Theaters Struggle Amid Competition and Slumping Attendance
Movie venues confront crowded market and stagnant patronage as competition from streaming and alternatives grows, squeezing profits and forcing price and programming shifts. Industry observers warn of ongoing declines without new appeal or scale.
GE Shifts Radar Boss as Syracuse Plant Cuts Hit Profits
GE ousts its top radar executive in Syracuse amid a costly defense unit underperforming last year. New general managers take over the radar and sonar sections at GH’s 5,700-employee Onondaga County operation, marking a broad housecleaning amid profit shortfalls cited by company and union critics.
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Court orders conviction erased in Matteson murder case
The New York state Supreme Court Appellate Division in Rochester threw out James Matteson Jr.’s murder conviction after his June 13 death, stunning prosecutors and John Fortino’s family. Fortino, father of John Fortino, 19, who died in February 1988, denounced the ruling as erasing his son’s killing and noted a grave she visits. Assistant DA Edward McQuat called the decision absurd, while Chief Assistant DA Michael Price demanded an explanation of how to treat John Fortino. Matteson, 25, of Oswego, was serving 25 years to life for the Fortino murder before his death in Attica.
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Fortino
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Onondaga Community College
Edward McQuat
Michael Price
James Matteson
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Appellate Division
Attica
Oswego
Scandal Shareaith In HUD Probe Ties Ex-Aide to Funded Project
Washington reporters outline a widening federal housing scandal. Investigators link a vice presidential staff member to a corruption tainted project. Memo from Deborah Gore Dean shows over $2 million in HUD to Bayamon Puerto Rico, 1986 87, with Dean described as running HUD operations during the probe.
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Fred Bush
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Deborah Gore Dean
Samuel Pierce Jr
Tony Benech
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HUD
America
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Bayamon
Puerto Rico
Benedi
Jack Kemp
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Flag waving tribute marks patriotic day in Clay subdivision
Five Independence Day elves carried red white and blue to 800 homes along Fortuna Parkway in Clay, placing 10 inch flags on lawns. Syracuse Properties promotes the gesture while stressing the meaning of July 4 beyond fireworks. Residents are urged to notice the flags Friday morning en route to work.
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Fortuna Parkway
Syracuse
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Doles aide resigns amid sex scandal in Washington
Federal investigators probe possible credit card fraud tied to an upscale Washington prostitution ring alleged to have patronized Reagan and Bush era officials. Labor Department aide Paul Balach resigns after a Times report notes personal charges run up on his cards. the case centers on raids and an escort service named Dream Boys and Man to Man.
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Labor Department
Dream Boys
Jay Stephens
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Elizabeth Dole
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