Federal Judges Consider Unions Amid Pay and Privilege Debate
The American Bar Association Journal reports growing discontent among federal judges led by Collins T. Fitzpatrick. He urges pay reform and travel, noting $67,100 salaries nationwide fail to reflect cost of living and workload differences. He also weighs private practice gains and conflicts of interest rules.
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American Bar Association Journal
Collins T. Fitzpatrick
Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals
Chicago
Congress
Judicial Conference of the United
New York City
Wyoming
Judges Should Be Free to Engage Outside Courtroom Roles
Federal judges need freedom to participate in civic groups and fiduciary activities as long as performance isn’t harmed. They should air views more and crack down on frivolous litigants and incompetent lawyers. Lawyers should volunteer for indigent litigants and discipline harassing practitioners. Judges’ control in the courtroom remains paramount.
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Senate
Britain and Thatcher face hard line on Hong Kong future
In Hong Kong Thatcher reassures but Beijing's plan to reclaim sovereignty before 1997 unsettles markets. The piece argues Britain lacks strong legal claim and power to retain control, while China risks losing a wealthy business hub if not reassuring the super-rich. It notes stark contrasts between wealth and poverty and warns of business exodus.
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England
Margaret Thatcher
Hong Kong
Maggie
Thatcher
Peking
Great Britain
Falkland Islands
China
Argentina
Northern Ireland
Indochina
Sierra Nevada Volcano Warning Spurs Federal Alerts
USGS warns of potential Sierra Nevada eruption near Mammoth Lakes after rising tremors and ground uplift. Studies show magma movement within miles of the surface and a risk of lava flow or gas explosions. monitoring and temperature probes are being installed to track activity.
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Mount St. Helens
United States Geological Survey
California
Mammoth Lakes
Mama Lakes
Monoe
Unfair to Sardino sparks judge review board clash
In Your Opinion column a Syracuse reader questions the Judicial Review Board’s call to remove Judge J. Richard Sardino. The letter targets the board’s use of a 1979- era scorecard and asks for broader disclosure of judges’ performance from 1973 onward, urging voters to reclaim influence over judicial outcomes.
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The
Herald American
J. Richard Sardino
Judicial Review Board
Judicial Board
Review Board
Sardino
Canning Pee U Ee
Canning
Bar Association
Ed Koch
John Sullivan
Syracuse
Silent partner helps Juvenile Diabetes Foundation with old typewriter
The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation thanks a silent partner Cummings Office Machines for keeping their very old typewriter in good working order. Joyce Bevilacqua serves as Fund-raising Chairman and extends appreciation.
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The
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Cummings Office Machines
Joyce Bevilacqua
Syracuse
Dillenbeck Trice murder trial judge commends conduct
Judge Patrick Cunningham conducted the Dillenbeck Trice murder trial with caution and compassion. He upheld decorum and fairness, showing concern for all spectators in the courtroom.
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Dillenbeck-Trice
Patrick Cunningham
Ellis SE Sessler
Syracuse
Letter on church state rights and abortion views
Vincent Pasquariello challenges Karen Gilman on church state separation citing the First Amendment and 1962 Supreme Court rulings. He argues rights to life liberty and happiness are God given, condemns abortion as an abomination and asserts unborn rights are stolen by men.
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Karen Gilman
Congress
Supreme Court
Gilman
Vincent Pasquariello
Syracuse
Landmark Theater Hosts Peter Pan Wow in Syracuse
A Syracuse family praises the Famous Artists presentation of Peter Pan at the Landmark Theater. They commend the show’s special effects music acoustics and performers noting the delight on their children's faces and calling the theater a special 90th anniversary venue.
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Syracuse
New York
Nozzolio thanks volunteers and voters in 128th Assembly race
Michael F. Nozzolio thanks hundreds of campaign volunteers and about five thousand Republican and Conservative voters in Cayuga Seneca and Wayne counties for their confidence and support in his candidacy for the New York State Assembly 128th District Seneca Falls.
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Cayuga
Seneca
Wayne Counties
New York State Assembly
Michael F. Nozzolio
Seneca Falls
Remagen recalls war devastation on the Rhine
James J. Kilpatrick recalls a Rhine cruise from Rotterdam to Koblenz, noting Remagen’s bridge history and wars past. He contrasts rubble and reconstruction, mentioning Cologne’s cathedral rise, 1942 bomber raids, the Ludendorff bridge, and its 1945 crossing by the 9th Armored Division led by Sgt. Alexander A. Drabik before its collapse. The piece muses on memory, mortality, and the enduring pace of history.
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James J. Kilpatrick
Rhine
Rotterdam
Basel
Cologne
Bradley
Patton
Eisenhower
Caesar
Dusseldorf
Royal Air Force
Jawohl
Remagen
Ludensdorff
9Th Armored
Alexander A. Drabik
Holland
Ohio
Rhiningen
Napoleon
West Germany
United States
Koblenz
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Syracuse Herald-Journal
Arthur Jenkins
Herald
Herald Company
Clinton Square
N.Y
Stephen Rogers
William D. Cotter
Philip A. Hofmann
Stephen A. Rogers
Robert T. Hennessey
R. Gary Kruger
Fed
Britain
Sierra Nevada
Associated Press
Yosémite National Park
Mammoth Lake
Mrs
Samuel Palmer
Partner
Rhine Valley
McDonald's
Gibbon
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