Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from September 1994:
EX-`JOURNAL' BOSS TO HEAD TIME INC.(BUSINESS)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: New York Times Macy, Federated file court papers NEW YORK R.H. Macy & Co. Inc. and Federated Department Stores Inc. on Wednesday filed their disclosure statement, a required step in Macy's reorganization, with U.S. Bankruptcy Court. - The disclosure statement contains sales and ...
SUBWAY SMOKING CLARIFIED, SORT OF.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press Scalpers slapped for Open offenses - NEW YORK The state's crackdown on ticket scalping hit a Pennsylvania firm that allegedly sold U.S. Open tickets for more than four times their face value, the attorney general announced Wednesday. - A temporary restraining ...
GE WORKERS STRIKE BACK UNION REFUSES TO WORK FOR 24 HOURS TO PROTEST LAYOFFS IN SCHENECTADY.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: JAMES DENN AND MIKE HUREWITZ Staff writers SCHENECTADY General Electric Co.'s major union went on strike late Wednesday night to protest layoffs announced Tuesday by the company. GE vowed to continue operating through the 24-hour strike, which began when ...
WORKER RECALLS EARLIER HARD TIMES GE ELECTRICIAN LAID OFF IN 1988 NEVER EXPECTED TO RETURN.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: CAROL DE MARE Staff writer SCHENECTADY In 1988, Harry Durand, an electrician, was laid off from General Electric. He was called back 23 months later and told at that time by a company official that ``there would be enough work to last until I retired.'' ...
ALBANY CITIZENS, POLICE HUDDLE RESIDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT NOISE, LITTER AS PLANS FOR COMMUNITY POLICING ARE DISCUSSED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Staff writer ALBANY Downtown residents, hearing Wednesday that they'll be getting two more cops on foot patrol, asked for help with nagging noise and litter complaints. Police brass met with residents of five downtown neighborhood groups on ...
IRA LAYS DOWN ITS ARMS DESPITE HAGGLING OVER WORDING, MANY SEE CEASE-FIRE DECLARATION AS A STEP TOWARD PEACE IN NORTHERN IRELAND.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: STEVE COLL Washington Post BELFAST, Northern Ireland The Provisional Irish Republican Army Wednesday announced a ``complete cessation'' of its violent campaign for a united Ireland, providing the clearest opening in many years for a negotiated settlement of Northern ...
JENNINGS WANTS NEW TRUCKS ASKS COMMON COUNCIL TO SPEND $1.2 MILLION TO BEEF UP RECYCLING PROGRAM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer ALBANY As Mayor Jerry Jennings was scheduled to announce new items on the city's recycling list today, the Common Council is being asked to approve more than $1.2 million in borrowing to beef up the collection program. The money ...
BLOODY PAST TEMPERS OPTIMISM CEASE-FIRE LATEST GAMBIT IN CENTURIES-OLD CONFLICT.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: LAWRENCE VAN GELDER New York Times Optimism tempered by the memory of dashed hopes and the bitter lessons of centuries of violence characterized reaction Wednesday in the United States and Ireland to the announcement of a cease-fire by the Irish Republican Army in its ...
EIGHT SENATE CANDIDATES SHOW THEIR POLITICAL COLORS DEMOCRATS TAKE OPPOSING POSITIONS ON ABORTION, DEATH PENALTY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: MICHAEL MCKEON Staff writer ALBANY The eight Democrats in the primary for Albany County's Senate seat handled issues including abortion, the death penalty, taxes and school budgets on Wednesday. At a forum set up by the United Women's Council, the ...
PREP FOOTBALL SET TO KICK OFF.(SPORTS)
Sep 01, 1994 ... The calendar has turned to September, so high school football can't be far off. In fact, it's closer than you think. The 1994 season kicks off Saturday with 16 games in Section II's three leagues, and there are more games on Labor Day (Monday) and Tuesday. Troy, ...
2ND STATE TEAM BACK FROM MONTANA WILDFIRES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: Staff and wire reports COLONIE Wildfire fighters, headed by state Forest Rangers, returned from Montana Wednesday. The 18-member team arrived by bus about 9 a.m. at the Wolf Road headquarters of the state Department of Environmental Conservation after ...
O.J. TEAM DENIED CHECK ON ALLEGED RACIST COP.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: LINDA DEUTSCH Associated PressLOS ANGELES O.J. Simpson's challenge to the credibility of a key investigator suffered another setback Wednesday when a judge denied a defense request to search the detective's personnel file for signs of racism. ``I did not find ...
POOL GRANT GETS EVERYONE INTO THE SWIM COHOES COMMUNITY CENTER HAS A NEW CHAIR-LIFT THAT HELPS PEOPLE INTO THE WATER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: VINCENT JACKSON Staff writer COHOES Help has arrived for those who need assistance getting into the swimming pool inside the Cohoes Community Center. The center, at 22-40 Remsen St., has recently installed a hydraulic chair-lift at the pool, provided through ...
GENES TRANSFERRED TO CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON Scientists have proved they can safely transfer normal genes into the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients, and now are researching how to make those genes live long enough to fight the always fatal disease. In a study published ...
NO IMMEDIATE CHANGE SEEN AT NEWEST MAGNET SCHOOL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: VINCENT JACKSON Staff writer ALBANY As preparations continue for opening Livingston Middle School Sept. 8 as a magnet academy, school officials are warning that people seeking instant academic improvement and a quick end to racial isolation may need to use some ...
PENTAGON SAYS TROOPS WILL GO TO HAITI.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON Deputy Defense Secretary John M. Deutch said Wednesday that American troops will be dispatched to Haiti either to expel the country's military junta or to help restore order if the generals bow to international pressure and depart. ...
FORMER LATHAM MAN IS NEW ENVOY TO BELIZE APPOINTMENT COMES 11 YEARS AFTER GEORGE BRUNO, AS N.H. DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN, FIRST MET BIL L CLINTON.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: BRUCE A. SCRUTON Staff writer It is an important time in the Caribbean's recent history and former Latham resident George Bruno is in the midst of it as the new U.S. ambassador to Belize. While the country, located on the southeastern corner of the Yucatan ...
IN SHORT TERM, OFFICIALS SAY THEY CAN HELP LITTLE POLITICIANS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AIDES LOOK WITH HOPE TO THE LONG TERM.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: ALAN D. ABBEY Business writer With news of General Electric Co.'s latest layoff announcement still ringing in their ears, Capital Region political leaders and economic development officials began returning their attention Wednesday to the business of getting and ...
COLUMBIA-GREENE HONORS 2 EMPLOYEES $71,000 RAISED FOR CHILDREN'S NETWORK MORE THAN $71,000 WAS RAISED FOR THE 1994 CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK FOR CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS TO PAY FOR EQUIPMENT AND PROGRAMS TO HELP SERIOUSLY ILL CHILDREN. CONSUMER BOOTH SET AT FAIR IN CHATHAM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... June Blake and Earl Tretheway, two Columbia-Greene Community College employees, have been named recipients of the 1994 Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in the performance of their duties. Blake is an alternative learning specialist, and Tretheway is director of financial ...
FAMILIES FIND IT HARD TO LEAVE BELOVED `GITMO'.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: DAN SEWELL Associated Press GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba Tears streamed down the cheeks of Petty Officer 1st Class Carmen Booth as she waved goodbye Wednesday to her husband and their two small children during the base's first evacuation of military dependents ...
SPA PRICE CHOPPER HOPES TO EXPAND.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: ILAINA JONAS Staff writer SARATOGA SPRINGS A bigger and brighter supermarket looms on the city's horizon, as the Golub Corp. is scheduled to come before the Planning Board next month with plans for an expanded Price Chopper. The supermarket chain will ask ...
EIGHT SENATE CANDIDATES SHOW THEIR POLITICAL COLORS STATEWIDE, CAPITAL REGION GAY ORGANIZATIONS SPLIT OVER ENDORSEMENTS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: MICHAEL MCKEON Staff writer ALBANY A statewide lesbian and gay organization has endorsed Democrat Ruth Klepper for state Senate, highlighting a split within the Capital Region gay community that could limit its effect on the race. Empire State Pride ...
ARREST WARRANT ISSUED IN CEMETERY VANDALISM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... SCHENECTADY An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for one defendant in the toppling of 692 gravestones in Vale Cemetery last summer because he failed to appear Wednesday for sentencing. Harold Britton, 18, of 2427 Avenue A Extension failed to appear for sentencing, which ...
PANEL SIGNALS SUPPORT FOR LETTING SCOFFLAWS USE PLASTIC.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer ALBANY Pretty soon, scofflaws may be asking the city to charge them. Paying outstanding parking tickets with credit cards moved a step closer to reality Wednesday as a Common Council committee signaled it is leaning toward the ...
NEGOTIATIONS MAY BRING CHANGES IN OWNERSHIP OF TV NETWORKS TIME WARNER HAS TALKED WITH NBC; DISNEY IS SAID TO COVET CBS.(BUSINESS)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: GERALDINE FABRIKANT New York Times In moves that could lead to a change of ownership for one and perhaps even two of the three major television networks, Time Warner Inc. is negotiating to buy NBC Network and Walt Disney Co. has apparently contacted CBS Inc. about ...
U.S. IN A WEAK BARGAINING POSITION WITH CUBA.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: CHARLES J. LEWIS Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON When U.S. and Cuban negotiators sit down in New York today to discuss immigration, it will be easy to identify the Americans in the room: They will be the diplomats on bended knees. Cuban Prime ...
TENANTS ELECTED TO HOUSING AUTHORITY POSTS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer TROY Two tenants were elected as commissioners for the Troy Housing Authority. The winners, Richard Lewis, a Grand Street Apartments resident, and Jamie Scott, a tenant of Martin Luther King Apartments, ran on a ticket that ...
CUBAN REFUGEES TAKE TO THE SEA ON EVE OF TALKS RENEWED DELUGE INCREASES PRESSURE ON U.S. TO REACH AN ACCORD WITH THE CASTRO REGIME.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder MIAMI On the eve of U.S.-Cuba talks on immigration, an unrelenting deluge of rafters poured into the seas from Havana's beaches, putting additional pressure on the Clinton administration to forge an agreement with the Castro regime to halt the exodus. ...
SOME LEFTOVER TIDBITS FROM THE OTB EVENT.(SPORTS)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: BUZZ GRAY Here's a reporter's inside look back at the recent OTB Open in Schenectady. Biggest jerk: Men's top seed Sergi Bruguera. He showed up with nine people in his entourage and then proceeded to make unreasonable demands on the support staff, most of ...
BLOOD TEST CAN ZERO IN ON HEART-ATTACK VICTIMS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: Los Angeles Times An inexpensive new blood test developed by Texas researchers could improve the treatment of heart attacks and save as much as $4 billion in medical costs each year by quickly identifying which patients who show up at emergency rooms with symptoms are ...
RATS, WINGS NOT AFFECTED YET BY NHL.(SPORTS)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: BOB CROCE Staff writer As negotiations continued Wednesday in New York, there was uncertainty in the Capital Region over how a potential NHL job action would affect the local American Hockey League teams. As of now, the Albany River Rats and Adirondack Red ...
U.S. NEGOTIATORS WANT CUBA TO DETER, NOT PUNISH, REFUGEES AMERICAN ENVOYS ARE READY TO MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS LONG SOUGHT BY COMMUNIST REGIME.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: DANIEL WILLIAMS Washington Post WASHINGTON U.S. negotiators go into talks with Cuban officials today trying to walk a fine line: They want to persuade Cuba's Fidel Castro to stop Cuban rafters from taking to the sea, but nicely. In the past, Castro arrested ...
IRA CEASE-FIRE DECLARATION INSTILLS HOPE FOR A LASTING PEACE THOSE WITH TIES TO COUNTRY REJOICE AT NEWS.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: JOE MAHONEY Staff writer New Yorkers with family roots in the Emerald Isle rejoiced Wednesday that peace may finally emerge in strife-torn Northern Ireland as a result of the IRA's watershed cease-fire declaration. The Rev. Joseph A. McKay of St. Paul the ...
JOHN SACCOCIO, 83.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... ROTTERDAM John C. Saccocio, 83, of Ferguson Street died Wednesday at St. Clare's Hospital, Schenectady, after a brief illness. Mr. Saccocio was a lifelong Capital Region resident. He was a welder at the General Electric Co. for 30 years, retiring in 1970. ...
WHISTLEBLOWER SUIT HURTS LITTON'S PROFITS SEAGRAM'S GETS SHOT OF RECORD EARNINGS DAIMLER-BENZ REPORTS 175% GAIN IN PROFIT.(BUSINESS)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Litton Industries Inc. reported a fiscalfourth-quarter loss of $59 million, citing previously announced charges for settlement of a federal whistleblower lawsuit and debt retirement. The defense contractor said ...
LAKE GEORGE ESCAPES CAMBRIDGE'S SHADOW.(SPORTS)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: TONY PODLASKI Staff writer Cambridge and Lake George are the teams that will dominate their conferences in the Northern-Adirondack League, according to the coaches. Cambridge won the American Conference with an 8-1 record and finished 9-1 overall after losing ...
RESEARCHERS LOCATE LIKELY GENETIC LINK TO MELANOMA.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK Scientists have identified a defective gene that appears to cause an inherited tendency to the deadly skin cancer melanoma and may also play a role in non-inherited melanoma. In its normal state, the gene acts as a brake on cancer ....
WORDS OF WARMTH AND LONELINESS FROM A HOMELESS CHILD.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: AL MARTINEZ Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES I have pinned on the wall next to me a lined piece of notebook paper on which is printed, ``I love you mom.'' It is written in black crayon in the careful hand of a child who might be 7 or 8 years old. On ...
PROSKIN CALLS CANDIDATES FORUM BIASED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: MARC CAREY Staff writer COLONIE Religion was injected into the heated 107th Assembly District race Wednesday as incumbent Arnold Proskin said he will not appear at a Christian Coalition ``Meet the Candidates Night,'' claiming his opponent in the Sept. 13 primary ...
NO CLEAR VIEW OF THIS STATE LAW STICKERS ON REAR WINDOWS AND BOOTIES DANGLING FROM REARVIEW MIRRORS ARE ILLEGAL, BUT OFTEN ALLOWED TO REMAIN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: CAILIN BROWN Staff writer Look at cars on highways or in parking lots and there's a good chance a college sticker decorates the rear window, or perhaps an air freshener or baby booties adorn the rearview mirror. Maybe the car has a Jiffy Lube sticker stuck on the front ...
CHARLTON KEEPS SPIRIT OF BICENTENNIAL ALIVE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... CHARLTON When residents two years ago celebrated the 200thbirthday of their small southern Saratoga County town, they decided to let the party play on. Since the bicentennial, which attracted former residents and town descendants from throughout over the country, a small ...
SCHENECTADY MAN SENTENCED TO 1 TO 3.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... BALLSTON SPA A Schenectady man was sentenced Wednesday to state prison in connection with burglaries at summer camps in northern Saratoga County, a spokeswoman for the Saratoga County district attorney's office said. He was sentenced to two terms of 1 to 3 years to be served ...
PUMPING UP THE MARLBORO MAN PHILIP MORRIS CO. MAKES MAJOR MOVES TO STRENGTHEN STOCK PRICE.(BUSINESS)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: SKIP WOLLENBERG Associated Press NEW YORK Philip Morris Cos. took major steps Wednesday to strengthen its stock price, raising the shareholder dividend nearly 20 percent and pledging $6 billion to buy back stock over the next three years. The moves ...
COSMIC CANNON SHOOTS MATERIAL TOWARD EARTH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: Washington Post A bizarre object that may be a black hole in a relatively nearby section of the galaxy has been shooting jets of material toward Earth at 171,000 miles per second nearly the speed of light astronomers have found. Until that discovery, ...
U.S., CANADA APPROVE PACT ON TAXES, TRADE.(BUSINESS)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON The United States and Canada signed an agreement on taxes Wednesday that officials said is designed to reduce trade barriers and promote tax collection. The so-called protocol, an amendment to the existing tax treaty between the ...
BURGERS GO BACK TO BASICS BURGER KING AD CAMPAIGN STRESSES SIMPLE MENU, SERVICE.(BUSINESS)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: SKIP WOLLENBERG Associated Press NEW YORK Burger King is emphasizing burger basics this fall in a new advertising campaign that introduces its fourth theme in five years. ``Get your burger's worth'' is the fast-food chain operator's latest call to arms in ...
MARY SINNOTT, 86.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... TROY Mary Rochford Sinnott, 86, died Wednesday in Samaritan Hospital. Born in New Ross County, Wexford, Ireland, she was educated there before coming to the United States. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Sinnott was a communicant of St. Mary's Roman Catholic ...
JUDGE RULES NYC SCULPTURE CAN'T BE DISMANTLED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK In a landmark case that relies a previously untested federal law, a judge ruled Wednesday that a sculpture in a Queens building cannot be dismantled during the lifetime of its three artists. U.S. District Judge ...
CONCETTA PONZILLO, 82.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... MECHANICVILLE Concetta Ponzillo, 82, of Maltaville Road died Wednesday at Leonard Hospital in Troy. She was born in Mechanicville and was the widow of Louis Ponzillo, who died in 1980. Along with her husband, she owned and operated the former Ponzillo's Tailors ...
GUNMAN SHOOTS MAN ON STREET VICTIM IN SERIOUS CONDITION AFTER ASSAULT AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press NEW YORK A North Carolina man armed with an assault rifle drove up to a busy tourist hub in Rockefeller Center on Wednesday and shot another man in the back, police said. Police arrested the gunman moments later. The victim was ...
WIDOWER, KIN BRING ADOPTED BABY BACK HOME AGENCY RECLAIMED 10-MONTH-OLD KOREAN GIRL AFTER BUFFALO MOTHER DIED OF CANCER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: DAVID GERMAIN Associated Press CHEEKTOWAGA Cheers, a swarm of relatives and a limo ride home awaited Baby Brittany on Wednesday, five weeks after a custody fight began between an adoption agency and a widower who considers the baby his daughter. Keith ...
MAGINN THE CLASS OF NUMBERS GAME.(SPORTS)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: BILL ARSENAULT Staff writer The name of the game in Metroland Division II this year could be numbers. Most of the division coaches are telling the same story good starters but thin and/or inexperienced after that. An injury here and there could ...
BEVERLY S. KYHN, 58.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... MECHANICVILLE Beverly Schukes Kyhn, 58, of West Street, Riverside, died Tuesday at Samaritan Hospital in Troy following a long illness. She was born in Ballston Spa, and was the widow of Jean Kyhn, who died in 1986. She was a nutritional aide for Saratoga County ...
STATE RENEWS TAX AMNESTY, BUT FEW QUALIFY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: NEKESA MUMBI MOODY Associated Press ALBANY Eight years after offering its first and only tax amnesty program, New York is doing it again. But this time, only a few will get to take advantage of it. Starting today, the state Department of Taxation and ...
STONE SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT A COUPLE'S LOVE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIENStaff writer TROY Reading the gravestone of William and Rose Engelke in Oakwood Cemetery, a visitor gets a sense of the people whose memories are recorded there. The stone tells the story of their courtship in the 1940s, their move to Cohoes ...
TROY COMES BACK TO THE PACK.(SPORTS)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: BILL ARSENAULT Staff writer Last season, Troy High didn't lose a regular-season game and Guilderland didn't win one. The Metroland Conference Division I coaches think things will be a lot tighter from top to bottom this season. Troy, which lost to eventual ...
AUGUST PUTS A DAMPER ON AREA'S SUMMER FUN.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: WINIFRED YU Staff writer A season that began with warmer than normal temperatures coasted into cool, damp days last month, hurting the August events that depend on good weather. Around the area, the cool, wet weather lowered attendance at the Saratoga Race ...
ECONOMIC GAUGE REMAINS STEADY; FACTORY ORDERS SAG NEW U.S. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT FIGURES INDICATE THAT THE RATE OF GROWTH HAS EASED.(BUSINESS)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: JAMES H. RUBIN Associated Press WASHINGTON The government's chief economic barometer held steady in July and factory orders dropped more than they have in 2 years, fresh evidence that the economy is expanding only moderately. The Commerce Department said its ...
MADELINE A. RICE, 87.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... COHOES Madeline A. Subcleff Rice, 87, formerly of Delmar, died Wednesday in the Eddy Ford Nursing Home. She was born in Waterford. She graduated from Cohoes High School and the Schenectady School of Business. Mrs. Rice was a secretary for the Public Service ...
LESLIE LIEBENOW, 81.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... STEPHENTOWN Leslie M. Liebenow, 81, of Route 22 died Tuesday at home. He was born and educated in Hancock, Mass. He moved to Stephentown in 1941. Mr. Liebenow retired in 1975 as a sales assistant for the Dee & Whitman general store. He previously was a laborer at ...
BOARD OPPOSES NIMO RATE HIKE STATE PANEL INSTEAD SUGGESTS THAT THE UTILITY LOWER ITS ELECTRICITY PRICES.(BUSINESS)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: WILLIAM KATES Associated Press SYRACUSE The state Consumer Protection Board on Wednesday urged rejection of Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.'s five-year rate increase request and instead proposed its own plan to reduce electric rates by $165 million over the next three ...
MICHAEL PETERS, 45; CHOREOGRAPHER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: New York Times LOS ANGELES Michael Peters, the Tony Award-winning choreographer and director, died on Monday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 46. The cause was AIDS, said his publicist, Simon Halls. Peters won a Tony for his choreography for ...
STATE SEEKS INPUT ON RABIES VACCINE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... ALBANY Public hearings to discuss the experimental program of giving wild raccoons a vaccine against rabies will be held later this month in East Greenbush and Bethlehem. The state Health Department has proposed testing a new rabies vaccine in parts of southern Albany and ...
ROBERT BENNETT; HELPED LIBERATE PARIS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: New York Times NEW YORK Robert F. Bennett, who in World War II was among a small group of New Yorkers who joined the first units of the Free French Forces as they liberated Paris, died at the Veterans Administration Medical Center on Aug. 19. He died just days before ...
2 COMPANIES TRY TO BLOCK PUBLICITY OF LAYOFFS STATE WITHHOLDS INFORMATION PENDING A REVIEW OF THEIR REQUEST.(BUSINESS)
Sep 01, 1994 ... Byline: MARC HUMBERT Associated Press ALBANY Two companies are seeking to block the release of information they have provided the state about upcoming employee layoffs, state Labor Department officials said Wednesday. Department spokeswoman Kathleen Do said it was ...