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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1982
Page
3
As unemployment nears postwar highs, Congress weighs four major proposals to replace CETA with smaller targeted training programs. Debates focus on control and scope while hearings kick off, with February unemployment at 8.8 percent amid persistent joblessness.
Rep William Lehman warns that Latin America and the Caribbean face massive youth unemployment, rising migration, and political instability. He urges tying foreign aid to voluntary family planning to improve development and counter wasteful spending.
The article outlines a shift from CETA to a job training focus aimed at youths and minorities amid high unemployment especially among black teens. It notes limited stipends, stronger business involvement, state control, and resistance from cities and counties to shedding prime sponsor roles.
The Associated Press reports that Senegal and Gambia pursue a confederation named Senegambia with sovereign status for now. President Abdou Diouf would lead the union, Dawda Jawara as vice president, as they integrate security, communications, foreign policy, and seek an economic union.
Syracuse reader laments Koch backlash and Playboy excerpts while urging full fact checks on his record as New York governor candidate. Letters discuss feminism, nun roles, ERA history, harassment remedies, and state pride amid political discourse.
Margaret M. Cole complains that the Marianne Kopko article and its Tricky Dick doll are rot. She asserts many support President Nixon and denounces the media’s alleged efforts to destroy him, and she cancels the newspaper.
In a March 14 Herald American piece nun Theresa Kane is quoted on obedience and authority. The writer recalls her national TV confrontation with Pope John Paul II and criticizes her stance as promoting chaos through individualism. It discusses obedience as defined by Kane versus Webster and questions the broader impact on the church and world.
Corinne Kinane writes to condemn the Herald-Journal front page on March 5 about an SU basketball player accused of raping a Hartford woman. She notes the piece minimizes rape and contrasts it with a 1969-70 game incident where Bill Smith hit a referee, urging respectful reporting of sexual violence.
We congratulate Syracuse and its inhabitants on Judge Mathilde Bersani being elevated to chief justice of Syracuse City Court. The appointment is described as well deserved and the duties of the role are expected to be fulfilled competently by Bersani, with BETTY BONESCHIELS and LILLIAN E. REINER among signatories.
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mike Royko notes readers protested after he joked that God might roll up his sleeves for non violent tasks rather than punch the federal government He recalls athletes and preachers invoking God as a fixer and fundraiser, and comments on divine roles from sports to politics in a satirical take on faith and manipulation.
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