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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1983
Page
10
In Our Opinion for kids, support Project Children founded by a NYPD officer. Since 1975 it brings Catholic and Protestant children from Northern Ireland to US homes for six weeks each summer. Airfare and insurance cost about $500 per child, with Syracuse as a local host site.
A sharp notice targets motorists who splash walkers on rainy mornings, urging street courtesy. The writer warns that payback may come and implies witnessing the moment would be satisfying.
In Syracuse area coverage the Project Children fundraiser drives are described with events at the Hotel Syracuse and St. Rose of Lima Church to raise funds for sending Belfast Derry and Crossmaglen children to New York. Donations by mail are welcomed and Kathleen Kelly is praised as local coordinator.
Five months of Congress versus the Reagan EPA culminate as Anne Burford resigns and a batch of files reaches the White House. Probes continue, with questions of conflicts of interest sweetheart deals and possible perjury by a former EPA official. Kilpatrick weighs in on the resignation and public scrutiny persists.
Kilpatrick argues the EPA will stay aligned with Reagan era policy as Burford departs. He insists critics should not challenge elected leaders and notes 1984 elections offer the public a chance to voice approval or disapproval of administration actions. Burford’s replacement likely will mirror the president’s political approach.
A satirical item mocks EPA actions and Washington politics noting two fired officials for not owning stock in a chemical company. It riffs on figures in D C and Congress, a lawyer from Bubble Bubble Coil and Trouble, and playful jabs at Anne Burford and Agent Orange themes.
A Syracuse reader defends a home for women recovering from alcoholism in Eastwood against Valley residents who fear the stigma. The letter cites the American Medical Society labeling alcoholism as a disease and argues the program helps women become better citizens through 12 step practices and spiritual surrender.
PAM FASTER of Baldwinsville argues against cutting state employee pay scales. She says state workers are not overworked or overpaid after 20 years on the job and notes that cost of living adjustments were missed, leaving private industry pay higher. She warns against reduced scales harming qualification.
The letter argues that nationwide handgun controls ignore constituent will, noting that Massachusetts California Nevada and New Hampshire voted against gun control amendments by more than two to one. It asserts voters send a clear message to Congress from the privacy of the ballot box.
G E employees contribute through the General Electric Employee Federated Fund to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. The donation funds a 16 mm sound projector for the speakers bureau to educate about diabetes.
A reader vents about welfare, noting some fraud and theft. many recipients are in need due to economic hardship. The author laments scarce jobs amid Reagan era rhetoric of stabilizing economy, criticizing defense spending and aid while veterans and the poor suffer.
The speaker, recalling years in business and advisory youth work, rejects ERA as unnecessary. He argues merit and conscience determine value, asserting individuals should be judged by their efforts, not gender, and that men be as they are and women as they ought to be.
The passage of a new jobs bill is criticized as worsening unemployment. Government spending debt increases the deficit, prompting more borrowing and higher interest rates, which could dampen growth and leave more workers without jobs. The analogy compares the bill to a dog chasing its own tail.
MAJ. BE. J. MINAHAN of Troop T Albany defends strict enforcement of speed laws on the Thruway. He notes 1982 arrests exceeded 98,000 with 56,914 for speeding, many of them commercial drivers, while radar detectors and CB radios aid drivers in avoiding patrols. He urges voluntary compliance due to limited manpower.
In Hannibal a local couple argues to keep objectionable material out of their children's school. They frame the issue as defending community standards against profanity and uncomfortable themes.
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