Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from October 1990:
U.N. CAMPAIGN HELPING HELPLESS KIDS.(Main)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Michael Specter Washington Post The leaders of more than 70 nations embarked on a global campaign Sunday to erase the hunger, illness and continual poverty faced by tens of millions of the world's children. Repeatedly describing the plight of poor children as ...
TOP STUDENTS PITCH IN TO LOWER DROPOUT RATES.(Main)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Tim Spofford Staff writer Colleges in the Capital District are asking some of their best students to help lower the campus dropout rate. On three campuses, model students are paid to attend "killer courses" and run study groups. Elsewhere, upperclassmen get ...
EXPERTS NOT SURE IF IRAQ HAS A-BOMB.(Main)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: John P. Wallach Times Union Washington bureau U.S. intelligence officials are debating intensely among themselves whether Iraq may have a primitive nuclear bomb assembled from 13 pounds of highly enriched uranium purchased from France in 1981, two senior Bush ...
CLERGY IN CRISIS PRIESTLY CELIBACY MUTE ISSUE AT VATICAN SYNOD.(Main)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Clyde Haberman New York Times With prayers and admonitions from Pope John Paul II, 238 Roman Catholic bishops from around the world convened on Sunday for a monthlong synod to study the "identity crisis" and "burnout" said to be afflicting many of their priests. ...
SADDAM URGES TALKS ON FRENCH PEACE PLAN U.S., SOVIETS SEEK OK TO USE FORCE.(Main)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: David Beard Associated Press Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein struck a softer note Sunday in the Persian Gulf crisis, urging peaceful dialogue instead of "threats and warnings." Saddam said he wanted to open a dialogue with France to explore the possibility of ...
11TH-HOUR SOLUTION.(Main)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Susan F. Rasky New York Times President Bush and congressional negotiators agreed Sunday to a deficit-cutting plan that includes major increases in taxes after Bush decided that the need for economic stability was worth the sacrifice of his main policies on taxation. ...
MORE STAY AT PRIVATE COLLEGES.(Main)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Tim Spofford Staff writer College students have a better chance of making it to graduation at a private college than at a public campus in the Capital District, according to figures compiled by the state Education Department. With a 65.9 percent graduation ...
SOVIETS ABLE TO FORGE NEW TIES.(Main)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: New York Times The Soviet Union established diplomatic relations with South Korea on Sunday, culminating a series of steps that began in June when South Korean President Roh Tae-woo met with Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev in San Francisco. Soviet Foreign Minister ...
AN ARMY OF THE TROUBLED.(Main)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Neil MacFarquhar Associated Press When Martin Meyer of Chicago set out to join the French Foreign Legion, the legendary fighting force enshrined in film and song, he faced one big hurdle: finding its Paris outpost. It took Meyer 24 hours of wandering the ...
GULF WATCH.(Main)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Los Angeles Times Diplomatic Front: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said he would welcome dialogue if it replaced "threats" and "military buildups," but once again linked negotiations to a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East. He said Iraq would ...
MARINES PRACTICE STORMING BEACH MANEUVER PREPS TROOPS FOR DESERT ASSAULT.(Main)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Douglas Jehl Los Angeles Times Part of a large Marine unit deployed off the coast of Saudi Arabia stormed a remote beachhead by sea and air Sunday in a trial run preparing them for a possible amphibious assault against Iraqi forces in Kuwait, according to military ...
BUDGET AT A GLANCE.(Main)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press Here are some details of the deficit-reduction agreement that President Bush and congressional leaders announced Sunday: Size: Saves $40 billion in the fiscal year that begins today, $500 billion over the next five years. ...
BUSH MAY BE LONG-TERM WINNER.(Main)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: David E. Rosenbaum New York Times It was an unhappy-looking group that assembled in the Rose Garden on Sunday afternoon. In the politics of the moment, the budget deal does not give any of them, President Bush or the congressional leaders, a winning hand. A ...
BEATING PLOWSHARES INTO SWORDS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun As I rarely have the opportunity to comment on the end of the world, I don't want to miss the chance. Christian fundamentalists, working themselves into quite a fever over the Middle East lineup, cite voluminous Scripture to tell us that very ...
KLAN'S MARCH A NON-EVENT TO RESIDENTS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Karen Nelis Staff writer The long- threatened Ku Klux Klan march has come and gone in this quiet village, but residents and civil rights leaders said Sunday that it should not be forgotten. "We have to be ever aware that there is a resurgence of racism," said ...
CREDIT CARDS OFFER CHARGES WITH A CAUSE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Craig Brandon Staff writer Q.: What do the Adirondack Council, Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, Catholic Charities USA, the Boston Red Sox, the National Rifle Association, the American Automobile Association and the Pennsylvania State University Alumni Association have in ...
ACTION ON LANDFILL STALLED.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: E.J. Conzola II Staff writer Just two weeks ago, Saratoga County officials were reveling over the possibility that the county would have the first solid-waste management plan to be approved by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Now they are ...
SHEPHERD RETURNS TO FLOCK.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: E.J. Conzola II Staff writer Bishop James K. Mathews may officially be retired, but do not expect him to be retiring. "It is my intention to love and serve," Mathews, who was installed Sunday as bishop of the newly created Albany Episcopal Area of the United ...
SMALL INVESTORS URGED TO ACT CONSERVATIVELY WITH FUNDS.(Business)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Money magazine After struggling to post a weak 3.1 percent gain in the first half of 1990, the average small investor lost 5.2 percent in the third quarter, according to Money magazine's Small Investor Index. Last week, the index, which tracks the performance ...
SOVIET CHAOS MAKES ART OF THE DEAL TOUGHER FOR U.S. FIRMS.(Business)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Michael Collins United Press International While there is little doubt that Soviet reforms will benefit foreign businesses in the long run, U.S. companies grappling with the confusion of decentralization may secretly long for the time when everyone knew who was in ...
NOT JUST FOR COOKING NATURAL GAS A CLEAN AND CHEAP AUTO FUEL.(Business)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: John F. Bonfatti Associated Press Carm Rossi pulls his Dodge Aries up to the pump, pulls out the nozzle and sticks it into the wrong end of the car. But before any passers-by notice that he's refueling into his front grill, Rossi is ready to drive away with a ...
BOYCOTTS GROW IN BOTH NUMBER AND IMPORTANCE.(Business)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Carol Jouzaitis Chicago Tribune Have you eaten any California grapes lately? Drunk coffee brewed from Salvadoran beans? Smoked Marlboros or worn acid-washed jeans? You might not know it, but these products are being boycotted by special-interest groups that ...
BANK PRESIDENT TO ADD 2 MORE TITLES FRANCISCANS SELL 13.1 ACRES XEROX TO UNVEIL NEW MACHINE APPLE HOLDING TALKS WITH SONY AGENCY TO STUDY NATURAL GAS BILL KEYS ON PIPELINE SAFETY.(Business)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: From staff and wire reports Herbert G. Chorbajian is poised to add chairman and chief executive officer today to his current title as president of Albany Savings Bank. Chorbajian, 52, who received the appointment from the bank's board of directors ...
OPENING OF $4.7M OUTPATIENT SURGERY CENTER NEARS IN COLONIE.(Business)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: James Denn Business writer The opening of a $4.7 million outpatient surgery center is just two months away, hopes one of the principals in Same Day Surgery Inc. Thomas Cantone expects a state Department of Health preliminary inspection to be done on Nov. 5 and ...
LETTERS COME HARD TO A COMPUTER POSTAL SERVICE UNDERWRITES READING LESSONS FOR THEM.(Business)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Alan Flippen Associated Press While computer scientists consider ways to make Americans more computer-literate, a university professor is trying to make America's computers literate. Teaching computers to read involves teaching them to "think" like humans - ...
ALBANY MAN CHARGED WITH SEX CRIMES TROOPERS GET PUBLIC INFORMATION CHIEF.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... A 28-year-old Albany man has been charged with various sex crimes more than three months after they happened. Kevin Jackson of 160 Lawn Ave. was charged late Saturday with first-degree sexual abuse, second-degree robbery and first-degree sodomy, stemming from a June 26 incident ....
ACCREDITED POLICE NOW WORK BY THE BOOK.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Barbara Hayden Staff writer The Bethlehem Police Department has been accredited by the state Law Enforcement Accreditation Program, making the department the first police agency of its size in the Capital District to participate in the state program. Evidence ...
RESIDENTS WANT TO REPLACE PLAYGROUND AT ELM AVENUE PARK BETHLEHEM BOARD RESERVES FINAL OK.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Barbara Hayden Staff writer The Town Board has given conceptual approval to a proposed new playground at the town's Elm Avenue Park, one twice the size of the present one and financed through money raised by community residents. The board, at a meeting ...
INMATE BEGINS 4TH MONTH OF HUNGER-STRIKE PROTEST.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Ilaina Jonas Staff writer About a half-dozen local activists picketed outside the Albany County Jail Sunday, while inside, inmate Dale McGrath started his fourth month of a hunger strike. The protests both inside and outside the detention center focus on what ...
WATERVLIET MAN CHARGED IN HIT-AND-RUN.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... A Watervliet man Sunday was charged with leaving the scene of an accident that seriously injured an elderly pedestrian. Ralph Pascale, 60, of 159 Boght Road was charged with leaving the scene of a personal-injury automobile accident. Police allege that Pascale struck ...
COLLEGE WHOOPS IT UP AT AGE 75.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Ray Rinaldi Staff writer Russell Sage College students took over a whole city block and marched down the street carrying 75 custard cream pies Sunday as the student body took its turn marking the college's 75th anniversary. The activities were part of Sagefest ...
SCOTIA WOMAN KILLED IN HEAD-ON CRASH.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... A 64-year-old Scotia woman died in a head-on car crash during the weekend, and her husband remained in critical condition Sunday. State Police said John J. and Joanne Finn of Pine Street were traveling west on Grooms Road when their car was struck head-on by a car driven by ...
SOLDIER'S HEROISM TO BE MARKED MORE THAN A CENTURY AFTER DEATH.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Craig Brandon Staff writer A forgotten hero of the Civil War will receive a full military honor and salute next month, 126 years after Congress voted to present him with its Medal of Honor. Michael Burke, a native of Troy whose parents came from Ireland, ...
DEADLINE APPROACHES IN TALKS OVER NYC TEACHERS' CONTRACT.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: United Press International With a midnight deadline nearing, union representatives for 65,000 city teachers were on their way to Gracie Mansion Sunday afternoon to see if the mayor could help end a stalemate in negotiations for a new contract. Neill ...
YOUNG GUNSHOT VICTIMS INCREASE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: United Press International Children so often are the prey of bullets in New York City these days that a new medical speciality has emerged as doctors grapple with an increased number of young gunshot victims. "Every year we see more children shot or stabbed," ...
UNREPENTANT PASTOR QUESTIONED, GUN TAKEN AFTER BURGLAR IS SLAIN.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: United Press International A gun-toting Brooklyn pastor was questioned by police for more than 10 hours, and surrendered his rifle, in a church burglary case in which a suspected thief was shot and killed. But the minister, the Rev. Charles Nesbitt, said ...
SAFE STOLEN FROM HARLEM CHOIR.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: United Press International Thieves using crowbars and a four-wheeled dolly early Sunday broke into offices used by the world-renowned Boys Choir of Harlem, and hauled off their steel safe. A spokesman for the 22-year-old troupe, Horace Turnbull, said no more ...
PROVING INSANITY SHAWCROSS CASE MAY TURN ON DIFFICULT LEGAL CONCEPT.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press If Arthur J. Shawcross did kill the 11 women he is accused of strangling, most people would agree that he is sick. Whether he is legally insane is a separate question. It is that question that will be the central issue of Shawcross' trial, ...
ABRAMS SAYS GOP CHECK SCAM 'SHAMEFUL NEW LOW'.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: United Press International The state's top prosecutor Sunday called attempts by two Republican fund-raising groups to swindle more than a million potential GOP supporters in a banking scheme "a shameful new low" in American politics. State Attorney General ...
RECOVERING HOSTAGE GETS WELCOME HOME.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Michael Hill Associated Press After 39 months of captivity in the Middle East and another five months spent recovering from throat cancer, Robert Polhill finally returned home Sunday. Polhill, 56, was welcomed with a parade and hundreds of well-wishers ...
RACISM BECOMES THE 4TH 'R'.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: United Press International Add racism to the three "R's" students will be learning about in many New York City schools starting this week. Rikers Island jail inmates as well as students at 15 city high schools will be offered a special class geared to promote ...
ALBANY COUNTY'S HILL TOWN RESIDENTS FACE TAX HIKES.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Brad Kelly Staff writer The cost of country living continues to rise in Albany County's hill towns. Taxpayers in Rensselaerville, Knox and Berne can expect to pay higher taxes next year, according to municipal officials who are putting together their town ...
GUILDERLAND GIRLS WRITE ENVIRONMENTAL MAGAZINE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Grace O'Connor Staff writer Amy Belawski and Tracy Schuch have been best friends a long time. The two are both 10 and in sixth grade at Farnsworth Middle School. With so much in common, it seemed a natural for them to decide one too-long summer day to publish ...
100 YEARS MARKED BY LOCAL AAUW.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Grace O'Connor Staff writer It was a man who first brought college-educated women together 100 years ago in the Capital District. In 1890, Melvil Dewey, director of the New York State Library, laid the groundwork for what was to become the Albany Branch of the ...
$735 MADE FOR MEDICAL CENTER ON FRIDAY SCHODACK BOARD SETS BUDGET MEETING 3 NEW LEBANON STUDENTS COMMENDED COMMUNITY COLLEGE SETS COLLEGE TESTS COUNCIL BACKS INCUMBENT IN 41ST DISTRICT.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... The Columbia-Greene Medical Center Auxilliary sold more than 100 apple pies in a fund-raising effort that collected $735. The fund-raiser was held Friday in the medical center's Columbia Division here. Farms from around Columbia County donated apples, apple pies, ...
RETIRED OFFICIAL LEAVES SARATOGA SPRINGS PLAN.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Christopher Ringwald Staff writer He came, he planned, he liked the results. After 10 years on the city Planning Board, seven of those as chairman, William Cummings has retired and left the city with both a new master plan and zoning ordinance. Of ...
GUILDERLAND TAXPAYERS FACE HIKE FOR PROTECTION.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Brad Kelly Staff writer Taxpayers will be paying more next year for fire protection under budgets submitted by the town's volunteer fire departments and rescue squads. The average homeowner can expect to pay between $5 and $32 more for firefighting services ...
WORKSHOPS SET ON HEARING IMPAIRMENT.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... A series of workshops designed to improve everyday communication for persons with impaired hearing will be held at the Albany Medical Center's Hearing Rehabilitation Center. Sessions will be held for 10 weeks from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays ...
FAMILY FINDS FREEDOM; OPENS POLISH MARKET.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Patrick Kurp Staff writer The sign above the door says Romano's Italian Market and Deli and, sure enough, salamis and corded balls of provalone hang from the ceiling above the deli case. But, inside that same case, beside the mozzarella and capicola, are ...
ROTTERDAM CRASH LEAVES 3 INJURED.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... One man was in critical condition and two other people were injured Sunday night after an accident on West Campbell Road. Rotterdam police said the accident occurred at about 7 p.m. near Main Florist when a car operated by Robert J. Fitzpatrick, 52, of 136 Rotterdam St. was ...
TROY GOP LEADER WANTS DEMOCRATS TO RESIGN.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... The city Republican leader has called for the resignation oftwo Democrats over a report that accused the City Council's sole Republican of making misleading statements on his property holdings. City GOP Chairwoman Jude Clemente called for the resignation of Mayor Martin Mahar ...
ROUTE 127 BRIDGE OPEN TO TRAFFIC.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... The replacement bridge on Schenectady County Route 127 over South Chuctanaunda Creek east of Route 30 opened to traffic last week. John E. Taylor, regional director of the state Department of Transportation's Capital District Region, who announced Wednesday's ...
FOUR HURT IN TWO VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Four people were injured in two accidents here Sunday, one of them a four-car collision. The Warren County Sheriff's Department said Renae Worboys, 16, of 5 Gilmore Ave., Cambridge, Washington County, was unable to stop for a traffic light on Quaker Road at the entrance to Shop ...
FRENCH ABORTION PILL LAUDED IN U.S. STUDY.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: United Press International An abortion pill developed in France was "well- liked" and produced virtually no excessive side effects in women taking part in a small U.S. study, a researcher reported Sunday. The results of tests on 16 American women at the ...
FLIGHT 103 FAMILIES HOPE FOR ANSWERS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press Families of victims in the crash of Pan Am Flight 103 say they hope that a public inquiry opening today, the first in the case, will help determine how the bombing might have been prevented. The inquiry is expected to look at ...
WGY TO SWITCH TO OLDIES; SEVERAL DISC JOCKEYS FIRED.(Local)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer In a pitch for a bigger, more affluent audience, radio station WGY-FM was scheduled to pull the plug on "Electric 99" and switch to an all-oldies format this morning. While the move apparently took some staffers - who learned of it ...
THIS RESCUE CELEBRATION SHOULD BE A BARN BURNER.(Living)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Judy Shepard Staff writer The rescue of a valuable early 18th century Dutch barn will be celebrated with a dedication, barn dance and colonial meal on Saturday, Oct. 13. The Wemp barn was dismantled in March at its original location near the Mohawk River at ...
NAMES LIVE ON AT ELLIS ISLAND.(Living)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Irene Gardner Keeney Staff writer If you don't keep their names alive ... who will? the pamphlet asked. Who indeed?, I thought as I sent off my check for $100 to The Ellis Island Foundation to have Aunt Meg's name engraved on the American Immigrant Wall of ...
CHARLES SCHULZ'S DAY JOB BIOGRAPHER REFLECTS ON 14,000-PLUS COMICS.(Living)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Rheta Grimsley Johnson Scripps Howard I wrote the book on Charles Schulz. After a year of interviewing him, poring over old comic strips, talking to his doting friends, wife and children, I still don't know peanuts about the man. What makes him tick? What ...
'NOVA' OPENER A COMEDY-DRAMA ASTRONOMER DISCOVERS SPYS ON 'KGB, COMPUTER AND ME'.(TV/Radio)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Scott Williams Associated Press The most delightful program on television Tuesday night (8 p.m. on WMHT, Channel 17) is a mystery- comedy-espionage thriller about a mild-mannered astronomer who tracks down a KGB-financed spy ring. It's the true story of ...
TARTIKOFF RECEIVES ROLE MODEL AWARD.(TV/Radio)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Steve Bornfeld NBC Entertainment Group Chairman Brandon Tartikoff has won the Media Role Model Award from the Mexican and American Foundation. The foundation, which promotes commerce and good relations between Mexico and the United States, cited Tartikoff for ...
U.S. MUSIC STARS IN SKIDMORE CONCERT.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Skidmore faculty member and mezzo- soprano Nancy Jo Davidsen will sing an "American Sampler" music from the 18th through and the 20th centuries at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Filene Recital Hall on the Skidmore College campus. The program is free. The performance will ...
STATE MUSEUM ASSOCIATES PLANS BENEFIT.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 1990 ... About 300 guests clad in Adirondack-style attire are expected to support a Saturday, Oct. 20, benefit for the New York State Museum's educational programs. Sponsored by the museum's support group, the New York State Museum Associates, the evening will be highlighted by a special ...
CLEVELAND QUARTET PERFORMS THURSDAY.(Entertainment)
Oct 01, 1990 ... The Cleveland Quartet will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday in Chapin Hall at Williams College. There will be a pre-concert disussion at 7:15 p.m. in the Brooks- Rogers Recital Hall in Bernhard Music Center adjacent to Chapin Hall. Now entering its 22nd year, the ...
KIAM SAYS CHANGES ARE COMING WITH PATS.(Sports)
Oct 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press New England Patriots owner Victor Kiam on Sunday promised "mammoth changes" in the club's management in the wake of allegations by a female reporter that she was sexually harassed by players in the locker room. But a few hours later, Kiam ...