Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from August 1991:
TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR CULTURE AND INSTITUTIONS.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... As almost everyone knows by now, the report of the New York State Social Studies Committee, "One Nation, Many Peoples: a Declaration of Cultural Interdependence," has evoked a storm of controversy. One group of critics argues that any attempt to introduce the contributions of ...
MTV PLANS THREE-WAY SPLIT FOR MID-1993.(TV/Radio)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: John Lippman Los Angeles Times MTV Networks, reflecting the fragmentation of radio, announced Tuesday that it would split its pioneering music-video network into three separately programmed cable channels beginning in mid-1993. The move comes as cable networks ...
MR. BRUNO DENIES A CONFLICT.(Main)(Editorial)
Aug 01, 1991 ... New York-licensed insurance companies are for the most part doing very well, thank you. No thanks to state Sen. Joe Bruno, however. If Mr. Bruno had had his way back in 1987, more life insurance companies in the state might have gone the way of several big companies from other ...
NAACP OPPOSES THOMAS NOMINATION.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Combined wire services The NAACP voted Wednesday to fight the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Clarence Thomas, saying that although it would be "a dreadful signal" not to have a black justice on the high court, Thomas' "reactionary" record compelled the organization to ...
HEART DRUG SHOWN TO BE LIFESAVER.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Lawrence K. Altman New York Times Adding a drug to standard treatments for chronic heart failure has produced major reductions in deaths and sickness, two new federally sponsored studies have found. The drug, enalapril, is widely used to help alleviate ...
HISTORIC SUMMIT 'DIFFERENT WINDS ARE BLOWING' NUCLEAR ARMS CUT.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: David Lauter Los Angeles Times President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed a historic and long-awaited treaty cutting their nations' nuclear arsenals Wednesday, but they neared the end of their two-day summit meeting here still far apart on the future ...
MIDEAST ON TABLE.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Combined wire services The United States and the Soviet Union announced on Wednesday they intend to convene a Middle East peace conference in October to launch face-to-face negotiations between Israel and its Arab neighbors. President Bush said he was sending ...
HARD-LINERS OPPOSED TO MISSILE PACT.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Melissa Healy Los Angeles Times After nine years of tough negotiation and a dramatic signing ceremony Wednesday in Moscow, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty faces a final pair of obstacles - ratification by the U.S. Senate and the Supreme Soviet in Moscow. ...
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE DEFINED.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Congestive heart failure is a drop in the heart's ability to pump blood, marked by high blood pressure and an accumulation of fluid in the lungs, called pulmonary edema. ...
U.S. SHELLED ITS OWN TANKS IN GULF.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Stewart M. Powell Times Union Washington bureau Friendly fire during the Persian Gulf war damaged or destroyed at least 27 Army tanks and combat vehicles crewed by 93 soldiers - far higher losses than disclosed so far by the Pentagon, authoritative sources said ...
CHENEY CONCEDES BAN OF GAYS 'AN OLD CHESTNUT'.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said Wednesday that the military policy that considers homosexuals a security risk is "a bit of an old chestnut," but gave no indication he'll try to change the Pentagon stand. All branches of the military ban ...
SENATE LETS WOMEN FLY IN COMBAT.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press The Senate on Wednesday voted to overturn a law barring Air Force and Navy women from flying combat missions, agreeing with Sen. William Roth, R-Del., that female pilots have demonstrated "the right stuff." The measure, sponsored by Roth and ...
HOUSE OKS SENATE PAY INCREASE, CLOAKS GIFTS.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press The House on Wednesday passed a $23,200 pay raise for the Senate in a bill that also would virtually eliminate public disclosure of gifts lawmakers take from lobbyists and others. The House acted by voice vote after party leaders orchestrated ...
WRECK KILLS 7 PEOPLE; MORE THAN 75 INJURED.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press An Amtrak train carrying nearly 450 people derailed Wednesday and sideswiped a parked freight car, killing seven and injuring more than 75, authorities said. It was the worst Amtrak accident since 16 people were killed in a 1987 wreck in ...
EXPERTS SAY RAIL TRAVEL SAFE DESPITE 3 MAJOR DERAILMENTS.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder Despite three major derailments in two weeks, federal regulators and industry officials insist rail transportation is safe. But the accidents have shaken public confidence and prompted calls for tougher oversight. "We have an extreme emphasis on ...
HOUSE OKS $483M FOR SUPER COLLIDER.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Times Union Washington bureau The House Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a budget for the superconducting super collider that trims $50 million from President Bush's request, but would allow major construction to begin. On a 393-32 vote, the House passed a ...
MURDER SUSPECT ALLEGED SEX VICTIM.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Jeffrey L. Dahmer's father told probation agents his son was abused by a neighbor boy at age 8, possibly leading to sexual problems, but the incident never was reported to police, authorities said Wednesday. In a jailhouse interview Wednesday ...
VERMONT DROPS BID TO SHUT NUCLEAR PLANT.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press The Public Service Department on Wednesday dropped its challenge to a five-year operating extension for the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The state's action means Vermont Yankee can now operate until March 2012 instead of December 2007 ....
NRC SAYS YANKEE ROWE CAN OPERATE UNTIL SPRING.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press The Yankee Rowe nuclear power plant - the nation's oldest - is safe enough to continue operating until next spring, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday. In a unanimous decision, the commission said the risk of a reactor failure ...
SUMMIT NOTEBOOK AUDIO ONLY GLITCH IN HISTORIC MEETING OFFICIAL PENS MADE FROM OLD MISSILES.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press The talks between Presidents Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev may have gone smoothly, but the same could hardly be said for their concluding news conference Wednesday. "This is ridiculous," the U.S. president sputtered as he fumbled with his ...
SUMMIT QUOTES.(Main)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press "We take a significant step forward in dispelling a half century of mistrust." - President Bush. *** "Thank God, as we say in Russian, that we stopped this and turned it back. And this is a great accomplishment since we understood where we ...
PEE-WEE GETTING BUM RAP.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ralph Martin Few would doubt it was Pee-wee's "biggest adventure." Not so many would agree he was given a bum rap. I do. What's this, Martin? Are you defending a nerdy hero to millions of children? You're saying that exposing yourself is OK? No ....
NAACP SEEKS TALKS COUNTY RESISTS QUICK REFORM.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Michael McKeon Staff writer The head of the Albany NAACP opened the door Wednesday for negotiations with the County Legislature, but again promised to delay this year's elections if its demand for creation of three legislative districts dominated by blacks is ignored. ...
JOBS WORTH SMALL CHANGE, RESIDENTS SAY.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Jane Gottlieb Staff writer If Regina Baker made the rules, the people running her city wouldn't command the salaries lawmakers in Pittsfield lavished on their mayor Wednesday. "My city official is Karen Johnson, and she's leaving office, so it's difficult to ...
PUBLIC GIVES ITS TWO CENTS' WORTH ABOUT OFFICIALS' PAY PITTSFIELD MAYOR'S SALARY CUT TO 33 CENTS.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Jeff Donn Associated Press The City Council cut the mayor's August paycheck to 33 cents as part of harsh cutbacks enacted to prod her into softening her position in a budget dispute. "I was so dumbfounded when I heard what they had done that I almost didn't ...
CASTLETON BOILING WATER TO CHECK 'BEAVER FEVER'.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Mark S.R. Suchecki Staff writer Municipal officials have warned members of the 750 households on the village water system to boil drinking water until further notice because of concerns that the water may have contributed to a rash of "beaver fever." The ...
PARK EMPLOYEE CHARGED IN BOY'S FALL FROM RIDE.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Donna Liquori Staff writer An employee of the Great Escape Fun Park was charged Wednesday with reckless endangerment, accused of scaring an 8-year-old Schaghticoke boy who fell off a Great Escape ride and was seriously injured, the Warren County Sheriff's Department said ...
FDA STUDY LINKS LEAD LEVELS IN WINES TO FOIL WRAPS.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press A substantial number of domestic and imported wines contain significantly high levels of lead, according to the results of a government study obtained late Wednesday. FDA spokesman Chris Lecos said there appeared to be a connection between ...
NUCLEAR PLANTS SAID TO SNOOP ON WORKERS.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Keith Schneider New York Times The Energy Department's inspector general has found that security personnel at the nation's nuclear weapons plants illegally acquired and used equipment for wiretapping, eavesdropping and other surveillance in violation of department ...
DEFENDANT'S STATEMENT IN INFANT DEATH TOPIC AT HEARING.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Michael Lopez Staff writer Reah M. Lewellen, accused of killing her 3 1/2- month-old son last year, told police she shook him violently and struck his head against a crib, prosecutors said Wednesday. Lewellen's statement to police was the subject of the ...
CITY OFFICIALS STUMPED BY LANDMARK BAR FIRE.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer A fire that caused extensive damage to the Landmark Tavern last weekend was labeled "suspicious" Wednesday by city fire officials. Assistant Fire Chief Stanley E. Johnson said department investigators are at a loss to explain how the ...
13 PEOPLE ARRESTED AFTER SCHENCTADY DRUG RAIDS.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... City police say they seized a substantial amount of cocaine in raids on three crack houses in Hamilton Hill that resulted in the arrests of 13 people. Schenectady Sgt. James Wolfe said the arrests Tuesday were a result of lengthy undercover operations and more raids are ...
DUCI LAUNCHES BID FOR MAYOR'S OFFICE.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer Councilman Frank J. Duci, officially kicking off his campaign on the steps of City Hall, said Wednesday he is undaunted by defeats in his last two mayoral races. "With the help of the good Lord and the voters, my chances are good this ...
GENES MAY DETERMINE WHO GETS AIDS ILLNESS.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Lisa M. Krieger San Francisco Examiner Berkeley scientists have found evidence that genetic differences explain why some people infected with the AIDS virus become sick quickly, while others fend off the disease for years. In a major research development in ...
ADIRONDACK WATCHDOGS URGE PRESERVING VISTAS.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer An Adirondack Park watchdog group has issued a laundry list of recommendations to preserve scenic vistas in the sprawling 6-million-acre preserve, running the gamut from designating and preserving new vistas to requiring permits for development ...
DNA CLEARS MAN IN JAIL FOR RAPE WOMAN STILL INSISTS HE'S GUILTY OF 1982 ATTACK.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Marlene Aig Associated Press In what may be the first retroactive use of DNA testing to clear a person charged with rape, a state Supreme Court justice Wednesday overturned the 1984 conviction of a Peekskill man and ordered him released from prison. "The law ...
LAW AIMED AT PROTECTING TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Elizabeth Edwardsen Associated Press In a move aimed at protecting tropical rain forests, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo on Wednesday signed a bill that prohibits New York state and its local governments from buying some tropical hardwoods. "While this may constitute ...
STATE FACES $1.8B DEFICIT NEXT YEAR.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Marc Humbert Associated Press Budget aides to Gov. Mario M. Cuomo said Wednesday that state government faces a spending gap of at least $1.8 billion for the state fiscal year that begins April 1. The gap is caused, in part, by the fact that there are 53 ...
CHANGE-NY TARGETS BOTH PARTIES WOMAN WINS $400G FROM SPERM BANK SCIENTISTS QUIT ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Associated Press Associated Press The conservative Republican leaders of an anti-tax group are forming a political action committee to oust some incumbent state legislators of both parties, a top official involved said Wednesday. Thomas ...
PAYROLL DEFERRAL FOR COURT WORKERS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Vera Haller Associated Press A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the state Legislature violated the Constitution when it approved a payroll deferral for court employees in order to fund an expansion of the state court system. In a strongly worded ...
INVESTORS APPLY FOR CAPITAL DISTRICT INFINITI DEALERSHIP.(Business)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: James Denn Business writer A group of investors has put together a bid to be the first in the Capital District to sell Infiniti automobiles - Nissan's answer to Toyota's and Honda's luxury cars. Alan Richards, an attorney in Garden City, Nassau County, said ...
BANK GETS HIGH MARK FOR LOAN POLICY.(Business)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Alan D. Abbey Business writer Home & City Savings Bank has received the second highest rating possible from federal reviewers for its compliance with a federal law requiring community investments. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. concluded that Home & City ...
INDICATORS POINTING TO A SLUGGISH RECOVERY.(Business)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: John D. McClain Associated Press The government's main economic barometer released Wednesday pointed toward recovery, but analysts said an accompanying report on slumping factory orders shows the turnaround is sluggish and choppy. The Commerce Department said ...
ENVIRONMENT ONE PROFITS DIP NORTHEAST LAGS NATION IN PAY HOUSE DELAYS JOBLESS DEBATE TOKYO STOCK SCANDAL WIDENS FIRM GETS FINANCING FOR CENTER SEIZED INSURER TO SELL ASSETS.(Business)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Staff report Associated Press Associated Press Washington Post Staff report Associated Press Profits at Environment One Corp. were down 57 percent in the quarter that ended June 30, dropping to $80,389 from $186,349 in the second quarter of last year. The ...
CIA REPORTED BCCI ROLE IN BANK IN 1986.(Business)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: David E. Rosenbaum New York Times The Central Intelligence Agency said Wednesday that it prepared a report in 1986 stating that Bank of Credit and Commerce International acquired control of Washington's largest banking company in 1982. Government officials ...
CITICORP DENIES IT'S INSOLVENT.(Business)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Martin Crutsinger Associated Press Citicorp, the nation's largest bank, Wednesday was characterized by a powerful congressman as technically insolvent, an accusation the bank immediately called "irresponsible and untrue." Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., chairman ...
UNIONS WANT RULES ON WORK-RELATED INJURIES.(Business)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press The AFL-CIO and 30 of its largest unions asked the Labor Department on Wednesday to issue emergency standards to protect workers from repetitive motion injuries. The unions, in a petition filed with the Occupational Safety and Health ...
DREXEL BURHAM RELEASES DRAFT REORGANIZATION PLAN.(Business)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press More than 17 months after filing for bankruptcy protection, Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. on Wednesday released a draft of its plan to pay creditors and establish a second life. The collapsed securities firm, among the industry's most powerful in the ...
RETAIL-HOTEL COMPLEX SET FOR ROUTES 9, 146.(Business)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer The town and Saratoga County could see sales tax revenues of $1.35 million, property taxes of $340,000 and 400 jobs created by a proposed retail-hotel complex at Routes 9 and 146, according to a town report. The Crossing, comprising ...
COLUMBIA GAS FILES FOR CHAPTER 11 PROTECTION.(Business)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Theresa Humphrey Associated Press Columbia Gas System Inc. and its pipeline subsidiary, unable to win concessions from banks and natural gas suppliers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday. The filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, ...
BCCI FOUNDER WON'T BE EXTRADITED.(Business)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press The ailing founder of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International will not be extradited to the United States or elsewhere to face fraud and embezzlement charges, a government official said Wednesday. Chief Minister Jam Sadiq Ali was the ...
SENATE PANEL ENSNARLED BY BANKING LEGISLATION.(Business)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press A divided Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday waded into legislation overhauling the banking system as Republicans threatened to snarl action with parliamentary maneuvers. The panel was in session all day without holding a single vote on the more than ...
MODEST WEALTH QUIET, UNPRETENTIOUS, HE'S RICHEST IN WORLD.(Business)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Dan Biers Associated Press The tip-off that Taikichiro Mori is the world's richest person is not in his lifestyle. After all, there's not much glamorous about slurping noodles for lunch in an office strewn with document-stuffed shopping bags. The tip-off is ...
MAN ACCUSED OF VANDALIZING OFFICE.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... A man who vandalized artworks in the Empire State Plaza was arrested Wednesday and charged with spray-painting crosses on the windows and leaving anti- Semitic notes on the door to the 7 N. Pearl St. office of The Times Union on July 19. Eugene Burt, 30, told police that he was ...
RECOVERY PROGRAM ADDS SITE.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Richard Wexler Staff writer A non-profit organization that provides job training for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts has taken title to a former city school in the South End. But so far, the Rev. Peter G. Young Center in Altamont doesn't have enough money to ...
REGIONAL LANDFILL OPPONENTS SUSPICIOUS OF SELECTION PROCESS.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ilaina Jonas Staff writer Opponents of a proposed regional landfill said they are suspicious of how officials are conducting the search for a dump site. Earlier this week, officials overseeing the proposed ANSWERS landfill dropped three locations in ...
COHOES MAN SUES TO GET HIS JOB BACK.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... A 36-year-old Cohoes man contends in a federal lawsuit that he was wrongly fired from his $37,413 job with the U.S. Postal Service because he was indicted on drug and gun charges. Joseph L. Burke of 30 Walnut St. is seeking reinstatement to his position of delivery retail ...
BOGUS CALL LATEST IN STRING OF 15.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Robert J. Pagliaro Staff writer The arrest of an elderly woman who cried wolf over her electronic medical alert device came after she sounded 15 similar false alarms, town police said Wednesday. Since June, Helen B. Noonan had summoned police to her Schuyler ...
DOUGHNUT SHOP APPARENTLY RESTORES BIKER BAN.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer A doughnut shop popular among city motorcyclists apparentlyrestored a ban on bikers shortly after saying it would allow themin, but a demonstration by biking clubs this Saturday night won'tbe held, according to an organizer. "We're ...
CANDIDATE SAYS PARTY MISLED HIM.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Bill Eager Staff writer A Common Council candidate removed from the ballot by the Albany County Board of Elections believes he was misled by his own party but won't fight the decision. "I think it's a back-door party maneuver to get me off the ballot, and I ...
GAS EMPTIES RPI LABORATORY.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... About 20 occupants of the materials testing laboratory at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were evacuated Wednesday for several hours after a white cloud formed and filled the first floor of the brick campus building, according to fire officials. No injuries were reported in the ...
PASSENGERS SHAKEN UP IN BUS COLLISION.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... A Capital District Transportation Authority bus collided with a Jeep at Jefferson and Fourth streets Wednesday evening, jolting the passengers and sending the driver of the Jeep to Samaritan Hospital, police said. The driver of the Jeep, Paul Earl III, 32, of Voorheesville, was ...
COMBINING ARTS, SHOPPING SUCCESSFUL ELSEWHERE.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer Cultural activities and mall-goers may seem an unlikely combination, but agencies in other cities report successful efforts to combine arts and the marketplace. In Troy, city leaders are embarking on a study of moving the Troy Public ...
COTRONA KEEPS SEAT AS RESIDENCY TESTED.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Mark J. McGuire Staff writer School board member Louis J. Cotrona will not be suspended by the state Education Department pending the outcome of his residency case, a state official said Wednesday. The Education Department will continue to review charges from ...
CARVERS JOCKEY FOR RECOGNITION.(Local)
Aug 01, 1991 ... Byline: Bruce A. Scruton Staff writer The jockey wore a straw hat with ribbons dangling from the back, white gloves, a white and red party dress, and a smile. Her steed was decked out in military trappings, and it didn't matter that just a hundred yards away, real ...