Cuban defection hailed as major intelligence coup
The Reagan administration calls the defection of Brig. Gen. Rafael del Pino Diaz, Cuba's deputy defense chief, a milestone in U.S. intel. He and his family landed at Key West after defecting by small plane. Customs and INS parole followed as officials say he is a key figure in Cuba’s post-revolution military.
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Cuba
U.S
Rafael del Pino Diaz
Korten
del Pino
Perry Rivkind
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Miami
United States
Fidel) Castro
Reagan
Air Force
Eduardo Guerra Jimenez
Pentagon
Geddes dog catcher sues town for 7 million ruling
Feola, 28, claims unlawful firing by Geddes officials including Supervisor Patalino and five councilmen after being told by police that he was dismissed in January. He seeks 7,003,600 dollars in damages, aims to remove officials, and argues Civil Service protections were violated without notice or a hearing.
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Geddes
John Feola
Feola
Daniel Patalmo Jr
D. Jeffrey Gosch
Syracuse
Geddes Ford Board
Smith St. Solvay
Patalino
Michael A. Campocieta
Joseph A. Longo
John F. Gosgon
Joseph Rudy
Robert Craplickt
Peola
Michael Baratta
Gosch
Mark Kulak
Bury Drive
Four decade wearers honored as Allied 40 Year Club ends
The Kinder family’s 134 years at Solvay Process Co. culminated as George Kinder Jr. and Amelia Sardello joined Allied Signal Inc.’s 40 Year Club at a dinner in Solvay. The group, started in 1937, honored long service while highlighting industry layoff trends affecting 1,400 Syracuse area manufacturing workers since March 1984.
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Kinder
Solvay Process Co
Allied Signal Inc
George Kinder Jr
Marcellus
George Sr
Frank Kinder
RBC
George Jr
Amelia
Milly” Sardello
Camillus
Eddie Pack
Im Campbell
Allied
U.S. Labor Department
Syracuse
Campbell
General Electric Co
Allied Club
Edwin H. Mead
Frank Fay
Fay
Wnd
John L. Rourke
Solvay
Guild Hall
Rourke
Lrst
Carmen's
Bridge Street
U S Navy Delays Escorts to Oil Tankers
Senators Moynihan and Pressler urged a cautious U S build up in the Persian Gulf after Congress demanded more information from the Reagan administration. The deal seeks to avoid a formal War Powers Act consultation while promising greater policy details.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Persian Gulf
Reagan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jae Patrick Moynihan
B Moynihan
Larry Pressler
R-S.d
Nunn
U.S
Persian Gul
Pressler
Stark
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Adams Center honors Shippee at military funeral
Adams Center community gathers to pay final respects to Robert L. Shippee senior chief Naval officer killed in the USS Stark Iraqi missile attack. Funeral set for 11 a.m. at Seventh Day Adventist Church Maple Street with burial at Union Cemetery Route 11 and about 250 attendees including Rear Adm. Richard K. Chambers and Watertown and Rome Naval Reserves.
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Adams Center
Jefferson County
Robert L. Shippee
Stark
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Maple Street
Shippee
Union Cemetery
Route 11
Richard K. Chambers
U.S. Naval Base
Philadelphia
Watertown
Rome
Central New York speller finishes second in national bee
Rachel Nussbaum, an eighth grader from Ithaca, placed second in the 1987 Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington. She earned the right by winning the Herald Journal Herald American bee in March, marking Central New York’s best finish since 1976. Her parents, Martha and Alan Nussbaum, watched on as reporters chased reactions.
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Central New York
Washington, D.C
Martha
Alan Nussbaum
Rachel Nussbaum
Ithaca
Tim Kneale
Kneale
Virginia
Cedarvale Road
Onondaga
Rachel
Herald-Journal
Herald American
William Burleigh
Scripps- Howard Newspapers
Stephanie Petti
Bethel Park
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Allied Veterans
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Pene
Harold Whitham
Philip Slazar
Roy Buison
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Jeff Thoreson
Teo Royhar
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