Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from July 1986:
SALES OF NEW HOMES OFF 2ND CONSECUTIVE MONTH MORTGAGE RATES, LOAN BACKLOGS BLAMED.(Main)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Wire and staff reports New-home sales nationally fell 11.6 percent in May, the biggest decline in more than two years, the government reported Monday, with the setback attributed to rising mortgage rates and loan-processing backlogs. The Commerce Department ...
S. AFRICAN SUICIDE, ALCOHOLISM ON RISE.(Main)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: David Crary South Africa's political and economic woes are aggravating a host of psychological problems for whites and blacks, mental health experts say. The suicide rate for urban whites is one of the world's highest, alcoholism among blacks is described as ...
SUPREME COURT BACKS GEORGIA SODOMY LAW *RULING SEEN AS INVASION OF PRIVACY.(Main)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Aaron Epstein The Supreme Court, delivering a setback to the homosexual-rights movement, ruled 5 to 4 Monday that private homosexual acts between consenting adults are not protected by the constitutional right of privacy. The court majority upheld the ...
JUSTICES FURTHER CONFUSE WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE.(Main)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Lee Byrd Generations after the Massachusetts Federalists invented the word "gerrymandering" to express their anger over state Senate district boundaries that sold them short, the Supreme Court is still trying to draw the line on where America's political mapmakers can ...
*DECISION COULD REVIVE NYS LAW.(Main)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Harvy Lipman The U.S. Supreme Court's sodomy decision could revive New York state's law banning consensual sodomy, which had been overturned by the state Court of Appeals in December 1980. In making its ruling, the Court of Appeals held that the anti-sodomy ...
*CHALLENGES POSSIBLE IN REDISTRICTING.(Main)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Stuart Taylor Jr. The Supreme Court ruled Monday for the first time that partisan gerrymandering of election districts violated the Constitution, but only when it was so severe as to "consistently degrade" a political group's influence. The court's 6 to 3 ...
GERRYMANDER RULING MAY AID REPUBLICANS.(Main)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Thomas B. Edsall Leaders of both political parties claimed victory Monday in a Supreme Court decision on gerrymandering, but political experts suggested that the ruling may give the GOP added leverage in its drive to take over state legislatures and ultimately to gain ...
REAGAN FIRES ENVOY TO HONDURAS.(Main)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Combined wire services President Reagan has abruptly fired his ambassador to Honduras, John Ferch, after less than a year in the job, officials said Monday. Administration officials said Secretary of State George Shultz and other Reagan aides decided that ...
COURT OPENS PRETRIAL HEARINGS FAIRNESS ONLY REASON TO BAR PUBLIC.(Main)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Richard Carelli The public has a constitutional right to attend pretrial hearings in criminal cases over the objections of defendants, the Supreme Court said Monday. The justices, by a 7-2 vote, said judges may conduct pretrial hearings in secret only as a ...
RAIL DISPUTE SNAGGED ON STRIKE ISSUES.(Business)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Timothy F. Schick Negotiations aimed at ending a labor dispute between Guilford Transportation Industries and the union representing 124 rail maintenance workers are snagged by issues resulting from a 2 1/2-month strike, company officials said Monday. On June ...
MURDOCH SELLS CHICAGO 'SUN-TIMES'.(Business)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: James Litke Chicago Sun-Times Publisher Robert Page and a group of investors have bought the newspaper from Rupert Murdoch for $145 million, Page and Murdoch announced Monday. Page, who came to Chicago in 1984 as president and publisher of the Sun- Times ...
RULING FEARED SPURRING STATE ACTION.(Main)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Associated Press Leaders of homosexual rights groups said Monday they feared the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that consenting adults have no constitutional right to private homosexual conduct would encourage states to take action against such activity. ...
STITCH BY STITCH, SHE SEWS A PRIZE QUILT.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Grace O'Connor A Delmar woman started stitching in January and at the rate of 10 stitches per inch made herself a museum piece by May. Pat Spadaro finished her dusty pink polished cotton quilt in time to enter it in the 1986 National Quilters Show. It won her ...
IDEAS CLASH ON CUOMO HILL RECORD.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Barney Fowler Two Schools of Thought: Yes indeed, and they exist up in the Adirondacks where Gov. Mario M. Cuomo finds he occupies a most unusual position. If the governor looks a bit startled these days, he has a right to be. The reason: He is ...
FROZEN DOG NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE JUDGE WON'T AWARD DAMAGES.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Mark S.R. Suchecki The frozen evidence presented by a plaintiff to Town Justice Steven J. Simon has left him cold. A clerk for Simon notified Frances Ripley Monday that the frosty evidence she provided to support her claim that her neighbors' dog last October ...
COCAINE DEATHS NOT PREVALENT HERE - YET.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Mary D'Ambrosio The Capital District's cocaine supply is believed to be cheaper, larger and more potent these days, but according to area experts, local users are not dying from the drug that is blamed in the death of two sports stars this month. Albany ...
FAREWELL, NYC SUMMER SANCTUARY IN ALBANY.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Timothy F. Schick After spending a year talking about what he'd do this summer, Torrie Jones was virtually speechless as he stepped off a bus Monday outside the town Community Center. Jones, 9, a Queens native, is one of about 40 children who will be spending ...
RADIO BAN IN THE AIR BIG BLASTERS CONCERN COHOES.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Joe Picchi A ban on certain uses of so-called "boom boxes" - large portable radio and cassette players - may be in the works in the city. "It's still under discussion," Mayor Ronald Canestrari said Monday. Canestrari said the music blasters have ...
ASBESTOS SCARE CLOSES BROOKLYN COURT BUILDING.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Associated Press Court officials shut down the Criminal Courthouse in Brooklyn Monday after employees demanded proof that there was no asbestos contamination in the 54-year- old building. About 100 court officers walked out after discovering asbestos had been ...
COHOES POOL OPENS THURSDAY.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Lansing Pool is scheduled to open Thursday for the summer with swimming daily from noon to 8 p.m. Thomas Gracon, director of parks and recreation, said the pool will be made available specifically for swimmers over 21 from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. The ...
CAREY SEEN LIKELY SCHOOL BOARD CHIEF.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Jon Rabiroff It appears Edward Carey has the votes necessary to recapture the presidency of the Troy Board of Education from Jeanne Kippen, board sources said Monday. If Kippen does not garner the support necessary to extend her term another year at tonight's ...
ROCK STAR BURDEN FEELS 'COOL;' MAY LEAVE ALBANY MED TODAY.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... British rock 'n' roll star Eric Burden feels "cool" and will be leaving Albany Medical Center Hospital today, according to his manager. Burden was treated at the hospital Saturday for an asthmatic condition before a concert appearance at J.B.'s Theater in Albany and was ...
RENSSELAER COUNTY JAIL A FIRE HAZARD, REPORT SAYS.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Jon Rabiroff The Rensselaer County Jail would be "tremendously unsafe in a fire situation" to both inmates and officers, according to a consultant studying the condition of the 75- year-old building. Francis Pitts, of the Capital District architectural firm of ...
IN SARATOGA COUNTY SEPTIC SYSTEM SETTLEMENT DUE TODAY.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Today is D-Day for the town over a settlement for a sub- standard septic system in the former home of a town couple, according to their attorney. Philip and Jackie Valyou were "promised a resolution by tomorrow." their attorney Paul Wein said Monday. "So far I have ...
HOMEOWNER IN COURT OVER SATELLITE DISH.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Marc Carey A Stony Brook Drive resident is scheduled for an appearance in town court tonight to answer charges he violated town zoning ordinances by installing a television satellite dish on his front lawn. Everett Strong, 7 Stony Brook Drive, will be ...
WATERFORD, GE IN AGREEMENT ON LOWERING TAX ON PLANT.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Mary D'Ambrosio General Electric Co. and the town have reached a tentative out-of-court settlement in GE's year-old suit to make Waterford lower its $31.5 million tax assessment of the company's silicone plant. The dollar figure of the settlement and its ...
3-CAR CRASH INJURES ONE.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... A Ballston Lake man suffered minor head injuries following a three-car accident on Route 146-A around 7:30 p.m. Monday, the Saratoga County Sheriff's Department said. Randall W. Miller, 18, of 51 Patroon Place, was stopped on the highway waiting to make a left turn when he was ...
ZONERS REJECT DEVELOPMENT BRUNSWICK WON'T CHANGE CODE TO ALLOW EAGLE MILLS PROJECT.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Toni Toczylowski Rousing applause and a standing ovation greeted the Town Board's decision Monday to reject a change in zoning that would have allowed construction of 144 townhouses in a residential area. By a 4-0 vote, board members bowed to opposition from ...
BALLSTON SPA MAN HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... A 23-year-old Ballston Spa man suffered a fractured leg in a head-on collision Sunday night, Saratoga County sheriff's deputies said Monday. Harold H. Hall of Sandy Mobile Acres was listed in fair condition Monday afternoon at Albany Medical Center Hospital with a broken leg and ...
ACKERMAN ASSAILS PROSKIN ON INTEREST CONFLICT, OFFICE HOPPING.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Rosemary O'Hara Democrat F. Stanton "Fred" Ackerman kicked off his bid Monday to unseat Republican Arnold Proskin in the 103rd Assembly District, unleashing a series of attacks on the incumbent at a press conference. Ackerman, a 47-year-old attorney, pledged ...
SARATOGA PROSPECTS FOR SOLID WASTE SITE DRILLING TESTS AT EXIT 12 OF NORTHWAY.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II The Saratoga County Solid Waste Agency began prospecting at Exit 12 of the Northway Monday for a site for its proposed trash incinerator and residual landfill. Empire Soils Investigations of Latham sank its first test boring at the site in ...
RUNNERS TO AID INDEPENDENT LIVING.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Capital District runners will be competing for someone else's independence Wednesday in the fourth-annual Run for Independence in Central Park. The racers will compete in six age categories - 19 and under, 20-29, 30-39,40- 49, 50-59 and 60 and over - and one wheelchair ...
ALBANY BOARD TO ACT ON LIFTING MORATORIUM.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Daniel Gold The Albany Planning Board's meeting today may resemble a track race, with several Pine Bush developers poised to jump from the blocks as soon as the board lifts the moratorium on construction there. Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III ordered the Pine Bush ...
GUILDERLAND BUS SERVICE TOPS AGENDA.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... A proposal by Supervisor Kevin Moss to establish bus service along Route 20 will be discussed by the town board at its 7:30 meeting tonight in town hall. The plan calls for the operation of a fleet of small buses during store hours to lessen traffic and supplement the ...
DEVELOPER EVICTS TRAILER PARK RESIDENTS.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Mark S.R. Suchecki For Frank Servino, a 59-year- old victim of asthsma who lives on a $538-a-month disability check, and nine other tenants of Phil's Mobile Home Park, the writing on the wall has been officially transferred to cold hard print. Servino and ...
GIRL GOES TO GRADUATION WITH HELP OF JUSTICE SYSTEM.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Shirley Armstrong Because of concerted efforts on her behalf within the criminal justice system, 17-year-old Katharine Pike proudly displayed her graduation pictures Monday as she awaited her appearance in Albany County Court. She and her sister, a ...
COLONIE REJECTS COVER-UP CHARGE IN POLICE SEX ASSAULT CASE.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Rosemary O'Hara The town has labeled as "scandalous" and "unsubstantiated" allegations that it attempted to cover up an incident in which a prisoner claimed he was sexually assaulted by a Colonie police officer, according to papers submitted in federal court. ...
IN ALBANY CO. SEX-ABUSE CHARGES LEVIED.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... A 36-year-old Albany man was sent to the Albany County Jail over the weekend after he was arrested on charges of sexually abusing two young girls. Walter K. Kemp Sr. of 268 Third St., was arraigned in Albany Police Court Saturday on charges of first- degree sodomy, two counts of ...
COLONIE GYM GROUNDBREAKING SET.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Groundbreaking ceremonies for a new $3 million gymnasium at Colonie High School are scheduled for 6:45 tonight. The ceremony will precede the annual reorganizational meeting of the South Colonie Board of Education in the high school library. The gym construction is ...
JOB HUNTING WORKSHOPS PLANNED.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... A three-part job hunting skills workshop will be held in the William K. Sanford Town Library beginning Saturday, July 19, for those entering the job market, considering a career change or going back to work. The workshop begins at 1 p.m. and will continue on July 21 and July 23 ...
NYC'S MONEY WOES ARE OFFICIALLY OVER.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: United Press International New York City, which Mayor Edward Koch calls the financial capital of the world, Monday officially ended the fiscal crisis that brought it to the brink of bankruptcy 11 years ago. City Hall was draped in bunting for the unanimous ...
UNION'S NOTT MEMORIAL A U.S. HISTORIC LANDMARK.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Staff and wire reports The Nott Memorial at Union College joined a prestigious list of famous sites around the United States by being named to the National Historic Landmarks Program, college officials said Monday. Eight other sites in the state, including New ...
CONSERVATISM SEEN THE BEST ROUTE FOR O'ROURKE.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Jonathan Ferziger A political science professor who is a pollster in the summer says Republican Andrew O'Rourke should seize conservative issues in his campaign for governor against incumbent Mario M. Cuomo. Fred Hartwig, chairman of the Union College ...
AROUND THE STATE NEW RESIDENCY PROGRAMS PROPOSED HIRSCHFELD FINED FOR FAILURE TO REPORT CUOMO WANTS SHIP OUT OF FLOTILLA NYC'S MONEY WOES OFFICIALLY OVER.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: United Press International The state should restructure residency programs for doctors to improve the quality of education and impose a more uniform standard of instruction, a report by a panel of medical experts said Monday. The New York State Commission on ...
WORKSHOP TO SEEK REGIONAL WASTE DISPOSAL BOARD.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II A "Capital District Waste Disposal Authority" is the ultimate goal of a Saratoga County board of supervisors workshop meeting called for next Tuesday by board chairman Roy McDonald. Officials from Albany, Rensselaer and Schenectady ...
INTENSE MEDIA LOBBY KILLS 'LIBEL FROM GRAVE'.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Bennett Roth After a weekend of intensive lobbying by media organizations, a bill that would have allowed the estate of a dead person to sue for libel has been withdrawn by its sponsors. Civil liberties groups have claimed the proposed changes in libel laws ...
ACCORD SOUGHT ON BUSINESS TAX CHANGES SENATE, ASSEMBLY SEEK CUT TO 9%.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Jeannie H. Cross State Assembly and Senate negotiators are working quietly to reach an agreement that would cut the state's last double-digit major tax rate before the lawmakers' summer recess. The measure has been two years in the making and would markedly ...
WASTE SITE CLEANUP TO PROCEED.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Harvy Lipman The state's programs for cleaning up hazardous waste sites and accidental spills of toxic chemicals are back on track, thanks to an agreement reached Monday between Gov. Mario M. Cuomo and Comptroller Edward Regan. Regan had raised questions ...
LOW-LEVEL WASTE DISPOSAL COST LIKELY TO DOUBLE.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Jeannie H. Cross The cost to New York hospitals and research labs to dispose of spent X-rays and radioactive materials will double Wednesday if state lawmakers don't agree today on a process to dispose of such low-level radioactive waste. For four years, the ...
EQUITY PAY PLANS TO AID WOMEN, MINORITIES.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Ronald Kermani Strategies to end pay discrimination should help blacks and Hispanics as well as white women, according to a study released Monday by the Center for Women in Government. "It is clear that New York state jobs held by large numbers of minority ...
MOST DRUGSTORES EXPECTED TO JOIN NEW STATE PLAN.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Bennett Roth As result of a compromise made by state officials, most of the major drugstore chains and many of the smaller pharmacies are expected to participate in a new state prescription drug plan that begins today. The major drug chains had been boycotting ...
BSO MIXES MOZART SHOW: SYMPHONY GOOD, MASS NOT.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Scott Cantrell Sunday afternoon's all-Mozart concert at Tanglewood was a juxtaposition of the sublime and the mundane, but not in the way you'd have expected. Of the two selections, it was the secular work - the A-major Symphony (No. 29) - that achieved ...
FEDERAL MORTGAGES FOR HOMES WIPED OUT BY CODE VIOLATIONS.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Marc Carey New houses built by Saratoga Homes Ltd. will no longer be eligible for mortgages from the Federal Housing Administration, according to a letter sent to some homeowners in the Country Knolls West Development. The mortgage cutoff is a result of ...
NEW RULES GIVES MORE VETS CARE.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... More veterans will be eligible for care at the Albany Veterans Administration Medical Center starting today, when new patient eligibility rules go into effect. The rules "will open the eligibility to certain veterans who have not used our services in the past," said Patrick ...
USS 'ALBANY' IN MINIATURE A SUBSTITUTE.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Alida D. Clemans A 16-foot model of the USS Albany - the decommissioned flagship of the Sixth Fleet that is trying to sail north to its namesake city - was unveiled Monday at the Leo W. O'Brien Federal Building in downtown Albany. "There she is, ladies and ...
BOY HOSPITALIZED, HURT BY FIREWORKS.(Local)
Jul 01, 1986 ... A 12-year-old boy remained in intensive care Monday at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady with head injuries suffered at a Sunday night fireworks display, the Warren County Sheriff's Department said. Jason A. Baker of 67 Main St., West Glens Falls, suffered burns and cuts to his head ...
THE CUISINE OF COMIC CHARACTERS FOOD IS AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT IN MANY CARTOONS.(Living Today)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: David O'Reilly "You are what you eat," said the ancient sages, who nibbled on lotus blossoms even while seeking enlightenment. But seek wisdom from the comic pages - from Dagwood and Beetle Bailey and Hagar the Horrible - and you'll discover that we are not simply what ...
PICK A PECK OF PICKLING PERFORMERS.(Living Today)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Joan Jackson Perhaps you were unaware of the pickles in our American past: Well before the States were the States, a ship's chandler thought to store pickles on the ships that were crossing the Atlantic to explore the New World, to prevent scurvy among the crews. The ...
BARBECUING ON HOLIDAY? COOK UP THESE RECIPES.(Living Today)(Recipe)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: Ellen Scott Barbecuing outdoors is a fun way to cook. Everyone is casual and relaxed. The male of the family presides over the hot coals with all the panache of a professional chef. The formality of the dining room is replaced by the easy comfort of the patio. Outdoor ...
POPULARITY OF CAJUN DISH THREATENS REDFISH.(Living Today)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: George Thurston When New Orleans chef Paul Prudhomme popularized blackened redfish three years ago, he probably had no idea that he was touching off a genocidal attack on a whole species, along with a raging debate between conservationists and commercial fishermen. ...
BIRTHDAY-BOY TYSON EYES 'DELICIOUS' GOAL.(Sports)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Byline: United Press International Undefeated boxer Mike Tyson, celebrating his 20th birthday, said Monday he doesn't often think about becoming the youngest- ever heavyweight champion, though it would be "delicious" if he did. Tyson met briefly with reporters at the ...
DINEEN EARNS AHL HONOR FOR 2ND CONSECUTIVE YEAR.(Sports)
Jul 01, 1986 ... Bill Dineen, who guided the Adirondack Red Wings to the American Hockey League championship this past season, has been voted by the Board of Governors as the outstanding coach. Dineen will receive the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award for the second consecutive year, becoming the ...
OPENING THE MEETINGS.(Main)
Jul 01, 1986 ... New York's Open Meetings Law, which guaranteed to a considerable extent that the public would not be excluded from a discussion of public business by public officials, had been in effect less than 10 years before lawmakers began to preceive how much of a bother that law could be. It was ...
GORBACHEV BOMBS IN WARSAW POLES IGNORE SOVIET CHIEF'S VISIT.(Main)
Jul 02, 1986 ... Byline: Michael Simmons In London, Geneva, Budapest and East Berlin, the Mikhail Gorbachev public-relations machine has worked remarkably well. Some 500 days after becoming Soviet leader, the cerebral man with the photogenic wife has become one of the world's most sought after ...
*WHOSE FAULT IS LATENESS: NEWSPAPERS' OR KHADAFY'S?(Main)
Jul 02, 1986 ... Byline: Jeannie H. Cross Some blame newspapers; others, Muammar Khadafy. Still other reasons advanced for the legislative session that is now in its seventh month include ego, air conditioning and the lack of limits on expense accounts. Even malevolence ...