Religion grips American politics in tight election backdrop
A Mary Hedge and Jonathan D. Salant report notes heightened church involvement in campaigns. Evangelical pastors urge voting on key issues while Catholic figures rally around school prayer and abortion debates. Bishop Head and Archbishop O’Connor join the dialogue as Governor Cuomo and Jesse Jackson feature in national discourse.
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Edward Head
Buffalo
Tad Chasuee
Israel
New York City
John O'Connor
Mario M. Cuomo
Cuomo
Notre Dame
East Beirut Embassy Security Questioned by U S Officials
U S officials admitted on Saturday that security at the US Embassy in East Beirut was deficient when diplomats moved in August and remained inadequate when a car bomb exploded outside the building. Bureaucratic snafus and budget cuts slowed security upgrades as Reagan administration figures publicly claimed adequacy while privately acknowledging the risk.
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Washington — Administration
East
Beirut
Reagan Administration
State Department
East Beirut
Syracuse suffers 19 0 loss to Rutgers in home opener
Syracuse University fumbled five times and threw two interceptions in a 19-0 defeat to Rutgers before 41 810 at the Carrier Dome. The setback leaves SU 2-1 and jeopardizes a Top 20 ranking ahead of a Dome clash with No 1 Nebraska.
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Syracuse University
Rutgers
Carrier Dome
Nebraska
Steam plant could spark cogeneration revival
A $200 million steam and electric generating plant proposed for Syracuse University land seeks to revive cogeneration on a national scale. Adam Victor of Gas Alternative Systems says the project would be among the largest in the Northeast and could save the university and others about $2.5 million annually in heating costs, expand local tax bases, and use Western New York gas reserves while reducing oil imports. Construction would start mid 1985 on five acres, employing up to 200 during build and about 30 to operate, with a 27 month timeline.
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University Hill
Northeast
Adam Victor
Brooklyn
Victor
Gas Alternative Systems
Syracuse University
Syracuse
University
Onondaga
New York
Adar Victor
Onondaga County
New York State
U.S. Students See Limited Gains In Global Math Study
A large international math assessment shows American junior and senior high students score average or below overall. US students match peers in computation but lag in higher order skills like word problems. gender gap narrows, while teaching often emphasizes memorization over discovery. varied curricula cited as a factor.
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New York
Hong Kong
Mom serves detention for daughter illness at Sandia High
Susan Duran, a 34 year old businesswoman from Albuquerque, took two days in detention to cover her ill daughter Stephanie at Sandia High School after she failed to call in the absence by 2 p.m. The school docked the punishment to the student, but the mother offered to take the two days in the bullpen, saying the policy was not followed on time.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Susan Duran
Sandia
Stephanie
Manda
First NY woman cop Irma Lozada slain in Brooklyn shooting
A 19-year-old Brooklyn man on parole, Daryl Jeter, was charged with first and second degree murder for killing Transit Authority Officer Irma Lozada, 25, by shooting her with her own service revolver in a Bushwick vacant lot after she pursued a suspected necklace snatcher. Jeter has a lengthy criminal history and was held for arraignment.
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Brooklyn
Benjamin Ward
Daryl Jeter
Woodbine St
Transit Authority
Irma Lozada
Bushwick
Lozada
Wilson Avenue
Norris Holeman
Holoman Sand
Jeter
Beng
Central Bookme Fae Ris
Seth
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