82-Year-Old Hero Killed at Monster Truck Show
At Niagara Falls Convention Center an 82-year-old spectator Lester Gilliam was crushed by a five ton truck after saving a 10-year-old from injury. The boy James Freger of Depew survived with a head injury. No charges filed against driver Dantel Vanloo. Gilliam died at the scene as seven others were injured and a 5,200 crowd watched. The coroner called Gilliam a hero. SRO-Pace Promotions backs safety rules and noted this was their first fatality.
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Niagara County
James Joyce
Lester Gilliam
Gilliam
Gham
James Freger
Depew
Michael Weber
Sro-Pace Promotions
Lombard
Wivb-Tv
Buffalo
Steve Pilawski
Dantel Vanloo
Weber
Sro-Pace
Hot Rod Association
Obituaries and sports brief from Ganley section
Obituaries for Bd Ganley appear in the C6 Sports Di Lifestyle Bi1 Televison C4 area along with a brief Cut Case and lottery classified notes listing money comics and movie items in the Food C1 column.
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C& Movies
Ganley
Unemployed Older Workers Rebuild Careers After Layoffs
In Newsweek, Melinda Beck profiles Henry M. Wallfesh, former Retirement Advisors leader, who at 54 faced unemployment after a corporate shake up. He reinvented himself with Whale Communications, mentoring others while lecturing on retirement, as tens of thousands of midlife workers face job loss since the 1980s.
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Henry M. Wallfesh
Retirement Advisors, Inc
Wallfesh
Stamford
Whale Communications
U.S
Dan Lacey
Workplace Trends Newsletter
Senate tax bill faces Bush veto over tax hike plan
Congressional Quarterly reports the Senate Finance Committee members agree Bush will veto the 57 billion tax bill passed last week. The measure targets the rich with higher taxes, while offering modest health care reforms. Bush has hardened his stance against new taxes after the Georgia primary and warns Congress he won’t repeat past tax increases.
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Senate Finance Committee
Bush
Georgia
Congress
Clinton Tsongas win Florida in Super Tuesday push
Democratic contenders Clinton and Tsongas win Florida as Bush relies on South Carolina momentum. Buchanan narrows gap with Bush while Harkin exits race after weak South Carolina showing. Wilder and Kerrey had already withdrawn. Clinton Tsongas lead remaining field with ongoing campaigns in Washington and Des Moines.
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Paul Tsongas
Bill Clinton
Florida
Bush
South Carolina
Patrick Buchanan
Lawmakers benefit from free office decor at taxpayer expense
Washington reports lawmakers receive free framing for posters and photos in their offices. Rep James Walsh’s wall displays a Syracuse lacrosse poster an aerial city photo and other items framed at government cost. The superintendent of buildings for the House arranges framing with no charge to the lawmakers prompting criticism amid deficits.
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Washington
James Walsh
Syracuse University
Syracuse
Walsh
Ronondaga
House of Representatives
Congress
Michael McCauley
Public Citzen
Congress Watch
Ralh Nader
Bob Miley
National Gallery offers Congress framed art loans
The National Gallery of Art lets Congress members Cabinet officials and federal judges borrow up to two framed reproductions for six years. Reproductions rotate as items are returned after the term, keeping a revolving stock. Popular works include Monet The Artist's Garden at Giverny Twachtman Winter Harmony and Renoir A Girl With a Watering Can. About 150 federal lawmakers have reproductions, though area lawmakers said they were not among them.
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Miley
Congressional
Congressional Office
National Gallery of Art
Congress
Deborah Ziska
Ziska
Monet
Vetheuil
Palazzo Deda Mula
Venice
John Henry Twachtman
Renoir
Begin dies a fiery yet peacemaker prime minister
Menachem Begin former Israeli leader dies at 78 in Tel Aviv. The nobility of his early anti British acts and later peace with Egypt defined a turbulent career. He led Likud to power in 1977 and later ordered the Lebanon invasion. He won a Nobel Prize for making peace with Egypt.
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Menachem Begin
Tel Aviv
Israel
Egypt
Nuabors
Begin
Lebanon
PLO
Likud
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