Police sting nets 100 suspects in Syracuse fencing case
A massive Police Department sting in Syracuse ends with 100 suspects facing 550 counts and more than $3 million in stolen property recovered. Operation involved 150 officers from city and state agencies plus FBI, targeting a phony storefront fencing ring run 18 months. Indictments filed include grand burglary and fraud. arrests spread to several locations including California and Utah. Sixteen already in custody. several women among the indicted. Suspects confronted at home with sealed warrants, some in bathrobes, amid displays of seized items and firearms.
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Richard G. Case
Syracuse
State Armory
East Genesee Street
FBI
California
Utica
Nene
Mom
Thomas Sardi
Den ver Becomes Spelling Bee Champion in Eleventh Round
Katie Kerwin, 13, of Denver wins the 52nd annual National Spelling Bee with the word maculature after correctly spelling virescence. Maria Genecco, 11, of Solvay placed fourth spelling frisson as a word she had not studied. Donna Marie Allman finished third. Maria earns $100 and a consolation prize.
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Washington
Maria Genecco
St. Cecilia’s School
Solvay
Katie Kerwin
Denver
Kerwin
Greg
Mary
Julie Won
Mechanicsburg
Miss Won
Donna Marie Allman
Langiey Air Force Base
Maria
Herald-Journal
Herald- American
Pope Prays for Auschwitz Victims in Silent Cell Vigil
In Auschwitz Poland Pope John Paul I knelt alone in a barred cell and prayed for Holocaust victims. He honored Father Maksymilian Kolbe prisoner No 16670 who chose death to save Franciszek Gajowniczek. Survivors say Kolbe died by poison injection after surviving gas. He was beatified in 1971 and awaits sainthood.
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Auschwitz
Poland
UPI
John Paul I
Maksymilian Kobe
Kolbe
Franciszek Gajowniczek
Block 14
Beef Price Slide Cools Wholesale Inflation Trend
Washington AP reports May wholesale prices rose 0.4 percent, the smallest gain in nine months, with beef at wholesale dropping nearly 7 percent the first decline after five sharp increases. Food prices fell 1.3 percent, while other consumer goods rose 1 percent as gasoline and fuel oil surged.
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Washington
Labor Department
John Early
Early
Agency shop bill defeated in Senate vote
A coalition of Senate Democrats and Republicans defeated a bill to extend for two years the agency shop law 38 to 16 despite warnings from Senate Leader Warren Anderson. The fight centers on a permanent mandatory agency shop and opposition from school boards groups. If not approved by both houses within two weeks the current deadline expires July 1.
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Kenn Peters
Albany
Senate
Democrats
Warren M. Anderson
Manfred Ohrenstein
Assembly
Anderson
Truckers block Indiana Toll Road in major protest
About 300 trucks halted a mile long section of the Indiana Toll Road four abreast for hours beginning after midnight, part of coordinated protests against rising fuel costs across the West and Midwest. Affects I 70 Denver block near Burns Harbor, with shipments of beef stranded in trailers valued at up to 100000 dollars per unit. Police diverted traffic as drivers began leaving before morning rush.
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Indiana
West
Midwest
Interstate 70
Denver
Colorado Association of Independent Truckers
Joe Cran
Scott Truck Line
Commerce City
Colo
Dan Hiexenbaugh
Burns Harbor
Lake Michigan
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Family relations evolve across generations expressed
A brief reflection notes that aunts uncles and grandparents grow more prominent with each generation while cousins drift further apart. It highlights shifting family dynamics and relative closeness among relatives over time.
Wet and warm with chances of showers tonight
Forecaster at Hancock Airport notes warm moist air and increasing clouds tonight with a 30 percent rain risk and possible thunderstorms. Overnight lows mid 60s. Tomorrow expect cloudy periods with intermittent rain, highs near 80 and rain chances around 70 percent. Extended outlook shows partly cloudy skies and shower chances through the weekend with daily highs in the mid 80s and lows around 60.
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Hancock Airport
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