Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from March 1990:
WORST TRAFFIC MAY BE BEHIND US.(Living Today)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Max Gates Newhouse Good news for commuters: The worst of America's traffic may be in the rear-view mirror. A highway traffic researcher says the nation's market of car buyers is nearly saturated, and future growth in the number of drivers on the road won't ...
YOUR OLD STUFF CAN BE NEW FOR SOMEONE ELSE.(Living Today)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Barbara Delaney Staff writer The Junior League of Albany doesn't want them, and neither does Unity House. So if you have an old pair of bell bottoms you want to get rid of, you might consider cutting them up for dust rags or you may just decide to save them ...
KEILLOR FOUND SOCKS A DEAL AT LODGE'S.(Living Today)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Paul Grondahl Staff writer Garrison Keillor found a little piece of Lake Wobegon on the shores of the Hudson River. And the humorist spoke lovingly about the deja vu experience on North Pearl Street in downtown Albany to thousands of his public radio fans ...
2 INJURED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA QUAKE.(Main)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press A strong earthquake rocked a 200- mile swath of Southern California on Wednesday, triggering rock slides onto highways, causing scattered, minor structural damage and frightening thousands. Two people suffered broken legs and a woman went into ...
ENFORCEMENT YIELDS TROY MORE MONEY TROY MAN, 19, HELD IN SUB SHOP HOLDUP TWO DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN COURT DOWNTOWN PARKING SUBJECT OF SURVEY.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... A city effort to crack down on housing code and litter violators has doubled the amount of money from fines going into city coffers, City Manager Steven G. Dworsky said. In the six months between September 1989 and February 1990, more than 316 people were fined for violations ...
STOLEN WALLET A NIGHTMARE BUT RECOVERY IS EASIER IF YOU KEEP RECORDS IN ORDER.(Living Today)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Patti Thorn Scripps Howard This time, it was much worse: It happened to me. My wallet was stolen. I can explain. I was in a car dealership. The salesman, revved up by the sight of a woman with a checkbook, was laying on the pressure. Meanwhile, my 2-year-old ...
MALTA TO INVESTIGATE OWNERSHIP OF 2 SITES.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Ilaina Jonas Staff writer Most of us would jump for joy if we suddenly acquired some property. Not the town of Malta. The sudden good fortune has turned into a legal headache for Town Attorney E. David Steenburg. The Town Board was told ...
POLICE SEEK EMPLOYEE IN THEFT FROM OTB PARLOR.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer A 35-year-old Capital District Off-Track Betting Corp. employee is being hunted by city police in connection with the weekend theft of $29,900 in cash from a vault he worked in at the OTB Teletheater on Central Avenue, detectives said. ...
SCHENECTADY SHELTER FIRE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer As police and fire investigators search for the cause of a fire that destroyed the YWCA's shelter for battered women on Washington Avenue, those who operate the program are making an urgent search for another house to serve as a safe haven for ...
HEARING SET ON HUNTERS NEW RULES SLATED IN BETHLEHEM.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Barbara Hayden Staff writer The Town Board will hold a public hearing March 14 on a proposed ordinance prohibiting hunting and "hunting devices" in the Elm Avenue town park. Its purpose is to keep hunters with bows and arrows from hunting deer in the park, ...
MECHANICVILLE DELAYS BUDGET VOTE A WEEK 59% TAX HIKE PLAN STIRS CITIZENRY.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Elizabeth S. Schwartz Staff writer After hearing from angry citizens who said they needed more time to review a budget that calls for a 59 percent tax hike, the City Council voted Wednesday night to delay voting on the budget until next week. "I don't see ...
UKRAINIAN FAMINE LECTURE SCHEDULED.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... James E. Mace, director of the federal Commission on the Ukraine Famine, will give a lecture on the Ukraine next week in St. Joseph's Auditorium, 985 Madison Ave., on the campus of the College of Saint Rose. The free lecture, titled "Memory vs. the Memory Hole: Coming to Grips ...
ROTTERDAM APPROVES OFFICE SPACE LEASE.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer A $51,552 nine- month lease with the Draper Center Association for office space was approved unanimously Wednesday night by the Town Board. Supervisor James A. Constantino said the town will move its operations to the former Draper ...
DOUBLE BUNKING PRISON BEDS ADDED, BUT CRITICS WORRIED.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Elizabeth Kolbert New York Times Struggling to house an ever-increasing number of prisoners, New York will nearly double the capacity of many of its medium- security prisons by installing bunk beds for the first time, Cuomo administration officials said Wednesday. ...
HEALING THE LAW MALPRACTICE CITED IN 7,000 DEATHS.(Main)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Combined wire services Nearly 7,000 hospital patients were killed and thousands more injured through medical negligence in 1984, but relatively few malpractice suits were filed, according to a statewide study released Wednesday. The $3.1 million study by ...
STATE TO PROBE KNOLLS U.S. RULE PERMITS PLANT INSPECTION.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Michael Lopez Staff writer A new federal regulation will allow the state - now essentially in the dark about radioactive contamination at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory - to begin its first detailed inspection of all waste dumped there. Though they will ...
PEACE GROUP HOLDS SERVICES AT KNOLLS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... About 40 members of Pax Christi USA, an international peace movement, gathered outside the main gate of Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory for Ash Wednesday services. Since 1984, the Catholic disarmament group has targeted the lab because Knolls designs the Navy's nuclear-powered ...
ST. ROSE HOPES TO QUIET FANS.(Sports)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Keith Marder Staff writer Brian Beaury, the head basketball coach of the College of Saint Rose, had to get his players prepared for more than an opponent in Wednesday's practice. Tonight, when St. Rose (21-5) takes on Nyack College at 9 in an NAIA District31 ...
CITIZENS' GROUP SAYS COLONIE BARS CANDIDATE FROM WASTE PANEL TOWN COMMITTEE WANTS LIST OF WORK ON WASTE MEMBERS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Michael Gormley Staff writer An environmental group often critical of the town says its representative is being blocked from appointment to the town's solid-waste planning board. While the citizens group Work on Waste complains about its lack of ...
SOVIETS PRIVATIZE LAND USE.(Main)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: David Remnick Washington Post The Soviet legislature passed a law Wednesday permitting individuals to lease land for housing and farming, a measure that undermines one of the foundations of the Stalinist state economy. The measure, passed in the Supreme Soviet ...
BALLSTON SPA WILL APPEAL LAW ON VOLUNTEERS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Ilaina Jonas Staff writer The state's highest court refused to hear an appeal by the village, which is fighting the state over a law that gives volunteer firefighters the same workplace protection as paid employees, a spokewoman for the Attorney General's office said. ...
ABORTION RIGHTS GET SUPPORT MINNESOTA DEBATING BAN.(Main)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press Hundreds of abortion-rights activists on Wednesday exchanged taunts with a small group of abortion foes outside the Capitol, where lawmakers debated a bill that would ban most abortions in the state. The bill, which would prohibit abortions ...
TV ADVERTISERS TARGET DOCTORS' WAITING ROOMS.(Business)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Skip Wollenberg Associated Press Media companies are running to the doctor. The media venture that produces the Lifetime cable network joined the rush on Wednesday when it disclosed plans to offer commercially-sponsored TV programs on health care topics for ...
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS PENNSYLVANIA DEATH PENALTY.(Main)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Aaron Epstein Knight-Ridder The Supreme Court narrowly upheld Pennsylvania's death penalty law Wednesday and removed a constitutional cloud from similar statutes in 13 other states. Splitting 5-4, the justices rejected arguments that, in some cases, ...
CHURCH SHELTERS LAST MASS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer The 300 parishioners who appeared Wednesday morning to celebrate mass for the last time at Our Lady of Mount Carmel packed the small church and, in tears and sobbing, spilled out the front door into Union Street in an emotional farewell. ...
RECENT RULINGS TEND TO CURB PRIVACY.(Main)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder In numerous recent cases, the Supreme Court has limited individual privacy by expanding the authority of police and prosecutors. For example, the court: *Ruled that school authorities do not need a warrant to conduct searches of students and ...
RPI SENIORS PLAYING LIKE IT'LL ALL END SOON.(Sports)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Bob Croce Staff writer It was goose-bump time Saturday night for Tony Hejna. An oceanful of memories shot through his head as he skated toward center ice upon hearing his name announced for possibly the final time at Houston Field House. The RPI senior left ...
BASEBALL METS' TICKETS ON SALE IN AREA VOLLEYBALL TWO MEN, TEAM TO RECEIVE HONORS BOWLING MCCAULIFFE ROLLS 300 AT CLIFTON PARK REC BASKETBALL JUNIOR BOWLING TENNIS.(Sports)
Mar 01, 1990 ... The Albany League of Arts Community Box Offices will be open at 9a.m. today for the sale of New York Mets baseball tickets for the entire season. "This is the first day tickets are available in New York City, and we wanted to make them available for people in this area, too," a ...
EXISTING-HOME SALES DIP AS MORTGAGE RATES RISE.(Business)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: John D. McClain Associated Press Existing-home sales declined 2.2 percent in January as rising mortgage interest rates combined with the usual winter lull to brake sales to their slowest pace since last summer, a real estate trade group said Wednesday. The ...
COURT TARGETS DRUGS 4TH AMENDMENT IS MOOT ABROAD.(Main)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Combined wire services Strengthening the hand of U.S. law enforcement officials in the expanding battle against international drug trafficking, the Supreme Court on Wednesday freed American agents to seize evidence abroad without constitutional restrictions. The Fourth ...
NO CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST RITTER LEGISLATORS WANT SPORTS BETTING JUDGE OKS FIRING OF PRISON GUARDS NEW YORK TOLD TO SAVE CLEAN BEACHES GRAND JURY JOB REDUCTION PROPOSED FUNGUS FROM SILOS KILLS 600 DUCKS AUDUBON SOCIETY TO HONOR HINCHEY.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press Associated Press United Press International United Press International Associated Press Associated Press The Manhattan district attorney said Wednesday that he will not bring charges of financial misconduct against the Rev. Bruce Ritter, the resigned ...
POLING SEEN A CARETAKER WHILE AT HELM OF FORD.(Business)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Frederick Standish Associated Press Harold Poling begins a three-year term as chairman of Ford Motor Co. today, a stint some analysts say appears to be a caretaker role while the next chairman is groomed for office. The 64-year-old Poling, who is vice chairman ...
ROBERT TO RALPH IN SIXTH MAYOR'S BROTHER PUT ON COUNCIL.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Laura Vecsey Staff writer From one brother to another, a Signoracci will still represent the Sixth Ward in the Cohoes Common Council. Ralph Signoracci, a Democratic committeeman since 1970, is the new Sixth Ward alderman. He takes over the spot left vacant by ...
REPORT BLASTS LACKADAISICAL U.S. MANUFACTURERS, GOVERNMENT.(Business)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Bob Dart Cox News Service "Government is dozing at the switch" while U.S. manufacturers continue to lose ground to the Japanese and other technological powers, a congressional report warned Wednesday. The study concluded that government and industry must ...
YANKS HIRE RETIRING DEA CHIEF.(Sports)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press After years in the trenches of America's drug war, Drug Enforcement Administration chief John C. Lawn is heading to a new turf: overseeing operations for the New York Yankees baseball organization. "He will handle all matters pertaining to the ...
MONEY CAN'T EASE THEIR PAIN.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Robert Borsellino Pat Mallon says she believed the death of a child would be the toughest thing a parent could face. But in April 1985, her son Zeb was born with severe brain damage. "I've lost my baby just as surely as if he died," says Mallon. "It's worse. ...
BUSINESS, UNION LEADERS BATTLING OVER WHO CONTROLS PENSIONS.(Business)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Laurie Cohen Chicago Tribune A seemingly innocuous bill in Congress has triggered a major battle between business executives and union officials over control of more than $1 trillion in pension assets. The proposal, introduced by Rep. Pete Visclosky, D- Ind., ...
GNP REVISION INDICATES RISE IN ECONOMY.(Business)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: John M. Berry Washington Post U.S. economic growth was both a bit stronger and better balanced in 1989's final quarter than initially thought, according to a Commerce Department report released Wednesday. A number of analysts said details of the report suggested there is ...
SUNY WANTS TO SHUN CUNY.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press Merging the state and city universities of New York is an "absurd" suggestion that's unworthy of the prestige of state business leaders, SUNY Chancellor D. Bruce Johnstone said Wednesday. Johnstone, in his annual appearance before the ...
GIRLS OUTPERFORM BOYS IN REGENT SCHOLARSHIPS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press High school senior girls won more Regents Scholarships than boys this year for the first time since the state Education Department began monitoring performance of the sexes, officials said Wednesday. Of the 25,000 New Yorkers who will be ...
AMERICA'S RICH LIVE NEAR D.C.(Business)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Randolph E. Schmid Associated Press The highway that rings Washington is the Capital Beltway in more ways than one. Of the nation's 10 highest-income communities, fully half are Beltway suburbs of Washington, according to the Census Bureau. What's ...
SECTION II WRESTLING CHAMPIONS EYE STATE TITLES.(Sports)
Mar 01, 1990 ... KARL RUUD (91) Burnt Hills The Spartan freshman stepped up to No.1 after finishing fourth at this weight last year in the SectionII final. He is 29-3 this season and 47-12 for his career. Coach Tim Koch said Ruud is now a "big 91 instead of a small 91." Ruud has grown in strength and has ...
GUILDERLAND ADDS GLASS, YARD DEBRIS TO RECYCLING LIST.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Chris Sturgis Staff writer Recycling will be required for metal cans and glass bottles by June 1 and for yard wastes as soon as snow blowers give way to hedge clippers, Supervisor Kevin Moss said Wednesday. The glass and metal vessels must be discarded in ...
CONRAIL LASHES OUT AGAINST D&H LEGISLATION.(Business)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Mark S.R. Suchecki Business writer Conrail, the Philadelphia-based freight giant portrayed as a spoiler of efforts to find a buyer for the bankrupt Delaware & Hudson Railway Co., objected Wednesday to a Congressional intitiative that would force it to give up rights to ...
JONES INTERCABLE SALE ANNOUNCED.(Living Today)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Cablevision Industries of Liberty, Sullivan County, announced Wednesday that it had completed the acquisition of Jones Intercable's cable television system based in Saratoga Springs. The cable system serves approximately 22,000 cable subscribers in Saratoga and Schenectady ...
ROONEY FANS SWAY '60 MINUTES' RATING.(Living Today)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press The executive producer of "60 Minutes" blamed the show's recent plunge in ratings on the suspension of Andy Rooney, The New York Times reported. The producer, Don Hewitt, also said in a memo posted at CBS Broadcast Center that Rooney "will ...
MCGOVERN MAY THROW HAT INTO '92 RING.(Main)
Mar 01, 1990 ... You might have the chance to break out those "McGovern for President" buttons in a couple of years. George McGovern, 67, the liberal Democrat who lost to Richard Nixon in the 1972 election, says he may take another shot at thepresidency in 1992 unless a younger, more-determined ...
TELETHON TO AID BLIND ON SATURDAY.(Living Today)
Mar 01, 1990 ... "This Magic Moment," the 1990 telethon for the Northeastern Association of the Blind at Albany, will be held again this year at Crossgates Mall, Guilderland, on Saturday. Activities in the effort to raise $300,000 include live broadcasts, visits from magicians, clowns, Ronald ...
'QUILTERS' UNABLE TO PORTRAY WOMEN'S LIVES.(Living Today)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Martin P. Kelly Staff writer Quilt-making became a way of life for women of the 19th century who were among the pioneers of the American West. The quilts were central to almost all of the women's activities, from birth to death. These women are celebrated in ...
PRUYN HOUSE SCENE OF MURDER MYSTERY.(Living Today)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Frances Ingraham PRYING EYES: Guests will be returning to the scene of the crime on Saturday, March 10, when the second annual murder mystery fund-raiser takes place to benefit the historic Pruyn House in Newtonville. Guests and those who wish, by reservation, ...
WALKING SHOES SPREAD FOOT JOY.(Living Today)
Mar 01, 1990 ... When Nancy Sinatra sang "These boots were made for walking" a few decades ago, no one anticipated that footwear marketed primarily for that purpose would become a booming business. Today, shoe manufacturers make about 250 models of walking shoes. Recently, Consumer Reports' ...
N.Y.'S PAPER TIGER LAWS.(Main)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Nearly a decade ago, after a tragic fire killed 26 people at the Stouffer's Inn in Westchester County, state officials sprang into action. The result was a new law that established minimum fire safety standards designed to prevent future disasters. Now an audit by state Comptroller Edward ...
ACID RAIN: PEST OR PROBLEM?(Main)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 1990 ... The clean environment forces feel they may have suffered a major setback. A 10-year, half-billion dollar federally sponsored study has concluded that acid rain isn't nearly the bogey we had nearly all come to believe. Acid rain is a problem that needs addressing, said the director of the ...
CORNER BOARDS RETURN TO SAVE THE WALLS.(Living Today)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: James R. Gray Executive features editor A bit of history has resurfaced - protruding corners. Old-fashioned hardwood corner boards are designed to protect wall corners from abuse, and to cover up nicks and cracks already there. The new versions come from Crawford's Old ...
COLUMBIA, GUILDERLAND HEAR SLEIGH BELLS ON WAY TO FINAL FOUR.(Sports)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Al Hart Imagine for a moment that you're a child and it's late Christmas Eve. During the still of the night you sneak unseen and see not only gifts under the tree but Santa Claus winking at you as he puts them there. That's how Columbia coach Bob Smith and ...
SECTIONII GYM THEME WILL BE SUNG A-CAPPALLO.(Sports)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Gene Levy Staff writer Kelly Cappallo hopes to end SectionII's reputation as a soft touch in state girls gymnastics. Last year, when the Shaker High gym-dandy placed sixth in the all-around, she equalled former Columbia High star Debbie Gray's best- ever ...
HUDSON MAYOR PUSHES TO KEEP STATE REVENUE SCHOOL ADDITION DETAILED AT MEETING.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer By Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer Any cuts in state revenue sharing to the city would place a heavy burden on local taxpayers and could lead to a reduction in city services, Mayor Michael Yusko Jr. said after meeting this week with ...
CRAMPED COURT TO EXPAND JUDGES PUSH FOR QUICK START.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer Rensselaer County Surrogate George B. Ceresia recalls going up an elevator alone with a defendant he was scheduled to sentence that day in his role as an acting county judge. Family Court Judge Edward O. Spain tells of divorced couples, ...
LEFTISTS LACK THE RIGHT STUFF.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Ralph Martin I wonder what the Ed Asners of the world are saying today? Or how about the Sandinista sympathizers who see a gringo under every rock? And what about those chanting protesters who wanted us to say bye- bye to the contras in Nicaragua? If nothing ...
STRONG RENTAL INTEREST FOR RENOVATED RIVER STREET BUILDINGS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer Despite the difficulty of leasing a fourth-floor ballroom as office space, developer Mark Simmons said Tuesday that his projects to restore two large buildings on River Street are meeting his expectations. Simmons' firm, Vulcan ...
NO CONTRACT SINCE JUNE TROY CSEA UNIT PLANS TO PICKET SCHOOL BOARD.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer Dissatisfied with progress in contract talks, civil service workers for the city school district will picket before tonight's Board of Education meeting. The 240-member Civil Service Employees Association local - which ...
ENFORCEMENT YIELDS TROY MORE MONEY ARMED ROBBER HITS SUB SHOP IN TROY TWO DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN COURT DOWNTOWN PARKING SUBJECT OF SURVEY.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... A city effort to crack down on housing code and litter violators has doubled the amount of money from fines going into city coffers, City Manager Steven G. Dworsky said. In the six months between September 1989 and February 1990, more than 316 people were fined for violations ...
SENATOR OPPOSES WORKERS' COMPENSATION PLAN.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Tom Precious Capitol bureau It has been seven years since injured worker benefits have been raised in New York, which ranks last in the nation in payments for job-related injuries, thanks mostly to political wrangling in the state Legislature. A press release ...
IN COHOES, THE BEAT IS BACK.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Laura Vecsey Staff writer A uniformed police officer out pounding the pavement is a throwback to a bygone era, but in downtown Cohoes, the beat cop is back. Weather and manpower permitting, the Cohoes Police Department has for the past three weeks dispatched ...
FUEL SHIFT CUTS PORT REVENUE RENSSELAER PLANT SWITCHES TO GAS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1990 ... Byline: Ray Rinaldi Staff writer Environmental groups have applauded Ultrasystems' switch from coal to gas as the power source for its planned generating station, but the change will mean substantial revenue reductions for the Port of Albany. Ultrasystems now plans ...