Weather and culture notes from a bygone evening page
A mixed bag of brief items covers weather with clear and sunny forecasts through Friday, a St Patrick’s Day stew tip, wine and stout remarks, TV news critique, the city’s new school board member’s egghead jab, critics sparring over Outbreak and Quiz Show, plus a Syracuse Symphony with a new Steinway piano and Cal Thomas praising Pataki’s death penalty law.
Catholic School to Close in Syracuse After Year
Our Lady of Solace School in Syracuse East Side will shut at year end due to a 243000 operating gap after raising about 40000 in tuition. About 140 students across 1994 95 year faced closure as parish subsidies cover less than half costs. Parents express shock and concern over lack of advance notice.
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Teens Learn Fun Without Booze at Skaneateles Event
About 600 teenagers from Central New York attended a Youth to Youth Conference at Skaneateles High School. Casper Spickerman recalled New Year’s Eve antics and said the gathering showed teens can have a blast without drugs or alcohol. The event emphasized safe, alcohol free fun over the usual party scene.
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Jason Spritzer
Mike Loucks
Teens learn from peers at Central New York conference
Students from Skaneateles and Marcellus high schools hosted a Youth to Youth conference in Wayne County aimed at steering teens away from drinking and drugs. Susan Yeoman of Marcellus High School said peers carry influence and students listen to peers.
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Script says Nixon forms hit squad to kill Kennedy
An early Nixon screen script, reported by Time and Newsweek, depicts the president organizing a hit squad of agents, Cubans, and businessmen to assassinate John F. Kennedy. The squad goes rogue, and Hoover and Nixon face exposure while a Watergate cover story unfolds.
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Lewis County man found shot to death in log cabin
Authorities investigate the shooting death of Joel Friedman, 47, found Saturday in a remote log cabin on Gardner Road, Martinsburg. Sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Tabolt said Friedman died of multiple gunshot wounds, with the exact number unknown, and that he was unmarried with no children. A friend who lived five miles away discovered the body.
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Former Mexican President in Exile Heads to Boston
Former Mexican president Carlos Salinas de Goriari has left Mexico for exile in the United States, moving toward Boston after being asked to depart by the successor’s emissary Ernesto Zedillo. His elder brother Raul Salinas was jailed on murder charges, and Salinas criticized the Zedillo government while a two day hunger strike followed.
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Luis Donaldo Colosio
Surprise witness expected to dispute Fuhrman testimony
Detective Mark Fuhrman faces a surprise defense witness who may challenge his claim of never meeting Kathleen Bell, the woman alleging he used racial slurs in the 1980s. News reports say the witness will bolster Bell by stating Fuhrman denounced interracial couples and used a racial slur.
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Hospital admits fatal error shuts off wrong ventilator
In Tampa Florida University Community Hospital confirms a respiratory technician removed the wrong patient’s ventilator leading to the death of 77 year old Leo Alfonso on March 3. Hospital officials say the worker should have verified identity by visual check speaking to the patient reading the chart and reading the ID bracelet. The 24 year employee has a clean record and was suspended pending investigation.
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Leo Alfonso
University Community Hospital
John Andreas
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