Bicentennial Block Party Brings Kensington Neighbors Together
Neighbors in the 200 and 300 blocks of Kensington Place held a street party with tables chairs and grills. Children Scott Gregg and Jonathon Deitz enjoyed a Syracuse Fire Department mini-pumper on display as residents inspected the vehicle and shared ethnic foods. Mike Heister grilled burgers for his wife at night.
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Kensington Place
Scott Gregg
Jonathon Deitz
Syracuse
Mike Heister
County eyes 250 summer jobs from new funds
Onondaga County Manpower Office may fund at least 254 part time summer jobs for disadvantaged youths after Congress passed a 473 million jobs bill. The program offers nine 26 hour weeks at $2.10 per hour, with a possible 2.40 rate for a limited group ages 18 to 21. Hiring begins once county funds share is known at month end. Ford had vetoed a prior related bill, but is expected to sign the new measure.
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Onondaga County
Rick Seakins
Seakins
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Ford
Speach trial nabbed in early larceny case against DPW figures
The prosecution resumes in the grand larceny trial of former City DPW Commissioner Ernest Speach and his son Michael after a postponed first week. Eight of more than 20 witnesses testified before County Judge Albert Orenstein amid questions about truck parts, purchase orders, and whether parts matched city authority. The defendants face charges of stealing city property valued at over 250 dollars as the judge orders a courtroom media blackout.
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City Department of Public Works
Ernest Speach
Michael
Fore County
Albert Orenstein
Speach
D.P.W
Richard E. Brown
Bender Ford Truck Sales and Service Center
DPW
Brown
Paul R. Shanahan
R.J. McCrum
Briggs
Escaped inmate still at large
Jamesville Correctional Facility inmate Michael A. Tack 17, who walked off a YMCA camp work detail on Sweet Road yesterday, remained at large this morning. Tack, 5'7" and 140 pounds with a right bicep tattoo reading Mike, was sentenced last year for second degree criminal trespass and is listed among six convicts at Jamesville.
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Jamesville Correctional Facility
Sam F. Grillo
Michael A. Tack
Reed Ave
Sweet Road
Tack
Jamesville
Mike
State's attitude forces cuts in school plans
The Big 5 cities warn governors and legislators that without immediate increased state aid, severe program and staff cuts will follow. Syracuse officials, led by Janet Edison, say contracts may be abrogated and school openings in September could be out of their control, due to double digit inflation and stagnant funding.
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Guv
Carey
Senate
Assembly
Boards of Education
Janet J. Edison
Syracuse Board of Education
Syracuse
Younger named Cornell deputy dean and professor
Judith T Younger, former Syracuse University law dean and Hofstra professor, is appointed Cornell University law school’s first woman deputy dean and professor, effective July 1. She will join her husband Irving Younger at Ithaca, where he holds an endowed professorship, after resigning from SU last March amid plans to transform the college into a top class law school. SU has named Craig W Christensen to succeed her as dean.
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Cornell University
Judith T. Younger
Syracuse University Law
Younger
Irving
Ithaca
Dean Younger
Cornell
Craig W. Christensen
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Cleveland State University
Hofstra University School of Law
Farmers Warn of Corps Jurisdiction Probe Across Farms
Onondaga County Farm Bureau President M Philip Bender of Baldwinsville argues four Corps proposals to extend jurisdiction could require farmers to obtain permits to plow fields. He cites a DC court ruling extending regulation to waters of the United States. The Farm Bureau opposes the proposals and seeks appeal.
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Onondaga County Farm Bureau
M. Philip Bender
Baldwinsville
Army Corps of Engineers
Bender
Richard McGuire
State Farm Bureau
U.S. District Court For
District of Columbia
Corps
United States
Corps of Engineers
American Farm Bureau Federation
Dispute Between North Syracuse Board and Principals Moves to Fact Finder
The North Syracuse Board of Education and the North Syracuse Association of Principals have sent the dispute to fact finding. D Kline Hable of Syracuse has been named fact finder by the State Public Employment Relations Board. The issue began when the board reduced administrators work time from 12 months to 10 months and 20 days to cut costs.
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North Syracuse Board of Education
North Syracuse Association of Principals
D. Kline Hable
Syracuse
State Public Employment Relations Board
Slaying suspect in critical condition after murder arrest
Kenneth Townsend, 28, of 541 Gifford St., remained unconscious in the ICU at Crouse-Irving Memorial Hospital. He faces a second degree murder charge in the strangulation death of nine year old Richard E. Jenkins of 624 Gifford St. His body was found in Townsend's apartment under debris with a note reading Rickey look hear. Townsend, believed to have overdosed, is a friend of the victim and the boy had been reported missing. Police say Townsend can be charged regardless of questioning status.
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Kenneth Townsend
Gifford St
Crouse-Irving Memorial Hospital
Townsend
Richard E. Jenkins
City Police Department
Criminal Investigation Division
CID Inv
Richard Gervais
Robert McCarthy
Rickey
Delaware School
Dr. Johnson
Congress
Jones
Stanford University
James Buckley
Jack Kemp
Niagara Mohawk workers ratify one year contract
Union locals covering about 7,000 Niagara Mohawk Power Corp employees ratified a new one year deal with the utility. Company officials and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers representatives announced the affirmative vote last night. The pact provides an 8.9 percent across the board pay raise retroactive to June 1 plus pension and fringe benefit improvements. The prior contract expired May 31 after a strike vote had been taken, but federal mediators helped reach a tentative agreement just before the deadline.
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Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Niagara Mohawk
Official criticizes U S energy use at BBB luncheon
Dr Sidney Johnson, counsel to Treasury Secretary William Simon, told about 350 business and civic leaders at the Hotel Syracuse that Americans feel a divine right to expensive energy and food. He warned Congress must pass a strong energy and economic package to avoid overheating the economy and repeated inflation and unemployment risks.
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Sidney Johnson
Treasury
William Simon
Better Business Bureau
Syracuse
Congress
Johnson
Man Denies Burglary in Bowling Alley Break-In
Howard Morrison of 1115 S Geddes Street pleaded innocent in City Court to third degree burglary and possession of burglary tools for an early morning break-in at Seneca Lanes 438 Seneca Tapk. Bail set at 1000 with reappearance Friday. Officers Hanlon and Fix found Morrison at the lanes after a silent alarm tripped. several machines were broken and a pry bar and wire cutters were found on him.
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Geddes Street
Seneca Lanes
W. Seneca Tapk
Howard Morrison
S. Geddes St
James R. Anderson
Anderson
Lewis Hanlon
David Fix
Morrison
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