Albany Budget Talks Set as Lawmakers Plot Tax Cuts
In Our Opinion UPSTATE: Albany set for budget talks as Senate Republicans unveil a 22 measure tax cut package worth 1.3 billion for the year. Governor Carey backs 827 million in cuts while school aid faces 84 million in increases. Central New York senators Lombardi Auer and Assembly members Bush Miller Rappleyea Riford push for larger school funding and revenue estimates remain in dispute.
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Riford
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Bargain for school and communities in state budget talks
Central New York lawmakers push for a larger share of state funds as receipts exceed January estimates. Governors and Assembly leaders navigate tax cuts and spending increases, aiming for final outlays $250 to $500 million above January projections. The goal is to secure $365 million for community and school programs.
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Carey
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Stanley Fink
Central New York
Spring Rhythm Awakens Kids With Warmer Air
Spring brings the sense of change as children sense new energy while older generations bid farewell to a long winter. The season's mood hints at growth, outdoors, and fresh beginnings for families and communities alike.
Spring Begins Today In Between Winter And Spring
The calendar marks a special day as spring arrives, despite lingering cold. Signs of youth and renewal appear with robins returning and ponds forming in the meadow. March is the in between month, but today marks the true start of spring.
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Southland
City sewer repairs spark federal funds for early 1981 work
Syracuse begins first installment of sewer repairs at two sites with $2.9 million EPA grant, $700,000 city match, and $406,000 HUD aid. A second install is designed with $490,000 federal grant. City eyes $5.7 million more from federal protection agency, not yet in accounts, amid budget fears. Engineers urge preventive maintenance to avoid crisis if future funds vanish.
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Syracuse
Political humor on tax cuts and campaign ads
Satirical piece frames cutbacks to school lunch funds as a pre teen diet. It contrasts Republicans funded TV spots praising the Reagan economy with Democrats using Senator Byrd and a Robert Young mock pitch. It suggests Kemp Roth style tax cuts and a jest about beverage choices.
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Robert Byrd
Robert Young
Kemp-Roth
Accident Witness Recalls Minoa Crash Scene March 13
Reader recounts a collision at Fremont and Kirkville roads in Minoa with about 50 onlookers hindered by bystanders as Minoa Rescue Squad tried to save the injured woman. The letter reflects on community reactions, a past family fire, media intrusion, and urges protecting the victim’s dignity. It also includes a political notice on abortion opinions from Church and Society Committee Cayuga-Syracuse.
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Kirkville
Minoa
Pat Dygert
Minna
Resident objects to license fee hikes citing local river harms
A Grenell Island resident in the Herald-Journal letter column opposes another increase in fishing hunting and trapping licenses, argues funds should aid local enforcement and boat ramps, and questions allocations for trails and gas oil taxes. He notes a single warden covers a vast area and urges targeted funding.
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Reletter mocks SU coverage in local paper
Unnamed writer from Fayetteville scorns SU basketball coverage and accuses a Liverpool reader of inadequate journalism credentials. The letter dismisses local comments as immature and urges the recipient to stop commenting.
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Reletter
T. Carbonette
Fayetteville
Barbara Filapello
Liverpool
Free decisions and church stance on abortion debated
Members of the United Presbyterian Church in the USA present their position on abortion citing resolutions from the Cayupa-Syracuse Presbytery, the Synod of the Northeast and the General Assembly UPCUSA. They frame it as faith driven rather than controversy and emphasize support for freedom of choice in problematic pregnancies.
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United Presbyterian Church In the
Temptation and Boundaries in Human Progress
A reflective column warns that humanity, blessed with intellect, risks crossing limits in space exploration and nuclear power. It recalls Hiroshima and Nagasaki as cautions, notes dangers of atomic waste and pollution, and invokes Adam and Eve to illustrate forbidden advances and the loss of Eden.
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Heaven
Earth
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Royko column on witch hunts and surveillance
Florence Wilkes of Red Creek criticizes Royko for mocking anti communist fear and McCarthy era witch hunts while urging vigilant national security. She argues for renewed surveillance of threats to the nation and cites biblical guidance to justify tougher defenses.
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Mixe Royko
Joseph McCarthy
Eisenhower
Les
Florence Wilkes
Red Creek
PSC puts squeeze on consumers
The Public Service Commission approves Niagara Mohawk rate hikes in gas and electricity. Critics say the move harms New York's economy, noting 1979 to 1980 profit increases and forecasting worsening business and population exodus evident in 1980 census data and expected in 1990 figures.
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New York State
Niagara Mohawk Corp
Public Service Commission
Utility Service Commission
Spring Is A Prince Restoring Land In Winter’s Wake
A vivid poem portrays a prince who revives a land from winter’s hold. Animals bow, birds fly, water roars, trees gain new coats, and grass covers the ground as life returns. Fred Lee of Fremont School, sixth grade, East Syracuse is credited.
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Fred Lee
Fremont
Syracuse
Seasons Changing Hint Hidden in Weather Riddle
The verse hints at an upcoming seasonal shift with clues about packing away winter gear and preparing for warmer days. Repeated prompts emphasize transition, though no concrete date or event is provided. The text playfully invites readers to anticipate spring-like weather changes.
Destructive letter targets El Salvador cancer metaphor
Donald J. Hammond's March 10 letter compares Cuba and the U.S.S.R. to cancer and labels El Salvador's dictatorship a cancerous type. He criticizes U.S. support with guns and military advisers and accuses President Reagan of not treating the disease but aiding its growth.
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Donald J. Hammond
Mr. Hammond
Cuba
U.S.S.R
Salvador
U.S
Reagan
el Salvador
St Patrick's Party at James Geddes Homes
Residents of the James Geddes buildings held a St Patrick's Day event at 338 Gifford St with refreshments music and prizes. Williamson's Parisians provided the music and Dave Butler donated transport for wheelchair residents. Betty E Clifford thanks all helpers.
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James Geddes
St. Patrick's
Gifford St
Williamson
Dave Butler
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