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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1998
Page
5
Connecticut lawmakers approve a program to reduce overall prison time for nonviolent drug offenders, contingent on intensive drug testing up to three times weekly. Positive tests trigger two days in a Spartan halfway house, with repeated failures risking return to prison. Maryland began similar policy. Connecticut aims statewide under a unified system.
Rabbi Mordecai Waxman becomes the first rabbi honored with the Papal title Knight Commander of St Gregory the Great presented by Cardinal William H. Keeler in Baltimore. He calls for ongoing education and notes improved Jewish Catholic relations under Pope John Paul I.
In Berkeley Springs a man named David Flannery Jr. was struck by a CSX train while competing with a friend to stand in front of it. He was tossed about 70 feet and remained in serious condition at Washington County Hospital after the Sunday night incident.
Detroit targets a city population just above 1 million to protect federal and state funding. Officials warn dropping below could cost about 170 million dollars, with law allowing higher taxes for cities over 1 million. A street-count plan lists overpasses and shelters to locate homeless residents.
The Rev. Jimmy Creech, who officiated at a lesbian wedding at First United Methodist Church Omaha, was informed by Bishop Joel Martinez that he will not be reappointed after June. The church trial earlier acquitted him of disobeying rules, amid parishioner losses and debate over the Social Principles as advisory.
Boulder County commissioners approved District Attorney Alex Hunter's request for an extra 150000 to cover costs as he considers bringing the JonBenet Ramsey murder to a grand jury. The package includes 60779 for a grand jury specialist and 38387 for a research prosecutor. Hunter aims for a satisfactory resolution and justice for JonBenet. Police will present to him in early June before the case is turned over.
An Australian man alleges a Greyhound ride from San Pedro to Los Angeles left him injured after being forced to sit beside a man estimated at 420 pounds at the Oakland stop. Rutherford says he passed out after taking sleeping pills and woke with a numb leg, a condition his attorney calls lasting a year. The suit says the company should have allowed or denied passage to the overweight passenger.
A vast new federal office complex in Washington named the Reagan Building and International Trade Center honors former president Ronald Reagan. The 31 million square foot, 10 story edifice houses the EPA the U S Agency for International Development the U S Customs Service and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Clinton praised Reagan’s optimism and free trade vision at the dedication amid remarks by Nancy Reagan and other dignitaries.
Rescue workers located thirteen survivors in dense jungle after a Boeing 737 chartered by Occidental Petroleum crashed in Peru. The plane carried 79 passengers and eight crew, none Americans, with search hindered by storms as authorities investigate the cause. Occidental aims to airlift survivors to safety from the Andean oil field region near Ecuador.
The Vatican sought calm after the murder suicide of Alois Estermann 43 and his wife Gladys Meza Romero 49, the Swiss Guards commander and his spouse, with a Mass planned in St. Peter's today. A new guardsman who fired on them reportedly killed himself.
A May 6 report warns chocolate supply may thin in a decade as candy consumption doubles while cocoa harvest falls short. Carol Knight of the American Cocoa Research Institute cautions against panic but urges actions to secure future cocoa. Red Press.
Simpson refutes claims he is gradually admitting to the Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman murders. He says the accusations are totally ridiculous and notes lawyer Dana Petrocelli is promoting his book to boost sales.
The New York Times reports a two shot pistol disguised as a key chain, three inches long and an inch wide, firing two 32 caliber bullets from up to twenty yards. The firearm, costing twenty dollars, is widely available in southern Europe and has appeared at airports.
Sen Robert Byrd of West Virginia Tuesday cast his 15000th Senate vote on a job training bill. Byrd, 80, entered the Senate in 1959 and noted the vote never affected him personally while remaining about 137 votes ahead of Strom Thurmond.
ABC chief Robert Iger says the sitcom Ellen failed because it offered too much of the same each week not due to its depiction of homosexuality. He notes Ellen DeGeneres had a great opportunity but overextended it, and ABC and Disney bear no blame.
A review of 114 studies concludes there is no evidence supporting U S guidelines to limit sodium for those with normal blood pressure. While salt reduction lowers blood pressure, the analysis notes potential harms including higher LDL cholesterol, per a Journal of the American Medical Association report. Dr Alexander G Logan of the University of Toronto cites guidelines restricting sodium to 2400 milligrams daily.
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