30 May 1999
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1999
Page
1
A quirky forecast reads like playful guidance for cats, suggesting silly activities to celebrate the day. It includes a joke about dogs, a solar chase for a squirrel, and a light weather note with high around 90 and low near 56.
In the Loop highlights the S12 million racecar project drawing attention at Sis Flags Danen Lake. See stars and previews of FM advance in Class Acrosses TE as fans anticipate a buzzy roller-coaster season ahead.
The article reports Indian airstrikes along the Himalayan border pressuring Islamic guerrilla hideouts in Kashmir. Prime Minister Vajpayee gains rival backing for the strikes while Nawaz Sharif offers to send a foreign minister to New Delhi to ease tensions.
Tamara Jernigan and Daniel Barry floated outside the space shuttle Saturday night to conduct a spacewalk and perform exterior cleaning duties on the space station. The crew described the sortie as routine and necessary maintenance.
Hundreds of Dodge City dancers fill a downtown street in an attempt to form the world’s largest cancan line. A piano player provides music as cattle trucks slow their drivers watch the performance. Guinness recognizes the world’s largest chorus line at 598 set in 1990 in Great Britain.
A Westchester rumor suggests Hillary Rodham Clinton may run for the Senate, with Bill Clinton possibly buying property in the county. A local shopkeeper notes it is Republican territory and a deputy editor is listed for corrections.
In Syracuse near west side Seymour Elementary saw 10 percent of its fourth graders meet the new English language arts standard while 35 percent ranked at the lowest level. Principal Rick Beyer says results reflect broader struggles in poor urban schools, as the district lost 189 positions last year and faces tighter resources.
At a secret NATO meeting top officials discussed a possible ground invasion of Kosovo requiring up to 150,000 troops. Britain offered 50,000. Wesley Clark reviewed a preliminary assessment while ministers from Germany Italy and others weighed options and timing before winter.
In New York, two Bush veterans Robert Wood Johnson IV and John M Hennessy coordinate fundraising and campaign organization for George W Bush. They tap networks built during prior campaigns and rely on operatives who aided Bill Clinton to boost the effort.
Readable excerpts describe a growing push to limit Jet Ski style watercraft on New York waterways. Bills sponsored by Sen DeFrancisco aim to extend a 5 mph zone to 200 feet from shore, preserve 45 mph bans on canals and rivers, and let local governments ban or restrict craft within 1590 feet of shorelines.
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