Carey shifts Love Canal stance to push for federal loans
Niagara Falls AP reports Gov. Hugh Carey, once viewed as a foe by Love Canal residents, visited the disaster site to propose a plan seeking federal loans for relocation rather than grants. Lois Gibbs said residents now see the federal role as essential while Carey remained optimistic about gaining Washington support. The state has spent 46 million and residents hope federal funding follows.
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Hugh Carey
Love Canal
Washington
Carey
Lois Gibbs
New York
Security breakdown blamed in escape
Brooklyn District Attorney Eugene Gold concludes a Brooklyn House of Detention escape by convict Howard Buddy Jacobson was enabled by severe security lapses. The DA's investigation cites a man helping Jacobson via a jail pass secured by a telephone call instead of a visit and notes staffing shortages at all six checkpoints he traversed on May 31.
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New York
UPI
Correction Department
Howard
Buddy” Jacobson
Brooklyn
Eugene Gold
Jacobson
Gold
Brooklyn House of Detention
State plans job training for some handicapped
Albany report describes a new state program to train about 2,000 mental hygiene therapy aides to care for mentally retarded individuals in private homes or community facilities. The effort, funded by a $93,000 state grant and roughly $300,000 in federal funds, aims to reduce turnover and boost care quality as deinstitutionalization curtails hospital populations.
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Albany
James Introne
Office of
Introne
New York Tightens West Valley Nuclear Dump Use
Gov. Carey signed new restrictions on the West Valley site south of Buffalo to limit future storage to mainly hospitals’ low level waste for several years. The law leaves a possible later option for temporary nuclear waste but aims for eventual cleanup and state responsibility.
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Albany
New York State
West Valley
Hugh Carey
Buffalo
Carey
New York
Hitchhiker identified in fatal expressway collision near Hornell
State police identify Maartin Phillip Weiss, 25, of Jersey City as one of two hitchhikers killed on an unlit expressway near Hornell. Authorities seek the companion. Pamphlets point to a group called Freed Men of New Jerusalem. The pair were barefoot and wore white toga-like sheets with green army blankets. Weiss is linked to a nationwide religious group tentatively identified as Christ Church.
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Maartin Phillip Weiss
Jersey City
N.J
New Jerusalem
Weiss
Christ Church
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