Economic Development Office under scrutiny in Onondaga County
The Onondaga County economic development director since 1987 faces questions as OCIDA contemplates continuing funding amid job losses at Carrier Carlyle Compressor and GE layoffs. Critics cite limited job gains, a small staff, and a proposed 1991 budget increase, urging clearer results for taxpayers.
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Daniel Bava
Onondaga County
Industrial Development Agency
OCIDA
Bova
Carrier Corp
Carlyle Compressor Co
Chrysler Drive
General Electric
R.E. Dietz Co
Dietz
AMB Technology
Syracuse
Allied Signal
Solvay
AMB
Buffalo
Ocida Board
Nicholas Pirro
Passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act Enacted
The United States Congress and President Bush advance civil rights by approving the Americans with Disabilities Act. It requires nondiscrimination by employers with over 15 workers and accessibility in public buildings, and mandates ramps or lifts in trains and buses. Eligible disabled individuals may sue for job discrimination. Some opposition cited cost, while a proposed AIDS in restaurants ban was defeated. The bill’s timetable for full changes may stretch up to seven years.
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Congress
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Bush
Jesse Helms
D-N.c
Helms
America
Syracuse Leaders Back $5,000 Credit Union Push on South East Sides
The Syracuse Common Council unanimously approves a $5,000 grant to Center City Associates led by Franklin Redd to create a business plan for a South Side and East Side credit union. Redd aims to salvage a failed South Side institution by hiring Syracuse University students to map viability and potential partners.
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Syracuse Common Council
Center City Associates
Franklin Redd
South Side
Redd
Syracuse University
Art Freedom and NEA Funding Debate Spreads July Read
Mario Rossi defends the National Endowment for the Arts against critics. He rejects claims that NEA funded works dictated what is art and argues funding supports creativity and expression. The piece contrasts US and European arts funding and criticizes Jesse Helms’s opposition.
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Jesse Helms
Mario Rossi
Ndowment For the Arts
Herald American
U.S
NEA
National Endowment Against the
Brutality in Guatemala and rights groups call for action
A report from a Washington conference features Guatemalan witnesses describing disappearances and torture under past regimes. Independent groups Americas Watch and Amnesty International verify hundreds of stories, while many cases remain unreported. The piece urges continued investigation and public reporting.
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Washington, D.C
Guatemala
Americas Watch
Amnesty International
Gay Pride Week Critique Sparks Council Question
A letter from Tom of Syracuse commends the Common Council for resisting LGBT recognition. The writer denounces gay pride as inappropriate and sinful, claiming sodomy goes against divine and human law, and labels the gay community as a deviant, sad group needing no public celebration.
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Tom
Syracuse
Common Council
Jay Moran DeWitt
Letter to the Editor Corrects Recycling Misstatement
A reader refutes a July article claiming non-recyclables were dumped on lawns. The writer explains their company left non recyclables beside blue bins to inform homeowners what is not recyclable under the county plan, to avoid ongoing confusion.
Bicycle collide at Waverly and University intersection
A man riding a bicycle died after his bike and a pickup truck collided at the Waverly Avenue and University Avenue intersection. Both vehicles reportedly ran stop signs. The area shows little visible traffic enforcement.
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Waverly Avenue
University Avenue
Waverly
Joe's
Syracuse Covenant Sanctuary Silent Over Council Honor
The Syracuse Covenant Sanctuary, famed for support of Central American Marxism, criticizes the Syracuse Common Council for not recognizing its pay and lesbian community and its many contributions. Onondaga County reports 118 AIDS cases, which the council declined to honor as perversion.
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Syracuse
Readers invited to submit letters for publication
The Herald-Journal and Herald American invite readers to send brief legible letters on public issues. unsigned letters or those with unverifiable authorship are not published, but identity may be withheld if warranted. Letters must include a daytime telephone number, and space limits mean not all letters will be published or kept unedited.
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Herald-Journal
Herald American
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N.Y
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Donald P. Pickard
James F. Kleinklaus
Thomas J. Heck
Economic Development Office
American Dream
Air Force
Carl Levin
Dmich
County Health Department
Department of Public Works
Vito Sciscioli
Europe
Gorbachev
WWE
Richard Gardner
James L. Massaro
Massaro and Son Sanitation, Inc
Liverpool
Orin Lehman
Mistix
New York State
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George and
Sally Strail
Elbridge
Council
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