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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1998
Page
8
One thousand youths aged 14 to 21 will begin summer jobs Monday under a city program. The initiative, organized by The Post-Standard, aims to place young job seekers into 1000 openings across multiple departments and community partners.
Police from Syracuse and state troopers teamed up Friday to ticket aggressive drivers. In four hours 107 tickets were issued for offenses including unsafe lane changes and following too closely on interstates and state routes. Unmarked cars identified violators and radioed marked patrols as crews checked I 81 I 690 and routes 695 and 5 from 2 p.m. onward in a statewide crackdown.
Syracuse Mayor Roy Bernardi is named to a 30 mayor task force led by Philadelphia Mayor Edward Rendell. Formed at the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Reno, Nev, the group will include gun manufacturers and seek legislation and safety tech, with its first report due in January.
Deadline is next month to apply for Prevention Challenge Mini-Grants offered by the Syracuse Onondaga Drug & Alcohol Abuse Commission. Grants up to 500 go to Onondaga County groups sponsoring prevention programs on substance abuse or youth violence. Applications due by 5 p.m. July 15. contact Carol Terry at 435 5712 for forms.
State police reported a postal employee driving a mail truck on Interstate 81 in Mattydale steered part of the vehicle off an elevated section to avoid a crash. At 10:30 a.m. Michael P. Kany of Baldwinsville was driving behind another car and swerved when the lead vehicle brake checked. His front right wheel climbed over a small wall and became lodged above Route 11.
In 1997 the Oneida Nation, buoyed by Turning Stone casino profits, opened a 285 room hotel six retail outlets and a fourth gas station. Its payroll neared 3000 with about 70 million dollars in salaries and benefits. The Seneca Nation faced tough finances as federal aid skewed per capita funding.
Federal officials tap ESF scientists to crack beetle pheromones under a two year USDA grant. Researchers aim to isolate a lure to trap and monitor the invasive insect now found in New York City and Brooklyn area. The effort seeks to map the invasion and prevent further spread while relying on visual tree inspections for monitoring.
Syracuse native Phil Klein recalls helping Albert Einstein launch a sailboat at Knollwood on Lower Saranac Lake in 1944. Auction of Konenkova letters and Einstein memorabilia at Sotheby’s drew bids to $180,000, less than the $250,000–$350,000 estimate, amid claims Konenkova was a Russian agent.
Megan Patterson, 19, of Liverpool, while tubing with her sister Alicia and a friend near Patterson Plattsburgh, drowns after her tube entangles with a submerged tree as the Saranac River runs high from rain. The incident occurred Friday before 4 pm during summer school at SUNY Plattsburgh.
James H. Brown Jr. a 34 year old of 113 Wood Ave. was charged with murder in the May 29 death of Rhonda M. Hoyle 38 found on Webster Avenue. Hoyle mother of two and former Henninger High School graduate was killed during an alleged attempted robbery. The arrest followed a community memorial held at the overgrown path where Hoyle was found. Brown was arraigned and held without bail.
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