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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1997
Page
1
Weather brief outlines brisk cold and snow showers across days with highs in the upper 20s. Cars reviewer Kenn Peters tests Isuzu Rodeo and Toyota Previa Dx. A real estate feature touts Erie Village plans. Dallas Cowboys story reports a woman accusing players, now facing a court motion. Colgate wins 64-60 at Navy with late free throws.
Gov George Pataki unveils a broad property tax relief plan with a 27 percent average cut in school bills by 2000 01 funded by a 1.7 billion yearly STAR tax relief fund from lottery and state revenue. Onondaga County examples include 220 to 460 reductions, Syracuse 460 less, seniors see average 45 percent cut, renters and businesses excluded.
Delaware and Seymour Elementary schools suffer chronic poverty and low test scores in a four county region. A task force and monthly meetings among principals seek incremental gains through parental involvement, tutors, and longer literacy blocks to raise achievement.
Excerpts from a taped phone call show Speaker Newt Gingrich and advisers plotting a Republican counterattack against ethics charges. The disclosure deepens partisan tensions as public confidence in Congress wanes and Representative Bil Paxson defends the strategy.
Shieldon Leonard, a Syracuse University alumnus and former football player who became a Hollywood actor and TV producer for shows like The Andy Griffith Show, died Friday at his Beverly Hills home. He attended SU in 1925 on a football scholarship and led the Boar’s Head Dramatic Society before graduating in 1929. Leonard was inducted into the Syracuse Walk of Stars in 1994.
A lake effect storm battered Buffalo with winds to 48 mph and up to two feet of snow in the city and suburbs, while a separate New York storm dumped 18 inches north of Watertown. The Greater Buffalo International Airport reopened after cancellations, marking a top four 24 hour snowfall since 1893 at noon.
A CDC and state health study finds 19.9 percent of Coloradans are overweight, the lowest among contiguous states, compared with a national median of 26.7 percent. New York 26.5 percent, New Jersey about 24 percent, Connecticut just under 24.
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