Trigger approach to health care reform
A critique of Congress for avoiding principled stances on health care. It discusses Clinton's employer mandates and the proposed trigger approach as political cover. It argues lawmakers should clearly support or oppose mandates or offer viable universal coverage funding, letting the public decide.
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Congress
Clinton
Civil rights landmarks through memory of D Day and Freedom Summer
Fifty years after Normandy’s invasion and thirty after Mississippi Freedom Summer volunteers faced danger and death for equality. James Chaney Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were abducted and murdered. 70 churches stores and homes hosting freedom riders burned or bombed. The piece honors those who risked and sacrificed for liberty and calls us to remember their struggle.
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France
Normandy
Harrison Marble
Syracuse
Omaha
Dan McGuire
Europe
Germany
Nignaa
Mississippi
America
Bob Moses
James Chaney
Andrew Goodman
Michael Schwerner
Fayetteville post office worker tracks down survivor name
A Fayetteville family received six condolence cards for a death that did not occur. Michael Prikazsky checked obituaries, found a survivor with the same name, verified the person by phone, and sent the correct letters to the right recipient.
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Fayetteville
Michael Prikazsky
Prikansky
NYNEX and the EMF concern in cellular hype
A critical look at NYNEX's Mary Alice Williams and the push for wireless service. The piece questions transmission towers near homes and schools, noting EMF exposure risks and speculative links to brain cancer. It urges careful siting and public utility responsibility for the "Right Now" campaign.
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NYNEX
Mary Alice Williams
Mary Alice
Assign police to areas not to various trailers
Dana Marie McDonald from Syracuse writes to the police chief, arguing that placing trailers on Burt Salina Butternut and McBride streets is ineffective without officers present. She urges officers to work within one neighborhood, building trust to reduce crime drugs and violence.
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Tam
Burt
Salina
Butternut
McBride
Clerks Are People Too at the Grocery Store
Jennifer Librake writes about customer anger when coupons are misread. She, as a cashier, notes she is paid to ease shopping and treats each customer with respect, expecting the same in return.
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Jennifer Labrake
Syracuse
Respect for animals drivers urged to slow down for pets
A letter writer recalls a dog saved by caring drivers after a winter hit and urges drivers who dislike animals to slow for safe passage. She laments the killing of their cat Sara, noting it as the eighth domestic animal killed in 14 years on a straight Lower Road and comparing cruelty to a prior swan attack in Manlius.
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Nola Reeves
Sara
Manlius
City hospital delivers cheer and warm care in Syracuse
Carleton Freedman commends Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital staff for their upbeat, accommodating attitude that eases hospital stays and may aid healing. He notes notable cordiality among dietary, therapeutic, and support staff and contrasts it with broader Syracuse’s famed talents. Brooklyn reader from Syracuse visit.
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Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital
Syracuse
Brooklyn
Carleton Freedman
Readers urged to submit letters to the editor in Syracuse
The notice invites readers to send brief legible letters for publication, requiring daytime telephone numbers and unsigned authors to be avoided. It lists the editor’s mailing address P.O. Box 4915 Syracuse NY 13221 and provides contact numbers 315 and 315 470-2235 for letters questions.
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P.O. Box
Syracuse
N.Y
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