Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from July 1990:
UNSOLD TV PILOTS TRACED ON PERILOUS PATH THROUGH HISTORY.(TV Magazine)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Rip Rense Entertainment News Service Claudette Colbert, Groucho Marx, Richard Dreyfuss, Orson Welles, Sydney Pollack, Robert Altman, Steven Spielberg, Stephen J. Cannell, Steven Bochco: For Lee Goldberg's purposes, they were all failures. Goldberg is the ...
TELEVISION OPERA THEATER.(Show)
Jul 01, 1990 ... If you're not out marveling at a fireworks display on July 4, stay in and marvel at "On the Fourth of July with Charles Kuralt" (10 p.m., WRGB, Channel 6) a collection of stories from television's master essayist. These gems are culled from the wonderful "Sunday Morning" program and ...
YOUNG FILM MAKER IS READY.(Show)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Martin Moynihan Staff writer "It's no longer embryonic," says Francisco Aliwalas. "It's very pregnant." Aliwalas, a native of the Philippines who has lived in the Capital District for 23 of his 25 years, is talking about the feature film he plans to make in ...
FORT SALEM GROUP PLANS MEMORIAL.(Show)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Now that Quentin Beaver has launched his season at Fort Salem Theater with "Foxfire," he can give some thought to plans for a memorial for Ruth Rome, a young actress who worked with the Washington County theater for five summer seasons. Rome was one of the victims aboard the ...
RICHMAN RESIGNS.(Show)
Jul 01, 1990 ... After four years at the helm of the Empire State Youth Orchestra, board president and founder Barry Richman has stepped down. "I should've gone off after three (years)," he said. "I couldn't find anybody to take the job. I think it's great when someone new comes in." ...
NOW, HE LOVES IT.(Show)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Berkshire Theatre Festival issued invitations to the creators of "She Loves Me" to come see the musical at the Stockbridge theater. Book writer Joe Masteroff was quick to RSVP; lyricist Sheldon Harnick, hard at work in Chester, Conn., re-writing "Annie 2" at Goodspeed Opera's ...
ROCK IDOL MATURES IN 'CHARMED LIFE'.(Show)
Jul 01, 1990 ... "Charmed Life." Billy Idol. (Chrysalis): The personal healing chronicled in much of this album is a long way from the exaggerated bluster that made the singer famous. Credit Idol's maturity, but also backhandedly credit his longtime guitarist and sidekick Steve Stevens, who had ...
RAP GANGING UP ON VIOLENCE.(Show)
Jul 01, 1990 ... "We're All in the Same Gang." Various artists. (Grand Jury): This is two albums in one. It's a gripping unification of West Coast rappers (plus singer Michel'le) who sing against street gangs and violence, and it's a sampler of acts on the Grand Jury label. Joining forces for ...
BLUES KOKO'S 'JOY' UNDERSTATED.(Show)
Jul 01, 1990 ... "Jump for Joy." Koko Taylor. (Alligator): Taylor has reigned virtually unchallenged as the "queen of the blues" for more than a decade, and her latest album doesn't hurt her ranking. It's her first production since a debilitating van accident two years ago and the death of her ...
RAP NEW VILLAIN OF ROCK HISTORY.(Show)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Greg Kot Chicago Tribune In the grand tradition of '50s shouters Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, outlaw rockers the Rolling Stones and Guns N' Roses, and heavy metal grand wizards Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne, rock 'n' roll has a new villain. Its name ...
REGULATIONS SQUEEZE HOME BUILDERS.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Gene Austin Knight-Ridder Tightened federal standards for loans to home builders by savings- and-loan associations and banks, along with other federal regulations, are being blamed for much of a sharp drop in housing starts this year. "Builders are being ...
FARM SCATTERS SEEDS OF GARDENING FEVER.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Susan E. Tomer Staff writer So the woman telephones Ray Allen on her cordless phone. "I'm out here in my meadow, and there's a blue one and ... " She demands an instant indentification. Somebody else writes in the shop's guest register: "This is a dream come ...
MOBILIZING VICTIMS OF SPINAL INJURIES WITH NEW TECHNIQUES ON THE TABLE, SURGEON IS MENDER OF BROKEN BACKS.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Robert Whitaker Staff writer Three hours into the spinal surgery, Dr. Allen Carl's forehead was glistening with sweat. He had spent the first part of the surgery digging out bone chips from the patient's broken vertebra and meticulously scraping away soft ...
WINE REP OUT TO PROVE 'MADE IN NY' A POSITIVE.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Vinod Chhabra Staff writer Karen Slater persists - gently. There is nothing challenging in her vocabulary. No "but" or "however" or "why don't you." She doesn't plead, she just prods - a clean shot, tempered with finesse: "You know, I think you only have two ...
FROM THE CITY TO THE COUNTRY, GARDENERS LOVE TO PLANT PLOTS.(Home)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Susan E. Tomer Staff writer "Gardening from the Heart: Why Gardeners Garden." By Carol Olwell. Antelope Island Press. $18.95. If happiness to you is planting, weeding and digging, possibly you've wondered what it is about gardening that delights you. This ...
LESS IS MORE EVERY INCH COUNTS IN WINNING HOUSE.(Home)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Frances Ingraham Staff writer Thinking small made Jonathan T. Lanman and Debra Wassman the winners of a national competition. The husband and wife architectural team took top honors for the fifth annual "Best Small House 1990," sponsored by House Beautiful, a publication ...
RENSSELAER COUNTY SARATOGA COUNTY ALBANY COUNTY.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... The following information was obtained by The Times Union, generally in the last month, from deed transfers recorded in the various counties. BRUNSWICK 10 Westfall Ave., Thomas D. and Georgieanna French, $86,000; to Jeff Jackson. 3 Yates St., Eidin ...
GARDEN BENCH ADDS STYLE, ECOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS.(Home)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Charlyne Varkonyi The Baltimore Sun Welcome to the year of the garden bench in the Decade of the Environment. Forget the pipe furniture and the sling-back director's chairs. Now we want our gardens to conjure thoughts of a well-tended European or Victorian ...
CHICAGO HAS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Rick Sylvain Knight-Ridder Travelers are split on a lot of things. Plane vs. train. Package tours vs. do-it-yourself. Domestic vs. foreign. Chicago vs. Toronto. Economics are on the side of Chicago. Nineteen bucks ...
BLOW US DOWN! THE WINDY CITY HAS A CORNER ON CULTURE, TOO.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Rick Sylvain Knight-Ridder Time was when "culture" in Chicago meant a doubleheader at Wrigley Field. No longer. Chicago's image as an artless bully of a city is gone with the wind. In the tony Gold Coast bistros or in the swanky stores of North Michigan ...
HOTEL CONCIERGES FILL THOSE UNUSUAL NEEDS.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Barbara Brotman Chicago Tribune They are at your command, ready to do your bidding, within the bounds of law and morality. Concierges are the shock troops of hotel wars. When a guest requests the kind of extraordinary service on which luxury hotels pride ...
HOTELS BUILD PACKAGE DEALS AROUND MONET.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder Chicago hotels have wrapped packages around the Monet exhibit at the Art Institute. *A $159 deal from the classic Drake Hotel includes one night's accommodation, single or double, two tickets to "Monet in the 90s," fruit, flower and chocolates ...
AAA'S DIAMONDS HOTEL'S BEST FRIEND.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Michael Iachetta New York Daily News Diamonds are a girl's best friend, so the saying goes. Diamonds - the ratings variety - also signify the top hotels, and resorts in America with this year's rankings including restaurants for the first time, which is food for thought ....
ALONE IN A CROWD: SOURCES FOR THE TRAVELER THINKING OF GOING S OLO.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Barbara Sullivan Chicago Tribune The years of the stereotyped summer vacation are fast fading. You remember: It was you and the family, maybe the dog and even the hamsters if you were real lucky, traveling somewhere together. Always in the summer, because ...
MONTANA, ALBERTA PARKS BORDERING BEAUTIES.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Richard Buck Seattle Times Most overnight trips into the wilderness demand a tradeoff. Spending the night miles from the nearest road means that your food and shelter are limited to what you can carry on your back. But for hikers who don't want to give up the ...
PARK LODGINGS DISTINCT.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Seattle Times Sometimes human behavior is pretty predictable. Sit in the lobby of the Prince of Wales Hotel for half-an-hour and watch: Nearly everyone who enters the lobby goes straight to the two- story-high plate glass window that makes up the entire south ...
MAIL-ORDER PRESCRIPTIONS COST LESS.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... These days, you can buy almost anything by mail. But you may not have realized that you can order prescription drugs that way, too. Mail-order sales already account for about 5 percent of the $26-billion prescription-drug market. It's certainly convenient to buy medications by ...
YOU CAN MAKE IT HARD FOR CAR THIEVES.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Cox News Service Frustrated police investigators say the best tool for fighting auto theft can be found behind the wheel. The driver. Auto thefts are on the rise nationwide, but car owners can protect one of their most important and expensive ...
CENTER TO OFFER NEW HOPE.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Scoliosis. Spina bifida. Lower back pain. Broken backs. Herniated discs. The range of back problems are many and often it seems effective treatments are few. Back specialists at Albany Medical Center hope to remedy some of the frustrations known by those with back ailments by ...
EDUCATION PROGRAM TARGETS HIGH-RISK TEENS.(Living)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Robert Whitaker Staff writer While researchers and surgeons seek ways to improve the rehabilitation of victims of spinal injuries, health professionals also are hoping that education can help reduce the number of people who will ever need such help. Three ...
CHANNEL VACATIONING CHILDREN TOWARD SUMMER'S TOP TV FARE WMHT, CHANNEL 17 WMHX, CHANNEL 45 WNYT, CHANNEL 13 WTEN, CHANNEL 10 WRGB, CHANNEL 6 WXXA, CHANNEL 23 CABLE.(Show)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Steve Bornfeld Staff writer Parents, take heed: With the arrival of summer, many children will turn their attention from teachers to television. With that in mind, here's a guide to help you navigate your children through the hours of children's summer ...
SKIDMORE PROF'S PROSE COLLECTION IS SEDUCTIVE.(Show)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Patrick Kurp "The Barnum Museum." By Steven Millhauser. Poseidon Press. 237 pp. $18.95. M ost of Vladimir Nabokov's students at Cornell University in the 1950s never suspected their professor was one of the masters of the 20th-century novel. Let's ...
CAUGHT IN FAX FLOOD? CARTOONIST CAN HELP.(Show)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Lewis Beale "Fax This Book." By John Caldwell. Workman Publishing. $9.95. T he fax revolution was fun for a while, but with more than 3 million fax machines in use, the volume of worthless, unwanted documents being flashed across the phone lines has increased ...
NONFICTION FICTION.(Show)
Jul 01, 1990 ... "Perot: An Unauthorized Biography." By Todd Mason. Dow Jones- Irwin. $19.95. Mason, former Business Week Dallas bureau chief, offers a biting yet balanced profile of the fiercely independent H. Ross Perot, who left IBM in 1962 to found Electronic Data Systems (EDS) where he made ...
MANSION HILL INN MOVES UPSCALE.(Show)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Vinod Chhabra Restaurant critic When I last stopped by, some three years ago, the Mansion Hill Inn was just changing gears, going from red-sauce Italian to an upscale neighborhood cafe. There were a few dips and gaps here and there, but after a procession of changes in ...
POLITICS AND THE CARDINAL.(Perspective)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Dan Lynch In a sense, Mario Cuomo was asking for it when he journeyed to Notre Dame University a few years back and lectured the clergy on theology and abortion. If you were raised Catholic, then you know that wouldn't go over big with a substantial portion of the ...
AN S&L AFFRONT.(Perspective)(Editorial)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Because government is bailing out failed savings and loans in the Southwest, taxpayers will get burned. The cost is staggering - as much as $500 billion to set this debacle right. That's bad enough, but consider this: When the dust settles the Southwest may actually gain from ...
ADIRONDACK SENSE.(Perspective)(Editorial)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Are the Adirondacks threatened with unbridled development? Yes, says the majority of the Commission on the Adirondacks in the 21st Century. Only Robert Flacke, a commission member, dissented. He saw no need for alarm. To his credit, Governor Cuomo, who appointed the commission ...
MORE THAN 100 PAY HOMAGE TO OLANA STATE HISTORICAL SITE.(Local)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Frances Ingraham FRIENDLY RESTORATION: Mesick, Cohen and Waite Architects, an architectural firm known for its work on more than 400 preservation projects, including Blair House in Washington; the Senate section and Executive Chamber of the New York state Capitol; ...
RECYCLERS SEEK MARKETS FOR USED TIRES.(Business)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Elizabeth Lesly Business writer A S HE stands squinting into the June sun and dwarfed by the black mountain behind him, Bruce Battaglia clutches a filthy scrap of rubber, metal and cloth. To a layman, he's clutching garbage. And not just any ...
PROTECTION OF COURTS A BIG-BUSINESS TOOL.(Business)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Sharon Walsh Washington Post Call it the gentrification of bankruptcy. Once a dirty word whispered in corporate offices and courtroom corridors, bankruptcy has become a respectable tool of business. And, with companies controlling billions of dollars of assets ...
A GOOD BRAWL MIGHT HELP US UNDERSTAND THE S&L MESS.(Perspective)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Brian Dickinson L ike barnyard chickens scurrying before a storm, most Washington politicians have fled the savings-and-loan disaster in panic. This is far too serious for partisan politics, they say; let's cooperate and clean up the mess together. This may ...
FIVE REASONS DRUGS WON'T BECOME LEGALIZED IN '90S.(Perspective)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Michael A. Rinella T here are at least five reasons existing drug laws will not be repealed in this century. (1.) The practice of prohibition has been, and is, maintained through inconsistent terminology, definitional distortions, and historical fallacies ....
PAY AS YOU THROW THERE IS A REALISTIC WAY TO HANDLE OUR HUGE TRASH MONSTER.(Perspective)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Reid Lifset and Marian Chertow W ASHINGTON - No one in local government needs to be reminded that solid waste management has become a complex and costly responsibility. In many communities, garbage is the second-largest budgetary category, after education. ...
WHERE'S JESSE? ANYONE CAN PLAY THE GAME.(Perspective)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Tony Kornheiser We play this game at our house. It's called "Where's Jesse?" At breakfast, we all write down three places where we think Jesse Jackson will be during the day - a labor dispute in Miami, a political luncheon in New York, and negotiating for a hostage ...
COMEBACK KIDS: SPORTS ENTREPRENEURS SURVIVE CONTROVERSY PATROONS, FIREBIRDS HAVE HIGH-PROFILE OWNERS.(Main)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Dan Janison and Michael McKeon Staff writers In a year that has seen a flurry of action in Capital District professional sports, two businessmen have emerged as key players. In June 1989, Joseph J. O'Hara and Glenn Mazula paid more than a half-million dollars ...
O'HARA'S TRAIL OF TROUBLES IN MISSOURI.(Main)
Jul 01, 1990 ... In 1986 Joseph J. O'Hara was forced out of his job as Missouri's state social services director in the Republican adminstration of Gov. John Ashcroft. State Auditor Margaret Kelly, also a Republican, said O'Hara's relationship with his wife's research firm, Humanalysis Inc., ...
MEDICAL RESIDENTS' LIMITS QUESTIONED.(Main)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Peter Wehrwein Staff writer When Dr. Carol Wadon was learning to remove brain tumors and spinal discs as a neurosurgical resident at Albany Medical Center, she might work up to 120 hours a week. It was a punishing schedule, but Wadon, now in her first year of ...
GERMANYS' CURRENCY UNITED IN FIRST STEP.(Main)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Tyler Marshall Los Angeles Times Barely five months after the first political decision was taken, the two Germanys today implement a monetary union, marking the first giant step toward full unification. The currency union constitutes one of the most ...
RINFRET OFFERS NO PROOF OF AIDING PRESIDENTS.(Main)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Tom Precious Capitol bureau When discussing his accomplishments, Pierre Rinfret, the Republican Party candidate for governor, always cites his days as an insider who gave advice to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. Yet there is no proof that he ever aided ...
U.S. PROPOSES NUCLEAR CUTS IN WESTERN EUROPE.(Main)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: R. Jeffrey Smith Washington Post On the eve of a summit meeting of Western leaders next week, the Bush administration has proposed to its allies the eventual withdrawal of the U.S. arsenal of nuclear-tipped artillery shells from Western Europe, senior U.S. and diplomatic ...
FEUD WITH NIXON AIDE ALIVE AFTER 20 YEARS.(Main)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Tom Precious Capitol bureau Peter Rinfret kept popping his head into the conference room. His father, Pierre Rinfret, the Republican Party candidate for governor, was not only late for meetings, he was also talking too much about the past. "Dad, you're running ...
MANDELA TO RETURN TO AID U.S. INDIANS.(Main)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: United Press International Nelson Mandela, climaxing a 12-day anti-apartheid tour in the United States, vowed in a surprise announcement Saturday to return in October to visit with American Indians and help them in their struggles. He also called on the U.S ....
THE POLITICS OF ABORTION MAKES STRANGE BEDFELLOWS FUNDAMENTALISTS FIND ALLY IN A CATHOLIC CARDINAL.(Main)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: David Crumm Knight-Ridder Two of the most unlikely partners in the anti-abortion movement - the Rev. Jerry Falwell and New York Cardinal John O'Connor - have made a public show of joining forces in Chicago. They each gave major addresses at Unity 90, a ...
FORGOTTEN FAMILY WAITS FOR MANDELA TO RETURN FROM THE WARS A DAUGHTER IN U.S. WANTS A REUNION.(Main)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Diane E. Lewis Boston Globe For years, Makaziwe Mandela-Amuah has lived as the forgotten daughter of Nelson Mandela, the world-famous former political prisoner from South Africa now ending his triumphant tour through the United States. She is part of ...
AHEAD: TURNING INSPIRATION INTO ACTION.(Main)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: New York Times With the euphoria of his visit here still dominating her thoughts, Pearl Cleage is thinking about life after Nelson Mandela. "The danger is we get caught up in it like it's a rock concert, like going to see Prince, where it's wonderful, but ...
OBSTETRICIAN IS EXCOMMUNICATED.(Main)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press A bishop who recently excommunicated the director of an abortion clinic earlier had taken the same action against an obstetrician who performs abortions, the obstetrician said. Dr. Eduardo Aquino said he would switch religious denominations ...
RENSSELAER PASSES UP 'ECONOMIC SHOT IN THE ARM' ALDERMEN NEVER VOTED ON $250M DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL.(Local)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Ray Rinaldi Staff writer The plan promised to eliminate years of decay and put the spotlight of the entire region on tiny, ailing Rensselaer. And developers were willing to put up $8 million to make it happen. But somehow, city officials, who originally ...
2 LIVE CREW DREDGES UP THE WORST OF BOTH SIDES.(Perspective)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: David Hinckley N EW YORK - The ad hoc committee that formed here last week to protest the 2 Live Crew arrests and general artist intimidation reflects both strengths and problems in the censorship fight. The fact that record industry executives would share a ...
SAVING THE RAIN FORESTS, AT LAST.(Perspective)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Jose Lutzenberger B RASILIA, Brazil - The World Resources Institute recently issued a most alarming report: The worldwide destruction of tropical rain forests is occurring at an annual rate of 50 million acres, nearly twice the previously estimated losses. We ...
COLD FEET, WARM HEARTS: TIME OF INDECISION.(Perspective)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Bettina Stoller I t was a difficult time for her. A time of questions, doubts, and deeply conflicting emotions. A time she had both longed for and dreaded, dreamed of and fought against. Much of her life had been spent in preparation for this time, yet she ...
U.S.-VIET THAW IN OUR BEST INTEREST.(Perspective)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Frank Murkowski I t has been 15 years since the fall of Saigon to Communist forces, long enough to start rethinking U.S. policy toward Vietnam. Our cold-shoulder policy - diplomatic recognition coupled with an embargo on private- and public-sector economic ...
ADIRONDACK DUST STARTS TO SETTLE.(Local)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun Well, the Adirondacks are safe from those elite interlopers for at least one more summer. For now, the incendiary Commission on the Adirondacks in the 21st Century report - the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 topic of conversation in the North Country since it ...
GARBAGE CRIMINALS RECYCLING LAW LEADS TO INCREASED ILLEGAL DUMPING IN CLIFTON PA RK.(Local)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer Recycling - some people just don't get it. Either because people don't know enough to recycle or don't want to, illegal dumping has also begun to spiral since Saratoga County's mandatory recycling program began two years ago - a ...
ASSEMBLY, SENATE WORK TO ADJOURN.(Local)
Jul 01, 1990 ... Byline: Dan Janison Capitol bureau with wire reports Both houses of the state Legislature worked at a frenzied pace Saturday to finish business for the summer, with key lawmakers still bargaining over the details of major health-related bills and scores of other measures. ...