Equitable divorce bill advances through New York legislature
In Albany, a bill ending permanent alimony in favor of maintenance payments and empowering judges to divide property equitably awaits Gov. Carey's signature. The measure, approved by both houses, would let judges consider income, age, marriage duration, and parental contributions, aiming for fairer outcomes than present title-based divisions.
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Albany
UPI
Hugh Carey
New York
Gordon Burrows
R-Yonkers
Sen
Douglas Barclay
R-Pulaski
Carey
Senate
Assembly
Linda Winikow
Spring Valley
National Organization For Women
National Council of Women
Mary Goodhue
Kisco
Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court
New York State
Want Sakharov free concert series planned in Rochester
Rochester physicist Edward Lozansky announced a campaign to win Andrei Sakharov’s release from the Soviet Union. He said a worldwide series of concerts and lectures will pressure Moscow, with the first benefit set for June 14 at the Eastman Theater in Rochester.
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Rochester
UPI
Andrei Sakharov
Soviet Union
University of Rochester
Edward Lozansky
Lozansky
Sakharov
Leonid Brezhnev
Lawmakers push new Long Island bridge proposal
ALBANY UPD state assemblymen say a 6.5 mile bridge from Westchester to Nassau would divert 12 million vehicles annually from detours. Senate Transportation chair John Caemmerer calls it a cruel and vicious hoax due to land-owner opposition and environmental concerns. Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority would build operate it at a $540 million price funded by a $5 toll.
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Albany
UPD
Long Island Sound
Westchester
Nassau
New Yorkity
John Caemmerer
Senate Transportation Committee
Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
Thruway toll hike approved by state officials
Albany reports show the Thruway Authority will raise passenger car tolls by 25 percent this summer, with 30 percent for commercial traffic and 15 percent for buses. Aimed at offsetting a 1980–84 deficit, the plan follows an audit finding toll and revenue projections reasonably support the increase. Public hearings are required before implementation.
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Albany
API
Edward Regan
State Thruway Authority
Regan
Thruway Authority
Buffalo
State may allow TV court case coverage
In Albany the Media Advisory Committee urged New York's Court of Appeals to permit radio and TV cameras and still photography in most appeals proceedings and some civil cases on an experimental basis, while leaving criminal court coverage undecided.
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Albany
New York
Court of Appeals
Lawrence Cooke
Cooke
Herbert Evans
OSHA probes sewer gas deaths in Buffalo construction
OSHA has opened an inquiry into the deaths of three Traylor Brothers construction surveyors who fell 55 feet in a shale and water filled sewer shaft on Buffalo’s East Side after being lowered into hydrogen sulfide gas. Firefighters were also overcome. two workers died at the scene and one later from injuries. The victims are Donald Herron, 31. Charles Anderson, 44. and J B Collins, 40.
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Buffalo
UPI
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Donald Herron
North Tonawanda
Charles Anderson
Bolling Brook, Ill
J.B. Collins
Bryson City
N.C
Traylor Brothers Construction Co
Anderson
David Marciniak
Seajaquada
Garbage to fuel urged as New York eyes recovery plant
United Press International reports environmental officials urge turning garbage into fuel to ease waste disposal. Monroe County Resource Recovery Plant aims to daily convert 1,000 tons of garbage into fuel, with half of its output slated for Rochester Gas and Electric Co. to generate electricity, despite ash and dioxin concerns.
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United Press International
New York
Robert Flacke
Charles Warren
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Monroe County
Warren
Hempstead
Rochester Gas and Electric Co
Hooker Chemical Co
Prisoners' stay costly in New York jails
New York groups report it costs about 68 dollars per day to house an inmate in a city jail for food medicine and security, with only seven dollars more needed for a room at the Plaza Hotel. The 168 page report on the price of punishment notes state prisons cost about 15 thousand dollars per inmate annually, with about ten percent spent on rehabilitation.
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New York
UPI
Plaza Hotel
Plaza
The
Correctional Association of New York
Citizens Inquiry On
Buffalo firefighters reach two year contract accord
City negotiators and the Buffalo Professional Firefighters Association have reached a two year pact offering 13 percent in raises. Voters will decide on June 12 and the Common Council must approve. The agreement provides 7 percent raise in year one and 6 percent in year two.
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Buffalo
UPD
Buffalo Professional Firefighters Association
Fragmented newspaper pricing snippet with totals
An OCR fragment shows line items for a Sunday paper and daily paper with postage and totals. Figures include itemized prices and sums such as 43.00 and 136.60, alongside postage amounts 17.00 and 48.20 and various sub totals, but the text is incomplete and lacks context.
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N.Y
All Olster
Vyr
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