Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from March 1991:
SOLDIERS' PARENTS RELAX A BIT.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Art Markey Staff writer Several Capital District parents with sons or daughters serving in thr war expressed happiness Thursday that the fighting has stopped, but said they don't trust Saddam Hussein and won't relax completely until their kids are safely out of the ...
BUONO WANTS REVIEW OF OTB.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Michael Gormley Staff writer County and state officials are wondering where the money goes in off-track betting in light of reports of Capital District OTB Corp.'s high spending and low return to counties. Rensselaer County Executive John Buono is organizing ...
REGENTS DISCIPLINE NURSES, PHARMACIST.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Three registered nurses have been placed on probation and the licenses of another nurse and a pharmacist have been suspended following action by the state Board of Regents. The nursing license of Sharon J. Dunson of Troy was suspended for at least six months until she completes ...
COUNTRIES JOCKEY FOR POSTWAR POSITION.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ruth Sinai Associated Press The countries that fought Iraq, along with some important ones that sat out the conflict, are jockeying for position on the crowded postwar playing field. Their wish list reflects disparate interests, and the United States faces ...
TROOPS NOT LEAVING.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Tracy Wilkinson and Melissa Healy Los Angeles Times Despite isolated skirmishes, the suspension of hostilities held throughout the battered deserts of Iraq and Kuwait on Thursday as American soldiers turned their thoughts to going home - a process that could take months ....
SADDAM REMAINS SILENT ON WAR'S COST TO NATION.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Mark Fineman Los Angeles Times Iraqi President Saddam Hussein maintained his tight veil of secrecy and control over a war-ravaged nation Thursday, proclaiming that President Bush had ordered a halt in hostilities only after Iraq's Republican Guard had "broken the ...
IRAQI CASUALTY TOTAL DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. New York Times While the exact figure will never be known, military experts said Thursday that 25,000 to 50,000 Iraqi soldiers probably died during the six-week war in the Persian Gulf. Some estimates put the number of Iraqi deaths higher ...
ALLIES START POSTWAR PLANNING POWS TOP AGENDA.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Andrew Rosenthal New York Times As war subsided into isolated skirmishing, the Bush administration said Thursday that it would keep U.S. forces in southern Iraq until it was satisfied that Iraq would comply with U.S. terms for a permanent cease-fire. At the ...
'IN FULL RETREAT, BUMPER TO BUMPER'.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Edwin Chen Los Angeles Times During the 16-hour battle, the arid Iraqi desert floor was thick with fire and thunder as U.S. tanks, artillery, attack helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft threw everything they had at Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard. And when ...
DAUNTING PROBLEMS FACE U.S. GULF POLICY.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: David Hoffman Washington Post The war that crushed Saddam Hussein's dreams of becoming an Arab superpower has left in place many of the other festering military, political and economic troubles that have long contributed to instability in the Middle East, according to ...
WORLD WELCOMES PEACE, SEEKS WAYS TO KEEP IT *DEFEND ARMS *WAIT AND SEE *SNIPING BEGINS *RESTORE PEACE.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Combined wire services New York Times Knight-Ridder Washington Post After witnessing the rout of an Iraqi army largely trained and armed by Moscow, Soviet generals have been quick to insist that they and their weapons are not to blame. In several articles and ...
*ARMY CRUSHED *ISSUE SETTLED.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Cox News Service Associated Press The government pushed Thursday for the elimination of Iraqi missile launchers, while festive Israelis marked the cease- fire in the gulf war by unsealing rooms, storing gas masks and celebrating an ancient holiday that commemorates ...
OIL PRICES STABILIZE, FOR THE SHORT TERM.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Now that the war in the Persian Gulf oil fields has ended, experts are looking ahead to more stable petroleum prices, but they say the quick resolution of the crisis may turn out to be a mixed blessing. Short-term economic benefits may obscure ...
U.S. VETERANS PROMISED A HOMECOMING SALUTE.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Cox News Service The complete pullout of American troops from the Persian Gulf is expected to take months, but their return will include a homecoming salute denied to Vietnam veterans, U.S. officials said Thursday. "They're going to get a greater welcome home ...
KUWAIT CITY, A MAIMED VICTIM.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: New York Times Behind the newly fluttering flags and the cheers of its residents, this once-thriving city of wide avenues, opulent residences, modern high-rise buildings and massive mosques appeared Thursday as a maimed victim of war. Street after street of ...
OIL FIRES MAY TAKE 2 YEARS TO QUELL.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder Firefighters hired to put out more than 500 soot- belching oil well blazes in Kuwait said Thursday it could take two years or longer to extinguish the desert infernos. They'll begin work next week on an aerial survey of the 571 burning wells in ...
GAS PRICES DIP 1.1 CENTS.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... New York state's weekly survey showed the average price of unleaded regular gasoline in the Capital District was down 1.1 cents, to $1.20 a gallon, from the previous week, Gary Sheffer, spokesman for the state Energy Office, said. Sheffer said a quick, sharp change in gasoline ...
THURSDAY'S GULF EVENTS.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder Here are the Persian Gulf highlights Thursday: *Vanquished Iraq agreed to meet with victorious allied commanders to discuss military terms for ending the war, President Bush announced. *Secretary of State James A. Baker III will go to ...
SADDAM MAY SERVE A PURPOSE IN POSTWAR IRAQ.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Geraldine Brooks and Peter Waldman Wall Steet Journal In an attempt to force an end to Saddam Hussein's leadership, the U.S. may find it has cured a cancer without saving the patient. With no benign alternative waiting to replace a toppled Iraqi leader, Saddam ...
UNION STREET REACTS TO NEWS.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Yancey Roy Staff writer Lunchtime business was fast and furious at Gershon's Delicatessen, a gathering place on upper Union Street. Most of the booths andtables on the day after President Bush announced a U.S. victory were filled with working people and gray-haired ...
STATE POLITICIANS APPLAUD TROOPS, LOOK TO FUTURE.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Bill Eager Staff writer Iraq must pay to rebuild Kuwait, Saddam Hussein should be tried as a war criminal and allied leaders deserve praise for a swift victory, New York politicians said Thursday. While much of America basked in victory, elected officials ...
QUESTIONS AT HOME AS WAR ENDS SUPPORTERS PRAISE, PROTESTERS REGRET.(Main)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Jane Gottlieb Staff writer To Col. Michael E. Neuman, commander of the Watervliet Arsenal, victory in the Persian Gulf reflects a nation able to act decisively with a military machine in fine working order. Which is the very legacy Daniel Wilcox of Albany ...
CLOSING AFTER 100 YEARS CARL CO. CASUALTY OF RETAILING SLUMP.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Elizabeth Lesly Business writer Carl Co. President Joel Helfman told employees gathered in the downtown store Thursday that the 100-year-old Capital District retailing staple had become a casualty of war. The eight-store Schenectady-based department store ...
SLA CAN'T BULLDOZE KAHN'S BAR.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun With the euphoria of the big win enveloping us, this is a good time to note a small but important victory over the arrogance of power abused. Historically, there is no state regulatory agency more steeped in graft, corruption and scandal than the ...
THERE'S REAL CARE SENT WITHIN THESE PACKAGES.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Patrick Kurp Staff writer Jack and June Chartres' '84 Pontiac Parisienne has 80,000 miles on the odometer, rust on the quarter-panels and a good mechanic on call. In October, the Chartreses' car- shopping expedition turned into a predictably depressing ...
IN BRUNSWICK, PROGRESS MEANS GROWING PAINS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Tim Beidel Staff writer The fourth generation of Johnstons to farm the land at the corner of Hoosick and McChesney expanded their operation in the 1960s, leasing the surrounding land to grow their crops and graze their herd. At the same time, the population in ...
COURT CHARGES ON MENU FOR A PIZZA HUT PATRON.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Bruce A. Scruton Staff writer Complaints over the food, a toy gun and an outstanding bench warrant have landed a Troy woman in jail after she allegedly pulled the weapon from a purse and pointed it at a Pizza Hut waitress, village police said. Estelle O ....
DRIVER CHARGED IN MILTON ACCIDENT.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Four people were injured and drunken driving charges brought against one of them following a three-vehicle accident Thursday night on Route 29, just east of Stone Church Road. Leonard W. Chase, 19, of Barney Road, Middle Grove, was trapped in his vehicle for a time until rescue ...
NEW ROAD TO HONOR TROY VETERANS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... In the wake of war's end, city officials plan to name a new industrial road in honor of those who fought in the Persian Gulf and previousconflicts. The South Troy road will be built this summer as part of the cooperative industrial park and jail under construction by the county ...
GUILDERLAND BATTLES BRUSH FIRE 6 TO BE ARRAIGNED ON DRUG CHARGES MAN TURNS SELF IN AFTER INCIDENT ALBANY MED GETS 2 CANCER GRANTS 2 CHARGED IN CEMETERY VANDALISM.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Between 50 and 60 firefighters tackled the first major brush fire of the year Thursday along railroad tracks through the middle of town. While there was no damage to any buildings, the fire burned to within 100 yards of at least one home on Ostrander Road, according to ...
MAN SENTENCED IN FORGERY CASE.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... A Cohoes man was sentenced to 1 1/2 to 3 years in prison Thursday for his guilty plea to forgery charges. Jeffrey Ahearn, 34, of 25 Main St., Cohoes, was sentenced by Saratoga County Court Judge Frank B. Williams to identical concurrent terms as a result of his Jan. 7 pleas to ...
CORRECTION.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Because of incorrect information supplied to The Times Union, a story in Tuesday's editions about a Clifton Park Planning Board meeting misidentified the ...
PRESIDENT QUITS AT SCCC.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Bruce A. Scruton Staff writer Peter F. Burnham, president of Schenectady County Community College since 1984, has resigned to become president of Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, N.J. Burnham, whose resignation is effective May 31, will take over the ...
COUNTY WANTS ANALYSIS OF AIRPORT'S FISCAL FUTURE.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Bill Schackner Staff writer Expansion is fine, but the majority leader of the Albany County Legislature wants to know exactly what the airport can and can't afford before committing taxpayers to the massive construction project. Richard Meyers commented ...
NURSE TELLS OF ALCOHOL ODOR AT COLONIE ACCIDENT SCENE.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer An ambulance worker, appearing as a surprise prosecution witness Thursday, testified that she smelled alcohol on the occupants of a van involved in a fatal Colonie crash. But defense lawyers quickly and relentlessly attempted to ...
SELECTION COMPLETED EARLY FOR JURY IN DOLAN TRIAL.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer Jury selection for Police Chief James J. Dolan's trial concluded ahead of schedule Thursday, paving the way for opening statements to begin as early as Monday. The swift selection of eight more jurors and three alternates ...
PAROLEE ARRESTED, BAILED OUT, PICKED UP AGAIN.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer A state prison parolee who was charged in the 1988 shotgun murder of Louis "Igloo" Bowles in Albany, but plea- bargained his way into a burglary conviction, faces charges of carrying a semi-automatic 9mm pistol and possessing marijuana. ...
CLOSURE DISAPPOINTS FOUNDER'S SON.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Elizabeth Lesly Business writer Charles W. Carl sold his family's seven-store department store chain to New York-based General Atlantic Corp. in 1984 for an undisclosed sum. At the time, Carl told The Times Union on Thursday, he believed ...
AMSTERDAM'S AILING MALL SUFFERS BLOW.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: James Denn Business writer Carl Co.'s pullout from the 260,000-square-foot Amsterdam Mall is yet another blow to the financially ailing retail center. The 30,000-square-foot Carl's store there accounts for about 12 percent of the mall's total leasable area. ...
A NEW SUITOR FOR 'NEWS' UNIONS TO TALK WITH MAXWELL.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press British publisher Robert Maxwell emerged as the potential buyer of the New York Daily News on Thursday, some two hours after the collapse of negotiations between management and nine striking unions. George McDonald, head of the unions' ...
REPORT CRITCIIZES KING INSTITUTE, SOURCES SAY.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Dan Janison and Tom Precious Capitol bureau Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's inspector general has completed a preliminary report on alleged wrongdoing and mismanagement at the state's Martin Luther King Jr. Institute for Nonviolence. Sources said the report is sharply ...
STATE OPENS CLOSED STREAMS TO BOATS FRATERNITY SUSPENDED FOR HAZING.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Associated Press A change in the state's waterway policy means boaters can journey through hundreds of rivers and streams that had been off- limits for decades. The state Department of Environmental Conservation has determined that landowners ...
STATE TO TOUGHEN AUTO EMISSION RULES.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Gov. Mario M. Cuomo said Thursday that New York state would adopt the 1995 California vehicle emission standards. New York has already approved use of the strict 1993 California standards, but Cuomo said Thursday that by adopting the even ...
CUOMO ADDS LAND AS GOAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS PRAISE GREEN PLAN.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Phil Brown Staff writer Gov. Mario M. Cuomo ended a feud with environmental activists Thursday by agreeing to make land acquisition one of the goals of his proposed environmental fund. He remains opposed, however, to spending any of the fund's money on land ...
YOUNG INMATES INCITE FIGHTS AT COXSACKIE JAIL, STAFFERS SAY.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Tom Precious Capitol bureau Violent fights and stabbings at the Coxsackie maximum security prison have risen sharply since the state Corrections Department recently began concentrating younger inmates in select facilities, staffers there claim. The situation ...
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION UNSURE ON LAYOFFS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Tom Precious Capitol bureau With just 18 days to go before workers are to hit the streets, the state Department of Transportation still does not know who or how many will be affected. In all, the agency must eliminate 450 positions by March 18. About 400 of ...
'DAILY NEWS' TALKS FAIL ANOTHER OWNER SOUGHT FOR PAPER.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Alan Finder New York Times The Daily News and its pressmen's union abandoned efforts Thursday to negotiate a settlement in the 4-month-old strike, leaving the newspaper's fate hanging on whether a buyer can be found. Bill Usery Jr., the private mediator who ...
FOR NEW OPERATIONS CENTER COLONIE BOARD APPROVES 10 BIDS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Vincent Jackson Staff writer The Town Board approved unanimously Thursday evening 10 bids for the public operations center, which came in about $1.5 million less than estimated. Robert S. Mitchell, director of the town's engineering and planning services ...
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ASKS FOR PATIENCE.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Richard Wexler Staff writer The vice president of the Albany Board of Education asked a gathering of parents and teachers to "be patient with us" as the board learns to work together to improve the quality of education in the public schools. "We're still ...
BREHM WINS ELECTION COMMISSION POST.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer Robert A. Brehm was elected county election commissioner Thursday night by the county Democratic Committee. He is expected to start working at the position, which pays $41,399 a year, in about 30 days. He will succeed William A ....
SCHODACK SCHOOLS LOOK AT THEMSELVES.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Mark J. McGuire Staff writer Devising a plan to map out not only what Central School District students will learn, but also how they will think is on the minds of school administrators. The Board of Education, at a special meeting Thursday night at Maple Hill ...
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR CALLED TO SERVICE.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ilaina Jonas Staff writer About 14 hours after a cease-fire began in the Persian Gulf, the Saratoga County administrator was told to be ready to ship out. At about 2 p.m. Thursday, Maj. David A. Wickerham, a military personnel specialist with the 439th combat ...
STATE DENIES APPEAL OF GROUP HOME SITE.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Christopher Ringwald Staff writer In the second recent rebuff to local opponents, the state commissioner of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities denied an appeal of plans for a group home at 1 Loughberry Road. In her decision, which was released ...
SENTENCE AT SPA YELLOW RIBBON-RIPPER MUST DO ESSAY ON FLAG.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer A 19-year-old Gansevoort man charged with ripping down yellow ribbons along Broadway was assigned by a city judge to write a 2,500- word essay on the American flag and the country's form of government. As part of his punishment for ...
GLENMONT SCHOOL COMPLAINTS RESOLVED.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Barbara Hayden Staff writer Safety and heating problems at Glenmont Elementary School that caused concern to teachers are said to be resolved after two meetings between Bethlehem Central School District officials and members of the teachers union. The school ...
ALBANY TO INTENSIFY INSPECTIONS OF CABS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer City officials said Thursday that they plan to get tougher with the taxi industry with increased spot-checks and stiffer penalties for violations. Under a proposal put before the Common Council Transportation Committee on Thursday, ...
DRUG LAB DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY, WILL COOPERATE.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: John Caher Staff writer Another suspect in a methamphetamine conspiracy pleaded guilty Thursday and promised to testify against five co-defendants now on trial before U.S. District Judge Thomas G. McAvoy. David Kerwin, 47, of Selkirk admitted to conspiracy to ...
HIGHER FEES, LESS SERVICE SEEN BY HEALTH OFFICIAL.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Michael McKeon Staff writer The Albany County Health Department may have to increase fees for environmental services and trim services as a result of state aid cutbacks, Commissioner William Grattan said Thursday. Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's proposed spending plan ...
HEADMASTER SAYS SCHOOL NOT IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer The headmaster of Albany Academy for Girls on Thursday said the decision not to renew the contracts of some teachers at the private school does not mean the institution is in financial peril. Students and one parent on Wednesday ...
ALBANY MAN GETS 2 TO 6 YEARS IN COCAINE CASE.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer A 40-year-old city man was sentenced Thursday to 2 to 6 years in prison for selling cocaine. Bernard Jackson of 220 Green St., was sentenced by County Judge John G. Turner Jr. for his guilty plea to fifth-degree criminal sale of a ...
APPEALS COURT THROWS OUT SOCCER-INJURY LAWSUIT.(Local)(Correction notice)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: John Caher Staff writer An appeals court on Thursday threw out a lawsuit brought against the South Colonie and Guilderland school districts by the parents of a girl injured during a 1988 soccer game. The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court unanimously ...
HEART RECIPIENT GLOWS CHARLIE PULVER RECUPERATING NICELY AT NIVERVILLE HOME.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Donna Liquori Staff writer Charlie Pulver did not fear the heart transplant he recently received. The prospect of death didn't frighten him one bit. He really didn't even mind the hospital stay. What Pulver, the wisecracking popular former restaurant owner and ...
STABBING SUSPECT FLED, CAPTAIN SAYS.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer Moments after the 1989 stabbing of a youth, two plainclothes police officers accidentally came upon two other "suspicious" youths fleeing downtown, Troy Police Capt. David O'Melia testified Thursday in Rensselaer County Court. O'Melia, ...
COLUMBIA COUNTY SIGNS PACT TO PURCHASE FARM.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Donna Liquori Staff writer The Columbia County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to sign a contract to buy a third-generation farm and allow the owners to continue working the land. Board Chairman Gerald Simons announced the decision Thursday to buy the ...
DA WANTS MURDER CASE MOVED TO FAMILY COURT.(Local)
Mar 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer A 14-year-old Stephentown boy accused of killing his mother confessed the crime in a statement that is flawed and may not be admissable in court, it was disclosed Thursday in Rensselaer County Court. Assistant District Attorney Charles ...