Snowstorm Closes Oswego Schools North of Fulton
Two systems collided over upstate New York producing a lake effect snow event that dumped 6 inches in Albany and 1.3 inches in Syracuse. Oswego County, especially north of Fulton, faced the heaviest impact with several area schools Altmar Parish Williams Mexico Central Academy Oswego Parochial and Public shuttered. Blowing snow and northwest winds may bring more flurries today as temperatures dip toward 20 then rise with possible precipitation tomorrow.
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New York
Albany
Syracuse
Oswego County
Fulton
Altmar-Parish-Williamstown
Mexico Central and Academy
Oswego
Banks cut prime rate to 19 percent in New York
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. lowered its prime lending rate one half point to 19 percent, the lowest in two months. Other major banks kept rates for top corporate customers at 19.5 percent, with several regional banks quoting below 19 percent.
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New York
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
American bobsledder dies in Italy world championship
An American bobsled team recovered the body of Jim Morgan a 32 year old car salesman from Saranac Lake New York after their No 1 sled overturned at the last banked curve of the Olympic track during the third heat of the four man bobsled championship in Cortina Ampezzo Italy Morgan was killed while competing The AP report also notes Marine Pfc Robert Garwood’s lawyers asking a military judge to overturn his Vietnam war collaboration conviction on mental competency grounds at Camp Lejeune North Carolina.
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Cortina
Ampezzo
Italy
Jim Morgan
Saranac Lake
N.Y
U.S
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Pfc
Robert Garwood
Vietnam
Garwood
Alarm clock trouble marks end of best part of day
A humorous line reflects on the fading morning joy as the alarm clock interrupts the day, signaling the return to routine and work. The quip contrasts early happiness with the inevitable grind that follows.
Girl tossed from window to safety in North Side fire
Four people were injured when flames tore through a three story apartment building at Burnet and Catherine streets. A 3 year old girl was tossed to the ground by her mother and rescued by firefighters. Lois Brown and Robert Johnson, both 46, suffered serious burns and possible fractures after leaping from a third floor porch. Donna Brown, 24, and Amanda, 3, were treated for smoke inhalation and expected to be released. Police described rescue by ladder as officers arrived during the early morning blaze.
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Jim O'Hara
Burnet and
Catherine Streets
Lois Brown
Robert Johnson
State University Hospital
Paul Serbun Jr
Brown
Johnson
Serbin
Donna Brown
Amanda
St. Joseph's Hospital
Thomas Bailey
Bailey
Dwyer release held up at Tehran airport
American writer Cynthia B. Dwyer, jailed nine months on espionage charges, remained detained at Tehran airport over exit paperwork as a Zurich informed Swiss and State Department sources said she had not departed. An Iranair flight to Vienna was delayed, with next flights planned to Istanbul and Frankfurt.
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Cynthia B. Dwyer
Iran
Tehran
State Department
Washington
Dwyer
Iranair
Geneva
Istanbul
Turkey
Frankfurt
West Germany
Tran
Vienna
Ali Grami
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Poland strikes test Communist grip as 300000 workers walk out
In Warsaw independent unions rallied in a province-wide strike involving up to 300,000 workers challenging the government as Poland’s Communist Party gathered to address growing unrest. Washington officials reportedly believed Soviet intervention looms while NBC News cited plans for leadership changes in Poland. The action, backed by a farmer’s union, aimed to restart stalled talks with industrial unions. PAP reported the party’s central committee meeting amid the turmoil.
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Warsaw
Poland
UPI
Independent Union Movement
Communist Party
Washington
Polish Communist Party
NBC News
State Department
PAP
Communist Party Central
Bus Rollovers Injure 45 On Ski Tour In Essex County
A ski trip bus owned by White Bus Co of Fast Orange New Jersey skidded on Route 73 and rolled onto its side last evening near Keene Essex County. Forty five people were hurt some seriously with two in critical condition Evonne Crawford 31 at Saranac Lake and Marilyn Simpson 26 of Jamaica New York. The driver Oliver Danner 35 of Newark is in stable condition at General Hospital of Saranac Lake.
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Keene
Essex County
White Bus Co
Fast
New York City
Oliver Danner
Newark
General Hospital
Saranac Lake
Evonne Crawford
Marilyn Simpson
Jamaica
N.Y
Champlain Valley
The
Bronx
Vincent Samonte
Jackson Heights
Plamd Memorial Hospital
Lake Placid
John P. Young
Mushing
Mana Intravasa
Ridgewood
Sandra Gilmore
Brooklyn
Nancy Laury
Frederica Shaw
Isp
Gordon Erlebracher
Bodty Scot
Richard Behr
Long Beach
Ceasar Lopea
Elizabethtown Community Hospital
Rock Cut plan shifts trash plant farther from city core
In a five part series county leaders defend the Rock Cut Road site for a $100 million trash to energy project. Mulroy argues long distance steam transmission is efficient enough to justify moving the plant three and a half miles from customers and downtown offices amid rising tipping fees and inflation.
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Onondaga County
Mulroy
Rock Cut Road
University Hill
Rock Cut
Murray
McBride Street
Mal-loy
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Garwood Appeal
Case
FA Ganley
Porter
Sylvia
North Side
Flight
Associated Press
Scranton
Augusta
J. Michael Kelly
John H. Mulroy
South McBride Street
Solid Waste Disposal Authority
Syracuse University
East Taylor Street
Part
SWDA
Tripoli
Onondaga
McBride
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