Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from September 1988:
DAY-CARE PROGRAMS LATEST STUDENT AID.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Gary Sheffer Staff writer A little red schoolhouse will help Connie Osekoski of Catskill earn her nursing degree. The schoolhouse is the newest structure on the campus of Columbia-Greene Community College here. It will house the college's day-care program for ...
JETLINER'S ENGINES EXAMINED SUSPECTED AS CAUSE OF CRASH.(Main)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: United Press International Federal investigators were giving a "hard look" to the wrecked engines as the possible cause of the crash of Delta Air Lines Flight 1141, in which 13 people died, but are equally interested in learning how 94 people managed to escape from the ...
30 KILLED IN BUS PLUNGE.(Main)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press A bus carrying 50 workers home from a seaside holiday hit a load of bricks dropped on the road and plunged into a reservoir, the Tanjug news agency said today. Thirty people were reported killed. Tanjug said 14 people were hospitalized in ...
STATE POLICE CONSIDER AUTOMATIC GUNS.(Main)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Kyle Hughes Capitol bureau Outgunned by more and more criminals, State Police are considering trading their traditional six- shooters for 9mm automatic pistols that can be fired a dozen or more times without reloading. The proposed change comes as ...
FIRM ADMITS COVERUP OF FAULTY PACEMAKERS.(Main)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Richard Cole Associated Press The Cordis Corp. pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to concealing defects in thousands of heart pacemakers, and four former executives were indicted for allegedly trying to cover up the problems. The battery-powered ...
AVERAGE INCOME UP IN '87.(Main)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Spencer Rich Washington Post The income of the typical American family nudged up 1 percent to $30,853 in 1987, but this general prosperity had no effect on the proportion of Americans living in poverty, which remained virtually stationary at 13.5 percent, the Census ...
94 SURVIVE FIERY AIRLINER CRASH PLANE DROPS AFTER DALLAS TAKEOFF; 13 DIE.(Main)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: David Maraniss and Laura Parker Washington Post A Delta Air Lines jetliner bound for Salt Lake City lurched down the runway and crashed in a fireball shortly after takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Wednesday morning, killing at least 13 of the 107 ...
GROUP SAYS BLACKS LOSE OUT IN RECOVERY.(Main)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press Increasing poverty among blacks, but not whites, shows that the nation's economic recovery is not being evenly shared, the head of a private anti-poverty group said today. But an official of a conservative group challenged Census Bureau ...
IRA SUPPORTERS PROTEST GUERRILLA DEATHS IN RIOT.(Main)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press IRA supporters burned cars, hurled rocks and gasoline bombs and fired on a police station in Belfast today to protest the slaying by British soldiers of three IRA guerrillas, police said. Three people were injured in the rioting, and security ...
STRIKE SHUTS BURMA AIRPORT.(Main)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press Striking employees today closed the capital's airport despite a government warning, but only a few thousand demonstrators showed up for an anti- government protest called by striking public employees. The airport strike halted all ...
SCOTIA MAN FINED IN FALLS STUNT.(Main)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press A Scotia resident was one of two men who have been fined $4,725 each by the U.S. Coast Guard for attempting to go over the Horseshoe Falls in a makeshift barrel nearly two years ago. Michael Viscosi, 23, of Scotia declined comment, but he has ...
HOFSTRA PROFESSORS ON STRIKE.(Main)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press Faculty and administrators at Hofstra University walked out on strike this morning, but administrators said the school would remain open. The strike began at 8 a.m., eight hours after the contract expired and six hours after talks broke down, ...
ROCKET DESTROYS KABUL AMMO DUMP.(Main)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: United Press International A rebel rocket salvo hit the main Soviet ammunition dump at Kabul air base today, causing a huge explosion that destroyed the facility and many aircraft, soldiers said. No officials were immediately available for comment on the ...
PUTTING FEAR BACK INTO DRUG USERS.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Ralph Martin It's time we got rid of our ridiculous double standard on drug abuse. If you think the outburst was triggered by Lawrence Taylor, you're ahead of me. Taylor gets a slap on the wrist; Mercury Morris ends up serving hard time. The difference was ...
RAVENA TO GET GAS FROM NIMO PSC BACKS BID IN 'UTILITY WAR'.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Mike Virtanen Business writer The state Public Service Commission on Wednesday authorized Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. to install pipelines and provide gas service to residents of Ravena and the adjacent town of Coeymans. The PSC rejected a competing bid by ...
DUANESBURG SCHOOL'S WATER HIGH IN LEAD.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer High levels of lead have been found in water samples taken at Duanesburg Central High School, resulting in a ban on all drinking water until the problem can be corrected, school officials said Wednesday. School Superintendent John ...
SUSPECT IN COXSACKIE PRISON REVOLT FREED SENTENCE COMPLETED, OFFICIALS EXPLAIN.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer While an investigation into the Coxsackie prison revolt has not produced criminal charges against any of the inmates, an inmate who may have had a role in the hostage-taking has been released from prison, Greene County's chief prosecutor ...
ROACHES RAMPANT IN ALBANY BUILDING LANDLORD, TENANTS AT ODDS.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer Everyone agrees the cockroaches at 57 Dana Ave. have to go. But killing them is proving no small feat in a battle between a landlord who blames his tenants for the bugs and tenants who say they paid for an uninhabitable apartment. ...
OFFICER SAYS VICTIM STABBED, BEATEN DETECTIVE DESCRIBES MURDER SCENE IN DRIFTER'S TRIAL.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer Murder victim Gerald J. Trottier's neck was so severely slashed on May 16, 1987, that his head was nearly severed from his body, according to testimony Wednesday in the Albany County Court trial of Paul Stephen Reese. Albany ...
TROY MAN, 26, GETS 1 TO 3 YEARS FOR SEXUAL ABUSE.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... A 26-year-old Troy man was sentenced Wednesday in Albany County Court to 1 to 3 years in prison for having sexual contact wih a girl under 11 years old. Richard S. Threw of 36 11th St. had pleaded guilty before Judge John G. Turner Jr. to first-degree sexual abuse, admitting ...
MAN LOSES BAIL BID IN SON'S DEATH CASE.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer Citing the probability that the baby died as a result of violent conduct, an Albany County judge denied bail Wednesday for a city man accused of murdering his 7-week-old son. Judge Joseph Harris also raised the possibility that Blaine ...
TOWN HALL EXPANSION UNDER ESTIMATE.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Liz Walsh Staff writer Bids opened Wednesday for expansion and renovation of Town Hall totalled $2,688,256, under the $2.8 million estimated by the town's architectural firm. A $254,700 excavation contract, $50,000 for furnishings and $188,000 in architect's ...
MEETING LAW MAY OK POLICE BOARD SECRECY.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer The city's top attorney used an outdated lawsuit and a more recent one that relied on it in deciding the Community/Police Relations Board is not a public body, the executive director of the state's Committee on Open Government said Wednesday. ...
PALACE THEATRE BOARD NEGOTIATING FOR DIRECTOR.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Deborah Gesensway Staff writer The board of an organization set up this summer to manage the Palace Theatre is getting ready to hire a director whose job it will be to increase use of city-owned former movie palace. "We have identified a candidate and expect ...
'OUT THERE ALONE,' PRICE CHOPPER MEETS CITY ON ARBOR HILL CENT ER.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Brad Kelly Staff writer Representatives of Price Chopper Supermarkets met this week with city officials to discuss the future of a troubled Arbor Hill shopping center. With the exception of a Price Chopper mini-market that opened last year, the ...
BRACE FOES SCRATCHED FROM COMMITTEE RACE.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Brad Kelly Staff writer Third Ward Alderman Nebraska Brace continued Wednesday to knock his opponents out of next month's Democratic committee races. The latest victims, Louis King and Jack Matthews, were thrown off the ballot after the Appellate Division of ...
STATE POLICE STATION PACT GETS REVIEW.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Town officials and State Police administrators are reviewing a draft contract for a State Police station, which is expected to open in the town in the spring. The contract, received by both sides Wednesday, details the lease arrangement for the station, planned on five acres on ...
SCHOOL TAXES RISE AVERAGE 6.8 PERCENT.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Property taxes in the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake school district will rise an average 6.8 percent for the 1988-89 school year. According to school officials, the changes in the tax rates per $1,000 of assessed value in the four towns in the district will be: Ballston, down 43 ...
CHILD-CARE CENTER OFFERS OPENINGS.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Registration for the Area Center for Teens child-care program runs through Friday and there are still several openings. The before- and after-school programs, which run from 7 to 9 a.m. and 3 to 6:30 p.m., are available to elementary school-age children. Sliding ...
BALLSTON SPA SCHOOLS REPORT SURPLUS.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Laura Vecsey Staff writer The Ballston Spa school district ended the 1987-88 fiscal year with a $170,000 surplus that will be used to start a fund balance. Business manager John Duffy said that despite the proposal by one school board member to use the balance ...
CLIFTON PARK APPEALS BOARD DROPS SUIT.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer The town's Zoning Board of Appeals has agreed to drop its lawsuit against town Supervisor Kevin M. Dailey over access to its files, according to town officials. The decision, made Tuesday night, is subject only to the acquiesence of ...
BETHLEHEM BOARD TOLD OF DAMAGED AUDITORIUM CEILING.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Barbara Hayden Staff writer In the wake of a collapsed ceiling in an art room at Clarksville Elementary School in July, the Bethlehem school board learned about a new ceiling in the high school auditorium that is suffering "substantial water damage" from a heavy rainfall ...
TRUCKER CHARGED IN NORTHWAY COLLISION.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... The driver of a tractor-trailer that failed to clear an underpass and triggered a four-car accident along the Northway Tuesday night was ordered held in Saratoga County Jail. Scott Coleman, 23, of Ottawa, Ontario, whose truck was hauling crushed cars apparently stacked too high, ...
BODY IDENTIFIED AS GLENS FALLS WOMAN.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... A State Police forensic scientist has identified the body of a woman found near the Northway two weeks ago as a 21-year-old Glens Falls woman last seen in July, Warren County Sheriff's deputies said. The remains of Michelle Whitney of 62-B Hudson Ave. were positively identified ...
SCHAGHTICOKE FAIR OPENING.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... The 169th Schaghticoke Fair opens today and will continue through Monday. While the fair will offer the usual array of rides, games of chance and music, Dick McLaughlin, one of the fair's directors, noted the purpose of the five-day event is to promote agriculture in the state. ...
SCHENECTADY WATER PLANT CHIEF QUITS.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Harvey K. Davis, chief plant operator of the city Water Pollution Control Department, has resigned his $36,304-a-year position, effective Sept. 13. Davis, a city employee more than 15 years, has obtained a position with Metcalf & Eddy, an internationally known engineering firm ...
SCH'DY EYES PAY FREEZES, DELAYING PROJECTS.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer Mayor Karen B. Johnson said Wednesday that she had told leaders of 13 unions representing city employees that giving up future pay raises might wind up saving jobs of workers facing possible layoff because of the budget crunch. ...
CROWDS RETURN TO STATE FAIR.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: United Press International Gov. Mario M. Cuomo may have skipped Governor's Day at the 142nd annual New York State Fair, but plenty of people turned out Wednesday for Women's Day as sunny skies returned to the fairgrounds. Improved weather, special events and ...
PANEL FORMING FOR COST-CUTTING STUDY.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... The Waterford- Halfmoon Board of Education is seeking members for a committee to study cost-reduction methods. Board member David Petruska, who proposed the committee, will be committee chairman. Board members Frank Miller and Benjamin Kelts also are on the panel. ...
COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR UNDER WAY DIVERSE ATTRACTIONS MAKE DEBUT.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer While the Columbia County Fair includes features you'd expect to find at any such event - midway rides, games of chance and horse races included - much remains distinctly local. That's evident in the organization that puts ...
MAN KNIFED IN TRAFFIC DISPUTE; SUSPECT ON MOTORCYCLE SOUGHT MAN GETS 8 1/3-25 YEARS IN CHILD'S DEATH COHOES MAN CHOKED DURING SEIZURE AUTHORITIES SEEK WOULD-BE ABDUCTOR WATERVLIET MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT 6 PEOPLE FACE DRUG CHARGES IN ALBANY BICYCLE RACING SLATED IN SCHENECTADY.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... A Wolf Road traffic dispute between two motorists led to a parking lot fight in which one of the combatants pulled a knife and plunged it into the chest of a 20-year-old Troy man, town police said Wednesday. After the 1:30 p.m. incident in the parking lot of Colonie Center, the ...
ALBANY MAN FACES ROBBERY CHARGES.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... A 23-year-old Albany man was to appear this morning inAlbany Police Court on charges that he held up two people in separate incidents last week. Ronald Gause of 379 Orange St. was arrested Wednesday night at Clinton and Swan streets and charged with two counts of first-degree ...
ALBANY MAN TO FACE DRUG-SELL CHARGE.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... A 33-year-old Albany man faces a charge of selling LSD following his arrest Wednesday night in a Central Avenue tavern, city police said. Kevin McMullen, who has no known address, also is accused of criminal impersonation and resisting arrest following an incident at the ...
TRADE UNIONS CALLED HEALTHY.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: United Press International A Cornell University dean told members of the AFL-CIO Wednesday that the trade union movement in New York state remains one of the healthiest in the world. David Lipsky, dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at ...
DMV FILES IN COMPUTER LIMBO FOR DAY DATA OUT OF REACH AS MAINFRAME FAILS.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Gary Spencer Capitol bureau Life was a little easier for scofflaws on Wednesday when the state Department of Motor Vehicles' mainframe computer went down for the day, cutting off access to its statewide records on suspended licenses, invalid license plates and unpaid ...
FIREFIGHTERS LEARNED AT YELLOWSTONE.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press New York firefighters who helped battle the forest fire that has ravaged parts of Yellowstone National Park say that mamouth blaze is much larger than anything they would expect to contend with here. But the firefighters, who returned to New ...
AUTO-BATTERY RECYCLING SPARKS LITTLE INTEREST IN LEGISLATURE.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer While Suffolk County is moving ahead to get $5 deposits on old auto batteries to bolster the recycling of them, more time is apparently needed for a similar effort statewide. Suffolk County led the nation in recycling bottles and cans, ...
FIRE CREW TO DISCUSS PENALTY.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer Firefighters will meet tonight to discuss their reaction to the suspension of Chief Donald Espey, a popular leader penalized for allowing a fire truck to be used in a volunteer's wedding. Espey, chief of Halfmoon-Waterford ...
MALTA BOARD TO AIR OPEN CONTAINER LAW.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Laura Vecsey Staff writer Town Board members agreed Wednesday to act on an open container law, but decided to delay a decision on four-year terms for the town clerk and highway supervisor. The board will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday on ...
MECHANICVILLE SCHOOL BOARD ACCEPTS COACH'S RESIGNATION.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Peter Wehrwein and Alan Llavore Staff writers The Board of Education voted 5-2 Wednesday to accept the resignation of football coach Jon Cavotta. The high school varsity coach resigned Tuesday after team players alleged that he had struck and injured them ...
THUNDERBIRDS TO FLY AT PLATTSBURGH SHOW.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Associated Press The Thunderbirds will fly as scheduled one week from today at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, despite Sunday's air show disaster at Ramstein Air Base in West Germany, officials here say. The Air Force Thunderbirds, a precision flying team, are ...
CHILD'S HOSPITAL AGREES TO $23G FINE.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Kathleen Haddad Staff writer Child's Hospital has been fined $23,000 by the state Health Department for violations of the state hospital code over the past two years involving six patients. The fine is part of an agreement between the hospital and the ...
CONTINGENCY ITEMS ON BALLOT.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Voters in the Brittonkill Central School District will be asked next week to approve five contingency budget items for the upcoming school year. Polls will be open from noon to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Tamarac High School, Route 2, in Brunswick. Funding for ...
INMATE GOES TO COLLEGE AT PUBLIC COST.(Local)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Gary Sheffer Staff writer Wyley Gates, who is a convicted felon, has enrolled as a full-time student at Corning Community College in Steuben County, which could cost Columbia County more than $1,400, according to college officials. Gates, 19, is serving an 8 ...
TESTS NOW CERTIFY YOUR AUTO MECHANIC.(Living Today)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Irene Gardner Keeney Consumers seeking a good auto mechanic oftimes feel like Diogenes looking for an honest man. It's not that they are not available. It's more a case of: "who do you trust in these days of complicated cars that can cost almost half your ...
BUYERS NEED TO SHOP FOR A RELIABLE DEALER.(Living Today)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Christopher Jensen Newhouse News Service With new-car warranties lasting longer, consumers might be wise to start comparing the features, services and attitudes of auto dealers as well their automobiles. Once, new-car warranties were good for only a year, but ...
CLOTHES THAT REALLY SHINE HE'S NOT FOOLIN' - THE DUDS HE DESIGNED LIGHT UP.(Living Today)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Paul Grondahl Staff writer Some may have suspected it before about Schenectady's Dino "It's Only Me" DeCherro - he of the Elvis pompadour, the doo-wop wardrobe, the non-stop rap, the rambling paid newspaper advertisements and the burning desire to be a celebrity - but ...
DARK BEAUTY CHALLENGING BLONDE MODELS.(Living Today)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Paul Grondahl Staff writer Blondes don't have more fun. That revisionist view of beauty comes courtesy of Annette Rossi, a fetching brunette who hopes to reverse a longtime preference for fair-haired beauties by becoming the 1989 Black Velvet Lady. ...
COMPARING AUDIO CASSETTE TAPES.(Living Today)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Audio cassette tapes are not all alike. They come in three basic types - Type I, or normal bias; Type II, or high bias; and Type IV, or metal. (Type III no longer exists in the market.) In addition to these categories, many brands offer a few grades within each classification. The price ...
PROGRAM TO HELP ELDERLY REPAIR HOMES.(Living Today)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Irene Gardner Keeney Staff writer Low-income senior citizens in Albany County whose homes are in need of repair may be eligible for low- interest loans or grants. The Albany County Rural Housing Alliance (ACRHA), a non-profit housing company located in ...
MANCHESTER DEBUT TRULY 'FANTASTICK'.(Entertainment)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Martin P. Kelly Times Union Critic There's a bittersweet quality about "The Fantasticks" that's often overlooked in productions hastily put together. The captivating quality of the production mounted by the Taconic Music Theatre is the insight gained by the ...
SIENA PLANS CULTURAL EVENTS.(Entertainment)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Martin P. Kelly Staff writer A visit of the National Shakespeare Company with its production of "Twelfth Night" Sept. 27 kicks off a year of live cultural arts events at Siena College. The Loudonville school will present visiting Broadway performers in a ...
3 A-C YANKS, 4 TIGERS EL ALL-STARS.(Not Available)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Three Albany-Colonie Yankees have been selected to the Eastern League All-Star team and two Glens Falls Tigers swept the highest individual awards Wednesday when the league announced its post- season honors. Albany first baseman Kevin Maas, second baseman Andy Stankiewicz and ...
LITTLE RAIN, BIG GRIPE, NO A-C GAME.(Sports)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Paul Schwartz Staff writer The two teams scheduled to meet in a first-round playoff game at East Field were treated to a magnificent rainbow Wednesday night when a spectrum of colors lit the sky beyond the left-field wall. "That was pretty," Glens Falls ...
SIENA FOOTBALL: NEW TERRITORY.(Sports)
Sep 01, 1988 ... Byline: Gene Levy Staff writer After 22 years as a club football team, Siena College is set to embark on its first season at the DivisionIII level. Siena will begin its first DivisionIII season Sept.10 against Gallaudet of Washington, D.C. It will mark ...