Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from November 1986:
MISUSE OF STATE FUNDS ALLEGED 3 IN SEX-ABUSE PROGRAM INDICTED.(Main)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Thousands of dollars from a state-financed child sexual abuse prevention program were illegally diverted to pay for an Atlantic City gambling junket, a honeymoon to Las Vegas and chartered buses to a Toronto Blue Jays game, according to a 21-count indictment ...
IT'S NOT WHO YOU ARE, IT'S WHERE YOU ARE BALLOT BOXING.(Main)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Jon Rabiroff Candidates for public office control virtually every aspect of their campaigns - what contributions will be spent on, which functions will be attended, what issues will be raised. However, they are in the hands of fate - and state election law - ...
PROGRESS CITED FOR U.S. HOSTAGES EMBASSY STAFF CUT IN LEBANON.(Main)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Joseph Panossian Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite flew here Friday night by U.S. military helicopter after a surprise visit to Beirut, where he reported progress in efforts to free the American hostages. A Christian radio station in Beirut said a hostage ...
SHULTZ TIES ARMS TALKS TO RIGHTS.(Main)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Bernard Gwertzman Secretary of State George P. Shultz warned the Soviet Union Friday that what he called its continued human rights abuses "can only jeopardize" the chances of achieving arms control and other agreements with the United States. Reaffirming ...
MOVING TIME FAMILY HANDS DOWN TRADE OF RELOCATING OLD HOUSES.(Main)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Grace O'Connor When Brill Larmon began moving houses in 1885, he inched them along with horses, log-rollers and windlasses, a horse-propelled winch. Today, his grandson uses tractors, hydraulic jacks and steel beams, but has to contend with the electric wires, ...
AQUINO GOVERNMENT THREATENED BY U.S. PROBE OF ENRILE.(Main)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Howard Kurtz The Justice Department is investigating whether Philippine Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile diverted U.S. aid funds to his personal use during the Marcos regime and illegally laundered money in San Francisco, federal law-enforcement sources said Friday. ...
MINOR HALLOWEEN MISCHIEF KEEPS POLICE BUSY.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Jill Murman Halloween mischief-makers provided a few tricks for police in the Capital District, but Friday night's cool weather was seen as a treat by some officers, who said the chilly temperatures kept some youngsters indoors. A number of nuisance calls ...
POLITICS SPICE UP CLYNE-TRAVERS RACE BOTH CAMPAIGNS SHY ON ISSUES.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Carol DeMare On the issues alone, this year's race for a state Supreme Court judgeship could be considered lackluster. But the interest generated in the seven counties comprising the 3rd Judicial District makes it more than just another judicial race. ...
BIG DEAL MADE FOR SMALL FROG PACT TO PROTECT RARE AMPHIBIAN.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Paul Grondahl It is smaller than your pinky, has warts, makes a noise like a cricket and has all the allure of a miniature pickle, but the cricket frog is getting the red-carpet treatment in this Ulster County community. It is here, in a muck-filled bog on ...
JUDICIAL RACE MARKED BY LOW-KEY CAMPAIGN.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Carol DeMare The race for Albany County judge - which pits a political newcomer against a veteran jurist with a long record of public service - has been low key, with each candidate espousing his his qualifications. Incumbent Judge Joseph Harris and challenger ...
CABBIES SQUABBLE OVER WHO GETS RAIL STATION FARES EXCLUSIVE PACT IRKS INDEPENDENTS.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Joe Picchi The usual competitive spirit among cab drivers vying for fares took on a more accusatory tone at the Amtrak station Friday as tensions mounted and drivers exchanged angry glares. The tension stemmed from Amtrak's decision to award an exclusive ...
EXPERIENCED HOPEFULS VIE FOR SCHOOL BOARD.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Daniel Gold Regardless of who wins Tuesday's Albany Board of Education election, the person will be familiar with the way the board operates. Incumbent Joseph Cahill is being opposed by Mary Mounteer, a former board member who lost her seat in a 1985 ...
PUPILS CLOWN AROUND AT COLONIE SCHOOL.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Grace O'Connor While hundreds of Halloween parades and parties were held in Capital District schools Friday, one in particular concentrated on clowning around. At Sand Creek Middle School in Colonie, about 200 fourth-grade pupils put on different faces, let ...
RESIDENTS ASK JUDGE TO BLOCK CIVIC CENTER CLAIM ALTERNATIVES GIVEN LITTLE WEIGHT.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Shirley Armstrong Seeking to block the planned downtown construction of the $41.5 million Albany County Civic Center, five Center Square residents Friday asked a state Supreme Court justice to nullify the state Urban Development Corp.'s April 17 decision to fund the ...
TWO SUSPICIOUS BARN FIRES SPUR ARSON INVESTIGATION.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Two suspicious barn fires early Friday have brought arson investigators to this rural Albany County community, officials said. Last fall, five barns in the Coeymans area were destroyed by fire, with those incidents still under investigation a year later, according to John Webb, ...
DRUG PROGRAM AIMED AT EDUCATING TEENAGERS.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Grace O'Connor Representatives of the state Education Department and McDonald's restaurants announced a drug education program Friday to benefit young people in the Capital District. "Get It Straight" is a three- pronged program aimed directly at teenagers ....
CAPITAL DISTRICT MEN UP FOR LOTTERY PRIZE.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Five men from the Capital District will be among 10 winners competing for $2 million Thursday in the New York state Lottery's Instant Jackpot contest. Spinning the jackpot wheel automatically guarantees each of the five at least $2,500, according to Lottery officials. The latest ...
MCGIVERN'S RELEASE CASE BEFORE JUDGE.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Gerald "Gary" McGivern's demand for immediate release on parole went to state Supreme Court Friday, but the issue was not argued. Attorneys for the convicted cop- killer, to whom Gov. Mario M. Cuomo granted clemency last New Year's Eve, and for the Division of Parole elected to ...
EDUCATION LEADERS PLAN CHANGES OK STATEWIDE REFORMS IN TRAINING OF TEACHERS.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Tim Spofford The movers and shakers in the state's teacher-education programs met in Albany Friday and hammered out a plan to restructure the teaching profession. The nearly 200 university deans, college professors, teachers and union leaders called for ...
BABSON SHOCKS RPI WITH OVERTIME TIE, 3-3.(Sports)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Pete Dougherty Two new NCAA rules were put to the test Friday night as RPI opened the college hockey season, and both played a large role in helping Division III Babson tie the Engineers, 3-3 in overtime. One calls for more stringent enforcement of ...
ZELEZNIAK HIT WITH SUSPENSION.(Sports)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Tim Layden Joe Zelezniak, a 35-year-old track and field athlete from Schenectady who has been ranked as high as No.5 in the United States in the shot put, was suspended Thursday by The Athletics Congress for using anabolic steroids. TAC, in a statement issued ...
POLL SNUB COULD COST UNION PLAYOFF BERTH.(Sports)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Paul Schwartz The message arrived this week. It came as a surprise to the Union College football team, and was viewed, in the eyes of the Dutchmen, as an insult. Union was ranked No.9 in the NCAA Division III national poll a week ago. It then ...
PATS' DILEMMA: GUARD OVERLOAD, FRANKIE J.(Sports)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Tim Layden The Albany Patroons, who in 20 days begin training camp for their fifth season in the Continental Basketball Association, have wealth and they have problems. On the day NBA teams selected their final rosters, the Pats found themselves with a dozen ...
DANES' ANDERSON SUSPENDED.(Sports)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Keith Marder Albany State defensive back Wayne Anderson has been suspended by the NCAA and will miss today's football game against Hofstra. The action was taken because Anderson appeared in an advertisement for Benetton clothes in Tuesday's edition of the ...
FUTURE MAY UNLEASH THE BEST FROM TYSON.(Sports)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Associated Press With 25 knockouts in 27 fights, it seems Mike Tyson is close to perfection as he closes in on a title fight with World Boxing Council champion Trevor Berbick. Trainer Kevin Rooney, though, thinks the 20- year-old hasn't come close to ...
ENGLISH CONCERT SOARS WITH FRESHNESS, VITALITY.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Scott Cantrell From the very first notes of the English Concert's program, presented Thursday in Union College's Memorial Chapel, it was evident that we were in for a treat. Playing Italian, German and English music of the 17th and 18th centuries, the ...
ARCHITECTURAL INFLUENCES SHOW UP IN ART.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: David Brickman What a beautiful drive it is from here to Cooperstown. Now that the leaves have mostly fallen from the trees, other features of the autumn landscape become more prominent: golden-brown fields of grain waiting to be harvested and plowed under, rolling ...
DYBAS LEADS QUEENSBURY; SHAKER STUNS BCHS.(Sports)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Gene Levy For once, winning a major cross country race wasn't the main priority for defending state Class B champion Jeff Dybas of Queensbury. Dybas was far more concerned with helping his Queensbury mates defeat Foothills Council rival Johnstown in the most ...
RUNNING FOR A GREATER GLORY ALBANY MINISTER AWAITS CHANCE IN NYC MARATHON.(Religion)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Joe Picchi The Rev. Donald L. Paine recalls he began jogging two years ago when "God spoke to me about my pot belly ... and my doctor confirmed it." Paine, recently appointed senior pastor of Pineview Community Church in Albany, also joked of the first time ...
2 ALBANY FIRES SAID SET TO HIDE BREAK-INS.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Arson investigators for both the police and fire departments believe the fires that destroyed two Albany homes Friday night were deliberately set to cover up break-ins. Single-story homes at 49 and 70 Keeler Drive, approximately half a block apart, were destroyed by fire between ...
WATERVLIET MAN INDICTED ON THEFT COUNT.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... William E. Gordon, 38, of 1609 Second Ave., Watervliet, was indicted Friday by an Albany County grand jury and charged with second-degree grand larceny in the alleged theft of building materials from his employer. The items allegedly were taken from Gerrity Lumber of ...
SARATOGA CO. UNVEILS AID PLAN FOR VETERANS.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II The chairman of the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors announced a five- point county program to aid veterans as he proclaimed November as Veterans Month in the County. "The purpose of (the proclamation) is to get a certain amount of ...
TOP OFFICERS REPLACED AT NYC ROGUE PRECINCT.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: Associated Press The superior officers of the scandal-marred 77th Precinct were replaced Friday in a shakeup that went through the ranks from precinct sergeants up to a Brooklyn borough commander. Commissioner Benjamin Ward took special pains to emphazise at a ...
WOMAN CHARGED IN BAND-GEAR THEFT.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... A Watervliet woman was arrested by Colonie police this week in the theft of $20,000 in music equipment from Albany County Airport, officials said. Cindy R. Sokol, 22, of 15 Archibald St., was charged with second-degree grand larceny in the Aug. 28 theft of band equipment from ...
CLUBHOUSE FIRE TERMED ACCIDENTAL.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... A fire that destroyed the clubhouse of the Western Turnpike Golf Course earlier this week was started accidentally and no arson was involved, State Police said Friday. The Tuesday evening blaze gutted the two-story clubhouse owned by Art Szatowski. The loss was put at about ...
NEW ALBANY POLICE EXAMS ON DEC. 6.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... The third civil service examination in a year for Albany Police Department jobs will be held Dec. 6 and all applications must be received by Wednesday. The hiring list developed from the December test will be merged with one that resulted from the most recent exam, held July 12, ...
EXCELLENCE RECOGNIZED 15 YEARS OF SUCCESS.(Main)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Two area college presidents have been rightly selected as among the best college presidents in the nation. Vincent O'Leary, the president of the State University at Albany, and Daniel Berg, the president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, have made the list of the 100 best college ...
MAN GETS 6 MONTHS FOR COCAINE CHARGE.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... A 38-year-old Troy man, who had admitted to a drug charge, was sent to jail for six months and placed on probation for five years Friday by Albany County Judge John G. Turner Jr. Joe Holmes of 2611 Sixth Ave. had pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of attempted fourth-degree ...
NINE MILE 2 PASSES CRUCIAL TEST.(Local)
Nov 01, 1986 ... Byline: United Press International The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a license to allow loading of uranium fuel at the Nine Mile Point 2 nuclear plant, a crucial step in opening the facility, Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. said Friday. Once fuel-loading is ...
JACLYN SMITH RE-CREATES HER RAGE OF ANGELS ROLE IN GLAMOROUS M INISERIES.(TV Magazine)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Bart Mills I f you can't go to Florence or Rome, at least go to the top of the Waldorf Astoria Towers in New York. NBC's fears of terrorists kept Jaclyn Smith from shooting Rage of Angels: The Story Continues abroad, so this belle of the baloney could be ...
2 COMPANIES END PASNY LAWSUITS.(Local)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: United Press International Occidental Chemical Corp. and Union Carbide Corp. have ended their roles in a lawsuit against the state Power Authority over allocation of hydroelectric linked to 2,400 jobs, the state said Saturday. Richard Flynn, power authority ...
THERAPY AT ROOT OF FULANI POLITICS.(Main)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Bennett Roth Lenora Fulani and Frederick Newman first met in 1980 when she, then an idealistic young doctoral candidate in psychology and part-time college teacher, went to him for therapy. "He helped me with my emotional problems," Fulani said last week, ...
NON-ISSUES MARK RACE FOR GOVERNOR.(Main)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Jeannie H. Cross and Nancy Connell The gubernatorial campaign that wraps up Tuesday has been dominated not by substantive issues, but by a cardboard dummy, a self-described "wacko" and an issue one candidate says was "phony" all along: *Republican challenger ...
UNDER ACCOUNTANT'S SCALPEL PATHOLOGISTS VULNERABLE TO COST-CUTTING.(Main)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Kathleen Haddad Deep in the basement of Samaritan Hospital in Troy, Dr. Aniceto Lomotan, forceps in hand, plucks an appendix from a plastic container of formaldehyde. He holds it up to the ...
ACTIONS OF INSPECTOR EXAMINED.(Main)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Richard Wexler When Joan Covel said there was something wrong at a construction site down the block from her house at 189 Holmes Dale, Albany's director of code enforcement, Michael J. Alvaro, investigated personally. Alvaro assured Covel that there were no ...
CARNEGIE CRITICIZES COLLEGES SAYS TEACHING GETS BACK SEAT.(Main)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Edward B. Fiske The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching called Saturday for an overhaul of undergraduate education, including the dropping of standardized admission tests as a requirement at most colleges and universities. A 242-page report by ...
DELMAR PILOT CALLS HIS SURVIVAL OF PLANE CRASH A 'MIRACLE'.(Main)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Ken Thurman The twisted fuselage of a light aircraft - its landing gear and wings still lodged in the treetops - were Aloysious Hofaker's personal testimony to what he called a "miracle" Saturday. The 64-year-old Delmar man walked away with only minor injuries ...
ABZUG BATTLING THE ODDS WESTCHESTER RUN PITS OPPOSITES.(Main)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Peggy Simpson Former Congresswoman Bella Abzug is attempting a comeback in New York's suburban Westchester County, appealing to voters as a celebrity-crusader who isn't afraid to stand up and talk out for causes disdained by President Reagan as those of the ...
IRA COMBINING POLITICS WITH VIOLENCE SINN FEIN TO ENTER IRISH PARLIAMENT.(Main)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Robert O'Connor Sinn Fein, the legal, political wing of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, is about to inject an unpredictable element into Irish politics. Today, delegates to Sinn Fein's annual three-day conference in Dublin are expected to rescind the ...
SITE PASSES INSPECTION.(Main)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: - Richard Wexler Neighbors say that it was more than a year ago, around June or July of 1985, that J. David Ehman began work on what is now 161 Holmes Dale. When construction still was going on about a year later, Joan Covel, who lives at 189 Holmes Dale, ...
'WALK' TIME AT BUSY INTERSECTION NOT ENOUGH, STUDENTS SAY.(Local)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Paul Grondahl The sign is a familiar white light that says "Walk." By the time you can count seven seconds, it turns orange and flashes "Don't Walk." Four feet per second, at most, is how quickly state engineers figure a person can cross an intersection. ...
40 COLLEGE STUDENTS SAY 'YES' TO ARBOR HILL COMMUNITY CENTER GETS FACE-LIFT.(Local)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Deborah Gesensway Before Saturday morning, a group of 40 college students did not know much about the city's Arbor Hill section. Several hours and many gallons of gray paint later, some members of the group sprucing up the Arbor Hill Community Center on North ...
DUCK RACES WHET IRE OF WHITNEY.(Local)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Deborah Gesensway The idea of racing ducks for charity in Congress Park next spring may be squelched, but the businessman out to make Saratoga "the duck racing capital of the world" isn't giving up. James Kelleher, founder of "Duck Downs Racing Association," ...
PINE BUSH PROJECT FACES HALT SUIT ON BUTTERFLY PENDING IN COURT.(Local)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Daniel Gold Responding to appeals by preservationists, the state Department of Environmental Conservation is issuing a order that will halt construction work at the Karner Meadows project in the ecologically sensitive Pine Bush. Lewis Oliver Jr., the attorney ...
WHAT'S OPEN, WHAT'S CLOSED.(Local)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Following is a list of what businesses and organizations are open or closed on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4. *Shopping centers and grocery stores will be open as usual. *All banks will be open as usual for the day except for Pioneer Savings Bank and Home and City ...
BLADES FOUND IN CANDY GIVEN TROY HALLOWEENERS.(Local)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Small blades were found in three packages of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups distributed to trick-or- treaters in the 23rd Street area of Troy, city police said. The blades were the kind that are used in matte or model knives, police said. Earlier in the week, residents ...
CANDY TAMPERING REPORTED IN CAPITAL DISTRICT.(Local)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Scattered incidents of candy tampering left several Capital District police agencies warning parents Saturday to check the candy their children brought home from Halloween trick- or-treating. Troy police said small blades - the kind used in matte or model knives - were found in ...
HADLEY MAN HURT SERIOUSLY IN COLLISION OF 2 PICKUPS.(Local)
Nov 02, 1986 ... A 60-year-old Hadley man remained in serious condition at Glens Falls Hospital Saturday where he had been taken after a crash in his pickup truck Friday night, New York State Police said. Robert Cribley was northbound on Glens Falls Mountain Road about 9:20 p.m. Friday when he ...
SUBURBAN NYC BUS LINE, DRIVERS AGREE ON PACT.(Local)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: United Press International Negotiators for drivers and a private bus firm serving New York City's northern suburbs reached an 11th-hour agreement Saturday on a new contract, avoiding a strike that would have stranded 120,000 commuters. The settlement was ...
LOYALTY LOOMS LARGE IN SARATOGA COUNTY.(Local)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Loyalty and tradition are what Saratoga County's Republican leaders are counting on to carry the county despite expectations of a landslide victory for Democratic Gov. Mario M. Cuomo. The Democrats, on the other hand, believe Cuomo's ...
BLAZE KILLS FORMER FIRE CHIEF.(Local)
Nov 02, 1986 ... A fire Saturday morning killed the town's former fire chief, who was a retired executive director of the state Association of Fire Chiefs. Ward Bohner, 74, of Van Buren Drive died in a blaze at his house that was spotted by neighbors at about 5 a.m., Columbia County sheriff's ...
GLOVERSVILLE MAN CHARGED IN FATAL HUNTING ACCIDENT.(Local)
Nov 02, 1986 ... One man was dead and another charged with criminally negligent homicide following a Saturday hunting accident in this Fulton County town, State Police at Mayfield said. Edward G. Wilson, 49, of Bleecker Stage, was pronounced dead at a wooded area off Fetrow Road in Bleecker. ...
RETURNING ANIMALS TO NATURE WILDLIFE REHABILITATOR COUNTERS MAN'S INTERFERENCE.(Local)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Grace O'Connor Mary Lou Riccardo was face to face with the small gray squirrel. It perched on her sleeve, drawing formula from the dropper in her hand, occasionally making deposits on her pink corduroy shirt. "All part of being a wildlife rehabilitator," ...
MAN GETS REQUEST FOR UNIQUE 'TREAT'.(Local)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Associated Press Carl Mahanna opened his door on Halloween expecting the usual "trick or treat" demands. Instead, he got an ultimatum: Cough up your coffins or $650. Two sergeants from the Oneida County Sheriff's Department arrived at Mahanna's Utica home ...
LLOYD'S PREMIERE ENCHANTING SYMPHONY HAS TINY AUDIENCE AT TROY MUSIC HALL.(Local)
Nov 02, 1986 ... Byline: Scott Cantrell George Lloyd, the English composer whose frankly tuneful and tonal symphonies have developed something of a cult following, conducted the Albany Symphony Orchestra Friday in the world premiere of his Eleventh Symphony. The Troy Music Hall ...