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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1981
Page
6
Our Opinion argues for fixing existing roads before expanding the interstate system. It notes potholes worsen with winter, cause accidents, and burden local governments with rising repair costs. The piece urges shifting funds from interstate expansion to critical maintenance and better public transit.
Jim Healion of United Press International explains the coming nine digit ZIP code in the opinion section. He notes the four extra digits would let machines sort mail to a block or building, covering 80 percent of mail and saving about a billion dollars annually. Congress questions feasibility and rate concerns accompany the plan.
The column questions Rita Jenrette and her congressman husband actions on the Capitol steps after her Playboy story. It jokes about discretion and tone in Washington while recalling other sex scandals and political satire. It notes the Jenrette affair stood out amid many Capitol controversies.
Attorney General Robert Abrams urges the Legislature to bolster the fight on organized crime noting the OCTF lacks accountants and prosecutors and cannot protect witnesses. He questions creating a new agency and suggests upgrading OCTF into a coordinating body with a possibly enough $1.2 million budget.
A column argues against mandatory bottle deposits as ineffective for reducing solid waste. It claims such laws cost storage and transport, pollute water via caustic soda use, push heavier containers to disposal, and threaten thousands of union jobs. It favors broad litter taxes funding recycling, recovery, and job preservation. It calls New York to adopt a comprehensive waste recovery program.
A West Side community group thanks the city Department of Transportation and Niagara Mohawk for agreeing to install a street light. They also commend District Councilor Edward Nowakowski for continued concern and interest in local youth.
Brad Putnam, a Liverpool meter reader, protests misconceptions about the job. He details low pay, reliance on personal cars, mileage reimbursements, minimal equipment, and dangerous weather conditions. He notes daily tasks include reading 1,500 meters, climbing 5,000 stairs, and walking over 50 miles weekly, urging understanding and accurate billing.
A reader questions Ruth Lyman's birth control stance and rejects Falwell's moral majority as a real majority. They warn against silent acquiescence to rising antiabortion laws, question support for the death penalty, and wonder why banning books like Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath is seen as protection for children.
Agencies provide free help and support for pregnancy including Birthright services such as housing for infants and mothers and a 24 hour national pregnancy hotline. The Y Med program offers high school curriculum parenting nutrition medical social services and nursery care to help young women return to school. Catholic Charities can facilitate adoption or assist a mother who keeps her child.
Letter from Mary Ann Beech, field secretary in Cornell University's Sociology Department, questions the Herald American article "Not all secretaries can be typed" by Saundra Smokes. Beech accuses the piece of drivel, notes secretaries' salaries and duties, and challenges the value of a National Association of Office Workers.
Flora Lewis reports a growing mood of anger and distrust in America as unemployment rises in Michigan and Florida, doomsday survivalism grows, and a call for moral renewal clashes with a “meanest way” of coping. The piece contrasts Detroit and Ann Arbor attitudes with Florida crime, drug trade, and urban jitters amid a broader national tension.
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