STOP DWI funding under threat from backdoor budget raid
A New York editorial argues that the STOP DWI program, funded by one shot state revenue sources but largely kept local, is jeopardized by a last minute budget move taking 2 percent of STOP DWI funds. The piece warns such raids undermine local control and the program’s success since 1981. It urges preserving local management and funding.
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Onondaga County
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Anti rape efforts make SU a safer campus
Syracuse University launches anti rape programs after last fall saw six rapes on or near campus. The campus community rolled out awareness campaigns, flier distributions, peer workshops, an on campus rally, a rape crisis center, and 24 blue light emergency stations to educate, deter, and prevent acquaintance rape while stressing that no means no.
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Syracuse University
CHEERS and Jeers From Capitol Hill and World War II Hero
CHEERS to Giorgio Perlasca for rescuing thousands of Hungarian Jews and honored in Washington by the U S Holocaust Memorial Council. Jeers to senators who dragged a TV photographer to Saudi Arabia for taxpayer funded video press releases, costing about a thousand dollars per satellite feed.
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Giorgio Perlasca
Perlasca
Washington
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council
United States
Cambodia
U.S
Senate
Saudi Arabia
Carl Levin
D-Mich
Larry Pressler
R- 5
Discovery Center Needs Repairs and Freshelle In Syracuse
Letter writer Gerri Prokopiak of DeWitt urges renewal of support for the Discovery Center after a 13 year old visitor found exhibits broken and rooms run down. She notes a sand drawing exhibit with a brief release and worn cleaning brush and cites 1981 donations from Syracuse groups.
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Stephen Karon
Discovery Center
Discover Syracuse
Plorina
Karen
Syracuse
Gerri Prokopiak DeWitt
Coach MacPherson Targets Assistants After Field Miscounts
Olaf Tackel reports Coach Dick MacPherson criticized SU players for fatigue against Southern California last week but spectators say 11 assistants and three grads lined the sideline miscounted. The team had 10 on one play and 12 on another, prompting questions about lineup discipline and basic arithmetic.
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Dick MacPherson
Southern California
Mac Mht
Olaf Tackel Solvay
Caring caregivers of Syracuse VNA praised by patient
A Syracuse patient commends the Syracuse Visiting Nurses Association for home care after spinal surgery. Therapists adjusted the wheelchair and room layout, enabling self care like showering, dressing, and coffee making. The patient now walks downstairs with a cane.
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Syracuse Visiting Nurses Association
VNA
Retired Americans Lobby Scam Targets Elderly
An elderly rights letter accuses ex-Congressman Roosevelt and ex-Senator George Murphy of promoting a bogus group named RALLI to fleece Social Security recipients. The piece condemns a Pennsylvania mailed brochure and urges skepticism toward the scheme and NATO rhetoric. It also cites Charles W. Nolan of Camden and A. Joseph Thibeault of the John Birch Society in Syracuse.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
George Murphy
Retired Americans Legislative Lobby
Senate
House
RALLI
Sen. Moynihan
AARP
Charles W. Nolan Camden
Open borders debate for Sunday Soapbox asks for reader views
Syracuse Herald American invites responses to whether U S borders should be open to all immigrants. 300 words max with contact details due by noon Wednesday. Submit by mail, fax, computer modem, or in person at Clinton Square.
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Soapbox
Syracuse Herald
American P.O
Syracuse
N.Y
Clinton Square
Readers invited to submit letters policy notice
Readers are urged to send letters succinctly and legibly with a daytime telephone number for verification. The paper edits for length and may publish electronic submissions from home computers via ASCII test files. Verification and help lines are provided with two daytime contact numbers.
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