Port Jervis flood cleanup under way after ice jam breach
Port Jervis and Matamoras reeled from four foot floodwaters after an ice jam on the Delaware River. One dead, thousands displaced. many remain homeless as utilities halt gas and electricity while crews pump basements and search for damage. Red Cross shelters 150 people. border bridge closed. states of emergency declared in both towns. Police report looting by juveniles amid curfew.
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Port Jervis
Delaware River
Matamoras
Rose Devins
Pike County
James Martin
American Red Cross
Orange & Rockland Utility Co
Pike County Power & Light
Green
Port. Jervis
E. Arthur Gray
Joseph Riccardi
Riccardi
Pennsylvania
Dick Thornburgh
Gray
Orange County
New York
Hugh Carey
Carey
Port Jervis-Matamoras
Matamaras
Robert E. Stevens Jr
Crews laboring amid water shortage talks
PORT JERVIS AP Crews labored with pumps around the region as drought hearings drew about 15 speakers. Cornell agronomist Douglas Paine warned precipitation could be 9 to 23 inches below normal through 1984, while NYC reservoirs and local systems run at 16 year lows. Mayor Koch declared a drought emergency and conservation measures were enacted.
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Port Jervis
New York
Raymond M. Kiser
Rgoshen
Matamoras
Assembly
Douglas Paine
Cornell University
Cornell University Agronomist
Paine
New York City
Orange
Rockland
Ulster
Westchester
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Edward Koch
Hugh Carey
Hostage 53 Cynthia Dwyer recalls Iran nine months in jail
In her first interview since returning home, Cynthia Dwyer recounts spending nine months in a Tehran jail after being lured into a plot to free hostages. She hoped to bring a message of hope to captive Americans and sought to write about Iran's middle level people and daily life. The Buffalo suburb public reaction was mixed as critics questioned the risks she took and her past controversy as a newspaper editor.
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Amherst
Iran
Cynthia Dwyer
Tehran
Dwyer
Barbara Timms
Timms
Little Rock
Ark
University of Buffalo
U.S
Buffalo
Bastrop
Cold front brings rain and mountain snow across West to Great Lakes
A Pacific cold front moved into the Northwest and Great Lakes region, delivering torrential rains from northern California to Washington and Idaho and turning to snow in the Cascades and Sierra elevations. Northwest winds bring up to six inches. Southern California stays mild.
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United Press International
Pacific Northwest
Great Lakes
California
Washington
Idaho
West Coast
Cascades
Sierras
Great Lake Region
Tax Withholding Ruling Tests Carey Tax Plan in New York
State Supreme Court Justice De Forest Pitt ruled that New York over withheld taxes from high earners since January but refused to order immediate repayment. The court ordered new withholding tables to take effect April 1, limiting fiscal relief while backing a GOP win in principle. Assembly Republicans hailed the decision as a check on Gov. Hugh Carey, noting the ruling sets a precedent for future compliance.
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Albany
Tax Department
Assembly Republicans
Pitt
Assembly
James Emery
Carey
Flacke seeks hike in New York hunting and fishing fees
Environmental Conservation Commissioner Robert Flacke proposed raising all 12 hunting and fishing licenses by 25 cents to eight dollars. He said the increases could generate about 5.5 million dollars for the Conservation Fund, which totals around 15 million with roughly 80 percent from fees, and would prevent declines in funded activities without funding new programs.
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Albany
API
Robert Flacke
Flacke
New York
Conservation Fund
Gays Push New York Legislature for Civil Rights Bill
In Albany, gay rights advocates, buoyed by a favorable Court of Appeals ruling on consensual sodomy, press for a statewide civil rights bill banning gay discrimination. Werner Kuhn of the NYS Coalition of Gay Organizations says the Legislature is the next target as a major drive gains momentum. An aide to Senate Minority Leader Ohrenstein indicates a gay discrimination bill will be introduced within a week.
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Albany
New York
Werner Kuhn
Coalition of
Gay Organizations
State Court of Appeals
Kuhn
New York State
United States
Senate
Manfred Ohrenstein
Manhattan
Area church notices mix of services and meetings
Area churches announce sermons and study events for the upcoming week. Rev Jacki Nance will preach on What About the Cost at Lafayette Avenue United Methodist Church 10 a.m. tomorrow. Bellevue Heights and South Presbyterian plan sessions. New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ advertises midwinter revival nightly through Feb 22. Continuous listings include church school times, youth activities, and ecumenical programs with several pastors and dates noted.
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Jacki. Nance
Lafayette Avenue United Methodist Church
Council On Ministries
Bellevue Heights United Methodist Church
Harold W. Garman
Jo Conwell
South Presbyterian Church
Donald EB. Wallace
Mary G. Lohr
St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Liverpool
Walter R. Kopp
New Jerusalem Church
DeWitt Community Church
William Jordan
James Street
United Methodist Church
Carl K. Johnson
Michael Spitz
Servants of God
Robert P. Anderson
Fellowship Hall
School of Missions
Michael Ward
Latin America
Church Pictorial
Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ
Richard Oliker
Syracuse University School of Management
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Delaware
Peter M. Sullivan
White Plains
Sullivan
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Schoharie
ICA
New Orleans
Oston
Miami
Max
Snow
ORK
Gulf Coast
Florida
Rockies
Atlanta
St. Louis
Birmingham
Honolus
Minneapolis
Boston
Dallas
Las Vegas
Portland
Ore
Afah
Wichita
Des Maines
Los Angeles
Ioema
Lottario
Jespur Industries
Hamilton St. Dept
Brockville, Ont
Can
Area Church News
Education and Growth Commission
Pasto
Rev
Nance
Bellevue Heights
Rev. Wallace
Christian Science
Mary Baker
Saul
God
Clay Lutheran
Immanuel Lutheran Church of Clay
Dick Supensky
Frank Gillespie
Shelly Sahrn
Christ
Frank E. Clayton
First Baptist
Church of Manlius
Central New York
John Meagley
Kevin MacDowell
Vic Wright
Wstm-Tv
Syracuse
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