Blue Cross Faces Suit Over Denying Treatment
New York Attorney General Dennis Vacco announces a plan to sue Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Central New York within five days for denying benefits and cutting coverage for alcohol and drug abuse treatment. The case centers on a 1996 shift to strict payment rules, retroactive denials, and disputed contract modifications affecting Central New Yorkers seeking treatment.
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Blue Shield
Vacco
Syracuse
Tully Hull
Tully
Crouse Hospital
Cenfer Park
Tully Hill
Sun Up Tanning Corp Opens In Skaneateles
Nancy and Tom Shaver open Sun Up Tanning Corp at 833 W Genesee St Skaneateles as one of central New York's few tanning centers with European equipment Five employees run the business including the owners They aim to serve the Finger Lakes area and plan more salons across Central New York The Shavers previously owned medical equipment firms including CarePlan sold to American Home Patient in Syracuse
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Skaneateles
Nancy and
Tom Shaver
New York
Nancy Shaver
Finger Lakes
Florida
Syracuse
CarePlan
Shaver
Shavers
Tug Chancellor Strands at Syracuse Harbor After Dredging Delays
Theresa and Joe McHugh hoped to turn the 80 foot tug Chancellor into a harbor attraction. A permit was granted but the boat ran aground in mud at the harbor entrance as dredging delays leave it stranded. The state Canal Corp revoked the permit and Lakefront Development Corp asks relocation until dredging completes in 1999.
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Joe
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Syracuse
Inner Harbor
Joe McHugh
New York State Barge Canal
Groton
Conn
Onondaga Creek
McHughs
Bear Street Bridge
State Canal Corp
Lakefront Development Corp
Canal Corp
Cynthia Munk
The
Army Corps of Engineers
State Department of Environmental Conservation
State
Oup
Bartush
Onondaga Lake
Barge Canal
Oswego River Towing Line Inc
Trier
Navy
Ellen Blalock
Stall
Theresa and
McHugh
New Jobs In Syracuse Begin With Several Promotions
Deborah Baerman and Dave Ramer were named systems managers in the Syracuse company. Baerman leads advertising computer systems after joining the information systems department in 1995 as a programmer analyst. Ramer oversees circulation systems, joining the IS department in 1987 as a programmer analyst. Charles Todd became mortgage loan officer at the Funding Source In Syracuse, specializing in FHA and FHA 203K products. Richard Fairbanke joined B F Yenny Construction as stall project superintendent. Solvay Paperboard earned OSHA Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program honors as a leading Central New York liner board maker. The American Automobile Association awarded a four-diamond rating to Pascale Wing Bar & Restaurant in Syracuse, one of about five percent of the 11 000 evaluated.
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Dave Ramer
Baerman
Ramer
Charles Todd
Todd
Richard Fairbanke
B.F. Yenny Construction Co. Inc
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Solvay Paperboard
New York
Tion
Pascale Wing Bar & Restaurant
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Crucible reverses a course on key issues
Crucible Specialty Metals drops plans to cut pensions and retiree health benefits for new employees, easing contract hurdles with United Steelworkers. Union leaders say gains must include a higher pension offer to bring 673 workers back to the job. Vote results expected soon after 6pm. News-Line category 6663.
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Crucible
Punch
Crucible workers vote on revised union contract offer
Local 1277 president Frank Salatti Jr leads 400 strikers as Crucible Materials proposes pension gains and bonuses but keeps retiree health benefits in flux. Company drops new employee proposal with a mediator present, sparking mixed reactions and uncertainty about ratification.
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Salatti
Mickey Berger
Berger
Nex
Salatte
Crucible
David Yates
Yates
Crucible Materials Corp
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Hursday
John Wright
Mater M
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