Great attractor pulls Milky Way and 100 galaxies toward center
Astronomers led by Alan Dressler at the American Astronomical Society report a massive structure dubbed the great attractor tugging on the Milky Way and over 100 other galaxies. Observations of about 400 galaxies show peculiar motions toward the attractor, suggesting a distortion of local cosmic expansion across more than 100 million light years.
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Alan Dressler
American Xeopaicnt Society
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Washington
Sandra Faber
University of California At Santa Cruz
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Nuclear winter warning strengthens over nuclear war risk
Scientists who mapped continents frozen by all out war warn that a full U S Soviet exchange could blanket the northern continents in soot, drop mid summer temperatures, threaten ozone, and starve hundreds of millions. Even smaller city attacks could ignite vast urban flammable material and devastate food supplies for years.
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Soviet Union
Raperacn Cher
Law discriminates against Hispanics in California
A California state panel found the 1986 immigration law caused widespread job discrimination against Hispanic residents and others. It cited employer confusion and fear of sanctions, plus a backlog of work authorization applications, as causing enormous personal costs to foreign born workers.
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San Francisco
California
California Fair Employment and Housing Commission
Elderly man shoots wife then dies by suicide at nursing home
In Hollywood Florida a 92 year old retired pharmacist repeatedly visited his ailing wife at Washington Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. During a Thursday visit he shot her dead then killed himself. The incident ends a six week daily visit routine.
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Irving
Carne Alders
Washington Manor
DA closes landfill probe amid grand jury doubt
The district attorney announced the landfill case would not go to the grand jury, saying no evidence supported charges. Residents denounced the move while eight investors and politicians expressed relief, insisting no government officials leaked information. A deed transfer and a subsequent sale to a Browning Ferris subsidiary followed the investigations.
Van Buren DA closes probe into landfill inquiry
Van Buren District Attorney Robert Wildridge announced no evidence of crime after an eight month probe into real estate deals around the Lysander clay pit near Van Buren. He refused to release a grand jury summary, citing oath and law, while supporters urged disclosure and clarity.
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Onondaga County
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Abrams
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Connell
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Janowski
Liverpool
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Ross Pattey
Syracuse
Eyes on the Prize II honors Syracuse civil rights leaders
WCNY-TV and Bristol-Myers Squibb sponsored unsung heroes awards marking Eyes on the Prize II a follow up to the 1987 documentary. Leon Modeste and Emma Johnston Marjorie Carter and others were recognized for lifelong civil rights work in Syracuse. About 100 attended the reception at WCNY studios.
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Leon Modeste
Syracuse
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Inroads
Upstate New York Inc
United States
Linda Brown-Robinson
Syracuse Naacp
William Rowland U
Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company
Anna Mae Williams
Syracuseommon Council
Michael M. Thelwell
Eyes On the Prize
University of Massachusetts
Shuttle targets recovering orbiting lab for holiday gift
Cape Canaveral reports Columbia closing in on the Long Duration Exposure Facility, an 11 ton satellite orbiting 100 miles away. The crew led by Commander Dan Brandenstein and pilot Jim Wetherbee aim to capture it with the shuttle's arm before atmospheric drag dooms it, now projected to burn up around March 9 if not retrieved.
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Fla
Columbia
Space Center
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Orbiting Science Lab
Earth
Dan Brandenstein
Brandenstein
Jim Wetherbee
Research park to curb brain drain near campus
A proposed University Hill research park near Syracuse University could draw on university staff and graduates, with access to SUNY Health Science Center and other institutions. A feasibility study by Arthur D. Little found need for such a park, noting benefits to both education and business and potential downtown renewal in cities like Troy.
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University Hill Corp
University Hill
Ala
Syracuse University
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Suny College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital
Veterans Administration Medical Center
MDA
Arthur D. Little
Onondaga
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Troy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
John Holohan
Pre Capital District
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RPI
Troy Park
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Albany
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