Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from September 1987:
SARATOGA'S 120TH MEET IS HISTORY RECORDS BROKEN ALL OVER THE TRACK.(Main)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Tim Layden Staff writer The summer of Saratoga Race Course's fondest promise ended on Monday, with autumn waiting breathlessly outside its gates, a fallen Angel in its jockeys' room and a swath of financial records clearing a path for the return to Belmont Park in New ...
*PROGNOSIS POOR ON IMMUNIZATION.(Main)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Warren E. Leary Associated Press Scientists said Monday they are confident they can develop drugs to treat people infected with the AIDS virus, but they are less optimistic about finding a vaccine to prevent the disease. Leading researchers told a meeting ...
ELECTORIAL COLLEGE WAS FOREFATHERS' EASY WAY OUT.(Main)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Fred Barbash Washington Post For generations, Americans have been struggling to understand the theory behind the electoral college, all along not realizing there really wasn't one. Rather, the strange system by which this nation chooses its president was a ...
SOVIETS SOFTEN STAND VERIFICATION CONSIDERED.(Main)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Lawrence L. Knutson Associated Press A leading Soviet arms control official said Monday the Kremlin will seriously consider a U.S. proposal for monitoring nuclear tests and might even permit the United States to explode its own bomb at a Soviet test range to check ...
HUBBARD'S ANTI-CLINIC SUIT STIRRED FUROR PAPERS' POLL SHOWS 66.8% OF CATHOLICS OPPOSE ABORTION.(Main)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Maureen McTague Dana Staff writer Albany Bishop Howard Hubbard's much publicized lawsuit to stop abortion clinics from opening in Albany and Hudson, came as a suprise to some. The case gained national attention as the diocese chose a unique approach to try to ...
DISEASE DATA *AGENT ORANGE STUDY STUMBLES.(Main)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Philip M. Boffey New York Times Federal scientists have concluded that they cannot proceed with a major congressionally mandated study on the effects of Agent Orange on American ground soldiers in Vietnam because they are unable to find enough soldiers who were exposed ...
*NEW CRITERIA TO UP AIDS COUNT.(Main)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Staff and wire reports The nation's AIDS count, now at more than 40,000, will start a noticeable jump today as federal health officials begin counting thousands of cases they have never before recognized. The increase results from a change in the official ...
NEWSPAPERS RECEIVE AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Associated Press The Times Union and The Knickerbocker News won awards for excellence presented Monday by the New York Newspaper Publishers Association. The 1986 awards were announced jointly by the publishers association, which is holding its annual ...
LAST CHANCE SARATOGA BETTORS SUM UP WINS, LOSES.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Grace O'Connor Staff writer While handle and attendance records broke around them Monday, a laid-back crowd enjoyed the day as summer headed toward the finish line at the Saratoga Race Course. On the final day of the August meet, cartons were wheeled out as ...
4 CLAIM KNOWING OF PLOT GATES' FRIENDS TESTIFY AT TRIAL.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer Former classmates of murder suspect Wyley Gates testified Monday they had known about a robbery at the Gates house, of a contract to kill Gates' father, of a stolen gun like the kind James Bond uses and of books on how to torture people. ...
SUMMER RESORT COMMUNITIES HURTING OVER LABOR SHORTAGE CALENDAR MAKES ALREADY-BAD SITUATION WORSE.(Local)(Calendar)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Mary D'Ambrosio Staff writer Summer resort communities like Lake George, Lake Placid and Saranac Lake have been suffering from a labor shortage for the last two years. This week, the pinch tightened. With the traditional end-of-season Labor Day ...
MUSIC HALL PASSED INSPECTION INSURER'S DOUBTS QUESTIONED.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Laurie Anderson Staff writer City fire inspectors and code officers who approved the licensing of the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in March say they are stumped by an insurer's order to close the hall because it did not meet fire-safety standards. City ...
GROUP URGES LEADERS TO PRESERVE BUILDINGS.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer A group of architectural historians has written to Albany Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III and Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, urging them to help preserve the Wellington Hotel and two other State Street buildings marked for demolition. Behind the ...
COLONIE OUTAGE LEAVES 900 IN THE BLACK.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... About 900 Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. customers in the vicinity of Washington Avenue Extension and New Karner Road were left without electricity for about an hour Monday afternoon. Power was lost about 1:28 p.m., utility spokesman Nicholas Lyman said. By 2:30 p.m., electricity ...
COLONIE MAKES AUG. 1 DEADLINE FOR BUSING STUDENTS OUTSIDE ZONE.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Rosemary O'Hara Staff writer Parents in the North Colonie Central School District who want their child dropped off at a day-care center or babysitter outside the attendance zone of the child's school better have made their request by Aug. 1. The Board of ...
ALBANY POLICE PROBE BURGLARIES, HOLDUPS.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Albany police are investigating reports of burglaries at several businesses and homes, including one at a Central Avenue shop in which a thief or thievesmade off with about $3,400 worth of merchandise. A rear door was found forced open at DeJa-Vu at 8 Central Ave. early Saturday ...
POLICE DOG HELPS FOIL ALLEGED KIDNAP TRY ALBANY MAN CHARGED WITH BURGLARY, THEFT FREE WINDOW REPLACEMENTS ARE OFFERED ARBOR HILL GROUP RECEIVES POSTER EXHIBIT.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Ed, a German shepherd who recently joined the Albany police K-9 unit, racked up another arrest assist early Monday and helped reunite a mother with her 13-month-old baby after the tot was snatched from his Colonie Street home, police reported. Police said the dog tracked down ...
FIRE CLOSES RENOVATED GRAND UNION.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... An early morning fire Monday in the Route 50 Grand Union shut down the store for several hours, but the recently renovated structure escaped major damage, according to a company spokeswoman. The store reopened a week ago following a $3 million renovation and expansion that ...
STATE WORKERS FAIL TO REPORT CRIMES CSEA, POLICE CONCERNED.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer A survey of state workers that showed many fail to report crimes is troubling both Albany police and the local Civil Service Employees Association, who agree it is impairing calls for increased protection. "Unless situations or ...
HOSPICE FACILITY PLANNED BALLSTON SPA SITE WILL OPEN.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Jill Murman Staff writer With a target opening date of Oct. 12, officials of Capital District Hospice will spend the next month preparing for a new facility to serve southern Saratoga County and the Amsterdam area. The certified hospice program will operate ...
ROAD ACCESS LIMITED COUNTRY KNOLLS GETS PLANNERS' OK.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer The town Planning Board gave final approval Monday to a controversial portion of developer Robert Van Patten's Country Knolls development. The decision came after Van Patten engineer Joe Bianchini said that "I think we have complied ...
LANDOWNER WANTS ACTION ON RIVER WEEDS.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Peter Wehrwein Staff writer Steve Krause looks at the river he calls the "Majestic Mohawk" and he doesn't see water. He sees weeds. Weeds "so thick you can almost walk on it," Krause said on Monday, talking about the green cover of water chestnuts ...
SPA BLOODMOBILE SET WEDNESDAY.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Saratoga Spa State Park will sponsor a Red Cross bloodmobile Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the administrative building. ...
SCHODACK SUPERVISOR ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Beth Knauf Morgan, who two years ago was elected the town's first female supervisor, has announced her candidacy for a second term. Morgan, 34, of River Road, said Monday that she will she will seek the two-year term as a member of the Independent Citizens of Schodack Party. She ...
FATAL CYCLE-CRASH SURVIVOR LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... A 41-year-old Columbia County man was listed in critical condition Monday night at Albany Medical Center Hospital after he was knocked from a motorcycle Sunday night in an accident that claimed the life of his 48-year-old companion. Thomas Liwschitz of Philmont was rushed to the ...
HOOSICK FALLS TASTES GREAT SAYS STATE TEST SHOWS 'YOU CAN'T IMPROVE ON NATURE'.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Toni Toczylowski Staff writer The mayor of Hoosick Falls can't describe the taste of the village drinking water. Neither can the top man at the village water treatment plant. Yet the majority of the 125 people who sampled the liquid over the weekend at the ...
WATERFORD SETS MEETING ON $2.5M SCHOOL ADDITION.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... The Waterford- Halfmoon Board of Education has scheduled a public hearing for Thursday night on the $2.5 million addition to the school. The addition would replace the 17- year-old modular buildings that house several elementary school classrooms and the high school library and ...
HOMEMADE COPTER HAD GOOD REPUTATION.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Peter Wehrwein Staff writer The homemade helicopter that Donald F. McCrady Jr. crashed and died in Sunday morning is a well-known model with a good reputation for safety, according to experts on increasingly popular homemade aircraft. McGrady, a 31-year-old ...
'SUSPICIOUS' ALBANY FIRE DESTROYS OLD BUILDING.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Liz Walsh Staff writer Sending smoke sailing over downtown Albany, a fire destroyed a vacant building on Green Street late Monday afternoon and left two firefighters injured. The two-alarm blaze at 57 1/2 Green Street, a three-story brick building estimated ...
LABOR DAY CAMPAIGN TRADITION FALLS BEFORE HARD-WORKING POLS THE EXTRA LINE BECOMES THE ISSUE.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Mary Chris Kuhr Staff writer Labor Day - the traditional if unofficial start of the fall campaign season - is less than a week away, but while politicians elsewhere may be enjoying their last summer vacation days, those in Saratoga County aren't letting any grass grow ...
MOUNT MCGREGOR ESCAPEE CAUGHT.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Associated Press A state prison inmate who escaped from an medium-security facility in Saratoga County last week was arrested in New York City over the weekend in a stolen car, state prison officials said Monday. Steven Pappas, 26, walked away from a work ...
GUILTY PLEA IN KICKBACK.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Alfred W. Varone, former chief housekeeper at Child's Hospital in Albany, testified Monday he stole nearly $140,000 from the hospital and its affiliates by rigging an elaborate kickback scheme with phony invoices. Deputy Attorney General Edward J. Kuriansky reported Varone ...
TEACHERS TO EARN $50,000.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Associated Press A new contract that will eventually pay top-level teachers $50,000 a year will help keep surrounding districts from luring them away and will keep the most experienced instructors in the city, their union president says. The city and the ...
RANGERS TO FIGHT OREGON FIRE GREEN WANTS HELP FROM HART 3 ELDERLY WOMEN DIE IN CRASH REMOVAL OF 'ARC' RULED OK.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Associated Press United Press International Associated Press Associated Press Twenty-one New York state forest rangers were en route to Oregon Monday to help battle brush and forest fires that have burned hundreds of acres, according to the Department of Environmental ...
PAPERS SAID HEALTHIER THAN PRESS FREEDOM.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Jill Murman Staff writer Newspaper publishing, like much of the business community, is enjoying a successful year, though journalists continue to face obstacles as they attempt to gather news and remain objective. Such was the dual message heard Monday by ...
CUOMO CAN'T DUCK POLITICS AT FAIR.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: William Kates Associated Press Though Gov. Mario M. Cuomo was removed from the grind of politics in Albany, he could not escape political topics Monday during an orchestrated 90-minute visit to the New York State Fair. Try as he might, Cuomo found himself ...
EDUCATION AGENCY SLATES MEETINGS.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... The state Education Department has announced a list of its meetings scheduled in Albany. *State Board of Podiatry, Sept. 16, 10 a.m., Room 2, Third Floor, Cultural Education Center, Empire State Plaza. *Board of Regents regular monthly meeting, Sept. 17 and 18, ...
BIAGGI PROSECUTOR TARGETS CORRUPTION DEFENSE: CLIENT WAS 'DOING HIS JOB'.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Marilyn Berkery United Press International The bribery trial of Rep. Mario Biaggi, D-Bronx, began Monday with the government saying the case was about corruption and the defense describing it as the work of an ambitious prosecutor anxious to convict a congressman. ...
70 POLITICAL GROUPS SUED FOR CAMPAIGN VIOLATIONS.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Jonathan Ferziger United Press International The state Board of Elections has sued about 70 political campaigns, including groups supporting Gov. Mario M. Cuomo and several Democratic legislators, for failure to disclose their finances, officials said Monday. ...
PENSION BILL MAY BE SAVED GOVERNOR SAYS IT'S NEGOTIABLE.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Marc Humbert Associated Press Gov. Mario M. Cuomo said Monday he thinks compromises can be worked out on two major bills he recently vetoed, reimbursement for hospitals and higher pensions for retired public employees. Appearing at the annual meeting of the ...
PROSECUTION PROTEST FAILS $50G BAIL OK'D IN DRUG CASE.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer Lake George restaurateur Bruce E. Nelson, facing federal charges of trafficking in marijuana, is scheduled to be released today on $50,000 bail after a federal magistrate in Albany ruled Monday that he does not pose a danger to the community. ...
CLIFTON PARK WOMEN SHARE THEIR RECIPES.(Living Today)
Sep 01, 1987 ... How do they eat in Clifton Park? Pretty well, judging by "A Slice of Country," a cookbook just published by the Country Knolls Woman's Club. The cookbook has 400 recipes contributed by its members, residents of Country Knolls, a sprawling housing development in ...
REFERENCE MATERIALS TO GET YOU STARTED.(Living Today)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Judy Shepard Staff writer There is so much new information about diet and health that it is hard to keep up. For instance, first we were told to avoid saturated fats and use polyunsaturated fats instead. New research now indicates another fat - ...
WATTERS ENDS LONG WAIT FOR TRAINING TITLE.(Sports)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Matt Graves Sid Watters has been coming to Saratoga since 1935, but he never left a bigger winner than Monday, when the 24-day meet ended. "I rode steeplechase in those days," said Watters, 60, who won his first outright training title this meet with 12 ...
SANTOS ENDS CORDERO'S 11-YEAR REIGN CHILEAN NEW RIDING CHAMP, SARATOGA WRAPS UP MEET.(Living Today)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Tim Wilkin As August began turning into September late Monday afternoon, another transformation was taking place at Saratoga Race Course. It was just before 4p.m. when Angel Cordero gave way to Jose Santos. Cordero's 11-year stranglehold on the riding title ...
REED'S NEXT STOP? NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE.(Sports)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Paul Schwartz Staff writer Darren Reed has one small request: To know where he's going. He'd like to know if his next stop will be back home to Ventura, Calif., where he can get some rest after a long and productive season, or to Columbus, where he can help ...
OVER ALL PICTURE IS BRIGHT AFTER IMPRESSIVE VICTORY IN SPINAWA Y.(Sports)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Keith Marder Staff writer The Saratoga Race Course season came to an end Monday in much the same way it began. Over All, with Angel Cordero aboard, won a stake for the D. Wayne Lukas stable, which has high hopes for the future. The 2-year-old filly ...
THE HIGHS AND LOWS FROM 24 RACING DAYS STEWARDS LET WIDDUM'S VICTORY STAY CRIVITZ FAILS IN BID FOR VICTORY NO.4 GREEN ISLAND APPRENTICE GETS RIDE JOCKEY TURNS INTO 'SANTOS' CLAUS.(Sports)
Sep 01, 1987 ... High and lows ... High win payoff - $75.40, Bailrullah, Aug.17. Low win payoff - $3.00, Key Bid, Aug. 26. High daily double - $642.00, I'm Sweets-Native Candy, Aug.14. Low daily double - $11.60, Winter Dove-Talakeno, Aug.29. High ...
A HEALTH PLAN FOR EVERYONE.(Main)
Sep 01, 1987 ... The idea of national health insurance coverage for all Americans regardless of wealth or status has been kicked around now for many years. Sen. Edward Kennedy, the idea's most forceful advocate, has introduced such an insurance bill in the U.S. Senate. But the state of ...
SARATOGA COUNTY KEEPS LEADING CAPITAL GROWTH.(Local)
Sep 01, 1987 ... Byline: Tim Spofford Staff writer Saratoga County is the second fastest growing county in upstate New York, according to figures released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The census figures show both Albany and Rensselaer counties have lost population, while ...
'HOUSE II' A FILM THAT GOES NOWHERE NARY A SCARE IN ALMOST-SEQUEL OF HORROR SHOW.(Living Today)(Movie review)
Sep 02, 1987 ... Byline: Martin Moynihan Staff writer Near the end of "House II: The Second Story" the youthful hero finds himself in a different century, in an antique vehicle, with a baby pterodactyl, a prehistoric puppy dog, a pre- Columbian maiden and some other things. How he ...
N.Y. RAISES AMONG BEST.(Main)
Sep 02, 1987 ... Byline: Matt Yancey Associated Press Workers in New England, New York and New Jersey got the largest raises last year, averaging well above 5 percent, but Alaskans continue to enjoy the biggest paychecks despite a slight decline in their average earnings, the government said ...
PRIESTLY ISSUES DIVISIVE.(Main)
Sep 02, 1987 ... Byline: Tim Spofford Staff writer For many Roman Catholics, the parish priest is a representative of God and their church. That is why cries for major changes in the priesthood have provoked such controversy among Roman Catholics. Some, for example, argue ...
SALE OF CHOLESTEROL-CUTTING DRUG OK'D.(Main)
Sep 02, 1987 ... Byline: Jane E. Brody New York Times The Food and Drug Administration Tuesday approved for marketing a new type of drug that experts have hailed as the most effective remedy yet devised for lowering cholesterol in the blood. The drug, lovastatin, is expected to ...
POPE ALLAYS JEWISH FEARS HISTORIC MEETING IN ITALY.(Main)
Sep 02, 1987 ... Byline: Combined wire services Pope John Paul II conducted unprecedented talks Tuesday with Jewish leaders at his summer home here, and agreed to have the Vatican draft an official Catholic document on the Holocaust and 20 centuries of anti-Semitism. The meetings ...
U.S. WARNS OF SANCTIONS IRAN GIVEN TILL FRIDAY FOR CEASE-FIRE.(Main)
Sep 02, 1987 ... Byline: Combined wire services Iran must agree by Friday to a cease- fire in its seven-year war with Iraq or face U.S.-sponsored sanctions in the United Nations that will include an arms embargo, State Department and White House officials warned Tuesday. "The time ...
RPI RECEIVES $2.3M FROM GRAD'S ESTATE.(Local)
Sep 02, 1987 ... Byline: Toni Toczylowski Staff writer A $2.3 million gift has been received by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from the estate of an alumnus to be used in developing programs at the school, officials said Tuesday. The money is part of a $4.3 million bequest to ...
A QUIET CITY ONCE AGAIN SARATOGA SPRINGS RETURNS TO NORMAL.(Local)
Sep 02, 1987 ... Byline: Grace O'Connor Staff writer When the Saratoga Race Course shut down at the end of its summer season, the city's tourist information center immediately cut its hours. "Until yesterday we were open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m," Laura Vega said Tuesday. "Today it's 9 to 5 ....
INSURER SETS STRICT FIRE STANDARDS FOR TROY MUSIC HALL.(Local)
Sep 02, 1987 ... Byline: Laurie Anderson Staff writer The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall was closed because its insurer apparently is holding the 112-year-old facility to fire-safety standards set for a brand-new building, a partner in the firm hired to evaluate the insurer's report said Tuesday ....
PHOTO SHOWS CUT ON GATES' THUMB SUSPECT INJURED BY GUN, DA SAYS.(Local)
Sep 02, 1987 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer The jury in the trial of murder suspect Wyley Gates saw a police photograph Tuesday of Gates displaying a cut left thumb, which the prosecution alleges was cut by the gun he used to kill four persons. Investigator John Cozzolino of ...
MOYNIHAN CAMPAIGNS FOR NEW WELFARE-REFORM BILL SAYS ECONOMY MAKES NOW TIME TO ACT.(Local)
Sep 02, 1987 ... Byline: Richard Wexler Capitol bureau Imagine a state with a population of 750,000 - one-quarter more than that of Delaware - but with no adult males, only women and children. Only one in 10 families get financial help from absent fathers. And out of 250,000 women, only 6,200 ...
COLISEUM LAST ACT NO SHOCK.(Local)
Sep 02, 1987 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun Why is it we're not surprised the Colonie Coliseum Theatre is making like a dead whale? The signs were all there, and have been for a long time. Nobody in the entertainment business locally could figure out how the leasors could possibly be making ...
CSEA CHARGES ANTI-POVERTY AGENCY WITH UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE.(Local)
Sep 02, 1987 ... Byline: Timothy F. Schick Staff writer The Civil Service Employees Association has filed an unfair labor practice aganinst Albany County Opportunity Inc., accusing the anti-poverty agency with discharging an employee for union activities. The charge is the latest in ...
AFL-CIO TO HONOR SWYER AS A FRIEND OF LABOR.(Local)
Sep 02, 1987 ... The New York State AFL-CIO will present Albany businessman and arts patron Lewis A. Swyer with its Labor Recognition Award in the field of business at the annual Labor Recognition Dinner Sept. 26 at the Albany Hilton. Swyer will be given the award for his outstanding commitment ...
TROY CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER TWO DOG-CONTROL LAWS.(Local)
Sep 02, 1987 ... Byline: Laurie Anderson Staff writer Leading the agenda of Thursday's City Council meeting will be two resolutions on dogs - one for a "pooper scooper" ordinance, the other on the handling of dangerous animals. At its 7:30 p.m. meeting Thursday in City Hall, the ...