Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from August 1987:
ONEIDA FACTION GETS OK U.S. RECOGNIZES TRADITIONALISTS.(Main)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Associated Press The Oneida Indian Nation in New York state has a federally recognized leadership for the first time since 1975. The newly recognized tribal leaders hope the federal government's decision will hasten the resolution of the Oneidas' ongoing land ...
GOSPEL IN THE STREETS.(Religion)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer Those familiar with black gospel music know the feeling. There's that irresistable urge to clap your hands or tap your feet, theswaying to the beat of insistent rhythms, the blending of voices into a mighty chorus. It is a warm, joyous ...
REAGAN DATA WAS INCORRECT AIDES MISLED HIM, WEINBERGER SAYS.(Main)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Charles Green and R.A. Zaldivar Knight-Ridder Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger said Friday that President Reagan's Jan. 17, 1986, order authorizing U.S. arms to Iran was based on an erroneous assessment that Iran was losing its war with Iraq and was part of a ...
TOOLS PROJECT OPERATED 16 YEARS WITHOUT AUDIT.(Main)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Toni Toczylowski Staff writer How could employees of a government-funded drug-counseling agency lease a luxury British automobile in the agency's name and make a series of allegedly unauthorized bank transactions without being discovered? The answer, it ...
SURGERY ON THE FIRST NOSE REAGAN IS IN 'EXCELLENT SPIRITS' AFTER SKIN CANCER PATCH EXCIS ED.(Main)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Terence Hunt Associated Press President Reagan had a "very small" patch of skin cancer removed from his nose in microscopic surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital on Friday. The White House reported that the procedure went "very well." Presidential spokesman ...
*GULF POLICY AT THE FRONT.(Main)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Mark Thompson Knight-Ridder Mark Thompson spent a week aboard the USS Fox as it escorted Kuwaiti tankers through the Persian Gulf. This is his report of life at sea aboard the guided missile cruiser. The workday aboard the USS Fox begins 15 minutes past ...
STAFFER FOR OHRENSTEIN POLITICKS AT STATE OFFICE.(Main)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer State Senate Minority Leader Manfred Ohrenstein, under attack for using his staff members to conduct political campaigns around the state last year, has found himself in hot water again over an employee's involvement in an Albany County ...
FRANCE, BRITAIN REFUSE TO SEND MINE SWEEPERS *IRAN WARNS U.S.: GET OUT.(Main)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Combined wire services Britain and France Friday rejected a U.S. request for help to clear mines from the Persian Gulf. West Germany and the Netherlands rejected similar requests this week. The requests came after a Kuwaiti oil tanker, registered under the ...
GOVERNOR SIGNS REINSTATEMENT BILL.(Main)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: United Press International Gov. Mario Cuomo has signed legislation requiring reinstatement hearings for officials who lose their jobs after being convicted of a crime but then have the guilty verdict overturned, he announced Friday. Under the new law, a ...
KATE SMITH MAUSOLEUM TO GO AHEAD.(Main)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Associated Press Work on a controversial pink granite mausoleum for singer Kate Smith is expected to be completed in early fall and her body will be laid to rest in the facility by the end of October, executors of her will said Friday. Sanford Becker, a New ...
SENATOR DECLINES COMMENT ON TRIAL TESTIMONY INCLUDED BRIBE ALLEGATIONS.(Main)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: United Press International A state senator facing allegations that he took bribes from a man linked to organized crime flew home from England Friday to get information on the charges, but said he would not give up his vacation over them. Sen. Richard ...
NAVAL EXPERT BLASTS U.S. ON MINE SWEEPERS.(Main)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Tim Spofford Staff writer A Capital District expert in naval history and policy argues that the United States should protect Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf, but that Americans may lose their lives because of an inadequate U.S. mine-sweeping force. ...
CAMPERS ADVISED TO LEAVE TENTS IN LIGHTNING STORMS.(Local)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Craig Brandon Staff writer The eight upstate campers who were killed or injured by lightning this week might have avoided injury if they had sought shelter in their cars instead of their tents, according to lightning researchers. Ron Henderson, a research ...
TOUGH LOVE IN ALBANY MOTHER TURNS IN '5 PERCENTER' SON.(Local)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer On Friday, a 33-year-old Albany mother named Sherry became a profile in courage: She had her 17-year-old son locked up in jail, she said, for his own good. "What I'm trying to do is prevent my son from getting into serious trouble," ...
TRACK CASHIERS AT THE GATE APPLICANTS JOCKEY FOR POSITION AT SARATOGA.(Local)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Peter Sands Staff writer When you place your lucky bet at Saratoga Race Course this summer, odds are the cashier will be a moonlighting local teacher or a college student strapped for cash. Even now, as crews prepare the grounds for the Aug. 5 opener, the ...
DMV COMPUTER GOES ON VACATION CUSTOMERS, CLERKS FRUSTRATED.(Local)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Mary Chris Kuhr Staff writer The mainframe computer at the state Department of Motor Vehicles took a holiday Friday, leaving frustrated customers in longer lines and harried DMV clerks throughout the Capital District looking at extra work. The computer "took ...
ADIRONDACK STEEL WORKERS AWAIT HELP NEW INSURANCE BILL TO OFFER COST BREAKS.(Local)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Nancy Connell Capitol bureau The state Insurance Department is working with Blue Shield of Northeastern New York to resolve the health insurance problems facing workers of the troubled Adirondack Steel Casting Co. in Watervliet. But it still appears the ...
LABOR DEPT. RIDES RAILROAD FOR LATE CHECKS.(Local)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Nancy Connell Capitol bureau The state Labor Department has stepped in to resolve a problem with Guilford Transportation Industries over late payment of the railway's employees in New York state. Labor Commissioner Thomas Hartnett confirmed the department ...
SHELTER FOR FAMILIES CELEBRATES FIRST YEAR.(Local)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Aimee Bena Staff writer A 22-year-old mother of three returned Friday to Laboure, an emergency shelter for homeless families, not to seek a place to stay, but to celebrate the first birthday of the center that had helped her family find a home. "This place is ...
MURDER TRIAL GOES TO JURY.(Local)
Aug 01, 1987 ... A Rensselaer County jury late Friday was deliberating the fate of David Maynard, accused of killing Benjamin "Buddy" Friedman in August 1984. The jury received the case shortly after 5 p.m. after summations by District Attorney James Canfield and Maynard's defense attorney, ...
EAST BERNE MAN FACES 3RD TRIAL ACCUSED OF SHOOTING WIFE TO DEATH IN JANUARY 1978.(Local)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer A 44-year-old East Berne man whose first two trials in the 1978 fatal shooting of his wife ended in mistrials, will be tried a third time on second-degree murder charges, as the result of a decision handed down Friday in Albany County Court. ...
4 ALBANY OFFICERS INJURED IN SCUFFLE.(Local)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Four Albany police officers suffered minor injuries Friday night when they apprehended a burglary suspect on Lake Avenue, police said. Willie James Grier, 35, of 123 Livingston Ave., Albany, was stopped while riding a bicycle on Washington Avenue who said Grier matched the ...
GUILTY VERDICT FROM JURY.(Local)
Aug 01, 1987 ... A Rensselaer County jury found David Maynard guilty early today of the 1984 strangulation slaying of Benjamin "Buddy" Friedman. Maynard, 20, of Troy was convicted of one count of second-degree murder in that he showed a depraved indifference to human life, and one count of ...
COHOES COMMONS OPENS WITH PREVIEW.(Living Today)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Frances Ingraham FOR ART'S SAKE: Cohoes Commons opened its tony retail doors for a sneak preview Tuesday evening for the benefit of the Albany Institute of History and Art. The mall, built onto the existing Cohoes Specialty Stores at a cost of more than $4 ...
'APPLE TREE' ACTING OVERCOMES SCRIPT.(Local)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Martin P. Kelly Drama critic "The Apple Tree" is a compilation of three playlets backed by music and lyrics of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick which serve to unify the stories. The production at The Theater Barn which closes its two-week run Sunday, offers an ...
'BUG SNAPPERS' CAN BE SHOCKING TO HUMANS.(Living Today)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Irene Gardener Keeney Staff writer Handle with care certain Sunbeam brand Bug Snappers - electronic insect exterminators - that have been misbranded with the stamp of the Underwriters Laboratories Inc. That's the message from UL, which says the products were ...
DOUBLE-DECK AIRPORT BUSES, HANGAR EXPANSION APPROVED.(Business)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer The Albany County Industrial Development Agency on Friday approved a plan to purchase five double-decker buses to provide transportation between the Albany County Airport terminal and a proposed temporary parking field. The ...
INSURANCE PLANS MERGE.(Business)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer The once-troubled Blue Shield of Northeastern New York and Blue Shield of Western New York Inc. made their merger official Friday as the local health insurance providers prepare to move into new quarters at 187 Wolf Rd., Colonie. John ...
DISTRACTIONS TOUGHER THAN TUCKER.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Tim Layden A fight can be many things to many people: enthralling, romantic, dark, daring, frightening, uncivilized. It can be all of these things at once. However, customarily it is these things only inside the ring. The Mike Tyson-Tony Tucker heavyweight ...
TYSON-TUCKER FIGHT SAVED BY JUDGE INJUNCTION LIFTED; RAPPAPORT: TUCKER OWES $540,000.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Tim Layden Staff writer For more than a month, the Mike Tyson-Tony Tucker heavyweight title unification fight has been kept afloat by controversy. On Friday, it nearly drowned in it. In a day filled from dawn until dark with seamy, pseudo-political power ...
5 SOCCER PLAYERS MUST CHOOSE TEAM.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Gene Levy Staff writer The professional Albany Capitals have kicked up a controversy in the soccer competition at the amateur Empire State Games. The Capitals, who are scheduled to play an exhibition game with the Canadian Pan-American Games team Sunday at 7 ...
SERIAN MEDALIST IN 4-WAY PLAYOFF.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Ron Armstrong Staff writer Rich Serian had to put in a little overtime, but the result was what he wanted. Serian won a four-player playoff on the first hole to earn the medalist trophy as the 44th Country Club of Troy Invitational started a three-day run ...
5 WRESTLERS WIN GOLD; GIRLS SOCCER, BOYS HOCKEY STARS.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Gene Levy Staff writer All Empire State Games streaks are bound to end, but the Adirondack Region's amazing string of wrestling successes never skips a beat. Adirondack teams ended two long streaks in girls' soccer and boys hockey Friday, and had its own ...
WILLIAMPORT DEFEATS A-C'S HARRISON AGAIN.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Paul Schwartz Staff writer Matt Harrison is in a groove. It's the kind he wants out of. The left-hander continued his personal downward slide Friday night, once again getting minimal support in Williamsport's 4-1 victory over the Albany-Colonie Yankees at ...
GIANTS' INGRAM PLAYS CATCH-UP TO CATCH ON.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Pete Dougherty Staff writer As Mark Ingram sat in a lounge at the Pace University student center, on his lap rested a book. A big book. For Ingram, the newest of the New York Giants, the size of the book was matched only by its significance. It was his ...
TAYLOR TACKLES MEDIA ON BOOK.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Pete Dougherty Staff writer The man who wrote a book about "living on the edge" seemed to be walking on it Friday. Lawrence Taylor, full-time linebacker and part-time author, ripped the media Friday as he and other New York Giants veterans reported to ...
MALLERS TO GET FIRST REAL TEST.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1987 ... The Albany Metro-Mallers began their Empire Football League season impressively with a 38-6 victory last Saturday over the Utica Giants. But that was expected. The Mallers, the top-ranked semi- pro team in the nation a year ago, returned all but three starters and the ...
OPEN HOUSE SET SUNDAY AT SPA.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Saratoga Race Course's annual Open House will be held Sunday at the Union Avenue facility, beginning at 11 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m. Activities and entertainment at the Open House include games, rides, music, and behind-the-scenes tours of the racing area. Refreshments will be ...
BACK PACKER QUICKEST IN SERIES.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Back Packer, driven by Joe Danosky, recorded the fastest time during the opening night of the Bostwick Pacing Series Friday night at Saratoga Raceway. Back Packer passed the tiring front runners in deep stretch and won by a length in getting a career best of 1:58.2. It was Back ...
QUEENSBURY MAN FACES CHARGE IN SODOMY CASE.(Local)
Aug 01, 1987 ... A Warren County man was arrested here Friday and charged with first-degree sodomy, Warren County sheriff's deputies said. Investigators from the Sheriff's Department arrested Clifford P. Brunnell, 35, of Van Dusen Road, Queensbury, in the alleged sodmizing of a victim in the ...
ASSESSMENT LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST CITY.(Local)
Aug 01, 1987 ... Byline: Rosemary O'Hara Staff writer A lawsuit challenging the city of Albany on property tax assessments for about 100 parcels was filed Friday in state Supreme Court. The suit was filed on behalf of 130-150 individuals in downtown Albany, including the Center ...
BROADALBIN MAN DIES IN ASPHALT MACHINE.(Local)
Aug 01, 1987 ... A Fulton County man died early Friday morning in an industrial accident that occurred on Route 2, Rensselaer County sheriff's deputies said. Brian R. Cloutier, 20, of Broadalbin, died after he became entangled in the augers of an asphalt mixing machine, known as a pig mill, ...
PLAYING BY THE RULES.(Main)(Editorial)
Aug 01, 1987 ... The state lottery game, source of millions of dollars in state revenue, is subtly lying to the public in an effort to get more people to buy lottery chances. Comptroller Edward Regan has pointed out what many others had already noticed: the Lottery Division falsely implies that ...
COHOES ACTS TO KEEP MALL PARKING OPEN.(Local)
Aug 02, 1987 ... A municipal parking lot near the new Cohoes Commons is still open to the public despite a lease on the site that the mall has with the city, according to Jean Mary Reinhardt, the city's corporation counsel. The municipal parking area behind Calkins Pharmacy was closed Friday ...
HEARINGS RAISE REAGAN HOPES FOR CONTRA AID SHOWDOWN TO COME IN FALL.(Perspective)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Doyle McManus Congress's Iran-contra hearings, which once appeared likely to doom the Reagan administration's efforts to win more aid for the Nicaraguan rebels, have instead reopened the long debate over U.S. policy toward Nicaragua and revived the contras' hopes. ...
*MURDER ENGENDERED FICTIONAL TREATMENTS.(Main)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Craig Brandon Staff writer Theodore Dreiser was a magazine editor in New York City in 1906 when he read about the Chester Gillette- Grace Brown murder case in the New York newspapers. He told friends at the time that it would make an excellent topic for a ...
WATERY DEATH *A MAN, A WOMAN, AN ENDURING MYSTERY.(Main)
Aug 02, 1987 ... EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the true story of the 1906 Adirondack murder case that became the basis of novelist Theodore Dreiser's book "An American Tragedy" and the movie "A Place in the Sun" with Montgomery Clift. In the first of seven parts excerpted from his book, "Murder in the ...
CHILD ABUSE-A PROBLEM THE STATE FINDS HARD TO DEFINE.(Main)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Richard Wexler Capitol bureau "Hospital calls. Toxicology report on newborn shows traces of alcohol. No withdrawal symptoms exhibited. Mother admits use of alcohol during pregnancy." Is that child abuse? In Monroe County, probably yes. In Onondaga ...
ANALYSTS SAY TWO IRAQI WARPLANES CARRIED OUT GULF ATTACK ON 'S TARK' SOME CITE ARAB 'SETUP' TO GET U.S. MORE INVOLVED.(Main)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Richard Sale United Press International American military and government experts have concluded two Iraqi fighter jets, not one, attacked the USS Stark last May - and some believe the incident was deliberately aimed at goading the United States into increasing its naval ...
IRANIAN MOB RIOTS IN MECCA DEATHS PROMPT ATTACKS ON EMBASSIES IN TEHRAN.(Main)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Associated Press Security forces rounded up Iranian pilgrims in this holy city Saturday after a riot that reportedly killed about 200 people and prompted mob attacks on four embassies in Tehran. Iran's president blamed the reported 200 deaths in Mecca on a ...
NAVY ESCORTS SHIP FROM KUWAIT IRAN THREATENS TO BLOCK STRAIT; ITALY REFUSES TO AIDU.S.(Main)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Combined wire services The reflagged tanker Gas Prince slipped out of Kuwaiti waters at dusk Saturday, sailed past a point where the Bridgeton hit a mine last month and proceeded south through the Persian Gulf with a U.S. Navy escort, shipping sources said. ...
U.S. DISCOUNTED MINE WARNING NAVY RESUMES ESCORT AS TANKER LEAVES KUWAIT.(Main)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Combined wire services The night before a mine damaged the supertanker Bridgeton in the Persian Gulf, U.S. military commanders were alerted that the Iranians might be planting mines in the path of the convoy of American warships and reregistered Kuwaiti oil tankers, ...
402 KILLED IN MECCA AS IRAN PILGRIMS RIOT EMBASSIES IN TEHRAN ATTACKED IN RETALIATION.(Main)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Combined wire services More that 400 Moslems died in clashes Friday between Iranian Shiite pilgrims and the riot police in Mecca, Islam's holiest site, according to official reports Saturday from Saudi Arabia. Upon hearing of the deaths, Iranians in Tehran went on a ...
CANADIANS SEARCHING FOR TORNADO SURVIVORS.(Main)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Rory Marshall Associated Press Rescuers searched for survivors in shattered homes and factories Saturday after the deadliest tornado to hit Canada in 75 years devastated parts of Edmonton and killed at least 25 people. About 200 others were injured in Friday ...
LOUSY MANNERS AT TENNIS MATCHES MAKE U.S. LOOK BAD.(Main)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Harry Rosenfeld Editor If we don't learn to behave quickly, war stands a chance of becoming known as the moral equivalent of tennis. What brings this to mind is the behavior of the American team in the Davis Cup relegation competition last weekend in Hartford, ...
CUOMO DATE NOT VETOED.(Main)
Aug 02, 1987 ... New Yorkers may listen to Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, but that doesn't mean his son Christopher does. The governor recently advised his youngest son not to date a girl at a hospital where he is working this summer. The 16-year-old went ahead with the rendezvous. Cuomo said ...
'UNCLE FRED' SHOWS HIS RESOURCES.(Main)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun The calendar says I've been working here at Capital Newspapers for 20 years this week. Astounding. Fortunately, I haven't aged a bit. Or learned much either, my editors would hasten to add. However, I now find myself in the distressing position of ...
BORK HEARING MAY FOLLOW FBI NOMINEE.(Main)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Dan Freedman Hearst News Service The confirmation hearing on President Reagan's choice for FBI director, William Sessions of San Antonio, Texas, is likely to precede the hearing for Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, according to spokesmen for key Senate Judiciary ...
BSO REHEARSALS CHARMING AND CHEAP.(Local)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Craig Brandon Staff writer It's not often that you get to see the members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra performing in their sneakers, blue jeans and knit shirts, and that's part of the charm of the Saturday afternoon rehearsals at Tanglewood. "It's so ...
SUNYA PROFESSORS START COLUMBUS PROJECT 500-YEAR LEGACY OF RACIAL CONFLICT.(Local)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Tim Spofford Staff writer Though they argue that Christopher Columbus did not discover America, two State University at Albany professors have formed a worldwide network of scholars to study his arrival in the New World almost 500 years ago. Professors Jorge ...
TEACHING TEENS IN CONFLICT WORKSHOP HELPS YOUTH FIND VOICE.(Local)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Mary Chris Kuhr Staff writer A young man whose grades have been slipping wants to take part in a class trip. His parents think he should stay home and study. A woman sorting her family's laundry finds a cigarette in her daughter's pocket. A confrontation ...
TWIN PIANISTS PERFORM TO BENEFIT SPA ARTISTS' RETREAT.(Local)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Frances Ingraham THEY GOT PLENTY OF SOMETHING: Yaddo, the 19th-century, wooded artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, opened its magical and creative doors to the public Friday evening for a breathtaking performance by concert duo pianists Richard and John ...
BOY BELIEVED DROWNED IN LAKE.(Local)
Aug 02, 1987 ... A 14-year-old boy was missing Saturday and believed drowned following a boating accident Friday night, a Warren County sheriff's deputy said. Michael Hanlon, of Green Avenue, Castleton, fell off a Crestline Tri-Hull boat at about 8 p.m. after it made a sharp turn on Schroon ...
NEW MALL PLEASES MERCHANTS, SHOPPERS MERCHANTS COHOES COMMONS IS OPEN.(Local)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Peter Sands Staff writer Cohoes Commons packed the house for Saturday's grand opening, as customers swarmed through the specialty stores and jockeyed for parking spots. Store managers raved about attendance and sales, although many admitted a lot of the ...
QUEENS SENATOR ARRESTED IN STING MONEY-LAUNDERING SCHEME ALLEGED.(Local)
Aug 02, 1987 ... Byline: Associated Press The FBI arrested a state senator from Queens on Saturday as he met with an undercover agent in the Plaza Hotel and allegedly took $150,000 in cash that he was to spirit out of the country, authorities said. Democratic Sen. Andrew Jenkins, who ...