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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1981
Page
7
Conifer Development Inc plans to combine 69 lots at Benedict Avenue end, off East Colvin Street, to build low income housing. City Planning Commission invites residents to a 9:30 a.m. hearing Wednesday, but postcards omit agenda details.
NASA described Columbia as achieving 90 percent of its flight tests before aborting, while crewed flights ran 54 hours not 124. The piece links space history with Syracuse housing plans, noting local residents protest a 250 family project near Benedict Avenue. Nancy Hoffmann questions site suitability, and residents doubt the council and housing authority will accept further federal housing developments.
Joseph P. Kennedy I has organized Citizens Energy Corp. to supply heating oil to elderly and poor Massachusetts residents at up to 40 percent below market price. CEC buys Venezuelan crude at official prices, refines, ships, and sells oil to the state, which uses assistance funds to subsidize purchases for qualifying residents. The scheme aims to keep heating costs low for about 75,000 this winter and up to 100,000 the past three years.
Richard V. Allen, a Reagan security adviser, received $1000 from a Japanese magazine after an interview with Nancy Reagan. He claimed such gratuities are a common practice under an old Japanese custom and noted the check was placed in the White House safe eight months earlier. The piece mentions past campaign fundraising and cautions about reporting obligations and possible future disclosures.
President Reagan escorted David A. Stockman to the White House woodshed after Stockman called last summer’s drive to push tax cuts a trojan horse for wealthy breaks. Stockman offered to quit. Reagan told him to return to work, amid questions about trust and Stockman’s candid statements to Forbes and Fortune.
Alexander Haig claims NATO would fire a nuclear warning shot over water to spare European soil while Caspar Weinberger says no warning shot would occur. The White House says both are technically correct as discussions of thermonuclear warfare resemble Grade B Westerns. A satirical cue about a film titled The Holocaust at OK Corral follows.
In a strong endorsement for New York state’s economy voters approved an amendment increasing the Job Development Authority lending authority by 150 million dollars. The measure signals trust in government action to create jobs and expand low interest loans for firms relocating or growing in New York. The referendum’s broad margin reflects public readiness to advance economic health and support proactive state initiatives.
A citizen denounces polluted waters arguing industry profits should not justify dumping into Lake Ontario and connected rivers. The writer urges industry and conservation collaboration to protect clean water for all New Yorkers, highlighting municipal and ecological stakes.
A somber note from City Court employees marks the retirement of Judge Joseph F. Falco after years of fair treatment. The 90 percent group acknowledges his leadership and wishes him well in his future endeavors.
On November 4 Niagara Mohawk sent Maceo N. Felton to DeVille Sloan School for an electrical safety talk. Some students heard the talk while others enjoyed a hay ride provided by the Menkin family at Wildwood Farm in Tully. The program, praised for its relevance to handicapped students, is recommended for all such students and linked to a memorable hay ride.
The Herald Journal sports staff is thanked for fine coverage of Vernon Downs, its owners, trainers and drivers during this harness racing season.
Washington furor centers on a symbiotic pact between government and press involving David Stockman. The piece argues his attempt to manipulate news coverage undermines trust, urging resignation and cautioning against eroding adversarial journalism between power and reporters.
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