Yang family finds home via church aid and Thai paperwork
The Yang family of Laos, united with three Syracuse United Methodist Churches, finally moved into a Crescent Avenue house after months of delays caused by misfiled leave papers and a misplaced family member. Antonio Talucci provided the two story home, with lower floors already rented to Vietnamese refugees, as pastors and press witnessed a housewarming. The refugees had fled Laos after the Pathet Lao takeover, with Sue and Fu noting prior U.S. employment.
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Yang
Laos
Syracuse
Ly Tou
Lou
Sue
Phoua Kue
Tong
Crescent Ave
Antonio Talucci
Vailey Drive
Bellevue Heights
Lafayette Avenue
St. Paul’s
Talucet
Talucet Contractors Inc
Italy
Talucci
Santa
U.S
Pathet Lao
Fu Yang
United States
Yangs
Warren Covell
Bellevue
Weekend Forecast For Central New York
Scattered showers and thundershowers tonight in Central New York give way to sun for a fine start to June weekend. Lows near 60 with 30 percent rain risk, then Sunday with 10 percent rain and highs near 80. Rain this month totals 1.27 inches. year to date 26.4 inches.
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New York
National Weather Service
Hancock Field
New York Student Wins National Spelling Bee Crown
Tim Kneate, 13, an eighth grader from Walter Wheeler Middle School in Onondaga, NY, out-spelled 86 contestants to become the first New Yorker to win the National Spelling Bee. He returned to congratulatory messages at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington and is due home on Allegheny Flight 93.
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Jeanne Bednarski
Washington
Tim Kneate
Walter Wheeler Middle
Tim
Cedarvale Road
Onondaga
New York State
Mayflower
Dick Meyers
Community General Hospital
Robert Kneale
John Cady
John LaRose
Syracuse
Allegheny
Capitol
Smith
Plan to give city residents vote on school budgets advances
Albany report states a constitutional amendment would be needed to extend budget voting rights to city residents. Assemblyman Clark Wemple and upstate Republicans push the idea, hoping a November 1977 vote. County districts East Syracuse Minoa Skaneateles and Tully recently rejected budgets.
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Kenn Peters
Our
Albany Bureau
Albany
Clark C. Wemple
Schenectady
Onondaga County
East
Syracuse-Minoa
Skaneateles
Tully
Wemple
Assembly
Callig
Stanley Steingut
Sex scandal widens on Capitol Hill
A former aide to Rep. John Young alleges she was paid a premium $26,000 yearly salary in exchange for sexual favors. Young denies the salary depended on sex while defending his integrity as ethics probes expand, and he notes he has three staffers earning over $20,000 annually.
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Margaret Scherf
Washington
Capitol Hill
John Young
Texas Democrat
Colleen Gardner
Young
Sol Z. Rosen
Corpus Christi
Carl Albert
House Ethics Committee
House
Thomas P
Tip” O’neill
O'Neill
Rosen
Gardner
Miss Ray
Wayne Hays
Ethics Committee
Justice Department
Hays Shows Dramatic Recovery From Sleeping Pill Overdose
Rep Wayne Hays recovered from a coma after an overdose of sleeping pills with his doctor saying the incident was apparently accidental. Dr Richard Phillips expects full recovery within 10 days and noted Hays should be able to resume duties after a week to 10 days of rest. The congressman’s wife Pat remained at his bedside as he awoke and spoke briefly.
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Hays
Ohio
Richard Phillips
George Esper
Barnesville
Wayne Hays
Phillips
Pat
University of Pittsburgh
Carol Clawson
Washington
Bear Roams Cortland as Police Hunt Large Black Animal
A large black bear spent the night in Cortland prompting a police search through the city. Huge paw prints were found near Suggett Park before 5 a.m. as worried residents called in after a radio report sparked fear for children walking to school.
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Cortland
Suggett Park
Morgue a lively place investigation hits city
New York authorities probe reports a call girl and gambling ring operated from the morgue for about nine months. Commissioner Scopetta and Health Services Administration said they are investigating amid evidence of heavy drinking and drug use by some night staff. Independent sources say revelry was uncovered after officials found a bar and poker game in the doctors' lounge last fall.
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New York
UPI
Nicholas Scopetta
Health Services Administration
Doctors
Assassination attempt misses Uganda leader Idi Amin
Uganda President Idi Amin survived an assassination attempt when grenades were thrown into a crowd he was addressing at the Msambya police training school in Kampla. Official radio Uganda reported one death and 76 wounded with four in critical condition. conflicting accounts existed on Amin's own injuries.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPS
Idi Amin
Uganda
Radio
Amin
Msambya
Kampala
Kam
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Jay A. Wilcox
Lafayette
Wilcox
Champion
Tim Kneale
New York Daily News
Joanne Creen
Gayle
Turim
Christine Meditz
Tures
Steve Riford
Auburn
C.D. Rappleyea
Norwich
Elizabeth Ray
Asspcalu
Tess Laser
London
Heathrow Airport
Bas da Dens Bridge
Sylvia Porter
Eecienes
Morgue
Pala
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