Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from October 1987:
GUILDERLAND'S DRAKE IS THE NEW KING OF THE HILLS.(Sports)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Gene Levy Staff writer Bill Drake, veteran cross country coach at Guilderland High, became a father twice in the fall of 1970. Seventeen years later, both offspring are doing fine. The Guilderland Invitational, which has long been known as Bill Drake's ...
REAGAN: SOVIET DUPES IN CONGRESS, PRESS CORPS.(Main)(Correction notice)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Saul Friedman Newsday President Reagan suggested to an interviewer Wednesday that members of Congress and "a great many in the media and the press" may be willing agents of Soviet influence or dupes of communist disinformation efforts. And Reagan added that ...
CAMPAIGN TO AID BORK IS LAUNCHED.(Main)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Joel Brinkley New York Times President Reagan Wednesday sharply attacked opponents of Judge Robert H. Bork, opening a newly aggressive White House campaign to save his nomination to the Supreme Court. In another development, former President Jimmy Carter ...
'RACIST' REPORT IS ASSAILED.(Main)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Tim Spofford Staff writer The two authors of a Regents handbook that has been criticized as "racist" acknowledged Wednesday they failed to check the credentials or clearly cite the theories of a controversial black educator whose ideas they borrowed. The ...
REAGAN ADMITS SECRET ORDER TO FIGHT TERROR.(Main)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Helen Thomas United Press International President Reagan deplored Wednesday a new book on the CIA as "an awful lot of fiction" but confirmed a key disclosure by acknowledging he signed a secret order allowing the CIA to counter terrorism in Lebanon. Answering ...
WASHINGTON INSIDER FAVORED POLL SHOWS DEMOCRATS, GOP START IN DEAD HEAT.(Main)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Charles Green Knight-Ridder After four years of Jimmy Carter and nearly seven years of Ronald Reagan, Americans are ready to give a Washington insider a chance at the presidency, according to a major poll released Wednesday. The survey, conducted by the Gallup ...
PRESIDENT CRITICIZED IN IRAN-CONTRA REPORT.(Main)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Neil Roland United Press International The draft report of the congressional Iran-contra committees sharply criticizes President Reagan for selling arms to Iran and poorly supervising his National Security Council aides, three members of Congress disclosed Wednesday. ...
REAGAN DISPUTES BORK TALLY.(Main)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Merrill Hartson Associated Press President Reagan on Wednesday disputed a Democratic head count showing that his nomination of Robert Bork is in trouble and exhorted the Senate to choose "statesmanship over partisanship" in voting on the embattled Supreme Court nominee. ...
TWO DUKAKIS AIDES QUIT OVER BIDEN 'ATTACK VIDEO'.(Main)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Susan Levine and Larry Eichel Knight-Ridder The two top political aides to Democratic presidential candidate Michael S. Dukakis resigned Wednesday after Dukakis revealed that his campaign was the source of the "attack video" that helped push Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of ...
REFUSENIKS START A NEW LIFE IN ALBANY.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Liz Walsh Staff writer For a Soviet Jewish family of three and many members of Albany's Jewish community, the Albany County Airport was the scene of a long-awaited and joyous welcome Wednesday night. "It's like a dream come true," said Simyon Tobolsky, 30, who with his ...
BEEBE DEFENSE CLAIMS 'DIMINISHED CAPACITY'.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer Sniping suspect Robert L. Beebe of Albany had a "diminished capacity" when, in the midst of a drinking binge, he allegedly began firing a rifle at pedestrians, motorists and city police officers last weekend, his attorney said Wednesday. ...
MAYOR TOUTS SUCCESS OF HOUSING PROGRAMS CRITICS QUESTION 'AFFORDABLE' LABEL.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Deborah Gesensway Staff writer Albany city officials have been able to find "affordable" homes for nearly 6,000 people in more than 2,200 new apartments and houses during the four years of his administration, Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III said Tuesday. Calling ...
UNIVERSAL MATCH PLANT TO CLOSE 240 JOBS TO BE LOST IN GREENPORT.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Mark S.R. Suchecki Business writer About 240 workers at a division of the Universal Match Co., one of the largest employers in Columbia County, will soon lose their jobs as a result of a corporate decision to cease operating locally, company officials said Wednesday. ...
GUARD HELD IN HIT-MAN CASE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Staff and wire reports A state prison guard has been arrested and accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill her neighbor and his fiancee, apparently in a dispute over the officer's son, authorities said Wednesday. Teresa Stone, 29, of the Eberts Mobile Home ...
BARRIER REMOVED BETWEEN PLAZA PARKING LOTS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Toni Toczylowski Staff writer A barrier that for months prevented cars from moving between two shopping plazas has been removed, the result of an agreement reached after eight months of negotiations between the owners of the shopping areas. The barrier that ...
ALBANY BALKS AT PAYING LEGAL FEES FOR 3 OFFICERS IN CIVIL RIGH TS SUIT PERB ASSIGNS ARBITRATOR TO HEAR UNION GRIEVANCE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer The city of Albany will fight a request by three police officers that it pay $24,000 in legal fees incurred while defending themselves in a federal civil rights lawsuit, a city official said Wednesday. Detectives Kenneth Kennedy and ...
CLIFTON PARK PROPOSES $5.71 MILLION 1988 BUDGET.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer Supervisor Kevin M. Dailey has proposed a 1988 budget of $5.71 million, which will include more than $1.7 million rolled back to Saratoga County for property tax reductions in order to keep town residents' county property tax at 1987 levels. ...
COLONIE GETS $1.03M GRANT FOR SENIOR CITIZEN APARTMENTS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Timothy F. Schick Staff writer The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded a $1,033,000 grant to the town Wednesday for construction of senior citizen apartments on Central Avenue. The grant, issued under the Housing Development Program, is ...
SPA GOP INVITED TO DEBATE DEMOCRATS SLATE THREE SESSIONS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Jill Murman Staff writer Though one debate for local candidates is already scheduled, the city's Democrats have challenged their Republican opponents to three more chances for public discussion of this year's campaign issues. There has been no official ...
PINE BUSH STRIPPING CRITICIZED PRESERVATIONISTS SAY RAZING A PLOY.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Mary D'Ambrosio Staff writer Preservationists are upset that 50 acres of environmentally sensitive Pine Bush land has been stripped of trees and plants and say that if the move was meant to block use of the land as a preserve, the action could backfire. The ...
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS OBJECT PUBLIC SOUNDS OFF ON SPA CO. AIRPORT PLANS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Mary Chris Kuhr Staff writer As consultants hired by Saratoga County to update the county airport's master plan began seeking public comment on the project Wednesday night, one thing became clear. They're going to hear plenty. About 60 airport area ...
VAN PATTEN SEEKS $2G HOOKUP CHARGE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer Developer Robert Van Patten is seeking state Public Service Commission approval to charge a $2,000 "connection capacity charge" to each lot being hooked into his water system, as well as the rightto approve outside hookups to the system on a ...
POLICE GRIEVANCE URGES FIRING RANGE THREE PLEAD GUILTY IN COURT SESSION TWO FACING CHARGE OF WELFARE FRAUD GOP IS SCHEDULING BREAKFAST AND RALLY.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Despite the Town Board's approval last week of the construction of a police firing range at Aqueduct and Anthony roads, the Niskayuna Police Benevolent Association has filed a grievance criticizing the board for failing to build the range. "Some of the officers haven't fired in ...
GE SUIT SETTLEMENT TOPIC LOW MEETING TURNOUT LAMENTED.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Peter Wehrwein Staff writer Sparse attendance - not General Electric - drew fire at a meeting held Wednesday night to explain the proposed settlement of a lawsuit against the company. Besides the Town Board members, who had their own meeting scheduled ...
WITHDRAWAL OF BID FOR SUPERCOLLIDER SITE EYED.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: United Press International A top aide to Lt. Gov. Stan Lundine said Wednesday that his boss may seek withdrawal of a proposed site near Newburgh for a $4.4 billion federal atom smasher, called a supercollider. "We are re-evaluating whether or not to withdraw ...
DEMOCRAT HOPEFULS OPEN FIRE 2 IN BETHLEHEM LIST PLATFORMS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer Democrats Bob Burns and John "Spike" Dinneen kicked off their election campaigns this week with platforms that promise progressive government and efficient long-range planning. Burns, 36, of Glenmont is running for a four-year, ...
OVER-CAPACITY SEWAGE PLANT FLOW MAY SLOW WATERFORD DEVELOPMENT.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Peter Wehrwein Staff writer Five days before the Planning Board is scheduled to reopen hearings on a 63-home development, Supervisor Richard Hurst said Wednesday that he doubted whether any large development should get town approval because flows into the town's sewage ...
2 ARE SENTENCED ON DWI CHARGES.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Two men were sentenced Wednesday in Albany County Court to jail terms after guilty pleas to drunken- driving charges. James E. Gorham, 32, of 156 Dove St., Albany, was sentenced by Judge Joseph Harris to six months in Albany County Jail, placed on five years' probation and fined ...
DEVELOPER, MALTA EYE TRAILER-PARK COMPROMISE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Jill Murman Staff writer A lawsuit filed against the town by the developer of the Malta Gardens trailer park will be put on hold as both sides attempt a compromise over a dispute involving a buffer zone along the Northway. Prior to Wednesday's Town Board ...
ALBANY WOMAN ACCUSED OF STABBING.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... An Albany woman was arrested late Wednesday after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend, Albany police said. Yvonne M. Dozier, 19, of 140 Lark St. was arrested just before midnight and charged with second-degree assault. She allegedly stabbed Forest Barns of 639 S. Pearl St. in ...
TROY WOMAN, INFANT HOMELESS AFTER FIRE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer A 25-year-old woman and her infant son are homeless after a fire destroyed their Fourth Street apartment Wednesday morning. The fire, which broke out at 89 Fourth Street at 9:45 a.m., is believed to have been accidental and caused ...
BOARD TO ACT IN ZONING SUIT.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... The Town Board will seek to resolve a lawsuit by the town Zoning Board of Appeals against Supervisor Kevin Dailey, the supervisor said Wednesday. The board held a closed-door session on the dispute Tuesday following a ruling last week by state Supreme Court Justice Robert Lynch ...
TROY LEADER MUM ON '88 BUDGET.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Laurie Anderson Staff writer Troy residents can expect to be "very, very pleased," when the 1988 budget proposal and tax rate is announced within the next two weeks, City Manager Steven Dworsky said Wednesday. Dworsky Wednesday refused to disclose the proposed ...
ONE KILLED, FIVE INJURED AS CAR HITS POLE AND FLIPS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Liz Walsh Staff writer One person remained hospitalized Wednesday after a car accident Tuesday in which a Dutchess County woman was killed and five other people injured when the car they were riding in went out of control, striking a telephone pole and rolling end over ...
HALFMOON TRUCK CRASH TIES UP ROUTE 9 FOR THREE HOURS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... A Pennsylvania truck driver escaped serious injury in an accident that tied up Route 9 traffic in southern Saratoga County for three hours Wednesday morning, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff's Department. Randy C. Shiffler, 31, of Altoona, Pa., was treated for head and ...
I-90 EXIT CASH GAP UNFILLED WORKING TO HIT DECEMBER DATE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer Rensselaer County Executive John Buono says it's tough to be optimistic that enough money can obtained by a December deadline to pay for a proposed North Greenbush exit from Interstate 90 and a connecting road. But he's not ...
HER DREAMS OF HOME COME TRUE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Deborah Gesensway Staff writer At work every day in the real estate department of a state agency, Claudia Jamison looked at pictures of houses and dreamed. When she considered the expense of raising a teenage son alone on the salary of a secretary, Jamison had to face a ...
DEMOCRATS ADOPT ETHICS CODE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Gary Langer Associated Press The Democratic State Committee adopted a code of ethics Wednesday intended to curb political corruption by prohibiting party leaders from holding some government positions and from lobbying for profit. The reforms, established in a ...
SEWER PLANT'S CAPACITY TO BE ENLARGED.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Mary Chris Kuhr Staff writer Saratoga County's sewerage treatment plant will be 10 years old on Thanksgiving Day, and sewer district authorities already are working on plans to double its capacity before it reaches the quarter-century mark. Donald Rudolph, ...
HER CULINARY ART WINS PRAISE, FRIENDS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Grace O'Connor Staff writer Helen Voigtlander was greeted with smiles and hugs as she walked into the Victorian parlor of the Good Samaritan Home in Albany Wednesday morning. But Voigtlander, who will turn 90 on Oct. 11, is not a resident of the Lutheran home for the ...
DETAILS DANGERS OF SEX POSTERS ON AIDS RISK AVAILABLE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Kathleen Haddad Staff writer A poster detailing sexual activities that spread AIDS will be distributed to schools, health centers, bars and other locations by the AIDS Council of Northeastern New York, the group announced Wednesday. The poster is a major piece ...
PSC OKS SIMPLER N.Y. TELEPHONE BILL.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Harvy Lipman Staff writer Those of you who are customers of New York Telephone may be in for a pleasant surprise when you open your telephone bill starting in a couple of months. The charges won't be any lower, but you should have an easier time understanding ...
DRIVING CLASS TIME EXPANDED.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Beginning today, aspiring drivers will have to spend two more hours in class before taking the licensing test under rules set by state Motor Vehicles Commissioner Patricia B. Adduci. DMV spokesman Thomas Apple said the required pre-licensing course for first-time drivers has ...
WARRENSBURG MAN BURNED IN CAR FIRE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Warren County sheriff's deputies are investigating the cause of a car fire in which the driver was severely burned early Wednesday, deputies said. Officers found James Murphy, 28, of Warrensburg sitting beside his burning car, which was stopped in the center of the median on the ...
CSEA DUES INCREASE FACES DELEGATE FIGHT.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer The 220,000-member Civil Service Employees Association could be out of money in two years if a dues hike isn't approved soon, the union's embattled president warned Wednesday. "That isn't going to happen because I won't let it happen," ...
ENCON CHIEF URGES TOUGHER INCINERATOR RULES.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Harvy Lipman Staff writer The state's top environmental official says operators of garbage incinerators in New York state should have to meet special requirements for disposing of the ash from their plants. Environmental Conservation Commissioner Thomas ...
DAS ASSAIL PROSECUTION CURB IN ETHICS LAW.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Gary Spencer Capitol bureau District attorneys are still praising the state's new ethics law, but they place repeal of the law's restriction on prosecutions high on their list of proposed reforms for the next legislative session. Suffolk County District ...
PHASE 1 OF STATE'S TAX CUT TAKES EFFECT TODAY.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Associated Press Your paycheck should be a little bit bigger when the first phase of the state's new three-year tax cut takes effect today and employers begin calculating taxes with a new withholding schedule. Karl Felsen, spokesman for the state Department of ...
WELFARE TRAINING PROGRAM GETS RESULTS NEW YORK FUGITIVE DROWNS IN FLORIDA LAKE 'ALL RIGHT, KIDS, WHO'S BEEN CALLING EGYPT?'.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: United Press International United Press International Associated Press An "astounding" 66 percent of Oneida County welfare recipients who participated in special training programs have remained off the dole for morethan one year, according to a report presented ...
SMALL TOWN GIRL FINDS GLAMOUR, EXCITEMENT IN SECRET SERVICE.(Living Today)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Paul Grondahl Staff writer Aline, Countess of Romanones, was lunching the other day with Nancy Reagan and fellow first ladies from around the globe following the president's address to the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York. And at this ...
ADVICE ON PREPAYING A FUNERAL.(Living Today)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Irene Gardner Keeney Staff writer Pre-need contracts - where the consumer pays in advance for funeral goods and services - have become big business. Last year, according to the American Association of Retired Persons, 700,000 contracts were sold and the potential market ...
AIMING TO PREVENT MENTAL ILLNESS.(Living Today)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Lynn Simross Los Angeles Times To retired Beverly Hills pediatrician Simon Wile, mental illness in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. "With any other disease, it would be called an epidemic," Wile said, mentioning the staggering but generally accepted ...
TOTAL DRESSING IN FALL SUITS.(Living Today)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Delores Carson Hearst Feature Service Whatever the length or style of fall fashions, some of the most sophisticated looks are in suits. The styles are designed for the woman who has achieved self-confidence. And even more important than the components chosen ...
ACTOR PERLMAN ENJOYS ANONYMITY IN SUCCESS.(Living Today)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Susan King Hearst News Service Ron Perlman has appeared in two major films and is now starring in a new television series. But he can still take his 3-year-old daughter, Blake Amanda, to the park without being recognized. That's because Perlman has become the modern-day ...
BERNARD AGREES TO SELL AC YANKS TO BOSTON GROUP FOR $2 MILLION -+.(Sports)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Paul Schwartz Staff writer Ben Bernard has reached an agreement to sell the Albany-Colonie Yankees to a Boston-based group for what he says is "in excess of $2 million." "There's a pending deal," Bernard said. "That's the word that's most appropriate at this ...
SHERWIN BACKS TEAMMATES, BUT NOT FREE AGENCY ISSUE.(Sports)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Gene Levy Staff writer Tim Sherwin may be on strike, but the big tight end for the Indianapolis Colts can still throw his weight around. On the first day of picketing last week, a couple of girls drove by outside the Colts training grounds where Sherwin, who ...
ADDESA HOPES TO MELD NUMBERS, TALENT.(Sports)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Pete Dougherty Staff writer Improving on last season's 13-18-2 record will be a process that must incorporate quantity and quality into RPI's hockey program. Coach Mike Addesa estimates 40 to 45 players will skate today as the Engineers open practice for the ...
COXSACKIE FOOTBALL CAN'T GO ANYWHERE BUT UP.(Sports)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Al Hart Staff writer On Oct.8 in 1983, Coxsackie-Athens High beat Taconic Hills in a varsity football game, 12-0. The closest the Indians have come to winning since then was Sept.28, 1985 when they played Tamarac to a 6-6 standoff. Since beating ...
BOWHUNTING CAN LEAD TO HITTING 'EM WHERE THEY AIN'T.(Sports)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: 'Fishy' Fullum Years back I approached the landowner of a local farm and asked his permission to bowhunt his property. He granted me access, then gave me a little advice as to where I might find some game. He had seen deer in all of his fields and woodlots at ...
EDUCATOR, HEAL THYSELF.(Main)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Some educators, in what is apparently an attempt to help facilitate the education of black youths in New York's public school system, have come up with a set of "characteristics" that they believe distinguishes black children from whites and that, moreover, makes it necessary to teach ...
WOMEN-IN-ARTS PROGRAM SET 3-MONTH SERIES SCHEDULED IN ALBANY IN '89.(Living Today)
Oct 01, 1987 ... A three-month series of events including conferences and symposiums on issues dealing with women in the arts will take place in Albany in the fall of 1989. The events will run concurrently with an exhibition of work by women artists residing in upstate New York at the New York ...
D&H RAILWAY'S OWNER GETS OK TO REPLACE LINE.(Business)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Steven Gosset United Press International The owner of the 159-year-old Delaware & Hudson Railway got the go-ahead Wednesday to effectively eliminate the line and replace it with a subsidiary that has cheaper labor costs. Murray Goldstein, an administrative law ...
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL STOCK ON MARKET AFTER FOUR YEARS.(Business)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: John L. Klucina Business writer Albany International Corp. returned to the public marketplace Wednesday for the first time in over four years as trading began on the company's over-the-counter stock. The stock opened at $16 per share and closed at $15.87 - ...
DELAY IN MURDER TRIAL GATES ARGUMENTS SLATED TODAY.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer Final arguments by attorneys in the Columbia County murder trial of Wyley Gates, to be followed by the judge's charge to the jury, were put off Wednesday for another day. The schedule now is for District Attorney Eugene Keeler and ...
EX-CHILD'S HOSPITAL OFFICIAL SENTENCED.(Local)
Oct 01, 1987 ... A former official at Child's Hospital in Albany was sentenced Wednesday to serve six months of weekends in the Albany County Jail, placed on five years' probation and ordered to make restitution of $10,000 for participating in a kickback scheme with vendors and for income tax evasion. ...