$6 Million Suit Over Upstate Injury Goes To Trial
A South Side man sues the state over his son's brain injury at Upstate Medical Center claiming negligent protection after skull surgery. The 16 year old fell in his room on discharge day, leaving him permanently partially paralyzed. The suit seeks 6 million for pain, earnings loss, and medical care. Trial set to begin next Tuesday before Judge Thomas J. Lowery Jr. with counsel Edward C. Schepp for the plaintiff and Michael R. O'Neill for the defense.
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Protests at Syracuse rally urge divestment from South Africa
About 100 people, mostly students, gathered in Clinton Square to support the Coalition to End Racism and Apartheid. Speakers urged SU to divest its $14.5 million in South Africa tied investments and framed the issue as a home and international struggle against apartheid.
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Students Demonstrate Across Cornell and Colgate Over Divestment
Nearly 140 protesters arrested as 4000 plus anti-apartheid demonstrators rallied at campuses and capitals nationwide. At Cornell Ithaca students held peaceful educational campaigns while two were charged with criminal trespass. Colgate Hamilton saw a counter demonstration urging higher investments in firms tied to apartheid allies.
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City Editor Stan Linhorst profile and contact line
Stan Linhorst is the city editor with Syracuse Newspapers, listed at 470 2265, dated Saturday October 12, 1985, on page A3. This item identifies the editor and provides contact information for readers seeking local coverage.
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Tentative pact reached in West Genesee school talks
West Genesee school board and a 322 member teachers union reached a tentative contract after two days of talks. Details are being kept secret under mediator orders, with ratification expected within two weeks. The agreement follows a two year pattern with substantial wage increases and changes to the daily schedule.
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Teachers seek solutions as 1300 discuss students' self image
Dan Mentel notes rising fatalism among 10th graders amid nuclear anxieties and labor troubles. Nearly 1300 teachers from Cazenovia North Syracuse and ESM attended a North Syracuse Junior High staff development day. Keynotes urged teachers to improve their own profession and model calm, with workshops on student self image and sensitive classroom talk.
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Syracuse
Leonard Kaplan
Wayne State University
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Stephanie Miller
South Bronx
Bristol workers graduate from Empire State College program
Paul Blackman and 34 other Bristol Laboratories employees earned associate and bachelor’s degrees through Empire State College, part of the State University of New York. The non traditional program rewards work experience with independent study and earned credits, helping adults advance without conventional classroom schedules.
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