Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from May 1989:
DOANE STUART RECORD.(Main)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Erastus Corning III and Sister Lucie Nordmann Regarding Tim Spofford's article in the April 18 Times Union concerning Regents Scholarship recipients, we regret that the Doane Stuart School's record was not included. As a private, independent coed school in ...
ON THE CUTTING BLOCK.(Main)
May 01, 1989 ... Fifty state workers have been given a reprieve - of sorts. They, and their jobs, had been scheduled for the cutting block this past Wednesday, but Governor Cuomo, in a 11th hour commutation, decided to suspend their sentence for two weeks. Now, the 55, the first of the state workers to be ...
STUDENT ATHLETES.(Main)
May 01, 1989 ... The problems with intercollegiate athletics are so widespread and run so deep that no single reform will set things straight. But the University of Iowa last week took a step that will finally begin to make college football, basketball and varsity sports at least slightly less important ...
CHINESE PROTESTERS LACK SOLID LEADERSHIP.(Main)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Nicholas D. Kristof New York Times When hordes of cheering and banner-waving Qinghua University students left the campus last week to join an enormous demonstration that crumpled police lines and forced the government to agree to a dialogue, they left behind only one ...
PESTICIDE USE A BREAD-AND-BUTTER ISSUE.(Main)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Keith Schneider New York Times Miles of radishes, great stands of celery and fields of sweet corn, carrots and lettuce thrive in South Florida's fertile mucklands, a powerful testament to the union of engineering, biology and chemistry that has fed America for two ...
SOUTH AFRICA RIGHTS ACTIVIST SLAIN.(Main)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: United Press International Gunmen shot and killed white human rights activist David J. Webster in the driveway of his suburban Johannesburg home, a family spokeswoman said. Webster, 44, a senior lecturer in social anthropology at Johannesburg's University of ...
TORNADO DEATH TOLL PASSES 800.(Main)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press The death toll from the tornado that ripped through central Bangladesh passed 800 today when searchers found 14 bodies in the ruins of houses and two other people died of injuries, officials said. They said the bodies were found in the ...
WEST GERMANY STANDS FAST ON ARMS TALKS.(Main)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Robert J. McCartney Washington Post West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher failed in extensive talks Sunday to narrow their differences over short-range nuclear weapons, and the result left NATO without a clear solution to a major ...
INDIA POSTPONES MISSILE FIRING.(Main)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press India today postponed the test- firing of its first intermediate-range ballistic missile for a second time after a leak was discovered in the rocket's liquid fuel propellant, military sources said. A military official, who spoke on condition ...
SLAYINGS APPROVED BY PLO AIDING ISRAELIS A CAPITAL 'CRIME'.(Main)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Daniel Williams Los Angeles Times Officials of the Palestine Liberation Organization abroad have given formal approval to the killing of Arabs accused of collaborating with Israel in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, pro-PLO Palestinian sources say. In ...
QUAYLE MEETS WITH HEAD OF INDONESIA RESISTANCE.(Main)(Correction notice)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press Vice President Dan Quayle said today he had a productive meeting with Cambodian resistance leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk, but the two did not broach the subject of U.S. military aid. "It was a good meeting," Quayle said after the 45-minute ...
CONSTRUCTION DECLINES FOR 3RD STRAIGHT MONTH.(Main)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press Construction spending declined for a third straight month in March, the first time building activity has shown such weakness since right before the start of the last recession, the government reported today. The Commerce Department said ...
SOME WORKERS' RALLIES TURN INTO RIOTS.(Main)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Combined wire services Rallies turned into riots today in Turkey, South Korea and the Philippines and dozens of marchers were arrested in Czechoslovakia as workers worldwide took part in May Day celebrations. Chinese authorities urged workers to refrain from ...
NEWSPAPER MERGER HALTED SUPREME COURT TO HEAR CHALLENGE TO COMBINING 2 DETROIT DAILIES.(Main)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: United Press International The Supreme Court today halted indefinitely the merger of two of the largest and most competitive daily newspapers in America. The court agreed to hear a case challenging the merger of the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press, two ...
SPA MAYOR INSISTS HE'S ORDINARY DECADE IN OFFICE ENDS IN RETIREMENT.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Winifred Yu Staff writer He's danced with Ginger Rogers and dined with Ronald Reagan. And during the city's celebrated horse-racing season in August, he's a guest at the most elegant black-tie affairs. But Mayor Ellsworth Jones says of himself and his family, ...
RENSSELAER LITTLE LEAGUE CELEBRATES OPENING DAY.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Toni Toczylowski Staff writer They were big shots. All 200 of them. Wearing team T-shirts with matching baseball caps, the 6- to 12-year-olds proudly walked up East Street, sometimes awkwardly waving to people they knew standing on the pavement. ...
TOWN STARTS 2ND YEAR WITHOUT PUBLIC WORKS CHIEF NISKAYUNA FINDS COMPETITION FIERCE FOR ENGINEERS.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer A year ago today, the position of town public works commissioner was officially vacated when Michael Mastropietro resigned to become Rensselaer County engineer. Town officials anticipated filling the post within a few ...
FAITH IN PROBE GONE FLIGHT 103 GROUP SEEKS SENATE AID.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Tim Beidel Staff writer with wire reports The group fighting for an independent investigation of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 is seeking the U.S. Senate's help after losing faith in the investigation already under way in the House of Representatives, the ...
THE 911 SYSTEM A BIG ZERO.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Ralph Martin The 911 system sounds great. Dial three numbers and - presto! - an ambulance is there to cart off Aunt Tillie to a hospital, or firefighters are on the scene before the smoke curls out of the nearest window. But, alas, it isn't so great. In fact, ...
NEW SCOTLAND ASKS STATE TO HELP PROTECT AQUIFER.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Barbara Hayden Staff writer In the wake of a Town Board resolution urging the state Department of Transportation to take whatever action necessary to halt salt seepage in an upper aquifer, Supervisor Herbert Reilly has called upon the state Department of Environmental ...
CHURCH CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... A concert on Friday will kick off a weekend of events celebrating the centennial of the Pineview Community Church. The program, to begin at 7:30 p.m. at the church on 251 Washington Ave. Extension, will feature singers Dick and Joan Brust of Pennsylvania as well as a ...
COMMON CAUSE REVIVES DISTRICT BRANCH.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Laura Vecsey Staff writer Leaders of New York State Common Cause, the state's largest ethics group, which tackles issues central to making government more open and honest, reactivated the 23rd Congressional District branch with a meeting Sunday. About 40 of ...
BETHLEHEM VOTES ON $25M SCHOOL BUDGET 3 CANDIDATES COMPETING FOR 2 SEATS ON BOARD.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Barbara Hayden Staff writer Residents will go to the polls Wednesday to vote on a Bethlehem Central School District budget of more than $25 million for 1989-90 and elect two members to the Board of Education. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 ...
ALBANY BLOOD BANK CORRECTS ERRORS, U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS 9W PLAN TO GET SUPPORT OF BOARD COHOES MAN CHARGED IN RAPE, SODOMY 2 KILLED IN ONE-CAR SPA ACCIDENT MAN INJURED IN SCHENECTADY FIRE WOMAN CHARGED IN ASSAULT ON POLICE UNION BACKS 3 SPA INCUMBENTS 'STUDENT GOVERNMENT DAY' SET MAY 9.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Peter Wehrwein Staff writer Federal officials are satisfied with the progress that the Albany Red Cross blood bank is making in correcting mistakes that led to improper testing of the blood supply for the AIDS virus and hepatits B. Nancy Murphy, a consumer ...
MAN FACES SODOMY, RAPE-TRY CHARGES.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... A 24-year-old Lark Street man was to be arraigned in CityCourt this morning on charges he sodomized and tried to rape a woman in his apartment, police said. Rene Castro of 121 Lark St. was arrested early today on a ...
TWO ARRESTED IN SHOTGUN ROBBERY.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Two men were arrested early this morning after one of them allegedly fired a shotgun at another man during the robbery of four persons on a Hamilton Hill street corner, police said. Reginald Barnhill, 24, whose address was not immediately known, faces a charge of attempted ...
STATE'S CASTLETON AUDIT TURNS UP FISCAL GAFFES OFFICIALS PROMISE COMPLIANCE.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Timothy F. Schick Staff writer A state audit of Castleton's financial practices for the fiscal year that ended May 31 found a series of inadequacies, including poor record-keeping, the absence of internal fiscal controls and excessive surplus money in the ...
BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE BUDGET VOTE WEDNESDAY.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Art Markey Staff writer Residents of the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central School District on Wednesday will vote on a 1989-90 proposed budget, elect two candidates to the Board of Education and decide a proposition to buy six school buses. Voting ...
BALLSTON SPA CHALLENGES GIFTED STUDENTS.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Art Markey Staff writer In the Ballston Spa Central School District, the special talents program is geared toward a whole range of students' abilities, according to Dave Smith, the program director. Three years ago the school district set up a committee of ...
BUDGET CHIEF COLLECTS KUDOS FOR SERVICE INFORMED 6 ADMINISTRATIONS.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Deborah Gesensway Capitol bureau Joseph A. Matthews has crunched numbers for six governors and 13 state budget directors - the "Mr. Glooms and Dr. Dooms" of budget staffers' lingo. For the 1957-58 budget, Matthews sat at a desk only 15 feet from the one in ...
INTEGRITY GOVERNS COURSE.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Deborah Gesensway Capitol bureau When state officials needed someone to implement a controversial new ethics in government law, they turned to Joseph M. Bress. At very least, they hope he can smooth over a rocky road by example. Bress, 45, ...
MANAGERS OF STATE ETHICS DIRECTOR USES EXPERIENCE.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Deborah Gesensway Capitol bureau Jane Barcott - the state Legislature's new ethics director - has brought to her post some of the informality of Alaska, her former home. She conducts an interview beside the Xerox machine, changes out of the sneakers she wore ...
DINKINS UPSTAGES RIVALS AS NYC HOPEFULS MEET NOLAN A MAIL DROP?(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Capitol bureau Were the Democratic primary for New York City mayor decided by participants at last week's Hispanic issues conference, it looked like Manhattan Borough President David Dinkins would have won. Incumbent Mayor Edward Koch was booed and shouted at ...
LEGISLATOR TO PRESENT TRASH PLAN.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer A resolution directing the Albany County Planning Board to work with neighboring counties on establishing a means for dealing with solid waste disposal is expected to be introduced by a Republican county legislator next week. ...
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... The following exams have been announced by the civil service offices of New York State and Capital District municipalities. For application forms and fees, residency requirements and additional information, contact the appropriate office. The state Department of Civil Service, ...
STATE'S NEW 'SIN TAXES' HIT DRINKERS, SMOKERS.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... The price of drinking and smoking will be going up Monday thanks to a package of "sin taxes" enacted by Gov. Mario Cuomo and the Legislature to get New York over its deficit doldrums. Under the tax bills approved as part of the state's record $47 billion budget and fought by the ...
SPA POLL LISTS PARKING AS DOWNTOWN AREA TOP PROBLEM.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Winifred Yu Staff writer Parking may be a big problem downtown, but people still go there at least once a week, according to a recent survey of residents. The survey was conducted by a Skidmore College marketing class on behalf of Next Step, a group of ...
THEY CAN'T IMPROVE ON THIS SERIES.(Sports)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Joe Layden I have a suggestion: Stop the American Hockey League playoffs right now. Today. Put away the skates for the summer. Cut the Calder Cup in half and present one piece to the Adirondack Red Wings, and the other to either the New Haven Nighthawks or the ...
TWO CAPITAL MISTAKES PAVE WAY FOR DIPS, 2-0.(Sports)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Ron Armstrong Staff writer Opportunity knocked, and the Washington Diplomats answered the call. The Dips came up with a couple of opportunistic goals Sunday afternoon as they blanked the Albany Capitals 2-0 in an American Soccer League game at Bleecker ...
A-C YANKS SET DOWN HAGERSTOWN AGAIN.(Sports)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Bob Croce Staff writer It has become a familiar sight whenever the Albany- Colonie Yankees play. Around comes the left or right arm of a hurler, up goes the right arm of the home-plate umpire, down sits another frustrated batter. For 17 games, the A-C pitching ...
WINGS COMPLETE COMEBACK, WIN IN OT.(Sports)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Buzz Gray Staff writer The Adirondack Red Wings have completed the improbable. The Wings became the second team in American Hockey League history to come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven playoff series, beating the Hershey Bears 2-1 in overtime ...
EXPLORER GETTING TRAVEL SOUNDS ON TAPE.(TV/Radio)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Janet Trinkaus Television editor David Fanshawe decided at the age of six he wanted to be an explorer. "I had visions of going to Africa," the 47- year-old British native said by phone this week from New York, where he's promoting a new album. "You see, my ...
JORDAN STRUGGLES AGAINST APARTHEID.(Living Today)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Paul Grondahl Staff writer The Azanian revolutionary has returned, to tell the world the struggle to destroy the system of apartheid in South Africa continues. Bojana Vuyisile Jordan - relaxing in his Albany home during a two-week visit, surrounded by African ...
ALBANY'S '60S ACTIVISTS STILL ACTIVE.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Bob Whitaker Staff writer In the movie "The Big Chill," the social activism of the 1960s was portrayed as having been almost a fad. The college crowd slipped on their tie-dyed shirts for a few years, and then discarded their beliefs as easily as they abandoned the hippie ...
'PIED PIPER' ENTERTAINING FOR THE YOUNGSTERS.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Martin P. Kelly Staff writer The adaptation of Robert Brownings dark allegorical poem, "The Pied Piper," has been adapted into a hybrid musical that is being presented by the Empire State Institute for the Performing Arts. Part cartoon and part rock musical, ...
PROSECUTORS TRIUMPH AMID CAUTION IN JAPAN.(Main)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Steven R. Weisman New York Times The skyscrapers housing Japan's most powerful government offices lie in a central Tokyo district called Kasumigaseki, which means the gate enshrouded by fog. The name is appropriate to the challenge faced by the 30 men of the ...
CRIME SUSPECTS TORTURED IN JAPAN, LAWYERS SAY.(Main)
May 01, 1989 ... Byline: Karl Schoenberger Los Angeles Times Masao Akabori hasn't had a good night's sleep in 35 years, not since he confessed to kidnapping, raping and strangling a 6- year-old girl in a mountain grove near the Oi River one spring day in 1954. In fact, Akabori did ...
HELLMAN THEATER FINALE ENDS A 30-YEAR RUN.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... With the last showing of "Rain Man" and "Working Girl" Sunday night, the Hellman Theater closed its doors after 30 years. "It's a good thing we came today," said Mary Wooding of Albany, as she left an afternoon showing of "Working Girl". "How about that?" said her ...
CENTER FOR DISABLED OPENS TROY FACILITY.(Local)
May 01, 1989 ... The Cerebral Palsy Center for the Disabled has opened a new Community Services Center, at 50 Third St. Services offered include neurology, developmental assessments, orthopedic clinic, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy and dental. Other specialty ...
PERSONAL TOUCH ADDED TO SCHENECTADY FLIGHT '89 AIRSHOW.(Local)
May 02, 1989 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer Imagine yourself as a "Top Gun" jet fighter pilot. Strapped in the cockpit of one of the world's most sophisticated flying machines, you push forward on the throttle and sheer power boosts you instantly to Mach 1, which is the speed of ...
ELECTION TO DECIDE 3 SEATS GUILDERLAND VOTING SET.(Local)
May 02, 1989 ... Byline: Bill Schackner Staff writer Voters will decide on a $28.9 million school budget Wednesday and will choose among four candidates vying for three at-large openings on the nine-member Board of Education. Balloting will occur from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at each of the ...
FURNITURE STORE CLOSES, PLANNING TO REOPEN FROM WAREHOUSE.(Business)
May 02, 1989 ... Byline: Cailin Brown Business writer Gordon's, the store on 1259 Central Ave. that sold Scandinavian and contemporary furniture, closed its doors Sunday and will reopen from its warehouse nearby on Railroad Avenue in late August, according to the company owner. Allan ...
NORTON CO. REPORTS $30.5M QUARTERLY NET.(Business)
May 02, 1989 ... Norton Co., a Worcester, Mass.- based abrasives manufacturer with a factory in Watervliet, has reported first-quarter net income of $30.5 million, or $1.45 per share, on sales of $388.2 million. These results compared with net income of $28.6 million, or $1.37 per share, on ...
FLEET/NORSTAR NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT.(Business)
May 02, 1989 ... James P. Murphy, 58, executive vice president of the New York State Bankers Association for the past 13 years, has joined Fleet/Norstar Financial Group as an executive vice president and director of public policy and external relations. "This is a major new position for the ...
FUSION REMAINS IN DOUBT RPI CAN'T CONFIRM UTAH TESTS.(Main)
May 02, 1989 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer with wire reports Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute said they were still skeptical Monday after trying for three weeks to duplicate what University of Utah researchers claim is a major breakthrough in cold fusion. "I'm not ...
BUSH URGED TO OPEN NEW NUCLEAR ARMS TALKS EX-U.S. OFFICIALS PUSH POLICY SHIFT.(Main)
May 02, 1989 ... Byline: New York Times A bipartisan group of former government officials, endorsing a policy rejected by the Bush administration, said Monday that the United States should agree to open talks with the Soviets on reducing short-range nuclear weapons in Europe. The ...
BABY MISSING; PARENTS BACK IN SPOTLIGHT.(Main)
May 02, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press Police investigated a report Monday that a masked gunman abducted a baby girl from a couple who made the same complaint three years ago about another daughter who was found dead yards from a house where they used to live. On Saturday, Robert ...
WOMEN, WORKERS TRIUMPH BIAS BURDEN PUT ON EMPLOYERS.(Main)
May 02, 1989 ... Byline: Al Kamen Washington Post The Supreme Court, in a decision hailed by women's- rights groups, ruled 6 to 3 Monday that once a woman presents direct evidence that she was denied promotion because of illegal "sex stereotyping," it is up to her employer to prove there were ...
A WOMAN'S TRACK TO SUCCESS, HORROR.(Main)
May 02, 1989 ... Byline: Sally Jacobs Boston Globe A little more than one week ago she was an unknown. Intelligent, to be sure. Feet planted firmly on the financial fast track and well within a certain privileged inner circle. But to most, she was just another young woman in sneakers hurrying up ...
KEY PLO OFFICIAL SHOT IN LEBANON.(Main)
May 02, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press Issam Salem, the PLO's senior official in Lebanon, was shot and seriously wounded today in an ambush in this southern port city, police said. PLO officials in Paris with Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasir Arafat said Salem was ...
EXPLOSIVES TRUCK OVERTURNS.(Main)
May 02, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press A truck loaded with military explosives overturned on Interstate 20 just outside this West Texas town, causing officials to close the highway and consider evacuations. Local authorities said the truck carried 48 rocket pods containing 644 ...
'ATLANTIS' COUNTDOWN ON AGAIN.(Main)
May 02, 1989 ... Byline: Howard Benedict Associated Press Electricity flowed into Atlantis today, beginning a new countdown toward a Thursday afternoon blastoff after crews fixed fuel system problems that caused a last-minute launch postponement. The shuttle is to carry into space ...
KILLER BEES DESTROYED IN MIAMI.(Main)
May 02, 1989 ... Byline: United Press International A swarm of killer bees arrived in Miami aboard a Suriname freighter last month and was destroyed, state agriculture officials say. The swarm of 500 Africanized bees - the first to be detected in Miami - was discovered April 21 within ...
NEW-HOME SALES DOWN 5.5%.(Main)
May 02, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press Sales of new homes fell 5.5 percent in March and registered their first back-to-back declines in more than a year, the government said today. The Commerce Department said sales of new single- family homes dropped to a seasonally adjusted ...
BUSH TO UNVEIL LATIN AMERICA ACTION PLAN.(Main)
May 02, 1989 ... Byline: Thomas Ferraro United Press International President Bush, wrapping up a three-month foreign policy review, selected the State Department Tuesday to formally unveil his plan of action for Latin America. Aides said Bush planned to reiterate his support of ...