Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from March 1995:
MARIE TURNER DUFRESNE.(CAPITAL REGION)(Correction notice)
Mar 01, 1995 ... PITTSTOWN Marie Turner Dufresne, 78, of Flensburg Drive died Tuesday at home. She was born and educated in Troy and worked for Cluett, Peabody & Co. in Troy for several years. She was also employed by the state Department of Sales Tax and the Department of Narcotics for six ...
CITY HONORS RIGHTS GROUP 30 YEARS INTO ITS MISSION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: BRUCE A. SCRUTON Staff writer ALBANY Even six months ago, Leon Van Dyke wouldn't have believed that the city would honor the Brothers with an event. But what he found most overwhelming during such a ceremony Tuesday was the amount of work the local civil ...
DEMOCRATS COME OUT IN FORCE FOR BRESLIN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: MARC CAREY Staff writer COLONIE The roast beef was only fair, the turkey a bit better. But the gourmet dish at a gathering of Albany County Democrats on Tuesday night turned out to be the enthusiasm of more than 350 party faithful who came to support the candidacy of ...
FIREFIGHTERS IN ALBANY LIST DANGEROUS BUILDINGS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Staff writer ALBANY City firefighters, now in the inspection business, are launching a study of abandoned buildings. ``We'll be making a list of the ones that we think present a major danger. We're trying to get a handle on it,'' Fire Chief ...
EMOTIONS RUN HIGH AT ZONING BOARD MEETING.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Staff writer ALBANY The second floor of City Hall was packed with emotional city residents Tuesday evening, as the Board of Building, Zoning and Housing Appeals considered one controversial proposal after another. Clients of the Altamont ...
2 UNIONS SETTLE CONTRACT TALKS WITH COHOES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: VINCENT JACKSON Staff writer COHOES Two unions reached four-year contract settlements with the city that will give workers a 2.5 percent raise this year and 2.95 percent for each of the next three years. The two Civil Service Employees Association bargaining ...
COLONIE COLLECTING OLD TELEPHONE BOOKS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... COLONIE The town, in conjunction with a Montgomery County firm, will collect old telephone books for recycling through April. Colonie residents and businesses can bring the phone books to the town landfill on Route 9, where special containers will be set up. Plastic covers, ...
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HELD ON DRUG COUNTS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: MARC CAREY Staff writer COLONIE An 18-year-old Watervliet High School student, suspected of a lengthy involvement in the narcotics trade, was arrested on felony drug sale charges Tuesday morning. Christopher J. Quirk of 775 Broadway, Watervliet, was ...
2 DEVELOPERS SHOW INTEREST IN SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: MARV CERMAK Staff writer ROTTERDAM Supervisor James A. Constantino said two developers have shown an interest in building a senior citizen housing project in the town. Constantino said the developers are not being named because discussions with town ...
MEMBER SEEKS 2ND SCHOOL BOARD TERM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... COHOES Stanley Pawenski, who has served on the Cohoes school board for three years, is running for re-election in the spring. ``I will be running on my record,'' said Pawenski in a written statement. ``I'm glad to see that for the past three years, the Cohoes School District has ...
UPSCALE NISKAYUNA PLAZA, INN A BIT CLOSER TO REALITY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: CHRIS STURGIS Staff writer NISKAYUNA St. James Square, an upscale plaza and inn, inched closer to reality at Tuesday`s Town Board meeting. Developer Reginald A. Scott has been informally discussing plans for a year or more to enlarge the Grand Union and ...
SCHENECTADY DECIDES TO UNLOAD PROPERTIES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: MARV CERMAK Staff writer SCHENECTADY Low bids on a number of houses at a recent property tax auction failed to meet ``upset'' prices, but the City Council has decided to unload the parcels. Councilman David P. Nowak said rejecting the bids from buyers ...
SALINAS' BROTHER LINKED TO KILLING OF MEXICAN CANDIDATE.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: MARK FINEMAN Los Angeles Times MEXICO CITY Federal agents arrested the elder brother of former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari Tuesday, charging him with masterminding last year's assassination of the ruling party's No. 2 official. This was the second ...
ST. ROSE WOMEN SEND A MESSAGE.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: BUZZ GRAY Staff writer It was not unlike an avalanche. Once the rumbling got started, nobody could stop it. Shot piled upon shot until innocent victims lay buried underneath tons of points. By the time the great cloud cleared, the College of Saint Rose ...
WITNESS IN SIMPSON CASE PROCLAIMS HER HONESTY.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press LOS ANGELES Distraught over another delay and under attack as a liar, key O.J. Simpson witness Rosa Lopez tearfully declared her honesty Tuesday and told the judge, ``This is not my fault . . . to have seen and to have heard.'' Lopez has ...
BROTHER'S ARREST DEEPENING SALINAS' FALL FROM GRACE.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: TOD ROBBERSON Washington Post MEXICO CITY When times were good, Jose Trejo Jimenez used to hang ``Help Wanted'' signs in the picture window of his downtown print shop. Today, he devotes the same space to an altogether different kind of poster one that says, ...
SENATE BACKS FREE SUNY TUITION FOR THOSE OVER 60 CRITICS SAY BILL MAKES NO SENSE IN ERA OF DEEP CUTS FOR THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: TOM PRECIOUS Capitol bureau ALBANY To all those State University students facing tuition hikes, take comfort. Under legislation approved by the Republican-led Senate on Tuesday, there is a simple solution: Drop out of college now, wait 40 or so years and ...
HOLY NAMES, BURNT HILLS WIN.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: BILL IANNONE Staff Writer COLONIE Twice during the season Holy Names girls' basketball coach Joe Anastasio saw what Schalmont High's Kelly Paolino can do when she drives to the basket. He saw it again when Paolino tossed in 29 points in a quarterfinal ...
LOUGANIS MADE A BAD CALL.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Arthur Caplan Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis, who last year courageously announced that he is a homosexual, has now bravely told the world, through a new book and a television interview, that he has AIDS. That is tragic. Louganis, the only person ever ...
CITY HALL SALE POSSIBLE LUCIANO FOOD BROKERS IS REPORTEDLY INTERESTED IN BUYING TROY BUILDING.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer TROY A Latham-based food distributor is the potential purchaser of City Hall whose offer will be presented to the City Council on Thursday, the Times Union has learned. Luciano Food Brokers is the leader of a group of buyers ...
LAWMAKER SAYS STATE FAILS TO WATCH DRUG, ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTERS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: CHRISTOPHER RINGWALD Staff writer ALBANY After a yearlong investigation and a daylong hearing, the chairman of the state Senate Investigations Committee said Tuesday that New York has failed to monitor its network of drug and alcohol treatment centers. ...
VICTIMS OF SEX ABUSE LOBBY FOR STATE FUNDING, LEGAL REFORMS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press ALBANY Chuck Richard suffered in silence for 13 years while his stepfather sexually abused him. After he finally shared his secret a year ago, the lack of support groups and other services geared toward male victims has made him feel even ...
SENATE PASSES BILL ON EARLY RETIREMENT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Jane Gottlieb ALBANY The Senate Tuesday passed early-retirement legislation that sets in motion a process that could prove to be state workers' best shot at avoiding layoffs. The bill, already agreed to by the Assembly and Gov. George Pataki, sets up a ...
EVEN MORE CLOSINGS NECESSARY BY CENTURY'S END, PERRY SAYS.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: HOLLY YEAGER Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON Military bases spared from the Pentagon's latest base-closing ax aren't off the hook yet: Defense Secretary William Perry said Tuesday he wants another round of closings in three or four years. While ...
EX-BANK CHIEF CHARGED WITH KEEPING CLINTON BELOW IRS RADAR.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: SUSAN SCHMIDT Washington Post WASHINGTON The one-time president of an Arkansas bank was indictedyesterday on charges that he and others conspired to conceal from the IRS large cash withdrawals that were made by then-governor Bill Clinton's 1990 re-election campaign. ...
PATAKI PLEDGES TO BLOCK CASINO ONEIDA INDIANS EYE GAMBLING SITE 90 MINUTES FROM NEW YORK CITY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press MONTICELLO The Oneida Indian Nation wants to establish a casino at Monticello Raceway in Sullivan County, 90 minutes from New York City. But Gov. George Pataki pledged Tuesday to block its plans. The tribe would place casino gambling 90 miles ...
SENECAS GIVE SAVINGS TO TREASURER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press BUFFALO Feuding Seneca Indian factions agreed Tuesday to turn over control of their hefty bank account to the tribe's treasurer until they resolve the bigger issue of who runs their government. State Supreme Court Justice Joseph Mintz ...
HATE-SPEECH BAN ILLEGAL.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. A judge struck down Stanford University's ban on hate speech Tuesday because it restricts words based upon sex and race instead of all ``fighting words.'' Judge Peter Stone also said the code was ...
A BALANCED-BUDGET VOTE SHY, DOLE BALKS GOP DELAYS FINAL COUNT RATHER THAN ACCEPT DEFEAT.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: DAVID ESPO Associated Press WASHINGTON In a dramatic and unexpected turn, Senate Republicans flinched Tuesday from a final vote on a constitutional balanced-budget amendment. One vote shy, GOP leaders struggled to salvage the centerpiece of their drive to shrink ...
SCHENECTADY GE DOOMED, TRADE EXPERTS SAY.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: JAMES DENN Business writer SCHENECTADY Too old. Too expensive to operate. Not enough demand for what it makes. For those reasons, according to two experts on international trade, General Electric's steam turbine operation has the smell of death ...
STARS CALL SEWER PLAN ALL WET SUSAN SARANDON.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... and a couple of fellow New Yorkers, Christopher Reeve and Alec Baldwin, showed up at a crowded public hearing in New York City to oppose changes in state water-treatment rules. The three, joined by environmentalist Robert Kennedy Jr., said a plan aimed at keeping ...
SEX-OFFENDER WARNINGS STRUCK DOWN JUDGE RULES AGAINST PROVISION OF `MEGAN'S LAW' IN NEW JERSEY.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. A judge Tuesday ruled unconstitutional New Jersey's ``Megan's Law'' requirement that law enforcement authorities notify the public when a convicted sex offender is released into a community. U.S. District Judge Nicholas H ....
ASH WEDNESDAY ANOINTS HISTORY WITH MYSTERY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: WINIFRED YU Staff writer In a centuries-old ritual rich with meaning, millions of Christians will line up for ashes today and bear a sign on their foreheads of penitence, humility and mortality. The smudging of ashes is a ritual of Ash Wednesday, which marks ...
PROMINENT PAROLE OFFICIALS IN LINE FOR PROMOTION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: JOE MAHONEY Staff writer ALBANY Three men who are highly regarded by parole officers in the field are in line to be named by Gov. George Pataki to top jobs in the state Division of Parole, according to state government insiders. Brian D. Travis, who ...
RISK ASSESSMENT LEGISLATION SAILS THROUGH HOUSE.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Washington Post WASHINGTON House Republicans Tuesday night reached another milestone in their Contract with America as they won approval of far-reaching legislation that would make it much more difficult for the government to impose health, safety and environmental ...
TARGETED NAVY OFFICER GETS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON The Navy awarded an achievement medal Tuesday to a lieutenant it is trying to expel because he's gay. Lt. Tracy Thorne, 28, received the Navy Achievement Medal in a ceremony at Naval Air Systems Command in Arlington, Va., his ...
ARMS BUILDUP ALARMS IRAN'S GULF NEIGHBORS.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: New York Times WASHINGTON Iran has sharply increased its military forces on three islands at the mouth of the Persian Gulf in recent months, provoking alarm at the Pentagon and among America's gulf allies, senior military officials said Tuesday. Gen. John ...
SARATOGA COUNTY REPORTS $11.9M SURPLUS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer BALLSTON SPA Saratoga County has an $11.9 million surplus even after allocating $4 million to pay for a new office building and $5 million toward construction of the planned county landfill. Board of Supervisors Chairman ...
CLEANUP CUTBACKS UNSAFE, CRITICS SAY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press BUFFALO A plan to cut $51 million in federal funds for cleanup of radioactive waste was criticized Tuesday by environmental activists, who said it would jeopardize public health. House Republicans have proposed cutting the money from the ...
SENATORS APPROVE TAX-CUT PROPOSAL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press ALBANY The state Senate passed Gov. George Pataki's personal income tax cut proposal Tuesday, a day after the Assembly passed its own tax cut plan. The Pataki plan is part of the governor's budget proposal, and is intended to be the first ...
BERNIE CORNFELD, 67; NOTORIOUS FINANCIER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press LONDON Financier Bernie Cornfeld, an ex-New York City cab driver who went on to head a multibillion-dollar business empire that crashed in 1970 and left thousands of investors stranded, has died. He was 67. London's Chelsea and Westminster ...
ACTING SCHOOLS' CHIEF OFFERED JOB EXTENSION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... TROY Donald F. Hepp, who has been serving as acting superintendent of the Troy City School District since the departure of Mario Scalzi in October, is being offered a contract through June 30, l998. The Troy Board of Education is expected to take action on Hepp's ...
BISHOPS CAN'T BUDGE PATAKI ON CUTS CATHOLIC PRELATES TRY TO WREST HIM FROM SLASHING SOCIAL SERVICES FUNDING BUT THEY COME AWAY UNSUCCESSFUL.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: HARVY LIPMAN State editor ALBANY After calling Gov. George Pataki's fiscal plan ``a much meaner budget than we've seen probably ever in the history of the state,'' Bishop Howard Hubbard and New York's other Catholic bishops, led by Cardinal John O'Connor, met for two ...
DOCTORS AMPUTATE WRONG FOOT FROM DIABETIC.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. Just before he went into surgery, Willie King joked with the hospital staff to be sure they knew which foot they were going to amputate. They got it wrong. ``Now he'll be without any legs at all,'' his brother, John ...
GE JOB CUTS HIT REGION IN POCKETBOOK.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: JAMES DENN Business writer SCHENECTADY Because General Electric Co. pays much higher wages than most other private-sector employers in Schenectady County, a significant loss of jobs at GE results in a blow to the economy. According to the state Department ...
MAURICE FITZGERALD, 60.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... WATERVLIET Maurice Gerard Fitzgerald, 60, of Lincoln Avenue died Tuesday at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. He was born in Cohoes and had lived in Watervliet for the past 38 years. He was a retired steel worker, having worked for 35 years at the Al-Tech Specialty Steel Corp ....
GRANDEAU, BUSINESS MAKE BETTER BEDFELLOWS CITY MANAGER URGES CHAMBER TO HELP HIM IN FIGHT TO BETTER TROY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer TROY City Manager David M. Grandeau suspiciously eyed the crowd that had just applauded him. ``I'm not used to having people clap when I come to the podium,'' he said Tuesday to laughter from 100 invitees at the Rensselaer County ...
TERM-LIMIT AMENDMENT DRAWS LITTLE ENTHUSIASM.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Washington Post WASHINGTON The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sent to the House floor a proposed constitutional amendment to limit congressional tenure to 12 consecutive years in each chamber, a Republican campaign promise that a leading sponsor conceded has ...
ALEXANDER IN '96 RACE, CAST AS GOP OUTSIDER.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder MARYVILLE, Tenn. Former Gov. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee formally declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, casting himself as an outsider best suited to complete a conservative grass-roots rebellion against the ...
O'KEEFE TAKES UP RESIDENCE IN ATTICA.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: YANCEY ROY Staff writer BALLSTON SPA Joel M. O'Keefe, the infamous escapee who eluded an army of police for almost two weeks last fall, was transported to Attica state prison on Tuesday, postponing his sentencing in Saratoga County. O'Keefe was scheduled ...
KENT M. SPRINGER, 61.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... BALLSTON SPA Kent M. Springer, 61, of Bellflower Road died Sunday in St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. He was born in Hempstead, Nassau County. He was a graduate of Northport High School. He also attended Clarkson College, Potsdam, St. Lawrence County. He moved to the Capital ...
COMMON COUNCIL TO VOTE ON MINE ANNEXATION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... RENSSELAER The Common Council will likely vote to annex a 96-acre parcel that includes a mining operation at a meeting at 7 tonight, the mayor said. The property in question is owned by the Dunn family, with John Dunn Sr. holding the title to most of it. It straddles the ...
SAINT ROSE'S VACCARO TO RETIRE SETS DEPARTURE FOR SUMMER '96.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: CHRISTOPHER RINGWALD Staff writer ALBANY Louis C. Vaccaro, the College of Saint Rose president who helped transform a small religious institution by increasing its enrollment by half and building a $6.5 million endowment, announced Tuesday that he will retire in the ...
JENNINGS EYES STATE AS A PAYING RESIDENT OF CITY IBM DEAL OPENS WAY FOR DEBATE ON WHETHER NEW YORK SHOULD PAY FOR ITS WEIGHTY TAX-EXEMPT PRESENCE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer ALBANY Imagine this: Every year, New York state forks over a check to the city of Albany for $57 million, the tax bill the state would pay if all its property was taxable instead of tax-exempt. Forget about looming tax hikes and ...
`HELLO, YOU HAVE HIV': GIRL CHARGED IN PRANK.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The 13-year-old daughter of a hospital clerk was arrested for allegedly calling former emergency room patients and telling them they had tested positive for the virus associated with AIDS. A teenager tried to get her ...
INFANT DEATH STUDY DEFIES PREVIOUS DATA SCIENTISTS SAY BIRTH WEIGHT IS NOT A CRUCIAL ADVANTAGE AFTER ALL.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press CHICAGO Preventing early births rather than increasing birth weights may be the key to having more babies born healthy and surviving, a study finds. The infant mortality study comparing figures from the United States and Norway contradicts ...
MARTHA CZERWONKA, 91.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... ALBANY Martha Czerwonka, 91, of Albany died Tuesday in the University Heights Health Care Center. She was born in Albany and attended St. Casimir's School. She was a communicant of St. Casimir's Church. Survivors include a sister, Barbara Fortuna of ...
ADAMS TO ACCEPT HIBERNIAN HONORS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: JOE MAHONEY Staff writer ALBANY Gerry Adams, the president of the Irish political party Sinn Fein and a key figure in the peace process in Northern Ireland, will make his first public Capital Region public appearance Sunday, March 12, at the Albany Hibernian Hall on ...
PANEL CALLS FOR EQUITY IN COCAINE PENALTIES.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Baltimore Sun WASHINGTON The U.S. Sentencing Commission, reporting to Congress on a racially sensitive issue, urged lawmakers Tuesday to take another look at statutes that punish dealers of crack cocaine 100 times more severely than those who peddle the drug in ...
CATHERINE CALIGUIRE, 62.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... CLIFTON PARK Catherine ``Katie'' Caliguire, 62, of Moe Road died Tuesday at home. She was born and educated in New York City and was a graduate of Hunter College. She recieved a master's degree in education at Oneonta State Teachers College. She lived in Waterford until 1962, ...
THE SQUEEZE IS ON BONDS WOULD LOSE $42,350 PER DAY IF BASEBALL STRIKE LASTS INTO SEASON.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: RONALD BLUM Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds would lose the most money of any player if the strike goes into the season, $42,350 per day according to a study by The Associated Press. Bonds, who has a base salary ...
HOECHST SEEKS TO ACQUIRE DRUG MAKER.(BUSINESS)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. The German chemical and drug company Hoechst AG is negotiating to buy Marion Merrell Dow Inc. in what would be one of the largest acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry, the companies confirmed Tuesday. The proposed ...
SAUERS' PATIENCE REWARDED.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Steve Campbell Dick (Doc) Sauers has a fresh layer of coaching scar tissue, courtesy of his 39th season at the University at Albany. The damage isn't visible to the naked eye, but Sauers feels it almost every day. In the pit of his stomach. On his tongue. ...
MARY H. SCHER, 70.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1995 ... CLEARWATER, Fla. Mary H. Scher, 70, of Americus Boulevard, formerly of East Greenbush, died Monday at home. Mrs. Scher was born in Albany and lived in East Greenbush for 40 years. She and her husband, Matthew Scher, ran Matty Scher Auto Parts on Columbia Turnpike ....
NASA BUYS CHEAP TICKET TO MOON.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1995 ... Byline: Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON NASA spent $25 billion on the Apollo moon program, but a new low-budget, robotic lunar mission announced by the agency Tuesday is expected to yield a big scientific payoff for just $59 million, ranking it as one of the cheapest trips out ...