Wortley weighing job offers plans to leave town
George Wortley the Tully native who founded a local publishing empire and served eight years in Congress plans to depart Onondaga County after leaving Congress in January He reports numerous offers from New York City Washington Florida the Caribbean and even Geneva Switzerland including at least one lobbying post and other roles drawing on his Capitol Hill experience.
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Dog Saves Owner From Fiery Death In Bridgeport Blaze
A year old black Labrador named Buster woke owner Daniel Kneeskern, 32, during a house fire on Oneida Lake. Kneeskern crawled past flames after he woke coughing and choking, then evacuated with the dog as flames consumed the ranch home. fire crews arrived around 1:30 a.m. and only a wall and chimney remained.
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Tower Meets With Key Senators Over Defense Nomination
President Bush and John Tower faced mounting Capitol Hill opposition as Tower met privately with Sen. Sam Nunn and Sen. John Warner to discuss his nomination for secretary of defense. Nunn and Warner offered few details, while Tower defended his suitability amid questions about personal conduct and upcoming Senate review.
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Patten to compensate owners tricked into buying property
A major land developer in the Adirondacks and Thousand Islands region agreed to compensate five Northeast states and pay each owner up to 100000 after deceptive advertising. The Patten Corporation will lay back undeveloped land and reimburse owners who built on their properties, with potential costs around 6 million dollars. State Attorney General Robert Abrams announced the deal, noting it was reached without admitting wrongdoing.
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Bush plan shifts some priorities in federal budget
President Bush seeks a kinder budget by trimming about 2 billion from defense to fund education environment and aid programs. He largely follows Reagan’s blueprint for fiscal 1990, pledging no tax hikes and keeping Social Security intact while using domestic cuts to reduce the deficit under Gramm Rudman targets.
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Bush address to Congress to preempt prime time TV
Prime time networks will carry President Bush's live address to a joint session at 9 p.m. EST with the Democratic Response following. White House officials say Bush will back proposals with good intentions and call for private help, while urging restoration of domestic spending cuts proposed by Reagan. Congress, now Democratic-controlled, is expected to embrace these recommendations.
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