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The Ithaca Journal Tuesday, July 19, 1988 StateContinued Stories 9A Rep. Stratton won't seek 16th term; health cited Special Limited Issue ALBANY fAP The dean of Giant 1T7 I rear end." Stratton, a long-time asthma sufferer, has been experiencing additional fatigue in recent weeks and was warned by doctors last Thursday that he shouldn't risk the rigors of another campaign and two-year term in Washington, Mott said. The doctors haven't been able to specifically diagnose Stratton's ailment and further tests are being done this week, Mott said. The conservative-leaning Stratton represents a firmly Democratic district and hasn't been seriously challenged in years. In 1986, he defeated James Joseph Callahan by 140,759 votes to 5,279 votes.

A special committee of Democratic Party leaders in the four-county 23rd Congressional District has selected state Assemblyman Michael McNulty to run for Stratton's seat. He will face Peter Bakal, the Republican candidate. New York's congressional delegation and a 30-year veteran of the House of Representatives says he won't run for a 16th term in office. U.S. Rep.

Samuel Stratton, 71, is retiring when his current two-year term concludes at the end of this year because of health problems, his son-in-law said Monday. Stratton made the decision on the advice of his doctors, said Roger Mott, his son-in-law and former chief of staff. At the same time, Mott said that Stratton's decision to retire has nothing to do with his reported possible involvement with an investigation into alleged fraud in Pentagon procurement. "It's health, health, health," Mott told reporters at the congressman's office here. "The Pentagon thing was a gnat on an elephant's BRIEFLY 16 eaglets relocated ALBANY (AP) Efforts to revive the bald eagle population in New York state have received a boost with the relocation of 16 eaglets from Alaska to the Albany area.

The birds were transported Monday to artificial nests atop 40-foot towers at the Alcove Reservoir about 15 miles southwest of Albany. The structures, called hacking towers, are equipped with a platform for the young eagles to nest on and special trapdoors to feed through. The birds come as part of an annual program to capture and transfer eagles from other regions of the country to New York state. The program was initiated in 1976 by the state Department of Environmental Conservation to increase New York's lagging bald eagle population. Court to hear Goetz's appeal NEW YORK (AP) The state's highest court will hear Bernhard Goetz's appeal of his weapons possession conviction, according to the lawyer for the man who shot four young men on a subway in 1985.

The lawyer, Mark Baker, said Monday that state Court of Appeals Judge Joseph W. Bellacosa would hear the appeal before Aug. 1. Baker made his statements in state Supreme Court during a hearing at which Goetz's sentencing was rescheduled. Goetz's original sentence was ruled illegal last month by a Manhattan appeals court.

Justice Stephen Crane rescheduled the sentencing for Aug. 22 and ordered an updated Probation Department presentencing report. NYC reduces AIDS estimate NEW YORK (AP) City health officials, who for several years have estimated that about 400,000 New Yorkers are infected with the AIDS virus, have lowered that figure by nearly half, according to a report published today. The new estimate of 250,000 is based mainly on a reduction in the estimated population of homosexual and bisexual men living in the city, The New York Times reported, adding that it was not clear what prompted the re-evaluation. The new estimates were to be released by Health Commissioner Stephen C.

Joseph at a City Hall news conference today and presented to a planning group headed by Joseph tonight. The Times attributed the 250,000 estimate to an epidemiologist who worked on the new figures. Then-Health Commissioner David Sencer first publicized the estimate of 400,000 or one in 18 New Yorkers in 1985, calling it In the earlier projections, health officials estimated half a million gay and bisexual men in the city, with 60 percent believed to be infected. The new estimate is expected to be cut roughly in half. Pound.

One ilver Proof The Washington Mint Hereby Announces the LIMITED MINTING of a Massive Bullion Proof in .999 Fine Silver. Agents ITHACA NEW YORK (Continued from Page 7A) Wallace estimates the problem is costing about $20,000 a year in lost revenues. Swarthout Ferris Bus Service, of Ithaca, takes most of the local charter business to wineries or tourist attractions like Niagara Falls, Wallace said. "We really have different markets," she said, "They're cheaper in certain areas, whereas we do the longer haul." Wallace however, terms business "good" and says Ithaca bus revenues rise and fall with the beginning and end of the Cornell University and Ithaca College school years. 'A9 mm mi mm 4 mzi mm mm Si vm pi HARING 257-1200 SIDEWALK SALE ITEMS 40 to 50 Off iVxp Community Corners The Washington Mint TODAY announces the limited issue of a Giant "Silver Eagle" Proof.

Weighing one full troy pound and measuring a full 3.5" (88.9mm) in diameter, it is the heaviest bullion piece ever issued by The Washington Mint. Now, readers of this and other select publications have the opportunity to acquire one of the 5,000 colossal Silver Proofs in this special issue. Although the original "Silver Eagle" weighed merely one ounce, it was perhaps the most eagerly awaited coin in United States history. When the U.S. Mint issued it in 1986, it immediately captivated collectors and investors alike.

This Giant one pound "Silver Eagle" is a powerful magnification of the original coin. And this new Silver Proof dwarfs the original in both size and weight. RECORD-SHATTERING SIZE AND WEIGHT Indeed, the Giant "Silver Eagle" boasts a long list of record-shattering specifications. Each one of these stunning Silver Proofs: Is individually struck from pure .999 Silver Is a full 3.5" (88.9mm) in diameter Has a circumference of over 9.6" Weighs one troy pound Contains 373.24 grams (5760 grains) of Silver Is individually numbered and registered. Because every Giant "Silver Eagle" is individually die struck in deep dimension, every detail from the award-winning master design is captured perfectly.

And each one is minted according to the exacting procedures that qualify it as a coveted Silver Proof, a supreme example of the minter's art. ISSUE PRICES AND DISCOUNTS The Giant "Silver is being offered to the American public at tJtie established price of $269.00 per Proof (plus $5.00 for postage, handling and insurance). "Our business is definitely de pendent on the colleges," she said, "Easily 90 percent is college stu dents or college related." Greyhound, which is the only Selected Items il BookendS A Children's Bookshop bus company with authority to handle passenger traffic to and at V2 Price from Ithaca, puts on extra buses at peak travel times. At those times the most popular New York City-Ithaca route might have up to six buses to handle traffic that would normally require one in off times. 9:30 a.m.

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10 to Thurs. 10 to Sat. 10 to 5 1930s. The business now employs four full-time and four part-time Importantly, Substantial Discounts apply for customers placing quantity orders: TWO Giant "Silver Eagles" for $475 plus $5.00 (Total: $480.00) THREE Giant "Silver Eagles" for $690 plus $5.00 (Total: $695.00) FIVE Giant "Silver Eagles" for $1090 plus $5.00 (Total: $1095.00) employees and handles 30 arrivals and departures per day. Greyhound- (Continued from Page 7A) Toys and Gifts for Imaginative Children DISCOUNTS UP TO A A ON MANY QUALITY TOYS UoFF Sign up by Friday for $20.00 Gift Certificate Drawing CORNER'S COMMUNITY CENTER PLEASANT GROVE RD.

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Inc. utive vice president. "So our coming on board and saying, 'We're here for the long I think had a positive effect on the marketplace." In 1987 Greyhound Lines which runs buses under the recognizable Trailways name but stamps them with the running greyhound logo logged 6.3 billion passenger miles, up from 6.1 billion in 1986, ICC statistics show. Passenger "miles are the total number of miles Wdden by paying passengers. 1 Greyhound predicts a 2.4 percent increase in passenger miles in 1988, iaid company spokesman George Oravley.

I From March 19, 1987, to Dec. 31, 1987, the company lost $27.4 million, Gravley said. I "We got the revenues we expected and the profit was somewhat lower than anticipated because we incurred such substantial increased costs" in consolidation, Curreysaid. Although the company faces $326 million in long-term debt, the sale of $150 million in senior notes has allowed it to retire some short-term bank debts with higher interest payments and to pour about $65 million into sorely needed bus OFF FINE LEATHER SHOES ACC I SOPHISTICATED SOLES COMMUNITY CORNERS OpM Ftl. 10-7; Cat 104 257-3089.