Lehrman Gains Farley Backing in Buffalo Endorsement
Erie County GOP Chairman Victor Farley shifted support from Paul Curran to Lewis Lehrman for governor. Lehrman drew endorsements from Rep. Jack Kemp and County Executive Edward Rutkowski during a Buffalo visit. Farley cited multiple factors in the decision, while Curran remained in the race with 31.1 percent of delegates at the convention. Kemp framed jobs as the key campaign issue.
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UPI
Erie County
Victor Farley
GOP
U.S
Paul Curran
Lewis Lehrman
Lehrman
Farley
Jack Kemp
Edward Rutkowski
Curran
Saint Paul
Jimmy Stewart
Statler Hotel
Kemp
Surprise push for casino gambling amendment in Albany
Lawmakers faced a last minute bid to rush a two chamber process for a proposed casino gambling constitutional amendment. The plan targets three sites Catskills Niagara Falls and Long Beach with Daly and Lipschutz sponsors and cautious optimism about votes. Reapportionment debates and Tier Three pension changes also loom as the Legislature aims to finish the session.
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Kenn Peters
Albany
John Daly
R-Lewiston
Gerdi Lipschutz
D-Rockaway Park
New York
Catskills
Niagara Falls
Long Beach
Daly
Lipschutz
Teachers brace for layoffs at Reagan clash convention
The American Federation of Teachers opens a six day convention amid grim forecasts of 55 000 layoffs next year and sharp rebukes of President Reagan over tax credits for private schools. AFT President Albert Shanker seeks to contrast with the NEA open in Los Angeles as both unions plan a joint resolution opposing tuition credits. The AFT survey foresees 55 500 layoffs next school year, with midwest and northeast districts hardest hit.
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Reagan
American Federation of Teachers
AFT
Albert Shanker
Labor
Shanker
Teachers’ Union
National Education Association
Los Angeles
NEA
Cranston
Willard McGuire
Democratic Party
Philadelphia
Paul Sarbanes
D-Md
Scott Widmeyer
Maryland
Sarbanes
Blood tests ruled inadmissible without order or consent
Albany AP reports the New York Court of Appeals ruled blood samples taken without a court order or defendant consent are inadmissible in most cases. The decisions involved three Erie County suspects in fatal crashes, each lacking proper arrest or consent, affecting drunken driving and related homicide prosecutions.
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Court of Appeals
High
Erie County
Obardo Moselle Jr
Moselle
Erie
Steven Walter
Livingston County
Walter
State Supreme Court
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