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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1997
Page
1
In 1863 the three day Civil War battle near Gettysburg Pennsylvania concluded with Union forces repelling Confederates as Confederate troops retreated in wet conditions after stout fighting and heavy losses on both sides.
The defense questions a blood test demand as jury selection in New York for Autumn Jackson’s paternity case proceeds. Bill Cosby has admitted an affair with Jackson’s mother and denies being the father.
An advertising page lists on line weather data access for five day forecasts and current conditions for 800 plus cities, plus a Syracuse weather camera. Forecast calls and NOAA updates are given by interactive prompts. Boating forecasts cover Oneida Onondaga Lakes Lake Ontario and Finger Lakes with wind and wave details and a weather trivia note.
Herald journal staff invite readers to report factual inaccuracies in coverage. Call Tim Bunn, deputy executive editor, at 470-2240 between Sam and Sam, Monday through Friday, for corrections and clarifications.
The Syracuse Newspaper encourages recycling of newspapers using brown paper bags placed at the curb on recycling days. It notes recycled fibers make up about 40 percent of the paper and provides several contact numbers for local information.
The text notes Arlington National Cemetery sits on Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Lee’s former estate and questions whether Lee is buried there. It clarifies Lee is buried at a chapel he built at Washington College in Lexington, later Washington and Lee University, and never at Arlington. It also discusses tornados with multiple subvortices and the term multiple vortex tornado per National Weather Service.
The line item veto act approved in 1996 faced a constitutional challenge. A federal judge in Washington ruled the mechanism violated the Constitution’s enacted legislative process, limiting its practical use and pausing any direct Supreme Court appeal provisions.
Charles George Werner, Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist, dies in Indianapolis at 29 after a career with The Oklahoma City newspaper. his 1938 winning image attacked Britain Germany in a prewar treaty. Also noted are William Ewing, longtime Honolulu Star-Bulletin editor, and Earl Hoekenga former Ryder Truck Lines CEO who died in Florida and Mississippi respectively.
A list of names with ages appears, including Peter D. Arcad. 86 Martha J. Bennett 60 Ruth E. Bertrand 63, Sherley J. Blowers 63, Ida M Blystone 87, Jackie Brand 72, Anna L. Button 76, Carl G. Chastopher 74, Barbara J Cook 63, William A Driscoll 74, Eloise P Green 82, Henry T Harter 58, Bernard Hearn 84, Douglas W. Holland 72, Janice B. Jones 67, Constantinos Levos 68, Lucille Lichac 84, Franklin L. Lockwood 43, Marion L. Lushin 79, Raymond F Murphy 87, Rebecca Myers 41, A. Lucy Napoli 87, Virgil C. Parsons 85, Blanche M. Pearce 81, Andrew J Roberts 74, Chester Soda 69, Rosalie Mae Weisbond.
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