Second Marine Division at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
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Charles E. Greene
Maplewood Ave
Second Marine Division
Marine Corps Base
Camp Lejeune
Syracuse power cut to repair damaged utility pole
Electric service to 200 customers in East Syracuse will be interrupted Tuesday from 9 to 10 a.m. to replace a damaged pole after an auto collision. If weather stops a Tuesday cut, the same hour will occur Wednesday. Affected streets include Kirkville Road Green Tree Drive Wembridge Road Longwood Road Washburn and Tilden Drives.
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Syracuse
John J McVey
Syracuse Area
McVey
Kirkville Road
Green Tree Drive
Wembridge Road
Longwood Road
Washburn
Tilden Drives
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Michalenko
Beaver Lake
Parks and Recreation Department
Clay Town
Richard Wittenburg
The
Clay Police Department Benevolent Association
Martin Relyea
Police Department
Relyea
Vincent Marano
Leonard Richer
Michael Sherlock
Glen Powers
Dems
Lakeland Power
Pfc. Greene
Lejeune
I. Syracuse
C.B
Action C.b.’Ers
Upstate Medical Center
Miller Tiler
Central New York Burn Association
Ed Young
Jeff
Action C.B
Bill Sherrow
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