Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from February 1991:
PARIS DRESSES UP COUTURE TAKES A BREAK FROM WAR.(Living)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Bernadine Morris New York Times News Service From Gianni Versace's heady curtain raiser Saturday night to Christian Dior's glamorous show Monday afternoon, the haute couture openings offered a diverting antidote to the gloom of war. Hotels and restaurants are ...
BANKERS CURIOUS ABOUT PLAN.(Business)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Alan D. Abbey Business writer Clearly worried about the Treasury Department's long-awaited banking-reform plan, bankers sought clues to the proposal's final form from regulators who addressed them here Thursday. The bankers, gathered for the New York State ...
CUOMO'S BUDGET PLAN ASKS NEW TAXES, CUTS, FIRINGS.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Tom Precious Capitol bureau With the state budget in shambles, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo proposed Thursday closing next year's gap through "astonishing" spending cuts, massive tax hikes and the firing of thousands of state workers. The cuts would hit hard at funds ...
PENTAGON GENERAL ON FIERCE BATTLE: 'WE WEREN'T TOO IMPRESSED' IRAQI FORCE REPORTED POISED AT 2ND SITE.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Tom Fiedler Knight-Ridder U.S.- led allied forces confronted the threat of a new and larger Iraqi land offensive into Saudi Arabia on Thursday and suffered their worst aircraft loss of the 15-day Persian Gulf war. The Pentagon said a fierce 40-hour battle over ...
STRATEGY A SURPRISE.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Mark Thompson and Susan Bennett Knight-Ridder Iraq's tactics in the Persian Gulf war - Scud attacks, oil spills, attacking abandoned towns, and warplanes fleeing to Iran - aren't what the Pentagon expected. That's because President Saddam Hussein is fighting a ...
KHAFJI BATTLE SHOWS WEAKNESS.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joseph Albright Cox News Service In the end, the United States and its allies won the Battle of Khafji. But not until after 36 hours of helter- skelter confusion that at one point saw Saudi tanks careening in a chaotic midnight retreat because allied Arab forces were ...
ARABS' VIEW OF SADDAM MARKED BY AMBIGUITY.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Judith Miller New York Times Each day that Saddam Hussein survives is beginning to be considered by many Arabs, and even by some here in the Saudi capital, as a victory of sorts for him. Saudis and Arab diplomats said that in Riyadh, where support for the ...
KOCH GETS BOOT FROM WCBS.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Koch Sixteen months after voters weary of his candor kicked him out of office, WCBS-TV kicked former New York City Mayor Edward I. Koch off the air Thursday, saying it had agreed to buy out his contract as a co-host of its year-old Sunday morning news program. "We've decided to ...
NEW TAXES UPSETTING TO MARINO.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Dan Janison Capitol bureau Senate Majority Leader Ralph Marino said Thursday that he was disappointed that Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's efforts to curb state spending did not wipe away the need for new taxes in his latest budget proposal. Marino, R-Muttontown, along ...
7,200 MAY LOSE JOBS BY NEXT YEAR, CUOMO WARNS.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Dan Janison Capitol bureau Gov. Mario M. Cuomo estimated Thursday that layoffs of state workers may total 7,200 by March 1992, but he repeated his pledge to minimize dismissals by relying as much as possible on other actions to cut the work force. About 1,800 ...
CHANGED CUOMO PUTS THE BOTTOM LINE BEFORE A HELPING HAND.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Robert Borsellino State editor For the past eight years, through good times and bad, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo has prided himself on providing what Al Smith referred to as a "government with a head and a heart." Long after other people agreed it was time to ease up, ...
MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL-HEALTH WORKERS FACE AX.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Services for the mentally ill would be cut by more than $105 million under the governor's proposed budget - leaving the Office of Mental Health with about 7 percent less in operating funds than it had last year. OMH, which just this week announced the elimination of 1,280 jobs, ...
HEALTH $875M IN CUTS SOUGHT FOR MEDICAID PROGRAM.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Hospitals, nursing homes and poor adults covered by Medicaid who want to see a dentist or go to a podiatrist all will feel the bite of the state cost cutting if the Cuomo budget proposal is passed. The governor's 1991-92 spending plan calls for $875 million in projected Medicaid ...
MORE ON THE MANSION.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... While nearly all of his budget address dealt with putting the state's house in order, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo also talked about plans for his own residence. His much-publicized idea - selling some of the state mansion or converting it to a museum - he said had been blown out of ...
SOCIAL SERVICES BASIC GRANT SURVIVES.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Gov. Mario M. Cuomo is "taking a pound of flesh from people who are down to the bone" in his proposed budget, a social services advocate charged Thursday, and an advocate for youth services said the budget would force some abused teenagers to live with their abusive parents. ...
ENVIRONMENT LAND PURCHASES NOT PART OF INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL FUND PLAN.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Despite criticism from environmentalists, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo remained firm that the state cannot afford to buy land in the coming fiscal year. But he did say he'd like to see money set aside for land in the future. As part of his budget plan, he proposed an environmental fund ...
THE LAW WACHTLER BLASTS CUOMO FOR JUDICIAL SYSTEM CUTS.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... A $90 million cut in the proposed state court budget would yield the plea-bargaining advantage to criminals, jeopardize victims of child abuse and cripple the state's criminal and civil justice systems, Chief Judge Sol Wachtler said Thursday. Wachtler, in a testy retort to Gov ....
KHAFJI A 'MOSQUITO ON ELEPHANT'.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder These were the main points of the Persian Gulf war Thursday: *The fiercest ground battle of the war ended when Arab forces, backed by U.S. Marines, recaptured the Saudi Arabian coastal town of Khafji. Eleven Marines were killed and two wounded. ...
ANOTHER U.S. AIRCRAFT REPORTED LOST; 14 ABOARD.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Pentagon sources said Thursday that another U.S. military aircraft had been lost in the Persian Gulf war. Its crew of 14 was reported downed behind Iraqi lines, according to the sources. Members of Congress said after briefings from Pentagon ...
WHAT ROLE FOR WOMEN IN THE GULF?(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Lyle Denniston Baltimore Sun The first loss of an American servicewoman in the Persian Gulf war - as a prisoner or as a casualty - is not an event of "war-stopping" dimensions, a number of observers said Thursday, but it is stirring up a sharp new debate over women's ...
HIDDEN MARINE SPOTTERS 'EXTRICATED'.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Juan O. Tamayo Knight-Ridder Explosions rumbled in the distance and Cobra helicopter gun ships were still targeting Iraqi positions inside Khafji, but for the Marines of the 3rd Division, at least one goal had been reached: their artillery spotters had escaped to safety ....
EARLY SKIRMISHES OFFER LIMITED PREVIEWS OF U.S. WEAPONS.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Earl Lane Newsday Although details of the first major ground encounter between allied and Iraqi forces remained sketchy, military analysts said U.S. forces were able to draw on superior air power and an advantage in night fighting to withstand the Iraqi attacks. ...
THE DREADED KNOCK HITS HOME IN AMERICA.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press News of the dead came home on Thursday, carried by military messenger to the doorsteps of small towns across the nation. The Pentagon released the names of the 11 Marines killed in the first sustained battle of the gulf war, and the name of a ...
THE REALITY HITS HOME.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, the commander of U.S. and allied forces in the Persian Gulf, said Thursday that "perhaps in the euphoria of the high-technology weapons and this sort of thing, we had lost sight of the fact that lives are being lost. ... There ...
SAUDIS UNABLE TO SAVE SOME DRINKING WATER FROM OIL.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Saudi Arabia lacks the equipment necessary to protect some of its drinking water plants from the world's largest oil spill, officials said Thursday. A shortage of booms and skimmers also has forced the kingdom to postpone efforts to save ...
CASUALTY ROLL CALL.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Here are brief sketches of some of the Marines killed in ground battles in the Persian Gulf war. They were identified by the Pentagon or family members. *Cpl. Steve Bentzlin, 23, was born in St. Paul, Minn., and grew up in the southern ...
TROOP MORALE TIED TO MAIL CALL.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Charles J. Lewis Times Union correspondent Mail is the lifeblood of troop morale. GIs rush for the mailbags, sulk when they don't get a letter and treat the unit mail clerk like a hero. But not all mail lifts the spirits. For example, take the "Dear John" ...
BIG MOUTH ABOUT PRESIDENT LANDS A SUSPECT IN JAIL.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: United Press International James Schlagel was arrested because he appeared on television to voice his opinion on President Bush's State of the Union address. It wasn't Schlagel's opinion that landed him in jail, but the fact that he was wanted for stealing a ...
IRAQIS ENCOURAGED BY LEAFLETS TO DEFECT.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Charles J. Lewis Times Union correspondent U.S. "psy ops," jargon for psychological operations, are geared to encourage Iraqi soldiers to defect. Air-dropped leaflets are floating down on the Iraqis, urging them "to come on down" to U.S. lines. The ...
JORDAN THREATENS REPRISAL FOR KILLING OF 4 CIVILIANS.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Baltimore Sun Jordan says four of its citizens were killed in allied air raids along the road from Baghdad during the past several days, and Foreign Minister Taher Masri said his country "reserves the right to take further actions at all levels" if the attacks continue. ...
HOST TO U.S. FLIERS, TURKISH CITY IS NERVOUS.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Peter Slevin Knight Ridder In the sandy mud of a parking lot Thursday, Adana's civil defense volunteers fired up new Honda generators freshly arrived on a truck from the Turkish capital. The generators are assigned for emergency use in case the city comes ...
ISRAEL, PALESTINIANS BATTLE NEAR LEBANESE BORDER.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder Palestinian and Israeli forces engaged in fierce rocket and artillery duels near the Lebanese border Thursday. Israeli officials said dozens of Katyusha rockets, launched by Palestinian guerrillas, hit Israel's self- declared security zone in ...
IRAQ SAYS FEMALE SOLDIERS HELD AS POWS *CLAIMS NEW ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Combined wire services Iraq said Thursday it was holding female American soldiers as prisoners and that it would treat them well "in accordance with the spirit of the lofty Islamic laws." The official Iraqi News Agency, monitored in Nicosia, said the women ...
BUSH CALLS FOR PRAYERS FOR PEACE AND TROOPS.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press President Bush signaled through aides Thursday that he won't be provoked into a full- scale land war by the Iraqi incursion into Saudi Arabia. He also asked Americans to join him Sunday in a national day of prayer for peace and for the troops in battle. ...
*IRANIAN OFFICIAL CRITICIZES PLANE INFLUX.(Main)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Paul Lewis New York Times Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati of Iran criticized a high Iraqi official visiting Tehran on Thursday for allowing nearly 100 aircraft to fly into his country without permission and said the planes would be detained until the Persian Gulf war ...
HUBBARD DEFENDS HIS FAITH.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer Bishop Howard Hubbard, in a rare flash of public anger, defended his loyalty to the Pope Thursday when the president of the Concerned Catholics of Hudson questioned his faithfulness to Roman Catholicism. "When I was ordained a ...
WHALEN FLOATS POLICE HEADQUARTERS, RESERVOIR PLANS.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer Despite signals that the city was headed into a lull in large government projects, Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III on Thursday disclosed talk of a new "state-of-the-art" police headquarters and a third water reservoir to serve outlying communities ...
EX-BOXER JABS AT STREET EVILS HIS GYM OFFERS YOUTHS A CHOICE.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer In a community room almost bare of furnishings in the Creighton Storey Homes project, a former boxer named Ray Holland has created a sanctuary from the drug-infested streets outside. Here in his South End workshop, with his jump ropes, ...
ALBANY GIRLS CLUB BOARD REJECTS NEW NAME ADOPTED BY NATIONAL.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer Just what's in a name? The board of directors of the Albany Girls Club, an institution active in this city for more than 30 years, have concluded quite a lot, thank you. Unlike three-quarters of the more than 120 ...
TRANSPORTATION IN QUEST FOR FUNDS, CUOMO TARGETS FANCY CARS.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... That shiny new sports car could cost up to twice as much to put on the road under the governor's plan to base registration fees on dollar value instead of vehicle weight. The value-based fee, aimed at boosting state revenues by $10 million, could mean a registration fee decrease ...
ECONOMIZING AT ECONOMIC AGENCY.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Funding for the state's Department of Economic Development would be cut by about 20 percent in Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's proposed 1991-1992 budget. Commissioner Vincent Tese said that his office will do more with less, with as many as 30 fewer employees. That task will be helped by ...
SLIGHT INCREASE SOUGHT FOR FARMING.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... The budget proposed by Gov. Mario M. Cuomo would increase fundingto the state Department of Agriculture and Markets by about 1 percent. The department's spending would rise to $86.78 million, up from $85.71 million in 1990-91. Despite the spending increase, the department's ...
LOCAL LEADERS RESENT STATE CUTBACKS SAY MUNICIPALITIES UNPREPARED TO FILL GAPING BUDGET SHORTFALLS.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer "Calamitous" is the way Albany Mayor Thomas W. Whalen III on Thursday described the possible effects of Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's proposed $468 million cut in aid to localities. "If this comes about, it will be an absolute disaster," said ...
SNOW SQUALLS CREATE HAVOC ON STATE ROADWAYS.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Intense, widely scattered snow squalls Thursday were being blamed for a 32-car pileup in the lower Hudson Valley. The eastbound lane of Interstate 84 in Montgomery, Orange County, was closed for 2 1/2 hours while state police from Newburgh ...
OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS CANADIANS STUDY MOHAWK, TROOP STANDOFF.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press A parliamentary committee studying the armed standoff last summer between Canadian troops and Mohawk Indians at Oka, Quebec, is hearing drastically different versions of what happened, officials said Thursday. Justice Minister Kim Campbell ...
FRESH FROM THE BAKERY, TV SHOW KNEADS A CHANCE TO RISE.(Business)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Dick Papiernik Executive Business Editor IF you can make it past the drone of talking heads in the first segment of the new "Capital Business Weekly" show airing tonight on WHMT (Channel 17) there are some interesting gems of local business news to discover. ...
JUDGE GIVES HOTEL TIME TO FIND A NEW OWNER LIGHTING RETAILER IN BANKRUPTCY BEER RETAILER GROWS IN WILTON ICAHN GETS USX RESTRUCTURING UNITED'S PARENT LOSES $123M BIG 3 AUTOMAKERS JOIN FORCES EUROPEANS RAISE INTEREST RATES STOCKS ADVANCE 23 POINTS.(Business)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: -Staff and wire reports U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Justin Mahoney on Thursday gave the owners of the Troy Holiday Inn 60 days to find a new owner. Albany attorney Richard Weiner, who represents the company, which is protected under Chapter 11 of the ...
PORT'S ACTIVITY JUMPS.(Business)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: James Denn Business writer An unusual burst of activity set three records at the Port of Albany during the past two weeks: the largest ship ever to use the port docked Thursday; a ship has been loaded with the largest single grain shipment ever at the port; and, for the ...
HOUSING ENDS YEAR OFF SHARPLY.(Business)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Combined wire services Sales of new homes plunged 6.7 percent in December, dragging the year's national housing collapse to the worst level since the depths of the last recession, the government said Thursday. But analysts suggested a gradual recovery will begin by ...
RULINGS ON SUIT BY HOME & CITY ARE PUT ON HOLD.(Business)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Cailin Brown Business writer Home & City Savings Bank's efforts to prevent a proxy fight with a takeover group were put on hold Thursday in State Supreme Court. Judge Lawrence E. Kahn decided Thursday not to rule immediately on two requests by Home & City: ...
PUMP PRICES.(Business)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Here's a look at how New York's gasoline taxes would stack up against others in the region, after the additional 10 cents per gallon tax. Amounts include federal and state excise taxes and were computed on a per-gallon price ...
10C. HIKE IN TAX FOR FUELS UPSETS BUSINESS GROUPS.(Business)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Elizabeth Lesly Business writer Companies that depend heavily on gasoline and diesel fuel were "flabbergasted," in the words of a trucking industry spokesman, upon hearing Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's proposal Thursday to raise taxes on the fuels by 10 cents per gallon. ...
BUFFALO AGENCY TRIES TO LURE USAIR.(Business)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority is dangling more incentives in front of USAir in hopes of getting the financially troubled airline to build a new maintenance center in Buffalo. USAir, which lost $454 million last year, has put ...
CLARIFICATION.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... A story in The Times Union Thursday about the death of a Bethlehem girl from a bacterial infection said some of those in contact with the victim received a vaccine. In fact, some were administered an antibiotic. ...
POLICE HUNT JEWELRY HEIST LINKS.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Jane Gottlieb Staff writer Police Thursday were seeking any links between the well-orchestrated heist of more than $200,000 in jewelry from J.C. Penney and similar cases in the Buffalo area and other regions of the state. "We're aware of the cases and we're ...
COUNTY, CIVILIAN JAIL WORKERS AGREE ON NEW CONTRACT.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Michael McKeon Staff writer The civilian employees at the Albany County Jail broke a lengthy stalemate between the county and the unions representing its workers by approving a new contract Wednesday night. The workers, represented by the Civil Service ...
JUDGE LETS KNICK WALKWAY OPEN, WITH ALARMS.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... A state Supreme Court justice okayed Thursday the opening of the walkway linking the Knickerbocker Arena to the Empire State Plaza, but not before imposing additional security measures. Justice Lawrence Kahn lifted his injunction barring the walkway's opening after Albany County ...
QUESTIONS FORCE DELAY OF HEARING DEAD TOT'S MOTHER REMAINS IN JAIL.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer A bail proceeding for a city woman charged in connection with the death of her toddler son was delayed again Thursday to give a prosecutor time to check into whether she has prior convictions. Virginia E. German, 33, of 41 Ontario St ....
COUNTY HOUSES DAMAGED.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Vincent Jackson Staff writer Luther Jones of Spruce Lane has unwanted neighbors on his block. They are three houses - 8, 10 and 12 Spruce Lane - that are owned by Albany County under its airport noise-abatement program. Jones believes that 8 and 10 ...
ALBANY COUNTY REPORT 1990 OVERTIME COSTS RISE SLIGHTLY TO $3.2M.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Michael McKeon Staff writer Albany County's 1990 overtime costs increased slightlyover 1989, once again due in large measure to staffshortages at its jail and nursing homes. The county paid more than $3.2 million in overtime in 1990, about $100,000 more than ...
POLICE SAY DEFENDANT REPORTED ARSON BLAZE.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Tim Beidel Staff writer Two Rensselaer police officers testified Thursday that George Price - charged with setting six buildings on fire in 1988 - walked into a city police station to report one of the fires he is accused of starting. The prosecution ...
POISON GAS RELEASED IN EAST VILLAGE RACIAL PROTEST AGAINST GROCER CONTINUES LAWYER CLAIMS SHODDY POLICE WORK.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Associated Press Associated Press A poison gas that choked the lungs of doughboys in the trenches of World War I spread like a ghost from the past through an apartment building in the East Village around 3 a.m. Thursday. Seven residents and 17 ...
SCHOLARSHIP FUND SET TO HONOR 12-YEAR-OLD.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Mark S.R. Suchecki Staff writer The tragic death of a 12-year-old Bethlehem Middle School student as a result of a rare case of meningitis has prompted an outpouring of community support for a scholarship fund set up in her name, the girl's father said Thursday. ...
JUDGE RESERVES DECISION ON CZAJKA.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer State Supreme Court Justice Joseph Harris reserved decision Thursday on whether Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka and his office should be barred from prosecuting Hudson Police Chief James J. Dolan Jr. and a special prosecutor ...
ALBANY POLICE GET 15 RECRUITS.(Local)
Feb 01, 1991 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer The city on Thursday swore into its ranks some new blood and a bit of the old. Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III welcomed into the ranks 15 new police recruits, three of them with family ties to the force, and a fourth soon to be married ...