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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1981
Page
2
The New York Lottery launches a $2 Christmas instant game called Holiday Instant Cash with prizes of 5 to 1000 dollars and a chance at 10 top prizes from 5000 to 50000 dollars. Five million tickets will be sold by 11 000 vendors statewide, expiring December 31.
Karen Falti Fabisco, among the first women in a male fire department, and partner Jack McGowan rescued 64-year-old Susan Foots from a burning Brooklyn apartment. Foots remains in critical condition as Fabisco reflects on overcoming skepticism since joining in 1980 and balancing a new marriage with a demanding squad schedule.
Musicians of the Buffalo Philharmonic fear cutting eight weeks next summer will degrade quality. They vote on a board plan to balance the budget after a 450000 debt reveal. Rejection could end the 46 year old orchestra beginning November 23.
AP reports Attica inmates Raymond Holdip and Gus Franklin pleaded guilty to reduced charges of manslaughter in the May 23 yard slaying of inmate Robert Moore. Both men from New York City await sentencing on December 2. Holdip faces up to 15 years for attempted murder. Franklin faces 25 years to life for murder.
In New York, parishioners gain influence over selling St. Bartholomew's Community House as a bylaw shifts voting power from vestry to the parish. A Dec 15 ballot is expected after a court-ordered halt on the initial vote tied up by legal issues. Lillian Gish urged prayer to save the landmark center amid opposition from architects and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Albany AP An aide to Lt. Gov. Mario Cuomo faced payroll scrutiny after the state's Audit and Control challenged the authenticity of Levine's signature on hiring papers. Cuomo blamed former aide William Cabin who admitted to forging signatures and placing non existent workers on the payroll. Cabin pled guilty earlier this month and faces sentencing on Nov 30.
A public hearing will examine Army private Joseph Christopher 26 charged with killing three black men in a 26 hour span from September 22 to 24 1980. Erie County DA Edward Cosgrove welcomed Justice Flynn decision to open proceedings after prior closed sessions and multiple psychiatric exams. Christopher faces further evaluation today with no next hearing date set.
Gov. Hugh Carey named nine experts to study New York insurance investment limits. John Heimann will chair the Executive Commission on Insurance Industry Regulatory Reform, aiming to propose deregulation for the 1982 session. The group seeks modernizing rules last revised in 1940.
The Soviets protest a helicopter allegedly landed on the Glen Cove roof of Ambassador Oleg Troyanovsky. Officials say the craft may have been an Air National Guard medical flight. flight rules and weather were cited as factors, with no conclusive link established. The FBI will investigate the Soviet claim and a formal protest was expected to follow.
Russell Bufalino, a reputed underworld boss, was sentenced in New York to 15 years for his role in a plot to murder a government witness. The 78 year old received 10 years for conspiracy and five years for obstructing justice, to be served concurrently, yielding a maximum of 10 years.
A partially legible OCR fragment lists postal rate figures and zone notes. It references outside New York State zones and miscellaneous charges including postage, totals, and numeric codes without complete context or identifiable entities.
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