Terrorist Siege at Polish Embassy Sparks Solidarity Debate
In Our Opinion Solidarity spokesmen in Poland condemned terrorists who seized the Polish Embassy in Bern Switzerland and threatened to blow it up until martial law was eased and political prisoners freed. The group called itself the Insurgent Home Army and drew Sharp criticism for hostage tactics seen as political extremism.
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Solidarity
Poland
Bern
Switzerland
Gove
Seven wives in seven years sparks jail for Michael Stewart
Michael Stewart of Washington state, a 42-year-old truck driver, is in jail over his wife’s report after seven marriages since 1960. Police say only one marriage ended in divorce, a rate far below the national average, prompting suggestions of marriage counseling over prison.
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Michael Stewart
Stewart
Washington
Michael
Tactics weaken Polish dissident cause in Bern siege
The piece argues the embassy siege harms Solidarity and Polish reform efforts, predicting stricter state crackdowns at home. It accuses government media of blaming Solidarity and Reagan, while denouncing terrorism as unjustified. It stresses the danger of armed tactics to legitimate grievances.
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Solidarity
Reagan
PLO
IRA
Turkey
Red Brigades
Italy
Nixon in China Promotes Strong Sino US Ties
Richard Nixon visitsChina to reassure officials that good Sino US relations are vital for both nations. The two sides share mutual respect and common ground. The article notes Nixon's reputation for decisive actions and relations building.
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Richard Nixon
China
U.S
Nixon
PSC Living Up To Its Name in Public Service Check
The Public Service Commission ordered New York Telephone Co to reconnect a pay phone at Sunyside Nursing Home East Syracuse and to review non economic factors before removing pay phones from nursing homes and schools. The move underscores human contact as vital, with the PSC offering a toll free line 1 800 342 3377 for hardship cases and urging service wins over mere cost cutting.
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State Public Service Commission
PSC
New York Telephone Co
Sunnyside Nursing Home
Syracuse
Consumer Service Division
In Your Opinion Seaway Should Close In Winter
Editorial argues winter navigation on the St. Lawrence Seaway is futile. Deepening widening and adding locks for year round use would cost billions, destroy environment, harm rail industry, and likely fail to bring lasting benefits, with few jobs and many losses for taxpayers. FRITZ HESS, Superintendent, East Syracuse Minoa Schools.
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St. Lawrence Seaay
Chicago
Army Corps of Engineers
New York State
New York
Upstate
St. Lawrence River
Public's Right Congratulates Educators for Social Responsibility
A Syracuse letter from JEFFREY BOWE commends Educators for Social Responsibility for seeking to inform the public on Congress rulings and military strategy. The writer urges individual voting and civic engagement through letters, calls, and voting.
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Congress
E.S.R
Jeffrey Bowe
Syracuse
Moyers Corners Fire Dept launches 1982 ambulance fund drive
Moyers Corners Fire Department vows progress in ambulance funding with a 1982 drive under the theme We have come a long way. Over five years medically trained staff and advanced gear expanded from one to two fully equipped ALS ambulances with a third ready. The squad provides 24 hour emergency coverage funded entirely by donations, not taxes.
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Moyers Corners
Grant funds boost district computer program at ESM
The East Syracuse Minoa Board of Education thanks Sens Martin Auer and Tarky Lombardi and Assemblyman Hy Miller for securing a $90,000 grant to buy computer equipment. The grant funds will expand instructional computer use, allowing more students to have a computer during class and support broader computer science instruction across the district.
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Syracuse-Minoa
Thank You Note From St. Josephs Patient
A patient at St. Josephs Hospital thanks doctors technicians and nurses on 2-6 and 3-2 pastoral counselors and friends at Key Bank 750 for their prayers support and encouragement during a difficult hospital stay and recovery.
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St. Joseph's Hospital
Key Bank 750
County eyes regional jail plan at Jamesville
At a September 1 Public Safety Committee meeting the idea of a 48 cell regional facility to house non local prisoners was debated. Don Stoughton long pushed the plan but most legislators rejected it citing a $2.5 million capital outlay and lack of complete prisoner studies. Critics warn taxpayers would bear costs and demand solid data before any decision. The discussion included letters from local residents urging caution and noting unemployment worries.
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Public Safety Committee
Jamesville
Don Stoughton
Onondaga County
Margaret Stinson
Citizens Committee
Fayetteville
No Vacation to A. J. Freshner on unemployment stance
A reader criticizes A. J. Freshner for calling unemployment a prepaid vacation and argues that layoffs are determined by companies, not workers. The letter questions whether Freshner has experienced layoffs and asserts many employees view their jobs as a path to retirement, not a vacation.
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A.J. Freshner
Mr Freshner
One Vote Changed Nations and History says Mannsville author
All votes count warned by WM. Guilding urging participation in primaries. He cites pivotal single votes shaping England, America, France, and Germany, from Cromwell to Hayes and Hitler, urging citizens to vote now rather than complain later.
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Oliver Cromwell
England
America
France
Republic
Rutherford B. Hayes
Adolph Hitler
WM. Guilding
Mannsville
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