Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from February 1989:
BASK WHILE YOU CAN; COLD WAVE COMING.(Main)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Staff and wire reports As supercold arctic air trapped over Alaska began to spread into Midwest states, the Capital District basked in record-setting high temperatures today, but that warmth will be just a memory by early next week, the National Weather Service says. ...
MR. TOWER'S REVOLVING DOOR.(Main)(Editorial)
Feb 01, 1989 ... The president of the United States has traditionally, and rightly, been permitted to appoint to his Cabinet pretty much anyone he has seen fit. The president, after all, has to appoint men and women whom he knows and with whom he can work closely. In that sense, John Tower, the defense ...
SCRAPING BY AT THE KREMLIN GORBACHEV NOT AMONG WEALTHY.(Main)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: David Remnick Washington Post Mikhail Gorbachev is no millionaire, according to a leading Soviet magazine editor, but no one should be shocked that his wife, Raisa, can afford a pair of rhinestone-studded stockings now and again. As head of state and general ...
SEARCH BEGINS FOR JURORS UNMOVED BY NORTH'S FAME.(Main)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Combined wire services Moving quickly beyond a potential legal hitch resulting from the television fame of former White House aide Oliver L. North, a federal judge began assembling a pool of potential jurors Tuesday to try the Iran-contra criminal case. The ...
U.S. POPULATION LIKELY TO FALL IN 21ST CENTURY.(Main)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Richard L. Berke New York Times The Census Bureau projected for the first time Tuesday that the population of the United States would decline in the 21st century after peaking at about 300 million. While demographers have for years debated the prospects of a ...
CONSERVATIVE HITS TOWER ON MORALS.(Main)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Helen Dewar Washington Post Conservative activist Paul M. Weyrich Tuesday told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he has observed numerous instances of heavy drinking and socializing by Defense Secretary-designate John G. Tower with women other than his wife, ...
EX ASSEMBLY AIDE TO GET $180,000 AS A LOBBYIST.(Main)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Kyle Hughes Capitol bureau Former Assembly aide turned lobbyist Kenneth L. Shapiro will collect $180,000 a year plus expenses representing two clients in Albany, he disclosed in registration papers filed this week. Shapiro, who guided the Assembly's ...
THATCHER UNVEILS OVERHAUL OF NATIONAL HEALTH CARE.(Main)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Combined wire services The Conservative government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Tuesday unveiled a politically risky reform of Britain's cradle-to- grave National Health Service, calling it "the most far-reaching reform of the NHS in its 40-year history." Kenneth ...
SHAMIR OFFERS TROOP CUT ARAB ACCEPTANCE OF AUTONOMY KEY.(Main)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Karin Laub Associated Press Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir today offered to withdraw Israeli troops from some cities in the occupied territories if Palestinians accept autonomy as a step toward solving the Arab-Israeli conflict. It was Shamir's most ...
KEY ECONOMIC GAUGE TAKES HEALTHY JUMP IN DECEMBER.(Main)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Nancy Benac Associated Press The government's chief economic forecasting gauge rose a healthy 0.6 percent in December after having fallen during the previous month, the Commerce Department said today. The December jump in the Index of Leading Economic ...
GAS STATIONS PREDICT CLOSINGS.(Main)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Mike Magner Newhouse News Service Thousands of filling stations around the country might have to shut down unless the government changes regulations requiring owners of underground gasoline tanks to carry at least $1 million of insurance to cover cleanup of leaks and ...
BIG APPLE POLISHED FOR PRINCESS DI'S VISIT.(Main)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: United Press International The city primped for Princess Diana's first official Big Apple visit today, filling her hotel suite with flowers, hawking souvenir T-shirts and worrying about visits to shelters for AIDS patients. Irish-American foes of British rule ...
ACID RAIN PRIORITY FOR NEW EPA HEAD.(Main)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Combined wire services William Reilly, picked to head the Environmental Protection Agency, said Tuesday that his chief anti-pollution priority will be acid rain and he promised to produce a legislative proposal for the problem as soon as possible. "Acid rain ...
PRESIDENT VOWS TO REFORM MILITARY PURCHASING SYSTEM.(Main)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press President Bush pledged Tuesday to "wring the last drop of waste and mismanagement" out of the scandal-scarred military procurement system and said that cost overruns hurt the national security. Standing on the sun-splashed deck of the ...
6-NATION MATH COMPARISON PLACES U.S. STUDENTS LAST.(Main)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Knight Ridder Thirteen-year- olds in the United States scored dead last in math and near the bottom in science in a six-nation comparison of students released Tuesday by the Educational Testing Service. "The report is devastating. The United States loses by ...
DRUG OK'D TO COMBAT AIDS-RELATED ILLNESS.(Main)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Washington Post Federal health officials Tuesday decided to approve a drug widely believed to prevent a deadly AIDS-related pneumonia even though researchers have not shown conclusively that it is safe or effective. The decision, scheduled to be announced next ...
COMPARISONS CALLED APPLES AND ORANGES.(Main)
Feb 01, 1989 ... While many of the top elected and appointed public servants in the Capital District may make more than the head of state of a world superpower, it is difficult to compare running a country to running a municipality. "I can't think of a more perfect example of apples and oranges ...
POLICE SETTLE AS WHALEN PARTIES.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Brad Kelly Staff writer An estimated 1,000 people attended a $100-a-head cocktail reception Tuesday night for Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III at the Albany Hilton, an event expected to generate at least $80,000 for the mayor's re- election campaign. Shortly after ...
CITY POLICE TO ADD 2 TOP AIDES.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III is about to bolster the administration of the city Police Department by authorizing two new assistant chiefs, police sources said Tuesday. The two officers expected to be promoted to the slots, according to ...
TAX SLIP MAY CURB SPENDING.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer A $1.2 million shortfall in Albany County's sales tax revenues last year has lead the county's chief fiscal officer to warn spending might have to be frozen. County Comptroller Edward T. Stack said Tuesday the periods of 10 ...
COCKER CRAZE CONTRIVED.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun It was a small item tucked in on page 2, but everybody I talked to had seen it, so I figure it's worth commenting on. Besides, I don't believe what it says. Which isn't that unusual. On any given day, there are lots of newspaper items I don't ...
SCH'DY COUNCIL WANTS OUTSIDE PROBE OF POLICE THEFT.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer City Council President Thomas E. Isabella said Tuesday that the council will formally ask State Police to take over investigation of the $10,000 stolen from the city police department. "We can't allow the Police Department to continue ...
WHALEN'S WAR CHEST SWELLS.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Brad Kelly Staff writer An estimated 1,000 people attended a lavish $100-a-head cocktail reception Tuesday night for Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III at the Albany Hilton, an event expected to generate at least $80,000 for the mayor's re-election campaign. The ...
2 REGENTS GRILLED ON URBAN SCHOOLS PLIGHT, BUDGET.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Gary Rosenberger United Press International Two members of the state Board of Regents seeking re-election were grilled Tuesday by lawmakers who said the board is ignoring the plight of urban schools and buckling to Gov. Mario Cuomo's demands for a leaner budget. ...
FORMER ANCRAM JUDGE TO FACE THEFT CHARGES ARRESTED, RELEASED ON BAIL IN MONTANA.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer A former Columbia County town justice, who faces a 144-count indictment involving theft charges and jumped $23,000 bail in Montana, has been apprehended and released after promising to return here today. Sheriff's deputies in ...
WOMAN, 26, GETS 1 1/2 YEARS FOR SELLING COCAINE IN ALBANY.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... A city woman, 26, who admitted selling cocaine, was sentenced to 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 years in state prison Tuesday by Albany County Judge John G. Turner Jr. Turner sentenced Mary Wilmer of 80 A Lark Drive for fifth-degree sale of a controlled substance. Wilmer admitted selling ...
ALBANY COUNTY JAIL EXPANSION BIDS OPENED.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer Bids were opened Tuesday for the addition of 50 temporary dormitory beds in the Albany County Jail as the first step in a three- year, $18.45 million construction program to expand the jail to 700 permanent cells. The 50-bed ...
CROSSGATES PARTNER SUES COMPETITOR COLONIE CENTER EXPANSION FOUGHT.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Michael McKeon Staff writer A partner in Crossgates Mall who is suing to block expansion of Colonie Center said Tuesday his only motivation is that of a concerned citizen and he does not stand to gain financially by the action. Robert L. Ungerer said he has ...
FIRST NIGHT POPULARITY STRAIN ON BUSES.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Bus ridership during the city's First Night celebration has grown so fast - nearly tripling since 1987 - that drivers may be in short supply if the event's popularity continues to surge, officials said Tuesday. The Capital District Transportation Authority will ask the bus ...
3RD MAN CHARGED IN AUGUST SHOOTING.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... A 25-year-old Poughkeepsie man, arrested in Whittier, Calif., after police pulled him over for a traffic violation, was arraigned here Tuesday onsix first-degree robbery charges stemming from an Aug. 26 shooting in Arbor Hill. Richard Moore was returned to Albany County Monday ...
PENSION SUSPECT MISSING U.S. SEEKS TROY MAN, 80.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: John Caher Staff writer Federal marshals are searching for an 80-year-old Lansingburgh man who Tuesday failed to appear for trial on charges that he cashed pension checks mistakingly sent to his long-deceased father. The case involves a man named Louis Boshea, ...
FIELD ANNOUNCES BID FOR 7TH SUPERVISOR TERM.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Michael McKeon Staff writer Supervisor Fred Field Jr. is a candidate once more. Field said Tuesday he will seek a seventh two-year term in November, leading a Republican slate of candidates that will include one new face. Councilman Dean Rueckert, ...
FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION IF STUDENT MEASURES UP.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Tim Spofford Staff writer Adirondack Community College is guaranteeing a full- tuition scholarship for local high school seniors with a combined Scholastic Aptitude Test score of 1,200 or higher. A perfect score on the math and English tests is 1,600. ...
TROY PLANS TO SELL AHERN PROJECT $7M GRANT FOR NEW HOUSING FOR ELDERLY, POOR TO BE SOUGHT.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer The city's Housing Authority members decided Tuesday to sell a low-income housing complex if they can obtain a $7 million federal grant to build new homes to replace it. The authority decided Oct. 4 last year to close two of the four ...
MOST CRESCENT ROAD LAND BOUGHT.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer Land acquisition is nearly complete along traffic- clogged Crescent Road near Northway Exit 8 to allow widening and other improvements considered critical, according to town and Saratoga County officials. The major part of the project ...
MOST CLASSES TO LEAVE SPA CATHOLIC SCHOOL.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Craig Brandon Staff writer Pupils in kindergarten through grade eight in St. Peter's Elementary School will attend other schools in September, but preschool classes will continue to be held in the school, the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese announced Tuesday. ...
DEVELOPER WINS SIDING-COLOR DISPUTE FATHER, SON ADMIT SELLING COCAINE RURAL BALLSTON HOUSES TO GET NUMBERS STAMP CANCELLATION TO FEATURE CAPITOL SARATOGA SPRINGS LEADERS SEEK GROWTH SAINT ANNE INSTITUTE RECEIVES GRANT SOIL CONSERVATION SEMINAR PLANNED STUDENTS GET HALF DAY FOR EVALUATION.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Developer Robert Van Patten Jr. will not have to change the beige vinyl siding on his apartment buildings in the Northway 11 development because the town did not think it was dark enough, Town Justice Joseph Curcio ruled Tuesday night. The town's Building Department had cited ...
FATHER, SON ADMIT SELLING COCAINE RURAL BALLSTON HOUSES TO GET NUMBERS STAMP CANCELLATION TO FEATURE CAPITOL SARATOGA SPRINGS LEADERS SEEK GROWTH CONTINUING EDUCATION ENROLLMENT STARTS CSEA RETIREES TO HEAR MEDICAL TALKS SAINT ANNE INSTITUTE RECEIVES GRANT SOIL CONSERVATION SEMINAR PLANNED STUDENTS GET HALF DAY FOR EVALUATION.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... A Dutchess County father and son who sold cocaine to an undercover police official pleaded guilty to drug charges Tuesday in Columbia County Court. A raid at their Millerton house in November was hailed as one of the largest narcotics seizures initiated by the Columbia County ...
SOUTH COLONIE OKS SCHOOL REORGANIZATION.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Michael McKeon Staff writer The South Colonie Board of Education approved by a 7-2 vote Tuesday a plan to reorganize the district in the next five years. The plan calls for reopening the former Roessleville School in September and the former Saddlewood School ...
FOUNDATION WILL HONOR ARCHITECTURAL CRUSADER.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Winifred Yu Staff writer When James Kettlewell was a freshman at Harvard University in 1946, he and his twin brother, John, purchased a cottage on Lake Michigan for $1,000. To pay off the mortgage, he worked at various construction jobs during his summers at home in ...
NORTH GREENBUSH AIRS FIRST MASTER PLAN WATERFONT ZONE, NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING IN PROPOSAL.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Toni Toczylowski Staff writer Nearly 100 people filled the auditorium of the Gardner-Dickinson School Tuesday night for a hearing on the town's first master plan. The plan, which officials hope to implement by the end of the year, considers the relationship ...
DRUG RAIDS NET 4 IN SCHENECTADY.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Four people were to be arraigned in Police Court today following an early morning raid by vice squad officers at two homes. At 3 a.m., officers went to 1247 State St., where they arrested Lonnie Anderson, 55, who gave police an address of 313 Schenectady St., which police also ...
SCHENECTADY MAN FACES DRUG COUNTS.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... A Schenectady man faces felony drug charges after he and two other men were arrested on a city street corner Tuesday, police say. In a separate incident Tuesday, a man was arrested after he allegedly pulled a pellet gun on narcotics officers, police said. Vincent ...
CHILD PORNOGRAPHER GETS 5 TO 15.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer A convicted child pornographer was sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison Tuesday by Rensselaer County Court Judge M. Andrew Dwyer Jr. Joseph A. Gaito, 49, was convicted by a jury Dec. 20 of taking pornographic photographs of two ...
CRIME DROPS 2ND STRAIGHT YEAR IN COHOES.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Laura Vecsey Staff writer Crime was down in the city in 1988, according to Police Chief Michael Robich, who cited figures that are part of the 1989 budget outline that has been submitted to the Common Council. The data show that in 1988 there were 1,098 ...
STATE SEEKS NUCLEAR STOREHOUSE WASTE NEEDS HOME WHILE PERMANENT DISPOSAL SITE SOUGHT.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Phil Brown Staff writer The state's efforts to manage low-level radioactive waste seem to have reaped another hot potato: finding a place to store the waste until a disposal facility can be built. A state task force said Tuesday that New York will need a ...
SHOPPING CENTER, SYNAGOGUE PLANNED.(Local)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Gary Sheffer Staff writer The city Planning Board heard plans Tuesday for a housing subdivision, synagogue and a small shopping center. The board took no actions on the proposals but gave the College of Saint Rose.approval for renovation and an addition to a ...
OLIVE OIL TRUE LIGHT CHAMPION.(Living Today)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Diane Stoneback The Allentown Morning Call Olive oil has become the darling of culinary personalities and health-conscious cooks alike in the United States, experiencing major market growth - 57 percent - in the years from 1983 to 1987. During the same period, sales of ...
SPECIAL-EVENT DISHES IMPORTANT TO ITALIANS.(Living Today)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Susan E. Tomer Staff writer "Festa: Recipes and Recollections of Italian Holidays." By Helen Barolini. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. $19.95. When writer Helen Barolini was growing up in Syracuse her father, an Italian immigrant, would ...
ITALIAN FOOD TOPS TRENDS.(Living Today)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Staff and wire reports It probably started very quietly, years ago, when mom and dad, sick of cooking, would get take-out pizza on Friday night. Or maybe it was that scene in "Poor Little Rich Girl," when Shirley Temple went home with the Italian organ grinder ...
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS PEN GOOD-FOOD BOOKS.(Living Today)(Correction notice)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Judy Shepard Staff writer The news was not great. The cookie- monster-in-residence has "moderately elevated cholesterol" and needs to cut out the munchies. Along with this sad report comes two pages of dietary dos and don'ts under the heading "Dietary ...
USE A QUALITY GIN IN CAFE'S SCALLOPS.(Living Today)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Barbara Delaney Staff writer DEAR CHEFS' SECRETS: Please try to obtain the recipe for Gin Scallops from George Schroeter's restaurant, The Riverstreet Cafe in Troy. It's such an excellent dish. Thank you. - MARY BOUSCHOR and JUDY PETERS, Ravena It came as ...
PLAYWRITING WINNER ON SIENA'S STAGE.(Living Today)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Brin Quell Staff writer Siena College's second Playwriting Competition became an international event, quite unintentionally. More than 300 scripts, from as far away as Australia and Guatemala, were submitted. The winner, "The Boston Boy" by Tom Doyle, opens ...
JOSEPH PERSICO BREATHES LIFE INTO FIGURES OUT OF THE PAST.(Living Today)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Janet Trinkaus Television editor After years of writing other people's copy, Joseph E. Persico decided to take a chance and write under his own name. The result was "Piercing the Reich," published in 1979 by The Viking Press. "I was reasonably ...
WAMC REACHES ITS HIGHEST AUDIENCE LEVEL.(Living Today)
Feb 01, 1989 ... WAMC-FM (90.3) reached its largest measurable audience ever during the fall 1988 rating period, according to a survey by Radio Research Consortium, a firm compiling data for public broadcasters using figures from Arbitron. The survey estimated that a 145,100 persons, 12 years of ...
BLEIKAMP TUNED OUT AS HOST OF 'DIALOG 81'.(Living Today)(Correction notice)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Will Hughes Staff writer Jim Bleikamp, host of WGY's (AM 810) 9 p.m. to midnight talkshow, "Dialog 81," has been fired. "The termination was the result of a dispute between Jim and management concerning his harsh treatment and badgering of callers," says ...
DETROIT RAIDS ADIRONDACK, CALLS UP 4.(Sports)
Feb 01, 1989 ... A two-goal rally in the third period enabled the Red Wings to salvage a 4-4 American Hockey League tie in overtime against the Saints Tuesday night. But Adirondack suffered a major blow after the game when its parent NHL club in Detroit staged yet another raid on its roster. The ...
ALBANY DEFEATED BY LASALLE, 78-71.(Sports)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Al Hart Staff writer Throughout the school day Tuesday, members of the LaSalle Institute boys basketball team talked amongst themselves about how they could beat Albany High. Tuesday night they went out and did just that, getting 24 points from forward Mike ...
EASY GOER'S RATING CARRIES LOTS OF WEIGHT.(Sports)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Matt Graves Today is an important day in the lives of America's 3-year-old thoroughbreds. It's the day the Experimental Handicap weights are announced. The weights are actually the rankings of 3-year-olds by The Jockey Club based on their 2-year-old seasons ....
HEARST PICKS NEW WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF.(Business)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Charles J. Lewis has been named Washington bureau chief for the Hearst Newspapers, effective March 1. Lewis, 48, currently Washington bureau chief for the Associated Press, replaces the retiring Robert E. Thompson, 67, who will be a columnist for the Hearst bureau. Washington bureau ...
$198M IN DEVELOPMENT CITED IN RENSSELAER CO.(Business)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Richard L. Papiernik Executive business editor Rensselaer County has benefited from $198 million in new commercial and industrial development over the last three years and can look forward to even more growth in the near future, County Executive John Buono told the ...
GM TO PAY TO SETTLE RACIAL SUIT.(Business)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Jan A. Zverina United Press International General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it has reached a preliminary agreement to pay some 10,000 black salaried employees about $3 million to end a five-year class action suit charging the automaker with an unfair pay structure. ...
STATE'S THRIFTS REPORT PROFITS, OPPOSE INSURANCE-HIKE PLAN.(Business)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Mark S.R. Suchecki Business writer Members of the New York League of Savings Institutions had net income of $402 million in 1988, their third most profitable year, the league reported Tuesday. But a tentative Bush administration proposal to increase federal ...
MORE HEAT FOR SECURITIES FRAUD.(Business)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh said Tuesday that six task forces are being created in major cities to combat "crime in the suites" - securities and commodities fraud. "We see every year billions of dollars of losses to investors and in tax ...
CITIZEN ACTION IN ACTION.(Main)(Editorial)
Feb 01, 1989 ... Citizen Action is a not-for-profit lobbying group that has long been the target of Senate Republican criticism. Now it warrants taxpayer criticism as well. Republicans have protested that the group accepted state grant money while working on political campaigns, a charge that ...