Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from October 1991:
MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE CAN COUGH UP $1M.(Business)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Tom Schmitz Knight-Ridder Sometime in October, Hensen Mou will fly to Taiwan in search of fresh capital for his Fremont computer start-up. Like many who seek funds overseas, Mou hopes the promise of his business plan will be more than enough to attract a wealthy foreign ...
VICIOUS ATTACKS AGAINST THOMAS.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: William Raspberry Doesn't it strike you as interesting that by far the most vitriolic testimony against the confirmation of Judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court has come not from racists and outsiders but from fellow blacks? I know that the people ...
FITZPATRICK FIGHTING BACK FROM RARE DISORDER.(Sports)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Buzz Gray Staff writer It would be tough enough if the poor guy just had to deal with intruders in his crease and 3-on-1 breaks. But here's one professional goaltender who must also wrestle with a darker enemy, one that has invaded his very own blood and strikes without ...
HAITI LEADER OUSTED.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Michael Norton Associated Press President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti's first freely elected president, was ousted Monday night by the military, the army commander said. Sources said Aristide was taken to the airport to be deported to France. A Foreign ...
BARNYARD SURPRISE POT SEEDS IN CHICKEN FEED SPROUT WILD CONTRABAND.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Bruce A. Scruton Staff writer For more than a decade, the weed grew in plain sight on the Hanehan Road farm, reseeding itself each year with hardly a notice. But last month, when traffic increased and rumors began reaching his ears, the farmer ...
NEW LAW TO COURT UPSCALE IMMIGRANTS.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Keith C. Epstein and Tom Diemer Newhouse News Service The United States will embark today on an unprecedented drive for "upscale immigrants." A new law, the most sweeping overhaul of immigration standards in a quarter-century, increases quotas for ...
U.S. STUDENTS DO BETTER, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH MORE WORK NEEDED FOR 2000.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Combined wire services American schoolchildren made progress in mastering basic skills in the 1980s after losing ground in the 1970s, but still are not achieving what they need in order to succeed by 2000, three reports suggested Monday. The first report, a ...
SOVIETS SAY YES TO WEAPONS CUTS.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Combined wire services The Soviet Union on Monday promised "comparable actions" to President Bush's plan to unilaterally cut the U.S. nuclear arsenal, but also forwarded a list of questions to the U.S. government and continued to press for a nuclear test ban, which Bush ...
GOVERNOR REGRETS MISUSING STATE PLANES JOY RIDER CRITICALLY INJURES OWNER OF CAR HIKER FOUND SAFE ON MOUNT WASHINGTON PILOT WHALES BEACH SELVES SECOND TIME.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Associated Press Associated Press Associated Press Gov. Guy Hunt apologized Monday for taking state aircraft on preaching trips on which he accepted thousands of dollars. "I made a mistake when I failed to realize how a simple worship service ...
ALASKA, U.S. SETTLE 'EXXON VALDEZ' OIL SPILL CASE FOR $1 BILLI ON.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: John Enders Associated Press The state and federal governments Monday announced a $1 billion deal with Exxon Corp. to settle government litigation over the nation's worst oil spill. The agreement drew immediate criticism from environmentalists, and it still ...
STAKES INCREASE AT GATES HEARINGS BEYOND THE NOMINEE, QUESTIONS TURN TO CIA ITSELF.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Elaine Sciolino New York Times As hearings into the nomination of Robert M. Gates as director of the CIA move into their third week, some members of the Senate Intelligence Committee and their staffs are growing concerned that the panel has touched on several politically ...
MEDICAID RULE WITHDRAWAL SOUGHT.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Washington Post House Majority Leader Richard A. Gephardt, D-Mo., and Rep. Henry A. Waxman, D- Calif., demanded Monday that the Bush administration rescind a new federal regulation they said would substantially cut federal matching for state Medicaid outlays. ...
KERREY PLEDGES REBIRTH OF DEMOCRATS IN ANNOUNCING HIS BID FOR PRESIDENT.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: R.G. Ratcliffe Hearst News Service U.S. Sen. Robert Kerrey, saying he wants to lead America from policies dominated by "selfishness and greed" to a future of prosperity and security, Monday announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. ...
RIGHTS PANEL GETS WARNING.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Los Angeles Times The House fired a warning shot Monday at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, chopping its budget and limiting its life in a bipartisan show of displeasure with the independent agency and its record of monitoring civil rights enforcement efforts. ...
WHITE HOUSE RALLY DEMANDS MORE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press More than 400 AIDS activists, blowing whistles and shouting slogans, marched to the White House on Monday demanding that President Bush do more to stop AIDS. They were joined by Jeanne White, mother of Ryan White, an 18- year-old hemophiliac ...
TALE OF AIDS REVENGE STIRS FEARS IN TEXAS.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: New York Times In a chilling radio interview on Sept. 4, a woman who said she has AIDS told how she is trying to spread the virus out of revenge on the man who infected her. Whether the woman, who calls herself C.J. but has kept her identity secret, is ...
'I WASN'T MAKING IT...' NOW TEXAS HEART PATIENT RECOVERS WITH PORTABLE IMPLANT.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Lawrence K. Altman New York Times A 33-year-old man in Houston has become the first person with a failing heart to recover with a portable, battery-powered heart assist device. The device has been approved for experimental implant in three more patients ....
ROMANIAN LEADERS URGED TO ACT FAST FEDERAL WORKERS STRIKE IN CANADA GORBACHEV ADVISER TO LEAD SPY AGENCY.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Associated Press Associated Press Romania's intelligence chief warned on Monday that more rioting could break out if Parliament does not quickly revamp the country's leadership. "We are only at the beginning of a very hot period," said ...
SOBOL CALLS FOR OVERHAUL OF SCHOOLS, MORE AID.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Karen Nelis Staff writer The latest national reports detailing poor academic performance by students point out again the need for "a complete overhaul of the way we run our schools," state Education Commissioner Thomas Sobol said Monday. New York students' ...
LUCK OF IRISH IN QUOTA LOTTERY.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Tom Diemer and Keith C. Epstein Newhouse News Service With a little bit of luck, nearly half of the immigrants entering the United States in a unique lottery to encourage "diversity" could come from one land - Ireland. The lottery features a first-come, ...
THE SKY LOWERS ON HAUGHEY.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: James F. Clarity New York Times The ancient Celts, fierce in battle though they were, had a nagging fear that if they angered the gods, the sky would fall on their heads. Their descendants, especially Prime Minister Charles J. Haughey, probably know the feeling. In ...
ARMS COMPLEX WILL STILL BE BUSY - FOR A WHILE.(Main)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: William J. Broad New York Times President Bush's call for the destruction of thousands of nuclear arms will probably keep the nation's huge weapons complex busy in the short term but eventually speed its contraction, federal and private experts say. The ...
FRANKLY, 'SCARLETT,' YOU'RE SELLING.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Cailin Brown Staff writer Susan Taylor rushed to the UPS truck when the first copies of the new book "Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's 'Gone With the Wind'" arrived in town. Taylor, manager of The Little Bookhouse in Stuyvesant Plaza, spent the ...
COUNTY BALKS AT LAWYER FEE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer Rensselaer County is opposing Albany attorney Jonathan Harvey's request for a second payment totaling $36,452 for his role as special prosecutor in a witness- bribery case. If Harvey's bill is upheld by the courts, he will have ...
LIBERALS LACK QUORUM, LOSE JUDICIAL LINE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer The Liberal Party has lost its ballot line in November for state Supreme Court judgeships because it didn't have a quorum of delegates at its nominating convention. Chosen to run on the Liberal line were Rensselaer County Democrats ...
ENDORSEMENT AT ISSUE DEAD WOMAN'S NAME DISCOVERED ON PETITION.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Staff writer Michael Custard and the state Board of Elections have a common goal these days: They're both wondering how Custard's dead mother endorsed a candidate for the Albany County Legislature this year. It's not a mystery likely to change ...
DIGNITY ISN'T SKIN-DEEP.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun The mark of Cain. While the Bible doesn't spell out exactly what that is, painters have over the centuries depicted Abel's fratricidal brother with bright reddish-yellow hair, about the shade regularly encountered along slot- machine rows at any ...
HOBLOCK PULLS IN $100,000.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Michael McKeon Staff writer Republican Albany County executive hopeful Michael Hoblock raked in more than $100,000 for his campaign Monday - money he said will keep him competitive until Election Day. "We have the momentum going; now we have to finish the ...
MCDONALD'S IN LATHAM, ROTTERDAM FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY.(Business)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: James Denn Business writer Owners of two Capital District McDonald's restaurants recently filed for bankruptcy with plans to liquidate the restaurants' assets to pay off debts. Terrence C. and Nancy S. Federico of Latham filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on ...
ANALYSTS SAY INTEREST RATE WILL DECLINE.(Business)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Martin Crutsinger Associated Press The Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again, probably within the next two weeks, in a further attempt to spur a faltering recovery, private economists predicted Monday. While Fed officials prepared to debate the course ...
NOT SO FAST, BUDDY MCDONALD'S FOUNDER HAS A BEEF WITH KROC.(Business)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Doina Chiacu Associated Press His name is a household word in 56 countries, but Richard McDonald said few people realize he's the namesake of 12,141 fast-food joints - not a guy named Ray or a clown called Ronald. The 82-year-old McDonald used to brace himself ...
BANKRUPTCY FILINGS IN ALBANY DROP IN 3RD QUARTER.(Business)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: James Denn Business writer The number of local individuals and businesses filing for bankruptcy dropped in the third quarter of 1991 compared with the second and first quarters. According to U.S. Bankruptcy Court records, 1,044 individuals or couples filed ...
UTICA TAKES MARINE MIDLAND OFFICIAL.(Business)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Alan D. Abbey Business writer John A. Zawadzki, who came to Albany from Utica last month to head Marine Midland Bank's upstate operations, has now gone to Norstar Bank as president of its Utica, Syracuse and Mohawk Valley operations. His swift shift from one ...
AIRLINE DUNNED FOR $935M ROSE ASSOCIATES SETTLES FIRM TOLD TO PAY BACK WAGES UNISYS SELLING INTERESTS.(Business)
Oct 01, 1991 ... The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. said Monday it is seeking $935.5 million from Continental Airlines and its affiliates to cover debts owed by pension funds of Continental and its defunct sister, Eastern Airlines. Three of the six claims filed by the federal agency were for ...
ONE BANK PRESIDENT RESIGNS; ANOTHER ONE GOES BACK HOME $1M PARACHUTE AT HOME & CITY.(Business)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Alan D. Abbey Business writer Former Home & City Savings Bank president John J. Brunner resigned Monday and became eligible for a golden parachute valued at more than $1 million on the day he was to become the new executive vice president of TrustCo Bank Corp NY, which ...
DAYS INNS, FACING ACQUISITION, ASKS BANKRUPTCY SHIELD.(Business)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press Days Inns of America, squeezed by high debts and the inexpensive room rates it helped pioneer, has filed for bankruptcy protection and likely will be acquired by the parent of rivals Ramada and Howard Johnson. The Atlanta-based chain, which ...
STOCK MARKET WINDS UP 3RD QUARTER ON UPBEAT NOTE.(Business)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Associated Press The stock market chalked up a modest gain Monday, winding up the third quarter of 1991 on an upbeat note. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 10.73 points to 3,016.77. Advancing issues outnumbered declines by more than 2 ...
CAPITAL GAINS TAX CUT GETS SECOND LOOK.(Business)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder It's back. A capital gains tax cut is once again on President Bush's lips. Bush touted it Monday in Miami and last week in New Jersey. White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu plugged it Sunday. And White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater talked ...
COLONIE TAX BILLS TO RISE 5.7%, FIELD PROJECTS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer Residents will see their town taxes increase 5.7 percent next year - $19 for the average resident - under a proposed 1992 spending document unveiled Monday afternoon. "There are no major new programs," Supervisor Fred Field said of the ...
MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN ACCIDENT.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... A 33-year-old Watervliet man pleaded guilty Monday to leaving the scene of a fatal accident in which a pedestrian was killed. Tad Wojtczak of 1828 Fourth Ave. pleaded guilty to the felony charge before County Judge John G. Turner Jr. He admitted that on Dec. 24 he ...
BALLOT POSITION LOTTERY KEEPS SPOTS THE SAME.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer The state Elections Board held a lottery Monday to determine the positioning of the Republicans on the ballot for Supreme Court, and nothing changed. The lottery was requested by Republican candidate Michael E. Stafford. After the ...
SINATRA'S FANS PREFER THE COMFORT ZONE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Cailin Brown Staff writer Ol' Blue Eyes won't have the opening-night hoopla of January 1990 when he visits the Knickerbocker Arena next month, but he will have the adoration of his faithful fans. About 150 lined up Monday morning at the Knick ticket booth in ...
BETHLEHEM BUDGET PLAN CALLS FOR TAX INCREASE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ilaina Jonas Staff writer A 16 percent increase in property taxes will cost the average Bethlehem homeowner about $34 more under the tentative 1992 budget Supervisor Kenneth Ringler presented to the Town Board Monday. If approved, the tentative budget - which ...
TAXI DRIVER ESCAPES GUNMEN; THREE CHARGED.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer A cab driver foiled an armed robbery early Monday when he suddenly made a beeline out of his taxi while two Schenectady men and a juvenile tried to rob him at gunpoint, police reported. Policed said they arrested the three alleged ...
NEW SCOTLAND TAX HIKE SOUGHT.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Although Supervisor Herbert W. Reilly is calling for a reduction in spending, the tentative 1992 town budget calls for property taxes to go up between 4 percent and 5 percent to make up for cuts in state aid and sales taxes. The spending plan calls for the tax rate for residents ...
POLICE LEADER NAMED FOR NEW SQUAD.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer Albany Police Sgt. John Fischer has been assigned the yeoman's task of leading the department's first community policing squad at a time when police calls for service are at a record high and the police rank and file are grumbling about a ...
DISTRICT ASKS BETTER PRICE FROM STATE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer The North Colonie school district is poised to contest the state's taking of a piece of property along Route 7 for road widening, a top district official said Monday. "That property is useless to us now," said Robert Gara, district ...
RAPE CASE DROPPED AT WOMAN'S REQUEST.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer A woman who last week told police that she was raped in a college fraternity house asked authorities Monday to drop the case. "At the request of the victim, we are not pursuing charges in that case," said Assistant Police Chief ...
TEEN GETS NO JAIL IN SCHOOL FIRE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Michael Lopez Staff writer A 16-year-old boy charged with torching a high school classroom was sentenced Monday for criminal mischief, a reduced charge. Philip R. DiCaprio, the son of a former Duanesburg Central School board member, must pay more than $800 in ...
SCIENTIST REPEATS CONSERVATION CALL.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Peter Wehrwein Staff writer With humankind pumping 6 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year, a Harvard expert on planetary science said the world's appetite for fossil fuel consumption must be curbed or the planet faces disaster from the greenhouse ...
GLENVILLE WOMAN KILLED IN CAR CRASH 3 HURT IN HEAD-ON COLLISION IN BALLSTON 2 CHARGED WITH COCAINE POSSESSION HOUSING OFFICIAL TO ADDRESS ALBANY GROUP ENCON WILL RELEASE 3,000 PHEASANTS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... An 83-year-old town woman was killed Monday when her car ran into the back of a dump truck on Snake Hill Road, town police said. Mary Thomas of 679 Sacandaga Road was pronounced dead at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady a short time after the 9:36 a.m. accident. According ...
OLD SONGS SERIES MOVES TO CHURCH.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... The Old Songs series has a new home here at the First United Methodist Church. After the town of Guilderland withdrew its funding for the St. Mark's Community Center on Route 146, the folk music program was forced to leave that space. The program is the same one that operates ...
DEVELOPER ALLOWED MONTH TO FIX FINANCES.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Bill Eager Staff writer A developer beset by financial problems pleaded again Monday for more time to sell off his Vischer Ferry development, but a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge gave Joseph Aranow only 30 days to solve his troubles. Instead, Judge Justin ...
HERKIMER OFFICER FACES DRUG COUNTS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer The head of the Herkimer County Joint Drug Task Force disgraced his badge by trafficking in marijuana and cocaine that he allegedly took from a police evidence room, the FBI charged Monday. The arrest of Herkimer Police Officer Edward ...
1 LANDFILL CONSOLIDATION SITE OPENS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer Starting today, one of three landfill consolidation sites in Saratoga County will be ready to take additional waste from municipalities that are closing dumps. But as of Monday no one was taking them up on it. All municipalities that ...
RILEY ISSUES $6.2M BUDGET FOR '92.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Bill Eager Staff writer Democratic Supervisor Joseph R. Riley is proposing a 1992 town budget almost $600,000 smaller than this year's, a plan that would cut highway taxes slightly and again put the tax-control burden on county Republicans. Less than a week ...
NISKAYUNA BUDGET WOULD LOWER TAXES.(Local)(Correction notice)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Michael Lopez Staff writer Taxpayers will pay 10 percent less to get the same town services, according to a $8.5 million budget released Monday by Supervisor Edwin D. Reilly Jr. The combined general and highway fund, which Democrat Reilly said "can't hurt" in ...
RENSSELAER WOMAN ADMITS FELONY DWI.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... A Rensselaer woman facing two felony counts of driving while intoxicated pleaded guilty to one count on Monday in Saratoga County Court. Mary Jane Folmsbee, 41, of RD1, ...
DEC TO RELEASE 3,000 PHEASANTS FOR HUNT SEASON.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... The state Department of Environmental Conservation will be releasing over 3,000 pheasants in five Adirondack counties in time for the pheasant hunting season, which starts today. . "DEC's stocking program is designed to provide a pheasant hunting opportunity in areas ...
CHURCH TO START MIDWEEK LUNCHEONS CHAMBER TO DISCUSS COMMERCE PARK COUNTY RECEIVES $32,048 FOR TOURISM FARM ADDS TOURIST INFORMATION BOOTH CENTER GETS NURSE-TRAINING GRANT ROTARY HARVEST SALE STARTS THURSDAY.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Christ Church Episcopal will begin its 15th year of serving midweek ala carte luncheons on Wednesday. Lunch is served at the church Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The proximity of the church to the courthouse and the downtown area makes the luncheons a popular choice for ...
SCHODACK BUDGET HAS TAX HIKE.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Town property taxes will increase a combined 2.2 percent under a tentative 1992 budget of $4,272,917 submitted Monday by Supervisor John A. Nelson. Under Nelson's proposed 1992 budget, the overall town rate will be $11.10 per $1,000 of assessed property valuation as compared ...
MECHANICVILLE SELLS LIBRARY FOR $1.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Chris Sturgis Staff writer The City Council has authorized the sale of the library building to its Board of Trustees for $1 in the wake of an inspection that turned up fire safety violations, Mayor Patrick A. Hildreth said Friday. The city is selling the ...
GLENVILLE WOMAN KILLED IN CAR CRASH 3 HURT IN HEAD-ON COLLISION IN BALLSTON FUND-RAISER FOR LEGISLATOR THURSDAY HOUSING OFFICIAL TO ADDRESS ALBANY GROUP ENCON WILL RELEASE 3,000 PHEASANTS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... An 83-year-old town woman was killed Monday when her car ran into the back of a dump truck on Snake Hill Road, town police said. Mary Thomas of 679 Sacandaga Road was pronounced dead at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady a short time after the 9:36 a.m. accident. According ...
MONITORS PLACED ON SCHOOL BUSES.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer School bus drivers upset about student fighting took their complaints Monday to the school district, resulting in monitors being placed aboard one particularly troublesome bus. David L. Kinley, regional manager for National School Bus ...
FIREFIGHTERS DENOUNCE LAYOFFS.(Local)
Oct 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer Rensselaer firefighters demonstrated in front of the Rensselaer County Office Building Monday in protest against Mayor Joseph Harrigan's plan to cut costs through layoffs. Harrigan, who is also a deputy county auditor, said the ...