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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1990
Page
5
New York Telephone Company announces a proposed tariff filing to extend the rate stability plan election period for Direct Inward Dialing service used with PBX equipment and Direct Outward Dialing service. The filing seeks to adjust terms affecting business customers and carrier options in the New York area.
Reed reports Secretary T ws Blue Washington Terms Ander son, the longest held Western hostage, mentored fellow prisoners in Scrabble and Monopoly to pass time. Guards provide diversions as of Monday, with books, writing materials, and dominoes noted. Anderson, 42, in poor health from restraint and dental issues, is bound with chains. Say recalls his wrist chain preference and limited mobility. Reed and Anderson's captors kept him isolated for months, last seen four to eighteen months ago, amid medical deprivation and forced labor in Lebanon.
The Trinity River flood surges toward the Gulf of Mexico after a record Northern Texas rainfall. Oklahoma reservoir crests then falls. Arkansas reports rising snakebites and 300+ evacuated homes. Thirteen deaths blamed on storms in two weeks. North Texas sees 22.06 inches in early 1990. Trinidad and Long Lake report many homes flooded or destroyed as residents seek shelter.
Biologists warn two weeks of floods will boost mosquito numbers. Claudia Adcock, manager of the Ponderosa Ranch nudist colony near Wills Point, says the camp is placing bird houses to attract purple martins that eat mosquitoes. Spring heights nudist activity and the ranch keeps repellents and skin care items on hand.
NASA faces a 59 million shortfall in its 1990 research and development management account says JR Thompson assistant administrator. If unresolved, NASA may impose a new hiring freeze delay maintenance on facilities and lay off support contractors.
Rep Marge Roukema faces White House opposition as Chief Sununu vows a presidential veto of the family and medical leave measure. The plan would require employers with 50 or more workers to grant unpaid time off with job and benefit protections for caring for newborns, adoptions, or seriously ill family members. Bipartisan support exists but business groups oppose it.
Federal prosecutors plan to seek up to five additional misdemeanor drug possession charges against Mayor Marion Barry. Sources familiar with the case say U.S. Attorney Jay B. Stephens aims to present the matter to a federal grand jury as early as today.
Congressional investigators report Six Army inventory centers lost control of more than 328 million in contractor payments. The GAO says overpayments and accounting errors went uncorrected for a year or more, with millions uncollected until exposure by the GAO.
The Bush administration will ban imports of looted Peruvian archaeological treasures to protect cultural heritage. Bruce Gelb of the U S Information Agency says the ban is the strongest action to aid Peru, targeting Moche artifacts looted from Lipan region tombs believed to be among the richest in the Western Hemisphere.
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