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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1987
Page
1
In the first of five excerpts from How Sweet It Is James Bacon recounts Jackie Gleason’s impoverished Brooklyn upbringing his early pool hustling and the violent tragedy of his mother’s death set against a tenement life on Herkimer Street in 1916.
Haro ld Ted Limpert Camillus lawyer pilot with jet credentials departed from Stewart AFB Newburgh in a Cessna 182P with three passengers. Weather deteriorated over Minnewaska State Park and the request to switch to instrument flight rule could not be approved in midair. The aircraft crashed high in the mountains bursting into flames.
Roh Tae-woo, No 2 in ruling Democratic Justice Party, urged President Chun Doo Hwan to accept the people’s will and back direct presidential elections to end mass protests. He said he would resign as party chair and candidate if reforms failed. The opposition welcomed the move and Kim Dae Jung urged an interim government.
Kenneth S Reed of Manlius fired at Swan Pond on Route 92 at about 5 am killing nine ducks and four young swans and injuring five birds. He faced multiple charges including second degree criminal mischief and environmental law violations. The pond historically housed swans geese and many ducks in Onondaga County.
A government source says Attorney General Edwin Meese III met regularly with Lt. Col. Oliver North from late 1985 to 1986 during Iran Contra activity. Meese disputes this, citing only a dozen acknowledged meetings in 1985 1986. North was arranging weapons sales to Iran and aiding the Contras amid a ban. The grand jury inquiry notes complaints by NSC aides were dismissed as legal after review by Meese.
Eight reform themes push direct presidential elections seven election law revisions to broaden campaigns and voting rights release of protest detainees basic rights and end to abuses press freedom local autonomy freedom for political parties crime and corruption curb Roh endorses party reorganization says people are masters of their country and people’s will comes first in national address after KORBA page A10
Syracuse police seek a white man in his late 30s who drove a 1983 or 1984 light gray GMC pickup with chrome running boards and a black tool box in connection with the Sunday killing of 28 year old Susan Williams. Williams was found shot near rail tracks on South Clinton Street. Authorities say she was fully clothed and face up. it remains unclear if she worked as a prostitute. The suspect was last seen at Slocum Avenue and West Onondaga Street before noon Sunday as investigators released a map and description.
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