Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from February 1994:
FAST RIFLE DEALS.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1994 ... On Jan. 19, you printed a letter from Paul A. Galcik, who makes reference to a prior article, which referred to how I bought a AK-47 rifle from an Albany sporting goods store in less than 15 minutes. Mr. Galcik quotes from a 1991 Fred LeBrun article, which indicated that I ...
SUPPORTS HEOP.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1994 ... The recent Perspectives article by Siena College President Rev. William F. McConville regarding the Higher Education Opportunity Program discussed an issue of great interest and concern to all of us in higher education. Rensselaer has graduated 168 HEOP students from 1981 to ...
THE WORKING POOR: A PROFILE.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: Mark Patinkin She awoke at 6:30, before her husband left for work at the steel company where he is an $8-an-hour painter. Both of them are 23. As usual, it was hectic. Then Meredith was alone with little Liza, her 5-month-old. She went into the kitchen, one ...
IS THERE A PLACE FOR SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS?(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: William Raspberry When you're not sure where you're going, it may be wise to ask someone who's been there. I wasn't sure where I was going with Shannon Faulkner, the 19-year-old who recently became the first woman to attend regular day classes at The ...
BLACKS HELPED PROGRESS TONI MORRISON CATHY LYNN HUNTER RONALD MCNAIR MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EARVIN 'MAGIC' JOHNSON CARTER G. WOODSON OPRAH WINFREY.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: BRIDGET HEILSBERG - BY MICHAL ROBERTS - BY DANIEL SULLIVAN - BY MELISSA THOMAS - BY MELISSA SGAMBELLURI - BY MICHELLE HORAN - BY CAITLIN DEIGHAN Toni Morrison was born and raised in Lorain, Ohio. She was the daughter of a steelworker and a singer. In school Toni was a ...
LIGHT SLEEPERS SOME PEOPLE DON'T REQUIRE MORE THAN A FEW HOURS OF SHUT-EYE PER NIGHT. HERE'S HOW THEY KEEP GOING BUMP IN THE NIGHT.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: JON PESSAH - Newsday Martha Stewart remembers her parents coming to her room, turning off her light and all but threatening her to go to sleep. They couldn't understand why their young daughter was awake at all hours reading. Lenny Wilkens says his wife ...
MR. SALINAS RISES TO A CHALLENGE.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1994 ... During the heated debate over the North American Free Trade Agreement, two questions were always on the minds of the opponents: How stable is the Mexican government, and is it too autocratic and exploitive of its people? Now there are answers to both concerns, and both are ...
ADS, OTHER FACTORS MAY HAVE CAUSED SYPHILIS DECLINE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: RICK KARLIN - Staff writer Just as the federal government's "jumping condom" ads for preventing AIDS and the human immunodeficiency virus are hitting the airwaves, state and federal disease watchers are pointing to what may be a small ancillary effect of the war ...
MARY C. SKOWRONEK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Mary C. Czech Skowronek, 79, of Crane Street died Sunday in the Edward L. Wilkinson Skilled Nursing Facility at Amsterdam Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Mrs. Skowronek was born in Cohoes and has lived in Amsterdam since 1946. She attended Cohoes High School and Troy ...
PIERRE BOULLE, 81; FRENCH NOVELIST WROTE 'RIVER KWAI,' 'PLANET OF THE APES'.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press Novelist Pierre Boulle, whose best-selling books "Bridge on the River Kwai" and "Planet of the Apes" became world famous motion pictures, has died at age 81. Mr. Boulle died Sunday night, his associates said Monday. No cause of death was ...
ESTHER HAMILTON, 87.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Private services will be held for Esther M. Hamilton, 87, of Clifton Park Road, formerly of Summit Towers in Schenectady, who died Saturday in St. Clare's Hospital, Schenectady, after a brief illness. She was born in the Bronx and lived in the Capital Region for more than 20 ...
ELIZABETH HAM, 93.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Elizabeth Ham, 93, of Hudson Street died Thursday in Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital, Syracuse. Mrs. Ham was born in North Syracuse. She lived in Hermon, St. Lawrence County, and Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, before moving to Hudson in 1925. She graduated from ...
MILLARD BROWN, 86.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Millard M. "Brownie" Brown, 86, of Cary Road died Sunday in the McCarthy residence in Mechanicville after a short illness. He was born in North Hoosick and was an Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Brown was a custodian for the Shenendehowa Central School District, ...
SOME NEED ONLY 20 WINKS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Here's a look at some short-slumbering giants: Napoleon had a reputation for getting by on just a few hours of sleep a night, especially while waging one of his many wars to conquer Europe. President Kennedy would work in the Oval Office until 2 or 3 a.m., and rise ...
C.C. HAGADORN SR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Charles C. Hagadorn Sr., 61, of Route 9 died Sunday in Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga Springs. He was born in Saratoga Springs and was a lifelong Saratoga County resident. Mr. Hagadorn and his wife established the Adirondack Travel Center, Malta, in 1965. ...
FOX SHOW HOST WALSH SPEAKS AT CONFERENCE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... John Walsh, the outspoken host of Fox television's "America's Most Wanted," was in town to speak at the New York State Sheriffs Association 60th annual winter conference Monday at the Desmond. There he was greeted by sheriffs he has helped with his program, others who were ...
KERRIGAN SPECIAL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... CBS, which will televise the two-week-long Winter Olympics that begins Feb. 12, has announced an hourlong prime-time special featuring figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, with whom CBS has a financial relationship, through Kerrigan's management company. The special on Kerrigan, who ...
AT 67, SINGER BOBBY SHORT TRUSTS HIS REPERTOIRE TO MEMORY.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: CHRISTOPHER HAWTREE - London Observer Watch many a singer nowadays -- from Liza Minnelli to Robert Palmer -- and one can glimpse the lyrics going by on a monitor. Not Bobby Short. At 67 this legendary cabaret artist (or, as some prefer, supper-club singer) ...
SHOPS REOPEN FOR BUSINESS.(BUSINESS)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: JAMES DENN - Business writer Three days after their dry cleaning and laundry operation was seized by the Internal Revenue Service, Barry B. Sparks Jr. and his wife, Edna Sparks, operators of Wolf Road Cleaners and Barry's In-Towne Cleaners, reopened for business. ...
FEBRUARY IS RIGHT TIME TO ORDER PERENNIAL SEEDS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: Phyllis Rosenblum February is not my favorite month. But this year, I find myself delighted to rip January from my calendar and move on. With any luck at all, February will be neither as snowy nor as cold as the first month of the year. Despite the weather of the last ...
LAS VEGAS MORE THAN DICE AND DIVORCE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: HARRY SHATTUCK - Houston Chronicle It's a typical day in America's gambling mecca. At the MGM Grand, Moe, Larry and Curly are up to their old tricks, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk. King Looey, Popeye and Tumbleweed roam about, and Betty Boop generates her share of ...
SOPHIE PAJAK, 71.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Sophie A. Kardash Pajak, 71, of Highway 236 died Monday in St. Mary's Hospital, Troy, after being stricken in her residence. Mrs. Pajak was born and educated in Stillwater. She lived in Mechanicville for 10 years and in Clifton Park for the past 40 years. Mrs. Pajak ...
MICHAEL HUGHES, 34.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Michael W. Hughes, 34, of Fairlee Street died Saturday in Ellis Hospital after a long illness. Mr. Hughes was born in Albany and was a lifelong resident of the Capital Region. He was a 1978 graduate of the former Mont Pleasant High School. He was the owner and ...
WILLIAM PINGELSKI.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... William Pingelski, 64, of Route 146 died Sunday in his residence after a long illness. He was a lifelong resident of Halfmoon, where he attended the Newton School. Mr. Pingelski was a farmer. He recently was employed by the town's maintenance department, and ...
MEXICAN OFFICIAL SAFE SO FAR.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Retired Mexican general and former Chiapas governor Absalon Castellanos is held Thursday at an undisclosed location somewhere in the Chiapas jungle in this photo made available Monday. He was ...
CORRECTION.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Because of an editing error, a story about Myrtle Beach, S.C., in Friday's Life & Leisure section contained incorrect information. ...
PRESERVE'S ICE FISHING HEATING UP.(SPORTS)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: Dick Nelson It was bound to happen one of these days. Sooner or later someone was going to talk me into going ice fishing. But it took more than just a break in the weather to get me out on the ice. It was the lure of 2-pound trout and the assurance that someone else ...
LIFESAVERS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Albany fire paramedics work to revive Maridel Pannella, 75, after she suffered a heart attack in her car on Morton Avenue at about 11 a.m. Monday. The Castleton woman was clinically dead when rescue workers arrived, but they resuscitated her. Pannella was ...
AFTER 1 1/2-YEAR DELAY, NEWSSTAND REOPENS IN COLONIE.(BUSINESS)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: ALAN D. ABBEY - Business writer More than 18 months after he was forced to close his previous store, Chiman Patel has reopened Central News, a convenience store and newsstand, in a new location on Sand Creek Road. Patel, who had spent five years building the ...
SUPER BOWL NO. 5 ALREADY ON BILLS' MINDS.(SPORTS)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: TIMOTHY W. SMITH - New York Times Buffalo coach Marv Levy understood how Thurman Thomas felt after the Cowboys' 30-13 victory over the Bills. Thomas' teammates tried to console the running back after his two fumbles led to 10 points by the Cowboys. And Levy was still ...
SALVATORE RANUCCI.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Services will be held today for Salvatore A. Ranucci, 54, of Bradford Street, who died Saturday in Albany Medical Center Hospital after being stricken. He was a lifelong Schenectady resident and a graduate of Hudson Valley Community College, Troy. Mr. Ranucci was ...
BLOOD SHORTAGE WORST SINCE WORLD WAR II.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: New York Times Once again, the nation's blood supply is perilously low. But this winter the shortage has been the worst and longest since World War II. The situation was so bad, blood bank officials said, that if more people had been injured in the Jan. 17 ...
STEPHEN WARDE, 85.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Stephen A. Warde, 85, died Sunday in his Grandview Drive residence after a long illness. Mr. Warde was born in Philadelphia. He had lived in the Schoharie County area since 1947, previously residing in Newburg, Gloversville and Vermont. He received a bachelor of science ...
MEDICAID FAULTED FOR OVERPAYMENTS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press The state's Medicaid program overpaid out-of-state nursing homes between $7.1 million and $15.5 million over 18 months, according to the comptroller's audit released Monday. During 1991 and the first half of 1992, the state's Medicaid ...
WIFE OF SUSPECT IN NIXON SLAYING COULD AVOID JAIL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press The wife of a man being held in the abduction slaying of Kari Lynn Nixon could avoid jail time on a robbery conviction for helping authorities find the girl's body, authorities said Monday. Theresa Jones would be allowed to remain home with ...
ARTHUR L. QUINN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Arthur L. Quinn, 54, of New Road died Saturday in Albany Medical Center Hospital after being stricken at his residence. Mr. Quinn was born in Troy.He was a graduate of Catholic Central High School in Troy and attended Manhattan College, Siena College and Hudson Valley ...
GROCERS PUT LOCK ON THEFT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: CHRISTOPHER RINGWALD - Staff writer Say these words together: grocery store, Clifton Park, electronic anti-shoplifting detectors. Though the combination may seem incongruous, Price Chopper has installed sophisticated gates -- which resemble modified metal ...
NYC INVESTIGATING SHORTFALL IN POLICE PATROLS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: JOHN SHANAHAN - Associated Press Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Monday it would take two weeks to figure out just how many cops are supposed to be on patrol under the Safe Streets-Safe City program. About 8,400 police officers are supposed to be patrolling the ...
STUDENT HERO HONORED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... A resolution passed Monday in the state Assembly recognizes the valor of an Albany High School student who chased down a purse snatcher and recovered $400 for the victim. Charles Bell, a junior varsity football player, was honored with a legislative resolution sponsored by ...
FIGHT SOCIAL ILLS TO BEAT CRIME, COUGHLIN ARGUES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: JOHN AFFLECK - Associated Press The best way to cut New York's prison population is to fight the social problems that land people in jail, state Corrections Commissioner Thomas Coughlin said Monday. "We've got to start putting some structure in our ...
TROY COUNCIL TO PUSH HIRING OF MINORITIES, WOMEN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: TIM O ' BRIEN - Staff writer The City Council will vote Thursday to instruct the city manager to remove any impediments to hiring minorities and women in City Hall. Despite earlier assurances about trying to increase affirmative action efforts, the city has ...
PANEL TO PONDER PROJECT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: ILAINA JONAS - Staff writer Wesley Health Care's expansion project, adding 80 beds to the 276-bed nursing care facility, is slated for final approval at Wednesday's Planning Board meeting. The board will review the 21,380-square-foot, three-story addition ...
GRANTS FOR THE HOMELESS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Tipper Gore, center, an adviser to the President's Task Force on National Health Reform, is hugged by Samantha Mowatt, 3, at the Housing Enterprise for Less Privileged shelter in the Bronx Monday. Gore, wife of Vice President Al ...
A COSTLY ROUNDUP?(SPORTS)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: DENNE H. FREEMAN - Associated Press ATLANTA -- Dallas owner Jerry Jones vows he'll dig deep into his billfold to keep the Cowboys together for a run at a record third consecutive Super Bowl victory. "I want to keep this good thing going," Jones said after ...
FRANCIS V. BOYD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Services were held for Francis V. Boyd, 78, formerly of the Capital Region, who died Jan. 18 in Holyoke. Mr. Boyd was born in New York City and lived in New York City and Long Island for many years. He moved to the Capital Region 25 years ago, living in Castleton, Catskill and ...
MORTON MADISON.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Morton V. Madison, 67, of Queens Drive died Monday in Ellis Hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Madison was born in Schenectady. He graduated from Union College in 1950. He owned E.M.B. Trading Company, an exporting business, for the last 40 years. Mr ....
STATE MIGHT JOIN SUIT OVER ALIENS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... ALBANY -- New York will consider joining Florida, and perhaps other states, in a lawsuit to get the federal government to help pay for the cost of supplying services to undocumented aliens, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo said Monday. Cuomo had hoped to join other governors in meeting with ...
FREEZE SOUGHT ON HOMELESS SHELTERS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... ALBANY -- Gov. Mario M. Cuomo plans a moratorium on building new transition shelters for the homeless under a program that was pioneered by his son, state social services officials said Monday. The Democratic governor is frustrated at the pace of building permanent housing for ...
COLLEGES REQUEST MORE STATE FUNDS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... ALBANY -- Community colleges need $15 million more in state funding to help relieve the financial burden on students and county governments, the State University of New York chancellor said Monday. SUNY Chancellor D. Bruce Johnstone urged the Legislature to raise state aid for ...
CAR'S GAS FUMES KILL TEENAGER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... PENFIELD -- A teen died and his friend was hospitalized after they became overcome by carbon monoxide fumes while sitting in a running car whose tail pipe was blocked by a snowbank. Brian Galligan, 19, and friend Richard Kanabroski, 18, of Macedon left Galligan's home in ...
COLONIE POLICE ENLIST HOTELIERS IN WAR ON DRUGS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: MARC CAREY - Staff writer Faced with increasing instances of drug-related crime in the rooms of hotels and motels in the town, police have embarked on a campaign to educate operators about how to spot lawbreakers. "We've been in touch with many of the motels ...
MARTHA JACOBS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... ALBANY -- Martha Hilton Jacobs of North Allen Street died Sunday at St. Peter's Hospital after a illness. Mrs. Jacobs was a lifelong Albany resident. She was a homemaker. She was the widow of Kenneth G. Jacobs. Survivors include her daughter, ...
ARTHUR NELSON, 89.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Arthur G. Nelson, 89, of Bentwood Road died Sunday in St. Clare's Hospital in Schenectady after a short illness. Mr. Nelson was born in Sweden. He came to the United States in 1928, and lived in West Hartford, Conn., for 40 years. Before his retirement in 1971, he ...
BMW TO BUY BRITISH AUTOMAKER.(BUSINESS)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: DIRK BEVERIDGE - Associated Press German automaker BMW is buying England's Rover, merging two of Europe's great car names and putting the last big British-owned auto company under foreign control. The $1.2 billion deal angered Japanese car giant Honda, a 20 ...
LYMAN BECKER SR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Lyman D. Becker Sr., 77, of Grove Street died Sunday in Albany Medical Center Hospital after a long illness. Mr. Becker was born in Middleburgh, Schoharie County. He retired in 1975 from the state Department of Transportation, for which he was a maintenance foreman. ...
PARADE SAYS NO TO GAYS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: BETH J. HARPAZ - Associated Press The organizers of the St. Patrick's Day parade said Monday that they are once again denying the Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization a place in the procession. "ILGO will not be marching," said Donald Sullivan, a spokesman ...
SINN FEIN LEADER IN U.S.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, the political party that supports the Irish Republican Army, speaks at a news conference Monday in ...
ELIZABETH LEPPER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Elizabeth M. Lepper, 77, of Altamont Avenue died Sunday in St. Clare's Hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Lepper was a lifelong Schenectady resident. She was a draftswoman in manufacturing at the General Electric Co. Mrs. Lepper was a past matron of the ...
MCDONOUGH SWEARS HE TOOK NO KICKBACKS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER and JOE PICCHI - Staff writers ALBANY -- Edward F. McDonough took the stand in his own defense Monday, disputed his reputation as a political power broker and swore under oath that he never took kickbacks as chairman of the Rensselaer County Democratic ...
PRIEST RESIGNS FROM RENSSELAER CHURCH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... The Rev. J. Patrick Ryan of St. John the Evangelist Church has resigned from the parish and is on a health-related leave, his parishioners were told at Masses over the weekend. The chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, the Rev. Randall Patterson, said Ryan ...
MCNULTY TO SPEAK TO CSEA RETIREES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... ROTTERDAM -- County Civil Service Employees Association Retirees Local 924 will meet at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Rotterdam Senior Center, Hamburg Street. U.S. Rep. Michael R. McNulty, D-Green Island, will speak about national health care. State Assemblymen James N. Tedisco, ...
GARDEN CLUB PICKS WINNING HOMES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... BALLSTON SPA -- The Ballston Spa House and Garden Club announced its selection of three village homes judged to have outstanding exterior Christmas decorations. ...
NEW STUDY DISPUTES DATE OF AMERICAN SETTLEMENT.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: New York Times New genetic research has produced more evidence that the first people to settle America probably arrived from Asia as early as 29,000 years ago. The findings provide ammunition for escalating attacks on the traditional hypothesis holding that the ...
CATHERINE ANT SANO.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Catherine M. Ant Sano, 88, formerly of Dartmouth Street, Albany, died Sunday in the Albany County Nursing Home. She was born in Albany and lived in the Capital Region most of her life. She was a graduate of Sacred Heart Convent School in North Albany. Mrs. Sano was ...
HUMAN FEAR IS OFTEN GREATER THAN THREAT.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 01, 1994 ... Byline: DANIEL GOLEMAN - New York Times The list of worrisome risks seems to extend on and on like a litany of plagues -- earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, asbestos in the schools, ozone depletion, bacteria in drinking water, salmonella in poultry, toxins in fish -- to name but ...