Putsch in the House tests Gingrich leadership
In Washington and Albany, dissident Republicans failed to oust Speaker Newt Gingrich in a week of intraparty conflict. Rep. Bill Paxon resigned as GOP leadership chair while Rep. James Walsh defended Gingrich, as pundits debated budget talks and political survival for Clinton and Gingrich.
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Barry Goldwater
Arizona
House of Representatives
UUSL
Newt Gingrich
New York
Beltway
Gingrich
Bill Paxon
GOP
Dick Armey
Tom DeLay
James Walsh
R-Onondaga
Walsh
Gingerich
Washington
Albany
House
White House
New York Times
Senate
Clinton
Cimon
Bill Clinton
Ceasefire renewed as Irish peace talks loom
In the wake of the killing of Bernadette Martin a 19 year old Catholic, renewed calls for peace rise as the IRA announces a ceasefire and Sinn Fein moves toward talks. Leaders from both sides face pressure to commit and take risks for lasting peace.
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Laurence Martin
Craigavon
Northern Ireland
Bernadette Martin
Gordon Green
St .Anthony's Church
Irish Republican Army
Tony Blair
Sinn Fein
Ian Paisley
Democratic Unionist Party
David Trimble
Ulster Unionist Party
IRA
Congress Violates Constitution in Brady Law Critique
Neil Friend criticizes Mary McGrory for denouncing the Supreme Court ruling on the Brady Law. He argues Congress overstepped constitutional limits by mandating local police performance of federal background checks and warns of broader state and local burdens funded by taxes. He cites Article I powers and Oath of Office, urging adherence to the Founding framework.
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Mary McGrory
Supreme Court
Congress
Uncle Sam
Washington
McGrory
Neil
Manlius
Welfare hoops player losing in the game of life
A reader criticizes a Herald American piece about a welfare recipient who plays basketball at the downtown YMCA. The letter condemns the focus on a so called human interest angle, blaming the subject for welfare dependence and urging responsibility and employment. The writer laments taxpayer burden and contrasts with an imagined positive human interest story.
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Herald American
YMCA
Watergate anniversary opens debate on dirty politics
Pat Bennett of North Syracuse argues the Watergate break-in was overexposed and that dirty politics have long existed. She questions the prominence of Watergate in political discourse and calls for moving past the scandal.
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Pat Bennett
North
Syracuse
Prisons Protest Targeting Silver and AOCOAPI Leader
Prison officers group AOCOAPJ and AOCOAPI President Bob Fitzmaurice blame Assemblyman Sheldon Silver and supporters for unsafe conditions in New York facilities. They cite the Mohawk Correctional Facility riot and call for the governor’s expansion plan as the informed solution. Auburn.
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Sheldon Silver
Association of Correctional Officers Against
New York
Aocoapj
Mohawk Correctional Facility
Strathmore Walking Tour Delights Syracuse Neighborhood
Lifelong Syracuse residents report a delightful Strathmore district walking tour on the first Saturday in June. The fund raiser for Onondaga Historical Association and Onondaga Park Association drew over 750 attendees visiting six open homes near Hiawatha Lake.
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Syracuse
New York
David
Strathmore
Onondaga Historical Association
Onondaga Park Association
Tax-Cut Proposals-More Deficit Spending Ahead
A reader argues that Democrats reneged on promised spending cuts during the Reagan era and accuses today's politics of spin, asserting Reagan won tax cuts but failed to secure accompanying spending cuts, accusing the Democrats of duplicity in creating the national debt.
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Ronald Reagan
Democratic Party
Reagan
Readers invited to send letters to the editor
The Herald Journal invites readers to submit letters with name address and daytime phone. Submissions may be published and become property of the papers. Send to Letters to the Editor Syracuse NY or via email fax or NewsLine with required details.
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The
Herald Co
Post-Standard
Herald-Journal
Herald American
Syracuse
Herald- Journal/Herald American
P.O
N.Y
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Herald
Herald Company
Clinton Square
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Stephen A. Rogers
Michael J. Connor
Timothy D. Bunn
L. Peter Lyman
James F. Kleinklaus
Jeffrey A. Barber
TN ‘Aahataiecehia Deienseiaast
Tas
Angy Oh Is
Ae Ria
Feds
Tee
Sean Kirst
Assembly Democrats
Bob Fitzmaurice
Aocoapi Auburn
Hiawatha Lake
Jamesville
St. Sophia's
Park Association
Joanne M. Lenweaver
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