War of words over new oil taxes sparks Mobil price hike
State officials clash with Mobil Oil over New Yorks shift to oil company taxes. Mobil defends 3 cent gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel increases blaming taxes, while lawmakers call the move vengeance and prepare public protests. Taxes target oil profits and gross receipts with影响 on consumers debated by officials and industry.
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Mary Fiess
Albany
Mobil Oil Corp
Mobil
New York City
Pany
Edward Norton
Hugh Carey
Albany Times-Un
Ion
New York
Carey
James Tully
Tully
John Flint
Flint
Connecticut
New York Public Interest Research Group
Ralph’ Nader
Part-time judge fired for not opening his mail
Albany AP reports Delaware County town justice James Joedicke was removed by the Commission on Judicial Conduct for failing to open 81 pieces of mail between 1977 and 1981 and for missing a required training. He resigned his Stamford post in April and may appeal to the Court of Appeals. He now runs for highway superintendent.
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Albany
James Joedicke
Delaware County
Commission On Judicial Conduct
Joedicke
Court of Appeals
Commission
Oneonta
New York Sees Rising Child Abuse Rates
Albany reports 1980 New York child abuse cases at 56,000 up 4,000 from 1979 and 26,000 since 1974, with 87 confirmed deaths by neglect and 77 suspected from irresponsible adult action. Barbara Blum calls for early intervention and targeted support for high risk groups like single teenage mothers.
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New York State
New York
Sister testifies brother shot two hunters in Ramapo case
Rockland County woman Philemena Keesler, 49, described her brother John L. Youmans, 53, confessing to killing Ramapo Town Clerk Robert Nugent and banker Charles Simpson on Oct 25 1952 near Tuxedo Park while cleaning a deer. She recalled his fear after the murders and his claim of having no choice as the motive.
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Goshen
Rockland County
Philomena Keesler
Charles E. Simpson
Saddle River
N.J
Ramapo Mountains
Tuxedo Park
Nugent
Youmans
Simpson
Sewage Spills Close Major Brooklyn Beaches
New York bathers were urged to stay out of water at Coney Island Brighton and Manhattan beaches after about 40 million gallons of untreated sewage spilled from the Coney Island treatment plant. Diesel engine failure Monday night caused the release into Jamaica and Sheepshead bays, alarming 680,000 residents served by the plant.
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New York
UPI
Jamaica
Sheepshead Bays
Coney Island
Brighton
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Health Department
State building safety debated by Albany lawmakers
Assemblyman Lentol warns thousands of aging transformers pose disaster risk near public buildings while John Egan of General Services counters the danger is not dire. Officials discuss safer construction materials and enclosure efforts after the February Binghamton Office Building fire that released PCBs and dioxins.
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Albany
New York
State Assembly Governmental Employees Committee
Joseph Lenton
Brooklyn
John Egan
General Services Commissioner
Lentol
Egan
Binghamton
Cials
OGS
State Departments of Health and Labor
Maurice Hinchey
D-Ulster
Minority dropouts high at trooper academy in Albany
The Division of State Police reports half of the black and Hispanic entrants in the February 16 academy will not graduate due to poor reading and writing skills. Of 143 to graduate, 37 are minority men and 15 women. 94 minority men and 39 women remain on a 3353-member force. The class, the largest since a 1979 order, included 74 minority men and 19 women. normal attrition is 15 to 20 percent. Counselors provided remedial study to address academic gaps.
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Albany
Division of State Police
State Police Academy
Kurt Wachemheim
Wachemheim
U.S. District
James T. Foley
Foley
Division of
State Police
Carl Baker
U.S. Justice Department
Lottery plans suit over bonding claims in New York
New York Lottery Director John Quinn said Peerless Group of Keene New Hampshire supplied surety bonds for 11 lottery distributors who went broke since December 1979. He says Peerless owes about 654000 dollars and has offered 157000, which he deems insufficient, with Attorney General seeking legal action.
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Lottery
John Quinn
Robert Abrams
Peerless Group
Keene, N.H
Quinn
Peerless
Thes
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J . David Axelrod
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Trooper School
New Hampshire
Herald-Journal
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