Reform Call Challenges New York Rockefeller Drug Laws
General Barry R. McCaffrey urged reform of New Yorks Rockefeller drug laws in Albany arguing mandatory sentencing increases crime by housing nonviolent offenders with hardened criminals. He noted long terms for small drug offenses while bishops and judges push treatment instead of prison. Politicians remain tone deaf, citing cost, prison growth, and political risk as barriers to change.
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New York
Albany
Barry R. McCaffrey
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Wai McCaffrey
George Pataki
Rockefeller
Pataki
Democratic Assembly
Assembly
Sheldon Silver
McCaffrey
Princeton
Judith Kaye
Kaye
Iowa
New Hampshire
Big Tobacco at Mt Again Seeks to Block Federal Lawsuit
The tobacco industry fights a federal suit aimed at recovering health care costs from smoking related illnesses. Congress and lobbyists push to restrict DOJ funding, while common causes cite billions in losses and thousands of deaths annually. The piece condemns lawmakers for donor influence and industry deception.
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Justice Department
Clinton
Congress
Office of Technology Assessment
Common Cause
Senate
Appropriations
Tobacco
Iran
Oil For Food
Fahid
United Nations
Iraq
Kuuwait
Scott Ritter
U.N
al- Hayat
London
Iran-Iraq
Endgame
United States
Britain
Russia
France
Saddam
Hussein
Kosovo
Reader letter mix covers education report and local events
A Syracuse letter batch discusses Tom Youngs education report, local safety, and civic leadership. It includes Gratitude to the Central New York Community Foundation, praise for Angottis meals, a car window theft incident, and opinions on Iraq sanctions and embassy bombing explanations.
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Community Foundation
Margaret Gillette Ogden
CNY Community Foundation
Syracuse
The Franklin Automobile Company Book Praised
A history of transportation by Sinclair Powell extols The Franklin Auto mobile Company founders H H Franklin and John Wilkinson of Syracuse. The volume highlights transportation topics and a rich collection of pictures that celebrate the city’s development.
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The
Franklin Automobile Company
Sinclair Powell
H.H. Franklin
John Wilkinson
Syracuse
Readers invited to send letters to the editor
The Herald Journal Herald American invites letters for publication. Submissions must include the writer’s name, address, and daytime telephone. Materials become property of the publisher and may be edited or posted online or on NewsLine.
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The
Herald Co
Post-Standard
Herald-Journal
Herald American
Syracuse
Herald-Journal/Herald American
P.O
N.Y
Syracuse.com
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Syracuse Herald-Journal
Arthur Jenkins
Herald
Herald Company
Clinton Square Syracase
N.T
Stephen Rogers
Stephen A. Rogers
Rrichael
BIG Tobacco
MT Again
Jastice
Canpaig
LAW
Tom Young
Paulette Johnson
Board of Education
Syracuse City
Angotti’s
Burnet Avenue
Central New York Community Foundation
TLC
Burnet
Angotti
Grenardo L. Avellino
Fayetteville
Defense Department
Matthew M. Grady
Sen. Hoffmann
Oneida Ltd
Libbey Inc
Carrier
United Technologies
Everson Museum
Syracuse Symphony
Everson
United Way
Carner
Nancy Larraine Hoffmann
Franklin Auto
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