Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from May 1992:
DEAL SAVES 60 JOBS.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Bill Eager Staff writer Teachers and the Shenendehowa school board reached a tentative deal Thursday to preserve the roughly 60 teachers' jobs scheduled for elimination in the 1992-93 budget. The board delayed Thursday night adopting the budget until the ...
ETHICS, CHARTER REFORMS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED IN ALBANY COUNT Y.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... As a recent article in The Times Union rightly points out, Michael Richardson has become the consummate Democratic insider in Albany County politics. ("Democrat moves from naysayer to yeasayer," Sunday Times Union, April 19). This fact is evident by Mr. Richardson's claim that ...
WHITE CAN'T BE FAULTED.(Sports)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Joe Layden I keep asking myself, what would I do if I were Jarming White? What would I do if I were an 18- year-old kid from Albany who has always dreamed of playing DivisionI basketball? More specifically, a kid who has always dreamed of playing at Siena College, in my ...
L.A. RAMPAGE 24 DEAD, HUNDREDS HURT AS RIOTS CONTINUE BUSH SAYS FEDS WILL PROBE KING CASE COPS FIERY CITY LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Lou Cannon and Leef Smith Washington Post The nation's second-largest city became a war zone Thursday night, with thousands of National Guard troops and police deployed in riot gear to stop the spread of looting and destruction. The casualty toll rose to 24 people dead ...
PROTESTS GIVE WAY TO ANARCHY.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Greg Braxton and Jim Newton Los Angeles Times In a display of violence that showed no signs of abating, thousands of looters ransacked stores and set fires Thursday in a chaotic rampage through the Los Angeles area. National Guard troops moved into the streets and a ...
PRESIDENT CALLS FOR A SUMMIT.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Susan Bennett and Ellen Warren Knight-Ridder Hoping to head off the spread of racial violence across the country, President Bush on Thursday promised an intensified Justice Department investigation into the videotaped police beating of a black man in Los Angeles and ...
CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS USEFUL IN BRUTALITY CASES.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Aaron Epstein Knight-Ridder The federal investigation of the videotaped beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles will focus on two 19th-century civil rights laws that have been used to good effect in recent years to win police-brutality convictions. Attorney ...
NAVY DETAILS SEXUAL MOLESTATION BY FLIERS.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press The Navy's inspector general issued a scathing report Thursday that described in graphic detail the sexual molestation of 26 women at a 1991 convention of naval aviators, and charged top Navy admirals had "tacitly approved" of such activity for years. ...
TRUCK DIDN'T STOP BEFORE TRAIN CRASH SENATE OKS CAMPAIGN REFORM BILL SENATE PANEL CUTS $8.3B IN SPENDING.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Washington Post Associated Press Associated Press A dump truck driver did not stop before he went through a grade crossing and was hit by an Amtrak train Wednesday in Newport News, Va., the train's engineer has told federal investigators. The truck driver, ...
HOUSE VOTES TO OVERTURN BAN ON ABORTION DATA AT CLINICS.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press The House voted Thursday to overturn the Bush administration's rule forbidding family planning clinics from counseling women on abortion. The 268- 150 vote was short of the number needed to defeat a threatened presidential veto. Reps. Michael ...
'JUSTICE WAS NOT DONE,' SWYGERT SAYS.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Craig Brandon Staff writer About 300 State University at Albany students, most of them minorities and many of them angry, attended President H. Patrick Swygert's "teach-in" on the Rodney King verdict Thursday evening. "It's a decision that reminds us all of ...
KOREAN STORES ARE HIT HARD.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press A day that began as usual for employees at Cosmos Appliance in Koreatown ended Thursday with fearful employees boarding up the front door as groups of angry blacks gathered outside. "It's very dangerous right now," said employee Jay Yoon ....
200 PROTESTERS MARCH THROUGH ALBANY.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Donna Liquori Staff writer About 200 outraged demonstrators marched peacefully through the city Thursday night, crying out in frustration over the verdicts in the Rodney King case. Carrying candles, chanting slogans like "Fight the Power" and holding signs ...
LAWYERS SHOCKED BY COPS' ACQUITTAL.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: John Caher Staff writer Attorneys in the Capital District - including those who defend and prosecute police officers - reacted to the Los Angeles verdicts with outrage and horror. "If I am a black man in America, I am going to be very skeptical about the ...
U.S. URBAN RIOTS: A LEGACY OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press Some other urban riots in recent U.S. history: - Aug. 11-17, 1965 - Watts section of Los Angeles: 34 dead, 883 injured, 3,775 arrests, property damages of $40 million. - July 12-17, 1967 - Newark, N.J.: 26 dead, $10 million in ...
COPS DEBATE IF JUSTICE SERVED.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer As Albany Police Chief John Dale sees it, Rodney King was the victim of excessive police force and the highly charged police brutality case in Los Angeles ended with a wrong verdict. As Schenectady Police Commissioner Charles Mills ...
TO ALBANY'S BLACK LEADERS, AN OBVIOUS MOCKERY OF JUSTICE.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Tim Beidel Staff writer Peter Pryor is from the pinstriped set, a corporate attorney who specializes in insurance and worker's compensation. He was the first black to graduate from Albany Law School. He also is deeply involved in his community, urging young ...
JURORS SCARED AND SHATTERED.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Los Angeles Times Some of the jurors fled their homes, fearful for their lives. Others retreated behind locked doors and struggled to comprehend the violent aftermath of their verdict. At least two, shaken to the edge of tears, wondered whether they could ...
VIOLENCE IN ATLANTA; REST OF U.S. PEACEFUL.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press Protesters rallied nationwide Thursday to denounce the verdict in the Rodney King beating case, and blacks attacked whites in Atlanta. In contrast to the deadly scene in Los Angeles, most of the demonstrations elsewhere were peaceful. ...
SAMARITANS AID RIOT VICTIMS.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press A black family saved the life of a white reporter who was shot while covering violence in Los Angeles, and a black reporter saved a Vietnamese woman from an angry black mob. Jeff Kramer, a free-lance reporter working for The Boston Globe, ...
GATES SAYS COPS SLOW TO REACT.(Main)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Scripps Howard Beleaguered Los Angeles police came under new criticism Thursday, this time for slow response to Wednesday night's riots and violence. Even outgoing Police Chief Daryl Gates, who set aside $1 million for overtime in anticipation of some level ...
POLICE ISSUE ADVISORY ON DEALING WITH BEAR.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer Following at least two more sightings of a bear wandering the streets of this city, police issued an advisory Thursday on ways to avoid an encounter with a meandering mammal. Lt. Robert Wolfgang said bear sightings came early Thursday ...
KING TAPE DOESN'T TELL FULL STORY.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Ralph Martin The verdict in the Rodney King case seems outrageous. It appears to be a miscarriage of justice. It shapes up as an embarrassment to all fair- minded Americans. As you can see, I'm not sure. That's because I don't know. All I know is ...
SUNY HONORS OZAL.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Karen Nelis Staff writer Last spring, the State University at Albany spurred a loud public outcry and protests when it announced it was planning to give an honorary degree to the president of Turkey. President Turgut Ozal canceled his visit, and a threatened ...
2 REAL ESTATE COMPANIES IN MERGER.(Business)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: James Denn Business writer The Blake Group, one of the Capital District's largest real estate companies, is poised to announce today the merger of two local firms into a new agency headed by the Blake Group. The 46-year-old Moffat-Hollis Realtors ...
GOOD NEWS ON ECONOMY LIFTS DOW.(Business)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Dirk Beveridge Associated Press Stock prices staged a broad rally Thursday amid encouraging economic news, lifting the Dow Jones industrial average to its second-highest close. The Dow jumped 25.94 points to 3,359.12 in heavy volume, just shy of the record of ...
CAPITAL DISTRICT JOBLESS RATE DOWN TO 6.4%.(Business)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Christopher Ringwald Business writer An additional 5,100 residents of the Capital District and surrounding counties found work last month and pushed the unemployment rate down a full point to 6.4 percent, the state Department of Labor announced Thursday. That ...
INVESTORS RESCUE COBLESKILL FIRM MATERNAL HEALTH FOCUS URGED RECYCLER GETS $1 MILLION LOAN MOHAWK ADDING ALBANY FLIGHTS.(Business)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: James Denn Business writer New York Times Staff report Staff report KSI Building Products Inc., a manufacturer of wooden doors and windows, seems to have found a savior in bankruptcy court. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Justin J. Mahoney signed an order on ...
JUDGE SUSPENDED WITH PAY DURING APPEAL.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Michael Lopez Staff writer County Surrogate Neil W. Moynihan was suspended Thursday by the state's highest court, which is reviewing a ruling to remove Moynihan from the bench. The state Commission on Judicial Conduct earlier this week said Moynihan should be ...
POLICE SAY VICTIM FOUGHT OFF ATTACK.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Bruce A. Scruton Staff writer A would-be robbery victim fought his way to freedom with a pen knife, landing one man in the hospital and two others in jail, according to authorities. Police said Jesse Anderson of 56 Waldorf Place was admitted to St. Clare's ...
DEMOCRATS ELECT 10TH WARD OFFICERS.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Edward Lewis Perkins was re-elected president of the 10th Ward Democratic Club. Other officers re-elected were Phyllis Friedman, vice president; Helen Sullivan, secretary; Rose ...
BROTHERS FORFEIT PROFITS OF 10-YEAR DRUG BUSINESS.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: John Caher Staff writer Two brothers, accused of distributing more than a ton of marijuana during a 10-year conspiracy, pleaded guilty to federal charges Wednesday and agreed to forfeit to the government hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug assets. ...
HOBLOCK VOWS NOT TO SIGN REDISTRICTING PLAN.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Michael McKeon Staff writer County Executive Michael Hoblock said Thursday that he will not sign a Democratic plan to redistrict the County Legislature, increasing the odds a federal judge will control the process. Hoblock, who attended the legislature's ...
VICTIM'S FRIEND INDICTED ON WEAPONS CHARGES.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer The girlfriend of a man who was killed in a shootout with city police was indicted Thursday on weapons and drug charges. Annette Nuness, 26, was charged in connection with the Jan. 31 incident at a duplex home at 5 Beverly ...
MOTEL ROBBER FACES 2 1/3- TO 7-YEAR TERM.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer A Colonie man who held up a motel and fled with about $300 was sentenced Thursday to 2 1/3 to 7 years in state prison. Mark J. O'Connor, 25, of 9 Dauphin Drive was sentenced by County Judge John G. Turner Jr. for his guilty plea to ...
STATE GRANT TO PAY FOR DRUG PROGRAM.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... The Albany County Sheriff's Department has been awarded a $10,000 grant for drug enforcement. The grant, from the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, is funded throught the Federal Anti- Drug Abuse Program. The sheriff's Drug Interdiction and Enforcement ...
TRIAL OPENS TODAY IN 'KISSING BURGLARY' DEPUTIES SAY MAN TOOK POT INTO JAIL VENDORS SOUGHT FOR SCOUT RIVERWALK BODY FOUND IN CAR OF MISSING WOMAN.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Testimony is expected to begin today in the Rensselaer County Court trial of a man accused of breaking into a Troy apartment while dressed in women's lingerie. Gary St. John, 21, of 75 11th St., Troy, is charged with one felony count of second-degree burglary in the trial before ...
ANOTHER SUNYA STUDENT FILES A REPORT OF RAPE.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer Already jittery from a series of alleged sexual assaults, the State University at Albany campus began dealing with another report of an on-campus acquaintance rape Thursday. The incident was alleged to have occurred April 12 at the ...
KUNG FU TEACHER CLEARED OF RAPING TEENAGE PUPIL.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer A kung fu instructor, accused of raping and sodomizing one of his students nearly five years ago, when she was 14, was acquitted of all charges Thursday by a Saratoga County Court jury. A jury of eight men and four women deliberated ...
MAN FOUND HANGING FROM COLONIE TREE.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... The body of a 25- year-old Albany man was found hanging from a tree near Colonie Central High school Thursday morning, authorities said. The death of the man was ruled a suicide and police said they were withholding the identity of the victim. The tree was in a wooded ...
COURT UPHOLDS CONVICTION IN SPA CITY STABBING DEATH.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer A midlevel appeals court has upheld the murder conviction of a Saratoga Springs man who stabbed a construction worker following an argument in a diner. Ronald J. Longo, 47, is serving a sentence of 20 years to life in state prison ...
SEARCH COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND CHIEF.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Three Town Board members, a local school principal, the retiring chief of police and a Colonie village trustee will recommend a new town police chief. The board voted Thursday night to appoint members Jerry Murphy, Ronald Fahd and Paul Burgdorf, along with Colonie Trustee Frank ...
DEPUTIES SAY MAN TOOK POT INTO JAIL.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... A Ravena teenager has been charged with trying to sneak marijuana into the county jail in the latest drug-related arrest at the facility. Kevin M. Hall, 19, of 6 Greening Lane was charged by members of the Sheriff's Department's drug unit with unlawful possession of marijuana, a ...
MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ASSAULT.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... A man charged with kidnapping after another man sold him peat moss purported to be marijuana received a 2-to-6-year prison sentence Thursday in county court. Scott Loeber, 25, Scotia, had pleaded guilty March 9 to a reduced charge of second-degree assault. Police and ...
BOARD PRESIDENT, INSURGENT SPAR.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Marv Cerak Staff writer City School Board President Otto S. Zamek and insurgent candidate Michelle Dobski traded most of the barbs during a Thursday night forum at Linton High. Only 56 persons turned out in the spacious auditorium to listen to four candidates ...
PARENTS CHALLENGE STUDENT TRANSFERS.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Yancey Roy Staff writer Armed with stacks of charts and graphs, an ad hoc parents group on Thursday challenged the school board's claim that transferring 187 students would ease overcrowding in the elementary schools. Instead of balancing out class sizes in ...
WATERFORD READY TO SPEND AT LEAST $60,000 TO FIX BRIDGE.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II Staff writer The Town Board is preparing for the final phase of repairing the Sixth Street Bridge, which will result in the opening of a closed southbound lane. Supervisor J. Bert Mahoney said the engineering report from Ryan- Biggs ...
MAN GETS 2-4 YEARS FOR BEATING CHILD.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... A 31-year-old man was sentenced to 2 to 4 years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to first-degreee reckless endangerment involving a 3-year-old child. Gerald Kleinhans, formerly of 28 Ash St., Rensselaer, is currently serving time in the Oneida Correctional Facility on ...
BOARD SAYS IT CAN'T FORCE INSPECTOR TO CITE BUSINESS.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Bruce A. Scruton Staff writer The Zoning Board of Appeals has decided it cannot force the village building inspector to issue citations. "There is a long case law history," said Assistant Village Attorney David DeVall, who is the attorney for the board. "The ...
TROY TEACHERS BACK 3 BOARD CANDIDATES.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer The city's teachers union endorsed three candidates for the Board of Education and would have supported a fourth if another seat was available, President Michele Burnette said Thursday. The Troy Teachers Association backed Jeffrey ...
TEEN AVOIDS PRISON IN CRASH DEATH CASE.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer A remorseful teenager who caused a drug-related accident that killed a friend was spared a state prison sentence Thursday after everyone agreed it would serve no purpose. Instead, John Sanford, 18, of 7 Hunting Ridge Road, Ravena, was ...
NORTH COLONIE PARENTS FORM PANEL TO HAVE A SAY IN SCHOOL POLIC IES.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Complaining of frustration with the current administration and school board of the North Colonie school district, a group of parents has formed an ethics committee to seek greater input into district operations. "We are just parents who want to be informed," said Diane Mastro ....
KNOLL SPRINGS PARK RESIDENTS APPROVE PLAN TO INSTALL CITY WATE R.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Yancey Roy Staff writer A group of upscale development dwellers, troubled by turbid, dirty water, voted overwhelmingly Thursday to accept a deal for city water. Knoll Springs Park residents, by a 70-6 vote, approved a plan that will cost them about $9,300 over ...
GAS BREAK EVACUATES 20 IN MALTA.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... About 20 people were evacuated from their homes Thursday afternoon when a contractor dug up and ruptured a natural gas line on Miller Road. Round Lake Fire Chief Thomas Gallagher said volunteer firefighters from several departments and Saratoga County deputy sheriffs went to ...
2ND JUSTICE WITHDRAWS FROM CASE.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Bruce A. Scruton Staff writer The second village justice has withdrawn from hearing criminal charges filed against a garage owner over alleged violations of the village's zoning laws. Associate Justice Richard Fox said Wednesday that he has a long history of ...
LEROY PROMISES TO MEET REGULARLY WITH REPORTERS.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Bill Eager Staff writer Marvin R. LeRoy Jr., the town supervisor criticized recently for a new media policy considered restrictive, has promised to meet more often with reporters and be more accessible. LeRoy said Thursday that he will hold news conferences ...
ANOTHER MEASLES CASE IN SOUTH GLENS FALLS.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer A new measles case has been confirmed in the South Glens Falls School District, but public health officials Thursday said the staff member was not in school when she was contagious and no immunizations will be necessary. James Baker, ...
STUDY FINDS THAT LOGGING FOSTERS BIRD-LIFE VARIETY.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Peter Wehrwein Staff writer A little bit of clear- cutting might be a good thing, at least when it comes to birds, according to a U.S. Forestry Service study. Comparing six areas in the White Mountains that have been clear-cut at some time to six areas where ...
MOHAWKS SUE STATE OFFICIALS.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Michael Gormley Staff writer Some Akwesasne Mohawks in a downtown office building on Thursday tried to begin what hasn't been possible on the rural, sparsely populated Indian reservation along the Canadian border: assess blame and collect damages for a bloody civil war. ...
GARBAGE-BURNING BILL WILL BE PAID.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Peter Wehrwein Staff writer The Washington County Board of Supervisors voted Thursday to pay the April bill for the Hudson Falls garbage-burning plant, a decision that will keep a project hounded by cost overruns and a shortage of trash financially afloat for at least ...
ABORTION OPPONENTS DECLARE VICTORY FULANI SUES STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS ANOTHER PRIEST ASSAULTED IN NYC.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press Associated Press Associated Press Anti-abortion leaders said Thursday that even if they don't resume mass demonstrations outside clinics, their campaign in Buffalo succeeded because they persuaded women not to have abortions. Abortion ...
CUOMO GRIMACES AT BRANDO LINE.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press When it comes to jokes about his now-famous indecisiveness over whether to seek the Democratic presidential nomination, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo is either very thin-skinned - or wants people to think he is. At a ceremony dedicating newly expanded ...
WASHINGTON COUNTY CONSULTANT TO CHALLENGE D'ANDREA FOR ASSEMBL Y.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Yancey Roy Staff writer David Higby, a Washington County business consultant, will challenge Assemblyman Robert D'Andrea, R-Saratoga Springs, for the proposed 100th District Assembly seat, the Democrat's campaign manager said Thursday. Higby, 42, of Quarry ...
COURT SAYS REGAN CAN SUE CUOMO.(Local)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press An appeals court ruled Thursday that state Comptroller Edward Regan has the right to sue Gov. Mario M. Cuomo over the proposed sale of Thruway Authority bonds meant to help finance the state budget. Regan said he would move ahead with his ...
STALKING THE CONSUMER YOUR CHOICE IN JEANS MAY HAVE MEANING FOR BUYER RESEARCHERS.(Living)
May 01, 1992 ... Byline: Martin J. Smith Orange County Register A small but significant band of researchers is crouching at the edge of this consumer culture like modern Margaret Meads, watching you more closely than you might think. What frustrates you? What fulfills you? What latent ...