Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from June 1988:
HOLIDAY REVELERS GET 102 TICKETS AT LAKE GEORGE CAMPGROUNDS.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Jill Murman Staff writer Trouble at the Hearthstone Campsite just north of this village is a Memorial Day tradition that seems to give state conservation officers headaches every year. One hundred and two tickets were issued on the holiday weekend at the ...
FORM OF MELODIC THERAPY HELPS WOMAN FIND WORDS.(Living Today)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Patrick Kurp Staff writer Only after Maria had mastered the challenge of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" - a song she abominates, but it's filled with wide-open vowels - could she even contemplate her name. Now, five months after her stroke and four months after ...
DUARTE IN WASHINGTON FOR CANCER SURGERY.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte, who says he is sufferingfrom a malignant stomach disease, arrived in Washington Tuesday night for medical treatment. Duarte was taken to Walter Reed Army Medical Center immediately after his arrival ...
TRADERS PUSH MARKET TO 2ND-BIGGEST '88 GAIN.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Staff and wire reports Stock traders celebrated their return from the three-day Memorial holiday on Tuesday with a buying spree that pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its second biggest gain of the year. Analysts said there was no single piece of ...
GORBACHEV FRUSTRATED BY TREATY DELAYS.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Philip Taubman New York Times and wire reports On the third day of President Reagan's visit to Moscow, Mikhail S. Gorbachev expressed exasperation Tuesday with the absence of progress in removing key obstacles to a treaty reducing strategic nuclear weapons. ...
'HARMLESS' ERROR NO BAR TO EXECUTION.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press States sometimes may execute convicted murderers even if their constitutional right to a lawyer's help was violated, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. By a 5-3 vote, the justices said for the first time that such errors may be deemed ...
STATE WINS PENSION DISPUTE TIER III WORKERS TO STAY IN PLAN.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Gary Spencer Capitol bureau The Court of Appeals supported the state Tuesday in a constitutional dispute with the Civil Service Employees Association over the assignment of thousands of public employees to the Tier III pension plan nearly 12 years ago. The ...
WESTERN GUESTS GROW IMPATIENT WITH SOVIET HASSLES AIDES, REPORTERS DON'T MIX WELL WITH KGB.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Ann McFeatters Scripps Howard The White House advance man, on his sixth trip to the Soviet Union, exploded. "I've had it with these people - the KGB, the police. You can't deal with them!" As the end of the summit nears, tempers are flaring. For ...
56 FEARED TRAPPED IN W. GERMAN MINE.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press An explosion ripped through a coal mine today in central West Germany, trapping scores of miners hundreds of feet underground, authorities said. An engineer for the power company that owns the lignite coal mine said 56 miners were believed ...
NYC FIRE ROUTS 40 FAMILIES.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press Ten firefighters and one civilian suffered minor injuries and as many as 40 families were displaced after a three-alarm fire raged through two Harlem apartment buildings, fire officials said. The blaze was declared suspicious because of its ...
REFUSENIKS MAY EMIGRATE.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press Twenty-eight refusenik families will be allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union from among 400 cases that U.S. officials raised during summit discussions with the Soviet Foreign Ministry this week, a prominent Jewish source said today. Yuli ...
TREAT AIDS INFECTION AS DISEASE, PANEL SAYS.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press The National Academy of Sciences said today that the hundreds of thousands of Americans unknowingly infected with the AIDS virus should be considered as suffering from a disease even if they don't have full-scale AIDS. "Viewing HIV infection ...
AFGHANS FREEING NEWSMAN.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press An Italian journalist jailed in Afghanistan for 11 months has been pardoned and will be released shortly, the Foreign Ministry announced today. President Najib assured an Italian envoy at a meeting today that he had signed a decree to pardon ...
INDICATORS SHOW ECONOMY GROWING AT STEADY RATE.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press The government said today its chief forecasting gauge of economic activity rose a moderate 0.2 percent last month in what amounted to a signal of steady economic growth with no danger of a recession this year. The Commerce Department said its ...
REAGAN UPBEAT AT END OF SUMMIT.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Combined wire services President Reagan said today that he and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had made progress in their fourth summit toward a treaty to cut by 50 percent the superpowers' strategic nuclear missiles, especially in the crucial area of verification. ...
POLICE KILL SUSPECT IN LAWYER'S MURDER MAN FIRED ON TROOPERS.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Bruce A. Scruton and Joe Mahoney Staff writers The man wanted for questioning in the hacking and shooting death of Kinderhook divorce lawyer John J. Crimmins III last week was shot and killed by two troopers early this morning after he had shot one of the officers, ...
MAN KILLS THREE, HIMSELF.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press A man shot and killed three people today, including the chairman of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, at a restaurant in a downtown hotel, the Anatolia News Agency reported. The assailant then shot himself in the head and was killed ...
W.R. GRACE ADMITS IT LIED TO EPA.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Jerry Berger United Press International W.R. Grace & Co. pleaded guilty Tuesday to lying to the Environmental Protection Agency in a 1982 investigation of industrial solvents that contaminated two water wells and were blamed for eight leukemia deaths in suburban Woburn. ...
CONVICTED OFFICIALS COULD LOSE STATE PENSION ETHICS COMMISSION CALLS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF HIGH STANDARD.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Richard Wexler Capitol bureau Allowing judges to strip law-breaking public employees of their pensions "would forcefully proclaim this state's determination to hold public officials to a high standard of ethical conduct and its refusal to underwrite the breach of that ...
SOVIET CITIZENS REACT WARMLY TO THE 'MIKHAIL-RON' SHOW.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Vic Ostrowidzki Hearst News Service "This year, if it's American, it's OK." That was way one Muscovite, Ruta Galinskya, characterized her government's decision to abandon its previous hostility toward President Reagan as the "Mikhail-Ron" show continued to ...
ENCON GROUNDS COPTER SALE.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun Some might see it as immoral, others as merely stupid. The issue involves internal politics and a state agency, so you can see where it could go either way. The agency is the Department of Environmental Conservation. The issue is a major, and ...
VANDALISM SUSPECTED IN GAS TANK SPILL.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer Police are investigating the possibility of vandalism in a suspicious gasoline leak Tuesday at a tank farm that dumped an estimated 14,000 gallons of gasoline into the ground near the Hudson River. Environmental workers at the Agway ...
COLLEGES ADDING JAPANESE COURSES RISE OF NATION'S ECONOMIC PROWESS SPURS EDUCATORS.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Tim Spofford Staff writer Recognizing the rise of Japan as an economic power, several colleges in the Capital District have added new courses in Japanese language and culture. These courses and others offered nationwide are becoming increasingly important, ...
SEARCH FOR WOODSMAN EXPANDS TO NEW JERSEY.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer The police manhunt for 43-year-old Mark Larsen, wanted for questioning in connection with the killing of Kinderhook divorce lawyer John J. Crimmins III, has expanded to New Jersey, authorities said Tuesday. Larsen's mother, Mabel, ...
OUTGOING PRINCIPAL HOPES FOR WATERFORD HIGH KUDOS.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer As Waterford- Halfmoon Elementary School celebrated its selection as a National School of Excellence last week, the outgoing high school principal was hoping that programs he started would eventually bring his staff similar recognition. ...
APPEALS COURT HEARS PARKING-PERMIT CASE CITY, STATE LAWYERS PRESENT ARGUMENTS.(Local)(Correction notice)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Brad Kelly Staff writer Attorneys for the city and the state's two largest unions of public employees presented arguments Tuesday on the controversial residential parking permit program in the state Court of Appeals. The city has been taken to court by the ...
MAN KICKED BY ALBANY POLICE PLEADS GUILTY TO RESISTING ARREST.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer A man who was kicked by police while handcuffed pleaded guilty to resisting arrest Tuesday in Albany County Court. Gregory Baity, 32, also had been charged with two felony counts of second-degree assault, accusing him of injuring two ...
ALBANY STARTS PARKING SCOFFLAW AMNESTY TODAY.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Brad Kelly Staff writer Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III Tuesday announced a 30- day amnesty program aimed at collecting $2.4 million worth of unpaid parking tickets that have been issued since 1986. Under the progam, which begins today and ends June 30, people with ...
STATE PRESSES FOR HOUSING FIRM'S WAGE RECORDS NEW SUBPOENA ISSUED TO VULCAN.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer The state Labor Department served a new subpoena Tuesday on Vulcan Affordable Housing Corp., stating that the company was refusing to cooperate with an investigation into its wage practices on a $5.1 million affordable-housing project. ...
BETHLEHEM PREPARES FOR RECORD CLASS OF KINDERGARTNERS.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Barbara Hayden Staff writer A record number of kindergartners are expected in Bethlehem Central Schools this fall, but the district is prepared. Assignments to schools for the 281 youngsters, 31 more than the number in class this school year, have already been ...
JURY IN MURDER TRIAL BEGINS DELIBERATIONS.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer An Albany County Court jury began deliberating Tuesday to decide if the Rev. Willie Lee Maye intentionally murdered his wife in 1986 or whether Annie May Maye died when shot by a rifle that accidentally discharged as the couple struggled over ...
BETHLEHEM RADAR TEAMS NAB 70 SPEEDING DRIVERS.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Barbara Hayden Staff writer Operation RISOR - Reduce Illegal Speeding on Roads - has produced 70 speeding tickets in just three radar hunting trips, according to police. "And this is only the beginning," according to Police Chief Paul Currie, who conceived ...
DEVELOPERS LOSE SUIT OVER PINE BUSH DELAY.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to hear the case of a Schenectady development company blocked by state courts from building in the Albany Pine Bush. The court rejected arguments by Benacquista, Polsinelli & Serafini ...
CHILD'S FATAL FALL BELIEVED ACCIDENT.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... The death of a 19- month-old boy who fell from an open window of his family's home on Broadway appears to be accidental, police said Tuesday. The body of Tavon Anderson was found on the sidewalk in front of 1213 Broadway shortly after 7 p.m. Monday. He was pronounced dead in ...
LOWER-INCOME HOUSING STUDY PLANNED.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer Concerned that the demand for affordable rental apartments and houses in Columbia County may exceed the supply, a non-profit housing group is setting out to document just what is available. If the Columbia Preservation Corp ....
PEEBLES ISLAND BRIDGE REPAIRS PUT OFF A YEAR.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer The Peebles Island bridge will not be repaired during the summer as village officials had hoped, and the $1 million proposed to reinforce it will not include making it accessible to car traffic. "We did not receive funds in this year's ...
WHALEN'S ROWERS LEAVE MEDIA IN THEIR WAKE.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Alan Llavore Staff writer The difference between the winner and the also-rans in a rowing race is often measured in seconds. In Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III's third annual Challenge Race against the media Tuesday, the winning margin may as well have been ...
POLICE SEEK CLUES IN CRASH OF PICKUP STUDENT INDICTED ON ASSAULT CHARGE MAN ACCUSED OF IMPRISONING WOMAN MAN GETS PROBATION FOR TRESPASSING SCHENECTADY MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULT GREENFIELD CENTER MAN ACCUSED OF RAPE 2,000 IN ALBANY BRIEFLY LOSE POWER IDA GIVES MORE TIME FOR GARAGE PLANS CONSERVATION CORPS GRANTS AWARDED ALBANY MED WINS GRANT FOR RENOVATION ADVICE OFFERED ON CURBING SALMONELLA BETHLEHEM BOARD TO HEAR AIDS REPORT.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: United Press International United Press International State Police said they are searching for the reason whya Palenville woman lost control of her pickup truck and slammed into a tree Tuesday night. Christine McDonald, 41, was listed in serious condition at ...
SCHENECTADY RESIDENCY PROPOSAL TABLED.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer A vote on a proposed residency law for city employees was tabled by the City Council Tuesday amid charges of politics by union leaders and council minority Republicans. The proposed law calls for city employees hired after today (June ...
TROY'S SECOND STREET BRIDGE OPEN; ANOTHER SHUT.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... With the completion of work on the Second Street bridge in South Troy, motorists will use the new structure while the Fourth Street bridge is closed. The two bridges are being replaced under an $800,000 contract with D.A. Collins Construction Co. of Stillwater. The ...
COLONIE HOUSING PLANS BACK TO DRAWING BOARD PLANNING BOARD SEEKS MORE OPEN SPACE IN DEVELOPMENT.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Peter Wehrwein Staff writer The Planning Board put the brakes on a new development in the Boght section Tuesday night, but moved closer to final approval of a smaller development in Loudonville, more than three years after it was proposed. The board sent the ...
RENSSELAER CONSIDERS VENDOR LICENSE PLAN.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... First Ward Alderman Edward Sill has said that he would not back a system to license vendors in the city unless he receives a clear indication that most city residents would favor such permits. Sill said Tuesday that he is researching the proposed legislation because of a recent ...
NISKAYUNA PICKS FIRM FOR LANDFILL- CLOSURE PLAN.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer The Malcolm Pirnie Inc. engineering firm of Albany has been selected by the town to develop its landfill-closure plan. The Town Board Tuesday acted on the recommendation of its landfill consultant, former town Public Works Commissioner ...
MTI SEEKS $3.5M IN BONDING TOWN IDA CAN'T OK EXEMPTION.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Peter Wehrwein Staff writer A high-technology engine manufacturer wants the Colonie Industrial Development Agency to approve $3,582,958 in bonds to finance renovation of its buildings and purchase of new equipment. But the company, Mechanical Technology Inc., ...
CALLER CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR WOODSTOCK FIRE.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: United Press International A previously unknown group or "sick individual" called news organizations and scattered rambling letters Tuesday claiming responsibility for an arson fire that gutted the Woodstock Playhouse. State Police studied the typed letter - ...
PHYSICIAN ADMITS GUILT IN 'ADOPTION'.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press A doctor pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegally placing a baby boy with lawyer Joel Steinberg and his companion, Hedda Nussbaum, who were later charged in the death of a 6-year-old girl. Peter J. Sarosi, 35, an obstetrician- gynecologist who ...
ALLEGED WHISTLE BLOWER GETS NEW JOB.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... One year ago, things looked pretty bleak for Robert Roark. The one-time technician at the Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research was transferred to a job cleaning animal cages, allegedly in retaliation for "blowing the whistle" on health and safety violations at the labs. ...
CUOMO CHANGES PROPOSALS ON COURT SYSTEM.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press ALBANY Gov. Mario Cuomo has altered his proposals to merge the state's court system and provide for the appointment of all state judges, two issues that died in the state Legislature last year, his office said Tuesday. Under Cuomo's new ...
SUPREME COURT LEAVES INTACT STATE RULE ON RETIREMENT OF JUDGES.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Staff and wire reports New York's policy of forcing elected judges to retire at age 70 even though no such mandatory retirement is imposed on appointed judges was left intact by the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday. The justices, four of whom are over 70, threw out ...
RESCUE SQUAD SEEKS HALFMOON FUNDS.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer The John Ahearn Rescue Squad is seeking $1,350 from the town to provide ambulance service in the Pruyn Hill section of town, town Councilman Timothy Reilly said Tuesday. The Mechanicville-based squad has set a June 13 deadline to ...
SMOKE DETECTOR STATUTES TOUGHENED.(Main)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: United Press International Every homeowner in the state will have to install smoke detectors under a law approved by Gov. Mario Cuomo that toughens existing statutes covering rental housing. The new law, signed Tuesday, requires that owners of all one- and ...
STATE FACES CYCLE DEATH SUIT.(Local)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: John Caher Staff writer The widow of a 31-year-old Schenectady man killed in a motorcycle accident Sept. 16 plans to sue the state for $5 million. A notice of claim filed by Cheryl L. Michelfelder of 1684 Roma St. contends that the state negligently designed ...
WEDDING RECEPTION MIRRORS FAMILY PAST.(Living Today)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Judy Shepard Staff writer When Anne Olcott and Robert Beech receive their wedding guests June 18 at Ten Broeck Mansion, a few ghosts may be watching. They'll be welcome, since they are the bride's ancestors - members of the Olcott clan that occupied the large, ...
OLD-TIME GARDENS FLOWERS, PLANTS FIND A SPOT TO BLOOM HISTORY.(Living Today)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Judy Shepard Staff writer Hazel Van Aernam is standing in the garden at Historic Cherry Hill, ignoring the rain as she steps firmly in her muddy sneakers on the creeping thyme she has planted for ground cover between the stones of the walkway. An elusive ...
EXPERT HELP FOR GREEN THUMBS.(Living Today)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Pondering peonies? Considering cleome? As you plan your garden, do you sometimes wish there were someplace to go to see how someone else did it? You can visit the gardens at Pruyn House and Historic Cherry Hill to see how master gardeners have planned gardens. ...
TENT CATERPILLARS BACK EN MASSE.(Living Today)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Patrick Kurp Staff writer A ravenous - and conspicuous - insect pest is munching on the leaves of trees and shrubs in the Capital District. Tent caterpillars feed on the foliage of many common plants, including black cherry, apple, birch, oak, willow, poplar, ...
RECEPTION TO FOLLOW RED CROSS MEETING.(Living Today)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Frances Ingraham ANNUAL MEETING: The Albany Area Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its 71st annual meeting June 9 in the Campus Arts Center of the Academy of Holy Names, 1061 New Scotland Road, Albany. A reception from 5 to 6 p.m. follows a 'one-house" meeting ...
RHEUMATIC FEVER RETURNING.(Living Today)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: William M. Dowd Managing Editor/Features Rheumatic fever, once an illness that plagued young people and left many with lingering heart damage, may be making a comeback. In the past quarter-century, the annual rate of new cases diagnosed in the United States ...
ARTS CORPORATION APPROVES BUDGETS FOR EGG, ESIPA PACC DISCUSSES PROPOSED BREAK WITH SUNY.(Living Today)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Maggie Ziomek Staff writer The Performing Arts Center Corporation has approved a $70,000 budget for summer programs at the Egg and slightly more than $3 million for the Empire State Institute for the Performing Arts' 1988-89 season. Funding for the summer ...
GRATEFUL DEAD TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY.(Living Today)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Ticket sales for the Grateful Dead concert June 28 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center will be limited to 30,000 people and will only be available to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at the SPAC box ...
KIDS CAN MEET CAPTAIN KANGAROO.(Living Today)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Members of the WMHT Kids' Club and their families will have the chance to meet Captain Kangaroo at the Catskill Game Farm from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 18. The Captain (Bob Keeshan) will be there taping new segments for his television show, which airs on WMHT (Channel ...
HUDSON FALLS MAN ON 'JEOPARDY!'.(Living Today)(Correction notice)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Another area resident has made the cut and will appear on the nationally syndicated game show, "Jeopardy!" Thomas Hudak, of Hudson Falls, Washington County, will be on the show Friday. He follows on the heels of Menands resident Peggy Kennedy, who won the two-week Seniors ...
CLOTHESLINE BY PERKINS MAY HANG MAVS.(Sports)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Ken Peters Associated Press The Lakers-Mavericks playoff series turned rough, and Los Angeles coach Pat Riley predicts more of the same. The Lakers, trying to become the first team to win consecutive NBA titles since 1969, regained control of the Western ...
PATS CALL MUSSELMAN AND GET BUSY SIGNAL.(Sports)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Tim Wilkin Staff writer All the Albany Patroons want, says general manager Gary Holle, is an answer from Bill Musselman. But Musselman, who coached the Pats to the Continental Basketball Association championship, apparently isn't ready to give them one. The ...
O'BRIEN GETS 'E' FOR EFFORT AT GENESEO.(Sports)
Jun 01, 1988 ... Byline: Maureen Kelly Erin O'Brien of Clifton Park, a senior at SUNY-Geneseo, was not the leading scorer for the Lady Knights' soccer team, but was recipient of the Geneseo Kiwanis Athletic Contribution Award for her all-around effort. The award is intended to ...