Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from May 1990:
LOCKHEED EYES AIRPORT DEALS ABROAD.(Main)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Bill Schackner Staff writer The upheaval in Eastern Europe has Lockheed Air Terminal Inc. considering bidding on airports in Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia as well as U.S. Air Force bases targeted for closure, The Times Union has learned. The Burbank, ...
SAGE OFFERS TEACHER SCHOLARSHIPS.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Russell Sage College is offering eight partial scholarships to teachers who enroll in Russell Sage's alcoholism and drug abuse certificate program so they can use this knowledge in their home school districts. The program includes two courses taught in the fall, two in the ...
DOES ASIMOV REALLY WRITE THOSE BOOKS?(Living Today)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Robert Whitaker Staff writer "Frontiers: New Discoveries About Man and His Planet, Outer Space and the Universe," by Isaac Asimov. Published by E.P. Dutton, 390 pages. $19.95 A newspaper could carry a review of an Isaac Asimov book nearly every week. Over the ...
IMPLANTS REPLACE LOST TEETH.(Living Today)(Correction notice)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Barbara Delaney Staff writer Just thinking about it can make you cringe. But if you've had the misfortune of losing some or all of your teeth to gum disease, you just may consider replacing them with implants - even if the procedure involves having holes ...
PERSONAL INCOME CLIMBS.(Business)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Cathy Kristiansen Knight-Ridder U.S. personal income rose 0.8 percent in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $4.670 trillion, after a downwardly revised 0.8 percent increase in February to a $4.634-trillion pace, the Commerce Department said Monday. ...
HIGH INTEREST RATES CHECK HOME SALES.(Business)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: John D. McClain Associated Press High mortgage interest rates continued to hammer new home sales in March, driving them down 5 percent in the fourth consecutive monthly decline, the government said Monday. "We're getting killed by high interest rates," said Richard ...
NYSPHSAA TABS WOMAN ITS CHIEF.(Sports)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Al Hart Staff writer Dr. Sandra Scott, associate director of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association since 1978, this fall will become the first woman in the country to be named to the executive directorship of a state athletic association. ...
FROM THE TOP BENCH STATES ALLOWED TO CHALLENGE MERGERS.(Main)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Aaron Epstein Knight-Ridder A unanimous Supreme Court handed an important victory to the nation's consumers Monday, ruling that states and private citizens have the power to sue to break up corporate mergers that illegally reduce competition. The ruling ...
CATHOLIC CHURCH STAYS TAX-EXEMPT.(Main)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Ruth Marcus Washington Post The Supreme Court Monday refused to force the Internal Revenue Service to revoke the Roman Catholic Church's tax exemption, killing a decade-old lawsuit by abortion-rights advocates who claimed that the church's political support for ...
SALES TAX COULD BE EXTENDED.(Main)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Elizabeth Kolbert New York Times Gov. Mario M. Cuomo and legislative leaders have tentatively agreed to extend New York state's sales tax into a broad new area - the service industry. The sales tax is also expected to be applied to magazines, which now enjoy ...
2ND U.S. HOSTAGE FREED BY SHIITES WITHIN NINE DAYS.(Main)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Neil MacFarquhar Associated Press with wire reports American hostage Frank Reed was freed Monday after being held for 43 "endless" months, much of the time blindfolded, by Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon. He was the second American freed within nine days. ...
2ND U.S. HOSTAGE FREED BY SHIITES WITHIN NINE DAYS.(Main)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Susan Bennett and Ellen Warren Knight-Ridder With one freed hostage at his side, President Bush Monday thanked Iran and Syria for helping to free the second American hostage in nine days and suggested that "things seem to be moving" toward the release of Americans still ...
FAMILY KILLER GETS 5 LIFE TERMS.(Main)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press John E. List, the Sunday school teacher who neatly and methodically murdered his family 18 years ago, was sentenced today to five life terms to be served consecutively - the maximum penalty. List, who did not take the stand during his trial, ...
GORBACHEV BOOED IN RED SQUARE MAY DAY CELEBRATION TURNS INTO HUGE PROTEST.(Main)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press Thousands of protesters in Red Square booed and jeered President Mikhail S. Gorbachev and other leaders today, turning the May Day workers' march into an unprecedented attack on the ruling elite. For the first time, tens of thousands of ...
STATE LAYOFFS PUT ON HOLD.(Main)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: United Press International Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Monday withdrew this week's scheduled layoffs of 262 state mental health workers pending action on the state budget. Cuomo press secretary Gary Fryer said the layoffs were rescheduled for May 16 and added they ...
COURT RULES FOR DEAF JURORS.(Main)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press Deaf people shouldn't be excluded from juries just because of their impairment, the state's top court ruled today. In backing the right of the hearing impaired to serve on juries, the state Court of Appeals upheld the cocaine sale conviction ...
JFK JR. FAILS BAR AGAIN; CUOMO KIN PASSES.(Main)
May 01, 1990 ... The second try at the New York state bar examination proved a charm for the offspring of one famous politician and a jinx for another. John F. Kennedy Jr., an assistant district attorney in Manhattan for the past nine months, has failed the state bar examination a second time, a ...
GUNSHOT WOUNDS MOHAWK INDIAN ON RESERVATION.(Main)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: United Press International A Mohawk Indian trapped in a house under siege from assault weapons allegedly fired by pro- gambling Warrior Society forces was shot and critically wounded early today, authorities said. Matthew Pyke, 22, was one of about a dozen ...
PENTAGON LOOKING FOR 1,000 ROTC VOLUNTEERS TO QUIT.(Main)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Staff and wire reports The Pentagon is trying to shrink the officer corps by asking 1,000 ROTC cadets from this year's graduating class to voluntarily withdraw from the military training program. The combination of a reduced military threat from the Soviet ...
KIDNAPPERS ARE STILL IN BUSINESS 'EXPENDABLE HOSTAGES' FREED; EACH GROUP STILL HOLDS 2.(Main)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Nora Boustany Washington Post Frank Reed, the American hostage released in Beirut Monday, was one of three U.S. citizens kidnapped in September and October 1986, at a time when the Reagan White House was involved in intense arms-for-hostages negotiations with Iran. The ...
REED IN GERMANY; REUNITES WITH FAMILY.(Main)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press A pale but energetic Frank Reed, the second American hostage freed in nine days, checked into a U.S. military hospital today and celebrated the end of his captivity with a beer and a large steak. Doctors said the 57-year-old educator, who said ...
WORLD MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS DIFFER.(Main)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: United Press International May Day observances in many nations today reflected the democratization campaigns that have swept the communist world and challenged socialist leadership, a stark contrast to party- line celebrations of a year ago. In Beijing, China ...
ARGUMENTS GIVEN ON CONTROVERSIAL ART.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: John Caher Staff writer U.S. District Judge Howard G. Munson is normally called upon only to interpret the law, but in one case the jurist is being asked to interpret a piece of art. The artwork in question is an untitled painting of a crucifixion scene that ...
TROY'S TAP WATER STILL SAFE BACTERIUM NOT HARMFUL VARIETY.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Tim Beidel Staff writer The bacterium detected in the city water supply last week posed no threat to healthy people, and if it had been immediately identified there would have been no cause for alarm, state Health Department officials said Monday. Routine ...
EXPERTS CHECK THE FURNACE.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun Ah, when you shake the tree, the apples do come down. Last week, after Betty Weisenberger of Loudonville had put up with an elusive and mysterious gagging problem for two years, which she attributed to a faulty oil furnace, I put her many-versed ...
MAGNET SCHOOLS NOT PULLING CROWDS.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Richard Wexler Staff writer Only 137 parents have applied to send their children to Albany's two magnet schools this fall, far fewer applicants than the available spots. The deadline for applications is 5 p.m. today. Although Magnet Schools ...
FIRED AIDE'S SUIT SHIFTED TO U.S. COURT TEEN SENTENCED FOR DRUG SALE ATTEMPT PHONE SERVICE INTERRUPTED TEMPORARILY ALBANY MAN ARRESTED IN $28 ROBBERY WATERVLIET SCHOOL BOARD VOTE TODAY 2 MEN GET JAIL TERMS, FINES FOR DWI MAN FACES ASSAULT CHARGE IN INCIDENT MAN FACES FELONY COCAINE CHARGES FIREHOUSE THEATER TO RAISE BUILDING FUNDS.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer The case of a fired deputy town clerk who is seeking her job back has been transferred from state to federal court, Town Attorney Kevin Luibrand said Monday. Republican Diana Alessandro, who lost her job as deputy clerk Feb. 14 after ...
VOLUNTEER EFFORTS LAUDED AWARDS GIVEN IN ALBANY.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Richard Wexler Staff writer Five Capital District residents and one organization received awards Monday night to recognize their volunteer work. The honorees were recognized by Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III and the Volunteer Center of Albany at a ceremony at the ...
FRISBIE HOMEOWNERS LEERY OF METHANE VENTING PLAN.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer Residents of Frisbie Avenue greeted city plans to install monitors and improved venting systems on some of their evacuated houses with skepticism Monday. "Why spend that kind of money to make safe houses we don't want?" asked Pat ...
LAKE PANEL MORATORIUM HEARING SET.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Phil Brown Staff writer The Lake George Park Commission wants to extend a partial moratorium on parasails, jet-ski and boat rentals for another year to give it time to finish recreational regulations. The commission will hold a public hearing on the extension ...
TEEN SENTENCED FOR DRUG SALE ATTEMPT PHONE SERVICE INTERRUPTED TEMPORARILY WOMAN CHARGED WITH UNPAID FOOD BILL ALBANY MAN ARRESTED IN $28 ROBBERY WATERVLIET SCHOOL BOARD VOTE TODAY 2 MEN GET JAIL TERMS, FINES FOR DWI MAN FACES ASSAULT CHARGE IN INCIDENT MAN FACES FELONY COCAINE CHARGES FIREHOUSE THEATER TO RAISE BUILDING FUNDS.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... A city teenager was sentenced Monday to 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 years in state prison for attempting to peddle cocaine. Sammy Milner, 19, of 332 Clinton Ave. was sentenced by Albany County Judge Thomas W. Keegan for third-degree attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance. Milner ...
WANTED TEENAGER NABBED IN ALBANY.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... The Canadian Mounted Police aren't the only cops who always get their man. In police custody today is 16-year-old Marc A. Allen of 268 Quail St., who faces stolen car and narcotics charges after his arrest early today by Albany Police Officer Geraldine E. Knapp of Division 1, ...
SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT ON PURCHASE OF BUILDING.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Richard Wexler Staff writer The fate of the building housing the city school district's Adult Learning Center may be decided at a closed meeting of the Albany Board of Education tonight. The board will meet in executive session before its regular public ...
ASBESTOS VICTIMS WIN CASE FIRM MUST PAY MORE THAN $1M.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: John Caher Staff writer A federal court jury Monday evening awarded a total of $1,167,159 to two area residents who suffered health problems because to their exposure to asbestos. In two cases tried jointly before U.S. District Judge Con. G. Cholakis, the ...
STREET PEOPLE UNEASY AFTER BEATEN COMRADE DIES.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer Suddenly, the easy life had become decidedly uneasy for the street people who gather regularly and not so regularly in Townsend Park. Now, with the violent death of Johnny Pitts, there was tension and distrust in their midst - as well ...
ALBANY RESIDENTS CONSIDER NEW NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer Some people who live just west of Washington Park aren't convinced that being members of the large Pine Hills Neighborhood Association is enough to challenge noise, trash and student parties they say plague their neighborhood. ...
SPECIAL PROSECUTOR GOES TO COURT SEEKS PAYMENT FROM RENSSELAER COUNTY.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer Albany attorney Jonathan Harvey has gone to court in an effort to receive more than $36,000 in legal fees from Rensselaer County for his role as a special prosecutor. Harvey was appointed the special district attorney in the ...
COUNTY FUND SURPLUS SHRINKING, BUONO WARNS.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer Rensselaer County ended 1989 with a $2.7 million fund balance, down significantly from the more than $4 million surplus of the previous year. County Executive John L. Buono warned that while the county's fiscal affairs remained ...
TESTIMONY IN MURDER CASE: NO ALCOHOL IN VICTIM'S SYSTEM.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer A defense witness testified that murder victim Deborah Koenig had no alcohol in her system even though the prosecution contends that she had been drinking at a Troy bar shortly before being bludgeoned to death in an isolated area, it was disclosed ...
STATE HISTORIC SITES SET TO OPEN TODAY OLANA, CLERMONT TO BOOST COUNTY TOURISM.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer The opening of the state historic sites today and the approach of apple blossom time mark the beginning of a summer tourism season Columbia County officials believe will be among the county's best. "The forecast is ...
WHO OWNS A BODY'S PARTS? YALE DEAN ADDRESSES ETHICAL, LEGAL QUESTIONS.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Peter Wehrwein Staff writer A state legislature passes a law requiring people to donate body parts. That may seem unthinkable and outrageous, but the dean of Yale University's law school argued Monday that such legislation is not so remote, is probably ...
WOMAN ACCUSED OF NOT PAYING FOOD BILL.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... A local woman was arraigned in City Court Monday on charges that she ordered nearly $50 worth of food last week from a downtown restaurant and then refused to pay for it when it was delivered. Joyce Wright of 87 Court St. pleaded not guilty to a charge of theft of ...
VISCHER FERRY ROAD MEETING FOCUS.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer An informal meeting between developers of sites along the Vischer Ferry Road corridor and the town Planning Board Monday night gave the two sides a chance to exchange ideas. The area along Vischer Ferry Road between Route 146 and Grooms ...
SCHENECTADY APPROVES $2M BOND ISSUE.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer Issuance and sale of nearly $2 million in bonds for capital expenditures was authorized Monday night by the City Council. Among the chief big-ticket items were $500,000 for street resurfacing and $415,000 for improvements of the water ...
COURT TRIMS $150,000 FROM ROTTERDAM LOSS.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: John Caher Staff writer A federal appeals court has upheld a jury verdict last year which found Rotterdam negligently failed to protect a woman and her son from a violent estranged husband, but cut $150,000 from the amount of damages the town must pay. The ...
SCHOOL BUS DRIVER GETS UNION SUPPORT.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer An Ichabod Crane School District bus driver facing a disciplinary hearing on her competency in a school bus accident during a March snowstorm received support from an informational picket line of 25 fellow drivers Monday afternoon. ...
HUDSON BOARD CANCELS SENIOR TRIP.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer Hudson High School's senior class trip to Virginia Beach, Va. over Memorial Day weekend was scratched by the Board of Education Monday night after hearing the concerns of the high school principal. Principal Herbert Merritt ...
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE ... EAST GREENBUSH MAN FACES FELONY.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Bruce A. Scruton Staff writer An 18- year-old East Greenbush man turned what would have been a minor traffic ticket into felony charges after leading police on a chase and at one point dragging a trooper with his car, according to State Police. Donald ...
ALBANY AUTHORITY GETS NEW CHIEF CITY MAY MERGE HOUSING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer Steven T. Longo, in charge of the Albany Community Development Agency for three years, will take over as executive director of the Albany Housing Authority next week. Longo, 32, said it is not yet clear how his transition will be ...
NISKAYUNANS TO GET TAX REASSESSMENTS.(Local)(Correction notice)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Michael Lopez Staff writer Residents can expect to get a notice in the coming days telling them whether their assessments have been adjusted by the town. Assessor Amy Houlihan said Monday she expects the Latham-based Shaker Computer and Management Services to ...
'MISSION CONTROL' AT OKTE STUDENTS PREPARE SPACE HOOKUP.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer Okte School began looking more and more like Mission Control Monday as volunteers began assembling a "ham" radio set-up that will allow students to contact the space shuttle Columbia later this month. "I'm targeting by Saturday that we ...
DISTRICT TO VOTE ON $22.8M BUDGET.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Art Markey Staff writer Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake School District residents will vote Wednesday on a proposed $22.8 million school budget for 1990- 91, three propositions and three school board seats. The proposed budget for the district's five ...
TOWN FACES LANDFILL CLOSURE WILTON RECYCLING DAY A SUCCESS.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer Councilman Ray O'Conor says he was never so glad to see loads of garbage. Everything from old car batteries to used motor oil, from colored glass and different types of scrap metals were brought to the Saratoga Mall last Saturday and ...
CAPITAL BUDGET IN FLUX PROJECTS WEIGHED IN SPA CITY.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Christopher Ringwald Staff writer The finance commissioner and her deputy are preparing a list of priorities for the City Council to begin considering in a revised capital budget. Commissioner Remigia Foy said Monday that she may request the council to hold a ...
SCHOOL BOARD TO DISCUSS BUDGET.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer The budget for the 1990-91 school year will be the topic of discussion at a special meeting of the Saratoga Springs Board of Education slated for at 7:30 tonight in the auditorium of the senior high school on West Avenue. ...
BUDGET CUTS COULD DASH KIDS' HOPES.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer Anticipated budget cuts at the Saratoga Association of Retarded Children threaten to jeopardize summer plans for several young adults. Officials of the not-for-profit organization said Monday that they face a shortfall of nearly $1,800 ...
STAR FARE INCREASE CRITICIZED AT HEARING.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Bruce A. Scruton Staff writer There was little complaint about a proposed bus fare increase for the Capital District Transportation Authority, and in fact, the authority was often congratulated for holding costs down over the past few years. But the CDTA's ...
CANDIDATES AIR VIEWS IN SCHOOL BOARD RACE.(Local)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Brad Kelly Staff writer Candidates for the Guilderland Board of Education Monday night discussed the three S's - seat belts, salaries and smoking - at a Meet the Candidates forum sponsored by the town PTA Council. Four candidates are running for three school ...
STOOGES BEGAN 1990S TV FAD.(Living Today)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Susan E. Tomer Staff writer And you people say the Three Stooges are disgusting. Fingers in the eyes, a two-by-four in the face, a whomp! in the stomach, a tumble backward from a chair, food fights at dinner parties. Violent, juvenile and not funny. Right? ...
DOCTORS ADVISE CLOSING DOORS TO ALLERGENS.(Living Today)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Gerri Kobren The Baltimore Sun "The No. 1 treatment for allergy is removing the allergen," says Dr. Harry Cantrell, an allergy specialist at the University of Maryland Medical System. That is possible if you know what food sets you off, or if you are willing ...
TESTS PINPOINT WHEEZING, SNEEZING'S CAUSE.(Living Today)
May 01, 1990 ... Achoo! If that's the sound that fills your summer, you can take several steps for relief. The first, and most important if your allergy is a serious problem, is a visit to an allergy specialist. An allergy doctor will try to pinpoint the cause of your allergy, and can try ...
HANKIES OUT, SUFFERERS?(Living Today)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Robert Whitaker Staff writer Ah, spring. A time when birds sing, the grass grows green, trees bloom, and human eyes and noses turn a miserable red. For those with allergies, spring is a season of torment. "The largest number of visits to primary ...
NUTRITION FOCUSES ON WELLNESS.(Living Today)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Judy Shepard Staff writer Where does nutrition go from here? From a science that focused on the diseases of diet deficiency, nutrition has become one of prevention and control of chronic illness. In the '90s, it will become a science of wellness and ...
SCHUYLER MANSION LOOKING BACK TO TIME IT WAS A WORKING FARM.(Living Today)
May 01, 1990 ... Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site will re-create the days when it was a working farm with its "Farm Day in the City," 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Farm animals, including a team of Brown Swiss oxen, lambs and goat kids, will be on the grounds of the historic house museum's grounds at ...
ABUSE OF AGED RISES SHARPLY, SURVEY FINDS.(Living Today)
May 01, 1990 ... Byline: Nancy Benac Associated Press An estimated 1.5 million elderly Americans are abused each year, often by their own children, but the government has "virtually ignored" the worsening problem, a House subcommittee reported Monday. Most cases of abuse of the ...