Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from May 1988:
BENCH FIGHT IN THE PARK REFUGE FOR THE HOMELESS.(Perspective)(Editorial)
May 01, 1988 ... The city of Albany's Parks and Recreation Commission is considering removing the park benches from the northeast corner of Washington Park. It would be one way of dispersing the derelicts who are reported to have made that section of the park into something like their version of a home. ...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK.(Perspective)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Dan Lynch Whatever else you can say about New York City politics, it's always a show. And there's no show like it anywhere else in the country. For example: Ed Koch has shown up on David Brinkley's Sunday morning program on at least two different ...
FRATERNITY SEEKS YOUTH TO FILL RANKS.(Living Today)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Paul Grondahl Staff writer The long shadows of dusk cut across the mosaic tile floors, the ornate carved oak balustrades and the red Spanish leather settees inside the Albany Masonic Temple. A noise begins to build from deep within the imposing, five-story ...
DISTURBANCES REIGN AT OBSERVATORY.(Living Today)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Susan E. Tomer Staff writer It was not a pretty sight, some of the nation's most eminent scientists and financiers slugging it out over control of the Dudley Observatory. And what began as a feud among a small group of nobles erupted into a battle involving ...
SCRAMBLING A SEASON AT EGG MORE EVENTS IN THE PLANS.(Show)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Martin Moynihan Staff writer W hen the Empire State Institute for the Performing Arts announces its schedule for next season on Tuesday, there will be more events on the calendar, but a lot of blank space next spring. That calendar block will eventually be ...
HE'S SOLVING RIDDLES IN SHAKER HISTORY.(Show)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Maggie Ziomek Staff Writer Jerry Grant can measure his contributions to Old Chatham's Shaker Museum in terms of small but significant discoveries. The assistant director for collections and research has worked at the museum for six months and solved two ...
CIRCUS LINGO SHUNS ALL BUT SUPERLATIVES.(Show)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Vinod Chhabra Staff writer It's being trumpeted as "The Largest Land Mammal Traveling The Face of The Earth." It's "more colossal than The Mighty Jumbo!" "Mastodonic Mammal Measurements!" - as in 14,762 pounds of muscle, with a 324-inch waist ... It's the one ...
JELLISON FLIES AGAIN IN ROLE OF PETER PAN.(Show)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Jackie Demaline Executive entertainment editor You couldn't say Claudia Cassan-Jellison has made a career of playing "Peter Pan," but certainly it's a role she finds herself returning to again and again - and again. The Empire State Institute for the ...
B-STUDENTS LEARN LESSON OF REJECTION.(Living Today)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Stephen Frank Staff writer The college admissions game - a contest that some guidance counselors say is becoming like roulette - ended today for this year's crop of high school seniors. May 1 is the traditional deadline for high school students and their ...
'LATE START' WHIPS EGG PLANNING.(Show)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Martin Moynihan Staff writer May is uncommonly late for ESIPA to be announcing its season schedule, particularly an incomplete one. According to programming committee chairman Lewis Swyer, a major reason for the delay is that the board got a "late start" on ...
MOMIX: FROM COW PASTURE TO PROCTOR'S.(Show)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Maggie Ziomek Staff writer Moses Pendleton has just come in from the barn and that means one of two things. He's either been throwing down hay bales or making a dance. On this particular overcast day in Connecticut, the founder and artistic director of the ...
SPERRY'S ONE OF SARATOGA SPRINGS' BEST-KEPT SECRETS.(Show)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Vinod Chhabra Staff writer Sperry's isn't listed in the phone book, so hang on to this: 30 1/2 Caroline St., Saratoga Springs; 584-9618. It's the ticket to a calm, unpretentuous bistro where an owner's the chef and the imaginative fare is worth the trip. For ...
HELMSLEY CROWN CRACKS TAX CHARGES RATTLE IMAGE.(Perspective)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Eileen V. Quigley Leona and Harry Helmsley emerged from a silver stretch limousine under slate-gray skies last month to be fingerprinted, photographed, booked and arraigned among drug dealers and thieves in the Manhattan criminal courthouse. Clad in a ...
MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN IN U.S. SPOTLIGHT IS DUKAKIS PROGRAM A MODEL OR A MUDDLE?(Perspective)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Don Colburn Model for a nation, or muddle for a state? The nation's first universal health insurance plan, signed into law last week by Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, the Democratic presidential front-runner, will be closely watched in Washington and ...
'NIGHTLINE' SHOWS FUTILITY IN MIDEAST.(Perspective)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Curtis Wilkie Ted Koppel never had any illusions of resolving the Middle East conflict during the week that his show, "Nightline," spent in the Holy Land, but by the time an extraordinary live, televised confrontation between prominent Israelis and Palestinians was over ...
COHN BIOGRAPHY ANECTODAL, OTHERWISE INSUBSTANTIAL.(Perspective)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Alan Sussman "Citizen Cohn - The Life & Times of Roy Cohn," by Nicholas von Hoffman; Doubleday; 1988; 464 pages. I had always suspected that loyalty was among the lesser virtues, but it wasn't until I read this biography of Roy Cohn - who was loyal to a fault ...
HERITAGE ARTISTS TO RETURN IN JUNE WITH ONE-MAN SHOW.(Show)
May 01, 1988 ... BACK TO WAR: Long-time fans of Heritage Artists will be delighted with the summer return of one of the company's most critically acclaimed shows. The one-man WWI reverie-revue "Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens Friday, June 10. New fans - and there are plenty of those thanks to ...
ICELAND OFFERS CHANGE OF SCENERY.(Perspective)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder News Service Icelanders inhabit a strange land. Geologically, the island is young and unstable, given to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. It sits astride the seam between the tectonic plates of Europe and North America, and Earth's crust here is ...
IF YOU GO ...(Perspective)
May 01, 1988 ... GETTING THERE AND AROUND: Tucked just below the Arctic Circle, between Greenland and Norway, Iceland is serviced by only one airline from the U.S. - Icelandair, en route Europe. Flights depart JFK Airport in New York daily about 8:45 p.m., arrive in Reykjavik 6:30 a.m. before continuing to ...
HISTORIC CLERMONT MANSION RE-OPENS SUNDAY FOR SEASON.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Judy Shepard Staff writer Marrying the boy next door seems a modest step, but when the boy in question is a Livingston, it opens all kinds of doors. In this case, the doors were those of Clermont, the centuries-old Livingston mansion on the Hudson River below ...
BRUGES: MEDIEVAL SECRET.(Perspective)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Catherine Watson Minneapolis Star Tribune This city of lacemakers, canals, churches and neat brick mansions with stairstep gables is a quiet medieval gem - easily one of the most beautiful in Europe. It reminds an American visitor of a European version of ...
IF YOU GO ...(Perspective)
May 01, 1988 ... GETTING THERE AND AROUND: Belgium is surrounded by the Netherlands, West Germany, Luxembourg, France and the Strait of Dover, which separates it from Britain. Bruges is 35 miles northwest of Brussels, capital and gateway city. Car rentals, taxis: expensive. Public ...
CALDWELL A LITTLE FLIP AND FAR OUT.(Perspective)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Barbara Brown Cartoonist John Caldwell says anyone rifling throughhis pockets might get the wrong idea. "There are little bits of note paper in every pocket," he said recently. "If I were to drop dead, they'd think I was a spy. It's real cryptic." ...
ALBANY CLUB TO HOST TRIALS.(Sports)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Ed Healy The Albany Obedience Club will host its 30th annual obedience trial on Saturday, May21. The event draws obedience-trained dogs and their handlers from throughout the northeast. The event will be conducted on the grounds of the Doane Stuart ...
TROY SCULPINS ARE CALIFORNIA-BOUND.(Sports)
May 01, 1988 ... Alison Prout of the Troy Sculpins won the age 17-18 solo and duet and competed on the winning 15-18 team in the Sectional Age Group Synchronized Swimming Championships held here recently. Prout, along with several of her teammates, will compete in the National Age Group ...
HOSPITAL TO PRESENT AWARDS 2 TO BE HONORED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Frances Ingraham COMMUNITY SERVICES AWARDS: William Leahy, president of the Leahy Funeral Home in Troy, and the late Margaret Ferguson, a former president of St. Mary's kospital Auxiliary, have been named recipients of this year's community service awards. The awards ...
OUTGOING NISKAYUNA WORKS CHIEF LOOKS BACK STARTS MONDAY AS RENSSELAER COUNTY ENGINEER.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer Amid an office cluttered with boxes last week, Public Works Commissioner Michael A. Mastropietro was putting the final touches on some packing. Mastropietro, who begins work Monday as Rensselaer County engineer, traced the growth in ...
PRINCIPAL APPOINTED AT SHAKER JUNIOR HIGH.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... The North Colonie Board of Education has appointed a Lewis County administrator principal of Shaker Junior High School. Russell B. Moore will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Thomas P. O'Brien, who had been principal since 1959. Moore has been ...
SCIENCE PUTS LAW TO THE TEST.(Main)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Gayle Golden Dallas Morning News Eight years ago, Mary Maihafer used a diaphragm for birth control. She used it consistently, right up to the day she learned she was six weeks pregnant. When her daughter was born with no left arm, an abnormally developed ...
PATROONS WIN 105-96, TAKE TITLE.(Main)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Paul Schwartz Staff writer The Albany Patroons won the Continental Basketball Association championship Saturday by defeating the Wyoming Wildcatters, 105- 96, in the seventh and deciding game of the CBA Championhip Series at the Washington Avenue Armory. It ...
STRIKING POLES WIN PAY HIKE.(Main)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Charles T. Powers Los Angeles Times About 7,000 workers at a heavy machinery plant in southern Poland halted their strike in its second day Saturday as the factory management gave in to demands for higher pay, union activists said. The settlement of the strike ...
TRADING SAFETY FOR JOBS TANNERY WORKERS SHRUG OFF RISKS.(Main)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Craig Brandon Anthony Garofalo, 81, has heard a lot of hard-luck stories since he began cutting the hair of tannery workers at the age of 16. But ask him about the state report issued last month that officially linked tannery workers to high rates of ...
CONTRACTS LAG FOR MINORITIES, WOMEN TARGET GROUPS GET ONLY 1.8% OF CIVIC CENTER WORK.(Main)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Greg B. Smith With a sweeping gesture, George Mallory pointed to the mammoth steel skeleton that some day will be the $46 million Albany County Civic Center. "It's a game," he said. "Everybody knows it." Mallory, a black man who owns a welding company in ...
EMBATTLED REBELS HOPE TO OUTLAST ANGOLAN WAR.(Main)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Peter Honey Baltimore Sun So wild and for-bidding is this part of the country that the old Portuguese colonists called it the "Terras do Fim do Mundo" - Lands at the End of the Earth. It is a world of dense and tangled woodlands and savannas. In the shallow ...
HOW WE SUPPORT CIVIC CENTER.(Main)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Harry Rosenfeld The Republican minority leader of the Albany County Legislature said he was puzzled last week by the announcement that Capital Newspapers, which publishes The Times Union and The Sunday Times Union, was the first corporation to sign up for one of the ...
REPORT CARD ALBANY SCHOOLS REFLECT LEADER.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Brad Kelly Staff writer Superintendent David A. Brown says he has spent the last six years preparing his school district for the 21st century. This month, Brown, 55, begins his seventh year as superintendent. His leadership, like the school system itself, is ...
LONG-DISTANCE COMMUTERS HEAD UP TO HUDSON OLD TRAIN STATION IS BUSY LINK TO NEW YORK CITY.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Gary Sheffer Staff writer As dawn breaks, William Tynan begins a trek that will carry him from his home in the Berkshires to the hubbub of a midtown Manhattan publishing house. Weekdays, Tynan works on Seventh Avenue as a corporate vice president. ...
SMALL CROWDS, COSTS IMPERIL ETHNIC FESTIVALS.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Mary Chris Kuhr Staff writer Tightened state purse strings and disappointing turnouts have brought an end to many of the free spring and summer ethnic festivals at the Empire State Plaza. That was the word last week from the state Office of General Services, ...
CHOKING ON IMMIGRATION RED TAPE.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun We are a nation of immigrants. That is our strength. But it's a wonder we have any strength left if our ancestors had to go through the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Talk about a rite of passage. Being the son of immigrants, I was spared ...
PAPER WORK SLOWS CHEMICAL PLAN WORK.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Phil Brown Staff writer To the county officials who must develop plans to deal with hazardous-chemical emergencies, the issue is another case of the federal government giving the orders without giving the bucks. Under federal law, by Oct. 17 communities must ...
CONSTITUTION FOCUS OF LAW DAY IN ALBANY.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... A continuing recognition of New York state's role in the adoption of the U.S. Constitution will be the focus of Law Day cermonies Monday at the Court of Appeals Hall, 20 Eagle St. The noon ceremony, which is open to the public, will include speeches by Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, ...
AFTER 4 DECADES, OFFICER'S REWARD WAS INADEQUATE PENSION.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Marv Cermak About 15 years ago, while assigned to track down the Capital District organized crime clan, I looked up a retired Schenectady cop named Jim Madigan. He bowed out as a deputy chief, but the now-deceased Madigan was even better known for his ...
TREAT ROOT PROBLEMS OF HOMELESS TO PROTECT SOCIETY.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Ralph Martin I don't know what got me going. Maybe it was the robust man in the soup kitchen line. Maybe it was the down-and-outer sleeping on a park bench. Maybe it was the panhandler who tried to hit me up. Maybe it was all these things, but it suddenly hit ...
VOTERS TO DECIDE FATE OF $23M SCHOOL BUDGET 2 SEATS OPEN ON NISKAYUNA BOARD.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer Residents of the Niskayuna School District will go to the polls Wednesday to determine the fate of a proposed $23.05 million budget for 1988-89 and to fill two seats on the Board of Education. The proposed budget represents a 7.6 ...
SCHENECTADY POLICE, FIREMEN TO START COMPUTER DISPATCHING.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer A $1.2 million computer-aided police and fire dispatch system, operated by new civilian employees, will be in full swing by June 1, Deputy Mayor Thomas A. Anapolis said. "We've turned a truly antiquated communication system into a ...
SAFETY-BELT SEMINAR SLATED.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... A seminar on corporate safety belt programs is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Albany Hilton, Ten Eyck Plaza. The agenda includes workshops, panels, a luncheon and videotapes to provide company health, safety and human resources ...
PALSY GROUP OPENS FUND DRIVE CASH TO HELP BUILD NEW HEADQUARTERS.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Laura Vecsey Staff writer The disabled pre-schoolers learning simple tasks such as drinking from a cup, clapping their hands or walking without wandering off are actually learning survival tactics. This is not to say the special education classes at the United ...
PROCTOR'S MARATHON COMES UP WAY SHORT.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer The Million Dollar Marathon fund-raiser for Proctor's Theater probably will net only a few thousand dollars, disappointed organizers said Saturday. Only about 500 of the 3,400 high school students who signed up to solicit at least ...
SCHOOL BOARD VOTE TUESDAY 5 CANDIDATES VIE FOR 2 VACANCIES IN SCHENECTADY.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Timothy F. Schick Staff writer City residents will go to the polls Tuesday to pick two of five candidates to fill seats on the Board of Education. The candidates seeking three-year terms on the seven-member board are: incumbent Ronald C. Lindsay of Kingston ...
CUOMO ORDERS INVESTIGATION OF STATE POLICE DA CHARGES FALSE TESTIMONY GIVEN IN MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: New York Times CANTON - Gov. Mario M. Cuomo has directed a state commission to investigate allegations State Police lied under oath in a vehicular manslaughter case. The accuser is the district attorney who prosecuted the case. He is supported by the ...
THE OL' BANKING GAME MARKETING CDS BECOMES GAME.(Business)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Mark S.R. Suchecki Business writer Item: The results of the New York Yankees' and Boston Red Sox games this season will mean money to holders of Fleet National Bank certificates of deposit. Item: Whether the stock market rises or falls changes the yield for ...
HAZARDOUS-CHEMICAL TRAINING EXTENDS TO OFFICES.(Business)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Mike Virtanen Business writer Many secretaries soon will be required to undergo training in the use of hazardous chemicals, as will many auto mechanics and janitorial workers. The training mandate is part of new federal rules that go into effect May 23 and ...
FREQUENT-FLIER PLANS COULD BE GROUNDED MILEAGE TO COST AIRLINES BIG BUCKS.(Business)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Cailin Brown Business writer The array of frequent-flier brochures displayed at almost every ticket counter at the Albany County Airport may be replaced soon. A recent move by United Airlines to curb its bonus program is expected to have a ripple effect, with ...
GENERAL STEEL WINS CONTRACT.(Business)
May 01, 1988 ... General Steel Fabricators has been awarded the contract for a metal deck on the 460,000-square-foot Building 38 project at Kodak Park in Rochester. Work on the structure, which will house equipment for preparation of emulsions, ...
COMPANIES DON'T GET FREQUENT- FLIER CREDITS.(Business)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Cailin Brown Business writer Because of its presence in such faraway corners as Alaska, Florida and Maine, KeyCorp of Albany frequently flies its executives across the country on business trips. After those executives collect their frequent-flier miles for all the time ...
RENSSELAER COMPANY ACQUIRES E.F. FULLAM.(Business)
May 01, 1988 ... Adirondack Environmental Services Inc. of Rensselaer has acquired the consulting and analytical services division of Ernest F. Fullam Inc. of Latham. Fullam continues in its primary business of the manufacture of accessories ...
MATT BREWERY TO BE HONORED MONDAY.(Business)
May 01, 1988 ... A resolution marking the 100th anniversary of the F.X. Matt Brewing Co. of Utica will be presented by members of the state Senate and Assembly at 11:30 a.m. Monday in the Legislative Office Building of the Empire State Plaza. The brewery was founded by German immigrant F.X. Matt ...
CONSUMER ADVOCATE NETWORK ORGANIZED.(Business)
May 01, 1988 ... A network of consumer advocates has been set up by Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. to assist customers with energy-related problems. Utility officials said the consumer advocates will help in obtaining financial assistance and ...
IT TOOK MORE THAN TALENT TO WIN TITLE.(Sports)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Tim Layden Freeze it, Albany. Touch it, squeeze it, hold it, love it. Never let it go. This will never happen again. The finest moments - no matter how special - pass in a flash. On a gray spring afternoon in a National Guard Armory whose memory will someday ...
DESTINY FULFILLED! PATS WIN IT.(Sports)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Tim Wilkin Staff writer What it came down to, most of the participants will tell you, is who wanted to win the Continental Basketball Association championship most. The final score says the Albany Patroons did. The Pats finished off their magical season with ...
ALBANY'S LITTLE MEN COME UP BIG AGAIN.(Sports)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Paul Schwartz Staff writer One was supposed to be too old, the other too small. One was at the twilight of his career, the other starting an improbable one. Lowes Moore and Scott Brooks were not supposed to lead anyone to the CBA championship. "I ...
MUSSELMAN WILL ENTERTAIN OFFERS BEFORE DECLARING PLANS.(Sports)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Tim Wilkin Staff writer His time in Albany has been short, but it may be over. Bill Musselman, expected to win the Continental Basketball Association championship for Albany, did Saturday; the Pats beat the Wyoming Wildcatters in the seventh and deciding game ...
LEFT FOR DEAD, 'CATTERS NEVER QUIT.(Sports)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Tim Layden Staff writer The teams of the Continental Basketball Association dug a grave for the Wyoming Wildcatters by beating them in 20 of their last 23 regular season games. The executives of the league chisleled a headstone by voting that the bankrupt ...
TRUCK FARMS DWINDLE AS DEVELOPMENTS ENCROACH.(Local)(Correction notice)
May 01, 1988 ... Byline: Liz Walsh Staff writer John Gade Jr. remembers riding to market with his grandfather in a horse-drawn buggy, packed with crates of raspberries grown on the family farm. Today, the 58-year-old Gade is one of the town's few remaining truck farmers who grow ...
BOY, 3, STRUCK BY PICKUP TRUCK FOUR FACE CHARGES OF WELFARE FRAUD 5 RUN FOR 3 SEATS ON GALWAY BOARD KIWANIANS SPONSOR PANCAKE DAY TODAY RECYCLING OFFERED FOR OLD NEWSPAPERS.(Local)
May 01, 1988 ... A 3-year-old boy suffered head injuries Saturday after he was hit by a pickup truck at a construction site on his family's property at Route 22 and S. Grimes Hill Road, Washington County sheriff's deputies said. Michael R. Jenkins was treated for head bruises at Mary McClellan ...