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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1997
Page
7
The LaFayette Apple Festival for 25 years sold thousands of homemade pies but this year the pies sold out on the first day of the two day event. About 60 000 people attended and vendors rushed to restock for Sunday while organizers lamented the challenge of baking a thousand pies overnight.
The International Court of Justice hears opening arguments as the United States and Britain challenge the court's jurisdiction over the Lockerbie bombing case. Libyan suspects indicted abroad argue they cannot receive a fair trial if tried elsewhere. 270 people died when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie on December 21, 1988, including Syracuse University students and local residents.
Activists gathered at a South Crouse Avenue McDonald’s near noon Sunday, with signs and loud voices, to critique the company’s products and policies. The rally was organized by Syracuse University for Animal Rights, aided by nonstudent supporters, and participants distributed information to passers-by.
The one lane Plainville Road bridge over the State Ditch Cut in Lysander will be closed to through traffic 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday weather permitting. DOT and C S Engineers will inspect the 83 year old structure as part of a rehabilitation or replacement project. Detours include Interstate 690 and routes 370 31 and Old Route 31 with a spring public meeting and a 1999 hearing planned.
The Central New York Regional Transportation Authority will hold a town meeting for Syracuse south side residents at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Bernardine Apartments community room at 417 Churchill Ave. Attendees can comment on local bus service and will receive bus transportation home. Call Centro at 442 3400 for details.
Onondaga Nation residents face possible unsafe drinking water after tests show coliform bacteria and E coli in a spring supplying about 100 homes. Allied Signal also tested and found coliform. officials urge boil water or use bottled supply until further testing confirms safety. Residents call for wider sharing of results and action.
Four people remain hospitalized after a truck struck a crowd near Mimi's Bakery and Cafe in Syracuse. One victim, Russell Homer, 26, of Central Square, died at 9 45 am. Relatives and police search for answers as a cross of red splinters marks the wreckage and a family home sits nearby.
Narves Gammage urged justice at a candlelight vigil at South Presbyterian Church in Syracuse. She lamented that justice cannot restore her son Jenny, who died in 1995 after a struggle with white suburban Pittsburgh officers. The case spanned two years of trials and mistrials with three officers charged and retried as Pennsylvania courts pursued accountability. The family remains hopeful despite ongoing pain and delayed proceedings.
A Syracuse advertising veteran vents against voice mail in verse while a reader explores 3522 James St. A 1969 murder at the Tudor house near Milford Drive West ties to suspect Keith W. Spicer, aided by clues from a city crime lab and former Onondaga sheriff staff.
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