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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1999
Page
3
The NYPD seeks a fashionably dressed man who may have committed 21 robberies in small Manhattan stores between February and June 18. He dresses well, often wears blue suede shoes or pins, and has not shown a weapon. He targeted stores with predominantly female employees.
Buffalo reports that part time letter carrier Frans Mamey dumped more than 1 000 letters magazines and bills into a creek. He faced a three year probation and a $1 000 fine after sentencing. Matney 49 of Silver Creek said he emptied bags of mail because he was overwhelmed by the workload.
Maura Murphy, 21, a Georgetown University student staying at New York University for an internship, was found unconscious in her dorm room in Manhattan and pronounced dead at a hospital. Police said the cause is under investigation pending further tests by the medical examiner. NYU and Georgetown officials confirmed her internship participation.
The Congo Gorilla Forest habitat at the Bronx Zoo debuts as visitors glimpse 19 lowland gorillas and 300 animals in a 65 acre tropical display. Guests mingle with primates through glass as designers describe choreographed scenes and wildlife care. The exhibit replicates Uganda Congo and Rwanda ecosystems with trees, waterfalls and animal nests.
General Anthony Zinni visited Islamabad to urge Pakistan to withdraw forces from Indian held Kashmir and resume talks with India. Clinton pressed Sharif by phone to pull back troops from Kargil, while India pounded peaks like Tiger Hill as two nations fret over renewed conflict and a nuclear dimension.
In Cartagena Colombia an Italian man arrested for concealing cocaine in honey jars died after swallowing the mixture during police interrogation. Police Col. Francisco Bermudez said he was not handcuffed when he grabbed a jar and gulped it down causing convulsions minutes later. He died en route to the hospital.
Joseph Thomas’s scheduled execution in Jamaica was postponed as he seeks review from the Inter-American Human Rights Commission. Geoffrey Madden said the delay aims to allow an international ruling on Jamaica’s plan to resume capital punishment after a long pause. The British Privy Council’s 1993 ruling had limited death row terms for inmates appealing.
Cambodian king Norodom Sihanouk left Phnom Penh for two months of treatment in Beijing. The ailing monarch has endured various illnesses over the years and frequently travels abroad for care.
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