Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from August 1995:
SCIENTISTS SOLVE MYSTERY OF HOW ASPIRIN WORKS.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: DANIEL Q. HANEY Associated Press BOSTON More than 2,300 years after Hippocrates noted that people could relieve pain by chewing willow leaves, scientists have figured out precisely how aspirin works. They found how the world's most widely used drug gums up ...
CLINTON, DOLE TANGLE OVER WELFARE.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: VIC OSTROWIDZKI Times Union Washington bureau BURLINGTON, Vt. President Clinton and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole squared off Monday over welfare by offering opposing blueprints for reform, and the nation's governors reacted to the plans along party lines. ...
SENATE PANEL VOTES NO ON PACKWOOD HEARINGS.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: HELEN DEWAR Washington Post WASHINGTON A divided Senate ethics committee voted Monday not to hold public hearings on allegations of sexual and official misconduct by Senate Finance Committee chairman Bob Packwood, R-Ore., but agreed to make public all ``relevant'' ...
THE MOUSE ROARS INTO TV HISTORY.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: SALLIE HOFMEISTER, JAMES FLANIGAN AND AMY HARMON Los Angeles Times HOLLYWOOD If the big deal combining Walt Disney Co. and Capital Cities-ABC were a movie, it would be titled ``Back to the Future.'' Yes, the megadeal announced Monday foreshadows the coming age of ...
O'GRADY'S BOOK DEAL TAKES OFF.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Pilot Scott O'Grady will stress the three F's faith, family and friends in a book about his ordeal behind Bosnian Serb lines. Doubleday announced Monday in New York that it will publish the Air Force captain's first-person account in November. O'Grady is writing ...
HIS LUCK'S STUCK IN A BAD GEAR.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Car thieves in Washington, D.C., have Rep. Jerry Lewis contemplating life as a pedestrian. The California Republican's car was stolen Sunday for the third time in four years. ``The first time this happened, I just said, `Oh well, these things are bound to happen ...
COURT RULES AGAINST AUTHOR.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... An author who believes the John F. Kennedy assassination was a conspiracy sued an adversary in order to get his theories before a jury, an appeals panel concluded in ruling against the writer. Robert Groden showed his ``real interest in filing this lawsuit'' when he stated in court ...
LAWMAKER TIES FIRE TO KORESH.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: DAN FREEDMAN Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON Rep. Bill McCollum, co-chairman of the congressional panel conducting hearings on the Waco standoff, said Monday that he is now convinced that David Koresh and his followers set the fire that consumed them in the ...
PATAKI EMBRACES DOLE'S WELFARE PROPOSALS.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: HARVY LIPMAN State Editor BURLINGTON, Vt. As the Republican governor who has thrown his state party apparatus behind Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole's bid for the presidency, George Pataki left no doubt Monday as to whose welfare reform plan he would endorse: Dole's or ...
NEW LIFE FOR WATERVLIET ARSENAL?(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... This is a big day for the Watervliet Arsenal. It may literally turn out to be the day when the facility gained a new lease on life while continuing to manufacture cannon and the community reaped a substantial economic boost. At issue is whether the arsenal should be the home ...
DON'T PULL PLUG ON ELECTRIC CAR YET.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Today is E-day for New York state and Massachusetts the day they can sign off on the electric car, or dig in and keep the project alive. The better course is to refuse to buckle under pressure. This is a big-stakes issue, not only for automakers but for the nation's clean air as well. ...
END THE REEFER MADNESS.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: Arthur Caplan Imagine you are dying and in a great deal of pain. There is a drug available that can safely relieve your pain but your doctor cannot prescribe it. The drug has been used since 1840 and is known to be extremely effective. Still, it is against the law to ...
CHATHAM THROWING MONEY TO THE WIND.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: BILL ROE N. CHATHAM Some of the spending by the town of Chatham is akin to throwing money to the wind. For past decades during winter and spring thaws our town's dirt roads have become impassable except for four- wheel-drive vehicles. The town's work force ...
PROBATION DIRECTOR HAS PROVED HER WORTH.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: PETER C. WINKLER DELMAR I am writing in response to Fred LeBrun's July 22 column concerning Albany County Director of Probation Charlotte Gray.It puzzles me that Mr. LeBrun wrote this particular column when it seems that Ms. Gray's side of the story was not ...
PAPER NEEDS TO HEED PATINKIN'S TOUGH BOSS.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: JOHN JEFFREY DELMAR JohnJJeff How sad it was to see Mark Patinkin's piece advertised as that of Maureen Dowd (Sunday, July 23), particularly since the thrust of Patinkin's message was the overwhelming importance of journalistic accuracy and how he had been trained to ...
THOSE TEACHER SALARIES ARE A REAL BARGAIN.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: ROBIN RAPAPORT Teacher Bethlehem High School - I read with dismay (twice, unfortunately) Michael Lisuzzo's letter to the editor (July 25 and 26). His call for teachers to give back their salary increases of the past decade is absurd.I must confess that, in spite ...
FDR'S CIGARETTE FLAP IGNORES HISTORY LESSONS.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: RICHARD CUCOLO SARATOGA SPRINGS The mini-flap on the jaunty profile of FDR with his cigarette holder clenched between his teeth in Hyde Park illustrates the absurdity of the anti-smoking holy warriors jihad. (``FDR photo draws fire in Hyde Park,'' July 26).This ...
DON'T STEREOTYPE GAY LIFESTYLES.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: WILLIAM TUTHILL SPENCERTOWN I am pleased to see same-sex ads included in the ``Getting Together'' dating service (July 25).But listing the ads under the heading ``Alternative Lifestyles'' ...
THE MASTER AT PLAYING HENRY KISSINGER.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: Garry Wills Oliver Stone has just finished principal photography for his forthcoming movie on the life of Richard Nixon. Those who wonder about Stone's treatment of recent history in the film ``JFK'' may have misgivings about what will be done with Nixon and those ...
BOOK HAS CLICHES BUT LITTLE DEPTH.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: Ellen Goodman BOSTON When I retire, I want to become Gail Sheehy's label girl. I want to be the person who comes up with the life-cycle names that dot ``New Passages'' like an attack of the Alliterative Ants: ``Tryout Twenties,'' ``Turbulent Thirties,'' ``Flourishing ...
LET'S BE ADULTS AND SIT OUT PORN WAR.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: Mike Royko The battle for the right of the horny individual to look at dirty stuff never ends. Years ago, it was books and magazines. Then came movies. Next, TV. Now it is computers and the blip-world of cyberspace. ...
FEMALE INMATES NEED ROOM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Staff writer COLONIE County officials are planning to borrow $10.3 million to renovate the Albany County jail, adding cells to house the growing female criminal population. ``Right now, we are over our allotment of females, and we've had to board out,'' ...
HOMEOWNERS FIGHTING CITY OVER SIDING VINYL FEUD IN SCHENECTADY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: BOB GARDINIER Staff writerSCHENECTADY Two retired Gillespie Streethomeowners have something in common peeling paint on the exterior walls facing their common alley and a fight with City Hall over vinyl siding. Andrew Kornacki, 63, and his wife, Luana, live at 1062 ...
ROMANTIC DRIVE TURNS INTO TOUGH TREK FOR HELP, MAN SAYS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: CAROL DEMARE Staff writer CROWN POINT A pickup truck rolled 180 feet off a mountain near this North Country community over the weekend, and the driver, despite a serious hip injury, made a long trek from the wreck to get help for his passenger, troopers said Monday. ...
SUMMER NEARS THE BOILING POINT HUMIDITY LEVEL SET TO BUBBLE OVER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: RICK KARLIN Staff writer It's not the heat, it's the humidity. Really. That's more than a cliche. It's a physiological fact that goes a long way toward explaining the difference between uncomfortable heat that puts you in a bad mood and dangerous heat that ...
TROY VOWS TO PAY DEBTS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer TROY City Council members agreed Monday to pledge their annual sales tax revenues to repay any money they borrow, a step meant to enable the city to sell bonds in a stock market leery about its fiscal solvency. The move is tied ...
WITH NO ONE TO DEBATE, SCHULZ RAPS AMENDMENT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: WINIFRED YU Staff writer ALBANY Imagine hosting a debate, and no one shows up to spar. That's what happened to one-time gubernatorial candidate Robert Schulz on Monday, when neither Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno nor Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver ...
PATAKI SIGNS LAW TO CRACK DOWN ON CARJACKERS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: JOEL STASHENKO Associated Press ALBANY Carjacking was designated as a specific crime in New York and its penalty was fixed at up to 15 years in prison under legislation signed into law by Gov. George Pataki, aides said Monday. Before the law was changed, ...
LUMINA MAY BE CAB OF CHOICE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK Remember the days of the Checker cab? With two flip-down seats it could ferry six people, with room to spare. Now the city is planning to pare down the taxicab's size even more. The next generation of taxis could be the ...
PIT BULL CAPTURES HOMICIDE SUSPECT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press BUFFALO A man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death was captured by a pit bull early Monday and detained until police arrived, homicide detectives said. James Webster, 37, is accused of fatally stabbing his live-in girlfriend, ...
TRAIN HITS MAN THROWN FROM TRUCK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press CAMERON A man was killed when he was thrown from a pickup truck into a passing freight train, and the injured truck driver was charged with driving while intoxicated, police said Monday. Clifford L. Nadjadi, 27, of Bath was pronounced dead ...
LUNDINE TO TEACH AT ALFRED UNIVERSITY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press ALFRED Former Lt. Gov. Stan Lundine has taken a one-year teaching post at Alfred University, school officials said Monday. Lundine, a former congressman who served as Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's right-hand man from 1987 to 1994, will teach a ...
NURSING HOME CHANGES SOUGHT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: PATRICIA J. MAYS Associated Press ALBANY New York's attorney general proposed mandatory fingerprinting and criminal background checks for all nursing home employees involved in patient care. Dennis Vacco used his announcement Monday of the arrests of four ...
GRANT TO KEEP IT COOL WILL INSTEAD ADD DEGREES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: DAVID BAUDER Associated Press ALBANY At least some of an $11 million federal emergency grant to help New York beat this summer's brutal heat will instead be used to warm homes in the dead of winter. With temperatures set to soar into the 90s again this week, state ...
HELL HOLE ACCIDENT BLAMED ON STRAP.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK The accident on the Coney Island amusement ride Hell Hole occurred when a metal support strap weakened and snapped, causing the attraction to break apart and injuring 14 people, city officials said Monday. The conclusion by the ...
GM OFFICIALS TO BEGIN TOUR OF POTENTIAL SITES FOR PLANT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: MARC CAREY Staff writer While a General Motors spokesman insisted Monday that Glenville is still the municipality his company wants to take to the dance, GM representatives are expected to visit several other potential Capital Region sites for a locomotive plant ...
FISCAL YEAR TO START WITH NO BUDGET IN RENSSELAER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: JOE PICCHI AND BRUCE A. SCRUTON Staff writers RENSSELAER The Common Council hasn't decided on a new budget, but it was sure, by a 10-0 vote Monday night, that it didn't want Mayor John Ryan's proposal, which would raise taxes 18 percent. And because the ...
CAHILL DEFENDS WORKING IN CITY OFFICE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... TROY Two City Council members squabbled Monday over whether it is proper for an official up for re-election to volunteer her time in the city clerk's office. Deputy Mayor Arlene Cahill, a Republican, said she has helped out for the past two years, and she isn't going to ...
POLICE DEPLOYMENT, MANPOWER AT HEART OF NEW BATTLE IN TROY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer TROY For several hours Monday, a police officer on horseback served as the sole ``squad car'' protecting residents from crime in the Lansingburgh section of Troy, Police Benevolent Association President John Cooney said. At the same ...
TORNADO VICTIMS TO BE HONORED WITH CHAPEL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. A residential school for high-risk children that lost two students and an employee to a killer tornado May 29 is planning to build a chapel in their honor, constructed in part with trees felled by the storm. The Eagleton School on Route 23 will lay ...
CANDIDATE TO SUPPORT EMBATTLED ARTIST.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... TROY Richard Amadon, the Democratic candidate for Rensselaer County executive, on Monday referred to a New York Racing Association lawsuit against artist Jenness Cortez as ``inappropriate and misguided,'' and said he plans to offer a resolution commending Cortez for her accomplishments. ...
NICARAGUA TO GET U.S. AID DESPITE PROPERTY DISPUTES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: New York Times WASHINGTON Defying pressure from some Republican lawmakers, the Clinton administration notified Congress on Monday that it would not cut off economic aid to Nicaragua, even though the cases of more than 600 Americans who say their property was ...
BETHLEHEM TEEN HELD ON STOLEN-GUN CHARGE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... BETHLEHEM A town teenager has been charged with breaking into a home and stealing a handgun and ammunition, sheriff's department officials said Monday. Jason M. Lewis, 17, of 40 Albin Road faces charges of second-degree burglary, fourth-degree grand larceny and third-degree ...
FINAL HEARING MONDAY ON CITY CHARTER CHANGES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... SCHENECTADY The city Charter Revision Commission will hold its final public hearings on its draft document Monday at City Hall. R.T. Henke, commission chairman, said that after a brief presentation ofchanges proposed in the draft charter, the commission will accept oral and ...
MAN ADMITS SEXUALLY ABUSING 2 GIRLS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... ALBANY A Rotterdam man pleaded guilty Monday to sexually abusing two young sisters and faces a maximum of seven years in state prison. William W. Bonney, 33, of 3207 Delmar Ave. admitted before Albany County Judge Larry J. Rosen that he had sexual contact with the girls, ages ...
COLONIE OKS RULES ON TOPLESS BARS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: MARC CAREY Staff writer COLONIE Deciding that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of G-strings, the Town Board has adopted legislation regulating bars offering topless dancing and other adult entertainment. But the town's only all-nude juice bar, Sebastian's on ...
BYNG SENTENCED TO 10 MONTHS FOR RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: KATE GURNETT Staff writer ALBANY Former Public Works Commissioner Kevin Byng left the Albany County jail briefly Monday to accept a 10-month sentence for reckless endangerment, then returned. Meanwhile, the city has set a disciplinary hearing for Aug. 23 ...
NIKOLAI KUZNETSOV, 85; ENGINE DESIGNER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press MOSCOW Lt. Gen. Nikolai Kuznetsov, a leader in Soviet and Russian aircraft and rocket engine design, has died after a long illness. He was 85. Kuznetsov died Sunday in Samara, a city on the Volga River, the ITAR-Tass news agency said. It ...
ROSEMARY GREMELSBACKER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. A service will be held Thursday for Rosemary Doran Gremelsbacker, 33, of Fort Lauderale and formerly of Rochester, Monroe County, who died Saturday in Fort Lauderdale from injuries suffered when she was hit by a car. Mrs. Gremelsbacker was born in ...
EARL A. RUSS, 95.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... AMSTERDAM Services will be held today for Earl A. Russ, 95, of Guy Park Avenue, who died Friday at St. Mary's Hospital. He was born in Schenectady and moved to Amsterdam in 1950. Mr. Russ was an electrical technician in the turbine department at the General ...
EDGAR DONOVAN, 70.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... SCHENECTADY Edgar Donovan, 70, of Division Street died Sunday in St. Clare's Hospital. Mr. Donovan was born in Hot Springs, Va., and was a graduate of that community's school system. He lived in Schenectady for four years and previously had lived in Bethpage, Nassau County. ...
HERMAN W. CLAUS, 85.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... GRAFTON Herman W. Claus, 85, of Claus Road died Sunday at home. He was born in Grafton. Mr. Claus was a farmer in Grafton for over 70 years. He also worked for the Rensselaer County Highway Department for 17 years, retiring in 1977. He was the widower of ...
JOSEPH A. TRUDO, 73.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... RENSSELAER Private services will be held for Joseph A. Trudo, 73, of Fowler Avenue, who died Sunday at Samaritan Hospital, Troy. He was born in Lester, Vt., and lived in Rensselaer for the past 15 years. Mr. Trudo was a carpenter and worked out of Albany Local 117 ...
ROBERT H. IRVIN, 78.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... COLONIE Robert H. Irvin, 78, of Colonie died Sunday in Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albany. Mr. Irvin was born in Albany. He was educated at Albany High school. He was an auditor for the Internal Revenue Service for 25 years. He also was an auditor ...
MARYANN WOZNIAK, 75.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... ALBANY Maryann Orkovitz Wozniak, 75, of Albany died Sunday in St. Peter's Hospital after being stricken at home. Mrs. Wozniak was born in Albany. She was a graduate of Albany High School and the former Briggs School of Cosmetology in Albany. She was a self-employed ...
ANTHONY J. IACKETTA, 64.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... COHOES Anthony J. Iacketta, 64, of Bought Road died Saturday at St. Mary's Hospital in Troy. Mr. Iacketta was born in Port Henry, Essex County. He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War, during which he reached the rank of sergeant. Mr. Iacketta was ...
JANE ANN RAPANT, 76.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... BROADALBIN Jane Ann Rapant, 76, of Maple Ridge Road died Monday in Nathan Littauer Hospital in Gloversville. Mrs. Rapant was born in Albany. She was a 1937 graduate of Albany High School. She had resided in Schenectady for over 30 years before moving to Broadalbin in 1976. ...
HELEN BUZBY HARKIN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... GUILDERLAND Helen Buzby Harkin, 74, of Oxford Heights Apartments died Sunday at home. Mrs. Harkin was born in Brattleboro, Vt., and was a graduate of St. Michael's High School, Brattleboro, and Trinity College, Burlington, Vt. She lived in the Port Schuyler section of ...
ETHEL B. LAMAR, 72.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... ALBANY Ethel Bunnell Lamar, 72, of Stonehenge Lane died Monday at her residence. Mrs. Lamar was born in New Haven, Conn. She has lived in the Capital Region most of her life. She was involved with numerous civic organizations, including the League of Women Voters, ...
DANA B. HALL, 32.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... COBLESKILL Dana B. Hall, 32, of North Grand Street died Monday at his mother's residence. Mr. Hall was born in Saratoga Springs. He lived in the Capital Region most of his life. He was a 1980 graduate of the former Cobleskill Central School. A Navy veteran, he ...
MARGARET L. GARVIN, 82.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... FORT EDWARD Margaret L. Garvin, 82, a former resident of Fenimore, died Monday in Fort Hudson Nursing Home. Mrs. Garvin was born in Glens Falls. She was a communicant of St. Michael's Church of South Glens Falls. She was the widow of James L. Garvin. ...
MAY B. BERNARD BRYAN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... ALBANY May B. Bernard Bryan, 86, of First Street died Sunday at Albany Medical Center Hospital. She was born in New Orleans, La., and was a communicant of St. Joseph's Church, Albany. Mrs. Bryan was a social worker in New York City. She was a member of ...
NELLIE M.C. BUELL, 85.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... RENSSELAER Nellie M. Crannell Buell, 85, of Third Street died Monday in St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. Mrs. Buell was born in Hallstead, Pa. She was a resident of the Capital Region most of her life. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Buell was a honorary ...
JACK E. HENNESSEY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 1995 ... ALBANY A memorial service will be held Thursday for Jack E. Hennessey of John David Lane, who died July 14 in St. Peter's Hospital. Mr. Hennessey was born in Florence, Oneida County. He was a graduate of Syracuse University and had lived in Albany since 1945. He ...
CAPITAL CITIES-ABC'S LOCAL ROOTS.(BUSINESS)
Aug 01, 1995 ... Capital Cities-ABC Inc., which Monday agreed to be acquired by The Walt Disney Co., got its start in 1954 when broadcaster and entrepreneur Lowell Thomas bought a struggling television station, WROW-TV, that operated out of a former convent in North Greenbush. Thomas and his ...