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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1997
Page
5
In Montpelier Vermont the state must find a new way to fund public schools after the state Supreme Court ruled that reliance on property taxes deprives children in poorer communes of equal education. The ruling follows a national trend toward equalizing school funding across communities within states.
Experts report rapid progress in research and treatment for Alzheimer’s, while noting population aging could raise future cases. A briefing by specialists highlighted unknown triggers, symptom relief efforts, and efforts by industry to slow mental decline. Richard Suzman of the National Institute on Aging cautioned about rising numbers.
The report alleges bomb experts in the FBI crime lab played golf and held weekly poker games while on duty and kept gin in a refrigerator. A 1995 warning to Director Freeh is cited as the explosives unit allegedly being out of hand. Four lab workers, including three senior agents tied to the Oklahoma City case, were removed amid a Justice Department probe.
Chicago the Clyde Savings and Loan collapse led to an 8500000 settlement for S&L directors. Rep Henry Hyde 72 refuses to pay any portion of the settlement drawing criticism over possible political influence. Clyde based in North Riverside failed in 1990 costing taxpayers 68 million.
A San Francisco study reports that more than half of AIDS specialist physicians have helped at least one terminal patient obtain narcotics to end life, despite illegality in California and elsewhere. The rate in San Francisco nearly doubles the 10 percent seen in other cities, with some doctors stating 20 or more cases.
In Oklahoma City, a 3-year-old girl who was shot in both elbows survived five days by drinking toilet water before authorities found her mother and a man dead in a nearby apartment. The child was hospitalized in fair condition. Police reported no motive or suspects and noted the landlord alerted them after seeing a body through a window.
A 1990 warning about lead exposure at the Lowville ARC furniture refinishing shop led to testing of workers including Trembley, and interventions by the Central New York Occupational Health Center. Despite earlier cautions and cleanup steps, the operation continued for years before closing in 1996, with most workers returning to normal lead levels after revised safety practices and a shift to non sanding methods.
Thirty four developmentally disabled workers and five supervisors at an ARC facility in Lowville showed abnormally high blood lead levels after furniture refinishing fumes. Doctors link exposure to lead in air during the refinishing process at the studio. blood readings range from below ten to above thirty micrograms per deciliter with custodial and graphics staff nearby. Source: CNY Occupational Health Center.
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