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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1995
Page
3
A City County Building display in Pittsburgh shows 11 drawings by children including 9 year old Jamie who writes about locking doors for safety. The exhibit aims to reveal how violence shapes daily life for many kids as three children die daily in the United States from abuse or neglect.
At the Naval Academy in Annapolis officials say alcohol fuels about 60 percent of serious offenses and a zero tolerance program is being rolled out under Admiral Larson to curb drinking. Captain Randy Bogle notes no prohibition but strict rules and improved education for midshipmen.
A hand grenade wedged to a door at the Orange County Juvenile Courthouse prompted evacuation of nine juvenile inmates and one staffer. Police closed streets while bomb squad technicians safely detonated the device early Sunday. no injuries were reported.
In Charlottesville Virginia actor Christopher Reeve best known for Superman was thrown from a horse during a jumping event and admitted to the University of Virginia Medical Center in stable condition. He appeared to suffer a neck injury and was carried off on a stretcher.
Illinois National Guards men volunteers and prison inmates spent Sunday sandbagging the Illinois River to prepare levees for a flood crest. The water held back mainly by sandbagging efforts. The Illinois River rose about eight inches in Scott and Morgan counties. About 120 Missouri National Guard soldiers remained on duty at Ste Genevieve to reinforce the levee. Far downstream, western Tennessee farmland remained under water as the Mississippi River rose.
An 11 month old tiger named Duke escaped from an overturned trailer carrying six big cats along Interstate 96. Duke eluded police and zoo staff for four hours in a wooded area before a Detroit Zoo official tranquilized him. He was loaded into a truck bound for Curious Critters in Traverse City.
Albany reporters describe three hours of budget talks as Gov Pataki and the legislature clash over sentencing for violent felons versus nonviolent offenders and when inmates enter drug rehabilitation centers. Senate leader and Assembly speaker voiced disappointment while plans for further talks were uncertain. The state aims for a 1995-96 budget by April 1.
The candidate emphasizes people focus over internal issues, urging outreach beyond the church. He cites jail and hospital chaplaincy, Catholic Near East Welfare Association work, and calls for generosity, countercultural witness, and strengthened spiritual life to strengthen parish participation. He faces priest shortages, abortion debates, and school closures, advocating vocations, subsidies within limits, and broader lay involvement.
A powerful offshore quake near Sakhalin devastated Neftegorsk and surrounding areas. About 3,000 feared trapped in collapsed brick buildings. 17 five story blocks felled, a heat plant and shops ruined. Rescue teams, helicopters, and international aid mobilized as aftershocks struck.
Critics led by Senator Bill Bradley and former Trade Representative Carla Hills denounce the Clinton administration’s unilateral plan to hit Japan auto imports with a 100 percent tariff if no deal by June 28 is reached. Mickey Kantor defends decades of unfair trade as overdue.
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