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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1992
Page
2
In Seattle the 102 year old Frederick and Nelson chain entered bankruptcy and closed its final three stores. About 200 fur coats including mink beaver and other furs were given away to homeless people on a day with mild temperatures as the last sale ended. Employees Kelly and Bill Kosmas provided details.
Texas will become the 35th state to have a lottery as ticket sales are expected to reach up to 25 million dollars on the first day. Lottery spokesman Steve Levine said the kickoff would resemble Christmas shopping. The plan, approved by voters in November, anticipates 17 to 26 million dollars in first day sales with instant scratch off games offering prizes up to one million dollars.
Elwood Liggett found a long lost engagement ring while hoeing his onion patch in HOME Missouri. The ring slipped from Ella Farrell’s finger in July 1949, five months after her marriage, and was recovered after Liggett alerted Charles and Ella Farrell who traveled from Raytown to reclaim it.
A West Haven man, Colin E. Armour Jr., 22, drove through the back of a Bradlees store in Middletown, crashing 42 feet into the domestics department near the ceiling. He was listed in critical condition at St Francis Hospital and Medical Center Monday night, with hospital staff declining to release further information.
In Mt. Diablo State Park Clayton California a four year project relocates peregrine chicks into a prairie falcon nest to boost endangered birds. Biologists Brian Latta and the Predatory Bird Project at UC Santa Cruz supervise 314 week old chicks moved to nearby nests as adult prairie falcons guard them. Since 1989 about 12 prairie falcon chicks have been placed in nests statewide.
Secret documents released by Russia’s government show the Communist Party aided the Palestine Liberation Organization by sending weapons and ammunition in 1975. The materials, part of a top secret dossier handed to Boris Yeltsin, detail Cold War era party actions aimed at harming US and Israeli targets.
Voters in Kentucky Idaho and Arkansas cast ballots in a presidential primary day seen as a curtain-raiser to a six-state next Tuesday. Clinton seeks a Kentucky win and an Arkansas boost while Bush aims to extend his undefeated streak. Idaho delegates total 14 for Republicans. In Congress incumbents face House bank scandal fallout and anti incumbent sentiment.
cars with air bags have caused injuries even in minor crashes and several documented cases show bags failing to deploy. Sun-Sentinel reports while official statistics are sparse, complaints filed with federal safety authorities and consumer groups point to incidents in Georgia Florida and other states.
Fort Lauderdale based records show the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received at least 124 reports of air bag injuries including deaths burns and broken bones. Complaints describe deployments during minor crashes or without any collision and include severe facial injuries and loss of visibility.
Kane, Leshner, and center officials warn that inquiries to the NHTSA hotline are logged but may not trigger action. They attribute West pi ire failures to manufacturing defects rather than design flaws and note the electric pruner ignition can cause air bag explosions.
Danny Biasone who purchased the NBL franchise in 1946 for a 5000 dollar certified check helped merge the NBL and the BAA in 1949 to form the NBA. He sparked Syracuse Nationals success and created a 24 second clock that aided their 1955 title win over Fort Wayne. He died after battling liver cancer, survived by his wife Rachel and nephew Joseph. Services are at Pirro and Sons Funeral Home with burial at Assumption Cemetery.
An outbreak of raccoon rabies moves north from West Virginia with a rabid raccoon shot in Cincinnatus on May 15. Local officials note distemper confusion, as about 100 raccoon cases have appeared in Tompkins County since January and vaccination clinics were held in Onondaga and Oswego counties to protect pets.
In Bickleton Washington Tammy pet Williams is the sole 1992 graduate of Bickleton High School. At 18 she likely earns valedictorian honors with an A minus average and will also receive the scholar athlete of the year award for lettering in track volleyball and basketball.
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