Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from April 1986:
*2ND ROUND OF TAX CUTS KICKS IN TODAY.(Main)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Jeannie H. CrossCapitol bureau The second round of state income tax cuts kicks in today and that's no April Fool's joke. For about 500,000 low-income persons, it will mean no state income taxes at all in 1986. For almost everyone else, it will mean ...
BUDGET ON HOLD*LAWMAKERS MISS DEADLINE FOR 2ND YEAR.(Main)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Jeannie H. CrossCapitol bureau For the second year in a row, New York began a new fiscal year without a state budget in place. Continued disagreement over how to distribute $95 million to state school districts to increase their teachers' pay delayed action on ...
FORT EDWARD GETS $180G FOR HOUSING.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... The village of Fort Edward will receive a $180,000 grant from the New York State Affordable Housing Corp. The grant is one of 70 statewide totaling approximately $23.5 million designed to construct, rehabilitate ...
STORE EMPLOYEE ROBBED OUTSIDE LATHAM BANK.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... A store employee lost an undisclosed amount of money to an armed robber outside the Norstar Bank at Latham Circle Mall Monday night, Colonie police said. Charles Horr, 22, an employee of Young's Shoes at Latham Circle, drove up to the bank, located just south of the Route 7 ...
EUROPE WARNED ON TRADEU.S. PROTESTS FARM CURBS.(Main)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: David HessKnight-Ridder President Reagan warned the United States' European trading partners Monday that he will retaliate against "illegal" restrictions imposed there on U.S. agricultural products unless those restrictions are lifted. One administration ...
MORE THAN HALF OF MURDERERS SERVE LESS THAN 7 YEARS.(Main)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Pete YostAssociated Press More than half the convicted murderers released from state prisons in 1983 served less than seven years behind bars, says a government study released Monday. Half of the rapists released that year served less than four years in ...
KHADAFY LINKS ATTACKS TO PRESSURE BY U.S.(Main)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Marie ColvinUnited Press International Libyan leader Muammar Khadafy said Monday U.S. aggression in the world "could lead to a cataclysm," but insisted he would not order attacks against America unless it resumed pressure on his country. In an exclusive ...
MEXICO'S WORST AVIATION DISASTERJET HITS MOUNTAIN; 166 DIE.(Main)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Combined wire services A Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727, en route to Los Angeles from Mexico City with Easter holiday travelers, crashed and burned Monday in the mountains west of the Mexican capital after the craft apparently lost cabin pressure and the pilot made an ...
DISASTER FACES LAKE GEORGE.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Barney Fowler A Question of Time: You've been at Lake George. You've enjoyed swimming and boating in its waters, and have been bombarded by puffs from area chambers of commerce. Nothing against that; such is expected. Would you like to look into the crystal ...
WARM IS THE WEATHER WORD FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Grace O'ConnorStaff writer Turn on the air conditioning. Get out the ice cream scoops and the patio chairs. Uncover the swimming pool. The unseasonably warm temperatures that carried March away on a balmy breeze Monday will last several more days, according to ...
CHRISTMAS IN APRIL FOR CONSTITUENTS$40M AVAILABLE TO LAWMAKERS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Bennett RothCapitol bureau When state lawmakers return home this week, they'll be carrying a bundle of goodies to their constituents - money for volunteer fire departments, disabled veterans, school computers, senior citizen centers, theater groups and other ...
DISABLED CENTER PUPILS NAME HORSES OF MOUNTIES.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Grace O'ConnorStaff writer The smile on the face of 12-year-old Justine Galvin never stopped Monday. She sat in her wheelchair in front of the Center for the Disabled in Albany and showed off a red plaque with the name Yankee written on it in gold. Justine ...
BUDGET CRUNCH ISN'T THE END-ALL IN ALBANY.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Paul GrondahlStaff writer The skeptical might suggest the posturings and proclamations of the New York state Legislature during budget time are like so much pulp fiction. On Monday, Pat Ciccarelli - her nose buried in Danielle Steele's book, "Crossings" (no, ...
MILK NO MOREU.S. ACCEPTS BIDS TO CLOSE DAIRY FARMS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Mary D'AmbrosioStaff writer It took David Gaige the month of February to decide to do it. "Our family has been in dairying for 50 years," Gaige said in his kitchen Monday, taking a break from tending to a cow's newborn calves. "For a lot of these farmers, this ...
FEDERAL FLOOD RELIEF FOR RENSSELAER CO.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Rensselaer County victims of spring flooding may be eligible for federal relief, according to Joseph G. Manupella, county director of emergency services. Manupella said residents in the First Avenue and 118th Street area of North Troy, Pleasantdale, Valley Falls by the Little ...
1954 RPI GRADUATE DAVIES RECIPIENT.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Thomas H. Lee, director of the Austria-based International Institute for Applied System Analysis, will become the 5th recipient of the Davies Medal being presented to a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni for scientific and engineering achievement. Lee will also deliver a ...
3 NAMED IN COHOES.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Three Cohoes residents have been named to unpaid city commissions. They are Joseph A. Cooley, retired editor of Troy Record Newspapers, to the Cohoes Public Library board of ...
SPECTATOR, 14, "JOINS' ICE CAPADESSKATER FALLS INTO AUDIENCE; 2 SUFFER MINOR INJURIES.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Jon RabiroffStaff writer The Iwaneczko family of Averill Park got a little closer to the action than they orginally intended Sunday night at the final Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Fieldhouse performance of the Ice Capades. Just prior to intermission, pairs ...
TOWN ZONING DISPUTE TO BE AIRED IN SCHODACK.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Toni ToczylowskiStaff writer The next installment in the long-running controversy over Schodack's zoning laws is scheduled Wednesday night when town officials will meet to discuss proposed changes in the law. Town board members in December approved a 132-page ...
ALBANY CO. CLERK, SON IN DISPUTE WITH QUAIL STREET TENANTS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Nancy ConnellStaff writer Albany County Clerk Guy Paquin is attempting to evict two tenants who are hauling Paquin's son into Police Court for alleged harassment. The tenants, Donald Martin, 31, and Peter DeLair, 36, live in a three-room second-floor ...
SALEM MAN HURT, TRAPPED IN FIRE.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... A 49-year-old man from this Washington County village was in critical condition Monday evening after his North Main Street house was destroyed by fire Sunday night, Salem police said. Robert Hanby suffered burns over half his body when he became trapped trying to escape his ...
MINK'S DAUGHTER TO BECOME CITY CLERKRENSS. COUNCIL TO MAKE APPOINTMENT WEDNESDAY.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Toni ToczylowskiStaff writer The daughter of a former city mayor will fill the position of city clerk, a slot vacated in February by the death of John W. Yonkers. Peggy Mink, 21, who has been deputy clerk since November 1984, will be appointed to the $21,094 ...
NO CIVIC CENTER YET, DON'T TELL PROMOTERSFACILITY ALREADY ATTRACTING ATTENTION.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Carol DeMareStaff writer Even though Albany County is months away from breaking ground for a proposed downtown civic center, the circus likes what it sees so far and may book 12 performances in the new facility, an official said Monday. Ringling Brothers and ...
STILLWATER APPROVES $40G BOND.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Residents of the Stillwater Fire District Monday approved a $40,000 bond issue to rebuild a tanker truck. Only 64 residents turned up at the Arvin Hart fire house on Campbell Road to vote on the referendum, according to Peter Carriero, secretary/treasurer of the fire district ....
SHEN'DEHOWA BOARD TO DISCUSS BUDGET.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... The Shenendehowa Board of Education will begin discussions on the district's proposed $38.16 million budget when it meets Wednesday night. The meeting is set for 8 p.m. in the library of Koda Junior High School. The budget was presented to the board March 20 and ...
1 MAN INJURED IN EXPLOSION AT AT CHEMICAL CO.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... One employee was injured slightly but little damage was sustained when a small explosion and fire occurred Monday morning at Schenectady Chemicals Inc., fire officials said. The explosion occurred just before 11 a.m. when solvent fumes were ignited by an accidental spark, Deputy ...
OLD HOUSE PROGRAM APRIL 10.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... The Saratoga County Museum at Brookside will sponsor a program on old houses at 7:30 p.m. April 10. The program, "Old House Detective," will feature Michael Lynch, restoration coordinator of the state Office of Parks and Recreation. Lynch will discuss old building techniques and ...
TOWNS ASK SCOFFLAW CRACKDOWN.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Marc CareyStaff writer Action could be forthcoming by next week on a move by town justices in Clifton Park and Wilton to crack down on traffic violation scofflaws, according to a spokeswoman for the state. And, said state Department of Motor Vehicles ...
GUILDERLAND TO CONSIDER SCHOOL BUDGET.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Mark S.R. SucheckiStaff writer The board of the Guilderland Central School District tonight will consider a 1986-87 budget that calls for an expenditure increase of about 10 percent over this year's spending plan. Whether the budget increase will be less than ...
ALBANY AWARDED $17M IN HOUSING AID SINCE '83.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... The city of Albany has obtained $17 million since 1983 from various state housing programs, William Eimicke, state commissioner of housing and community renewal, said Monday. Eimicke announced the city's latest grant - $1.8 million from the state's Affordable Housing program - ...
BUONO SUPPORT SOUGHT FOR JAIL STUDY.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Jon RabiroffStaff writer Three Democratic Rensselaer County legislators have called on Republican County Executive John Buono to throw his support behind the funding of a $19,000 jail study. The three did so based on what they saw during a tour of the ...
ALBANY MAN FACES WEAPONS CHARGE.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... A 24-year-old Albany man is facing a felony charge of possessing a loaded .38 caliber revolver at the Greyhound Bus terminal in downtown Albany, city police said Monday. Ruben A. Allen of 50 Rapp Road ...
WILDFLOWERS OF NYS SUBJECT OF LECTURESUNYA PROFESSOR WINS $50,000 GRANTAUTHOR TO CONDUCT TWO-PART WORKSHOPALEX HALEY TO TALK AT TEACHERS' MEETINGVEHICLE REGISTRATION EXTENDED TO FRIDAYPRESERVATION LEAGUE TO DISCUSS ALBANY.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... New York state's wildflowers will be the focus of a lecture and photo-essay by Frank Knight of the state's Department of Environmental Conservation at 8 tonight in Lecture Center 7 on the main campus of the State University of New York at Albany. Knight, director of EnCon's ...
ROAD SIGNAL UPDATE SET IN 2 COUNTIES.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Traffic signals throughout Saratoga and Schenectady counties are to be updated this year and next spring, according to the state Transportation Department. Under a contract the department expects to award soon, traffic signals will be improved along Routes 5, ...
W'VLIET FUNDS TRANSFER CRITICIZEDSTATE AUDIT QUESTIONS GILCHRIST'S AUTHORITY.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... The city government improperly transferred budget funds in 1984 on the basis of General Manager Michael Gilchrist's authorization only, according to a state comptroller's audit confirmed by city officials Monday. State auditors said the "city charter provides that no ...
EX-SUNYA OFFICIAL TO ASSUME CITY POST.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... A former State University at Albany equal employment opportunity officer will be named the head of the Albany Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Fair Housing. Ron Scott will be sworn in this morning by Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III. He will be paid $29,000 a year, Whalen ...
CALLANAN MINING PLAN GOES BEFORE BOARD.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... A proposal by Callanan Industries to mine five acres of land on Kings Road for sand is expected to come before the town planning board tonight. The company already has mined about 4.5 acres at 1204 Kings Road. The five acres it now seeks to mine are adjacent to that property, ...
CLIFTON PARK DOG LAW EMPHASIZED.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... With the onset of spring, town Dog Control Officer Ronald Holloway has issued a friendly warning: Keep your Labrador or Lhasa Apso legal - make sure the pooch is licensed and leashed. A town dog ordinance "does exist and will be enforced," said Holloway. Dogs must be leashed on ...
SUNYA STUDENT TELETHON CELEBRATED.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... The nation's longest student-run telethon is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year as students at State University of New York at Albany will be releasing 300 balloons from the uptown campus at noon Wednesday. The number of balloons corresponds to the number of years Albany ...
DOGS ATTACK OFFICERS SERVING CITY WARRANT.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Two Albany police officers were confronted with a snarling pit bull terrier while attempting to serve the dog's owner with a warrant issued by the Albany City Code Enforcement Bureau, police reported Monday. The dog's owner, 50-year-old William J. Smith of 35 South Lake Ave., ...
URBAN LEAGUE'S NEW HEAD CONCERNED ABOUT SCHOOLS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Joe PicchiStaff writer The new executive director of the Albany Urban League plans to be very active with the Albany public schools - she will have two children attending classes in the district. Barbara Winters of New Haven, Conn., today assumes the job of ...
AMSTERDAM MAN JAILED IN RAPE CASE.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Police arrested an Amsterdam man early Monday in connection with an alleged assault on a city woman Sunday night. Louie Rivera, 28, of 4 Bell St., was arraigned on a charge of first-degree rape and sent ...
COLONIE'S BUDGET PLAN HIKES TAXES.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Rosemary O'HaraStaff writer The village's proposed $3.4 million budget for 1986-87 is 42.6 percent higher than the current budget and carries a 5.2 percent tax increase. Taxes will increase to $40 per $1,000 of assessed valuation under the proposed budget ....
COLONIE HEARING WEDNESDAY ON CD FUNDS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... A hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday to discuss proposals on how to spend the town's allocation of $368,000 in Community Development funds for the 1986-87 program year. The 7:30 p.m. hearing will be held at the William K. Sanford Memorial Library. The Community ...
STILLWATER TAKES IT CASE FOR FISHING TO THE PUBLIC.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Town officials will take their case to the people today in their effort to open the Hudson River to catch-and-release fishing. Supervisor Paul Lilac has scheduled a public meeting on the issue for 7:30 p.m. at the Stillwater High School auditorium. He said he plans to explain a ...
CANDIDATES RELUCTANT OVER INSURANCE FEARS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Mark S.R. SucheckiStaff writer Nobody elected mayor or to the village board two weeks ago wanted the jobs. The reluctant winners - write-in candidates all - feared that by accepting the positions they would expose themselves to liability lawsuits. Intensive ...
ASSEMBLYMAN REPRESENTED REPUTED MOB FIGURE.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Steven GossetUnited Press International Assemblyman Armand D'Amato helped a Long Island businessman with reputed mob connections retain his liquor licenses, but state officials Monday denied the businessman got special treatment. D'Amato, a Republican from ...
BURGER KING FACES $3.5M SEX BIAS SUIT.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Associated Press A former Burger King employee has filed a $3.5 million suit against the company because of alleged sex discrimination. Donnajoy Scott, who is represented by former National Organization for Women President Karen DeCrow, alleges in the U.S ....
NYC MOBSTER FAILS TO SHOW UP FOR SENTENCING.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Associated Press Associated Press NEW YORK - Armond Dellacroce, a co-defendant with reputed Gambino crime boss John Gotti in a racketeering indictment, failed to appear for sentencing Monday on a plea agreement and a federal judge issued a warrant for his ...
3 COUNTIES WEIGH WITHDRAWL FROM PUBLIC TRANSIT AGENCY.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Martin TorainUnited Press International Dutchess, Orange and Rockland counties would have until Jan. 1, 1988, to decide whether they want to withdraw from the Metropolitan Transit Authority, under a bill Gov. Mario M. Cuomo introduced Monday. Cuomo promised ...
INSURANCE CRISIS REPORT DELAYED.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: United Press International A commission charged by Gov. Mario Cuomo with investigating New York's liability insurance crisis was expected to issue a report Monday but has been given a one-week extension, officials said. Orin Kramer, the commission's executive ...
GROUP CRITICIZES OK OF PHONE RATE HIKECHARGES PSC DIDN'T LET PUBLIC SPEAK ON PROPOSAL.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Kim MillsAssociated Press A statewide consumer coalition charged Monday that the normal public hearing procedures were not followed when the Public Service Commission granted New York Telephone Co. a $375 million rate hike over two years. However, a phone ...
ALBANY MAN TO BE ARRAIGNED ON RAPE COUNT.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... A 27-year-old Albany man is scheduled to be arraigned in Albany Police Court today on charges of first-degree rape and endangering the welfare of a 14-year-old girl. Albert A. Charron of 642 Central Ave. has been held in Albany County Jail for lack of ...
REZONING HEARING TONIGHT IN GUILDERLAND.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... A public hearing on rezoning from business to residential uses of two parcels of land on Park View Drive will be held during a town board meeting at 7:45 p.m. tonight at the town hall. The planning board has ...
LIBERTARIAN MEETING SLATED.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... George Hanson, former congressman from Idaho, will be the featured speaker at the New York Libertarian Party Convention, to be held April 11- 13 in Albany. Hanson, the author of "To Harass Our People," is president of New Continental Congress, a Washington, D.C.-based group ...
CONNIE, IT APPEARS, HAS A CHOICE OF RUNGS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Rick Du BrowHearst News Service Connie Chung was a superstar of Los Angeles TV when she left town nearly three years ago for a network job with NBC in New York. Life has been good to her in the Big Apple. She landed her own daily series, "NBC News at Sunrise," ...
MTM HAS CHANGED AS HAVE HER ROLESCBS' "MARY' FACES UPHILL RATINGS BATTLE.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Susan PaynterHearst News Service Seventy-five percent of Mary Brenner, centerpiece of the CBS series "Mary," comes from the core of Mary Tyler Moore. The same was true of Dick Van Dyke's TV wife, Laura Petrie, and of Lou Grant's Mary Richards. Moore says her ...
STUDENT UNION TO DECIDE FATE OF WRPI.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... The future of radio station WRPI rests in the hands of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Student Union, which will decide later this week whether to provide the $30,000 necessary to put the station back on the air. The 10,000-watt, non-commercial "progressive alternate music" ...
WHAT NATURAL DISASTERS MEAN TO JAVA CONSUMERS.(Living Today)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Babs Suzanne HarrisonDallas Morning News Juan Valdez, the ubiquitous Colombian coffee- grower, has had more leisure time than usual this year. There's not as much to do around some of the coffee plantations of Colombia, the world's second largest producer of coffee. ...
SATISFY THE SWEET TOOTH THE NATURAL WAY.(Living Today)(Recipe)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Betty WilsonHearst Feature Service Fresh fruit is a favorite sweet-tooth pacifier for the calorie-conscious. The best way to keep the calories low is to serve fruit without benefit of added sugar. Count 70 calories for an apple when there are three to the ...
"SHOAH' AT PROCTOR'S MAY 25-JUNE 4.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... "Shoah," Claude Lanzmann's 9 1/2- hour documentary on the Holocaust, will be shown at Proctor's in Schenectady, May 25 through June 4. Considered one of cinema's greatest documentaries, "Shoah" will be presented in two parts on a rotating schedule at noon and 6 p.m. The film ...
INNOVATIVE "ALICE' ADAPTATION ENJOYABLE.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Martin P. KellyDrama critic The innovative and highly theatrical version of Lewis Carroll's "Alice In Wonderland," first performed by the Manhattan Project and Andre Gregory in 1970, has been recreated by the Berkshire Public Theater company with delightful results. ...
VANNORDEN FOUGHT HIS WAY OUT OF SLUMP WITH 811 TRIPLE.(Sports)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: John LaRouche Rick VanNorden may have trouble convincing fellow bowlers that he's been in a slump, especially after shooting a resounding 811 triple at Clifton Park Bowl. That would be like KO artist Mike Tyson saying he lost his punch. VanNorden ...
ALBANY STATE LOOKING FOR MORE POWER AND PITCHING.(Sports)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: Steve CheslowStaff writer A lack of power hitting and a shortage of consistent pitching helped keep Albany State's baseball team below .500 (12-13) last season. But even with those shortcomings, Coach Ed Zaloom's Great Danes were one loss away from the State ...
SERVICES TODAY FOR JAMES CAGNEY.(Local)
Apr 01, 1986 ... Byline: United Press International The funeral for Academy Award-winning actor James Cagney will take place in the Manhattan church where he was confirmed in 1910, the church's pastor said Monday. Gov. Mario Cuomo and Mayor Edward Koch are expected to attend today's ...