27 Feb 1995
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1995
Page
1
Allen Iverson led Georgetown to an 81-78 victory over Syracuse with key scoring runs and late defense sealing the win. The reported game on D4 highlights Iverson's impact and the Hoyas' rally to secure the conference win.
A fragmentet record notes Pork barrel spending and a zero grant to number Syracuse homes. It mentions Nigel Hawthorne in The Madness of King George and a US Deneball case with players and owners resuming talks. A comment on Janet Reno as a future teacher cites Mary McGrory.
Asian markets reel after Barings collapse triggered by rogue trader in Singapore losing over 800 million in a single Tokyo bet. The 233 year old British bank, financier of Napoleonic wars and client Queen Elizabeth II, faces collapse with Leeson named as the suspected trader. Markets slide across Asia with London opening down.
In Syracuse, activists from People Against the Death Penalty of Central New York resume weekly meetings and hold a Sunday rally in Columbus Circle drawing about 175 people. They circulate petitions urging New York state legislators to reject a death penalty bill as Gov Pataki pushes reinstitution.
Sam Sheppard, a Cambridge hygienist, begins a 160 day walk from Plymouth Massachusetts to New Orleans to oppose capital punishment. He cites his family history including his father’s 1959 wrongful murder conviction and his own 12 years in prison before acquittal with F Lee Bailey, arguing the death penalty is a lie and folly.
Rival clans clash outside Mogadishu airport as U.N. peacekeepers prepare to leave. The upheaval hints at life after withdrawal with 2000 U.S. and Italian marines offshore awaiting orders. At least one Somali fighter is killed, and the country remains without a functioning government.
A TV Guide and Entertainment Tonight poll finds 76 percent say coverage is excessive while ratings stay high. Four in ten feel the verdict process is undermined by the constant broadcast, and opinions split by belief in Simpson's guilt. The survey of 1,000 adults has a 4.5 percent margin of error.
A Harris Poll of 1,250 adults shows a record 71 percent of Americans age 25 and older are overweight, up from 69 percent last year. The survey compared self reported height and weight to Met Life tables, with 12 percent 20–30 percent overweight and 10 percent at 30 percent or more. Margin of error ±3 points.
Belfast man Eamon McQuillan, 26, lives on a government disability allowance and hides in a sister’s home. He smokes, takes pain pills and antidepressants, and recalls gunfire as a sound like cracking wood. His neck injuries and PTSD reflect a 26 year war.
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