05 Nov 1987
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1987
Page
1
Nick Pirro, speaking from his campaign HQ, claimed the county executive race after beating Democratic Assemblyman Melvin N. Zimmer with an unofficial 55 to 42 percent margin. Pirro remains unbeaten in 22 years as PIRRO.
Democrat Robert Wildridge maintained a slight lead over incumbent Richard A. Hennessy Jr. as recounts began on ballots from Tuesday's election. Officials remained with the unofficial result showing Wildridge ahead by 218 votes amid ongoing tabulation.
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger plans to resign at a White House ceremony. President Reagan will likely praise his seven years pushing defense budgets above two trillion dollars. Army Lt. Gen. Colin Powell seen as Carlucci replacement. indicates White House staff shift ahead of Dec summit with Mikhail Gorbachev. Weinberger cited wife illness. Powell previously top Black on White House staff.
Millie Sovik, 54, who captured a bank robber, was rewarded with running shoes, a blue Syracuse cap, and honorary police membership at a surprise party. Attorney Richard Grossman praised her courage as Arieke Leonard, 34, faced third degree robbery charges for the Norstar Bank holdup, with related charges from a separate Key Bank incident. Brian May, a Chamber of Commerce employee, joined Sovik in the chase.
Nicaragua refused to negotiate the Contra Revels as the first regional peace plan deadline arrived. President Daniel Ortega planned to announce new moves toward peace while El Salvador’s Jose Napoleon Duarte said he would announce a unilateral cease fire despite a boycott by the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front and its ally. The plan calls for cease fires, weapon abandonments, reforms, and ending foreign aid to insurgents, with progress judged by talks among five nations. Ortega planned to speak at Revolution Plaza in Managua.
In San Jose Costa Rica Oscar Arias reflects on four decades of stubborn tenacity behind forging consensus among Central American presidents for a peace treaty. He sees the Nobel Prize as a stimulus to push leaders toward regional peace and acknowledges his historic responsibility.
The House passed a ban on private lie detector tests by a 254 to 158 vote after hours of debate. Proponents cited privacy rights and inaccuracies, while opponents argued tests protect against theft and cost to business. A narrow substitute allowing some polygraphs for sensitive roles was defeated.
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