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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1985
Page
6
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that life sustaining medical treatment including feeding tubes may be withheld or withdrawn from incompetent or competent patients if that is the patient’s wishes or would have been. The 6 to 1 decision involved an 84 year old nursing home patient and follows the Quinlan case.
A Superior Court judge ruled the state erred by not investigating Kaiser Hershberger a motorcycling man whose black leather jacket allegedly caused discrimination. Attorney Jon Lienonenworth said Judge George D. Stoughton denied a dismissal request after Hershberger was refused service at the Dean's Office in December 1980 and referred the matter to the state human rights commission.
In Jackson about 18,000 public school teachers marched on the state house demanding a 3500 dollar raise. Gov. Bill Allain, away from the state, favors a raise of 1500 dollars or 9.8 percent, saying larger increases would burden taxpayers.
The Justice Department announced readiness to begin processing about 2700 Cuban refugees for deportation to Cuba under a recent agreement with Fidel Castro. It aims to start deportations by late February and notes 34 refugees have had release into the U S blocked by a federal court.
Gulf Coast governors including Florida's Bob Graham urged President Reagan to mobilize the military to curb illegal narcotics. They pressed for a national defense plan against drug smugglers in a historic regional gathering in New Orleans with representatives from six states.
In Clathe Kansas Megan Birmingham, a 43 year old girl found dumped on a snow packed road and nearly froze to death was revived Thursday by doctors. Authorities consider filing criminal charges against her mother as police say she may have spent up to six hours exposed to temperatures in the teens. She was found wearing light clothes with no shoes or coat.
Police say a middle aged man shot at two youths who pursued him on a residential street after a knife threat while he carried groceries. He fired about four shots, wounding one youth critically. the other fled as the man walked away. Both youths were sought.
Federal agents arrest nine people and seize 38 pounds of cocaine valued at 17 million dollars in Las Vegas. The Bolivian cocaine was flown in on a twin engine plane and most proceeds were bound for street sales in the city. Authorities conducted around the clock surveillance before the raid, marking the largest Nevada cocaine bust to date.
SIGOURNEY IOWA AP angry protesters jeered an auctioneer selling a Kalona farmer's machinery after a bank seizure as 4000 farmers from Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota packed a Sioux City auditorium demanding higher commodity prices. Officials said Escher lost over 300000 to the bank and urged restraint while a farm crisis coalition sought emergency measures and federal aid.
Central New York shelters 35 unsolved cases with teens and runaways. Milk cartons plan to feature missing kids within 10 days, with updates every 10 days. Local police note most cases involve teens staying with friends or relatives. few disappearances involve foul play.
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