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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1989
Page
1
Soviet withdrawal from Europe is seen by experts as diminishing prospects for a rapid nuclear strike. Analysts say the move reduces NATO response time and alters strategic balance, prompting questions about longer term deterrence and security implications in Western Europe.
In Albany Assemblyman Melvin Zimmer holds pivotal power as votes on Cuomo's death penalty bill hinge on his stance. Graber says one vote short of an override, but Zimmer, a Syracuse Democrat, says he will keep the power off and block capital punishment from becoming state law.
Quebec will amend a law that would have allowed removal of organs from mentally retarded people and children under 14 without consent. The measure faced protests from disability groups who warned it could create an organ bank and violate rights. The amendment requires understanding and consent, though specifics on assessment remain undecided.
A national immigration group calls for 55 miles of fences along the Mexican border to bar illegal entrants. FAIR says Berlin Wall analogy is inappropriate while MALDEF warns such barriers would strain U.S.-Mexico relations. FAIR backed immigration reform measures in 1986, pushing stricter immigration controls.
Bankers and depositors nationwide criticize a Treasury proposal by Nicholas Grey and defended by President Bush to levy 25 cents per $100 deposited in insured banks and credit unions. Industry leaders call it a regressive tax, arguing savings are already taxed and urging incentives to save instead.
Congress faces a move to repeal a pay raise set to take effect on February 7 if lawmakers do not reject it. Opponents fear a ban on outside income could trap members who supported the raise, prompting a repeal effort that would strip them of both income sources. Grassley and a bipartisan bloc back repeal with exceptions for judges, arguing public frustration over the pay raise demands a solution.
Michael Zellweger, a Liverpool man with terminal cancer, had a second degree larceny charge dismissed by County Court Judge William J. Burke after his lawyer requested dismissal. Assistant District Attorney Paul Berry cited Zellweger's failing mental state, though he said the case would have proceeded if faculties remained. Zellweger, once employed at Quick Deliveries Inc, vanished in January 1978 abandoning his wife and seven children. He appeared in March jobless and homeless, claiming years of security work in Florida, and has an estimated three months to live.
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