Morrisville faces discipline gaps in SUNY survey findings
At SUNY Morrisville officials discuss higher student dismissals for disciplinary reasons compared with Delhi Canton Cobleskill. President Butcher says numbers may reflect due process and socio economic factors while promising to review the system amid student protests and hearings.
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Morrisville
State University of New York At
Herald-Journal
Agricultural and Technical
Upstate New York
Donald Butcher
Stife
SUNY
Delhi
Delaware County
Suny-Canton
St. Lawrence County
Vid Keller
Butcher
Mark Libbon Regional Editor Notes March 30 1985
Regional Editor Mark Libbon files Saturday March 30 1985 page A3 update. Libbon schedules desk assignments and notes ongoing coverage plans for readers in the region.
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Mark Libbon
Ovid Man Sentenced in Lansing Accident
Keith L Champion, 21, formerly of Ovid, was sentenced Friday to the maximum prison term for criminally negligent homicide after pleading guilty January 31. Judge William Barrett ordered a concurrent term of 16 months to four years, with two counts of second degree attempted assault and resisting arrest. District Attorney Benjamin Bucko called the ruling a message that the county is tough on law breakers.
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Ithaca
Tompkins County
Benjamin Bucko
Keith ‘L. Champion
Champion
Ovid
William Barrett
Penalty note after fatal chase ends in parole potential
Benjamin Buck warns that crime in the county carries a price after a high speed chase ends with Champion’s car hitting Michael Barker’s vehicle on Route 34B in Lansing. Barker, 44, dies, three children suffer serious injuries. Buck may be eligible for parole in 14 months. Barker’s widow and relatives recoveries noted. attorney Nash comments on sentence.
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Champion
Ithaca
Michael Barker
Bean Hill Lane
Lansing
Barker
Bucko
Diane
Marcea
David
Paula Avramis
Ralph Nash
Court tab for poor busts Cayuga budget
Auburn budget notes indict indigent defense rise with 1982 figures nearly doubling requests for court appointed lawyers. About $87,000 spent last year, $8,200 to defend Auburn inmates will be reimbursed by state. County officials debate cost recovery from defendants and stricter screening to control the growing tab amid tougher prosecutions and underfunded programs.
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Auburn
Cayuga County
Auburn Correctional Facility
Joseph R. Marshall
Marshall
Indigent Person Presses for Signature on Car Request
A brief note records an indigent individual seeking to sign a document related to vehicle ownership. The exchange notes tension over ownership and the request for signatures as part of a potential remedy or acknowledgment.
Surrogate Judge Robert Contiguglia Attends County Visit
Surrogate Judge Robert Contiguglia traveled to the county to pay for an attorney, reflecting financial and legal service arrangements within the judiciary.
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Robert Contiguglia
Welfare fraud and legal aid rise in county
In 1981 the county funded legal service assisted 351 defendants at a cost of 64926 dollars. By 1984 cases rose to 693 as welfare fraud prosecutions increased. Officials note more arrests and higher demand for assigned counsel with 77 welfare fraud charges in 1984.
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Durgala
Coast Guard Cutbacks Face Wellesley Island Station
Jefferson County officials and Rep David O B Martin pressed visiting lawmakers against Reagan era cutbacks proposed for the U S Coast Guard Great Lakes stations including Wellesley Island in Jefferson County The plan would reduce manpower from 18 to eight with seasonal summer opening and winter coverage from Oswego prompting concerns over response times and river safety from local leaders and Save the River.
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Watertown
U.S. Coast Guard
Wellesley Island
Jefferson County
David O'B. Martin
Canton
Coast Guard
Great Lakes
Ellesley Island
St. Lawrence River
Oswego
Maintenance crews aim for Mi iay to open Barge Canal
OSWEGO State Department of Transportation officials finish winter maintenance on the State Barge Canal for a mid spring opening. The tentative opening date is May 6 with adjustments possible before then. Pleasure boat traffic usually starts after Memorial Day. Major work was at Hock 23 in Caughdeney with parts replaced. About 80,000 dollars of repairs were completed at Lock One in Phoenix after a concrete wall fell into the canal. Buoy placement in the Seneca River begins in three weeks, a process that takes longer than a few days.
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Oswego
State Department of Transportation
Oswego Sectional Canal
Bob Brown
Brown
Hock 23
Caughdeney
Seneca River
Oneida Lake
Joe Donovan
Phoenix
Cortland welfare hits new high as aid climbs
Cortland County sees February welfare recipients rise to 1345 surpassing December’s record. Medicaid users reach 1490 and 1851 use food stamps. Social Services head Mary Ann Discenza warns of budget strain and seeks state expansion of aid funds under legislative plan. Cuomo proposal currently excludes Cortland.
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Cortland
Cortland County
Cortland County Social Services
Mary Ann Discenza
Discenza
Cuomo
Ciscenza
Auburn doctors acquitted in 1975 death case
After six hours of deliberation Cayuga County jurors found Dr. Battaglia Dr. Schaffer and hospital staff not negligent in the death of Stephanie Dykoschak 10 years ago following a birth verdicts cleared the defendants of malpractice claims while the plaintiff plans an appeal The trial focused on whether she bled to death before 1015 pm Oct 17 1975 and concluded there was no evidence of fatal bleeding in the records Nurses notes charts and testimonies weighed by the jury.
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Auburn
Cayuga County
Stephanie Dykoschak
Dykoschak
Peter Beaton
New York City
Beverly M. Hall
Hall
Nancy N. McKane
Peter E. Corning
Chaffee
Auburn Memorial Hospital
Corning
Schaffer
Upstate Medical Center
Laurence Levik Jr
Paul A. Brown
Syracuse
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Contiguglia
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Bob Purcell
Alfred O'Neill
Robert Reed
Save the River
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