House rejects outside income hike for members
Washington AP report notes House votes 271 to 147 against raising the outside earning cap. The proposal would lift the limit from 15 percent to 40 percent of salary and raise per speech pay from 1000 to 2000 dollars, while leaders backed the measure. Syracuse area Rep. Gary Lee voted no and Rep. George Wortley voted yes. The Senate has no such cap.
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Weather data brief for yesterday and today
Clear tonight and partly cloudy tomorrow. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Sunset today 5 01 p m, sunrise tomorrow 6 36 a m. High yesterday 76 in 1945. Record low 19 in 1940. Temperature this date last year 39, normal 48. Relative humidity 79 percent at 8 p m yesterday and 82 percent at 8 a m today.
Walesa calls for end to nationwide strikes
Solidarity leader Lech Walesa urged ending the nationwide walkout after a massive hour long strike. He promoted selective strikes to seize control of failing plants and direct goods to shortages. Wildcat strikes persisted with miners in Sosnowiec and textile workers in Zyrardow taking part in protests amid food shortages and political clashes.
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Shedrick found guilty of murder in Bath case
After 64 hours of deliberation Steuben County Court jurors convict Robert Shedrick 22 of Bath of two counts each of felony second degree murder and intentional second degree murder in the 1980 beating deaths of Frank Kiff 79 and Virginia Kiff 74. He also is found guilty on multiple related charges with sentencing set for Nov. 9 as sister Wanda remains jailed and another suspect awaits trial. The three allegedly burglarized the Kiffs Bath home after returning from a card party when attacked with a tire iron.
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Bedford Hills
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Five alarm blaze forces hotel evac in San Francisco
Scores of frightened people fled a four story downtown hotel as a five alarm fire swept through the Marlowe Hotel in the Tenderloin district after 2 AM. Three firefighters were injured and a man believed trapped was later arrested. Fire Chief Andrew Casper said the smoke and heat hindered a full headcount at first.
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Car slips hitch kills two in Route 40 crash
Hartford AP reports an Army recruiter based in Glens Falls and a 26-year-old female passenger died when a car towed by a moving van came loose and collided head on with their car on Route 40. Theodore Campbell of Waynesboro Wisconsin and Cheryl Fillmore of South Glens Falls were killed. Fillmore’s 3-year-old daughter was listed in satisfactory condition at Glens Falls Hospital.
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Waynesboro
Cheryl Fillmore
South Glens Falls
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Flooding ravages East Syracuse area and blocks roads
In East Syracuse floodwaters left about 15 people at the fire house as police chief Peverly noted three boats were used overnight to rescue residents and motorists. The Red Cross closed the Fayetteville-Manlius High School shelter as officials scrambled to reroute hundreds of cars and evacuate flooded neighborhoods.
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