Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from January 1994:
FREE TO CREATE A VIRTUAL REALITY.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: Thomas Sowell If you live long enough, time will take its revenge on you, or at least play some nasty little jokes. In addition to the ailments and incapacities that come with age, there are various mortifications of the soul that the passing years bring. ...
SENIOR STUDENT AT 86, FORMER JOURNALIST PASSES ORAL EXAM FOR HIS PH.D.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: RICK KARLIN - Staff writer Henry S. Matteo brings new meaning to the phrase "perpetual student." In Matteo's case, the description is one of praise rather than a backhanded way of describing an aimless youth who remains in college to avoid the job market. ...
MORE WAGES MAY BE TAKEN TO COVER CHILD SUPPORT.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: MICHAEL LOPEZ - Staff writer As the first of the year passes into early winter, some employees could find a part of their paycheck gone, and it won't necessarily be a result of new tax brackets. Come Jan. 1, a federal law will require employers to subtract ...
FREDERIC EAMES, 75.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Frederic B. Eames, 75, of Jones Avenue died Thursday in Columbia Greene Medical Center. Mr. Eames was born in Newton, Mass., and moved to Chatham in 1933. He was a 1937 graduate of Chatham High School and attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Mr. Eames ...
NORMAN LIVINGSTON.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Norman E. Livingston, 73, of Mountainview Avenue died Wednesday in St. Peter's Hospital after a short illness. Mr. Livingston was born in Albany. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Livingston retired from the state Office of General Services. He ...
HARRIETT KOHRS, 90.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Harriett Katherine Krone Kohrs, 90, of Route 22 died Friday in the Berkshire Nursing Home, Pittsfield, Mass., after a long illness. Mrs. Kohrs was born and educated in Hoboken, N.J. She also was a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. Mrs. Kohrs ...
PATRICIA BLACKSTONE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Patricia D. Anderson Blackstone, 60, of Frank Street died Thursday in Ellis Hospital after a long illness. She was born in Perth Amboy, N.J., and lived most of her life in Schenectady. Mrs. Blackstone was a secretary for 21 years at Standard Stone Construction Co. in ...
DAVID KLAPPER, 67.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Services were held for David B. Klapper, 67, a consulting engineer known for his development of computer software for managing power systems. The Harmon Road resident died Tuesday in Ellis Hospital in Schenectady after a brief illness. Mr. Klapper was born in Chicago and ...
PATRICIA COLEGROVE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Patricia Colegrove, 60, of Washington Street died Thursday in Mary McClellan Hospital in Cambridge after a long illness. She was born and educated in Hoosick Falls and was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Richard Colegrove; a daughter, Shelly Frisbee of ...
FRANK J. MARKHAM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Frank J. Markham, 80, of Madison Avenue died Friday in St. Mary's Hospital. He was born in Troy and worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 32 years. He retired as a expediter. Mr. Markham was an Army veteran of World War II and attained the rank of first lieutenant ....
ELIZABETH BARTON.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Private services will be held for Elizabeth Wright Barton, 90, of Delmar, who died Thursday after being stricken at home. She was born in Albany and was a graduate of Albany High School and the Mildred Elley Business School. She lived in Delmar for more than 40 years. ...
PROGRAM URGES TEENS TO STAY CHASTE.(RELIGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: DAVID BRIGGS - Associated Press The great American teenage sex-out is gathering steam. A campaign urging teens to postpone sex until marriage, started by the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board as an adjunct to a sex education program, has spread rapidly to ...
RABBI IN COWBOY BOOTS MARCHES TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER.(RELIGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: CHRISTOPHER RINGWALD - Staff writer Rabbi Harry Levin came to the most unlikely of places -- a new collection of subdivisions -- to surround himself with his people and reconnect with an ancient religious tradition. As rabbi of Congregation Beth Shalom in ...
MARY G. BANE, 81.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Mary G. Jankaukaus Bane, 81, of Burns Apartments died Friday in St. Mary's Hospital. Mrs. Bane was born in Greenpoint and lived in New York City before moving to the Troy area in 1978. Mrs. Bane formerly was employed with the Richard Bauer Co. as a secretary for ...
MILDRED THOMSON.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Mildred Decker Thomson, 91, of Pinewood Road died Friday at home after a long illness. She was born in Albany, and moved to Guilderland in 1967. She was a homemaker, and was a communicant of Christ the King Church in Westmere. Mrs. Thomson was the widow of John T ....
KELLEHER TO REVAMP ANTI-CRIME MEASURE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: JOE PICCHI - Staff writer Rensselaer County Executive John L. Buono has vetoed a measure that would require minimum staffing and surveillance cameras at convenience stores at night to deter crime. When Buono held a public hearing earlier this week, he ...
CHINESE RUSH TO SPEND MONEY.(BUSINESS)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: DAN BIERS - Associated Press With the final hours of 1993 ticking away, a cabbie named Zhang hurriedly counted a fistful of money Friday to buy two heart-shaped gold pendants. Zhang was among hundreds of Beijing residents who rushed to the upscale Yansha ...
YEAR-END RUSH TO SAVE A BUCK.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: DAVID S. HILZENRATH - Washington Post Like a full moon rising, the approach of the new year seemed to exert a strange influence on some patterns of human behavior -- and not just the purchases of champagne and party hats. Some people rushed to the optician ....
A RUSH TO DONATE BORN OF ALTRUISTIC, PRACTICAL REASONS.(BUSINESS)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: FRED BAYLES - Associated Press At an American Red Cross center in Alexandria, Va., the rush to process the usual donations of checks by year's end was complicated by another jumble of paperwork -- the transfer of stocks from rich donors. A similar paper ...
IDA CHAIRMAN NAMED INTERIM TROY MANAGER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: TIM O ' BRIEN - Staff writer John Clinton, a former City Council member and current chairman of the Rensselaer County IDA, has been named interim city manager. Clinton, owner of the John H. Clinton Funeral Home and an aide to state Sen. Kemp Hannon, R-Nassau ...
THOUSANDS LAY CLAIM TO MANHATTAN PARCEL.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: MICHAEL deCOURCY HINDS - New York Times Cleoma R. Foore says there was never enough money when she was growing up in a coal miner's family of 17 children here in the Appalachian Mountains. But there was plenty to dream about. "Dad always said, 'You're a poor ...
JENNINGS: 'I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN'.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ - Staff writer In a ceremony filled with pomp and symbolism, Gerald D. "Jerry" Jennings was sworn in Friday as Albany's 74th mayor. With Gov. Mario M. Cuomo and outgoing Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III behind him, Jennings, 45, was sworn into ...
MAN FOUND DEAD INSIDE BURNING CAR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Saratoga County sheriff's officers are investigating the death of a man found burned beyond recognition Friday morning in a car on fire outside an apartment. Round Lake firefighters responded to a call about 4 a.m. about a burning car parked in a lot in front of No. 12 Malta ...
BOMB SUSPECTS USED PHONY IDENTIFICATION.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1994 ... ROCHESTER -- Two men charged in a wave of fatal bombings used false birth certificates to obtain Vermont driver's licenses later used to buy dynamite, authorities said Friday. Michael T. Stevens, 53, and his friend Earl Figley, 56, were jailed on federal charges of ...
HEPATITIS NO CAUSE TO RESTRICT FIREFIGHTER.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1994 ... WASHINGTON -- The District of Columbia Fire Department must allow afirefighter to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation even though he is a carrier of the infectious disease hepatitis B, a federal judge has ruled. In an opinion that has enraged the District's top public health ...
AND THEN A UFO WILL ABDUCT THE LOT OF THEM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: MARK MC GUIRE - Staff writer These are the supermarket tabloids, bread and butter, the type of stories that don't have to be backed up with them, whatchamacallits ... oh, facts. They are psychics' predictions for the coming year. Without further fanfare, ...
CLEARINGHOUSE SKI TRIPS TO START JAN. 4.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... The Environmental Clearinghouse of Schenectady will begin its series of 12 cross-country ski trips Tuesday, Jan. 4. The trips promote outdoor education and stewardship of local natural areas. The trips, which include about two-hours of skiing, are held from 9 ...
GOP TAKES THE REINS IN RENSSELAER COUNTY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: TIM O ' BRIEN - Staff writer As the 10 Republican county legislators walked up to be sworn into office Friday, County Executive John L. Buono joked he was pointing at each and every one of them. "As Senator Bruno was calling up my colleagues in the ...
VIBES FOR '94 PSYCHICS USE SECOND SIGHT FOR A FIRST LOOK AT YEAR AHEAD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: MARK MC GUIRE - Staff writer Howard Stern will go away. Michael Jordan will stay away. Ross Perot will finally get a day job. And Jerry Jennings will be lovely shade of green. Welcome to 1994, and everything you'll need to know for the coming year. ...
CORRECTION.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Because of a reporter's error, the lobbying ban imposed on attorney Harold Iselin by the State Ethics Commission earlier this year was ...
OTB CHANGES START A RUN ON THE REVENUE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: YANCEY ROY - Staff writer Local governments could miss out on millions of dollars raised through off-track betting that will instead go to OTB corporations. At issue is the tax collected on bets during the winter horse racing season, especially wagering on ...
DROP IN OIL PRICES SENDS GAS UNDER $1 A GALLON.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: JULIE CARR - Staff writer The price of gasoline has dipped under $1 per gallon all over the Capital Region this week, the first evidence locally of a sharp decline in crude oil prices worldwide. Attendant Lisa Frank said customers have been swarming gas ...
SUNY TO PROMOTE MORE MATH STUDIES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: KAREN NELIS - Staff writer Senioritis and a dislike of math are among the things that may discourage students from taking a math course in their last year of high school, but the State University of New York is trying to change all that. Under a new program ...
MALL ENDS '93 EARLY, IN THE DARK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: MARK MC GUIRE - Staff writer Convential wisdom holds that timing is everything in retail. That's why a two-hour power outage at Colonie Center Friday afternoon could have been a lot worse. It could have been last Friday afternoon. "If this was a ...
CLINTON A TRUE LIBERAL ON THE LINKS.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: NANCY BENAC - Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- There was frost on the ground but warmth in the First Golfer's heart when President Clinton hit the links on Friday. Over 18 holes at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, Clinton dispensed mulligans ...
NEW YEAR'S REVELRY TAKING A SOBER TURN.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press Americans who weren't in Las Vegas to see Barbra Streisand's first night back in concert may have celebrated New Year's Eve with another first night -- the increasingly popular round of alcohol-free festivities in many U.S. cities. They set ...
TOWN ATTORNEY QUITS IN GUILDERLAND.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: WINIFRED YU - Staff writer Town attorney Paul Laudato will step down from that post today, after two years in the job. Laudato will be replaced by John Bailey, the attorney who handled the court case involving Republican use of the town seal during last ...
SHERIFF'S DEPUTY HURT IN CAR CRASH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... A Columbia County Sheriff's deputy responding to an accident was injured when his patrol car collided with a vehicle driven by a Columbiaville teenager, authorities said. The crash occurred at 12:06 p.m. Friday on Route 9 just north of Delaware Avenue in Greenport. ...
PLAN FOR MIXED-RACE TEST-TUBE BABY RAISES CONTROVERSY.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: Washington Post Plans by a British fertility clinic to implant an egg from a white donor into a black woman so she can bear a child sparked a controversy Friday over so-called "designer babies" and the ethical issues that modern medical technology presents. ...
EXEMPTION INCREASE HELPS ELDERLY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... An increase in the income allowed for exemptions will give more senior citizens in the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District a tax break. The new sliding scale allows a 50 percent exemption for those ...
THOMAS J. WATSON JR.; LED IBM INTO COMPUTERS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: EVAN RAMSTAD - Associated Press NEW YORK -- Thomas J. Watson Jr., the founder's son who steered International Business Machines Corp. into the computer age and shaped an enduring model of corporate America, died on Friday. He was 79. Watson was chief ...
BELLCOURTS CAPTURE DUTCHESS CROWNS.(SPORTS)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: BUZZ GRAY - Staff writer For the second time this year, brothers Greg and Scott Bellcourt of Albany have teamed up to sweep both the singles and doubles championships of an Eastern Tennis Association tournament. The Bellcourts completed their most recent ...
UNSCHEDULED LANDING SAVES 2 ALBANY PETS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press A United Airlines passenger jet made an unscheduled landing to rescue two pets of an Albany family that were mistakenly shipped in an unheated cargo compartment. The emergency landing in Madison, Wis., delayed the Chicago-to-Spokane flight ...
JUST TAKE A NUMBER IN THE WORLD OF HIGH FINANCE IN 1993.(BUSINESS)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: STEFAN FATSIS - Associated Press "A few honest men are better than numbers," Oliver Cromwell wrote in 1643. Here it is 350 years later and there's still a dearth of the first and a surplus of the second. Cromwell's feelings notwithstanding, what follows is ...
OF STICKS, STONES AND HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENTS.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: JAMES G. DRISCOLL - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me. Is it possible? Could that familiar ditty, chanted by a million little rascals in childhood, represent the committed beliefs of the American ...
2 NISKAYUNA MEN FREED IN FBI RAID IN QUEENS.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: MICHAEL GORMLEY - Staff writer FBI agents rescued two Niskayuna residents Friday night from a basement in Queens where they had faced threats of mutilation and murder at the hands of their captors. Two men, Wei-Wu Zheng and Ah Gin, both of New York City, ...
WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING 2 KIDS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... NEW YORK -- A hospitalized Brooklyn woman who was accused of strangling two children, one of them her own, has been arraigned in her bed on two counts of murder, her lawyer reported Friday. Darlene Hoyt, 23, was charged with murdering her son Malik, 4, and ...
HARDY REVELERS CELEBRATE FIRST NIGHT.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: DONNA LIQUORI - Staff writer Lamar Keegan walked up to the wall Saturday night and, with some help from his Dad, tacked up a message. It said "Peace, Ruth." The handwritten message from 5-year-old Lamar was a way to help folk singer Ruth Pelham usher in the ...
RED WINGS RING OUT OLD YEAR WITH 5-2 WIN.(SPORTS)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: PETE DOUGHERTY - Staff writer As they approach the season's midway point, the Adirondack Red Wings have used a half dozen goaltenders, yet no American Hockey League team has allowed fewer goals. Those guys in front of the goal must be doing something right. ...
ONEIDA CASINO ALREADY PAID FOR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... VERONA -- The Oneida Indian Nation has already paid for its $10 million Turning Stone gambling casino, which has been open only five months. "It's dramatically exciting," casino spokeswoman Diane Stirling said this week of paying off the bill. Turning Stone, which ...
MORE COVERAGE FOR DIABETES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... ALBANY -- Starting today, the estimated 1.75 million people in the state with diabetes will be in line for expanded insurance coverage. A new law provides coverage for visits to dieticians and other specialists who can help diabetics become more self-sufficient. The law also ...
CUOMO UNVEILS GUN CONTROL PLAN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... ALBANY -- Gov. Mario M. Cuomo unveiled details Friday of his proposal for tougher state gun controls. The measures would restrict possession of assault weapons and guns with high-capacity clips; require special training for those seeking to buy pistols; and crack down on the ...
SUIT CITES RACISM AT MILLER BREWERY.(BUSINESS)
Jan 01, 1994 ... MILWAUKEE -- Three former employees of Miller Brewing Co.'s plant in Fulton, N.Y., allege in a lawsuit that employees were subjected to racist name-calling and harassment. A Miller spokesman said Friday the company had not seen the lawsuit but denied any wrongdoing. ...
END MAY BE NEAR FOR EURO DISNEY.(BUSINESS)
Jan 01, 1994 ... The beleaguered Euro Disney theme park outside Paris is doing so poorly it might have to close unless it gets help soon from its lenders, the chairman of Walt Disney Co. said in an interview published Friday. Michael D. Eisner, in his strongest remarks yet about the troubled ...
CORPORATE CAPITAL TO BOLSTER LLOYD'S.(BUSINESS)
Jan 01, 1994 ... LONDON -- Lloyd's of London said it has raised some 900 million pounds ($1.3 billion) from corporate investors, which will be used to back insurance policies written in the market. Of this amount some 800 million pounds has been pledged to back insurance next year, meaning ...
GRAD STUDENTS OBTAIN CONTRACT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press The state reached a first-ever contract agreement Friday with a union representing about 4,000 graduate and teaching assistants at the State University of New York. The contract provides for 4 percent salary increases in March 1994 and ...
ALBANY PAYS ABOUT $18,000 FOR FIRST NIGHT BUS SERVICE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: JULIE CARR - Staff writer The free rides that thousands of First Night attendants took on CDTA buses Friday night did carry a price tag. Albany will pay about $18,000 for the 50 or so Capital District Transportation Authority buses that shuttled New Year's ...
GIULIANI CELEBRATES NEW YEAR AS MAYOR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: JOHN SHANAHAN - Associated Press Republican Rudolph Giuliani took the oath of office Friday as the 107th mayor of New York, beginning a new year that he hopes will bring a new era, a leaner government, safer streets and a nicer city. "It's time for a new ...
MALTA TO REVIEW PROJECT APPROVAL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: KEN THURMAN - Staff writer In a turnabout, the Town Board has decided to reconsider its earlier approval of a zoning change that would mean the demolition of a historic building in the heart of the town. Last month, the board turned down the town's Historic ...
RICH FACE BIGGER TAX BITE.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: GILBERT A. LEWTHWAITE - Baltimore Sun For well-off retirees, executives who entertain, and people relocating for a new job this is not going to be a happy new year. Uncle Sam is about to put his hand deeper into their pockets. But millions of working poor ...
SMUGGLED SMOKES MAKE LIFE FOR SOME IN CANADA A BIT UNEASY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: CLYDE H. FARNSWORTH - New York Times Before the cigarette smugglers arrived, Cornwall, across the St. Lawrence from New York state, was known as the "friendly seaway city." "Today," said Mayor Ron Martelle, who wears a flak vest, keeps an alarm buzzer under ...
BRANCH DAVIDIANS TOP RELIGIOUS STORY OF '93.(RELIGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: Chicago Tribune Random explosions of violence this year included the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City, demolition of a mosque in India, and the fiery climax of a 51-day standoff between federal agents and a self-styled messiah near Waco, Texas. ...
BABY BELLS ARE GROWING UP.(BUSINESS)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: DIANE DUSTON - Associated Press When Ma Bell gave birth to seven babies 10 years ago on New Year's Day, they were merely phone companies distinguished only by the regions they served. Today, the independent regional Bell companies are cable TV owners, ...
DEVICE TO THWART DRUNKEN DRIVERS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: CHRIS CAROLA - Associated Press As New Yorkers prepared to ring in the new year, state officials on Friday unveiled a plan to install ignition-locking devices in the vehicles of convicted drunken drivers in a pilot program that will include Albany County. ...
CUOMO NAMES CARDONA PRESIDING JUSTICE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1994 ... Byline: JANE GOTTLIEB - Capitol bureau Justice Anthony V. Cardona of Westerlo has been named by Gov. Mario M. Cuomo to become presiding justice of the 3rd Department of the Appellate Division, three months after being promoted to the panel. Effective today, Cardona ...