Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from May 1991:
FLIGHT CREW BLAMED FOR LONG ISLAND CRASH PROBE OF '80 REAGAN-HOSTAGE DEAL EYED.(Main)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Associated Press Mistakes by the flight crew were the chief reason a Colombian jetliner ran out of fuel and crashed on Long Island last year, killing 73 people, the National Transportation Safety Board ruled Tuesday. The crew of Avianca Flight ...
OFFER TO KEEP LA POLICE CHIEF REJECTED.(Main)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Los Angeles Times Los Angeles police commissioners, refusing to back down in an extraordinary City Hall power struggle, rejected Tuesday a City Council offer to end a legal dispute over the commission decision to replace temporarily Police Chief Daryl F. Gates while it ...
NO RADIATION RELEASED DURING FIRE AT NUCLEAR PLANT.(Main)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Fire severely damaged the non-nuclear part of the Maine Yankee nuclear power plant, officials said Tuesday. They said the reactor shut down normally, no radiation was released and nobody was injured. U.S. Rep. Thomas Andrews accused Maine ...
TSONGAS OPENS DARK-HORSE PRESIDENTIAL BID.(Main)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Paul Tsongas opened a long-shot campaign for the 1992 Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday with a call for a new economic nationalism and with an outsider's criticism of Washington. Accusing successive Republican presidents of lacking ...
DRUG CUTS DEATH RATE OF PREMATURE BABIES.(Main)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder A new drug has dramatically reduced the death rate from respiratory distress syndrome, the leading killer of premature babies, by helping their immature lungs to stay inflated, according to a new study. A synthetic substance called Exosurf ...
URANIUM SUPPLY UNDER BOMB RUBBLE, IRAQ SAYS.(Main)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ruth Sinai Associated Press Iraq has told international regulators that all its weapons-grade uranium is buried under rubble from allied bombings, posing a dangerous challenge for international experts preparing to retrieve it. U.S. officials say Iraq informed ...
MISTRUST REMAINS AS 2 SOULS LEAVE AKWESASNE.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Michael Gormley Staff writer Today is the day, traditional Iroquois believe, that the souls of two Mohawks killed in a civil war a year ago on the St. Regis Mohawk Indian Reservation will pass to the Other Side. It is supposed to be a day of celebration, where ...
DEMOCRATS FRET OVER INFIGHTING.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Michael McKeon Staff writer Albany County Democratic Committee Chairman Harold Joyce paused for a moment when asked if Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III has been a positive force for the party. And then he waited some more. "I guess my hesitancy is your answer," ...
2ND WOMAN NAMED TO POST BOCES GETS NEW DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Karen Nelis Staff writer The South Glens Falls schools superintendent was named Tuesday as the new superintendent of the Albany-Schoharie- Schenectady Board of Cooperative Educational services. Ruth J. Kellogg will become only the second female district ...
CHANGE BUDGET DEADLINE.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ralph Martin Padre, there's a member of your "family" worth listening to. Also, you legislators should stop counting your lulus long enough to lend an ear. Robert Stafford of Guilderland says our politicians should be locked in a big room until they resolve ...
POLICE, BOATERS DIFFER ON CRASH.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer City police and two Greene County boaters offer conflicting explanations for why a police boat collided with and damaged a pleasure craft on the Hudson River last weekend. Police reported that the incident was caused by the ...
CUOMO'S COMMENT ASSAILED MARINO CITES NYC'S PLIGHT.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Robert Bellafiore Associated Press The Legislature's top Republican said Tuesday that Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's comments that the state budget might not be done until June probably contributed to the downgrading of New York City's credit rating. "Perhaps that ...
COURT TELLS WELFARE AGENCY TO LEAVE ARTIST ALONE.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press A New York City artist whose work city officials wanted to sell after she fell behind in her rent should be "left alone with her art," the state's highest court said Tuesday. The Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision that ...
SCHENECTADY CRASH CLAIMS WOMAN, 33.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... A 33-year-old city woman died at Ellis Hospital on Tuesday, about an hour after her car crashed into a parked car on Nott Street, city police said. Lisa Dickenson of 51 Furman St. was pronounced dead at 2:35 p.m., ...
KERMIT, MICKEY AGAIN DRAWN TOGETHER AFTER CASE SETTLED WHITE HOUSE DETAILS TRADE PLAN U.S. WORKERS EARNED 4.6% MORE PENSION OVERHAUL PROPOSED COMPTROLLER REBUFFS CRITICS CNN EXEC RESIGNS POST COURT DISMISSES NBC APPEAL.(Business)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: -Combined wire service reports Kermit the Frog and his cohorts will be goofing around at Disney World with their owner's blessing this summer under an agreement between the producers of some of the world's most recognized animated characters. The amicable settlement on ...
CASE COULD BE KNOWN AS UPSTATE VS. UPSTATE.(Business)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: James Denn Business writer How important is it for a business to have a name it can call its own? If you are a landscaping contractor in Saratoga Springs, it apparently is worth a court fight. Upstate Landscape Contractors Inc. of Saratoga Springs ...
NEWSPAPER WITHDRAWS LAYOFF LIST.(Business)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Robert Borsellino State editor Times Union management withdrew a layoff list of 27 names Tuesday after a voluntary- buyout plan attracted enough workers to reach the paper's goal of reducing its staff by 6 percent. But the head of the Newspaper Guild says his ...
TROY SAVINGS WINS BIDDING FOR PROJECT.(Business)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: James Denn Business writer Troy Savings Bank became the owner of Winfield Estates - a failed, 188-acre residential development in Brunswick - by placing the only bid - $1.5 million - at an auction Tuesday. Troy Savings, the largest secured creditor of the project, ...
'SMURF' DEPOSITS LEAD TO SENTENCE.(Business)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Alan D. Abbey Business writer A New York City man who pleaded guilty to depositing $96,000 in gambling winnings in small increments that avoided federal reporting requirements is set to receive his sentence in U.S. District Court in Albany today. The case ...
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL OFFERS A MIXED OUTLOOK.(Business)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: James Denn Business writer Despite tough times ahead for Albany International Corp., the industrial textile maker's shareholders supported management at an uneventful annual meeting Tuesday. Escaping the rain, more than 250 people attended the company's ...
GM, FORD REPORT QUARTERLY LOSSES.(Business)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: New York Times The nation's two biggest automakers said Tuesday they suffered huge first-quarter losses. Although the companies' failure to make money was unsurprising, given the slumping economy, the size of the losses underscored the vulnerability of the ...
123-YEAR-OLD ALBANY PRINTING COMPANY CLOSING.(Business)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: James Denn Business writer One of the oldest commercial printing firms in the Capital District said Tuesday that it will close because of a weak economy and the loss of several key customers. Brooks R. Barvoets, president and owner of Argus Press Inc., said ...
COURT APPROVES LIQUIDATION PLAN.(Business)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Staff report An Albany bankruptcy judge has confirmed the liquidation plan for a typesetting business that will provide creditors with $92,000 - about an eighth of the money originally owed to them. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Justin Mahoney on Tuesday ...
GE TO CUT 1,800 WORKERS IN ITS JET ENGINE DIVISION.(Business)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press General Electric Co. said Tuesday its jet engine division will lay off 1,800 people, including 1,000 who worked on its losing bid to supply engines to the Air Force's newest fighter jet. The layoffs had been expected since last week, when the ...
FDIC BOOSTS INSURANCE PREMIUMS.(Business)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Dave Skidmore Associated Press The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. voted unanimously Tuesday to raise the deposit insurance premiums paid by banks for the third time in 18 months. The premiums will increase to 23 cents per $100 of deposits annually, effective ...
DIME SHAREHOLDER LOSES FIGHT, BUT DECLARES VICTORY.(Business)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Alan D. Abbey Business writer Louis G. Gladstone of Menands, who set out to challenge Dime Savings Bank officials at their annual meeting Tuesday, lost his bid to have shareholders vote to sell the thrift. But Gladstone declared himself pleased at the outcome, ...
FIRM CHALLENGES DIVI'S PETITION.(Business)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Cailin Brown Business writer The owner of two hotels in Aruba claimed in court documents Tuesday that Divi Hotels N.V. of Ithaca - which forced it into bankruptcy court late Friday - has been taking money from the resorts to stay in business. SP Aruba ...
GRAND JURY IS SOUGHT POLICE FACING ASSAULT CHARGES.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: John Caher Staff writer The prosecutor investigating allegations that white Albany police officers assaulted and racially goaded an unarmed black man has requested a special grand jury to hear evidence, possibly as soon as next week. Special District Attorney ...
MEDICAL WASTE AUTOCLAVE PLAN TAPS NORTHEAST MARKET.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Phil Brown Staff writer An autoclave that Browning-Ferris Industries wants to build in the Port of Albany would receive medical waste from throughout the Northeast, according to an application filed with the state. A company consultant, however, said Monday ...
PROFESSOR GETS GRANT.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... A Siena College English professor has received a $59,000 grant to conduct research on a 16th-century writer. Margaret Hannay ...
CORRECTIONS.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... A photograph in Monday's editions of The Times Union showing people handing out picnic lunches at a spring festival in Albany incorrectly identified the group sponsoring the event. It was sponsored by the Ida Team Neighborhood Watch, according to Chairwoman Elizabeth Ballou. *** ...
POLICE IDENTIFY MISSING MAN.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer Town Police identified skeletal remains recovered on the shore of the Hudson River as those of Earren L. Durham of Albany, who was reported missing to Albany Police in February 1990. Durham, of 147 Clinton St., was ...
ALBANY NAMED FINALIST FOR ALL-AMERICAN CITY.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer New York's capital city is among 30 finalists in the All- American City competition, setting the stage for a shot at the top 10 next month. The award has been presented annually for the last 42 years by the Denver-based National ...
TAKES THE STAND IN TROY KRAL DENIES BEING DRUNK BEFORE FATAL CAR CRASH.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer Peter Kral, charged with vehicular manslaughter in the 1989 deaths of two Renssealer Polytechinc Institute students, testified Tuesday that he swerved to avoid oncoming headlights when his car crashed into a utility pole. Taking the ...
SCAMS BLOOM IN SPRING, TOO.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Mark S.R. Suchecki Staff writer Spring is often a time when people think of cleaning, improvement and repairs to their homes. So when a pair of self-professed house cleaners recently appeared at the home of a retired Green Island couple and offered to wash its ...
$200 MISSING IN SCOUT COOKIE FUND.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ray Rinaldi Staff writer Call it the case of the missing cookie money. Somehow, somewhere, $200 of the funds Girl Scout Troop 053 in Clinton Heights raised from last winter's sale of Thin Mints, Tagalogs and Trefoils has disappeared. And now, the Hudson Valley ...
AIRPORT BIDDER HAS FISCAL GUARANTEE.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Bill Schackner Staff writer A New Jersey firm competing against Lockheed Air Terminal Inc. for the right to manage Albany County Airport offered the financial guarantee of its corporate parent, something the county says Lockheed so far has been unwilling to do. ...
WILTON MUST WAIT TO CLEAN UP PARK VANDALISM.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer Time and temperature are preventing local officials from erasing all the symbols of hatred left by vandals late last year in the town's Gavin Park. For nearly six months now, racial slurs spray-painted on the surface of the park's ...
SCHENECTADY VEHICLES IN 82 ACCIDENTS IN 1990.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer City-owned vehicles were in 82 accidents in 1990, including collisions that involved police vehicles on 37 occasions. "Almost without exception when a police vehicle hit another vehicle it was while answering an emergency call," Deputy ...
PRISON PAROLEE JAILED ON CRACK CHARGE.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... A 32-year-old state prison parolee was sent to Albany County Jail Tuesday after he was arraigned on a felony charge of possessing crack cocaine. Dean E. Rowlett of 355 Hackett Blvd. was arrested by city narcotics detectives Monday night at 96 Lawn ...
ADMITS RESPONSIBILITY MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN FATAL DWI CRASH.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer A city man admitted in court Tuesday that he was responsible for an alcohol-related crash that killed his sister last year. Robert Coleman, 45, of 262 First St. pleaded guilty before County Judge Thomas W. Keegan to second- degree ...
RETIRED BUTCHER SHOOTING VICTIM IN FLORIDA.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer An affable retired butcher from Slingerlands was gunned down outside his Florida motel room where he and his wife stopped to rest while journeying back to the Capital District. Carl W. Rappe Jr., 77, was listed in serious but stable ...
GREEN EARTH FETE HAS KINKS BUT PARK'S CLEAN RECYCLING EFFORTS SPOTTY.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer Environmentalists aren't quite ready to throw out the idea of public recycling after their efforts didn't quite pan out at last weekend's Green Earth Festival, but they acknowledge people may not be ready to handle some of the finer points. ...
AGENCIES SEEK SHARES OF $5.4M BLOCK GRANTS.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer The man in charge of the city's federal block grant program was not offering much hope Monday to agencies that have appealed proposed awards. At a public comment period for 1991 block grant awards, the Department of Housing and ...
SCHOOL STAFF REDUCTION KEY TO $1M ALBANY BUDGET CUT.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Richard Wexler Staff writer Superintendent John Bach is preparing a proposal for more than $1 million in cuts in the city school district's budget for the coming fiscal year, mostly through staff reduction. Bach also will propose that the district stop providing bus ...
PROPOSED FALSE ALARM FINE DISPUTED IN NISKAYUNA.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Michael Lopez Staff writer The town wants to cut down on the hundreds of false burglar and fire alarms police answer, but the proposed fine for offenders Tuesday created a political fracas among Town Board members. Republican Councilman James Keating believes ...
TOWNS MAY GAIN 2 SEATS ON COUNTY LEGISLATURE.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer Proposed reapportionment prompted by the 1990 census figures could result in the towns picking up two new seats on an expanded County Legislature. Robert A. Brehm, a county election commissioner, said Tuesday that based on the county ...
DISTRICT SEEKS TO REOPEN TEACHERS' CONTRACT.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer Representatives of the Shenendehowa school district and the Shenendehowa Teachers Association have held informal discussions about reopening contract talks, according to representatives of both sides. The district is seeking at least $3 ...
STATE AUDIT CRITICAL OF NO-BID CONTRACTS.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Yancey Roy Staff writer The town awarded more than $70,000 worth of no-bid contracts in 1989, according to an audit report to be released today by the state comptroller's office. The state also cited Waterford for failure to keep accurate financial ...
BUILDING PERMIT INFORMATION OFFERED MAN GETS 1 YEAR FOR BURGLARY ATTEMPT MOBILE MOTOR VEHICLES SCHEDULE SET EDUCATION GROUP TO MEET MONDAY LIBRARY SEEKS HELP FOR CRAFTS FAIR.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Residents with questions about building permits - when they are required and not required - can address them to the town's newly appointed Building Department coordinator. Richard French, who took over the recently created position earlier this year, said he has already received ...
GROUP SEEKING TO HALT TESTING DONE ON ANIMALS.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer Animal- rights activists brought their message to town Tuesday, preaching about the pain and suffering of cats, dogs and other animals they say are being unnecessarily used by private industry to develop consumer products. For most of ...
CLIFTON PARK SIGNS ORDER KEEPING LANDFILL OPEN.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer Town Supervisor Joe Riley signed a consent order with the state Department of Enviromental Conservation on Tuesday allowing the town landfill to remain open until Oct. 1. "I've already signed it, I've signed it and it's gone," the ...
SPA OFFICIALS PREPARE CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR TRASH.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Christopher Ringwald Staff writer As the city goes to court to keep its landfill open in defiance of a state deadline, officials are preparing contingency plans to deal with a potential trash crisis. "There may be a war of words but we are going to have a ...
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL GETS WARM WELCOME HOME.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Vincent Jackson Staff writer Students, teachers, parents and the rest of the Lisha Kill Middle School community wanted Associate Principal Dominick Rivera to know they were happy to see him return safely from the Persian Gulf war. So Rivera, a chief warrant ...
NEW COUNTY JAIL SUPERINTENDENT WORKED HIS WAY UP.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Michael McKeon Staff writer The Albany County Jail will have a new superintendent come Friday and it'll be a guy who has climbed the ranks from correctional officer during his 16-year career. "I'm thrilled. My wife is ecstatic," said Edward Szostak, a ...
SENTENCING SET FOR ASSAULT, ROBBERY.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Sentencing is set for May 29 for two city residents convicted this week of robbing and beating an acquaintance. Uleece M. "Peaches" Jacobs, 51, of 324 Quail St. and Jinny Lee Miller, 29, of 200 Green St. were found guilty Monday night by an Albany County Court jury of one count ...
BOXER, POLITICIAN TO BE HONORED BY GROUP.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer South End boxing enthusiast Ray Holland and Assemblyman Richard Conners will be presented with community service awards this month by the American Hellenic Educational and Progressive Association, a Greek-American fraternal organization. ...
CITIZENS SUGGEST WAYS TO CUT WYNANTSKILL SCHOOL BUDGET.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ray Rinaldi Staff writer The Wynantskill Union Free School District could reduce a proposed 48.9 percent tax increase by eliminating its seventh and eighth grades, cutting administrators and asking teachers to pay part of their health insurance, a group of citizens has ...
2ND CHOICE OF SITE FOR ELDERLY HOUSING OPPOSED.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Several people voiced opposition to the second proposed site for senior citizens' housing in the village at Monday night's public hearing. Belmont Management Co. Inc. first proposed locating the 32-apartment senior citizen complex off of Route 203. But because of opposition ...
HUDSON MAN PAYS $20G IN GAMBLING CASE.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer A city resident paid $20,000 in forfeiture fees after pleading guilty Tuesday in City Court to three gambling misdemeanors, Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka said. Charles Friss, 51, entered guilty pleas to two ...
HUDSON MAY END YEAR WITH BALANCED BOOKS.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer The city may be able to end its 1990-91 budget year with its books balanced instead of having to confront a deficit, Mayor Michael Yusko Jr. said Tuesday, the conclusion of the city's fiscal year. "I think we somehow have ...
TROY PUTS SCOFFLAWS ON NOTICE PAY THE FINES - OR ELSE!(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer City Treasurer Barbara Yacevich spent Tuesday on the phone, listening to people insisting that they never saw a fire hydrant when they parked, blaming their ex- wives and offering dozens of other excuses for their unpaid parking tickets. ...
BOARD OKS TALKS WITH NURSING-HOME DEVELOPERS.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... Byline: Donna Liquori Staff writer The Columbia County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution allowing negotiations with developers interested in placing a 120-bed nursing home on the county- owned Kitchie Farm. The board voted to negotiate with Green Manor ...
PARK SET TO REOPEN NEXT MONTH IN TROY.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... A cultural park located in downtown Troy, closed last month in a dispute over the city's failure to pay its bill, will reopen June 3, City Manager Steven G. Dworsky said. The RiverSpark Visitors Center, located next to City Hall on River Street, closed March 18 when the city ...
POLICE TEST RESULTS MUST BE DIVULGED.(Local)
May 01, 1991 ... The city must negotiate how to use the results of written tests given to police officers after their annual retraining, a state- appointed arbitrator has decided. Each summer, police officers are given one week's worth of retraining. "Everyone gets taken off the road ...