Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from September 1995:
POLETO TAKES OVER RENSSELAER COUNTY GOP CHAIRMANSHIP.(CAPITAL REGION)(Correction notice)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: JOE PICCHI Staff writer TROY Patrick Poleto of Brunswick was elected interim Rensselaer County Republican chairman Thursday night to succeed Thomas G. Cholakis, who has resigned to take a state job. Poleto, 38, Brunswick's GOP chairman, was instrumental in ...
LAWYER ON A LIFE-OR-DEATH MISSION.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: HARVY LIPMAN State editor ALBANY The man named to head the state office charged with making sure defendants in death penalty cases get good legal counsel is hardly a newcomer to the field of capital punishment. Kevin Doyle spent the past 5 1/2 years ...
DEATH PENALTY IS LAW, BUT DEBATE LIVES ON.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: JANE GOTTLIEB Capitol bureau ALBANY New York gets the death penalty back today, shifting the focus of the debate from whether the state should execute murderers to how it does so. On top of anticipated constitutional challenges to the law comes a new set ...
FATAL SHOOTING TURNS TEEN INTO TRAGIC HERO.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: BRUCE A. SCRUTON Staff writer SCHODACK Three days ago, David John Amsler was hailed as a hero for saving his friend's life. On Thursday, the 16-year-old accidentally shot and killed that same friend, police said. Michael Ketzer, 15, died after being ...
STAFF FIRINGS HAVE CRITICS ON VACCO'S CASE.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: TOM PRECIOUS Capitol bureau ALBANY In firing more than one-fourth of the lawyers from a bureau that defends the state government in almost every imaginable lawsuit, Attorney General Dennis Vacco has done more than wreck morale in his agency's litigation bureau, ...
ITO LIMITS JURORS' ACCESS TO KEY FUHRMAN TAPES.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: ADAM PERTMAN Boston Globe LOS ANGELES Judge Lance Ito has ruled that jurors will hear only a tiny portion of the volatile audiotapes of former Detective Mark Fuhrman, a decision that so infuriated O.J. Simpson's attorneys that they vowed to appeal as early as today. ...
FORD RECALLS EXPLORERS.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press DETROIT Ford Motor Co. is recalling 390,400 1992 and 1993 Explorer sport-utility vehicles to repair a possible defect that could cause the rear hatch to close unexpectedly, presenting a ...
CONFERENCE BRINGS FORTH VOICES OF FREEDOM.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: STEVEN MUFSON Washington Post BEIJING It was a double-feature video day at the Nongovernmental Organizations Forum on Women Thursday, but not the sort of blockbuster performance that host nation China is eager to repeat. Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu ...
CLINTON DEFENDS NATO BOMBING OF BOSNIAN SERBS.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: CHARLES J. LEWIS Bureau chief, Times Union Washington bureau HONOLULU President Clinton on Thursday opened a four-day commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II by defending U.S. military intervention in Bosnia, saying it is needed to ``deliver ...
MSG RULED SAFE.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON The federal government concluded Thursday that MSG, a flavor enhancer often used in Chinese food, is safe for almost everyone and causes only mild, temporary reactions in a few people. Scientific advisers to the Food and Drug ...
STUDY WARNS AGAINST HIGH DOSES OF HEART DRUG.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK Patients taking high doses of one of the heart drugs known as calcium channel blockers had nearly triple the death rate of others with heart disease, a new study shows. In a separate study published last week, the same drug was ...
DNA TESTING CLEARS WAY FOR BURIAL OF LAST OF ROMANOV CZARS.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON Bones unearthed in a shallow grave are beyond doubt those of Czar Nicholas II, DNA experts announced, clearing the way for the ceremonial burial of the Russian emperor executed 77 years ago by a revolutionary firing squad. But ...
PROGRAM WILL SPEED CITIZENSHIP PROCEDURE.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: Washington Post LOS ANGELES The Immigration and Naturalization Service Thursday unveiled a major new program to deal with what it called ``an unprecedented upsurge in the number of people applying for citizenship.'' Called ``Citizenship USA,'' the ...
JUDGE STRIKES DOWN KEY EXTRADITION LAW.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: Washington Post WASHINGTON A federal judge Thursday struck down a 150-year-old extradition law that has allowed Americans accused of committing crimes abroad to be sent to foreign countries to face punishment. U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth said the ...
LIKE OZ, THE PLAINS OF AFRICA ARE HOME TO COWARDLY LIONS.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: PAUL RECER Associated Press WASHINGTON Sorry, Dorothy, but there are cowardly lions that not even the Wizard of Ozcan fix. On the plains of Africa, some lions fearlessly defend territory and family. Others are heroic only some of the time. But researchers ...
SEVEN FAUCET MAKERS AGREE TO TAKE THE LEAD OUT.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: Washington Post WASHINGTON Seven leading faucet manufacturers have agreed to dramatically reduce the amount of lead a toxic metal that sometimes leaches into tap water used in their products, the Natural Resources Defense Council announced Thursday. The ...
DEFENSE LAWYERS PREPARE FOR THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY Like true believers at a religious revival, the state's defense lawyers are banding together in a united front against the death penalty. Attorneys who now see themselves as the final barrier between their client and oblivion ...
IN PLAIN ENGLISH, THE JUDGE IS WRONG.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... The ruling by a state district judge in Texas that a mother must speak English to her child in the home or risk having the child taken away for child abuse has given rise to quite a debate over the judge's putative bigotry and the virtues of bilingualism. The judge, Samuel ...
REFORM IMMIGRATION LAWS.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... On Tuesday evening of this week New York state sent 86 convicted felons flying back to their country of origin which happened to be Colombia. All of the 86 had committed crimes in New York. Almost all were relatively minor drug offenders. All were undocumented which is to ...
CITADEL CADETS SHOW THEY'RE LOSERS.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: ANDRE CASSIDY DELMAR Elinor Brecher's column (``Out Front'') on Shannon Faulkner was unfair and unjustified. Ms. Brecher has little compassion and pans Shannon for not measuring up to the task and thereby ...
BRITAIN OWES APOLOGY FOR IRISH OCCUPATION.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: KEVIN C. HALLORANMELROSE The Aug. 27 article about the potato famine in Ireland and my son's recent return from a summer in Ireland reminded me again of my Irish ancestry and the reason I have ambivalent feelings toward England and things English. For ...
ELECTRIC CARS MAKE SENSE FOR THE FUTURE.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: LEE WASSERMAN, Director PETER M. IWANOWICZ Program Associate Environmental Advocates ALBANY The environmental hazards of lead-acid batteries for electric vehicles have, while real, been grossly exaggerated (``The car of the future?'' editorial, Aug. 28). ...
ROONEY TOO GLIB IN DEFINING PRAYER.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: RABBI ARYEH WINEMAN TROY While in agreement with the general position on school prayer expressed in Andy Rooney's column of Aug. 24, I found one sentence within his column to be so glib, uninformed and insulting as to provoke this letter in response. Mr. Rooney ...
ELECTRIC CARS HAVE BIG DISADVANTAGES.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: MATT SCOTT SCHENECTADY scottma@pse01.sch.ge.com This letter is complimenting the editorial, ``The car of the future?'' (Aug. 28). It's great to finally hear somebody in the media, excluding automobile magazine employees, who realizes that electric cars are not the ...
MODERN MACHINE POLITICS.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS NEW YORK As I walk toward Battery Park, New York is fuming its familiar ``city'' smell, that heavy aroma of spent fuel that sleeps overnight in subway tunnels then wafts through these downtown streets in the hour before dawn. ``Quarter ...
WOMEN STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: ELLEN GOODMAN BOSTON For weeks, you might have assumed the entire conference hinged on one woman's travel plans. The itinerary of Hillary Rodham Clinton would she or wouldn't she go to Beijing? dominated the early news about the U.N.'s Fourth World ...
THE VATICAN'S AUNT TESS.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: GARRY WILLS The term ``Uncle Tom'' was used, in the past, of subordinated persons who collaborated with the subjugation of their fellows. The black ``Uncle'' might eat happily in a segregated restaurant and say, ``We are better off being treated as second-class ...
SEX, LIES AND THE BEIJING CONFERENCE.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: CAL THOMAS The communist Chinese government has established its credentials as among the leading practitioners of deceitful behavior in the world. Now, President Clinton seems to have been infected with the same virus as he preaches the liberal party line about the ...
DUCI CUTS 20 JOBS, CURTAILS SOME SERVICES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: MARV CERMAK Staff writer SCHENECTADY Mayor Frank J. Duci wiped out the remaining $311,400 budget shortfall Thursday night by eliminating about 20 employees and cutting some city services and operations. The City Council also adopted an early retirement plan ...
HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KOCH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: DAN LYNCH I've been meaning to say something nice about Howard Koch, who died in Kingston Hospital a few weeks ago. He was 93 and had been retired for many years. Howard Koch was a lawyer from Westchester who began writing plays when he was in his 20s. The ...
ALBANY SCHOOL TAX BILL HIGHER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Staff writer ALBANY City property owners will get some bad news in the mail this holiday weekend. School tax bills for the 1995-96 school year, mailed Thursday to 28,000 property owners, carry a tax hike of 10.3 percent higher than the June ...
IT CAN'T RAIN ENOUGH AND IT DIDN'T.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: BRUCE A. SCRUTON Staff writer ALBANY With more than a half-inch of rain falling in a brief cloudburst late Thursday afternoon, August ended like it began: with some rain. But it will take more than the 0.69-inch shower to alleviate the effects of the long ...
CENTER PUTS CHILDREN FIRST AT ALBANY FAMILY COURT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: CHRIS STURGIS Staff writer ALBANY A demonstration program meant to improve the lives and ease the journey of parents and children who travel through Family Court received a stamp of approval from two high-ranking officials Thursday. Court of Appeals Chief ...
UNION QUESTIONS SECURITY AT HEALTH DEPARTMENT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press ALBANY Security is lacking at the state Health Department's three main facilities in the Albany area, the union representing the department's security officers said Thursday. Council 82 of the American Federation of State, County and ...
COUNCIL 82 DEMANDS FULL CREDIT ACCOUNTING.(CAPITAL REGION)(Correction notice)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: SARAH METZGER Staff writer ALBANY The top ex-officers of the embattled Council 82 prison guards union will have to justify their credit card expenses to a union judicial panel, according to Council 82 administrator Joseph Parisi. And if they can't, he said, ...
FORECAST PREDICTS 200,000 NEW JOBS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: DAVID BAUDER Associated Press ALBANY Tax cuts enacted by the Pataki administration will translate into 200,000 new jobs in New York during the next six years, the state's top business lobby predicted Thursday. The Business Council of New York State also ...
SENATE SCHEDULES A SPECIAL SESSION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: Tom Precious ALBANY Restaurant owners, fire up your grills. The senators are coming. Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno has called his members back to Albany for a special session on Oct. 11 and 12 to consider gubernatorial appointments. Also on the ...
SICK SUSHI CHEF POSES HEPATITIS RISK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press MINEOLA About 2,000 people may have been exposed to hepatitis A while eating at a Long Island tennis tournament or dining in a Japanese restaurant, state and local health officials said. About 1,000 people who ate sushi or sashimi at the ...
DEADBEAT BOBBITT MAY FACE JAIL TIME.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press NIAGARA FALLS John Wayne Bobbitt vowed to do the right thing and support his 2-year-old son, but he hasn't come through with the payments. So a judge on Thursday ordered Bobbitt to post a bond for the roughly $33,000 he owes Beatrice Williams and her ...
PARADE WILL HONOR L.I. FIREFIGHTERS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: Associated Press HAUPPAUGE Two thousand volunteer firefighters will be honored with a parade on Oct. 1 for their work at the brush fires on Long Island. Suffolk County Executive Robert Gaffney said Thursday that all 174 volunteer fire departments on Long ...
GIRL WANTS SUSPENSION LIFTED IN GUN CASE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY A 12-year-old Rotterdam girl who was suspended for allegedly having a Smith & Wesson revolver last June at the Draper Middle School is claiming that the ouster violated her civil liberties. In a hearing today in federal court, ...
TRIO LOOKS TO JOIN FORCES WITH THIRD PARTY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: BRUCE A. SCRUTON Staff writer BALLSTON SPA Stymied in the attempt to get their own independent party line in November's election, former village mayor James Capasso and two running mates have approached the Independence Fusion Party for its help in challenging Milton ...
`QUINT' FIRE TRUCK SET FOR MANY CHALLENGES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... SCHENECTADY City officials Thursday afternoon were showing off the latest addition to the Fire Department a $466,617 combination ladder/pumper rig. The new apparatus, which was delivered to the city this week, was put on display in front of City Hall. Fire Chief ...
CITY OPENS POLICE OUTREACH CENTER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... ALBANY Broadening its community policing effort, the city marked the opening Thursday of a new police outreach center. Mayor Jerry Jennings, Police Chief James Tuffey and other officials joined the Albany Housing Authority in an open house at the new office at 158-D Third ...
VICTIM'S ROOMMATE IN COMA, SOURCES SAY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: MIKE HUREWITZ Staff writer ALBANY A city man who police want to question about the murder of his roommate was in a medically induced coma at Albany Medical Center Thursday following an apparent cocaine overdose, sources said. But 43-year-old Thomas Miller's ...
COPS SAY NEIGHBORS HELPED BUST COKE RING.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: MIKE HUREWITZ Staff writer COHOES Cohoes police Thursday announced the arrest of five people on charges of selling cocaine and credited civic-minded area residents with helping authorities break the case. The alleged members of the cocaine ring, operating ...
BAN ON SPRINKLING BACK IN CLIFTON PARK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE IIStaff writer CLIFTON PARK Lawns in town will continue to turn brown as the Town Water Authority reinstated a sprinkling ban because of the lack of significant rain and pressures on town water supplies. The authority eased the ...
INDIANA TRUCKER ROBBED AT GUILDERLAND STOP.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... GUILDERLAND An Indiana man was robbed a gunpoint Thursday afternoon as he sat in the cab of his trailer rig in the Guilderland rest area of the state Thruway, according to State Police. The trucker, who was not identified by investigators except for his hometown of ...
2 CHARGED IN ATTACK ON ALBANY MOM, SON.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... ALBANY A Bronx man and a city teenager were charged Thursday with accosting a mother and son outside the woman's apartment, forcing them inside and beating them after accusing them of a theft. The attackers allegedly used the legs of the woman's coffee table to beat their ...
TAKES NO LABOR WHATSOEVER TO FIND SOME END-OF-SUMMER HOLIDAY FUN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... If you prefer fun to labor, here are some entertaining events in and near the Capital Region this weekend: FRIDAY The TGIF Concert Series kicks off the weekend with Edwyn Collins, Deep Blue Something and Jill Sobule at 5 p.m. on the Empire State Plaza stage on ...
CDTA BUSES TO GO TO SCHAGHTICOKE FAIR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... TROY The Capital District Transportation Authority will run special routes for each day of the Schaghticoke Fair through Monday. Buses will leave Fulton and Third streets in downtown Troy every two hours between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Buses will travel through Speigletown via ...
PATTISON WANTS TO REVISE FREAR GOLF COURSE PROPOSAL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... TROY Democratic mayoral candidate Mark Pattison said the city's proposal to lease the Frear Park golf course should be revamped to provide more money in the long run. The city has received three bids for leasing the facility, which all call for providing between $1.25 ...
GOP PRIMARY HOPEFULS TUSSLE OVER FLIERS IN TROY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer TROY Republican mayoral candidate Kathleen Jimino accused her primary opponent of misstatements and lying in his campaign fliers. Michael Petruska, who also is running on the Conservative Party line, defended their accuracy. ...
POLICE ARREST SUSPECT IN '93 TROY SLAYING.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: JOE PICCHI Staff writer TROY A 23-year-old Brooklyn man who has eluded police for two years was tracked down in Springfield, Mass., on Wednesday and charged with two counts of second-degree murder and attempted murder. Robert Roy Cephas is the alleged ...
ZWACK ACCUSES RIVAL OF ATTACKING HIS FAMILY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: JOE PICCHI Staff writer ALBANY Republican Henry Zwack charged Thursday that the campaign for Rensselaer County executive is getting downright dirty and accused his chief opponent, Democrat Richard Amadon, and his supporters of personally attacking his family. ...
CHESTER W. ELLETT, 91.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... GRAFTON Chester W. Ellett, 91, of Trail Riders Way died Wednesday at Crescent Manor Nursing Home, Bennington, Vt. He was born and educated in Cohoes, and lived in Grafton for many years. Mr. Ellett was a lineman for the New York Telephone Co. for many years and ...
STATIONS SHUFFLE YACK SHOWS FOR SEASON.(TELEVISION & R)
Sep 01, 1995 ... Byline: KEITH MARDER If you're looking for Rush Limbaugh's television show this fall, it will be on WTEN (Channel 10), not WRGB (Channel 6). If you want to watch ``Jenny Jones,'' check out WRGB (Channel 6), not WTEN (Channel 10). If you're looking for ``Rolonda'' ...
JUNE B. LEWIS, 78.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... SCHENECTADY June B. Lewis, 78, of Strong Street died Wednesday at home. Mrs. Lewis was born in Peru, Clinton County, and lived in the Capital Region for more than 30 years. She was a graduate of Hanover High School, Hanover, Vt., and attended nursing school. Mrs ....
LOUISE BARRELL, 81.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... WESTMERE Louise Barrell, 81, of Van Wie Terrace died Wednesday at Albany Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Barrell was born and educated on Staten Island, living there until 1947. She then moved to Albany, and to Westmere in 1950. Mrs. Barrell was once employed with Loft ...
FRANK H. OEST, 39.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... STILLWATER Frank H. Oest, 39, of Spruce Lane died Thursday at his residence. Mr. Oest was born in Malone, Franklin County. He was a graduate of Shenendehowa schools. He was a longtime resident of the area. Mr. Oest worked as a salesman for McDermott Food Brokers in ...
MARGARET LEPPER, 71.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... BALLSTON SPA Margaret L. Lepper, 71, of Pinewood Lane died Thursday at her daughter's home in Ballston Spa. Mrs. Lepper was born in Fonda, Montgomery County, she moved to Ballston Spa in 1953. Mrs. Lepper worked for Rickett's Dry Cleaners and at VanRaalte's in ...
ANDREW J. EGAN, 72.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... PITTSTOWN Andrew J. Egan, 72, of Rein Tree Way in Raymertown died Wednesday at Samaritan Hospital in Troy. Mr. Egan was born in Manhattan. He he graduated from high school on Long Island. After residing in Floral Park, Nassau County, for more than 35 years, he lived in ...
MERRITT L. STALLMER, 68.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... ALBANY Merritt L. ``Knute'' Stallmer, 68, of Mariette Place, died Thursday at home. Mr. Stallmer was born in Troy and graduated from Catholic Central High School. He had lived in Albany since 1956. Mr. Stallmer was a security guard with the Albany County ...
MATTHEW WRIGHT, 24.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS Matthew James Wright, 24, of Clark Street died Wednesday at Saratoga Hospital. He was born in Hempstead, Nassau County, and recently moved to Saratoga Springs. Mr. Wright was a bass player and an artist. Survivors include his parents, ...
THOMAS T. PLEAT, 70.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 01, 1995 ... ALBANY Thomas T. Pleat, 70, died Wednesday at St. Peter's Hospital. He was a lifelong resident of Albany, and graduated from Christian Brothers Academy. Mr. Pleat was a quartermaster in the Navy during World War II, and served in the Pacific Theater for two years. ...