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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1998
Page
72
Connecticut legislators approved a bill to reduce prison terms for nonviolent drug offenders if they undergo intensive testing. Offenders face detentions in a strict halfway house for positive urine tests, with potential return to prison after repeated failures. The plan aims to ease overcrowding and reduce costs, though per-person annual expenses and probation costs are noted.
Rabbi Mordecai Waxman, 81, receives the Knight Commander of St. Gregory the Great, the first rabbi to be honored this way. Pope John Paul II champions Jewish Catholic dialogue, while Baltimore Cardinal Keeler praises Waxman as a peacemaker and educator in interfaith reconciliation efforts.
In Berkeley Springs West Virginia a man named David Flannery Jr. 22 was struck by a CSX train while racing a friend to stand longest in front of an oncoming train. He was tossed about 70 feet and taken to Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown Maryland in serious condition. The other man escaped unharmed. CSX officials noted the speed limit in the area and the unseen victims are the train crew.
Detroit plans to show more than one million residents in the 2000 census by counting homeless people in street corners, underpasses, and shelters. Officials warn falling below the threshold could cost $170 million in federal and state aid, and a higher city tax levy may apply if the figure exceeds one million. Estimates place the street population at 7,000 to 10,000 amid a 1996 count showing 272 people over one million.
In Omaha, Rev. Jimmy Creech who presided over a lesbian wedding was told by Bishop Joel Martinez he would not be reappointed after his June departure. He faces fallout as many parishioners left the First United Methodist Church, while Creech argues the trial acquitted him of disobeying church rules.
Boulder County Commissioners approved an additional 150000 for the JonBenet Ramsey investigation. District Attorney Alex Hunter will decide on grand jury use with allocations including 60779 for a grand jury specialist and 38387 for a research prosecutor. The case, involving the 1996 death of 6 year old JonBenet, awaits formal presentation to Hunter in early June.
Australian man claims Greyhound ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles left him injured at Oakland stop on May 5 1997 after sitting beside a passenger he estimated at 420 pounds. He says a numb leg and nerve issues persist a year later. attorney says the driver should have moved him or denied passage.
The Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington is dedicated as the second largest federal complex. It houses the EPA and USAID and covers 3.1 million square feet on 10 stories, aiming to symbolize Reagan era free trade and democracy amid construction cost concerns.
Thirteen survivors were located by rescue teams in dense jungle after a charter Boeing 737 carrying 87 people crashed in Peru. Occidental Petroleum chartered the flight to the Andeas oil field 625 miles north of Lima near Ecuador. One American among the passengers was confirmed aboard. Weather hampers helicopter evacuations as search continues.
Pope John Paul I prayed before the coffins of Alois Estermann 43 and his wife Gladys Meza Romero 49 in St. Peter's Square after he called the guard killings a grave burden. Estermann had been named commander hours earlier, and their Mass at the Vatican was held to honor them.
A decade ahead could see chocolate shortages as consumption doubles while cocoa output underperforms. Carol Knight of the American Cocoa Research Institute warns the sector may not vanish soon but urges action to secure future supply.
OJ Simpson rejected a claim of gradually confessing to the Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman killings. He called Daniel Petrocelli’s book assertions ridiculous, insisting he did not do it and would not consider confessing. Petrocelli said he sees a creeping confession in Simpson’s public appearances.
A compact two shot pistol disguised as a key chain, three inches long and an inch wide, can fire two .32 caliber bullets at up to twenty yards. Reported by The New York Times, these weapons are circulating in southern Europe and appearing at airports.
Sen Robert Byrd of West Virginia on Tuesday cast his 15000th vote in the Senate. Byrd, 80, who entered the chamber in January 1959, said it never gets old as he voted on a job training bill. He sits 137 votes ahead of Sen Strom Thurmond.
ABC president Robert Iger said Ellen failed because the show became repetitive. He argued the audience left due to sameness rather than the lead character's homosexuality and defended ABC and Disney from blame. He praised Ellen DeGeneres for a great opportunity she used, though he claimed she overextended.
A JAMA analysis of 114 studies finds no evidence that people with normal blood pressure benefit from limiting sodium. While lowering salt lowered blood pressure, it altered blood chemicals including LDL, suggesting potential harms. Dr. Alexander G. Logan notes current 2400 mg day guideline may lack support.
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