Rogers praised as a man of action at Syracuse honors
At Syracuse University commencement Steve Rogers, longtime Syracuse Newspapers president, will receive an honorary doctor of laws. Colleagues depict him as a forceful, probing journalist who uses the Socratic method to seek facts and persuade others, likening him to Socrates and a bulldog in pursuit of projects. Cuomo recalls meeting him in 1974.
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Tom Higgins
Tom Corcoran
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Corcoran
Iffnondaga
Jona Alf Mulroy
Civic Center
New York
Mario Cuomo
Cuomo
Herald American
Herald-Journal
Post-Standard
Newhouse
Family business battles over toxin laden warehouse
Kenneth Bialynski, once unaware of hazardous waste sites, now owns a warehouse tainted by 220,000 pounds of Silvex. He has clashed since 1986 with Agway and Union Carbide to compel cleanup, threatening his Syracuse family business as the fight drags on.
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Kenneth Bialynski
Weeu Kiel
Agway Onta Family Business, Inc
Syracuse
Union Carbide
Connecticut
Bloodied Soviets Begin Afghanistan Pullout Amid Doubts
Soviet forces started withdrawing from Afghanistan under an international nine month timetable with 115000 troops to return home. Bombs and rockets killed Afghan civilians as Kabul hosted the departure ceremony, while Gen Gromov claimed the invasion was not a defeat.
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Afghanistan
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Kremlin
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Eduard A. Shevardnadze
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Najib
Jalalabad
Pakistan
Boris V. Gromov
Parking Pains in Syracuse Downtown
A 80,000 study funds downtown parking patterns as 32,000 residents and 16,000 spaces clamor for spots. A resident’s tow and Mayor Young’s comment spotlight public concern. The city plans a 30,000 survey to map who parks where and how to add spaces, the third such study since 1975.
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Warren Street
Bach
Binghamton
Rochester
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US Attorneys General Invite Judges To Japan Conference
Judge Jeffrey Merrill and 29,999 other judges received mass mailings inviting them to a US Japan Bilateral Session in Tokyo starting August 29. The four day conference, sponsored by Yukio Hayashida and People to People International, aims to foster legal and cultural exchange with 700 to 1,000 American attendees. Merrill joked about staying with the Meeses while noting he cannot endorse charities.
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Jeffrey Merrill
Merrill
Edwin Meeser
Japan
Yukio Hayashida
People So People International Organization
Meese
Meeses
Judicia Cthies
Tokyo
William Barraclough
People To People International
Barraclough
Syrians Mass in Beirut Slums After Midnight Push
Lebanese authorities report thousands of Syrian troops advancing from central mountains into south Beirut to seize Shiite slums. By nightfall over 4,000 soldiers and 250 tanks supported a large buildup as Hezbollah battled Amal forces in nine days of intense fighting with hundreds killed or wounded.
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Lebanon
Polite
Hezbollah
Party of God
Amal
Inmates Hold 3 Guards at Oklahoma Prison
STRINGTOWN Okla inmates at Mack Alford Correctional Center took three guards hostage after a fiery uprising that gutted one dormitory. One guard and one inmate were injured as eight guards were initially grabbed by ten prisoners. Five hostages later released unharmed, others in good condition. Correctional officials said inmates were armed with crude knives and threatened to kill rescuers. A prison spokeswoman cited leadership among the inmates and fatigue among the inmates overall.
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Okla
Metdium-Securiy Mack Alford
Jerry Magssic
State Department of Corrections
Anita Trammell
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Kim Kessler
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