Nuns' killers freed amid El Salvador controversy
Three of the men who abducted raped and killed four American women in 1980 were released after serving half of 30 year terms. They benefited from a plan to ease prison overcrowding while other convicts faced harsher reasons for ongoing detention. The piece notes U N Truth Commission findings implicating high officials and criticizes U S residency for the killers now living in Florida. The author urges reconsidering their residency and underscores the broader justice failure.
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Stu Ford
Maura Clark
Dorothy Kazel
Jean Donovan
San Salvador
United Nations
Jose Guillermo Garcia
Florida
Robert White
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New York Times
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Casanova
Vides Casanova
Garcia
Scot
Mr. White
United States
Reagan
Alexander Haig
Jesus
State Department
Immigration and Naturalization Service
How Much Shift in Arts Funding Debate
The House approved 98 million for the NEA, a steady level from last year, amid broad debate on federal support for the arts. The piece argues for recognizing the NEA's value to Central New York and cautions against broad, hostile attacks, noting arts funding sustains talent and cultural life.
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National Endowment For the Arts
New York
Republian
Bill Paxon
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NEA
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Ong
NEA Bioney
Skaneateles Arts
Syracuse
Asian Center
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Society For New Music
Light Work Visual Studies Inc
NHA
Baryshnikov
Marsalis
Sills
Spice Girls
Ronald McDonald
Nike
Oswego mother fights diocese in sex abuse suit
Syracuse writer Gene Tinelli applauds an Oswego mother who refused to settle a sex abuse claim against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse. He notes her aim for justice and to help other victims gain their day in court, criticizing church efforts to pay for silence. He imagines a future with no child abuse and praises the mother’s stance.
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Diocese Oswego
Bravo
Oswego
Syracuse
Jesus
Amicus Curiae
Gene Tinelli
Notch Babies seek Social Security rethink in Congress
Elsie Hesselbarth of Tully urges the 1960s era Notch Babies to pressure Congress over unpaid Social Security benefits. She notes media coverage and a claimed $80 billion trust fund surplus, asking why those born 1919 to 1926 were not fully compensated and urging the issue to become an election topic and a vote of lawmakers.
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America
Social Security Trust Fund
Congress
Elsie Hesselbarth Tully
State enacts SCI research fund from traffic fines in NY
Governor Pataki and the New York Legislature back legislation allocating up to 8.5 million from traffic law fines to the Spinal Cord Injury Research Trust. Co sponsors Sen. Vincent Lerbell and Edward Griffith. New York joins Florida Kentucky and Virginia in dedicating fines to spinal cord injury research amid calls for federal funding.
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George Pataki
New York State
Vincent Lerbell
Brewster
Edward Griffith
Brooklyn
Spinal Cord Injury Research Trust
New York
Florida
Kentucky
Virginia
National Institutes of Health
Healing the wounds of divorce letter to the Herald Journal
Stefan Massong argues against the idea that divorce alone harms children. He notes long term parental tension and unhappy relationships drive deficits, while divorce can offer relief and growth. He calls for education on relationship skills, abstinence, family planning, and less selfish attitudes in society.
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Don Harting
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