Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from November 1989:
PROJECT ADVENTURE BUILDS CONFIDENCE.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Jane Gottlieb Staff writer You can learn to let go with one hand, both hands even, if you trust someone enough. "Angie, go ahead, step with your left foot!" Eugene Pessetto said to his charge, at that moment 40 feet above him and considering leaving the ...
FOR ALBANY COUNTY JUDGE.(Main)(Editorial)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Voters face a happy choice in the race for the Albany County judgeship vacated by Judge Joseph Harris's appointment to the state Supreme Court. The Democrats have nominated Thomas Keegan, who has distinguished himself on the Albany City Court for more than 16 years. The Republicans have ...
BELL FOR ALBANY COUNTY CLERK.(Main)(Editorial)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Thomas G. Clingan, who has served as county clerk since having been appointed to that post last December, is campaigning on the experience and knowledge he has acquired through his 13 years in county government. There is no disputing that Mr. Clingan is experienced. The problem is that his ...
DEVELOPMENT GROUP SEEKS $40G BOOST.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer To attract and keep businesses in the county, local municipalities are collectively being asked to contribute about $40,000 more in 1990 to Schenectady County Economic Development Corp. George Robertson, executive director of SEDC said ...
WILTON ORGANIZING TOWN RECYCLING PROGRAM.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... A town recycling program is being planned to offer services not yet available through Saratoga County's recycling program. Town Councilman Raymond O'Conor was named town recycling coordinator by Supervisor Roy McDonald earlier this month. It is an unpaid position. ...
CORRECTION.(Main)
Nov 01, 1989 ... An editorial on this page Tuesday incorrectly described Mary Skorupski as an ...
KEY EVENTS MAY BE SPECIAL TRIGGERS.(Main)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Frank D. Roylance Baltimore Evening Sun Soon after the tremors settled down, survivors of the Oct. 17 San Francisco earthquake began filling the ears of friends, neighbors and reporters with vivid accounts of where they were, what they were doing and how they reacted ...
NEW THINGS TO REMEMBER 'HARD-WIRING' BRAIN THEORY CONFIRMED.(Main)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Thomas H. Maugh II Los Angeles Times Researchers for the first time have experimentally confirmed the longstanding theory that the brain stores memories by "hard-wiring" new connections between groups of brain cells. Their results, to be reported today ...
2 SAILORS MISSING IN ACCIDENTS NAVY SEES NO 'COMMON THREAD,' BEGINS INQUIRIES.(Main)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: United Press International Two sailors were missing after they were washed overboard from aircraft carriers Tuesday in separate incidents as the Navy was confronted with its fourth accident in three days. Three sailors and about 38 missiles on the aircraft ...
FEW JOBS PAY AT LOWEST RATE.(Main)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Cliff Lee and Mark S.R. Suchecki Business writers Wage earners in the Capital District won't gain much from the minimum-wage agreement ironed out Tuesday - largely because there are few, if any, jobs paying at such a low level, several large employers said. ...
AGREEMENT REACHED ON MINIMUM WAGE.(Main)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Frank Swoboda and Tom Kenworthy Washington Post The White House reached agreement with congressional Democrats Tuesday on legislation to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade and to create the first training wage for teenagers. ...
BUSH, GORBACHEV TO STAGE CURTAIN RAISER MEETING TO PRECEDE FORMAL SUMMIT.(Main)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Owen Ullmann Knight-Ridder President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev announced Tuesday that they will meet aboard naval ships in the Mediterranean for two days in December for an "informal" summit focusing on the dramatic changes sweeping through Eastern ...
TICKS CARRYING LYME DISEASE MARCH ON.(Main)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Peter Wehrwein Staff writer The tiny tick that carries Lyme disease has continued its march up the Hudson River Valley. Saratoga, Fulton, Essex and Washington counties joined the roster of counties in the Capital District and surrounding area where the Ixodes ...
ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS FLAWED.(Main)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer The county Board of Elections sorted through thousands of absentee ballot applications Tuesday after a state judge declared that many were so defective as to "make a farce" of the procedure. At the end of the day, the board reported ...
JFK JR. REPORTEDLY FLUNKS BAR.(Main)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press Law enforcement sources say John F. Kennedy Jr. has failed his first attempt at passing the state bar examination, New York Newsday reported today. Kennedy failed the test in July when about 7,000 people took the exam, a step toward becoming ...
PAN AM IS SUING TO GET U.S. FILES.(Main)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press Pan Am has filed papers in U.S. federal court seeking to prove that Israeli agents warned U.S. authorities of a planned terrorist attack on Flight 103 a day before a bomb blew up the jet, a newspaper reported today. The Independent said Pan ...
FIRE HITS NAVY SHIP; 10 SAILORS INJURED.(Main)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press Nine sailors were injured by smoke inhalation and one also suffered burns in a fire aboard the oiler USS Monongahela in the eastern Atlantic, the Navy reported today. The fire, which broke out in one of the ship's two boilers, was ...
SAVINGS BOND SALES HALTED.(Main)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press Sales of U.S. Savings Bonds were suspended indefinitely today because of failure to enact legislation raising the federal debt limit, the Treasury Department reported. "Without new legislation to increase the debt limit, the government lacks ...
MAN'S FORGOTTEN FRIENDS.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun Cats don't have that many friends; not official ones, anyway. Unlike dogs, cats don't get legal protection under state Ag and Markets law. Someday that may change, but for now cats must rely on provisions in the conservation law that cover cruelty ...
COLUMBIA COUNTY POISED FOR MANDATORY RECYCLING.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Jane Gottlieb Staff writer Amid the trappings of Halloween Tuesday, Columbia County residents were preparing for a historic day - today's start of mandatory recycling. "I've been washing out the cans and bottles like dishes, getting ready for tomorrow," said ...
ALBANY COUNTY RACES REPUBLICAN ADS TARGET NON-CANDIDATE COYNE.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Michael McKeon Staff writer James J. Coyne Jr. is not up for re-election, but the two Republicans seeking countywide office have released new campaign ads directed against the embattled county executive. Albany County Republican Chairman George Scaringe ...
DRIVER INDICTED IN DEATH PASSENGER ALSO CHARGED IN CRASH.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer A Troy man was indicted Tuesday on 17 counts, including manslaughter and drunken driving, in connection with a Colonie accident last month that killed a 5-year-old boy and injured several others. A passenger in the van that allegedly ...
CANDIDATES LEAVE NO LEAF UNTURNED.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Toni Toczylowski Staff writer It's normal for candidates to dig up dirt on their opponents or criticize the incumbents' voting records. So it should come as no surprise that John Francisco, the Republican candidate for supervisor, has a bone to pick with his ...
ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED ENJOYS ITS NEW HOME.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Barbara Hayden Staff writer On what was until last year a cornfield at the corner of Krumkill and Blessing roads in North Bethlehem, there now stands a brick veneer building looking for all the world like a new community college. "That's what a lot of people ...
CANDIDATE SAYS HE CAN RUN GREEN ISLAND CHEAPER THAN MAYOR.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Laura Vecsey Staff writer Independent mayoral candidate Tom Brady said he can run the village better and for less money than incumbent Mayor Francis Real. Brady, a retired quality control inspector for the Ford Motor Co., will challenge Real - who has held the ...
PALACE PREPARES TO FIX FIRE ESCAPES.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Preparation work has begun to get the Palace Theatre ready for cleaning and restoration of its fire escapes. The city Fire Department ordered the balcony of the city-owned building at Clinton Avenue and North Pearl Street closed indefinitely following an inspection two weeks ...
ALBANY WANTS TESTIMONY KEPT FROM WHALEN PROBE.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: John Caher Staff writer The city attempted Tuesday to persuade an appellate court to bar a state anti-corruption panel, which has been investigating the administration of Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III, from considering the testimony of two top officials. Brian ...
WATERVLIET PORN TRIAL JURY OUT PANEL UNABLE TO REACH VERDICT.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Laura Vecsey Staff writer After a day of deliberations, jurors in photographer Lonney Smith's trial on pornography charges were sent home for the night Tuesday evening by City Court Judge Vincent A. Lamb. The six jurors, who were ordered to resume ...
SCHENECTADY TALKS CITY COUNCIL HELPS SETTLE POLICE PACT.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer City Council members pulled a first this year by participating in contract negotiations with the Police Benevolent Association. Mayor Karen B. Johnson said Tuesday the council helped the city and police union to accomplish their first ...
SPIEGLETOWN YOUTH RECOVERING FROM TUMOR SURGERY.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Grace O'Connor Staff writer While other youngsters who turned 13 on Halloween went trick-or-treating or blew out candles on a cake, Doug DiNuzzo of Spiegletown spent his birthday in the intensive care unit at the New York University Medical Center in New York City. ...
STATE AUDIT CRITICIZES VOORHEESVILLE; TREASURER CALLS IT 'NITP ICKING'.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Brad Kelly Staff writer The village treasurer Tuesday characterized as "nitpicking" a state audit that criticizes the village for awarding public contracts on a no-bid basis and for throwing a dinner attended by salaried employees. Treasurer Lauren Tedesco ...
SHOTGUN BLASTS MISS 12, HIT HOME.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... A dozen people escaped injury when more than two dozen shotgun pellets rained against the side of their house and two of them flew inside, police said. The incident Tuesday night at 810 Emmett St. was apparently a case of "extremely bad judgment" on the part of the shooter, ...
SCHOOL ADDITIONS WOULD COST ABOUT $6 MILLION.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Vincent Jackson Staff writer The estimate to add classrooms to six North Colonie school district elementary schools has increased by more than $1 million. Originally it was thought that the addition of 29 regular-size classrooms and 13 smaller-size rooms could ...
CANA MEETS TONIGHT.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... The Council of Albany Neighborhood Associations will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Neighborhood Resource Center at 340 First ...
2-HOUR POWER LOSS.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... About 900 homes and businesses in the Arbor Hill section of the city were without power for more than two hours Halloween night. Nick Lyman, a spokesman for the Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., ...
COUNTY DEMOCRATS BIG ELECTION SPENDERS.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer The Rensselaer County Democratic Committee has spent nearly $100,000 so far in backing its candidates, according to the latest filings with the county Board of Elections. The committee has pumped $36,700 into the campaign of Charles ...
POLICE, DOWNTOWN DIVIDE CANDIDATES.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer Daniel DeDeo, 72, is trying for the second time to unseat Democratic Councilman William "Toby" Lyons, 87, in the 4th District. The two are seeking a City Council seat representing downtown Troy, part of Beman Park and the areas just ...
DEMOCRATS HOPE TO TAKE CONTROL IN SCHODACK.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Timothy F. Schick Staff writer Control of the Town Board could shift Nov. 7 from the Republicans to Democrats for the first time in recent memory. But while Democrats hope to take over, Republicans see the election as an opportunity to reverse the inroads made ...
POLICE SEEK LINK BETWEEN 2 CRIMES 2-CAR CRASH KILLS GLOVERSVILLE WOMAN COLONIE STUDENT WINS REPORTING AWARD 8 ROBBERY SUSPECTS CAUGHT ON THRUWAY QUEENS WOMAN HELD ON DRUG COUNTS WOMAN CHARGED IN COLONIE MOTEL FIRE CANDIDATE ARRAIGNED ON CHECK CHARGE 'TU' EDITOR HONORED AS AUTHOR OF YEAR.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Associated Press Police in Albany and Troy are looking for a possible link between an armed robbery and an attempted holdup within an hour of one another at two supermarkets early Tuesday. The first holdup occurred at 2:10 a.m. at the Super Shop 'n Save at ...
SCHENECTADY COUNTY BUDGET OK'D.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer Schenectady County Manager Robert D. McEvoy's $108.2 million 1990 operating budget was adopted unanimously Tuesday by the county legislature. The budget, which is up about $13.5 million over this year's spending plan, calls for an ...
EMERGENCY SQUAD SEEKS TAXING DISTRICT.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Christopher Ringwald Staff writer The Town Board agreed Tuesday night to consider creating a special improvement district to fund the emergency squad. Representatives from the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Emergency Corps said the change would grant the group greater ...
CANDIDATE MAY FACE JOB CHOICE.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Ilaina Jonas Staff writer If the Democratic candidate for town justice wins next week's election, under state law he could be forced to choose between his job or his newly won position. Alan W. Menz, an Albany County Sheriff's Department corrections officer ...
DEMOCRATS BALK AT PROPOSED SALARY HIKES.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer A plan to give three Republican town officials double-digit raises has raised the ire of top town Democrats. The senior Republican on the Town Board called the situation a tempest in a teapot. Under an amendment to the proposed 1990 ...
POLICE UNION ENDORSES CANDIDATE GERALD JENNINGS GETS NOD IN ALBANY.(Local)(Correction notice)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Bruce A. Scruton Staff writer After a dozen years of staying out of partisan politics, the Albany Police Officers Union this year is endorsing Alderman Gerald Jennings in his bid for re-election as a write-in candidate in the 11th Ward. Union president James ...
POLICE SEEK LINK BETWEEN 2 INCIDENTS 2-CAR CRASH KILLS GLOVERSVILLE WOMAN TROY OFFICIALS INSPECT REPAIRED DAMS EFFECTS OF COAL-PLANT PLAN ON AGENDA SCHODACK CANDIDATE RUNS IN THE RED GOP LEGISLATOR DISPUTES DA'S CLAIM CANDIDATE FACES BAD-CHECK CHARGE 'TU' EDITOR HONORED AS AUTHOR OF YEAR CANESTRARI TO ADDRESS DEMOCRAT DINNER DMV COMPUTER TO VISIT STEPHENTOWN.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Police in Albany and Troy are looking for a possible link between an armed robbery and an attempted holdup within an hour of one another at two supermarkets early Tuesday. The first holdup occurred at 2:10 a.m. at the Super Shop 'n Save at 900 Central Ave., Albany. A man went to ...
GREEN ISLAND WOMAN SEVERLY BURNED IN EXPLOSION.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... A 19-year-old woman was in Albany Medical Center Hospital with second-degree burns over 50 percent of her body after an explosion and fire rocked her apartment early Tuesday, village police said. Sandra Travis, of 33 Arch St., was listed in critical condition Tuesday night in ...
ST. PETER'S SUBMITS DRAFT OF PLANNED PARKING IMPACT.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Detailing strategies to deal with increased traffic that will accompany its proposed expansion, St. Peter's Hospital submitted a draft environmental impact statement to the city planning department Tuesday. The hospital wants to remove an existing traffic signal on Manning ...
SCHENECTADY COUNTY VOTE GOP SEEKS TO HOLD LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer Five Republican legislators are running for re-election Tuesday and the GOP needs victories by at least three of them to maintain control of the Schenectady County Legislature. For decades, Republicans have controlled county government ...
PROPOSED WASTE-OIL PLANT ON AGENDA.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Donald L. Corey, president of Jet-Line Services Inc., will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, about his company's plans to open a waste-oil treatment facility, including an incinerator, adjacent to the Scotia-Glenville Industrial Park. Corey also will answer citizens' questions at the ...
RACE FOR SUPERVISOR REPLETE WITH CHARGES.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer Republican James L. Esch says the town needs better fiscal management and long-range planning. Democrat Edwin D. Reilly Jr. says his political opponent should learn by example. The race for town supervisor pits Esch, a television ...
NISKAYUNA DIRECTIONS GOP TALKS FISCAL CARE, DEMOCRATS SAY ACTION.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer In an election campaign that appears devoid of major issues, town Republicans are promising fiscal responsibility and Democrats are pledging action. The Democrats, who hold a majority on the Town Board, cite their accomplishments - a ...
COLONIE BOARD REVIEWS POLICY TO ALERT RESIDENTS.(Local)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Vincent Jackson Staff writer Planning Board members received their first look Tuesday at a draft policy that is designed to improve the process of resident notification of board action on major projects. The idea of a more standardized notification procedure ...
'PILLSBURY' BRINGS BACK THE BASICS.(Living Today)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Susan E. Tomer Staff writer "The Pillsbury Cookbook." Doubleday. $19.95. With the emphasis in recent years on specialized cooking - gourmet, vegetarian, macrobiotic, fiber- conscious, ethnic - it is easy to forget cooks who want easy recipes for basic American ...
YOU CAN PICK THE RIGHT FOODS.(Living Today)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Bill Stokes Chicago Tribune To shop for groceries today is to skip down the supermarket aisle hand-in- hand with a lab rat and a fairy godmother. "Don't buy that," says the rat, "or you'll get cancer." "Buy this, my dear," says the fairy godmother, ...
'CRABTREE' COMBINES ART, GOOD RECIPES.(Living Today)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Susan E. Tomer Staff writer "The Crabtree & Evelyn Cookbook." Stewart, Tabori & Chang. $29.95. Lucky you if Santa brings you this book for Christmas - and it's sure to be under a lot of trees this year. Once you've caressed its silky smooth cover and smiled ...
'COFFEE-TABLE' COOKBOOKS DRAW ON CULTURE, HISTORY.(Living Today)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Vinod Chhabra Staff writer The trend has been slow in developing, but now that it has arrived, it's a sellout. "Back- ordered, is what we gladly call it," says Dianne Keitt, an associate editor with Gourmet magazine. "Americans are at the opposite end of the scale from ...
SCALLIONS DIVULGES CARROT SOUP RECIPE.(Living Today)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Barbara Delaney Staff writer DEAR CHEFS' SECRETS: I read your Food section religiously and have picked up some excellent recipes, particularly from your local restaurants column. Recently, a friend of mine from Chicago and I had lunch at Scallions in Saratoga ...
MEMORIAL SOCIETY PLANS 25TH ANNIVERSARY.(Living Today)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Paul Grondahl Staff writer One-quarter century after the Albany Area Memorial Society Inc. was established, 22 of its 25 founding members are still living. "You see, peace of mind says something about longevity," Alice Philips, president of the Albany Area ...
CONNECTICUT STAGES BURSTING WITH CHOICES.(Living Today)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Theatergoers with a sense of adventure and a full tank of gas can find satisfaction in Connecticut's regional theaters, from Hartford to New Haven on Interstate 91. Hartford Stage, winner of the 1989 Tony Award for excellence in resident theater, is approximately the same drive ...
BIG DANCE NUMBERS STUNNING IN 'OH KAY!'.(Living Today)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Jackie Demaline Executive entertainment editor Where on Earth do you find a better team than George and Ira Gershwin, and P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton? The Gershwins' music and lyrics were never less than smart and melodious; the jolly stories and pointedly ...
DILLON PUTS OUT A SOLID ALBUM.(Living Today)
Nov 01, 1989 ... "I've Learned to Live." Dean Dillon. (Capitol): Dillon's second album shows that the super songwriter known for high living finally has made it as a singer. Pure country instrumental backup and his rural East Tennessee vocal delivery places him solidly among the growing ranks of ...
WMHT-FM DRIVE NETS RECORD SUM.(Living Today)
Nov 01, 1989 ... WMHT-FM (89.1) met with success for its autumn fund drive, ending several hours earlier than planned and surpassing its goal of $65,000. The nine-day drive, which ran Saturday, Oct. 14, through Sunday, Oct. 22, raised $65,285 from 1,039 pledges. Of these, 519 pledges came from ...
NETWORKS VIE FOR CONTROL OF ELECTION POOL.(Living Today)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Combined wire services The three major broadcast networks and the Cable News Network are expected to approve this week a plan to conduct joint exit polls and pool the information during national elections, beginning next year. ABC News and CBS News, both of ...
HOSTETLER DELIVERS IN A PINCH.(Sports)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Joe Layden The New York Giants learned a few things about themselves Monday night. They discovered just how hungry they really are, how badly they want to recapture the spirit of '86, when their names were linked with some of the greatest in National Football ...
WILL THE REAL RED WINGS STAND UP?(Sports)
Nov 01, 1989 ... Byline: Buzz Gray Staff writer With their annual "Octoberfeast" coming to an end last Saturday night, the Adirondack Red Wings begin a new month of their American Hockey League schedule still in search of a true identity. The team which hosts the Rochester Americans ...