Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from February 1996:
DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS ARE STANDARD ON SOME NEW CARS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1996 ... One of the latest and most practical safety features available on some new vehicles are daytime running lights which can help to significantly reduce accidents. These innovative low-intensity headlights are wired to turn on automatically with the ignition and help alert other ...
NEW AUTO PAGING SYSTEM EVEN CALLS AN AMBULANCE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Greg Gardner Knight-Ridder Newspapers The streets are icy. You're in a strange city. Visibility is about 10 feet. Your car slides out of control and into oncoming traffic. You're going to be all right, but you need a doctor and can't reach your cellular ...
COMMITMENTS BACK FOR GIG AT PALACE.(PREVIEW)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: GREG HAYMES Staff writer The Stars From the Commitments are headed back to the Palace Theatre in Albany on Wednesday for their second time. A 1991 film by director Alan Parker, ``The Commitments'' was the fictitious tale of a group of white, working-class kids ...
FRIENDS PLAY FOR PHILLIPS.(PREVIEW)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: GREG HAYMES Staff writer The one and only Bruce ``U. Utah'' Phillips was slated to perform at the Eighth Step Upstairs on Saturday night, but unfortunately doctors have advised Phillips to stop touring because of his ill health. ``Poor Utah,'' proclaimed Pete ...
SIENA COLLEGE FOCUSES ON THE THREE BS BEETHOVEN, BACH, BRAHMS HIGHLIGHTED.(PREVIEW)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: RON EMERY Special to The Times Union For at least 80 years, from 1880 to 1960, Bach, Beethoven and Brahms -- the Three Bs -- were the most important composers of the classical music repertory in Europe and America. The three German composers dominated concert halls and ...
RUSSIAN ENSEMBLE TO PRESENT CONCERT.(PREVIEW)
Feb 01, 1996 ... SCHENECTADY -- The Russian men's ensemble ``Pesnoslov'' will appear in concert at 7:30 p.m. on Monday at the First Unitarian Church, 1221 Wendell Ave., Schenectady. All six members of the chanting and choral ensemble are monks of the St. John Damaskin Brotherhood in Moscow. ...
EMPIRE BRASS ACCENTS STAMINA.(PREVIEW)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: RON EMERY Special to The Times Union The five men of the Empire Brass give more than 100 concerts a year. When they aren't performing together, they each play first chair in at least one major orchestra. Like trained athletes, stamina is important. Like ...
`RESTORATION' TAKES THE TRASH TO THE SCREEN.(PREVIEW)(Movie review)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: HENRY SHEEHAN Orange County Register Despite its sumptuous re-creations of the luxuriously gilded decor of late 17th-century England, ``Restoration's'' true realm is that of cheap fiction. The story of the moral and financial rise and fall of a young ...
NO DOWN SIDE TO DOWNEY'S FILM CAREER.(PREVIEW)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: JAY CARR The Boston Globe NEW YORK -- To the untrained eye, Robert Downey Jr. might appear languid, stretched as he is across a sofa in a hotel suite. He's dressed in muted colors, wears no socks under his black suede loafers. But at 30, he's very much the working actor ....
`WHITE SQUALL' STORY LINE SINKS.(PREVIEW)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: CHRIS HEWITT Knight-Ridder Write down this rule: When the footage in a movie's commercials is all from its last 30 minutes, it means the studio knows the first 90 minutes are a big ol' bore. That's the case with the ads for ``White Squall,'' which suggest ...
JEFF BRIDGES RETURNS TO THE SEA FOR HIS LATEST FILM.(PREVIEW)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: BONNIE CHURCHILL Entertainment News Service Jeff Bridges stars as real life Skipper Christopher Sheldon of the ill-fated Brigantine Albatross in Hollywood Pictures' ``White Squall.'' ``I read the script and was blown away,'' Bridges says. With that familiar ...
`SILVER SKATES' HAS A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW STATE INSTITUTE SEEKS SUCCESS OF `CINDERELLA'.(PREVIEW)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: MICHAEL ECK Special to the Times Union Playwright Lanie Robertson says he's not feeling any pressure to make his musical version of the children's classic ``Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates'' measure up to the recent musical reinterpretation of ``A Tale Of ...
GOLDEN OLDIES FIND THEIR WAY FROM SILVER SCREEN TO VIDEOS.(PREVIEW)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: SUSAN KING Los Angeles Times Take the phone off the hook. Pop a barrel of popcorn. Then sit back and enjoy a slew of golden oldies making their home video debuts. A definite must-see is ``Sudden Fear'' (Kino, $20), an absolutely fab 1952 film noir starring ...
HERE'S MORE OF LUCY TO LOVE.(PREVIEW)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: MARTIE ZAD Washington Post Four new hour-long episodes of ``The Lucy & Desi Comedy Hour,'' featuring guest appearances by Fernando Lamas, Maurice Chevalier, Danny Thomas and Red Skelton, have been released this month by CBS Video. This brings to eight the ...
R E V I E W S.(PREVIEW)
Feb 01, 1996 ... HOMEGROWN ``The Chapel Session.'' Miche Fambro. (Slidd Records): 8037 Guitarist-vocalist Miche Fambro recently relocated from the Capital Region to Ithaca, but before he left, he issued this sparkling album. Imagine if Stevie Wonder played guitar instead ...
SANDOVAL TAKING `LATIN TRAIN' TO TROY.(PREVIEW)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: KAREN TESTA Associated Press MIAMI -- Ear pressed firmly to his transistor radio, young Arturo Sandoval strained to hear the forbidden jazz program that he played low to keep out of earshot of his superiors in the Cuban military. But a sergeant caught a word ...
ON BROADWAY.(PREVIEW)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Broadway ticket availability as of Jan. 26. Ticket supply is indicated as Difficult or Available. Credit card holders can order tickets by phone or by calling Telecharge or Ticketmaster. Telecharge's number is (212) 239-6200 unless ...
CELEBRATION AT ALBANY INSTITUTE.(PREVIEW)
Feb 01, 1996 ... ALBANY -- The Albany Institute of History & Art, 125 Washington Ave., is celebrating its 205th birthday on Sunday, Feb. 11. Activities include: A Valentine printmaking workshop from 2 to 4 p.m. to allow kids to create artistic valentines for the special people in their lives; ...
FEARING RECESSION, FED DROPS KEY RATES.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: VINCENT DEL GIUDICE Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve cut two key interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point Wednesday to prevent the economy from falling into a recession. The Federal Open Market Committee, citing reduced ...
UALBANY DRAWS `HIT LIST' OF TARGETED PROGRAMS.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: RICK KARLIN Staff writer Undergraduate studies in math, chemistry, medical technology and women's studies are among a so-called ``hit list'' of programs that may be eliminated from the University at Albany in order to close a State University of New York systemwide ...
ELISA'S LAW OVERHAULS CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: HARVY LIPMAN State editor ALBANY -- Responding to the alleged mishandling of the case of a 6-year-old New York City girl who died allegedly after being brutally abused by her mother, Gov. George Pataki and the Legislature have agreed on a bill to overhaul the child ...
BLACK ATTORNEY REACHES A BENCHMARK.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY -- For the first time, a black attorney has broken through the ranks of big-time Capital Region law practice and earned a partnership with a major Albany firm. - The promotion of Gloria Herron Arthur to partner takes effect today. For five ...
IBM PACT NEEDS LEGISLATIVE OK, MCCALL SAYS.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Capitol bureau ALBANY -- State Comptroller H. Carl McCall won't approve a state contract with IBM without approval from the Legislature, according to a letter obtained Wednesday by the Times Union. The Legislature is unlikely to approve the ...
REPORT FINDS NO PRESSURE ON FBI FOR TRAVEL FIRINGS.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: New York Times WASHINGTON -- A long-sealed Justice Department report on the White House travel office was released Wednesday. It criticized White House officials for engaging in ``ill-advised and erroneous actions'' in abruptly dismissing seven employees of the office ...
AMID IMPASSE, BUDGET SQUEEZE IS ON.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: New York Times WASHINGTON -- With nine stopgap spending bills in four months, Congress is relentlessly squeezing money out of federal programs, even in the absence of an agreement on how to balance the budget. Republicans in Congress have repeatedly whacked ...
WITNESSES SAY CLINTON VISITED MCDOUGAL SITE.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: CHARLES V. ZEHREN Newsday WASHINGTON -- President Clinton told investigators from the Resolution Trust Corp. in a sworn statement last year that as Arkansas governor he had no knowledge of James McDougal's sham Castle Grande real estate development. ``I don't ...
READY FOR A NEW SHADE OF 'COLORS'?(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... The anonymous author of ``Primary Colors'' -- the fictional treatment of the 1992 Clinton campaign that has soared atop bestseller lists and stymied political Washington's efforts to divine its creator -- is negotiating for a million-dollar paperback contract and a big-money deal for a ...
SWEET MUSIC FOR GILL VINCE GILL.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... leads the honorees for this year's TNN Music City News Country Awards, getting seven nominations in five of the categories announced Wednesday in Nashville. Gill was nominated as entertainer of the year, along with Billy Ray Cyrus, Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire and George Strait. ...
SENATE PANEL GIVES KEMP COOL RECEPTION ON FLAT-TAX PLAN.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Senate's tax-writing committee greeted a flat-tax sales pitch from an ebullient Jack Kemp with polite skepticism Wednesday. They said there will be no major tax reform this year. ``We think the present system is beyond ...
TENSION PERSISTS IN REUNIFIED SARAJEVO.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- NATO troops have rejoined Grbavica, a Serb-held section of Sarajevo to the rest of the city, pushing away metal containers and other barriers that divided the capital's inhabitants for 3 years. Sarajevo ...
SRI LANKAN BOMB KILLS 55, WOUNDS HUNDREDS.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Los Angeles Times NEW DELHI -- Suspected Tamil militants struck with deadly fury Wednesday in the heart of Sri Lanka's capital, smashing a truckload of explosives into the Central Bank building and detonating a mammoth blast that killed at least 55 ...
NORTHEAST LOSES ON TRASH BILL.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A bill sought by Northeastern lawmakers to allow some local governments to tell trash haulers where to dump their garbage failed Wednesday in the House. The measure, rejected on a 271-150 vote, was the product of long ...
ROSE WON'T RUN AGAIN FOR HOUSE.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Washington Post WASHINGTON -- Rep. Charlie Rose, D-N.C., a 12-term lawmaker who once aspired to be House speaker, said Wednesday that he would not run for re-election this year, citing life in a Republican-controlled Congress as one of the reasons. ``Going ...
U.S. TO SUSPEND DIPLOMATIC TIES TO SUDAN.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The United States has decided to suspend its operations in Sudan and will evacuate its diplomats and their families, Clinton administration officials said Wednesday. The decision was taken on the advice of the U.S. ambassador, ...
LAST OF CUBAN REFUGEES FIND FREEDOM.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- Waving plastic American flags, the last Cubans held in refugee camps boarded a plane for Florida and freedom Wednesday, finishing a journey many had begun on rafts more than a year ago. Some cried and others ...
TOP DEMOCRATIC LEADERS HAIL VICTORY IN OREGON SENATE RACE.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Washington Post PORTLAND, Ore. -- Democratic leaders Wednesday praised Democrat Ron Wyden's election to the U.S. Senate as a bellwether rejection of the conservative Republican agenda, but officials here said local issues were just as important in Wyden's razor-thin ...
PARENTS ARE SENTENCED FOR ABANDONING SON.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N.J. -- A couple who moved to California without telling their 13-year-old or leaving a forwarding address drew jail terms Wednesday. Steven Hicks, 38, was sentenced to nine months in jail and Diana Hicks, 35, to six ...
STATE ATONES FOR EXILE OF MAN IN RAPE CASE.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press GOLDSBORO, N.C. -- At 87, Junius Wilson finally has a life. He lives comfortably in a neat, three-bedroom brick house with a front porch, where he likes to chat with a new friend in an obscure sign language, the Raleigh dialect, whichwas ...
CIGARETTE SUIT GETS CLASS ACTION STATUS.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press MIAMI -- In a major setback for the tobacco industry, a Florida appeals court on Wednesday gave class action status to a lawsuit filed on behalf of people who are addicted to cigarettes or whose health has been impaired by smoking. The ...
RUSSIA, U.S. FORGE COOPERATION.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Russia and the United States will be allies in the fight against breast cancer, officials from both nations said Wednesday as they outlined plans to use Cold War spying technology to combat the disease. The initiative ...
SIMPSON REPORTEDLY DENIES BEATINGS, STICKS TO HIS ALIBI.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- During closed-door deposition sessions, O.J. Simpson denied under oath he ever beat his ex-wife, telling attorneys he was only trying to restrain her from hurting him, sources said Wednesday. Simpson also stuck to the night-golf ...
NEW YORK NEEDS ZERO TOLERANCE.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Despite the years-long crackdown on drunken driving and despite the state having raised the legal drinking age to 21, teenagers in New York still die in drinking-related auto accidents in great numbers. The state government, however, is about to take a step that should substantially reduce ...
LIBRARIANS AND COMMON SENSE.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Some librarians across the state have protested vehemently against a bill in the Legislature that would require librarians to monitor the videos that their younger patrons borrow. The purpose of the legislation, which has a sponsor in both houses, is to keep R-rated videos out ...
SHOULD RAPED PATIENT GIVE BIRTH?(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Arthur Caplan Just more than 10 years ago, a 19-year-old woman was involved in a terrible car accident. She was left a quadriplegic and nearly comatose. After the crash she could do little more than open her eyes and emit an occasional moan. Despite her awful condition, ...
REFLECTIVE LANE DIVIDERS WOULD REDUCE CAR CRASHES.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: KRISTA JO BROCK ALBANY This letter via e-mail - I have lived in Albany for several years now, and there is a question that has long perplexed me, especially in light of the rainstorm I just drove home in. Why doesn't New York, or at least the Capital Region, ...
STATE AGENCIES SHOULD HAVE LICENSE TO STEAL IDEAS.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: EDGAR T. LYNK NISKAYUNA elynk I found it shocking that New York state would include in its requests for proposals language that gives them license to steal any ideas submitted to them. Similar language is found in the sleaziest of contests. There should be a ...
BUCHANAN THE TRUE THREAT TO LIBERAL ONE-WORLDERS.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: MARK O'CONNELL ROUND LAKE - This letter is in reference to the Jan. 25 editorial cartoon showing a man trapped in a remote, snowed-in cabin with a look of panic on his window-pressed face. A cabin TV says, ``Live from New Hampshire, it's Pat Buchanan.'' The caption ...
MORE THAN ONE STATE NEEDED FOR RECOVERY.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: DAVID E. KISSELBACK ALBANY - The last few weeks have shown us all that nature will bring us to our knees. This time nature also has given us hope and love toward our neighbor. We did not nor would we sit by and let our community suffer without helping. We ...
WATCH FOR A NEW LINE OF THRILLING ADVERTISING.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: JIM GASH NORTH CHATHAM This letter via e-mail - We await thrilling new advertising vistas! The state is about to permit other professionals to imitate the schlocky ads by lawyers who don't care about their used car dealer image. We can expect these ...
GEEKY FORBES MYSTIFIES DOUR DOLE.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Maureen Dowd DERRY, N.H. -- If George Bush reminded some women of their first husband, Steve Forbes must remind them of their first husband's accountant. He speaks in a monotone. He shows no emotion, except when he is pleased at some joke he has ventured, and ...
A FITTING ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: George Will WASHINGTON -- A New Hampshire state legislator says of teenage vandals, ``These little turkeys have got total contempt for us, and it's time to do something.'' His legislation would authorize public, bare-bottom spanking, a combination of corporal punishment ...
IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD FOR THOUGHT, PLAY ON.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: Suzanne Fields Washington is a company town and the company is the government. That's why almost every story quickly spins on a political point of view. So, too, the new movie, ``Mr. Holland's Opus,'' starring Richard Dreyfuss, who plays a talented music ...
THIS IS A FIGHT THAT DOLE'S BOUND TO WIN.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: William Safire WASHINGTON -- When Anonymous writes his or her novel about the 1996 Dole campaign, the first dramatic chapter will be the fortnight that three forces converge to enliven what would otherwise be ``Primary Colorless'': The first force is the ...
SARATOGA COUNTY LOBBIES TO SNATCH SHARE OF STATE JOBS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: KENNETH C . CROWE II Staff writer CLIFTON PARK -- Saratoga County Republican leadership is lobbying hard in Albany to get Gov. George Pataki's administration to relocate state jobs to new office buildings along Route 146 and vacant office space in Saratoga Springs and ...
DEMOCRATS CHOOSING SIDES FOR 107TH SEAT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: MARC CAREY Staff writer CLIFTON PARK -- A political battle royal appears to be brewing along the Mohawk River over who will be the Democratic candidate this fall for the Assembly seat currently held by freshman Republican Bob Prentiss. On one side are ...
TIMING OF RELIEF A BIT ODD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: BOB GARDINIER Staff writer He was waiting to hear Wednesday about federal aid to repair flood-damaged roads. Instead, the news from Washington informed Gary Nestle his county was eligible for drought aid. ``It goes from one extreme to the other, doesn't it?'' ...
MISSION LOSES INITIAL ROUND IN BATTLE TO BUILD SHELTER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer ALBANY -- Capital City Rescue Mission has lost its first official attempt to build a shelter on a downtown site targeted for an office park. In a still unpublished ruling, the city's Board of Zoning Appeals rejected the mission's ...
COUNTY REPUBLICANS ACCUSE BRESLIN OF IMPROPRIETY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: KATE GURNETT Staff writer ALBANY -- Republicans have accused County Executive Michael Breslin of drafting campaign literature on county equipment, costing taxpayers hundreds of dollars. Letterhead, pamphlets and palm cards were created using a computerized ...
CONSERVATIVES GET THEIR OWN `CONTRACT'.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: MARK MCGUIRE Staff writer ALBANY -- The state Conservative Party launched a radio advertising campaign Wednesday, calling for the passage of the party's 10-point ``Contract With New York'' while attacking Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver as a liberal ...
PATAKI ON VACATION, BUT CRITICS ARE NOT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: -- Associated Press ALBANY -- Gov. George Pataki and wife Libby have headed to the Caribbean for four days. Exactly which island the Patakis are vacationing on wasn't being revealed by the governor's communications director, Zenia Mucha, on Wednesday. She cited privacy ...
DROP IN APPLICANTS REFLECTS SUNY WOES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: -- Associated Press ALBANY -- The number of applicants looking to attend the troubled State University of New York next fall is down ``drastically,'' the union of SUNY staff members reported Wednesday. Uncertainty about further tuition increases, cuts in ...
GIULIANI PROPOSES DEEP CUTS FOR NYC.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: -- Associated Press NEW YORK -- Mayor Rudolph Giuliani continued his reorganization of government Wednesday, proposing a $1.5 billion cut in the budget, some lower taxes and a cut in the city work force, including police. The mayor's $31.1 billion proposal for ...
3 LAWMAKERS PUSH ANTI-GAMBLING PLANS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: -- Associated Press ALBANY -- A trio of anti-gambling legislators Wednesday proposed raising the minimum age for buying a New York lottery ticket or betting on a horse race from 18 to 21. The lawmakers also introduced bills to ban the sale of lottery tickets ...
CRITICS USE INTERNET TO FIGHT CYBERSEX BILL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: TOM PRECIOUS Capitol bureau ALBANY -- Used for everything from sending flowers to checking stock market quotes to writing personal letters, the Internet has become a tool of vast proportions for its millions of users. In Albany this week, it has become a ...
THIRD TRY GETS STATE DEET BAN OVERTURNED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1996 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY -- The Pataki administration has finally succeeded in its effort to lift the ban on DEET. State Supreme Court Justice Joseph C. Teresi, who had twice rejected efforts to un-ban the bug repellent, ruled Wednesday that the health ...