Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from December 1994:
COMMON COUNCIL PANEL KNOCKS FLUORIDATION BID.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer ALBANY By a narrow vote, an anti-fluoridation measure was approved by a Common Council panel Wednesday and will go to the full council Monday. The council's Health Committee voted 3-2 to give a favorable recommendation to a ...
HARKNESS PUSHED THE RULES TO THE LIMIT COACHING LEGEND RESPONDS TO CHARGES OF MISCONDUCT.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: MICHAEL GORMLEY Staff writer Nevin ``Ned'' Harkness, 75, brags of how he pushed his players and the rule book to become a college coaching legend. On Wednesday, state investigators in 90 pages of findings and accusations presented a picture of a man who ...
ONE SCHOFF BETTER THAN NO SCHOFF AT ALL AS ST. JOHNSVILLE CHASES THIRD STATE TITLE.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: BILL IANNONE Staff writer Wendi Schoff is gone. But Caryn Schoff is back, and that will spell trouble for the rest of the Tri-Valley League. St. Johnsville, which has won its last 78 league games, will be led by the six-foot Caryn, and it could be a ...
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TAKES FLAK OVER COUNTY LANDFILL FUNDING.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer BALLSTON SPA The Saratoga County Board of Supervisors heard praise Wednesday night for additional funding in the county's tentative 1995 budget for Cooperative Extension and 4-H programs, but then they received harsh criticism for ...
ST. ROSE PLUGS ALL PIECES INTO 127-108 WIN.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: BUZZ GRAY Staff writer ALBANY The intention was to share the wealth. Yet who could have imagined it would be spread around this much. All 12 players on the College of Saint Rose's men's basketball team had a hand in the scoring as the Golden Knights ...
VICTIMS' KIN PLAYERS IN O.J. CASE.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES Once silent in their grief, the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman have emerged as major offstage players in the O.J. Simpson trial, steadily ratcheting up the pressure on the man accused of killing their loved ones ...
DESPITE SUGGESTED SAVINGS, KLEPAK PREDICTS TAX HIKE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer ALBANY With the Common Council Finance Committee scheduled to release Mayor Jerry Jennings' $98.4 million budget to the full council for a vote today, the city's budget director on Wednesday held firm on a projected 11.5 percent tax hike. ...
DEVELOPER WANTS TO BUILD AT LOVE CANAL PLAN CALLS TO ERECT 250 NEW HOMES JUST BLOCKS FROM DUMP SITE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: DAVID GERMAIN Associated Press NIAGARA FALLS Times have changed at Love Canal. Not only are people moving back into abandoned houses there, but also a developer wants to build 250 new homes within blocks of the former chemical dump site. Developer Samuel ...
CAPITAL OTB TO GIVE MORE TO COUNTIES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: WINIFRED YU AND JAMES DENN Staff writers SCHENECTADY Nearly six months after a state report criticized Capital District Regional Off-Track Betting for its low payoffs to taxpayers, the non-profit gambling operation announced plans Wednesday to give more to ...
ALBANY SCHOOLS TO MEET STATE, FEDERAL GUIDELINES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: VINCENT JACKSON Staff writer ALBANY Several school district programs will change to conform with regulations and procedures of the federal and state governments. The alterations will include auditing the use of federal funds for remedial reading classes in ...
ADMINISTRATION EXPECTS SENATE TO FOLLOW HOUSE'S EXAMPLE ON GATT APPROVAL.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: HELEN DEWAR Washington Post WASHINGTON The Senate Wednesday opened two days of debate on a new world trade agreement. The Clinton administration stepped up efforts to win over wavering senators and expressed increasing confidence that the pact will be approved in a ...
SENIOR APARTMENTS SET FOR NORTH GREENBUSH PINE HILLS GROUP TO MEET TONIGHT ALBANY THE PINE HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WILL MEET AT 7:30 TONIGHT FOR A PRESENTATION FROM PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER KEVIN BYNG AND DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER JOHN GADANI.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... NORTH GREENBUSH A 50-unit senior housing project is being built in North Greenbush, adjacent to Van Rensselaer Manor, with $2.6 million in funding being provided by the state Housing Fund Trust Corp. The building will be owned and operated by Rensselaer Organizations United ...
STATE TRANSPORTATION CHIEF HONORED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: BOB GARDINIER Staff writer ALBANY An award named for a Capital Region developer and cultural benefactor will be given Tuesday to a longtime state public servant for his contributions to the community. John C. Egan, state commissioner of transportation since ...
FAA REORGANIZES TOWARD PRIVATIZATION.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: New York Times The Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday announced a reorganization intended in part to make it easier to turn over the agency's air traffic control functions to a semiprivate corporation, an aim of the Clinton administration. David R ....
COUNSELING URGED FOR PILOTS WHO WON'T FLY.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: New York Times American Eagle asked three of its pilots last week to seek counseling after the airline determined that their concerns about the weather were unfounded and that they had no basis for refusing to fly their propeller-driven aircraft. An ATR-72 ...
UNION, ALBANY OFFICIALS AGREE ON SNOWPLOWING SHIFT CHANGE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Staff writer ALBANY Public works officials reached an accord Wednesday with disgruntled union members, backing off on a demand for three snowplowing shifts. Managers wanted to add a third shift to guarantee nighttime snowplow coverage and ...
BUDGET CALLS FOR 9% INCREASE IN SARATOGA SPRINGS PROPERTY TAX.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: ILAINA JONAS Staff writer SARATOGA SPRINGS The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a $16.3 million 1995 budget, which calls for a 9 percent increase in property taxes. The new operating budget includes the property tax rate to increase from ...
THIS TIME, RIVER RATS PREVAIL ALBANY PULLS OUT 4-2 VICTORY OVER ADIRONDACK.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: PETE DOUGHERTY Staff writer GLENS FALLS There were no final-second heroics this time around. The Albany River Rats couldn't escape the shadow of the Adirondack Red Wings again Wednesday night, but Sergei Brylin's goal with 5:07 remaining averted a repeat of ...
MARINO'S DECIDEDLY UNDECIDED ON RETIRING DEPOSED STATE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MAY LEAVE AT YEAR'S END OR NOT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: KEVIN SACK New York Times ALBANY Ralph J. Marino, the deposed majority leader of the state Senate, filed a letter on Wednesday indicating that he would retire from the Senate at the end of the year. Then he rescinded the letter. And then he said he had not made up his ...
SERBS DEFY U.N. LEADER BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI HINTS THAT THE U.N. MAY PULL OUT OF BOSNIA AS HIS PEACEMAKING EFFORT FAILS.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: JOHN POMFRET Washington Post SARAJEVO, Bosnia U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's personal attempt at peacemaking was rebuffed Wednesday. The Bosnian Serbs refused even to meet with him and the Bosnian Muslims refused to make any further ...
SHAKUR SAYS HE WAS SET UP FOR A HIT.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: Newsday NEW YORK Rapper Tupac Shakur told people at the scene that the gunman who ambushed him Wednesday had targeted him for a hit. ``I saw the look in his eyes,'' Shakur was quoted as saying as he lay wounded inside a Manhattan recording studio early ...
GERTRUDE E. PENN, 81.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... NORTH GREENBUSH Gertrude E. Clark Penn, 81, died Tuesday at her home. Mrs. Penn was born in Plainfield, N.H. She was employed as a registered nurse for 33 years at Albany Medical Center. She was a member of North Greenbush Senior Citizens and the Helen ...
SOUTH GLENS FALLS PLANS TO BUILD NEW HIGH SCHOOL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer SOUTH GLENS FALLS A new high school building may be in the future of the South Glens Falls School District under a plan by the district's Facilities Planning Committee. A building program proposes construction of a new high ...
SALARY CAP PUT ON HOLD USERY TALKS OWNERS OUT OF IMPOSING PLAN AT LEAST FOR NOW.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: RONALD BLUM Associated Press LEESBURG, Va. Baseball's salary cap is on hold for now. It will be back, though, unless players and owners agree on a tax proposal by mid-December. Under pressure from mediator W.J. Usery, owners agreed Wednesday not to impose ...
DR. LOUIS NANGERONI.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... GLENVILLE Dr. Louis P. Nangeroni, 76, of Elmwood Drive, East Glenville, died Monday at St. Clare's Hospital in Schenectady. Dr. Nangeroni was born in West New York, N.J. He was a graduate of the University of Milan in Italy, and did his internship at St. Clare's ...
ICHABOD CRANE OWNS INSIDE TRACK AGAIN.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: BILL IANNONE Staff writer Little is expected to change in the Patroon Conference this season. Most of the teams will be chasing Ichabod Crane. And it doesn't appear they'll be able to catch the Riders. Defending champion Ichabod Crane is the unanimous choice ...
MAN GETS 3-6 YEARS FOR SHOOTING.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... SCHENECTADY A man has been sentenced to 3 to 6 years in prison for a drive-by shooting at Craig and Stanley streets in 1993, said Assistant District Attorney Alfred Chapleau. John Brown, 21, who gave officials addresses of 510 Michigan Ave. in Schenectady and 620 Lenox Ave ....
RENTAL-CAR FIRMS CAN'T SHUT OUT YOUTHS STATE JUDGE'S RULING FAVORS DRIVERS AGES 18 TO 25 WHO PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN SHUNNED BY 8 MAJOR COMPANIES BECAUSE OF THEIR HIGH ACCIDENT RATES.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK A state judge has ruled that the nation's eight major car-rental companies can't refuse to rent cars to drivers ages 18 to 25, the state attorney general said Wednesday. The Nov. 18 decision requires Alamo Rent-A-Car, Avis ...
HILLARY CLINTON BLASTS ORPHANAGE PLAN.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: New York Times WASHINGTON In her most direct commentary on the new Republican leadership in Congress, Hillary Rodham Clinton Wednesday dismissed as ``absurd'' the suggestion by the presumptive Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, that building orphanages could reduce ...
HOUSE OF FABRICS GIVEN CASH BOOST.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: Bloomberg Business News SHERMAN OAKS, Calif. House of Fabrics Inc. said its bank creditors have agreed to allow the company to use its cash flow from operations through Jan. 31, 1995. Earlier this month, the company received bankruptcy court approval to ...
DEMOCRATIC GROUP HAS NEW STRATEGY ON WELFARE.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: Washington Post WASHINGTON A centrist Democratic group Wednesday offered a strategy for reducing teenage pregnancy that would ``resurrect social sanctions'' against out-of-wedlock births, but not cut off young mothers from federal welfare payments, as some House ...
GAY LEADERS ASK POLICE TO END HARASSMENT OF HOMOSEXUALS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Staff writer ALBANY Gay leaders are calling for improved police sensitivity training, claiming that Albany cops are harassing homosexuals. ``There seems to have been a resurgence of what many in the community have characterized as harassment ...
YOUTH IS SERVED AT HEATLY.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: BILL IANNONE Staff writer There is a youth movement at Heatly High School, and the dividends may pay off sooner than expected. Led by 25-year-old coach Dave Catman, in his second year at the Green Island school, the Hornets (3-7 league, 3-17 overall last ...
TAWDRY TAPE STUNS GLENMONT WOMAN VIDEO ABOUT AN EPILEPSY DIET ENDS WITH 10 MINUTES OF PORNOGRAPHY.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: YANCEY ROY Staff writer About two months ago, a Glenmont woman sat down to view a segment of ``Dateline NBC'' dealing with a special diet for kids with epilepsy, like her grand-nephew. At the end of the show, a telephone number was displayed for viewers interested in ...
LATHAM FIRM SELLS CALIFORNIA DIVISION.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: JAMES DENN Business writer LATHAM Mechanical Technology Inc., a test and measurement company in Latham, said Wednesday it had sold its ProQuip Inc. division in Santa Clara, Calif., for more than $8 million to pay off debts and to provide long-term working capital. ...
GOP SENATOR HINTS AT NEW CISNEROS PROBE.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON Add Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros' financial spat with his former lover to the list of things that Senate Republicans would like to investigate after they take control in January. Sen. Lauch Faircloth, R-N.C., a would-be ...
UALBANY STEPS UP CAMPUS SECURITY UNIVERSITY RESPONDS TO REPORTS OF AN ATTACK AND BURGLARIES AT ITS UPTOWN CAMPUS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: MIKE HUREWITZ Staff writer ALBANY The University at Albany has stepped up foot patrols at the uptown campus and is weighing additional security measures following a reported attack on a student by a stranger lurking in her dorm hallway. College officials ...
GRANDEAU PUTS TROY WORK FORCE ON AUSTERITY PLAN FURLOUGHS, DEMOTIONS FOR NEARLY 200 IN CSEA.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: JOE PICCHI Staff writer TROY City Manager David Grandeau instituted layoffs, demotions and payless furloughs for nearly 200 unionized city workers Wednesday in the wake of the union's rejection of givebacks. Grandeau's plan will include five layoffs ...
SCHALMONT ON RISE.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: MAUREEN KELLY Staff writer Doug Hopkins is looking forward to his second year as head coach of the Schalmont girls' basketball team. In his inaugural year, the Sabres finished 17-5. This year, Schalmont returns seven players, including starters Kelly ...
SOUTH HIGH, GLOVERSVILLE GEAR UP FOR RACE.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: BILL IANNONE Staff writer It appears the Foothills Council girls' basketball season will be atwo-team race once again. Defending champion South Glens Falls returns four of last year's five starters, including league Most Valuable Player Kesah Ruby. ...
NO CLEAR-CUT CHOICE THIS YEAR.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: BILL IANNONE Staff writer Coaches in the Patroon Conference expect something unusual this season: a dogfight. ``All of five or six teams could win this league,'' said Coxsackie coach Rick Roden. ``Five or six losses could win this league this year.'' ...
ALBANY VICE SQUAD'S HANDLING OF EVIDENCE QUESTIONED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY The city's vice squad, which has come under attack during the trial of a suspended narcotics cop accused of stealing cocaine evidence, continued to take hits Wednesday when a detective admitted to a major discrepancy in arrest records. ...
COUNTY LAWMAKERS' PLAN FOR RAISES HINGES ON RE-ELECTION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: MICHAEL MCKEON Staff writer ALBANY The County Legislature's Audit and Finance Committee on Wednesday decided to look into raising lawmakers' salaries, though they would have to win re-election next year before they could get any more cash. The county's ...
AUCTION SLATED AT THRUWAY SITE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... BETHLEHEM The state Thruway Authority will hold its last public auction of the year at 11 a.m. Monday at its usual auction site next to Exit 22 on Route 144. Items such as used cars, trucks, and office and other equipment will be auctioned ....
STATES ASK TO REVISE LAW ON HEALTH PLAN LIMITS.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: New York Times WASHINGTON At a congressional hearing Thursday, state officials from both parties asked Congress to revise a 20-year-old federal law that prevents them from imposing taxes or minimum standards on the health plans of companies that serve as their own ...
FLIGHTS POSSIBLE FACTOR IN QUAYLE CLOT.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS The blood clot that hospitalized Dan Quayle probably developed during lengthy plane rides when the former vice president sat for hours, his doctor said Wednesday. Quayle, meanwhile, was making an ``amazing'' recovery and would ...
IMMIGRANT JOURNALISTS' MURDERS OFTEN UNSOLVED.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON Ten immigrant journalists have been murdered in the United States since 1981 for covering news that disturbed political factions from their native countries, according to a report released Wednesday by a private group. The ...
DOGFIGHT EXPECTED.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: BILL ARSENAULT Staff writer Coaches around the Colonial Council are saying the race is wide open, that all but one or two teams are in the battle for the league title. Schalmont won the title last year with a 17-1 record, and most coaches say the Sabres ...
MEDICAL RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY `OBESITY GENE' SCIENTISTS ARE GUARDEDLY HOPEFUL THAT THEIR FIND WILL HELP THEM DEVISE A TREATMENT FOR THE CONDITION.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: ROBERT COOKE Newsday NEW YORK A long-sought gene that seems to control obesity, helping the body balance food intake with energy output, has been found, scientists at Rockefeller University announced Wednesday. Discovery of the gene which has been sought ...
RICH GET RICHER PELLETIER SISTERS TRANSFER TO MAGINN.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: MAUREEN KELLY Staff writer If Big 10 girls' basketball teams feared the Griffins of Bishop Maginn last year, they ain't seen nothin' yet. An already-potent Maginn lineup received an added boost when Suburban Council standouts Kristan and Becky Pelletier ...
NO LOSERS IN THESE GAMES SPECIAL OLYMPICS COMING TO UALBANY THE UNIVERSITY WILL BE HOST TO THE 1995-96 SUMMER GAMES FOR 2,400 MENTALLY RETARDED ATHLETES STATEWIDE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: CAROL DEMARE Staff writer COLONIE In what promoters called a prestigious event that will benefit the entire community, the University at Albany has been chosen as the site of the 1995-96 New York Special Olympics summer games, in which 2,400 athletes will ...
SOLOMON SAYS GOP ISN'T OUT FOR REVENGE NEW CHAIRMAN OF HOUSE RULES PANEL SAYS DEMOCRATS WILL BE TREATED FAIRLY.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: VIC OSTROWIDZKI Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON Rep. Gerald Solomon, the new Republican chairman of the House Rules Committee, says the GOP majority won't seek revenge against Democrats for what he says is their ``arrogant and contemptuous'' treatment of ...
INMATE WHO WAS BLUDGEONED WITH DAHMER DIES.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press PORTAGE, Wis. A prisoner who was bludgeoned along with serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer died Wednesday after being taken off life support. Jesse Anderson, sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife, died at University of Wisconsin ...
SNOW WAITING NOW AT MANY AREA CENTERS.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: Buzz Gray Bored with the cold already? So go up to the attic or down in the cellar and dig them out. The snow is waiting. Yes, indeed, we're talking skis and snowboards here. It's safe to use them now as more and more centers near the Capital Region have ...
ANITA RIVALSI GOLDEN, 79.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... GLENVILLE Anita Rivalsi Golden, 79, of Van Buren Road died Monday at Glendale Nursing Home. Mrs. Golden moved to Glenville from New York City in 1973. She was a member of Our Lady of Grace Church in Ballston Lake and its Prayer Group. Her husband, James ...
SINN FEIN LEADER INVITED TO WHITE HOUSE.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: New York Times WASHINGTON The Clinton administration has approved another visa for Gerry Adams, the leader of the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, and has invited him to a high-level meeting at the White House next week, administration officials said ...
SHAKER ATHLETE CHARGES BIAS BLACK STUDENT'S COMPLAINT PUTS FOCUS ON BLACK PRINCIPAL IN BEER PARTY CASE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: MARC CAREY Staff writer COLONIE The attorney for a Shaker High School football player suspended from a postseason game after being arrested in connection with an illegal beer party on Halloween night claimed that his client was singled out for punishment because of ...
NORTHWAY RIVALRY'S AHL'S BEST.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: Pete Dougherty GLENS FALLS For years, the Adirondack Red Wings had the Rochester Americans. Despite the 200-plus miles of New York State Thruway between the cities, it was as good as any American Hockey League rivalry. Farther south, the Utica Devils got ...
COURT DUBIOUS TOWARD ALCOHOL CONTENT BAN ONE JUSTICE MOCKS IT AS ``THOUGH SHALT NOT TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT'S IN THIS COMMODITY''.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: JOAN BISKUPIC Washington Post WASHINGTON Beer drinkers can't know their brew's alcohol content by looking at the bottle because federal law generally keeps the information off labels. That's to prevent ``strength wars,'' a government lawyer told the ...
ANOTHER NYRA ADDITION FORMER WRITER NAMED COMMUNICATIONS, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: MATT GRAVES Staff writer Taking another step to become more responsive to its horsemen and customers, the New York Racing Association announced the appointment Wednesday of Steven Crist as director of communications and development. Crist, a longtime advocate ...
ARMY REORGANIZATION WILL CUT 18,000 TROOPS.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON The Army, in a major reorganization that will cut 18,000 troops from its ranks, is prepared to deactivate the headquarters of the historic 1st Infantry Division in Kansas and the 4th Infantry Division in Colorado. The proposals ...
MEXICO'S NEW LEADER NAMES HIS CABINET.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: DUDLEY ALTHAUS Houston Chronicle MEXICO CITY On the eve of his inauguration as president, Ernesto Zedillo on Wednesday unveiled a Cabinet that all but guarantees that Mexico's sweeping economic reforms will continue for the next six years. Zedillo, 43, who ...
BARGAIN PRICES COULD PROLIFERATE.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON Forget the grand words about how GATT would set loose a``powerful wind of economic freedom.'' Imagine instead that it could usher in the golden age of American prune juice. Beneath the glowing principles of GATT is ...
CANADA PROPOSES TOUGH GUN CONTROL.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press OTTAWA Canada would ban a wide range of handguns and require that all firearms be registered with police under a gun-control program presented by the government Wednesday. The long-awaited package would also impose tough sentences on ...
`ACHILLE LAURO' GOES DOWN IN FLAMES.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1994 ... Byline: Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya The Achille Lauro's history of misfortune ended in flames Wednesday on the Indian Ocean, where nearly 1,000 passengers and crew fled in lifeboats as the listing cruise ship burned. At least one death was reported. The ...