Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from December 1990:
IMAGINATION DECORATES HOME PARTIES.(Living)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Frances Ingraham Staff writer Entertaining at home is in. Especially now during this festive holiday season. Whether your party is a sit-down dinner or open house, it's key, that it be creative and memorable. Ginette Maslanka, who owns Sumptuous Settings in ...
CHILDREN NEED HELP IN COPING WITH GULF CRISIS.(Religion)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: George W. Cornell Associated Press Clouds of war, distressing to most adults, can be nightmarish to children. Such traumas are the special concern of pastors and others who counsel families separated by the Persian Gulf crisis. But other people ...
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL DEFENDED.(Main)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Governor Cuomo appreciates The Times Union's support of his proposal that the state budget deficit be addressed with no new taxes or borrowing ("Stick to attrition," Nov. 20). The Times Union, presumably, agrees with the governor that to raise taxes or borrow during the current ...
FEDERAL TAX HIKES GAS PRICE 5 CENTS.(Main)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Staff and wire reports Motorists, already stung by sharply higher fuel costs since Iraq invaded Kuwait, will start paying a nickel more for a gallon of gasoline today because of a new federal gas tax hike that takes effect. The 5.1-cents-per-gallon gasoline ...
STATE'S JUDICIARY ASKS $2.9% HIKE IN BUDGET.(Main)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: John Caher Staff writer At a time when thousands of state workers are facing layoffs or furloughs, the judiciary is asking for a $27.5 million budget increase, 444 new jobs and an unspecified pay raise for judges. The proposed $976 million fiscal 1991-92 ...
FRIENDLY OVERTURES AT NEW ALLIES.(Main)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Combined wire services One day after receiving their help in the United Nations' stand against Iraq, President Bush said Friday that he may help feed the Soviet Union and gave China its first meeting with him since Chinese tanks crushed a pro-democracy movement 18 months ...
'I'M NOT ALL THAT HOPEFUL'.(Main)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Norman Kempster Los Angeles Times President Bush's decision to propose a high- level dialogue with Iraq, a stunning reversal of his previous position, is intended both as a last chance for peace and a necessary prelude to war. As much as an overture to Saddam ...
BUSH GIVES IRAQ CHANCE TO TALK PEACE BAKER'S READY TO GO TO BAGHDAD.(Main)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Combined wire services President Bush said Friday he had invited Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz to Washington and was ready to send Secretary of State James A. Baker III to Baghdad in an attempt to find a peaceful solution to the Persian Gulf crisis. But ...
INDICATORS FORECASTING RECESSION.(Main)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Oswald Johnston Los Angeles Times The U.S. government's chief barometer of future economic activity fell in October for the fourth straight month, the Commerce Department said Friday, foretelling a recession that most economists believe has already started. ...
ARTISTS SHROUD ART FOR AIDS VICTIMS.(Main)
Dec 01, 1990 ... With shrouded sculptures, darkened marquees and memorial exhibits, arts groups around the country are dramatizing the loss of life to AIDS and mourn artists who have died from the disease. After nightfall today, the skylines in Manhattan and San Francisco were to dim ...
WMHT, WMHX CAMPAIGN RAISES $48,000 TO DATE.(Main)
Dec 01, 1990 ... The "Quiet on the Set" campaign for WMHT-TV, Channel 17, and WMHX-TV, Channel 45, has attracted approximately $48,000 in viewer donations and knocked three days off of the stations' on-air pledge drive. The quiet campaign, in which viewers were encouraged to mail in donations ...
IRAQI LEADERS QUIETLY PONDER BUSH'S INVITATION.(Main)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Salah Nasrawi Associated Press Iraq's leaders on Friday pondered President Bush's offer to negotiate an Iraqi pullout from Kuwait. The Iraqi ambassador to France called it "an important step ... toward peace." However, earlier in the day, Iraq's ruling ...
IRAQIS SEND CARE PACKAGE TO EMBASSY VETERANS HOSPITALS PREPARE FOR CASUALTIES U.S. LIKELY TO SUFFER THE MOST CASUALTIES KREMLIN BACKWATERS ON POSSIBLE TROOP USE AIR FORCE TO CALL UP RESERVE COMBAT UNITS BRITISH OFFICER WARNS OF HEAVY CASUALTIES.(Main)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press United Press International Newsday Associated Press Associated Press Washington Post The handful of U.S. diplomats holding out in the U.S. Embassy in Iraqi-occupied Kuwait are receiving food deliveries from Iraqis and have been promised medical supplies, ...
GULF WATCH.(Main)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Los Angeles Times Day 121 of the Mideast crisis The diplomatic front: President Bush offered to send Secretary of State James A. Baker III to Baghdad, Iraq, to meet with President Saddam Hussein and invited Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz to Washington, ...
GULF WAR WOULD BE LONG, BLOODY, CONGRESS TOLD.(Main)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder Even as President Bush vowed Friday that armed conflict with Iraq would not be "a protracted, drawn- out war," the nation's former top military intelligence officer warned Congress of the "gloomy" prospects facing U.S. forces if they are ordered into ...
DRIVER GETS YEAR FOR DWI CONVICTION INDIAN PHILOSOPHY TO BE DISCUSSED.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... A Saratoga Springs man was sentenced Friday to one year in the Saratoga County Jail and fined $1,000 stemming from his Dec. 23, 1988, arrest in Clifton Park. Donald W. Hudson, 28, whose permanent address was not immediately available, was sentenced on one count each of felony ...
ONE-THIRD OF CITY CABS FAIL CITY CONDUCTS POP INSPECTION.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Richard Wexler Staff writer Nearly one-third of the taxis operated by the city's two largest cab companies were ordered off the road by city police after flunking surprise inspections Friday. Nineteen of 61 taxis operated by Pine Hills Taxi and Capitaland ...
THIS CUT'S A PARTY POOPER.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun Canceling the state inaugural celebration is the sound of one symbol crashing. Among many depressing announcements, the Governor this week scrapped plans for the traditional Jan. 1 swearing-in bash. The move supposedly will save the state coffers ...
POLICE SAY MAN KEPT 18 DOGS IN VANS.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Barbara Hayden Staff writer A man whose rat- and roach-infested home was demolished under court order five months ago was arrested Friday and charged with cruelty to animals for allegedly keeping 18 golden retrievers crammed inside two vans. Donald F. Kulzer, ...
A PIECE OF AMERICANA CLIFTON PARK OUTHOUSE TAKES UP PERMANENT RESIDENCE AT STATE MU SEUM.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Yancey Roy Staff writer And now ladies and gentlemen, as you step past the paintings to your left, we come to our 1930s display. Exhibit A: a state-of- the-art outhouse. It's not your typical call by a museum tour guide. But this is not your ordinary museum ...
INDEPENDENT WOMAN FALLS ON HARD TIMES.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Grace O'Connor Staff writer "Her ways are of pleasantness ..." Proverbs 3:17. Miss D.V. is a single woman who always has been proud of her independence. But now, her limited income forces her to give up many things she once enjoyed - like travel ...
LISA FINKLE GUILTY OF MURDERING STEPMOTHER.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Joe Picchi and Phil Brown Staff writers A Rensselaer County jury convicted Lisa Finkle of second-degree murder in the bludgeoning death of her stepmother Friday, rejecting defense arguments that Lisa lashed out in a blind rage born of past tragedies and multiple ...
ALBANY PUBLIC WORKS UNION DISPUTES AIR TEST RESULTS.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer Members of the city's blue-collar union are angry that city officials delayed a surprise state inspection of a Public Works Department garage Friday where they say workers are exposed to dangerous gases. Public Works Commissioner ...
SCHOOL OFFICIALS AGREE TO MEETING COHOES PUPILS CANCEL WALKOUT OVER CUTS.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Bill Eager Staff writer A threatened student walkout at Cohoes High School was defused Friday when administrators agreed to meet Monday with students angry over budget cuts. Instead of leaving classes at 10 a.m., students opted to meet with Principal James ...
COUNCIL TO STUDY TIGHTER ZONING CONTROLS ON BARS.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer Responding partly to the outcry over the behavior of late-night patrons of bars popular with college students in the Pine Hills neighborhood, city officials want to tighten controls over new taverns proposed for some sections of the city ....
WATERVLIET TAXES EXPECTED TO INCREASE 6.5%.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Bill Eager Staff writer Property taxes will rise by roughly 6.5 percent next year - slightly more than originally planned - because of an anticipated cut in state aid, a city official said. According to a proposed budget released Friday, residents' taxes will ...
BRANCH LIBRARY OPENING DELAYED AGAIN PITTSFIELD EDUCATOR TAKES ALBANY POST UNION FILES CLAIM OVER INSPECTION RIGHT BETHLEHEM GRANGE HOLDS HAM DINNER LIBERIAN RELIEF DINNER SET.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Plans to stage a formal opening of the new Pine Hills branch of the city's public library on Monday again have been scuttled because work on the renovated building is not done. City officials had hoped to stage Monday's opening of the branch at 517 Western Ave. after canceling a ...
PAIR CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE IN ALCOHOL- RELATED DEATH.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: John Caher Staff writer Two Albany County men are facing alcohol-related homicide charges in a bizarre Sept. 20 crash that left a Saratoga County man dead. Indicted by an Albany County grand jury Friday and scheduled for arraingments Tuesday are Thomas C ....
COHOES CLERICAL WORKERS ACCEPT 4-YEAR CONTRACT.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Bill Eager Staff writer The municipal clerical workers union agreed to a new four-year contract with the city Friday, one day after the public works union ratified a deal. The pact reached with the clerical unit of the Civil Service Employees Association ...
BANK ROBBER HANDED 3 TO 9 YEARS IN PRISON.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... A 30-year-old thief who held up two Albany County banks last summer was sentenced Friday to consecutive state prison terms. Under a plea bargain, James Anthony Spears, formerly of Park Lane Apartments in Menands, was sentenced by County Judge John G. Turner Jr. to consecutive ...
EQUIPMENT FAILURES A PHONELESS NIGHT FOR DELMAR RESIDENTS.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer If all goes as planned, New York Telephone's hunt for the elusive Delmar dial tone should end by noon today. That's what company officials were predicting after announcing Friday that about 1,400 customers were expected to be without ...
3 ACCUSED OF THREATENING TO UNDERMINE WILTON MALL.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer Three construction workers were arrested Friday and charged with coercion for allegedly threatening to undermine the structure of the Wilton Mall if not paid for their contracted services. State Police, acting on a complaint filed by ...
JUDGE SEEKS RESOLUTION ON PLANT TALKS URGED BETWEEN INTER- POWER, FOES.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Phil Brown Staff writer After months of bitter controversy, a state hearing officer Friday asked everybody wrangling over Inter-Power of New York's proposed coal plant to sit down and talk. It seems doubtful, however, that the developer and opponents will be ...
SARATOGA SPRINGS MISSES ITS BUDGET DEADLINE.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Christopher Ringwald Staff writer The City Council missed its Friday deadline for adopting the 1991 budget and postponed final action until next week. By the end of the daylong session, the four commissioners and Mayor A.C. Dake cut the anticipated budget ...
SPILL REPORTED ENCON AGAIN PROBES CHEMICAL COMPANY.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Phil Brown Staff writer The state Department of Environmental Conservation is preparing enforcement action against Schenectady Chemicals Inc., an agency official said Friday. Marc Gerstman, EnCon's deputy commissioner for legal affairs, revealed the ...
ROAST BEEF DINNER SLATED AT MISSION.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... A roast beef dinner will be served from 5-7 p.m. today at Glenridge Grange on Pashley Road, East Glenville. At the dinner, the Grange will accept donations of canned and non-perishable foods to be given to the City Mission in Schenectady ....
STATES TO CLEAN UP LONG ISLAND SOUND NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT SEEK TO CURB RELEASE OF POLLUTANTS.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Allan R. Gold New York Times The federal government and the states of New York and Connecticut agreed Friday to begin cleaning up Long Island Sound by curbing discharges of pollutants that have made parts of it a dead sea in recent summers. Under the plan, ...
BURGLARY CHARGE LODGE AGAINST MAN TROY POST OFFICE EXPANDS HOURS PAIR HELD ON DRUG POSSESSION CHARGE.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... A 25-year-old city man faces a second-degree burglary charge in connection with a break-in at a Sycaway home. Edward A. Schwartz of 400 Saratoga Ave., Cohoes, was arrested at 3:10 p.m. Thursday at an apartment at 73 Winnie Ave. Officer John Cooney reported finding ...
SCH'DY DRIVER CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer A county grand jury Friday indicted a 39-year-old man on second-degree manslaughter and other charges in a fatal crash allegedly linked to drunken driving. Charles Evans of Van Cortland Street was charged with causing the death of ...
CASE ADJOURNED FOR HUDSON WOMAN POLICE CONTINUE LOOKING FOR 2 IN RIVER TROY POLICE WANT DOG, PATROL BOAT HUDSON MAN CHARGED IN VANDALISM.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... A Hudson woman who filed charges against a man whose home she is accused of burglarizing has had her case adjourned until Dec. 4. Christine Thompson's lawyer, Dale Desnoyers, requested the adjournment on charges ranging from petit larceny to first-degree burglary, Chief City ...
JUNEAU MAKES THE DIFFERENCE IN RPI'S 7-4 VICTORY.(Sports)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Bob Croce Staff writer Joe Juneau said he knew his once-aching back, which seemingly took a box of tape rolls to wrap Friday night, would be OK in his return to the lineup for RPI's hockey team. He had, after all, tested the new wrap in practice this week. He ...
GULLS ARE SPOILSPORTS FOR CHOPPER HOPES.(Sports)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Al Hart Staff writer The number two was bad for the Albany Choppers Friday night in their International Hockey league game with the San Diego Gulls. They were going for an unprecedented two victories in a row. It didn't happen. They went into Period2 with two ...
OUTPLAYED RED WINGS JUST HAPPY TO GET IN WITH A TIE.(Sports)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Buzz Gray Staff writer So a tie isn't exactly what a team shoots for in its own building. But this is one American Hockey League standoff the Adirondack Red Wings will embrace. Down 5-2 in the third period, they scratched and crawled their way back to a 5-5 ...
PATS MAY HAVE NBA LOSSES BEFORE CBA LOSSES.(Sports)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Tim Wilkin Staff writer The Patroons keep on winning, but before too long they'll start losing. Coach George Karl is certain that will happen, but he's not necessarily talking about games. The Pats, who have won their first 12 games of the Continental ...
TOURING SOVIET TEAM WILL CHALLENGE KICK.(Sports)
Dec 01, 1990 ... The New York Kick will set aside thoughts about their humbling start in the National Professional Soccer League and turn their attention to a roving band of top-level Soviet soccer players. The Moscow Lokomotiv, one of the oldest, most distinguished soccer clubs in the Soviet ...
GIVING A PET FOR CHRISTMAS COULD PUT YOU IN THE DOG HOUSE.(Living)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Barbara Delaney If you're toying with the idea of surprising your Aunt Hazel with a pup or kitten for Christmas, you might consider a book on pets instead. "Getting a pet is an individual decision that should not be made by someone else," says Phyllis Wright ....
2ND MOHAWK DENIES OBSTRUCTION COUNT.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press A Mohawk Indian pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge of obstructing justice, just hours after turning himself in to the FBI, officials said. Steven Jacobs, 25, who is believed to live on the Canadian side of the Saint Regis Indian ...
HASIDIC MAN INDICTED IN ASSAULT CASE.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: United Press International A 34-year old Hasidic man, the center of a melee at the 90th Precinct stationhouse in Brooklyn's Williamsburgh section in which several dozen police officers were injured, was indicted Friday for assaulting a cop. Abraham Freund, of ...
ZEBRA MUSSELS MAY BE NOT BE REAL.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Associated Press Mollusks discovered in the lower Hudson River and believed to be zebra mussels may in fact be impostors, experts said Friday. The mussels found in Haverstraw Bay, 25 miles north of New York City, could be the dark false mussel, another exotic ...
'NEWS' BACK IN COURT TO TRY FOR SELLING VENUES.(Local)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: United Press International The Daily News took its battle to survive a crippling 37-day strike into the courtroom Friday for a second time, trying to get the paper on sale at subway and commuter train stations. On Thursday, the paper filed a $150 million ...
NEW KIDS' BODYGUARD CUTS ALBUM.(Living)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Gary Graff Knight-Ridder The long arm of New Kids on the Block's success has extended to the strong arm. Biscuit, the Kids' former bodyguard, is the latest person to be tapped by the teen-dream group's phenomenal string of multi-million selling albums, hit ...
5 AREA RESIDENTS CAST IN 'MYSTERIES'.(Living)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Several area residents have been cast for an upcoming segment of "Unsolved Mysteries," the NBC show that will film an upcoming segment in North Creek beginning Saturday, Dec. 8. The local residents who were cast are: Ruth Kittel of Troy; 4-year-old Steven Bubonia of Guilderland, ...
WMHT REQUIRING FURLOUGHS DEPARTMENT BUDGETS CUT.(Living)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Steve Bornfeld Staff writer Citing reduced corporate support and anticipated cutbacks in state funding, WMHT Educational Telecommunications on Friday announced several cost-cutting measures and an increase in its annual fund-raising goal. According to WMHT ...
MADONNA VIDEO TOO HOT TO HANDLE.(Living)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Jean Marbella The Baltimore Sun You can understand the Catholic Church, Pepsi-Cola or other tradition-bound institutions finding Madonna just too hot to handle. But MTV? That hip music video channel that often plays like a Fredericks-of-Hollywood catalog set to music? ...
SHAPED NOTE SINGING SPREADS THROUGHOUT COUNTRY.(Living)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Vicki Brown Associated Press In a hollow square at the front of the plain, wooden church, a group of singers wages musical warfare with a song's harmony. They bellow notes at the top of their lungs to "put the tune in mind," singing a capella - without piano ...
CREDITORS TRY TO RECOVER $300,000.(Business)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Cailin Brown Business writer Three creditors of a Latham office-supply firm are trying to force the company to liquidate in bankruptcy court so they could recover more than $300,000. The three creditors - United Stationers Supply Co. of Illinois, Design House ...
INSURER WANTS 13% RATE BOOST.(Business)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: James Denn Business writer Faced with skyrocketing health-care costs and increased use by its subscribers, Blue Shield of Northeastern New York sought Friday to boost its community insurance rates 12.9 percent in the Capital District and surrounding communities. ...
DWORSKY PLANS TO EXAMINE LOAN TO PUBLISHER.(Business)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Alan D. Abbey Business writer City Manager Steven G. Dworsky said Friday he plans to look into the possible First Amendment issues raised by a $40,000 loan for a publishing company that has received preliminary city approval. Dworsky said he had not previously ...
CREDIT-RATING SERVICE DOWNGRADES FLEET/NORSTAR.(Business)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: James Denn Business writer One of the nation's leading credit-rating services has downgraded by one notch $2.4 billion worth of Fleet/ Norstar Financial Group Inc.'s long-term securities. The change Friday in the rating by Moody's Investors Service Inc. means ...
HOME & CITY SENDS DRAFT AGREEMENT TO BUYOUT GROUP.(Business)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Alan D. Abbey Business writer Home & City Savings Bank officials said Friday they are optimistic that current discussions with the Albany investment group seeking to buy the bank could lead to a deal. In a carefully worded statement issued late Friday, the ...
BUSH'S SOFTER STAND PUMPS UP STOCKS AS OIL PRICES SLUMP.(Business)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Janice Kirkel United Press International Stocks rallied Friday in the heaviest trading in more than a month after President Bush sent oil prices plunging by holding out hope for a peaceful resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis. The Dow Jones industrial ...
MCA BUYOUT BEING PAID FOR WITH $4.8B IN BORROWED MONEY BANK RATES ROSE DURING WEEK REGULATORS TAKE OVER THRIFT AIRLINE FLIES BOSTON TO STEWART FREEDOM TAKEOVER DEFENDED EX-ASHLAND EXEC SENTENCED GM WOES POINT TO TOUGH TIMES FARM INDEX FALLS, AGENCY SAYS.(Business)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: -Staff and wire reports Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. plans to pay $5.8 billion for MCA Inc. with $1 billion in cash and $4.8 billion from the sale of commercial paper, the giant Japanese concern said in a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ....
KEYCORP PONDERS PURCHASE OF AILING MAINE BANK COMPANY.(Business)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Alan D. Abbey Business writer Albany-based KeyCorp has been examining the books of a troubled Maine banking company and may be interested in buying it, a trade newspaper reported Friday. American Banker reported that KeyCorp is considering the acquisition of ...
DEPOSIT-INSURANCE OVERHAUL TIP OF ICEBERG, BRADY SAYS.(Business)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Byline: Don Finefrock United Press International The reform of the nation's deposit insurance program for banks should be considered only part of a larger overhaul of federal banking laws, Treasury Secretary Nicholas F. Brady said Friday. "Reform of deposit inusrance ...
DEDICATED ACQUSITION FUND NEEDED FOR ADIRONDACKS.(Main)
Dec 01, 1990 ... Your editorial on Sunday, Nov. 18, about the Adirondacks carried a hopeful headline - "An alternative to bonding." Now that the environmental bond act is dead and no money is available for public purchases of Adirondack land, it seemed, at first glance, that you were taking a responsible ...