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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1995
Page
4
Boston reports colleges are empowering nondrinkers and moderate drinkers to pressure binge drinkers, modeling the effort after antismoking campaigns. The aim is to reduce campus sexual assault and related crimes linked to alcohol, with education tied to enforcement.
Washington warns that wooden bunk beds with headboard and footboard spaces wider than 3/4 inches can trap children under six. About 300,000 beds are affected. the Consumer Product Safety Commission and bed makers urge checks, repairs, and contacting for repair kits via 800 638 2772.
Secretary of State War ren Christopher proposed closing as many as 25 diplomatic missions by next year to save about 15 million dollars. He did not name specific posts but pledged no region would be spared. Other steps include trimming front office staff for undersecretaries and cutting or altering 12 mandatory post reports.
Transportation Secretary Federico Pena says mandatory seat belt and helmet laws are life savers and should be left alone. He joined safety advocates at a news conference to oppose amendments aimed at ending the national speed limit and dropping seat belt and helmet requirements. A House bill would also drop the federal drinking age of 21.
Tetley the four pound chihuahua was grabbed from a Manhattan IRT station on Saturday by a thief between train cars. A Harlem woman who bought the dog for $20 on the street returned Tetley on Monday and received a $1000 reward from the grateful owners. The Edwards family, from Manhattan, praised the quick return and noted Tetley’s need for medicine and careful feeding. Transit authorities described the incident as a felony and warned of a pattern of bag snatches between cars, urging vigilance for riders and dogs.
East Harlem PTA leader Madeline Vasquez, 37, is jailed on charges of second degree arson and reckless endangerment after allegedly dousing a trash can with lighter fluid and setting a blaze in a teachers lounge at Bridge School. She allegedly did it to cover an $800 theft from a PTA fundraiser. No injuries were reported as 350 students were in the four story Public School 10 building.
Two white NYNEX security managers, former NYC detectives, sue NYNEX for 44 million alleging affirmative action reduced male representation in higher security posts. They say from 1993 to 1999 they applied for eight jobs each without promotion, with every opening filled by a woman. NYNEX denies discrimination.
The government of India asks Gov George Pataki to grant clemency to Yash Pal Gupta held at Wende Correctional Facility for a 1977 Rochester morphine case. Ambassador Siddhartha Shanker Ray sent the appeal to the governor, reported by the Times Union of Albany.
Albany plans to halt new commercial licenses for saltwater fishing along its coast, effective immediately if Pataki signs. The bill aims to curb nonresident fishing, citing declining populations, and excludes sport fishing and harvesting for lobster, crabs, or clams.
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