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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1979
Page
14
Arthur Jenkins, founder of the Herald, proclaims an independent course in the paper’s first issue on January 15, 1877. He pledges to discuss public questions without party politics and to back measures best advancing the people’s interests.
The piece outlines high costs and hidden hazards from chemical, industrial, and nuclear wastes across New York. It highlights 12 sites in Onondaga County, compares Love Canal and West Valley, and critiques government and industry for unclear responsibility. It argues for interim mutual pacts and a commission to address funding and cleanup roles.
Readers urge President Carter and senators to stop the MX mobile missile system due to cost and risk of escalating arms race. Letter-writers warn of nuclear disaster and call for bipartisan political action. Also notes public concerns about air travel safety and transportation issues, plus a local elementary school fundraiser for Toronto.
The piece riffs on airline coupons that promise round trips from New York to Yonkers and Los Angeles as a goodwill gesture. It argues airlines may cut services or seats to profit, joking about coupons becoming currency while meals persist to keep people fed in the air.
A coalition including EPA NASA NSF Energy Interior and state agencies will spend 1.5 million dollars over two months to study why rain forms. Using 260 gauges 90 wind samplers 60 chem collectors and four aircraft the team will monitor a 2500 square mile area near Champaign Urbana Illinois with 25 technicians and 15 scientists from eight states. Data fed to computers aim to yield results in a year to year and a half, in one of the most intensive basic weather studies yet.
A historical newspaper item notes the Wednesday June 13 1979 date published by The Herald Company marking the issue timestamp and publisher attribution for the edition.
At Brewerton state docks on June 10 a father and two sons fishing lost a pole in the river. After failed search they left. five minutes later a daughter from Geddes reportedly snagged the pole and offers to return it. The boy who lost the pole was eight or nine, one son used a wheelchair. Call Bruce Clarke at 676-5365 or 676-3015.
In a satirical note, Henry Gordon condemns government ineptitude and OPEC price rises. He advocates a self-made fix using hot air instead of gas and jet propulsion to solve energy woes, predicting abundance through political discourse.
The opinion page cartoon dated June 6y drew sharp criticism for poor taste from air and rail passengers. It offended readers by portraying a mock scenario that unsettled travelers and highlighted concerns over respect and safety in transportation.
Eleanor V Audlin argues the age’s scientific gains contrast with cultural and spiritual shortfalls. She laments corporate autocracy, ad driven conformity, and tax inequality. A protest method urged is boycotting unnecessary products while pushing reforms in education, church, and government.
Charles L. McRorie of American Legion Post 169 urges Americans to celebrate Flag Day, recalling Betsy Ross’s flag and Woodrow Wilson’s designation, and calls citizens to exercise prerogatives to keep the nation moving forward as a beacon of freedom and humanity.
U S citizens faced gas lines as Jose Lopez Portillo vows Mexico will not flood markets with oil to shelter Americans from their energy crisis. He stresses using petroleum for Mexico's development, not for fuel gluttony, and calls for reinvestment in infrastructure, schools, and jobs.
A reader criticizes press coverage of electric chair executions for graphic detail, questioning society’s progress and comparing modern methods to ancient crucifixions and burnings, urging continued coverage despite discomfort.
The Vienna meeting between President Carter and Leonid Brezhnev reflects a calmer, more global agenda after two years of planning. Washington favors prioritizing NATO, Middle East conflict resolution, and relations with China and Japan before tackling SALT II, with attention to trade and Soviet policies.
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