Clinton sweeps South on Super Tuesday for Democratic lead
Democratic Gov. Bill Clinton pushes toward the nomination with sweeping wins in Florida Texas Tennessee Mississippi Oklahoma Louisiana and Missouri giving him 433 delegates to Tsongas 210 and Brown 25. Bush also sweeps Republican primaries but faces protest votes from Buchanan Duke and others as he heads to Illinois and Michigan.
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Scarcity hits Nicoderm patch craze in Syracuse area
Pharmacists report tight supplies as demand for the nicotine patch soars. Stores like Fay's Drugs and Wegmans struggle to stock patches, with wholesalers unable to keep up. Marion Merrell Dow introduced the patch last December as a ten week, $200 program to curb smoking by delivering nicotine through the skin.
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Luke Hobika
Fay
Northern Lights Plaza
Wegmans Food
Josephine Natale
Wegmans
Marion Metrell Dow
Kansas City
Marion Merrel
Dow
Obituary Notice for Crane Bregaria
An obituary lists Crane Br egaria among those memorialized in today’s local notice. Details are limited in the readable fragment.
Rising premiums split sick from well in large group plans
Insurance experts note big groups are starting to price sick members out as companies raise rates for those likely to need care. Kathleen Renshaw’s California family faced a 16,000 dollar annual premium after doctors flagged her daughter Marisa’s kidney issues. As insurers apply stricter rules, many families lose coverage despite long-standing group memberships.
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Norman Daniels
Tufts University
Kathleen Renshaw
Leucadia
Calif
Renshaw
Marisa
William Harvey
Kirsten
States seek care plans amid bankruptcy coverage concerns
The article reports on proposed approaches by AB states to safeguard care for the poor as bankruptcy coverage faces jeopardy. It notes policy shifts, public reaction, and potential funding changes affecting welfare programs and hospital support.
Power line dangers urged for federal study
NYPA official James Cunningham urged Congress to fund a federal program to study electric and magnetic fields from power lines and appliances. The proposal calls for 70 million dollars over 10 years, with at least 30 million from utilities, to determine if low level fields cause cancer amid concerns of higher leukemia among nearby children and brain tumors in electricians. The plan would unify scattered research efforts and build on utility led studies funded by EPRI since the mid 1970s.
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New York Power Authority
Congress
James Cunningham
NYPA
Informa
Cunningham
House Environment Subcommittee
New York
Electric Power Research Institute
Palo Alto
OCC Trustees Approve 14 Percent Tuition Hike
Onondaga Community College trustees voted to raise tuition 14 percent, adding $210 to reach $1,750 for 1992-93 unless a state cap stops increases. Last year a 14 percent rise brought it from $1,350 to $1,540. Library hours were cut after a prior $190 rise. further cuts possible. President Bruce Leslie noted area averages at $1,650 and warned up to $15 million more may be trimmed if caps limit increases. The board also approved new lab and course fees.
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Onondaga Community College
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Bruce Leslie
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OCC Tuition Rise Impacts Various Programs
Billeamitets tuition has climbed 46 percent since 1983. Music students in private lessons face 70 dollar per course fees. Architecture and interior design courses see fees jump from 15 to 25 dollars. Science labs increase from 5 to 10 dollars while art lab fees rise from 10 to 15 dollars.
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OCC
Icy morning closes schools as storms grip region
Freezing rain and frozen snow shut most schools with treacherous interstates. Temperatures plunge from a Tuesday high of 62 to single digits tonight and remain in the 20s through Sunday. Kay Witz of the National Weather Service warns the weather will persist, with more snow likely Saturday for paradegoers. In Madison County all schools closed and Four Oneida County schools canceled classes due to ice and slick roads.
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Kay Witz
National Weather Service
Hancock International Airport
Madison County
Oneida County
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