Early frost hits upstate farmers forcing round-the-clock work
Sued to: Harvey Skeele, a Fabius corn and dairy farmer with 420 acres, notes three workers must harvest and process corn within a week to prevent frost damage. Meteorologist Peter Jung cites first frost averages at Oct 16 but recent frosts arrive early, with 32 degrees at 6:40 am and temperatures dipping tonight before a warming trend. Oswego orchard owner Jane Ouelette says frost spared her farm after a cool, wet summer.
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Tailhook scandal may end careers of three admirals
Pentagon sources say three rear admirals and a top civilian official faced censure for not aggressively pursuing allegations of sexual assault from 26 women at the 1991 Tailhook convention in Las Vegas. The report cites lax investigations and names Davis Gordon Williams and J Daniel Howard amid claims of a gauntlet and assaults at the Hilton.
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Pentagon
Las Vegas Hilton
George W. Davis VI
John E. Gordon
Duvall M. Williams
Navy
J. Daniel Howard
Family Leave Clash Spurs Debates Over Job Protections
Beney of Marcellus faced denied paid leave to adopt a daughter, later taking unpaid leave and returning to a reorganized role while eight months pregnant. She now shares a SUNY Health Science Center post with another to gain flexible hours. Bush vetoed a 12 week unpaid leave bill, Democrats decry family values. Senate override possible. Wegmans P&C lack policies, St Josephs uses case by case.
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Marcellus
Bridget
Onondaga-Cortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services
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Tommy
Boney
State University of New York Health Science Center
Bush
Bill Clinton
Clinton
Senate
House
Syracuse
Wegmans
P&c Food Markets
Ann Hyatt
Senate moves to override Bush veto on family leave bill
Senate Democrats scheduled an override vote within 36 hours of President Bush vetoing the family leave bill. Senator Christopher Dodd expects 67 or 68 votes, just enough to send the issue to the House, marking the first Senate override of a Bush veto.
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Senate
Bush
Christopher Dodd
D-Conn
House
IRS overpays millions in earned income credits
Federal auditors say the IRS gave away more than 175 million in earned income credits to ineligible recipients during the 1992 filing season. The GAO notes processing was solid but errors stemmed from confusing EIC rules. IRS will adjust forms and notify eligible families who did not request the credit to prevent future mistakes.
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Internal Revenue Service
General Accounting Office
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Internal Revenue
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GAO
IRS
World bears rising death toll from Somali famine
Western relief officials warn this is not a cry wolf as Somalia faces what may be Africa's worst disaster. More than 350,000 Somalis have died and 4 million are at risk, echoing earlier famines in Ethiopia and Biafra while past campaigns drew global attention.
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Biafra
Ethiopia
Sudan
Mozambique
Angola
Somalia
Bob Geldof
Michael Jackson
US and Russia plan to save Aleutian Canada geese
A mother goose and her mate will depart Burnet Park Zoo for a long journey through Chicago and Anchorage to Petropavlovsk, Russia aboard a commercial jet. The Aleutian Canada goose, once down to about 800 worldwide, is being aided to recover with international cooperation. Burnet Park Zoo participates in this conservation effort.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Petropavlovsk
Russia
Pacific Ocean
Syracuse
New York
Aleutian Islands
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