Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from August 1992:
TWISTER RIPS THROUGH DUTCHESS COUNTY SCHENECTADY FIRE FORCES OUT 6 FAMILIES FLEET BUYS SCHENECTADY COUNTY BOND SOLOMON AIDE RESIGNS AFTER GUILTY PLEA MAN STABBED IN SQUABBLE OVER $200 MAN ADMITS SEXUALLY ABUSING GIRL, 7 HOSPITAL MAY DISCHARGE DUCI MONDAY DOMINICANS DEPORTED IN DRUG CASE.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press By Marv Cermak Staff writer A tornado first sighted just east of the Taconic Parkway in Dutchess County headed east toward the Connecticut border Friday evening, meteorologists said. The twister downed more than 100 trees and power lines and ...
ROCKEFELLER'S PETITIONS CHALLENGED.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press Petitions filed by Laurance Rockefeller to force a Republican primary against U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato were formally challenged Thursday by a supporter of the two-term senator. The challenge was filed by Peter Savago of New Platz, the Ulster County GOP ...
A MAJOR OBSTACLE FOR 'BIRDS.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Laura Vecsey Staff writer If the Cleveland Thunderbolts are in a deep state of denial, the Albany Firebirds won't be the ones to rock the boat. If the Thunderbolts' reliance on scramblin' quarterback Major Harris has failed them fairly completely through two ...
AMERICA'S CATHOLIC PARISHES A MAGNET FOR FOREIGN PRIESTS.(Religion)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Rebecca Goldsmith Newhouse News Service On little but a strong wave of faith, Minh Nguyen emigrated half-way around the world, away from religiously intolerant Vietnam and toward his distant calling. Now a priest in West New York, N.J., Nguyen left his native ...
CHRISTIAN RIGHT NOT VERY WILD ABOUT BUSH.(Religion)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Joan Connell Newhouse News Service A small army of conservative Christian delegates will be carrying some clout during the Republican National Convention in Houston. But it remains to be seen how much water the religious right is willing to carry for candidate George ...
SCHOOL COSTS NEED MONITORING.(Main)(Editorial)
Aug 01, 1992 ... In a recent audit conducted at random, the state comptroller's office uncovered some eye-opening expenses in the Schenectady school district. There was an inventory line showing 240 chairs with a replacement value of $864,000 - high enough to raise eyebrows even at the Pentagon. A $31,000 ...
RE-REGULATE CABLE TV.(Main)(Editorial)
Aug 01, 1992 ... It appears cable television subscribers are on the verge of getting some relief from the fat fee increases providers have been asking, and getting, over the past several years. Last week the House joined the Senate to vote for a bill that would re-regulate the cable television ...
LET'S HELP KIDS EXCEL.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Stan Lundine A century ago, the United States began a revolution in education by guaranteeing free public schooling to all students through high school. Because of that innovation, America developed an educated work force that contributed to our country's ...
DEMOCRATS PUSH THEIR ILLUSIONS.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Thomas Sowell This Presidential election is not between Bill Clinton and George Bush. It is between illusion and reality. If Clinton and Bush were the only issue, there would be very little to get excited about. But we are talking about the future of this country - or ...
PERSIAN GULF WAR II HAS BOMB WRITTEN ALL OVER IT.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Mike Royko Some sequels work, but others don't. For example, "Godfather II" was a hit. But "Godfather III" was a clinker. The original "Alien" movie was a smash. The last one was a yawner. So the White House should give that some thought before it goes into ...
A DAY OF WAR: 8 DEAD, 63 HURT.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press Defenders launched a counteroffensive Friday in hopes of breaking the Serbian noose around Bosnia's war-ravaged capital. The fighting left at least eight dead and 63 wounded. Fifty orphans who were to have been shuttled to safety in Germany ...
RUSSIAN LIST OF U.S. CAPTIVES.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press Following is a list of 39 people Russian investigators say are Americans imprisoned after World War II who may still be alive. The list appeared in Rossiiskaya Gazeta and was translated from Russian by The Associated Press. In addition to the ...
EUROPE WATCHES AS SERBS MURDER.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Craig R. Whitney New York Times Western European governments face increasing public criticism of their muted response to Serbian aggression in the Balkans and the millions of refugees made homeless by the Serbs' policy of "ethnic cleansing." But officials in ...
A SUBDUED COYNE STICKS TO HIS STORY THIS TIME, COCKINESS GIVES WAY TO HUMILITY.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: John Caher Staff writer In four hours of unwavering testimony Friday, former Albany County Executive James J. Coyne Jr. denied ever selling his public office, and he steadfastly maintained his innocence on municipal corruption charges. The Coyne who testified ...
RUSSIANS NAME NAMES OF AMERICAN PRISONERS.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Barbara Crossette New York Times A Moscow newspaper Friday printed 39 names of U.S. civilians who Russian officials say were imprisoned by the Soviet Union during World War II and who may still be alive. Most of the cases, drawn from KGB files, still are ...
BUSH TO SEND TROOPS TO KUWAIT.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Susanne M. Schaefer Associated Press The Bush administration plans to send 2,400 Army troops to Kuwait during the next three weeks for training exercises to further demonstrate U.S. resolve in the Persian Gulf, the Pentagon announced Friday. Soldiers with ...
FORD TRUCKS CATCH FLAK OVER PAINT THAT FLAKES.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press The paint on Chris Gnapinski's dark blue Ford truck is flaking - again. The purchasing agent from New Jersey is sure the problem is Ford Motor Co.'s fault. His dealer already repainted the front end of the 1989 model and touched up the entire ...
EPA CHIEF FELT LIKE BUNGEE CORD WAS CUT IN RIO.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press The head of the U.S. delegation at the U.N. Earth Summit sniped at his White House superiors in a memorandum in which he says leading the delegation was like taking a bungee jump while somebody cut his line. William K. Reilly, administrator of ...
PICKUP OWNERS CAN CALL FORD.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press Gray, silver and blue Ford Motor Co. F-series trucks built between 1985 and 1992 can have flaking or peeling paint. Ford has not recalled the trucks, but it is working with customers who have the problem, even to the point of paying for a new ...
GONZALEZ DEFENDS COMMENTS ON IRAQ.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press The CIA is probing whether disclosures by Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez regarding U.S. help for Iraq before last year's war have damaged intelligence sources, but the lawmaker countered Friday that he simply hit a raw nerve in the Bush administration. ...
USDA CHANGES SCHOOL PIZZA RULES PROTEIN MAY AID RABIES TREATMENT SCHOOLS WITH LOAN DEFAULTS LOSE AID U.S., CHINA TO SIGN PRISON-GOODS PACT CENSUS TO WEIGH ESTIMATES REVISION.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press Knight-Ridder Associated Press Associated Press Washington Post Pizza restaurants no longer have to hold the pepperoni when they deliver to schools around the country this fall. Until Congress acted last year, the law allowed restaurants to ...
BENTSEN ATTACKS KEMP OVER BILL.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Washington Post Senate Finance Committee Chairman Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, lashed back at Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp for calling the committee's urban aid and tax bill a "hoax," describing Kemp as an "all- or-nothing spoiler" whose "orgy of ...
BRADY APOLOGIZES FOR 'JAP' USAGE.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Times Union Washington bureau Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady apologized Friday for using the word "Japs" to describe citizens of Japan. "At no time did I intend to offend any one. If I did, I apologize," Brady said in a statement. At the same ...
BUSH FINDS AN ISSUE: 'GET A JOB OR GET OFF THE DOLE'.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Douglas Jehl Los Angeles Times President Bush on Friday intensified his bid to make a campaign issue of welfare reform, as he contended that his plan to grant states new flexibility in managing such programs could benefit taxpayers. At the same time, his ...
EX-CIA AIDE ADMITS COVERT CONTRA EFFORT.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: New York Times The chief prosecution witness in the Iran-contra trial of Clair E. George, a former CIA official, acknowledged under intense cross-examination Friday that he helped run a covert program in Nicaragua after being ordered not to do so by Congress. ...
HOMOSEXUAL MEN'S BRAIN DIFFERENCES DETAILED.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Natalie Angier New York Times A cord of nerve fibers that allows the two halves of the brain to communicate with one another is larger in homosexual men than it is in either heterosexual men or in women, scientists have reported. The brain structure, called ...
DEADLY TB TRACED TO HOSPITALS.(Main)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Elisabeth Rosenthal New York Times A series of outbreaks of particularly dangerous strains of tuberculosis have been traced to infectious contacts in hospitals in several cities, prompting urgent calls for costly new measures to control the disease. The ...
BUONO TO PAY BACK $10,000 FROM SALARY INCREASE.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer Rensselaer County Executive John L. Buono said Friday he would reduce his salary, and pay back more than $10,000 to the county treasury, to comply with a court's ruling that the legislature granted him an illegal pay raise in early 1990. ...
KEEPING TABS ON TABBIES.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Ralph Martin I don't often think about cats, but every time I do I'm reminded of my sister in Connecticut. She has two of 'em. That's two too many for me. Normally, not only don't I think about 'em, I don't write about 'em. This is especially true this time ...
SARATOGA BURNISHES ITS PAST.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Ken Thurman Staff writer Like proud parents showing off a new addition to the family, local officials put their past - and their future - on display Friday. After months of hammering, drilling, painting and pampering, the Saratoga Urban Cultural Park's newly ...
REVERSAL OF FORTUNE FOR MILLIONAIRE LAWYERS' EFFORTS RESULT IN RETRIAL.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Harvy Lipman Staff writer Five years ago Friday, William Douglas Carter was arrested in Malta by Saratoga County Sheriff's officers and charged with shooting his wife in Loudon County, Virginia. At the time, the then-multimillionaire telecommunications ...
2 TEENS CHARGED IN VISCHER FERRY SLAYING.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Vincent Jackson Staff writer Two Ballston Spa High School students were charged Friday with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a Vischer Ferry man in his home. Mathew Wilson and Mathew Gasbara, both 16 and residents of Malta Gardens Trailer Park, ...
DUMPING PRACTICE QUESTIONED.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Marc Carey Staff writer Democratic county legislative candidate Tim Nichols Friday accused Republican opponent Edward Buhrmaster of illegally allowing town highway trucks to dump fill on Buhrmaster's home lot in Latham. "I believe there have been hundreds if ...
TEAMSTERS, SYSCO AGREE TO INTERIM PACT.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Christopher Ringwald Business writer Facing a midnight contract expiration, Teamsters Local 294 and Sysco Food Services of Albany reached agreement on an interim contract Friday, officials reported. The approximately 160 Sysco drivers and warehouse workers ...
GUILTY PLEA ENTERED IN STRING OF BREAK-INS.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... A city man pleaded guilty Friday to several burglary counts in connection with a string of house break-ins throughout the county. Sean J. Charlebois, 20, of 44 Holmes Court, admitted before County Judge John G. Turner Jr. to burglaries on May 8, 10 and 15 in satisfaction of all ...
BAR PATRON CHARGED WITH SLUGGING COP.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... A Loudonville man was charged Friday with punching a town police officer following an early morning fight in a Wolf Road motel. John M. Holbrook, 30, of 21 Hawthorne Court, was charged with third-degree assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, police said. ...
EARLY OUT MAY BE OFFERED.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Michael McKeon Staff writer Albany County employees may get a chance at early retirement under a state incentive plan that also is available for local governments. Legislator Paul Collins of Albany on Friday said that he and a group of fellow Democrats plan to ...
JURY CLEARS ROBBER OF FORGERY.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer A bank robber who netted the biggest haul in Capital Distric history 13 years ago was cleared this week by a jury after a retrial on a more recent charge involving a check-cashing scheme. Ira "Skipper" McCullars, 40, served about 3 ...
PARKING LOT ASKS BANKRUPTCY SHIELD.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: James Denn Business writer Faced with a decline in airport ridership and a dearth of cars to park, one of the privately owned parking lots ringing the Albany County Airport has filed for bankruptcy reorganization. Albany-Shaker Road Inc., doing business as ...
DEMOCRATS DEFEND BUDGET- BALANCING ACT.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Michael McKeon Staff writer With the push for an aiport parking garage gathering momentum, Democratic county leaders on Friday defended balancing the 1992 budget with a proposed $8 million sale of land for a surface parking lot. "It's better than what a lot of ...
LOW BID MAY SAVE BALLSTON SPA $500G.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Bruce A. Scruton Staff writer The village could save about $500,000 from the estimated $2.8 million cost of upgrading its water system now that the final set of bids have been opened. The bids, opened Friday afternoon, are for construction of the pipeline ...
2 CONVICTED IN SCHENECTADY BANK HEIST.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Two Syracuse men, each with previous robbery convictions, face up to 22 years in prison after being found guilty Friday of pulling off a Schenectady bank heist in November. Michael L. Matthews and Robert G. Prater, both 40, were convicted by a jury in U.S. District Court of bank ...
RULING DELAYED IN RAMAHLO CASE.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Carol DeMare Staff writer A federal judge reserved decision Friday on an attempt by North Greenbush Councilman John Ramahlo Sr., who is charged with the murder of his estranged wife, to have unrelated gun charges dismissed. Ramahlo, 45, a licensed gun dealer, ...
MAN GETS JAIL FOR ROBBERY, ESCAPE.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Joe Picchi Staff writer Escape artist David C. Moore is no longer Rensselaer County's problem. Moore, 28, was sentenced to 12 1/2 to 25 years in prison Friday by County Judge M. Andrew Dwyer Jr. and, as a result, will no longer be an inmate at the county ...
MANUPELLA DRAWS FIRE ON ITEM PRICING.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Tim Beidel Staff writer The New York Public Interest Research Group has blasted Rensselaer County Legislator Joseph G. Manupella, claiming he appears to favor a food merchant's proposal to avoid item pricing. Manupella denied that he supports the industry's ...
TROY MAN HELD ON SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGE.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... A city man is being held on $10,000 bail on charges he sexually abused an 11-year-old girl. Douglas P. Brundige Sr, 42, of 16 Park Ave. was arraigned Friday before City Court Judge Dan Farano on two counts of first-degree sexual abuse and one count each of second- degree sexual ...
CAR, TRUCK COLLIDE ON NORTHWAY.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... A Poughkeepsie couple and their grandson escaped serious injury Friday when their car was pushed about 100 feet sideways along the Northway by a car carrier truck, State Police said. Joseph DePaolo, 61, his wife, Alatha, 58 and their grandson, David Lindsay, 9, were treated at ...
BREEDER CHARGED IN WAGE DISPUTE.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Christopher Ringwald Business writer A prominent horse owner and breeder, Thomas Martin, was arrested and jailed Friday for allegedly underpaying or not paying 11 workers at his Kinderhill Investment Corp., the state attorney general's office reported. Martin ...
ONE PART SUCCESS, ONE PART DISASTER.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, just moments after proclaiming the 1992 legislative session "extraordinarily successful," said Friday that on two major issues it was "a disaster" and "disappointing." The New York Democrat vowed to fight even harder next ...
G. HARROLD CARSWELL, 72; EX-JUDGE, REJECTED FOR U.S. SUPREME C OURT WILLIAM MATHIAS, 57; WELSH COMPOSER.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press Associated Press Former federal appeals court judge G. Harrold Carswell, who was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Nixon then rejected by the Senate in a bitter political battle, died Friday. Carswell, who was 72, died of lung ...
WARNING CAUSED ABORTED TAKEOFF.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press The pilot of an airliner that veered off a runway and erupted in flames told investigators Friday he aborted the takeoff when a warning system indicated engines were stalling, a federal official said. The pilot had no indication there was a ...
PAIR INDICTED IN STRING OF BURGLARIES.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Two men - who police said took buses to burglaries, took showers in some of the homes and sometimes slept in a park - were indicted Friday in connection with a string of break-ins in Albany and Colonie. Donald Terpening, 22, of Central Bridge, Schoharie County, and Thomas ...
3 RACOONS TEST POSITIVE FOR RABIES.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Bruce A. Scruton Staff writer Two racoons found in widely separated parts of Albany County have tested positive for rabies, marking the first time racoons have been found with the disease in the county. Last week, authorities said a skunk found in a Sheridan ...
CITIZENS CHALLENGE $31.5M LOAN.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Tim O'Brien Staff writer A group of Republican- backed citizens filed a legal challenge Friday to the city's plan to borrow $31.5 million using City Hall and seven other public properties as collateral. Linda Mandel, an attorney with close ties to the city ...
BUDGET OFFICIALS PREDICT $4M SURPLUS.(Local)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press State budget officials said Friday that New York could end its fiscal year with a $4 million surplus in its $31 billion general fund, fueled in part by higher-than-expected personal income tax collections. The quarterly report from the state ...
U.S. THROWS ITS WEIGHT(S) AROUND FIRST 1-2 FINISH IN SHOT SINCE '68.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Richard Keil Associated Press The scoreboard flashed and the crowd gasped. An American had won the gold medal in the shot put. And a silver. It was America's first 1-2 finish in the event since Mexico City in 1968. Mike Stulce of College Station, ...
FIREBIRDS MAY OPEN PLAYOFFS AT KNICK ARENA AFTER ALL.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Laura Vecsey Staff writer Arena Football League playoff alert! The Albany Firebirds have had a reversal of fortune for their chances of playing host to their first-round playoff game. They've got their fiery and supportive Knickerbocker Arena fans to thank for ...
JORGENSEN'S GROUP WEATHERS THE STORM MARK JORGENSEN-CHUCK CONNOLLY-JOHN MOYNIHAN- DAVE MCDONNELL 13 3, TOM DEBERRY-KEVIN CASSIDY- DICK GORDON-JUSTIN MCCARTHY 134, ......(Sports)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Ron Armstrong Staff writer JORGENSEN'S GROUP WEATHERS THE STORM MARK JORGENSEN-CHUCK CONNOLLY-JOHN MOYNIHAN- DAVE MCDONNELL 13 3, TOM DEBERRY-KEVIN CASSIDY- DICK GORDON-JUSTIN MCCARTHY 134, MIKE KUCERA-JIM KOWALSKI-ROSS MCKERSIE-DAVE MOORADIAN 135, DA N SPOONER-MIKE ...
YANKS MUST GET PROTECTIVE.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Pete Dougherty With the uncertainty surrounding their principal owner and manager settled, the New York Yankees this week began the task of preparing their 15-player protection list for the expansion draft. Why include this as part of a minor league column? ...
TOURNAMENT MUST WAIT AS RAIN REINS ON STADIUM COURT.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Buzz Gray Staff writer Pounding the court with relentless drop shots, Mother Nature wound up beating the entire field - all eight players - in the opening day of the aptly named Water's Edge Tennis Legends Classic. Stadium Court in Central Park remained ...
MOCHRIE WITHIN 1 OF LEADERS.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Associated Press Robin Walton shot a 67 and Sherri Steinhauer a 68 on Friday to join Florence Descampe of Belgium atop the leader board after two rounds of the LPGA Bay State Classic. Walton, Steinhauer and Descampe, who had a 70 on Friday, were at ...
FURIOUSLY IS READY FOR JIM DANDY ALYDEED 'DOING VERY WELL' ENGLAND EXPECTS IMPRESSIVE LIFE OF RILEY ON TV.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Furiously, the gifted 3-year-old colt trained by Shug McGaughey, will make his first stakes appearance Sunday in the $150,000-added Jim Dandy. "He's an extremely talented horse," McGaughey said. "But we don't know yet if he'll live up to his potential. Some of that question ...
BIG TEST FOR ROYALE DAY TO BE ABOARD PROBABLE FAVORITE.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Tim Wilkin Staff writer A year ago, she was on the verge of becoming the darling of the thoroughbred racing industry. At the tender age of 2, American Royale burst on the scene and immediately began to impress. In her first two career starts at Monmouth Park ...
COLLAR CITY FACES CONDORS AT HVCC.(Sports)
Aug 01, 1992 ... The Collar City Chiefs meet the Montreal Condors in an Empire Football League semipro game tonight at 7:30 at Hudson Valley Community College. It is the first of five consecutive home games for Collar City. The Chiefs are 1-1 after beating the Glens Falls Greenjackets 36- 17 ...
NEW DADS RELUCTANT TO TAKE TIME OUT.(Living)
Aug 01, 1992 ... Byline: Shari Rudavsky Washington Post Many employers now allow men, as well as women, to take leave for the birth of a child. But few fathers of newborns choose to do so. The reasons include financial concerns, exacerbated by an ailing economy, deeply entrenched male ...