06 Oct 1996
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1996
Page
1
In a dramatic finish, the Yankees avoid a loss to the Rangers and clinch the series with a 64 victory. The game featured late-inning momentum and key performances that swung the outcome in New York's favor.
Parity sunny and pleasant today with a high near 86. Monday brings variable clouds and a chance of two showers. high around 66. Tuesday features intervals of clouds and sun with a possible shower. high 62, low 46. Wednesday: mix of clouds and sun. high 64, low 44. Thursday: clouds and sun with a possible shower. high 61, low 42.
Nathan and Paula Zehr defended their title at the World Pumpkin Conference with a 1061 pound pumpkin named The Great Can Do. The trophy pumpkin outweighed second place by nearly 200 pounds and earned 4.35 million in prize money for the Zehrs, who employed 12 helpers to transport it to weigh-in in Clarence near Buffalo. The couple reside in Watson, about 75 miles northeast of Syracuse.
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Brentwood High School marching band faced taunts and racial slurs at Kennywood Park after a memorial for Jenny E Garomage. Security intervened as adults shouted insults about African Americans. Officials urged the band not to display their banner, amid a community with a troubled racial history.
In Marcellus on a Sunday morning Ben Clark earned the Herald American's Catch of the Week for a 56 pound catch of a 30 pound salmon. His mother Colleen Tracy Clark, who had fought cancer for years, died that night at home after families gathered to see the paper.
House Minority Leader Gephardt campaigned in Syracuse on Saturday for Democrat Martin Mack who challenges U S Representative James Walsh. Gephardt seeks to restore his party’s majority. Story continues on Page CT and Q A with Walsh and Mack on Page D2.
Researchers led by Neil Ringler at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry study why zebra mussels fail to thrive in Onondaga Lake. They suspect a predator, possibly pumpkinseed sunfish, keeps the population in check, a finding with implications for managing mussels across the Great Lakes. The project, funded by the National Biological Service, explores the lake's unique ecosystem to identify a natural control.
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