Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from April 1988:
BRIDGES SUPPLIES COKE, SPEED.(Weekend)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Martin Moynihan Staff writer They were all set to do the movie version of Jay McInerney's contemporary best seller "Bright Lights, Big City" without the cocaine. This would be a little like adapting "Gone With the Wind" without setting fire to Atlanta. A ...
FOX SHINES IN FAULTY FILM ADAPTATION.(Weekend)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Martin Moynihan Staff writer "There's a certain shabby nobility in failing all by yourself," says the character played by Michael J. Fox in "Bright Lights, Big City." It's ironic. Jamie Conway (Fox) is sliding downhill on a fast track lubricated with cocaine, ...
NYC BALLET BRINGS VARIETY TO SPAC FESTIVAL PACKS A LOT INTO 3 WEEKS.(Weekend)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Jackie Demaline Executive entertainment editor The New York City Ballet will bring its 40th anniversary celebration, the American Music Festival, to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center for three weeks, with nine programs and 17 premieres July 5 to 23. The ...
JACKSON GAINS AMONG WHITE VOTERS.(Main)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Joel Connelly Hearst News Service and wire reports White voters, whose support for the Rev. Jesse Jackson was less than 5 percent in 1984, have become a significant factor in his 1988 campaign. In primary states selecting delegates, Jackson made his best ...
WHITE HOUSE OPENS DOOR FOR REAGAN ENDORSEMENT OF BUSH.(Main)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: James Gerstenzang Los Angeles Times The White House began Thursday taking down the artificial wall it had erected between President Reagan and George Bush's presidential campaign, as spokesman Marlin Fitzwater indicated that the President would soon abandon his public ...
MORRISON AWARDED PULITZER NOVEL 'BELOVED' GETS FICTION PRIZE.(Main)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Mary Chris Kuhr Staff writer and wire reports Author Toni Morrison, a professor at the State University of New York at Albany, won Thursday the 1988 Pulitizer Prize for fiction for "Beloved," her haunting account of the black slavery experience. She was among ...
TREASURY SECRETARY BAKER TOUTED AS CAMPAIGN CHIEF FOR BUSH.(Main)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Tom Raum Associated Press Vice President George Bush, his grip now firm on the Republican presidential nomination, is shifting his focus to the fall election amid speculation that Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III will resign to oversee his campaign. ...
RULING BY TOP COURT SENTENCES REVEALED IN HIGH SCHOOL ARSON.(Main)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer Four Colonie High School students, convicted in 1985 of torching their school, were ordered to spend up to two years in a youth detention facility or halfway house, and make $5,000 restitution, as part of their sentences of five years' ...
U.S. ASKS BUSINESS TO NOT PAY PANAMA.(Main)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press The White House announced steps Thursday to encourage American companies to withhold payments from Panama and warned that mandatory action will be considered if the voluntary measures are not sufficient. The action follows the disclosure that ...
N.Y. POPULATION SLIDING INTO 3RD TEXAS TO PASS EMPIRE STATE BY 1995.(Main)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press After two decades shadowing California in total number of residents, New York is on the verge of sliding to No. 3 in population by 1995, when Texas will surpass the Empire State for the first time, the CensusBureau said Thursday in its first state ...
A TOP AIDE URGES MEESE TO QUIT SOLICITOR GENERAL CITES TURMOIL.(Main)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Philip Shenon New York Times Solicitor General Charles Fried, the Justice Department's fourth-ranking official, urged Attorney General Edwin Meese III to resign but was rebuffed, department officials said Thursday. They said Fried, the department's chief ...
FIRMS URGED TO HALT DOLLARS TO NORIEGA.(Main)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Bill McAllister Washington Post The Reagan administration, frustrated that U.S. corporate-tax payments may have extended the reign of Panamanian Gen. Manuel Antonino Noriega, announced a new plan Thursday to stem the flow of U.S. dollars into Panama. If U.S ....
THE WINNERS.(Main)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: United Press International A list of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize winners: *Public service: The Charlotte Observer for revealing the misuse of funds by the PTL television ministry. *General news reporting: The Alabama Journal staff for its investigation ...
PUPPETS HELP CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT DEALING WITH OTHERS PROGRAM TEACHES SELF-EXPRESSION.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Grace O'Connor Staff writer Laura Davis brought puppets to a classroom at Van Rensselaer Elementary School Thursday to help some 9-year-olds learn how to express and understand grief. Children told her that to lose a loved one made them feel, sad, angry, ...
CANDIDATES ON THEIR WAY PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS SCHEDULED FOR CAPITAL DISTRICT.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Gary Spencer Capitol bureau New York City has the heaviest concentration of Democrats on the East Coast and it will be the central battlefield in the state's April 19 presidential primary, but all four major Democratic candidates have plans to make forays to Albany in ...
EGG-REGIOUS ACT, UNJUST DESSERTS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun Not since the 41st day, when it finally stopped raining, has there been such heartfelt and widespread relief. Carl Gutwein has been nabbed by the feds for harboring an egg. No, really, this is a very serious matter. It made all the ...
POSTAL SERVICE PROBE ENTERS RENSSELAER CO.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer The U.S. Postal Service, which is looking into allegations that the New York State Republican Committee misused its mailing privileges in 1987, has examined financial records from two Rensselaer County political organizations. ...
COLONIE SLATES 2 HEARINGS ON AMBULANCES.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Peter Wehrwein Staff writer The Town Board and Emergency Medical Services Task Force will hold two public hearings in the next few weeks to present, as well as seek comment on, the task force's recommendations for a new ambulance service system. The task ...
ROUND LAKE BUDGET PLAN MEETING TOPIC.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Jill Murman Staff writer A possible increase in village property taxes is expected to come up for discussion at Monday's agenda meeting of the village Board of Trustees. The agenda meeting will also represent the village's annual meeting, with three recently ...
MEDICAL EMERGENCY LEADS TO DRUG ARRESTS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Liz Walsh Staff writer "It's a terrible way to make money, but we'll take it," town Supervisor Kevin A. Moss said Thursday of the more than $26,000 the town expects after a drug bust in the town this week. On Tuesday, the town's paramedics responded to a call ...
VACATION PUT HUDSON WOMAN AMID PANAMANIAN TROUBLES.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Liz Walsh Staff writer The first indication vacationing Edith Bel Geddes had that there was trouble in Panama came when she was riding in a taxi down the Avenue de Quinza in Panama City and saw a truck filled with machine-gun and tear-gas wielding soldiers parked on the ...
SARATOGA CO. FAIR SETS NEW ENTRY FEES MASTER-PLAN GROUP TO MEET IN WILTON MOBILE TAX UNIT SET FOR AMSTERDAM.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... A new fee structure has been established for the 1988 Saratoga County Fair, which is scheduled for July 26-31. This year, for the first time, memberships are not required to enter fair competition, fair officials announced this week. Instead, the entry fee is based on a ...
CLIFTON PARK CONSIDERS INCREASING PLANNING, BUILDING FEES.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer The town is considering raising its planning and building permit fees in order to have developers pay a bigger bite of the cost of the work done by town departments in those areas. Those fee increases gained the consensus of the five ...
ALBANY CONSTRUCTION DISPUTE BOUNCED BACK TO LABOR DEPT.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer Despite Albany's attempts to seek intervention from the governor or attorney general in its housing construction wage dispute with the state Department of Labor, state officials said Thursday the matter rests strictly with the Labor ...
COURT SAYS VARIANCE MUST STAY IN PLACE ZONING BOARD OK'D REAL ESTATE OFFICE.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Peter Wehrwein Staff writer The state's highest court ruled Thursday that the town had to stick to an 11-year-old zoning- variance decision and not reopen the case when the property was sold years later. The ruling by the Court of Appeals was based on the ...
RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK FACES SCHOOL-TAX INCREASE.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer The Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Board of Education is recommending a preliminary budget of $14.3 million for the 1988-89 school year that will mean higher tax rates. The board recently approved a proposed spending package of $14,332,952, ...
JURY TOLD OF STATEMENT TYING DEFENDANT TO ARSON DEATHS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Laurie Anderson Staff writer The prosecution rested its case Thursday in the murder-arson trial of Richard J. Wright with testimony from the detective who said he recorded the statement - without setting any conditions - that allegedly links the defendant to the crime ....
NEW PARK, SEWAGE HEAD SPA AGENDA.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Jill Murman Staff writer Creating a new park and eliminating an alleged health hazard are two items on the agenda of Monday's City Council meeting. Representatives of the Save-the- Carousel Committee will present their plan to locate the Kaydeross Park ...
HOUSING REHAB CHIEF TO BE NAMED.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... When village trustees hold their annual reorganizational meeting today, a new coordinator for Ballston Spa's housing rehabilitation program will be named. Bernard Puckhaber, who also serves as village clerk, retired from the coordinator job this year after spending ...
LANSINGBURGH STATION PROPOSED FOR POLICE.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Laurie Anderson Staff writer City Councilman Brian Sanvidge is sponsoring legislation to create a police substation in the Lansingburgh firehouse at 115th Street and Fifth Avenue. "I know it's something that all of the residents up there want," Sanvidge said ...
2 ARRESTED IN HUDSON GAMBLING RAID.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Two men were arrested Thursday after a raid on a what police described as a numbers gambling operation. Hudson police raided a private social club at 205 Columbia St. at 9:12 a.m. and said they found gambling records, $500 in cash and alcohol. Arrested were Joseph R ....
COURT SENTENCES 4 FOR BERNE TRESPASS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Four people were placed on three years' probation Thursday in Albany County Court for guilty pleas to misdemeanor criminal-trespass charges. Stewart Ellis, 38, of 5 Meadow St., East Greenbush; Rose Peragine, 19, and Grant Westcott, 20, both of 4289 Sickle Hill Road, ...
TENANTS COMPLAIN TO BOARD ALLEGE PARK OWNER VIOLATES CODES.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer Four residents of the Fonda Heights Mobile Home Park complained to the Town Board Thursday that its owner is violating state and local health codes. But park owner Herbert Coleman said residents are responsible for faulty sewer lines ...
ONLY 1 BIDDER ON POOL REPAIR; WORK TO BEGIN.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... With just one bid on repairs to the Lincoln Park pool, work is expected to get under way shortly to fix leaks responsible for the loss of millions of gallons of water each summer. John Digiulio of Delaware Avenue offered to repair the pipes beneath the 1931 pool for $372,150, a ...
GUILDERLAND NAMES PLANNING COORDINATOR.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... A Binghamton woman has been selected to fill a position created by the town upon the retirement of Chief Building Inspector Paul Empie. Jan Weston will become the town's planning coordinator April 25. She will receive a yearly salary of $27,000, Town Supervisor Kevin A. Moss ...
4 SEEK SEATS ON N. COLONIE SCHOOL BOARD.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Two candidates for the North Colonie School District Board of Education appear to be headed for uncontested election while two others will compete for the third open seat on the nine-member board. The deadline for filing petitions for the May 4 election is Monday at 4 p.m. Only ...
MEDICAL ETHICISTS TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT HIPPOCRATIC OATH.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Kathleen Haddad Staff writer For some time, the Hippocratic oath - scorned as anachronistic, mundane and paternalistic - had fallen out of fashion as a source of ethical guidance for physicians. But advances in medical technology have precipitated ethical ...
EYESORE-VEHICLE CRACKDOWN TO BEGIN.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Now that the snow has melted and unregistered vehicles not enclosed in a building can be seen, Harold Warner, the town's code-enforcement officer, will start making rounds today targeting vehicles for towing. In a crackdown on abandoned and unregistered vehicles that residents ...
SCH'DY TO BEEF UP MINORITY POLICE JOBS MAYOR SEES HAMILTON HILL GROUP.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Mary D'Ambrosio Staff writer Mayor Karen B. Johnson indicated Thursday that she would meet a group of upset Hamilton Hill leaders halfway, agreeing to seek ways to hire more minorities on the city police force and, despite police objection, to consider establishing a ...
SHAKER TO INCREASE ANTI-ALCOHOL PROGRAMS INCIDENT AT DANCE SPARKS NEW DRIVE.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Liz Walsh Staff writer After a teenage girl appeared at a Shaker High School dance last week so intoxicated she required hospitalization, school officials say they plan to increase programs designed to combat alcohol consumption by students. The 15-year-old ...
COURT SAYS FORD REPAIR CHARGES ILLEGAL.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press The Ford Motor Co. illegally charged $100 deductibles to perform some automobile repairs it should have done in New York for free under the state's Lemon Law, a mid-level state appeals court ruled Thursday. The Appellate Division of state ...
SCH'DY COUNTY SALES TAX GETS MIXED VIEWS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Speakers at a public hearing Wednesday night on the countywide sales tax were about split in their views. About 40 people attended the Town Hall hearing, but only 12 spoke about the possible 2 or 3 percent tariff. Five people opposed the tax, four said they supported ...
AT 98, HE DOESN'T WANT TO RETIRE.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Deborah Gesensway Staff writer When James Shields started work in the Albany Water Department, he earned $28 a week and worked seven days straight. That was 1928, and the Coxsackie native was already well acquainted with Albany's modern water supply system ....
INSTRUCTION SLATED FOR BALLOT WORKERS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... The Rensselaer County Board of Elections has scheduled several instructional sessions for the more than 500 election inspectors scheduled to work at county polling places during the April 19 presidential primary. Inspectors should attend sessions in or near their communities on ...
WORKSHOP TUESDAY.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... A Planning Commission workshop on the impact of the proposed Grandview Estates townhouse subdivision will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Common Council chambers at City Hall. The Common Council recently ...
TROY TO ALLOW NIGHT PARKING IN DOWNTOWN.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... For the next seven months, downtown residents will be able to leave their cars on the street overnight providing they pay attention to alternate-side-of-the-street parking regulations. City Manager Steven Dworsky said that starting today and through Oct. 31, cars can be left ...
SCHOOL-AID DISPUTE STALLS TALKS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press Progress toward adopting a state budget stalled again Thursday and the Legislature recessed until Monday, a break for the religious holidays that meant New York would start its fourth consecutive fiscal year without a spending plan. Without a ...
ABRAMS SUES NEW JERSEY OVER MILK-DISTRIBUTION BARRIERS STATE HOPES CLAIM IN U.S. COURT WILL OPEN REGIONAL MARKETS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Cliff Lee Business editor In an attempt to force New Jersey to drop its "unconstitutional barrier" to interstate sales and distribution of milk products, New York Attorney General Robert Abrams filed suit Thursday against that state's agriculture secretary and dairy ...
CRUICKSHANK-ESTATE TAX APPEAL POSSIBLE.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer The state Tax Department can appeal a surrogate's setting of $12,180 in estate taxes owed by the estate of slain millionaire developer G. Alan Cruickshank, an appeals court ruled Thursday. Jean M. Cruickshank, widow of the developer ...
COURT UPHOLDS VALIDITY OF AERIAL DRUG SEARCHES.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press Police don't violate a citizen's right to privacy when they search open fields by helicopter or on foot for marijuana plants without a warrant, a sharply divided state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. In a 4-3 decision, New York's top court ...
EMPLOYEES, CREDITORS EXPECT MONEY WITH OR WITHOUT BUDGET.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer As one fiscal year ended Thursday and another began today, the lack of an agreement on the New York state budget put into effect what has become an annual rite of spring in Albany - preparing to pay the bills without a budget in place. ...
RULING ON CAMERAS IN COURT OVERTURNED.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: United Press International A state Supreme Court judge Thursday overturned a ruling by an Onondaga County judge who had issued a ban on cameras in his courtroom during an upcoming murder trial. Onondaga County Judge J. Kevin Mulroy had denied requests by local ...
SENATOR RELEASES MAIL LOG CLAIMS GOP GETS PRINT PERKS.(Local)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Dan Janison Capitol bureau Sen. Emanuel Gold, D-Queens, produced documents Thursday to support earlier charges that at least one GOP senator got more than five times the usual limit for members on special mailings printed at public expense. A Senate ...
PHOTOFINISHING FIRM TO CREATE 125 JOBS IN AMSTERDAM.(Business)(Company overview)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Mark S.R. Suchecki Business writer Local civic and business leaders just couldn't stop saying cheese Thursday as Guardian Photo Inc., the nation's second largest photofinisher, announced it will soon create 125 jobs here at a new $1 million plant capable of processing 1 ...
KODAK MERGER IN DOUBT.(Business)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press A Supreme Court justice Thursday set aside an appeals court ruling that had cleared the way for the merger of the photofinishing operations of Eastman Kodak Co. and Fuqua Industries Inc. Officials of the companies involved in the dispute ...
JORLING, BUTCHER MEET ON PESTICIDE GUIDES IRONING OUT THE TROUBLE SPOTS.(Business)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Cliff Lee Business editor State Environmental Conservation Commissioner Thomas C. Jorling and Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Donald Butcher met in closed session Thursday in an attempt to hammer out an understanding on the controversial proposed ...
OAKLINE OWNER SAYS HE'LL REPAY CREDITORS.(Business)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Cailin Brown Business writer Faced with a threat of liquidation, Steven Cohen, the owner of Oakline Lumber & Millwork Inc., said Wednesday he still plans to pay back his creditors at least some of the $569,191 he owes. Oakline manufactures and distributes ...
'SEVENTH SIGN' DEPICTS BABY BOOM VS. COSMIC DOOM.(Weekend)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Martin Moynihan Staff writer After "Three Men and a Baby," "Baby Boom" and "She's Having a Baby," the thriller "The Seventh Sign" was probably inevitable. It's a tale of the supernatural based somewhat on the Bible and other sources, but which more truthfully ...
'GLASS MENAGERIE' BEAUTIFULLY TRANSFERRED TO FILM.(Weekend)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Jackie Demaline Executive entertainment editor One couldn't ask for a truer, more loving filming of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" than the one given it by Paul Newman. It opens today at the Spectrum. It's fascinating that at last two directors have ...
SPENCERTOWN GROUP GETS $3,000 GRANT.(Weekend)
Apr 01, 1988 ... The Spencertown Academy Society Inc. has received a $3,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for support of the academy's annual chamber ...
GROUP TO CREATE WORK-IN-PROGRESS SERIES.(Weekend)
Apr 01, 1988 ... New Performance Works, a western Massachusetts-based group devoted to new forms of music and performance, is seeking proposals from the creators of such works for a new monthly works-in-progress series to be held in Great Barrington, Mass. The purpose of the series, according to ...
FILING SERVICE TO AID ACTORS.(Weekend)
Apr 01, 1988 ... The Albany City Arts Office will provide a new service to Capital District actors, according to its executive director Patricia Devane, with the creation of its newly devised central casting files. It is hoped the local casting files will serve as a resource for out of town ...
REALISTIC LOOK AT VIETNAM WAR ON HBO.(Weekend)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Janet Trinkaus War is hell and HBO will prove it beginning Sunday night at 9 p.m. with "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam." Based on the book of the same name, the program uses newsreel footage of the Vietnam War, home movies taken in Vietnam, snapshots ...
TORNADOS' ILL WIND IN PATROONS' PATH PRESSURE ON ALBANY IN OPENER.(Sports)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Tim Wilkin Staff writer Although it sounds crazy, the pressure is on the Albany Patroons. For the first time in their magical Continental Basketball Association season, the Pats are playing what amounts to a crucial game. Game1 of the Eastern Division finals ...
CVRA LOSES A TRACK AND ITS BEST DRIVER.(Sports)
Apr 01, 1988 ... Byline: Ron Armstrong The Champlain Valley Racing Association has shrunk a bit this season. The association is down from three tracks to two and will start the season without defending point champion C.D. Coville of Burnt Hills. CVRA director C.J. Richards ...