Delayed Impact of $800M Social Service Cutback
New York acts to stretch reduced federal aid to postpone full effects of an $800 million annual cutback on day care and elder programs into mid next year. State agencies and advocacy groups plan new lobbying as funds are allocated by the Legislature for the first time.
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Ronald Smothers
New York Times
New York
New York State
Robert Morgado
Hugh L. Carey
Barbara B. Blum
Social Services
David Abernathy
Morgado
Brian Wing
New York Public Welfare Association
Albany
Congress
Slaying suspect surrenders in 75 cent transfer row
Michael Joseph Del Carpone, 26, surrendered with his lawyer at the 61st Precinct in Brooklyn ending an eight day manhunt for the gunman in the slaying of bus driver Harvey Shild 27 of Queens. He faces second degree murder charges and will be arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court. A woman described with the suspect remains at large.
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New York
UPS
Michael Joseph del Carpone
Brooklyn
del Carpene
Hicksville
Harvey Shild
Rosedale
Queens
Shild
Radiation hazards understated say nuclear danger 50 times higher
Dr John W Gofman who helped develop the first atomic bomb asserts radiation is cumulative with no safe dose. He claims government and industry underestimate dangers by about 50 times, especially for children, and warns about cancer and genetic risks from nuclear power and waste containment.
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New York
UPI
John W. Gofman
Manhattan
Gorman
Gofman
University of California At Berkeley
University of California School of Medicine
San Francisco
Inmates free six guards held hostage at Iowa prison
Fort Madison Iowa six guards were held hostage by knife wielding convicts in the Iowa State Penitentiary second uprising in six weeks. After two hours all guards were released and one inmate wounded. 112 inmates roamed free from cells as emergency measures were put in place and state patrol and National Guard responded.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Iowa State Penitentiary
McCarrall
McCarroll
State Patrol
National Guard
Des Moines
Hal Farrert
Last czar to be canonized by Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia will canonize the last Russian czar Nicholas II his wife Alexandra children and staff along with about 8 000 other martyrs in a historic October ceremony in New York state and elsewhere. Church officials say the list stems from smuggled Soviet information and reflects decades of devotion from Christians in the Soviet Union. The event marks the largest canonization of its kind since the church in exile was formed in 1920.
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New York
Russia
Nicholas I
Alexandra
Cank
Gregory
Synod of Bishops
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
New York State
Peter Koltypkin
Robbery at Bronx Rectory Ties Wave Across Churches
Two gunmen bound priest and two parishioners at St. Anthony of Padua in the Bronx and stole about 700 dollars in church collections. Police said this marked the fifth church related crime in eight days, part of a wave targeting clergy and churches in New York.
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New York
John Steitz
St. Anthony of Padua
Bronx
Jack Arlotta
Steltz
Arletia
Fred Wlwiek
East Harlem
East Hareom
Sisters of Charity
St. Cecilia’s Church
Property tax fight heats in Legislature
Albany lawmakers push to revamp New York property taxes in a late October special session. Aimed at restoring full-value assessment or freezing burdens, the debate centers on Senate Bill 7000 and a proposed 25 percent homestead exemption, while Gov. Carey remains cautious on enacting any unconstitutional plan. Equalization study notes wide variance in city and town assessments and high error factors.
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Albany
UPI
New York
Court of Appeals
Carey
Publicist critically injured in cross country fuel rally wreck
Phoenix authorities say Dave Carmichael, publicist and driver for the Real People entry, was trapped for over an hour after a intersection crash that ended two days of trouble at the 3,300 mile Future Fuels Challenge Rally. Sponsors face lawsuits and several entrants withdrew over alleged mismanagement and vehicle issues.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Rochester
N.Y
Dave Carmichael
Phoenix
Maricopa County
California
William Schumer
Taser Auto Sales
North Hollywood
Calif
Schumer
Orange County International Raceway
Carbon dioxide linked to climate changes, KUlka Gavin report
Columbia University researchers George Kukla and Joyce Gavin present a direct study linking rising atmospheric carbon dioxide from fossil fuels to warming. Using satellite data and 20th century records, they note a warmer Northern Hemisphere spring and reduced Antarctic ice from 1973 to 1980, though they caution attribution to CO2 alone.
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Patrick Young
Newhouse
Washington
Earth
Columbia University
George J. Kukla
Joyce B. Gavin
Hemisphere
Antarctica
Iaos
Ced
Alan Hecht
Naonal Science Foundation
Kukla
Gavin
Columbia
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Canada
Greenland
Lottery Winners in Albany Draws Weekend Numbers
Albany AP reports the States lotto numbers drawn Saturday night were 25 6 17 19 3 22 with supplement 14. The daily numbers drawing produced 120.
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Albany
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