Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from March 1989:
CAMERAS IN THE COURTS.(Main)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 1989 ... It has taken more than six years, but New York state is only a step away from allowing cameras in the courtroom as a matter of policy. State lawmakers, who will vote on legislation later this year, should see that it happens. Television and still cameras have been recording ...
BUSH GOES ON OFFENSE LOBBIES FOR TOWER OK.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Combined wire services President Bush launched a full-court press Tuesday to salvage John Tower's nomination, but his private meetings with a dozen swing Democrats and wavering Republicans produced no immediate pledges of support for his chosen defense secretary. ...
SHOREHAM CUOMO, UTILITY AGREE TO BURY PLANT.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Marc Humbert Associated Press Gov. Mario M. Cuomo announced Tuesday that he and the Long Island Lighting Co. had signed an agreement to close the $5.4 billion Shoreham nuclear power plant permanently. Under the agreement, which does not need approval from the ...
SOVIETS OFFER TO MEDIATE.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Combined wire services The Kremlin Tuesday broke its silence on the Salman Rushdie affair, suggesting that it could contribute to a resolution of the diplomatic row between Iran and many Western countries. At a press conference here, Foreign Ministry spokesman ...
ARRESTS UP 133 PERCENT IN ALBANY DRUG WAR.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer This city experienced a dramatic surge in narcotics enforcement in 1988, a year when police recorded 133 percent more arrests for drug offenses than the previous year. According to an analysis of crime figures compiled by Albany police ...
NORTH'S TRIAL STALLED AGAIN OVER EVIDENCE.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: David Johnston New York Times The trial of Oliver L. North, already slowed by disputes over government secrets, stalled again Tuesday when the judge discovered that classified material withheld from the trial had been made public in a civil lawsuit last year. ...
FUND-RAISERS, AIDES MET WITH REGAN PRIOR TO VOTE.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Kyle Hughes Capitol bureau For a government official who lives in a world of meetings, this small one was nothing special for Comptroller Edward Regan - except for the guest list. The names included Regan's campaign chairman, his paid and unpaid campaign ...
SAD TIDINGS TRADE DEFICIT, INFLATION WORSEN.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Robert D. Hershey Jr. New York Times In a sobering report on the economy, the Commerce Department said Tuesday that consumer spending climbed even faster than initially estimated for the fourth quarter of last year, while business investment fell by a larger amount. ...
IRAN HANGS 50 DRUG SMUGGLERS.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press Fifty drug smugglers were hanged in Iran today, the official Iranian news agency reported. The Islamic Republic News Agency said those executed - 48 men and two women - had been found guilty of possession and sale of more than 70,000 pounds ...
SHARPTON, SEEGER TO LEAVE JAIL.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... The Rev. Al Sharpton, folk singer Pete Seeger and others, who have been in Albany County Jail since last weekend, will be released at midnight today, 10 days before their terms are up, Undersheriff William Mahoney says. Mahoney said Sharpton, Seeger and the others, who were ...
SLAYING CONVICTION SET ASIDE.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press A state appeals court today set aside the murder conviction of Randall Dale Adams in the 1976 slaying of a Dallas police officer, a case that was reexamined in the film "The Thin Blue Line." Adams had maintained that he was innocent and had ...
ENERGY NOMINEE ADVANCES PANEL BACKS RETIRED ADMIRAL.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press James D. Watkins won unanimous support from a Senate committee today for confirmation as energy secretary, opening the way for the retired admiral to clear the decks in an agency management he has described as "a mess." The Senate Energy and ...
JUDGE WARNS NORTH TRIAL IS JEOPORDIZED.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: United Press International The Iran-contra judge says a mid-trial controversy over the government's handling of some classified documents could herald dangers that might end the prosecution of Oliver North. U.S. District Judge Gerhard Gesell, brushing aside ...
S. AFRICA SPARES 16 FROM HANGING.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press President P.W. Botha has commuted the death sentences of 16 prisoners, including an activist who was the subject of clemency appeals from the United Nations, the Justice Ministry said today. The reprieves were hailed by human rights ...
ALBANY-BASED BANK AMONG 5 TO BE SOLD.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Richard L. Papiernik Executive Business Editor Five upstate New York Banks - including Albany-based Union National Bank - are scheduled to be purchased for $291 million by Midlantic Corp., an Edison N.J., bank holding company. Officials from the Bank of New ...
LOCALITIES LIABLE FOR DAMAGES BY UNTRAINED WORKERS.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that local governments may be forced to pay monetary damages when their "deliberate indifference" lets inadequately trained employees violate someone's rights. The court's unanimous decision, although a ...
RUSHDIE CONTROVERSY AFFECTS WIFE.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Caryn James New York Times After a bookstore in Washington sold out of Salman Rushdie's "Satanic Verses," Marianne Wiggins' new novel, "John Dollar," appeared in the window instead. "If you can't read the husband's book," said a sign above the display, "read ...
WRITERS READ 'THE SATANIC VERSES'.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Ilaina Jonas Staff writer Novelist William Kennedy was among a handful of local writers and professionals who read Tuesday night from chapters of "The Satanic Verses," the novel that has caused an international furor. Rushdie and his wife, author Marianne ...
WHALEN SEEKS PROHIBITION OF RAPID-FIRE GUNS.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer Mayor Thomas Whalen III said Tuesday that he wants to enact a citywide ban on the sale and possession of automatic and semiautomatic weapons. Whalen said he has asked city Corporation Counsel Vincent J. McArdle Jr. to draft ...
NO CLUES IN BOMBING OF PAPER.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: New York Times Authorities say they have no clues yet to the identities or motives of attackers who fire-bombed the offices of The Riverdale Press, a family-owned weekly newspaper in the Bronx. The owners, shocked and bewildered by the attack, immediately ...
YUGOSLAVIA UNREST SLAVS PROTEST ETHNIC TORMENT.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press About 4,000 Kosovo Slavs and their children converged on Belgrade today to protest what they claim is ethnic persecution by the majority Albanians in the impoverished southern region, the state Tanjug news agency said. The flag-carrying, ...
PERSONAL INCOME UP 1.8% IN JANUARY.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press Americans' personal income shot up 1.8 percent in January, the biggest increase in more than a year, while the pace of consumer spending was nearly flat after a strong gain in December, the government reported today. The Commerce Department ...
DROUGHT FEARED IN CALIFORNIA, NYC.(Main)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: United Press International The National Weather Service warned Tuesday that California may be hit hard by drought this year although most of the nation should be spared from dry conditions as severe as in 1988. Michael Hudlow, hydrology director at the weather ...
PORT OF ALBANY TESTS WATERS FOR SCENIC CRUISES MARKETING MAN GAMBLING THAT IDEA WILL FLOAT.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer The man who markets the Port of Albany is in Miami this week trolling for an unusual catch for the normally cargo-oriented port - cruise ships. Andrew Corbett and commissioners at the port admit they may be casting bait to empty ...
NEW NORTHWAY EXIT POSTPONED.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer Plans for a new Northway interchange at Grooms Road have been delayed at least a year, said town and state officials Tuesday, because the project has turned out to be larger than originally anticipated. That may mean a slowdown in ...
CRUMPLING THE FENDER BENDERS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun You're late. You are always late, so you dash into the Super Price Chop And Save for a quick frozen dinner a la microwave, something nice with lumps of brown stuff in a neatly segmented plate. Scurrying back to your car, you vaguely sense all is not right ....
BEYOND DARKNESS AGENCY HELPS REBUILD WOMAN'S LIFE.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Grace O'Connor Staff writer Five years ago, Jania Bond was a 21-year-old musician who had completed a year as an opera major in the pre-college division of the Juilliard School of Music in New York. She was tending bar, doing a little modeling and writing ...
PLANTE HEARING OPEN TO PUBLIC RENSSELAER COUNTY REVERSES STANCE.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer In a sudden change of heart, Rensselaer County officials decided Tuesday to allow the public to attend a disciplinary hearing against the county's environmental health director. "The county is willing to stipulate that the hearing be ...
MCNULTY'S GOP FOE $138,000 IN THE HOLE.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Michael McKeon Staff writer The Bakal for Congress Committee owes its candidate about $138,000, though he doubts he'll ever get it back. Peter Bakal, who was defeated by Michael McNulty for the seat vacated by Rep. Samuel Stratton, said the debt was the result ...
NEW COALITION ENTERS SCHOOL RACE SCENE.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer Though the City School District Board of Education election isn't until May 2, the expected fierce campaign heated up Tuesday. A new organization - the Coalition for Quality Education - said it will hold its first public meeting ...
HOMEOWNERS OPPOSE SHOPPING CENTER PLAN.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Barbara Hayden Staff writer The Slingerlands Homeowners Association, reactivated last year to fight a proposed shopping complex in the hamlet, is not satisfied with a developer's scaled-down plan. "We remain opposed to any rezoning of the land for commercial ...
SHAKER ROAD PARENTS PRESS FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT AT SCHOOL.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Michael Gormley Staff writer Parents continued lobbying Tuesday for a traffic signal at Shaker Road Elementary School despite last week's defeat. Letters were sent Tuesday by the Parent-Teacher Association task force to officials of the town of Colonie, Albany ...
$12 MILLION LAWSUIT IS DISMISSED.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Brad Kelly Staff writer A U.S. District Court judge has thrown out a $12 million lawsuit brought against the Whitney M. Young Jr. Health Center in Albany by a former executive director who claims his 1985 dismissal was racially motivated. In a decision handed ...
DEVELOPERS MUST REPLACE ANCIENT SEWER LINE IN ALBANY.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer An old sewer with origins going back to Albany's Dutch colonial days is in the way of a $13 million office project on Broadway, and two developers will pay upwards of $1 million to relocate the underground line. The sewer - still ...
ALBANY POLICE TALKS BREAK OFF UNION TO SEEK BINDING ARBITRATION.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney and Gary Sheffer Staff writers Contract talks between the Whalen administration and the police union broke off abruptly Tuesday as the union president, Detective James W. Tuffey, angrily accused the city of "reneging" on a promised dental plan for police. ...
PAROLEE IN $144,500 ROBBERY BACK BEHIND BARS CHARGED WITH LARCENY.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer Ira "Skipper" McCullars, paroled from state prison last year after serving time for one of the largest bank robbery hauls ever recorded in upstate New York, was back behind bars Tuesday after he was arrested by state and local police on forgery ...
ALBANY COUNTY MAKES $150 MILLION FROM TOURISM.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer About $150 million in tourist dollars poured into Albany County in 1988, and 1989 could be an even better year, according to officials of the Albany County Convention and Visitors Bureau. At its annual luncheon for board members Tuesday ...
GUILDERLAND EYEING A NEW SCHOOL IN '90S ENROLLMENT RISING, SUPERINTENDENT SAYS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Bill Schackner Staff writer A new elementary school may be needed by the mid- 1990s, even with the proposed $8.2 million expansion of the district's four existing grade schools, Superintendent Albert Pultz warned Tuesday night. In an appearance before the ...
TEACHING TECHNIQUES TOPIC OF MEETING.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... The PTO Council of the city school district has invited experts on teaching techniques to its Thursday meeting. The 7 p.m. meeting, which is open to the public, will be held at the school district's administrative offices, 108 Brandywine Ave. Joanne Mulig, a teacher ...
2ND MAN CHARGED IN ALBANY COUNTY JAIL RIOT ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING CORRECTIONS OFFICER.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... A convict is the second person charged with assault in a riot in the Albany County Jail last month. Larry West, 35, whose address is unknown and is now serving time for parole violation in a state prison, was charged in an indictment with second-degree assault Feb. 3 in the ...
BALLSTON SPA PASSES TAX REDUCTION PLAN AIMS AT FAIRER BREAK FOR ELDERLY.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Art Markey Staff writer More elderly residents of the Ballston Spa School District will be eligible for property tax reductions under a new formula approved Tuesday. By unanimous vote Tuesday night the Board of Education agreed to establish a sliding scale ...
ELLIS PROBES DAMAGE COST OF WATER LEAK.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Ellis Hospital officials are investigating how much damage was caused by water from a broken sprinkler pipe coupling last weekend. Water cascaded through two floors and the basement of a hospital wing Saturday, flooding an empty delivery room, the medical records room and the ...
COHOES SEEKS SMALL CITIES GRANT.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Laura Vecsey Staff writer The city is seeking part of the federal goverment's $32 million pie to spruce up part of Cohoes, Community Development Director Charles Valenti said during a public hearing at Tuesday's Common Council meeting. Valenti said his agency ...
SCHENECTADY MAN ADMITS KILLING WOMAN.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... As his murder trial was about to begin Monday, a city man pleaded guilty in Schenectady County Court to a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of a woman over a year ago. James A. Clay, 24, of 457 Hulett St. was to be tried on two counts of ...
MORE REPAIRS PLANNED FOR NISKAYUNA SEWER PLANT.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer The town sewer treatment plant - already in the midst of a $1.8 million expansion project - will be getting another $260,000 to replace additional worn-out parts initially overlooked. The five-member Town Board by a unanimous vote ...
INDIAN'S LIFE ENDANGERED IF HE'S EXTRADITED, COURT TOLD.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press The life of fugitive Indian Timothy Jacobs would be in danger if he's returned to North Carolina to face kidnapping charges, a minister testified at Jacobs' extradition hearing Tuesday. The Rev. Robert Mangum, pastor of the Prospect United ...
ADVOCATES FOR MENTALLY IMPAIRED LOBBY PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS IN HOUSING, WORKSHOPS WORRY PARENTS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Tim Beidel Staff writer By the busload, advocates for the mentally retarded and for people with cerebral palsy poured into the Albany Hilton, fearful that their hard-won gains over the last decades are under attack. Their enemy is the state's executive ...
TOWN BOARD LEERY OF LAND PRESERVATION PROPOSAL.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Jane Gottlieb Staff writer To the majority of the Kinderhook Town Board, the innovative land preservation tool known as TDR is just Too Darn Restrictive. That's why leaders plan to pull that component from a proposed master plan. "The town would need a new ...
REDUCTION IN SPEED LIMIT SOUGHT FOR RENSSELAER STREET.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... In response to residents' complaints that truck traffic is damaging their homes, aldermen are expected to lower the 30 mph speed limit for trucks along Partition Street to 25 mph. A public hearing on the proposal has been scheduled for 7:55 tonight in the Common ...
SCHOOL BOARD AMENDS SMOKING POLICY DUMPING TRIAL SCHEDULED FOR APRIL STUDENT'S DEATH AN APPARENT SUICIDE ALBANY MAN'S DEATH RULED A SUICIDE SUSPECT ARRESTED ON FUGITIVE WARRANT SCHENECTADY MAN FACES SEX CHARGE CDTA BEGINS AIRPORT BOND PROCESS DELAWARE AVENUE TRAFFIC TO BE LIMITED DRUNKEN DRIVER GIVEN 6-MONTH TERM.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... The North Colonie Board of Education has amended its policy against student smoking, once called among the toughest in the state. Board President Mary E. Purcell said Tuesday that the policy now has three stages. A stage of review and punishment was added prior to a disciplinary ...
FREON MAY BE LINKED TO DEATH.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... A 21-year-old man who authorities believe may have come in contact with a toxic substance at his workplace died Tuesday shortly after collapsing while on the job. Lawrence Smith, of Ghent, an employee of TCI Industries, was working in a 4,000 gallon steel tank that was once part ...
WATERVLIET CANCELS COUNCIL MEETING.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Thursday's meeting of the city's Common Council has been canceled because of ...
END TO COMMERICAL REFUSE PICKUP SUGGESTED.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer City Engineer Paul L. Cassillo has recommended that the city terminate waste collection for businesses and apartment developments. "What this city is doing is subsidizing private business," Cassillo said at a Tuesday meeting of the ...
SPA CITY PLANS CURBS AT LANDFILL.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... In the wake of the Catskill tire fire, officials here are casting a wary eye toward the city landfill on Weibel Avenue, which contains an estimated half-million tires. "I'd like to see them removed," Fire Chief Vince Camarro said. He was among a group of officials who Monday ...
TIRE FIRE FIGHT 'OVER THE HUMP' DUMP STILL LIKELY TO BURN FOR DAYS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Michael McKeon Staff writer Firefighters are "over the hump," but it will still be a few more days before a stubborn fire at a tire dump will be out, a fire company spokesman said Tuesday. "There is still an awful lot of fire in there, but we're making a lot ...
MCNULTY SEEKS MEDAL FOR BLACKS TEAMS WITH TEXAS LAWMAKER TO HONOR TWO VETERANS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Rob Rehg Times Union Washington bureau Democratic Reps. Michael R. McNulty of New York and Mickey Leland of Texas are renewing an effort to advance two black servicemen toward Medals of Honor, decades after both served heroically in battle. Henry Johnson, an ...
CLIFTON PARK TO DISCUSS DUMP LAWS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... The Town Board Thursday will begin discussing legislation intended to control construction and demolition dumps, town officials said Tuesday. The move follows a major fire in November at a construction and demolition dump in Milton. The blaze tied up firefighters for more than ...
AT-RISK YOUTH PROGRAM FUNDS AT RISK.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Deborah Gesensway Staff writer Tammy Region is graduating this June from Germantown High School. She also has a 3- year-old son. Without the support and advice of counselors and peers in the Columbia County Opportunity Teen Program, she said there's no ...
EX-BASKETBALL PLAYER POSTS $15,000 BAIL ALBANY HIGH STAR FACES DRUG COUNTS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer A former Albany High School basketball player posted $15,000 bail Tuesday after pleading not guilty to two drug sale charges, but he won't be playing in tonight's Class A final between Albany and Shenendehowa. Xavier ...
ELLIS NURSES PROTEST IMPOSED PAY HIKE.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer About 50 off-duty nurses demonstrated outside Ellis Hospital Tuesday to protest the unilateral implementation of a wage increase lower than the one being sought at the bargaining table. While the nurses were standing across from the ...
BETHLEHEM SCHOOL BUDGET HEARING TODAY.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... The initial presentation of a 1989-90 Bethlehem Central School District budget will be made by Superintendent Leslie Loomis at a meeting of the Board of Education tonight at 8 in the Adams Place educational center in Delmar. It will be the beginning of a process ...
STATE URGED TO JOIN GREAT LAKES RESEARCH FUND.(Local)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Phil Brown Staff writer New York should join other states in establishing a $100 million fund to carry out studies on the Great Lakes, three researchers said Tuesday. The five lakes, which hold 95 percent of the nation's fresh water, are an invaluable ...
PEERS HONOR YONO'S DEVOTION.(Living Today)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Paul Grondahl Staff writer Yono Purnomo's family and close friends have an inside joke about him. "We tease him by calling him The Man, The Myth, The Legend. Yono," his wife, Donna Purnomo, says with a chuckle. The legend just got bigger. ...
SAVORING THE TASTES OF CUNARD.(Living Today)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Susan E. Tomer Staff writer "The Cruise Ship Cookbook: Elegant Meals with Cunard." By Rudolf Sodamin. Little, Brown and Company. $29.95. Cruise-goers inevitably return licking their lips over meals remembered. The shrimp! The roasts! The desserts! The price! ...
PASTA AND VEGETABLES MARRY WELL AT VESUVIO'S.(Living Today)
Mar 01, 1989 ... Byline: Barbara Delaney Staff writer DEAR CHEFS' SECRETS: A few weeks ago, my three friends and I went to the Vesuvio restaurant, Goshen Road, Hensonville. We each ordered a different appetizer and I was the lucky one who chose Spaghetti with Broccoli and Zucchini Sauce. After ...