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Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from January 1995:

SUSPECT ARRESTED IN 2 ABORTION CLINIC KILLINGS.(MAIN)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: ERIC L. WEE The Washington Post NORFOLK, Va. A quiet loner accused of killing two abortion clinic workers and wounding five other people in Massachusetts on Friday was arrested here Saturday after authorities said he tried to force his way inside another busy clinic ...

HAPPY END TO OLD YEAR OVERTIME VICTORY IS A FIRST FOR ALBANY.(SPORTS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: PETE DOUGHERTY Staff writer ALBANY Let the New Year's celebration begin, even if it's jumping the gun by two hours. The Albany River Rats gave themselves a joyful entry into January by accomplishing something Saturday night they hadn't done in their ...

FIRST NIGHT THOUSANDS ROMP AND REVEL AS THEY WELCOME THE NEW YEAR.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: CHRIS STURGIS Staff writer ALBANY Three young men in the Empire State Plaza Concourse huddled over a First Night map, plotting their journey through the nomadic New Year's Eve celebration. The three Albany men were among thousands of New Year's Eve ...

REVELERS PACK TIMES SQUARE TO CELEBRATE 1995.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: RON FEEMSTER Associated Press NEW YORK Hundreds of thousands filled Times Square to watch a 6-foot aluminum ball studded with 180 white lights glide down a flagpole to usher in the new year. There were people as far as the eye could see Saturday night and ...

TOO BAD O.J. SAGA HAD FOCUS.(SPORTS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: Steve Campbell I wish he hadn't felt compelled to take a gun and point it to his head. I wish 95 million people hadn't been riveted to television sets across America to see if he would pull the trigger. I wish there had not been a surreal Friday night in ...

KIDS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF GOVERNOR'S INAUGURAL PLANS THE PATAKI CHILDREN LEAD FESTIVITIES AT THE EGG WITH GRACE, CHARM AND PERSONALITY.(MAIN)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: CHRISTOPHER RINGWALD Staff writer ALBANY The offspring of George and Libby Pataki Emily, Teddy, Allie and Owen presided over a family inaugural celebration for other children at The Egg at the Empire Center for the Performing Arts Saturday as if they had running ...

TOUGHER HARASSMENT STATUTE AMONG NEW LAWS THE NEW YEAR MEANS LEGISLATION GOES INTO EFFECT IN STATE ON RAFFLES AND PAY PHONES.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: JESSICA ANCKER Associated Press ALBANY For more than five years, Patty LaPan has lived in fear of a man who sent hundreds of love letters and death threats, pursued her with a camera and kept her telephone ringing. Vincent Gandino has been arrested nine ...

BRACING FOR AN OUTRAGE SHORTAGE NOW THAT THEIR FAVORITE TARGETS ARE GONE, RADIO TALK SHOWS WILL NEED NEW IDEAS TO KEEP LISTENERS TUNED IN.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: TIMOTHY EGAN New York Times SEATTLE For the country's talk radio hosts, about 70 percent of whom call themselves conservative, the first signs of a bear market are starting to emerge. Gone is Joycelyn Elders, the surgeon general labeled ``the condom ...

PATAKI RINGS IN A NEW ERA WITH A TOAST, NEW GOVERNOR TAKES REINS.(MAIN)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: HARVY LIPMAN AND MARK MCGUIREStaff writers with Associated Press reports ALBANY George Pataki, a little-known state senator just a year ago when he began his quest to unseat liberal icon Mario M. Cuomo, took the oath of office Saturday night as 53rd governor of ...

WHITE HOUSE NIXES NOMINATION FIGI'S LAWS AGAINST HOMOSEXUALITY MAY HAVE COMPLICATED GAY MAN'S APPOINTMENT.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: DAVID W. DUNLAP New York Times Because he is openly gay, it appears that James Hormel, 62, a business executive, philanthropist and Democratic Party stalwart in San Francisco, will not be nominated by the Clinton administration as the next U.S. ambassador to Fiji. ...

SCHOOL FINANCING AMONG ISSUES ON 1995 DOCKET.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY A key challenge to ever-widening gap between rich and poor school districts will be before the Court of Appeals on Tuesday when the state's top court begins the new year. On the first day of the session, Jan. 3, the high court ...

CLINTONS' HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS FULL OF SUN, FUN, IDEAS THE PRESIDENT RELIES ON RENAISSANCE WEEKEND AS A NEW YEAR'S RETREAT.(MAIN)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. Celebrating the New Year the same way he has the past 10 years, President Clinton pondered politics, public policy and the principles of life with a star-studded assembly of like-minded networkers. The president ...

THE LEFT BEHINDS OF THE GREAT SOCIETY.(PERSPECTIVE)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: ROBERT E. THOMPSON WASHINGTON From all indications, this will be the year in which the Great Society becomes the Gone Society. The reforms that remain under the massive pavilion of federally supported programs created by Lyndon Johnson in the mid-1960s to ...

ELINOR HAYES ZOBRE, 63.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... WEST SAND LAKE Elinor J. Hayes Zobre, 63, of Capital Boulevard died Friday at her residence. Mrs. Zobre was born in Albany and lived most of her life in Rensselaer before moving to West Sand Lake seven years ago. She was a supervisor for the state Department of ...

VACCO VOWS TO CRACK DOWN ON CRIMINALS.(MAIN)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer ALBANY Despite campaign criticism that he was distorting the job, new Attorney General Dennis C. Vacco continued Saturday to vow to crack down on criminals. ``We must never lose sight of government's No. 1 responsibility: ensuring ...

TOWARD BETTER SCHOOLS.(PERSPECTIVE)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: LOUIS GRUMET School boards believe everyone, at every level of public education in New York state, must be accountable for his or her actions. The accountability is an important component of ensuring every child receives a quality education in public schools. Here are ...

WELCOME TO ALBANY, GOVERNOR IN CITY HALL CEREMONY, MAYOR JENNINGS PRESENTS GEORGE PATAKI WITH A GIFT, BEST WISHES.(MAIN)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: CHRIS STURGIS Staff writer ALBANY Mayor Jerry Jennings welcomed New York state's new governor to the capital city, where he is hardly a newcomer. At a ceremony in the City Hall rotunda, George Pataki said he was looking forward, after 20 years ``in and out of ...

WILLIAM J. GUINANE, 65.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... CLIFTON PARK William J. Guinane, 65, of Clamsteam Road, died Saturday at Albany Memorial Hospital in Albany. Mr. Guinane was born in Elmira, Chemung County, and he lived in Clifton Park for the last 30 years. Mr. Guinane retired in 1988 as a tool and dye maker at ...

JOHN K. BARGIEL, 97.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... COHOES John K. Bargiel, 97, of Dartmouth Street, died Friday at Saratoga Hospital in Saratoga. Mr. Bargiel was born in Poland and lived most of his life in Cohoes. He retired 25 years ago from the Altech Corp. in Watervliet, where he worked for 37 years. ...

IBM COMES FROM BEHIND MICROSOFT'S DELAYS CREATE A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR OS/2 WARP.(BUSINESS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: JOHN J. FRIED Knight-Ridder The 1969 Mets. The 1993 Phillies. The 1994 George Foreman. To this list of unlikely come-from-way-behind winners, International Business Machines wants to add: OS/2 Warp. OS/2 Warp is ...

ALERT DOMESTIC PET HELPS AVERT A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY BARKING DOG AROUSED NINE VICTIMS OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press FRANKLIN SQUARE A noisy dog averted a tragedy on Long Island by rousing the owner of a house where nine people had been overcome by carbon monoxide Saturday, police said. All nine were hospitalized for treatment of carbon monoxide ...

BOYZ II MEN HAVE SERIOUS, SOULFUL VOICES.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: RAY MARK RINALDI Staff writer Albany When it comes to contemporary R & B music, Boyz II Men are the undisputed champs. Young, videogenic and willing to dress in matching preppy outfits, they are a record company's marketing dream. It doesn't hurt that they ...

MOSAIC UNPIECED BUSINESSES FLOCK TO COMPUTING'S NEXT 'KILLER APPLICATION'.(BUSINESS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: JAMES COATES Chicago Tribune http://www.whitehouse.gov A new variety of technobabble written along the lines of the computer command above stands poised to become a household word. That word is Mosaic. It is, in the minds of many, the computer ...

WALTER HUGHES, 96.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... TROY Walter Hughes, 96, formerly of Willis Street, died Friday at Highgate Manor Nursing Home in Schaghticoke. Mr. Hughes was born in Troy, and was a lifelong resident of the city. He was an electrician and was employed in general maintenance at the Mohawk Paper ...

SAMUEL KEIL, 77.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... STUYVESANT Samuel Keil, 77, of Route 9, Stuyvesant Falls, died Friday at the Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albany. Mr. Keil was born in Stuyvesant Falls. He lived in California for some time before returning to the Stuyvesant area. He was an ...

MARGARET E. STOKES, 88.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... TROY Margaret Elizabeth Anderson Stokes, 88, died Friday at Samaritan Hospice. Mrs. Stokes was born in Magnolia, Ark. She received a bachelor of music degree from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Mrs. Stokes attended the Curtis Institute of Music in ...

ALBERT J. LAJEUNESSE, 94.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... CLIFTON PARK Albert J. Lajeunesse, 94, of Placid Place, formerly of Waterford, died Saturday at Albany Memorial Hospital. Mr. Lajeunesse was born in Waterford, and moved to Clifton Park in 1972. He was employed as a truck driver by Tobin Packing Co. in Albany for ...

SANDRA L. STANLEY, 55.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... ALBANY Sandra L. Stanley, 55, died Thursday at St. Peter's Hospice. Miss Stanley was born in New York City, and lived in Albany since 1968. She was a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder, and studied law at the National Law Center at George Washington ...

POT-TOTING AIRLINE EXEC BACK ON JOB.(BUSINESS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press EAGAN, Minn. The Northwest Airlines executive who stepped aside after he was ticketed for trying to board a Northwest flight with marijuana in his bag, is back on the job. Co-chairman Gary Wilson ended his self-imposed suspension last week, ...

A LOOK INSIDE THE GALA FOR THOSE ON THE OUTSIDE.(MAIN)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: YANCEY ROY Staff writer ALBANY It will involve 29 bands, 15,000 revelers, the state's chief judge, the local symphony orchestra, a 19-gun salute, a layer of cardboard over ice and, just maybe, Howard Stern. It will be the biggest hoedown at the Knickerbocker ...

SERVICES PROFESSIONS FINANCIAL.(BUSINESS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... The Desmond: Rick Golding has joined The Desmond in Colonie as manager of the Scrimshaw restaurant. Golding formerly worked for Stewart's shops. Telephone Association:David J. Lamendola has been promoted to manager legislative and management information at the New ...

URBACH WANTS TAX OFFICE TO BE TAXPAYER-FRIENDLY.(MAIN)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: ALAN D. ABBEY Business writer ALBANY Lifelong Albany Democrat Michael H. Urbach, tired of policies of Gov. Mario M. Cuomo that he felt were detrimental to business, brought people to a fund-raiser for Republican challenger George Pataki during the campaign. ...

THANK YOU, 1994 CHRISTMAS FUND DONORS.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... A total of 3,970 donors have contributed $193,427.81 to the Times Union Christmas Fund for the Elderly in Need. A list of contributors appears on this page. $1,160.00 Albany: Employees of the Picotte Companies. $1,000.00 Albany: Two Anonymous. Troy: ...

BETTY BERGERON, 59.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... SCHENECTADY Betty Hitchcock Bergeron, 59, of Dartmouth Street, died Friday at St. Clare Hospital. Mrs. Bergeron was born in Corinth. She lived in Schenectady most of her life, and was educated at Mont Pleasant High School. Mrs. Bergeron was a data entry ...

RUSSELL P. DINGMAN, 90.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... TROY Russell P. Dingman Sr., 90, of Heritage House died Friday at St. Peter's Hospice at Samaritan Hospital. Mr. Dingman was born in Columbiaville, Columbia County. He resided in the Taborton area of Sand Lake from 1944 to 1983, and in Grafton from 1983 to 1993, when he ...

MAUREEN TIGRETT, FORMER WIFE OF RINGO STARR.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press SEATTLE Maureen Cox Starkey Tigrett, former wife of Beatle Ringo Starr, has died of complications arising from leukemia treatment, family friends and hospital officials said Saturday. Tigrett, 47, of Los Angeles, died Friday at the Fred ...

U.S. CONSIDERS TRADE SANCTIONS ON CHINESE IMPORTS CLINTON ADMINISTRATION MOVES TO STOP ``PIRACY'' OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE, VIDEOS, CDS.(BUSINESS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: MARTIN CRUTSINGER Associated Press WASHINGTON Moving to stop what it called ``rampant piracy'' of American computer software, movies and music, the Clinton administration on Saturday targeted $2.8 billion of Chinese goods for possible trade sanctions. The ...

VINCENZO PARISI, FORMER ITALY POLICE CHIEF.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press ROME Vincenzo Parisi, a former national police chief implicated in a slush fund probe, died Saturday after a heart attack. He was 64. He died at a Rome hospital. Parisi, who became head of the civilian police forces in 1987, ...

THIS YEAR, YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS.(BUSINESS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Each year the Times Union asks business leaders to talk about the year ahead in the annual business round table sessions. This year we want you to participate in that session by telling us the questions you want answered about the Capital Region's business, economic and political ...

SHENENDEHOWA WEIGHS REARRANGEMENT PLANS ENLARGEMENT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL TO INCLUDE GRADES 9 THROUGH 12 IS ONE IDEA BEING STUDIED.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: CHRISTOPHER RINGWALD Staff writer CLIFTON PARK Continuing a process of virtually reinventing itself, the Shenendehowa Central School District will ask citizens for their opinions on two plans to rearrange grades and schools before putting a construction bond on the ...

TURNER'S HUMANNESS RECALLED LEGAL PROFESSIONALS GATHER TO LAUD RETIRING ALBANY COUNTY JUDGE.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY John G. Turner Jr., on the last day of his 10-year tenure as Albany County judge, was praised as a kind man committed to fairness. ``You have always been a gentleman, a smiling face and a support in the midst of some hectic and ...

CHINA MEETS U.S. THREAT WITH ONE OF ITS OWN.(BUSINESS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press BEIJING China threatened Saturday to retaliate if the United States goes ahead with plans to impose sanctions on $2.8 billion of Chinese imports. The office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued a target list of Chinese goods Saturday for ...

BUSINESS GROUPS SAY THEY'RE ON PATAKI TEAM STRATEGY MIXES WITH OPTIMISM AFTER WHAT IS SEEN AS A LONG, DRY SPELL.(BUSINESS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: ALAN D. ABBEY Business writer Business, which at times claimed to be on the outside during the years Gov. Mario M. Cuomo was in office, already has a seat at the table of the new administration in Albany. Instead of calling news conferences to issue reports ...

VERONICA L. VALLEE, 75.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... COLONIE Veronica L. Vallee, 75, of East Glenwood Drive, Latham, died Saturday at St. Mary's Hospital in Troy. Mrs. Vallee was born in Cohoes and had lived in Latham since 1954. She was educated at Sacred Heart School and was a graduate of Cohoes High School. ...

HELEN O'BRIEN VAUGHAN.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... TROY Helen E. O'Brien Vaughan, of 21st Street, died Friday in St. Mary's Hospital. Mrs. Vaughan was born in Troy,and was a graduate of Catholic Central High School. She was employed by the state Department of Audit and Control. Mrs. Vaughan was a ...

CHERYL BERANEK, 43.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... SCHENECTADY Cheryl Beranek, 43, of Oregon Avenue died Saturday at her residence. Miss Beranek was born in Pensacola, Fla. She graduated from the former Linton High School and Union College, and received a registered physician assistant degree from Northeastern ...

IRENE E. ALLENDORPH, 94.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... WATERVLIET Irene E. Spafford Allendorph, 94, formerly of Tenth Avenue, died Friday at Hallmark Nursing Center in Troy. Mrs. Allendorph was born in Troy, and had been a resident of Watervliet since 1928. She was employed by the Norton Co. during World War II. She ...

BRICK SALE TO BENEFIT PLAYGROUND PROJECT.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... ALBANY Businesses, colleges and high schools are joining parents, staff, students and consumers in a special fund-raising campaign called ``Brick By Brick Building The Future,'' for the Center for the Disabled. The campaign is raising funds for a new playground and ...

A BIG-TIME LOSER FINALLY GETS INSIDE.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun ``There are two kinds of writing,'' the man with the hair flying in all directions said with a thick accent and wicked grin. ``Your kind and my kind.'' ``You write words. I write checks.'' I hate to think that's the only difference ...

DARE OFFICER TO SPEAK ON MEDIA AND YOUTH.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... COLONIE Officer Gregory Jensen, a DARE instructor with the Colonie police, will discuss the influence that television, movies and music have on today's youth at a program Wednesday program sponsored by the Colonie Youth Center. The community awareness program, open to all ...

SAVAGERY ON BOTH SIDES OF BLOODY FIGHT FOR ISLAMIC RULE IN ALGIERS.(MAIN)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: BERNARD D. KAPLAN Hearst Newspapers PARIS In an Algiers suburb, two teenage schoolgirls were stabbed to death earlier this month by Islamic fanatics for what they called the ``irreligious'' act of failing to wear head scarves to class. It was a familiar ...

RENSSELAER FIRM PLANNED INAUGURAL AS ULTIMATE BASH.(BUSINESS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: JAMES DENN Business writer ALBANY A large part of the work that went into turning downtown Albany into one big party to celebrate the inauguration of George Pataki was handled by Ed Martin, president of Armadillo Group Inc., a politically connected public relations ...

NATIONALLY: KNEECAPS AND SALARY CAPS.(SPORTS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: MICHELLE KAUFMAN Detroit Free Press Nancy and Tonya. A white Ford Bronco. No World Series. NHL lockout. Ten years from now, will sports fans remember anything else about 1994? Will they remember that the New York Rangers won their first ...

PARAMOUNT LOUNGE TO GO DARK AFTER 37 FESTIVE YEARS.(CAPITAL REGION)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: Marv Cermak Paramount Lounge, a popular banquet house that has serviced thousands of area residents for the past 37 years, is shutting down operations at the end of this week. The Sgambelluri family ran the Albany Street business for three decades before ...

NBC ALONE TO SHOWCASE ORANGE BOWL.(SPORTS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: Pete Dougherty Major bowl day in college football is Monday with an asterisk. The Orange Bowl chose not to move its game off the traditional Jan. 1 date, so No. 1 Nebraska and No. 3 Miami meet tonight on NBC (8 p.m., Chs. 2, 13). Does a Nebraska victory ...

JOSEPH T. LYONS RETIRES AS TU PUBLISHER EMERITUS.(MAIN)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Joseph T. Lyons, publisher emeritus of the Times Union for the last four years and publisher for a decade before that, has retired from his post. His retirement was effective Saturday. As publisher emeritus, Lyons, 68, has worked in a number of public service capacities in ...

U.S. STILL PAYING FOR AN ACT OF HUBRIS.(PERSPECTIVE)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: Harry Rosenfeld The four terrorists who seized the Air France Airbus in the name of Islam and executed three hostages are part of the same broad movement that the United States avidly supported with money and weaponry when it was unleashed against the Soviet Army in ...

CARTER IS SETTING A NEW STANDARD FOR PRESIDENTS WHO'VE LEFT OFFICE OPERATING OUT OF A REPLICA OF THE OVAL OFFICE HE BUILT IN ATLANTA, THE SELF-STYLED PEACEMAKER HAS HIS SHARE OF BOTH SUCCESSES AND CRITICISM.(MAIN)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: JOHN WALLACH Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON Jimmy Carter's recent steps to defuse crises in North Korea, Haiti and Bosnia follow a long trail of personal diplomacy that began before he left the White House in 1981. For United Nations ...

STARS THAT GAVE US HOPE IN '94.(SPORTS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: HAL BOCK Associated Press Olympics Johann Olav Koss Norwegian speed skater celebrated return of Olympics to his homeland by winning three gold medals, each in world record time ... Fans rocked speed skating venue with chants of ``Koss is Boss!'' ... ...

MURDOCH JUST OUT-FOXED THE SPORTS COMPETITION IN 1994.(SPORTS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: JOHN NELSON Associated Press On the TV sports calendar, 1994 was the year of the Fox. The 8-year-old network covered its first NFL game, signed up the NHL, set the stage for a megabid on the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and made ominous noises in other sports, ...

TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT, BUT THERE'S STILL NO SUBSTITUTE FOR GOOD OLD TIME.(BUSINESS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: Tom Peters I fervently believe in electronic networking, using so-called groupware (for example, Lotus Notes), to create value through pooled knowledge. Lord knows, I believe in customer responsiveness. Still, I was repelled by a recent Computerworld article, ``KPMG ...

HONORABLE MENTION.(SPORTS)

Jan 01, 1995 ... It was tough cracking our top 10 in this very busy year of local sports, so here's a list of those noteworthy stories that just barely missed the cut when all the voting was tabulated: Labor strife hits Saratoga Raceway, forcing the harness track to shut down for a brief time ...

LISTEN TO JARREAU AND HEAR THREE KINDS OF SINGERS.(SHOWTIME)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: AL BRUMLEY Dallas Morning News Al Jarreau is thinking aloud about the possibility of making a straight-ahead jazz album. Yes, he says, he would like to do that. In fact, he has been talking about ``just that kind of project'' for a couple of years. ...

LIFE'S RIDDLES REMAIN JUMBLED AFTER VISITING `THE VILLAGERS'.(LIFE & LEISURE)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: JOHN BALZAR And what, by the way, is the meaning of life? Once the question brought people up raptly. They tugged on their chins, gazed into the night sky and scratched with quill pens in their notebooks. Today, the question is apt to be voiced mischievously ...

LET'S GIVE A GREAT BIG CHEER FOR KATO'S VERY GOOD YEAR.(LIFE & LEISURE)

Jan 01, 1995 ... Byline: DAVE BARRY It wasn't such a bad year. Really. Some good things did happen. For example, a whole bunch of Historic Mideast Peace Accords got signed. I don't have the exact numbers, but it seemed as though every time you turned on the TV news, you saw a group of ...