Cap Weinberger Sees $8 Billion Defense Cut Plan
Our Opinion argues defense secretary Caspar Weinberger finds $8 billion in cuts for the 1984 budget mainly from lower fuel costs and inflation. It decries the plan as short term Band-Aid, with a 3 percent Pentagon increase to $239 billion and a 10 percent real rise, while deferrals and domestic military construction cuts mask the limits.
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Caspar
Weinberger
Reagan
Congress
Pentagon
Defense budget debate far from over amid cuts and rhetoric
The article reports on defense budget cuts proposed by Weinberger and Reagan, noting claims of no further reductions yet imply ongoing controversy. It highlights training and personnel cost concerns, potential effects on major weapons programs, and the political battle ahead in Congress over future spending and long term programs.
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Weinberger
Reagan
Congress
House
Senate
Secretary of Defense
Back of the lot policy targets foreign cars at Avtex
Artex Fibers of Front Royal Virginia directs employees with foreign vehicles to park in back rows to spotlight the import car issue. The plan aims to show support for American-made cars and criticizes foreign imports. The writer jokes that a Supreme Court ruling would tell Avtex executives they auto not do it.
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Artex
Front Royal
Supreme Court
Avtex
Auto
Orangemen Georgetown Face Big East in Hopes of Shorter Schedules
SU and Georgetown anchors in a bold proposed shift to scrap the Big East schedule and play weekly home and home games. Crowd of 1,327 witnessed Syracuse beat Georgetown 57 at Manley Fieldhouse, fueling a heated rivalry.
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Syracuse University
Georgetown
Orangemen
Hoyas
Manley Fieldhouse
Free at last Gramm switches parties in a plantation parody
A satirical piece mocks House Democrats removing Phil Gramm from a committee and his return as a Republican. It features Beauregard O'Neill on a plantation, a slave Gramm, and an Underground Railroad escape, ending with a punchline about emancipation or being de-weeviled.
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Tip O'Neill
House Democrats
Boll Weevil
Phil Gramm
Texas
Gramm
Tip
Beauregard
House that Love Built stands as a community beacon
Darlene Kelly of Keuka College writes about the Ronald McDonald House at 1027 E Genesee Street as a holistic care model, praising its family support network and the kinship among visiting families. Freedom House members urge backing Baltic nations against Soviet domination, calling for U S moral support.
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Keuka College
CNY
Ronald McDonald House
Peents
Ronald House
E. Genesee Street
Syracuse
Darlene Kelly
Freedom House
Kiwanis Club Recognized for Local Help to Seniors
Over the past year the Syracuse Kiwanis Club provided vital program equipment and concert tickets aiding more than 200 senior citizens at Clover Corner and sponsored a Christmas meal for over 300 seniors and low income families at the Southwest Community Center.
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Nior Citizen Center
Clover Corner
Southwest Community Center
Syracuse Kiwanis Club
Denny's Staff Share Christmas Cheer With Donlin Drive Classes
Santa helpers led by Paul Lelonek hosted a holiday dinner for Donlin Drive Elementary Special Education classes in Liverpool. Santa arrived with gifts, highlighting staff fundraising and planning efforts that created an memorable learning focused evening for students and teachers.
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Denny’s
Donlin Drive
Liverpool
Lelonek
Santa
Diane C. Ryan
Mary Mugridge
Eugene M. Kinnison
Donlin Drive School
Is Christmas Pagan or Divine in Christian Faith
A reader questions whether Christmas and its customs honor God or reflect pagan influence. The message argues that true worship will end pagan holidays upon Christ’s return, envisioning a future peaceful kingdom under God.
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Jerusalem
Satan
Jesus
God
Herod
Earth
Heaven
Christ
Baltic States Exile Governments in Captive Nations Fight
Readers remind the paper that Latvia Lithuania and Estonia formed governments in exile after the 1940 Soviet invasion. Representatives from these nations join the Captive Nations Committee pushing for restoration of independence.
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Freedom
Freedom House
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Soviet Union
Baltic
Captive Nations Committee
Handicapped Driver Education Sought in Syracuse Area
Parents seek a driving instructor in Syracuse who specializes in teaching learners with disabilities. The appeal cites Bill Ramsey, president of the National Association of Driver Education for the Disabled, noting that slow learners can become strong drivers due to focused concentration.
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Bill Ramsey
National Association of Driver Education For the Disabled
Syracuse
Messiah Sing-In at Cathedral Praised by Organizer
Patti Thompson Buechner of Civic Morning Musicals Trust thanks participants in the Second Annual Messiah Sing-In held at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in December. She calls the event a unique thrilling experience and compliments the Hallelujah chorus, looking forward to next season.
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Civic Morning Musicals Trust
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Patti Thompson Buechner
Syracuse
Support for Dairy Farmers in Syracuse Tractorcade
A letter from Sharon Baldwin of Waterville urges readers to back dairy farmers amid a 50 per 100 pounds milk deduction, warning the assessment could bankrupt many farms and harm New York's economy. She argues farming is the state’s biggest industry and appeals to public action and civic duty.
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Syracuse
New York State
Syracuse Juvenile Diabetes Foundation praises article on Robbie Murano
The Herald Journal staff writer Karen Cain highlighted juvenile diabetes in a feature on Robbie Murano, with input from Dr. A J Schneider. Readers seeking information or involvement may contact 474 0601 or write Syracuse Chapter JD Box 71 Solvay Station Syracuse 13209 Virginia L Diller co president Syracuse Chapter JD.
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Herald-Journal
Karen Cain
Robbie Murano
A.J. Schneider
Syracuse
Solvay Station
Virginia L. Diller
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Cut the tree uprooted: neighbor letter to editor
A reader recounts a tree removal by tree surgeons who cut down an old front tree claimed to be 40 percent dead. The writer questions why work was done in January and why not wait for spring, noting the tree once sheltered from rain and wind and added color. Neighbors share sentiment and confusion.
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Houston
Syracuse
Weather as the sole topic for Americana humorists
A remark attributed to Mark Twain suggests Americans fixate on weather as their principal conversational topic. The line reflects a broader view that weather dominates daily discourse in many communities today.
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Mark Twain
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