Central New York Receives Light Rain After Wide-Scale Flooding
National Weather Service at Hancock Airport reports Central New York endured lighter precipitation than the rest of the state yesterday with 17 inches total. Rain and drizzle should end tonight as clouds linger. lows near 40 to 45 and a 30 percent chance of rain tonight dropping to 20 percent tomorrow. Winds west to northwest at 10 to 20 mph. Decreasing clouds are forecast for tomorrow with a high around 60.
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New York
National Weather Service
Hancock Airport
Panel Keeps Consumer Safety Panel Alive Two More Years
Washington UPI The Senate Commerce Committee, in a preliminary vote, refused to kill the Consumer Product Safety Commission and kept the agency running for at least two more years. The panel rejected Reagan administration calls to dismantle the agency and declined to subject it to a legislative veto like that used on the Federal Trade Commission last year.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Commerce Committee
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Franc plunges as franc dives and stock markets panic
Paris reports a continued franc decline to a near ten year low amid panic selling. Government consultations will include the Communists, with Socialists vowing tough measures if the currency does not recover before they take office. The Bank of France again intervened to prop up the battered currency amid the volatility. In New York stock markets, the winning number in the nightly numbers game was 172 in the state draw.
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Paris
UPI
Francois Mitterrand
State Bank of
France
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Reagan Plan Seeks Social Security Reforms
The Reagan administration proposed sweeping Social Security changes to curb a potential financial crisis. The plan lowers early retirement benefits, increases incentives to work beyond 64, and reduces payroll taxes, with savings projected through 1986. It would end benefit reductions for seniors 65 to 72, raise penalties for early retirement, and adjust spousal benefits while aiming to keep full benefits at 65.
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Washington
Health & Human Services
Richard S. Schweiker
House
Ways and Means
Sterling site chosen for $60 million toxic waste plant
Albany Environment Commissioner Robert F. Flacke announced a 2,800 acre Sterling site in Cayuga County is selected for a proposed $60 million toxic waste disposal plant. The site near Lake Ontario, owned by RG&E, was praised for four criteria including low population density, shipping access, proximity to Lake Ontario for effluent, and favorable soil and bedrock. Intensive on site testing by the EFC will run through June to verify suitability.
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Albany
Robert F. Placke
Cayuga County
Sterling
Flaecke
New York State
Flacke
Sterling Town Hall
Rg&e
Lake Ontario
Rochester Gas & Electric Company
Old State Road
Sterling Valley Creek
Nine Mile Creek
Marsh Road
Merald
Journal
Harrison Wee
Robert of Sterling
Placke
Atlanta teen found dead in woods as 27th victim
The body of 17 year old William Barrett was found in a wooded area east of Atlanta, the 27th youth victim in a series of killings of young blacks since July 1979. DeKalb police and an Atlanta task force investigate, autopsy planned, suspect details withheld.
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Atlanta
William Barrett
DeKalb County
Chuck Johnson
Barrett
James Stanley
Johnson
Mem
Bers
DeKalb
Onondaga County Schools Shortchanged in State Budget
Onondaga County school districts receive smaller increases in the 1981 82 state budget than most counties. Legislators blame last minute interparty budget deals between Senate leader Anderson and Assembly Speaker Fink. Syracuse city district faces about 1.2 million reduction from last year, while overall county gains average around 3.8 percent.
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Kenn Peters
Albany Bureau
Albany
Onondaga County
New York State
Senate
Warren M. Anderson
Assembly
Stanley Fink
Martin S. Aver
Syracuse
Melvin N. Zimmer
He Erty
Anderson
Fink
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EFC
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Central New York School Boards Association
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