Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from April 1994:
DONALD L. LYNCH, 78.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... ALBANY Donald L. Lynch, 78, of O'Neil Road, a lawyer, real estate speculator and Albany County politician, died Monday in St. Peter's Hospice in Albany after a brief illness. A longtime practicing attorney in the city, he was an associate with Blodgett, Kemp & Lynch for many ...
WELD TO KEEP OUT OF LENT CASE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press SYRACUSE Despite a plea Thursday from New York's attorney general, it appeared unlikely that Massachusetts Gov. William Weld will help in getting a suspected serial killer sent to New York to aid in the search for one alleged victim. New ...
POLICE ACCUSE 5 OF RIDING IN STOLEN CAR DRIVER GETS A YEAR IN TODDLER'S DEATH BALLSTON SPA A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO KILLED A TODDLER WHEN HE DROVE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA WAS SENTENCED IN SARATOGA COUNTY COURT THURSDAY TO A YEAR IN THE COUNTY JAIL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... WATERFORD Town police have arrested five people on charges they were traveling in a stolen car, a dispatcher said Thursday. Officer Timothy Savery had just pulled into the Stewart's Shop on Hudson River Road at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday when he observed someone leaving the gas pump ...
2 SENATORS INTERCEDED FOR MADISON EMPLOYEE.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: Washington Post WASHINGTON Arkansas' Democratic senators complained to top Clinton administration officials last year about the government's handling of legal claims against Seth Ward, a former Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan employee and the father-in-law of former ...
SOUTH AFRICA SINKS INTO CHAOS F.W. DE KLERK DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN NATAL A MILITARY FORCE WILL BE USED TO MAKE VOTING POSSIBLE.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: BOB DROGIN Los Angeles Times JOHANNESBURG In a desperate bid to quell spiraling pre-election violence, the South African government declared a sweeping state of emergency in Zulu-dominated Natal province Thursday and ordered a military force deployed to ensure ...
SUPERINTENDENT SELECTED BURNT HILLS SCHOOLS TO GET NEW CHIEF.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer GLENVILLE William E. Hostetter has been selected as the fourth superintendent of the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central School District. Hostetter succeeds Richard O'Rourke, who is retiring at the end of the school year ...
DOCTOR DEFENDS FALSE CANCER DATA.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: New York Times MONTREAL Dr. Roger Poisson, a prominent Montreal surgeon who has admitted falsifying data in a major North American breast-cancer study, said Thursday that he might have broken some rules but did so out of devotion to patients whose inclusion in the ...
FOLLOWS RUSSELL SAGE CLOSURE UNION TELLS CHILD CARE CENTER TO GO.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... SCHENECTADY The Union College Child Care Center, which was to have celebrated its 20th anniversary in September, will close this spring. College officials said Thursday that they have asked the parent-run cooperative to leave its home at 856 Nott St. by June 15. Last ...
TONYA HARDING TO TELL ALL TONYA HARDING.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... , who pleaded guilty to hindering prosecution after the assault on figure skating rival Nancy Kerrigan, has agreed to tell all to Los Angeles-based writer Tristine Rainer. Rainer's agent, Sandra Dijkstra, said Harding has promised to talk to Rainer about her relationships ...
TEDISCO TRIES THE LETTERMAN TACT.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: Jane Gottlieb ALBANY Not all lawmakers are simply cooling their heels while their leaders negotiate the state budget. As evidence, here's Schenectady's Republican Assemblyman James Tedisco's Top 10 reasons why the state budget will be late once again, with apologies ...
BRONX RESIDENT SUES 5 EX-SCHENECTADY COPS SCHENECTADY, TOO, IS NAMED IN $51.5 MILLION FALSE-ARREST SUIT MELODY MARTINEZ'S DRUG ARREST LED TO A 4-YEAR STINT IN BEDFORD HILLS PRISON.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: MARV CERMAK Staff writer SCHENECTADY A $51.5 million lawsuit charging false arrest in 1987 has been filed in U.S. District Court against the city and five former police officers. Melody Martinez's suit stems from a drug arrest that landed her in Bedford ...
DISABLED STUDENTS WIN 2 EXTRA DATES TO TAKE SAT.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: New York Times WASHINGTON Justice Department officials announced on Thursday a settlement with the company that administers the SAT to give disabled students an extra chance to take the revised test this school year. The settlement, which gives disabled ...
CATHERINE CHALEK, 42.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... GLENVILLE Catherine Berisford Chalek, 42, of Glenville died Wednesday in the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass., of injuries suffered in an automobile accident earlier that day. Mrs. Chalek was born in St. Clairsville, Ohio, and moved to West Virginia. She also ...
RAYMOND BROOKS, 68.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... WATERVLIET Raymond C. Brooks, Jr., 68, of Fourth Avenue died Thursday at home after a brief illness. He was born in Littleton, N.H., and raised and educated in Bethlehem, N.H. He was a World War II Army veteran. For 25 years, Mr. Brooks worked at the former Huyck ...
REPUBLICANS PULL PLUG ON `JASPER' BILL AT NOLAN'S REQUEST IT WOULD HAVE ENABLED SARATOGA COUNTY'S GOP CHAIRMAN TO CONTINUE TENDING BAR AT TRACK BUT NOLAN DOESN'T WANT PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer SARATOGA SPRINGS A summer job at the Saratoga Race Course was always a quick and quiet way for the Saratoga County Republican organization to keep its supporters happy. Last year, controversy surrounded the track jobs as ...
ARIANA M. MAYTA.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... GUILDERLAND Ariana Mercedes Mayta, the infant daughter of Peter L. Mayta, Jr. and Janet Sapio Mayta of Guilderland, died Monday at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Besides her parents, she is survived by a brother, Peter L. Mayta of Guilderland; a sister, Sonia ...
LOUIS HUFFMIRE, 84.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... GLOVERSVILLE Louis B. Huffmire, 84, died Thursday at Ellis Hospital, Schenectady, after a short illness. He was born, and lived most of his life, in Schenectady. He moved to Gloversville four years ago. Mr. Huffmire was a tool grinder at General Electric until his ...
ANGELA SANTUCCI, 100.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... TROY Angela DelliVenneri Santucci, 100, of Bolivar Avenue died Wednesday at the Eddy Memorial Center after a long illness. She was born in Morcone, Italy. Mrs. Santucci worked more than 20 years in the General Electric assembly department. Survivors ...
PETER GERASIA, 84.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... ROTTERDAM Peter Gerasia, 84, of Delaware Avenue died Thursday in St. Clare's Hospital in Schenectady after being stricken. He was born in Albany and worked as a chef at the New Kenmore Hotel in downtown Albany many years ago. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and ...
FRANK SCHREIDER, 70; ADVENTURER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Frank Schreider, a determined explorer who lived his dream of roaming the rough edges of the Earth and supporting his wanderlust by his pen, died on Jan. 21 in his boat off the island of Crete in the Mediterranean. Schreider, who maintained a home in Santa Fe, N.M., was 70. ...
EDWARD HOFFMAN JR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... RAVENA Edward J. Hoffman Jr., 56, died Sunday at home after a brief illness. He was a lifelong area resident and an Army veteran. Mr. Hoffman was a carpenter and worked out of Local 370 of the Carpenters Union. He served as the recording secretary, financial ...
BIKE THIEVES FACE NEW CHALLENGE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK Six years after an ignominious setback, Kryptonite has a new model of bike lock that it believes can stand up to the scourge of the security business, New York City bike thieves. The company has always guaranteed up to $1,000 ...
DOW UP SLIGHTLY IN HECTIC SESSION BUT GAINS CAN'T TURN AROUND WORST WEEK SINCE 1989 CLINTON TRIES TO REASSURE NERVOUS TRADERS.(BUSINESS)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: MARYBETH NIBLEY Associated Press NEW YORK Stocks seesawed through another volatile session Thursday to a mostly lower close, ending a wild week that left the Dow Jones industrial average with its largest point loss in more than four years. Trading was brisk ...
JACQUELINE MASON, 59.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... VALLEY FALLS Jacqueline D. Kasmar Mason, 59, of Burton Street diedWednesday in Samaritan Hospital in Troy after a long illness. Mrs. Mason was born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County. She was educated in Albany, and was a graduate of St. John's School in Albany. She previously ...
CLINTON SIGNS EDUCATION REFORM INTO LAW.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON Half a decade after states began trying to improve their public schools, they finally have some financial support from the federal government. President Clinton signed the Goals 2000 Educate America Act into law on Thursday and ...
NAVY RECOMMENDS EXPULSION FOR CHEATERS.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON A Navy inquiry into the worst cheating scandal in the history of the U.S. Naval Academy recommended on Thursday that 29 midshipmen be expelled and 42 others be punished for their roles in acquiring or using an engineering final exam in ...
RATS TAKING AIM AT 3RD PLACE.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 1994 ... ALBANY A playoff spot already assured, the Albany River Rats now set out to clinch third place in the Northern Division as they play their final five American Hockey League regular-season games. The River Rats hold a seven-point lead on fourth-place Springfield heading into ...
JUDGE RULES VERBAL ADMISSIONS ADMISSIBLE IN STABBING TRIAL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: JOE PICCHI Staff writer TROY A Hoosick Falls teenager who backed out of a guilty plea in the stabbing of his 8-year-old cousin suffered a setback Thursday when a judge ruled his alleged verbal admissions to the crime are admissible in a future trial. ...
BU STAR BRENNAN IS HONORED.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 1994 ... ST. PAUL, Minn. Rich Brennan is the only player with Capital Region ties on college hockey's All-American teams, which were released Thursday at the national championships. The Guilderland native, who plays for Boston University, was named a second-team East defenseman; RPI ...
DUKE: HOP ON THE BUS, GUS.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: JIM O'CONNELL Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. It was the slow day leading to Final Four. The fans began arriving Thursday, not yet the painted faces certain to populate the Charlotte Coliseum this weekend. The teams arrive, but there's business ...
U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS IN FIRST QUARTER EXPANSION WAS 3.5 PERCENT; CUTS INFLATION FEAR PERFORMANCE SOLID, EXPECTED TO PRODUCE NEW JOBS.(BUSINESS)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: JOHN M. BERRY Washington Post WASHINGTON The surge in U.S. economic growth that has driven up interest rates and left the bond and stock markets reeling appears to have moderated substantially in the first three months of the year. Based on the employment, ...
BLACK, WHITE COACHES PUT UP A UNITED FRONT.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. This time, black and white coaches sat together, united in a stand against NCAA policies they believe discriminate against minorities. The threat of a boycott at the Final Four led to an agreement mediated by the Justice ...
STATE LAWMAKERS HOARD MILLIONS LEADERS AMASSED $61 MILLION, WHICH SOME CALL A SLUSH FUND LEGISLATORS ARE FREE TO SPEND THE TAX DOLLARS AS THEY WISH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: JESSICA ANCKER Associated Press ALBANY While state government endured years of major deficits, legislative leaders secretly built up a $61 million fund for their own use. The money comes from taxes and fees, but there are no controls over how the lawmakers ...
ANNA BIAGIOTTI, 87.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... ALBANY Anna M. Russo Biagiotti, 87, of Ramsey Place died Wednesday in Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Biagiotti was a lifelong resident of Albany, where she was educated . She was a homemaker. Mrs. Biagiotti was a member of the African ...
U.S. CRITICIZES CLOSED JAPAN INDUSTRIES REPORT HINTS AT POSSIBLE SANCTIONS TRADE PROBLEMS WITH OTHER NATIONS SAID TO BE EASING.(BUSINESS)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: PETER BEHR Washington Post WASHINGTON The Clinton administration issued the annual critique of foreign trade barriers Thursday, providing a bill of particulars for future trade sanctions if Japan fails to meet U.S. demands to make its markets more open to American ...
DEADLINE PASSES WITH NO BUYER FOR GRUMMAN.(BUSINESS)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: Newsday NEW YORK Grumman Corp. was closed-mouthed Thursday as to whether any bidders had emerged by a 5 p.m. deadline to buy the company, but the Long Island aerospace giant apparently did not accept the one-day-only offer to be acquired by Northrop Corp. for $2.11 ...
CHARLES JENSEN SR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... SELKIRK Charles A. Jensen Sr., 77, died Wednesday at St. Peter's Hospital, Albany, after a long illness. He was born in Maddox, N.D. He came to the Capital Region in 1920. He was a resident of Selkirk at the time of his death. Mr. Jensen was a World War II Army ...
HUDSON FALLS MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING WIFE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: VINCENT JACKSON Staff writer HUDSON FALLS A village man was arrested Thursday and charged with murdering his wife and seriously injuring his young niece with an ax. Frederick C. Wiedl Jr., 30, of 20 Ninth Ave. is accused of bludgeoning his wife, Laura L ....
GENE THERAPY AIDS WEAK HEART, STUDY SAYS WOMAN'S HEREDITARY ILLNESS AND HIGH CHOLESTEROL LEVELS APPEAR TO HAVE EASED IT'S THE FIRST REPORT OF BENEFITS FROM ALTERING A PERSON'S GENETIC MAKEUP.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: NATALIE ANGIER New York Times PHILADELPHIA The first effort to reverse an inherited disease permanently by altering the genetic makeup of a patient's cells so far shows all the signs of a real, if modest, triumph. In results to be published today in the ...
SOME WORKERS` RIGHTS MAY BE JEOPARDIZED STUDY CALLS FOR CONTROLS ON EMPLOYEE LEASING.(BUSINESS)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: JAMES DENN Business writer ALBANY A study released Thursday by the state Labor Department called for tighter controls for the employee leasing industry, one of the fastest growing businesses in the state. The industry's growth has been fueled by businesses ...
BILL TRAVERS, 72; STAR OF `BORN FREE'.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Bill Travers, who played the tallest, strongest man in the Scottish Highlands in the 1956 film ``Wee Geordie'' and became a star in the 1966 movie ``Born Free,'' died on Tuesday at his home in Dorking, England, south of London. He was 72. He died in his sleep, according to the ...
2 URGE TROY CITY MANAGER TO QUIT NOW.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer TROY New City Manager James L. Caplinger should resign and take ``an ideal job'' he has been offered in California, two City Council members elected on the Democratic line said Thursday. ``If he wants to go, I say go now,'' said ...
ETHICS PANEL CHIEF WAS INVESTIGATED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press ALBANY The woman who was charged with checking the ethics of state workers had her own ethics investigated, New York's inspector general revealed Thursday. Thea Hoeth, who resigned this month as executive director of the state Ethics ...
PROSKIN BILL LIMITS APPEAL A COURT DECISION PROMPTS CALL FOR NEW LAW AT ISSUE IS A PRETRIAL HEARING ON PRIOR BAD ACTS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: JANE GOTTLIEB Capitol Bureau ALBANY A bill proposed in the Assembly aims to narrow convicted criminals' chances of frivolously using a Court of Appeals ruling on pretrial hearings to win a new trial. Last October the state's highest court overturned the ...
STATE, KILLER FEUDING GRASSO LIFE STORY FOCUS OF DISPUTE.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY Two-time murderer Thomas Grasso, the man who would rather die in Oklahoma than live in New York, is at the center of yet another controversy, this time over the profits to his life story. New York officials contend that Grasso ...
STATE DENIES EMPIRE RATE HIKE INSURER SOUGHT INCREASE OF $83 MILLION CURIALE SAYS COMPANY DOESN'T NEED MORE MONEY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: JAMES DENN Business writer ALBANY The state Insurance Department on Thursday rejected Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield's request to raise its rates by $83 million for 1 million subscribers in its community-rated business, which includes small groups and direct-pay ...
FISH SUCCESSOR COULD BE A FISH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press GARRISON The Fish dynasty in Congress may not end with the retirement of Hamilton Fish Jr. at the end of this year. His son, Hamilton Fish III, says he will run for the seat being given up by his father because of a recurrence of cancer. ...
BANKRUPTCY FILINGS DOWN 10% REGIONAL FIGURES SHOW LOWEST FIRST-QUARTER LEVEL SINCE 1990 BUSINESS IS STILL BRISK FOR BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEYS, THOUGH.(BUSINESS)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: JAMES DENN Business writer ALBANY Bankruptcy filings in northeastern New York dropped 10 percent in the first three months of 1994 compared to the same quarter a year ago, hitting the lowest level in four years. As of Thursday, 1,165 bankruptcy petitions ...
BRACELETS TELL RESCUERS TO BUG OFF.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY New Yorkers who don't want to be revived if their hearts stop have a new protection special bracelets that tell emergency teams to leave them alone. New York has had a ``do not resuscitate'' law since 1988. Under the ...
POLLSTER SWALLOWS HARD, AND PLANS TO INCLUDE STERN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: TOM PRECIOUS Capitol bureau ALBANY As millions of radio fans listen in, Howard Stern encourages strippers to give him massages, yells at his mother and questions his wife's sexual abilities. He insults blacks, Latinos, Larry King, the French, women, people with ...
SWITZER TO KEEP THINGS STATUS QUO.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: DENNE H. FREEMAN Associated Press IRVING, Texas A tired Barry Switzer attended meetings, met players and returned telephone calls on his first full day as coach of the Dallas Cowboys, then headed back to Oklahoma to pack up ``30 years of memories.'' The ...
DRUGS RECALLED AFTER FOREIGN OBJECTS FOUND IN BOTTLES.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON Eli Lilly & Co. on Thursday recalled about 4 million bottles of three popular liquid antibiotics that may contain tiny objects that could cause choking. The Indianapolis-based company said the recall will result in a one-time ...
SOME STATES IGNORING ABORTION FUNDS LAW.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: New York Times WASHINGTON At least a half-dozen states said Thursday that they were flouting a new federal order to pay for abortions for low-income women in cases of rape or incest. The Clinton administration said there would be no immediate penalty for violating ...
'BIRDS ARE SET AT QB SETTLE ON PEREZ INSTEAD OF SCHLICHTER.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: BOB CROCE Staff writer ALBANY They wanted Art Schlichter, but they settled on Mike Perez, a 6-foot-2-inch quarterback and former New York Giants draft pick. The Albany Firebirds announced Thursday they had found a solution to their quarterback problem ....
CLINTON GAY RIGHTS ADVOCATE CRITICAL OF AIDS LEADER.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: ELIZABETH SCHWINN Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON White House AIDS policy coordinator Kristine Gebbie has taken criticism from a number of sources, but it's coming at her now from an unexpected quarter: inside the administration. Bob Hattoy, the ...
WARREN J. SMITH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... TROY Warren J. ``Red'' Smith of Hill Street died Wednesday in St. Mary's Hospital after a long illness. Mr. Smith was born and educated in Cohoes. He was an Army veteran of World War II, having served in an airborne division. He was a graduate of LaSalle Institute in Troy, ...
ANNA WEAVER, 98.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... TROY Anna Wilson Weaver, 98, formerly of Third Avenue in Lansingburgh, died Thursday at the Baptist Retirement Center, Scotia, after a long illness. She was born in Lansingburgh, and attended St. Augustine's Academy there. Mrs. Weaver was a co-owner, along with her ...
LISTEN, LAWMAKERS: GIVE US BACK OUR $61 MILLION BY SYDNEY H. SCHANBERG.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... At a time when most U.S. institutions are striving to get in on the latest new-age innovations so as not to be left behind as we enter the 21st century, the leaders of the New York Legislature pride themselves on being determinedly backward. Call them Mesozoic and these brontosauruses of ...
SEEKING A PANACEA FOR TROY'S PAIN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun The Troy Pork Store is not the only place in that city where baloney is the featured item. I am referring specifically to City Hall, past and present, and to the great wrangle over the Collar City's fiscal mess. If the current full-time ...
SMOG COULD STUNT GLOBAL AGRICULTURE, RESEARCHER SAYS.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON Photochemical smog, mostly from auto exhaust and from factory smokestacks, could slowly reduce the amount of food grown in the world over the next 30 years, a researcher reports. William L. Chameides, director of Earth and ...
FELLOW STUDENTS ADVISE TYSON TO KEEP HITTING THE GED BOOKS MIKE TYSON.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... isn't alone in his struggle with the books, and a group of fellow students in Minot, N.D., let him know it. ``I read the newspaper article about your GED exam (which Tyson failed last week). Please don't give up,'' wrote Hizuru Olson, who, like Tyson, is working to win a ...
STIHL BACKPACK BLOWERS, SPRAYERS RECALLED.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. Stihl Inc. said Thursday that it is recalling 34,600 backpack blowers and sprayers for gardening because of a potential fuel line leak that could cause a fire. There have been no reported injuries resulting from any such ...
FRANCES TATRO.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1994 ... NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Frances E. Pratt Tatro, 90, of Willowwood Nursing Home died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. She was born in Bennington, Vt., and resided in Willowwood since 1991. She lived in Troy and Averill Park most of her life. ...
LEGISLATOR SAYS TOBACCO FIRM SUPPRESSED ADDICTION STUDY.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON The nation's largest tobacco company discovered in 1983 the first strong evidence that nicotine is addictive but suppressed its own landmark study, a congressman charged Thursday. The study by Philip Morris Cos. came five years ...
GM RECALL TO REPLACE MINIVAN SEAT BELTS.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press DETROIT General Motors Corp. is recalling 204,000 minivans to replace some rear seat belts that refuse to unwind. The recall announced Thursday affects all 1992 and some 1993 Chevrolet Lumina Minivans, Pontiac Trans Sports and ...