Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from May 1996:
PATAKI SAYS CITIES TO GET ADVANCE OF STATE AID.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: HARVY LIPMAN AND JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writers ALBANY -- Cities around New York will receive a $108 million advance on their annual revenue sharing payments from the state, allowing many of them to head off pending financial crises, under a plan announced Tuesday by Gov ....
STATE LAWMAKERS SEEK WAYS TO MAKE GAY MARRIAGES VOID.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Capitol bureau ALBANY -- As Hawaii moves toward legalizing gay marriage, New York lawmakers are trying to launch a preemptive strike so such weddings aren't recognized here. The conservative attack is coming from both sides of the political ...
SUNY'S CHANCELLOR QUITTING.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: RICK KARLIN Staff writer ALBANY -- A day after a showdown with the board of trustees over how much authority he should have, State University of New York Chancellor Thomas A. Bartlett announced his resignation Tuesday. Bartlett, 65, said he will leave the job ...
AIRLINE INSIDERS SAY SAFETY IS LAX.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: LAURA MECKLER Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Airline passengers' safety too often depends on poorly trained inspectors and a mismanaged computer system, industry officials and congressional investigators asserted Tuesday. Some of the criticism came from behind ...
WATERS, AND WORRIES, CRESTING LATE APRIL DELUGE CAUSES DAMAGE IN REGION.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: BRUCE A. SCRUTON AND YANCEY ROY Staff writers ALBANY -- With nearly an inch of rain falling on Tuesday, this April's showers brought sandbags around Watervliet High School, at least one collapsed roof in Troy and rising Mohawk River waters west of the Capital Region. ...
REPORT LINKS KACZYNSKI TO 1ST UNABOMBER BLAST.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Two universities rebuffed Ted Kaczynski's efforts to publish an anti-technology manuscript just before the first Unabomber explosion went off -- in the parking lot of one of the universities, ABC News reported Tuesday. ``He was ...
SEARCH FOR COLBY'S BODY RESUMES THIS MORNING.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press ROCK POINT, Md. -- Dogs trained to find bodies in water were brought in Tuesday to help search for former CIA Director William Colby, presumed drowned in a canoeing accident three days earlier. Colby's swamped canoe was found Sunday on a ...
RIO COP GETS 309 YEARS FOR MASSACRE OF KIDS.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- In a decision hailed by human rights activists, a judge Tuesday sentenced a Rio state trooper to 309 years in prison for the murders of six street children. A gasp rose in the courtroom as Judge Jose Geraldo Antonio ...
MARINES GUN DOWN 3 IN FIGHTING NEAR EMBASSY IN LIBERIA.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia -- Marines shot and killed three Liberians firing toward the U.S. Embassy Tuesday as fierce battles engulfed the capital, littering its streets with bodies a day after a cease-fire collapsed. The first exchange of gunfire ...
FREEMEN, OFFICIALS DISCUSS SURRENDER TERMS.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Los Angeles Times JORDAN, Mont. -- Two Montana state officials met Tuesday with anti-government activists in an attempt to close a deal for surrender of more than a dozen Freemen locked in a five-week standoff on their windswept wheat farm on the Montana prairies. ...
CONGRESS ADDRESSES NEWBORNS' HIV TESTS.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: New York Times WASHINGTON -- House and Senate negotiators tentatively agreed Tuesday on a measure that eventually would require states to begin mandatory testing of newborns for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, if health officials cannot reduce the number of infected ...
ANTI-TERRORISM ACCORD IS SIGNED.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Newsday WASHINGTON -- President Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres signed a counterterrorism accord Tuesday and inaugurated a security review that could lead to the longtime Israeli goal of a mutual defense treaty. As he completed two days of ...
SENATE REJECTS KEY MEASURES IN LEGISLATIVE CRACKDOWN ON IMMIGRATION.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Tuesday to bar immigrants from public assistance programs if the person sponsoring their move to the United States can support them. ``There are two choices,'' said Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., the immigration ...
GOP VOWS TO REDUCE TAXES ON GASOLINE.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders promised a vote by Memorial Day to roll back gasoline taxes as the Justice Department opened an investigation Tuesday into the causes of the recent surge in prices at the pump. ``We believe with the ...
GOP ASKS ABOUT WHITE HOUSE PAPERS.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Some Senate Republicans want to question the FBI experts who are said to have found Hillary Rodham Clinton's fingerprints on legal billing records discovered in the White House living quarters. But the White House said Tuesday ...
CHILDHOOD HYPERACTIVITY MAY HAVE A GENETIC LINK.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- A gene that was recently linked to excitability in people may also play a role in a childhood disorder marked by hyperactivity, inattention and impulsiveness, a study suggests. The condition, attention deficit hyperactivity ...
INDIA BESET BY ELECTION VIOLENCE.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW DELHI, India -- At least six people were killed in political violence as candidates wrapped up campaigning Tuesday for more voting in India's monthlong parliamentary elections. Fearing further violence, India's Election Commission issued ...
BOSNIAN SERBS BLOCK MUSLIM REFUGEES.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Serbs blocked hundreds of Muslim refugees from visiting homes and cemeteries Tuesday, a day after two Muslims died in similar confrontations. Freedom of movement is a fundamental guarantee of the Dayton, Ohio, ...
RAINS LEAVE MIDWEST DAMP, SHAKEN.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press DAYTON, Ohio Torrential rains eased and the cleanup began Tuesday in the Midwest, where hundreds of people were forced out of their homes by weekend storms that killed six people, including two children. The storm system, which had dropped up ...
MINIMUM WAGE: CENTS & NONSENSE.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... What's a restaurant owner to do if Congress raises the minimum wage -- raise the price of a meal or lay off staff? That's how columnist George Will frames the issue that has suddenly taken a hold of Congress' attention. In other words, choose your poison. It's an interesting ...
ALBANY NEEDS REASSESSMENT.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... There are, reportedly, two different proposals before Mayor Jennings for conducting a citywide reassessment of properties. Nearly everyone knows how pressing it is for Albany to conduct such a reassessment. Not only is there a great disparity between what one property owner and ...
PEOPLE SHOULD BE INFORMED OF ALL MEDICAL OPTIONS.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: KYLE BRYCE TROY Reporter Holly Taylor forgot to include the news in her recent article ``Mother puts faith in alternative'' on April 14. The news that should have been told your readers was American's constitutional right, the right of medical freedom of ...
GOODMAN TAKES A WRONG TURN ON MINIMUM WAGE.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: JEFFREY T. RUSSELL CLIFTON PARK I have just read Ellen Goodman's column about raising the minimum wage in your April 23 issue. In it, she admits that ``if you raise the minimum wage too high, some employers will make do with fewer workers.'' However, she ...
BIRTH CONTROL NOT ANSWER TO TEEN PREGNANCY PROBLEM.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: MRS. CHRISTINE CRACHI LATHAM While reading your article on Monday's paper, ``Teen study emphasizes birth control education,'' I looked in vain for any proof that teen pregnancy and disease rates have gone down with the use of birth control. The article said teenagers who ...
REX BABIN PERCEIVES IRONY OF VIOLENCE IN OUR SOCIETY.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: MAURITZ JOHNSON DELMAR As is often the case, Rex Babin was very perceptive in his cartoon (Times Union, April 23) showing a Congressman advocating AK-47s for everyone in order to stop terrorism. The argument will be, ``If we can require the use of seat belts ...
CARTOON CAPTURES ESSENCE OF WORLD'S TERRORIST DEBATE.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: TIM McGIVERN GREEN ISLAND Finally Rex Babin has come to his senses and realized, as cleverly depicted in his perceptive and incisive cartoon of April 23, that indeed the only way to stem the tide of terrorism which is looming on the horizon is to arm ourselves at least ...
BAN USE OF UNMARKED CARS FOR TRAFFIC STOPS STATEWIDE.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: JOSEPH A. LENTOL Member of Asembly BROOKLYN I am writing regarding your April 23 editorial titled ``Banning unmarked cars.'' I wholeheartedly agree with the Times Union's opinion banning the use of unmarked state trooper cars for routine traffic arrests is a wise idea. ...
AFTER ROBBERY, STORE TOOK HER SELF-ESTEEM.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Mike Royko It's not my job to advise people to hire lawyers and file big lawsuits. Or to urge a lawyer to grab a client and sue the pants off someone. But this one time, I'm going to make an exception, even though I don't know what the legal basis for a ...
GOP SHOULD PUT A RUSH ON ELECTION PREP.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Thomas Sowell It is hard to imagine a lot of people getting excited about either Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, but this year's presidential election is momentous for the country nevertheless, simply because we are at a crossroads. The country has far more at ...
SLAPDASH SAM DASH.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Garry Wills When Kenneth Starr was appointed the independent counsel to investigate Whitewater, he did an unusual thing. He hired the respected investigator of Watergate, Professor Sam Dash of the Georgetown Law Center, to be his ethics adviser. Was he anticipating ...
NEW YORK NEEDS A RAISE.(MAIN)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: THOMAS MICHL The New York State Assembly has passed a bill to raise the minimum wage. Public opinion polls routinely show strong support for such measures. A recent NBC poll revealed that 78 percent favor an increase. Leading newspapers have editorialized in favor of a ...
ONE MAN'S WORK HONORS MANY OTHERS.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Dan Lynch Leroy Ramsey was seriously steamed. It was 12 years ago, and he was watching the 40th anniversary celebration of D-Day on television -- getting hotter and hotter as Ronald Reagan and European leaders cavorted on the Normandy beaches. ``I ...
TROY PICKS TAX OVER CASH TO BALANCE BOOKS.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer TROY -- The state's decision to provide an extra $2.9 million aid payment to Troy this year is raising the heat on the City Council to abandon a proposed 21 percent tax increase. State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno said the new ...
MAYOR REBUFFED ON POLICE PROPOSAL.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: MARV CERMAK Staff writer SCHENECTADY -- Mayor Albert P. Jurczynski will apparently have to pick a new police chief from the three top names on a civil service test list -- Lt. Eric Yager and Assistant Chiefs Patrick Smith and Gregory T. Kaczmarek. The City ...
SLAYING VICTIM WAS COMING INTO HIS OWN.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: CAROL DEMARE Staff writer Albany As family and friends prepared Tuesday to bury Samuel Maurice Sutton, a profile emerged of a man who had gotten a grip on his life. Sutton, 30, gunned down on Central Avenue in Albany on Sunday, was in his second year at ...
AIR SAFETY EXPERTS TRY TO PIECE TOGETHER CRASH CAUSE.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: BRUCE A. SCRUTON Staff writer DUANESBURG -- A team of federal investigators on Tuesday picked up the remnants of a small plane that crashed a day earlier, killing two New Jersey residents, and trucked the debris to the Schenectady County Airport in Glenville. ...
PUBLIC VOTE ON SMALL-CITY SCHOOL BUDGETS NEARS OK.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Capitol bureau ALBANY -- State lawmakers are close to agreement on a bill that's been debated for years, allowing taxpayers to vote on school budgets in small cities like Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Watervliet, Mechanicville and Saratoga Springs. ...
LAYOFFS LOOM FOR STATE WORKERS.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: RICK KARLIN Staff writer ALBANY -- Seventy state Education Department employees are expecting bad news this morning, in the form of layoff notices. While the number of job losses is expected to be less than the 200 predicted in March, union members said ...
SENATE VOTES TO BAN LATE-STAGE ABORTIONS.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: TOM PRECIOUS Capitol bureau ALBANY -- Pushing ahead into the politically risky waters over abortion rights during an election year, the state Senate on Tuesday approved a measure to outlaw a rare procedure used in late-stage abortions. The bill, which would ...
CLINTON LEADS DOLE 2-1, STATEWIDE POLL FINDS.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press ALBANY -- Most New York voters think Sen. Bob Dole has no new ideas and more than one-third think his age will be an obstacle to his being an effective president, an independent statewide poll reported Tuesday. The poll, by the Quinnipiac ...
3 MEN DENY KILLING NYC POLICE OFFICER.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: -- Associated Press NEW YORK -- Three paroled convicts pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murdering Officer Kevin Gillespie in a hail of bullets outside a stolen car -- a slaying that sparked an intense death penalty debate. Angel Diaz, 27, faces first-degree ...
LIDOCAINE OVERDOSE RULED CAUSE OF DEATH.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: -- Associated Press ROCHESTER -- A student who enrolled in human trials to analyze the effects of smoking and air pollution died from an overdose of a topical anesthetic, a pathologist said Tuesday. Hoi Yan Wan, 19, a sophomore at the University of Rochester ...
PROBE WIDENS INTO FAXED MAPLES NUDES.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: -- Associated Press HAUPPAUGE -- The Suffolk County district attorney has been named a special prosecutor to investigate whether charges should be brought against Chuck Jones, the former Marla Maples Trump publicist who admits faxing lewd photos to her husband's clubs. ...
BALLSTON SPA SCOUT LEADER ARRESTED ON SODOMY CHARGES.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer MALTA -- A Ballston Spa Boy Scout leader was charged with sodomy after three teenagers spent the weekend at his Silver Beach Road home, leading to allegations of sexual misconduct, State Police said Tuesday. Jeffrey M. Himmel, ...
COCKATOO AND OWNER OK AFTER FLIGHT OVER ROUTE 7 GUARDRAIL.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: LARA JAKES Staff writer COLONIE -- A pet cockatoo literally bit the hand that fed it Tuesday, causing its owner to drive her car off the road and smash into a street sign, police said. Geri Deatz Hugerich was feeding a McDonald's hamburger bun to her ...
2 FORCED TO PAY UP IN SCHEME AGAINST SENIORS.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: CAILIN BROWN Staff writer ALBANY -- Two men who the state says bilked more than 27 Capital Region senior citizens out of $56,000 will be required to pay back the money as part of a restitution package worked out with the state Attorney General's office. ...
TROY MAN CHARGED WITH ABUSING TEENAGER.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer TROY -- A 61-year-old city man is in jail on charges of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl. George W. Badger, 61, of 156 President St., was arrested Tuesday on a charge of first-degree sexual abuse, a felony, by Sgt. Stephen Weber, ...
SUCCESS IS A WOMAN'S TO DEFINE, WRITER SAYS.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: WINIFRED YU Staff writer SARATOGA SPRINGS -- On the path to success, women should strive first for personal happiness and then embrace the world of work with kindness and charity, former New York Times columnist Anna Quindlen told an audience at the Sheraton Hotel on ...
BRESLIN NAMES NEW MANAGER OF COUNTY RINK.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: KATE GURNETT Staff writer ALBANY -- County Executive Michael Breslin has tapped the son-in-law of former state Sen. Howard Nolan to run the Albany County Hockey Training Facility. Stephen M. Ries, 27, started work Monday and will earn $30,000, replacing ...
IDEA IS CAST TO REOPEN BASIC RESERVOIR.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer ALBANY -- It might be a little soon to go digging up the worms, but after years of barring fishing at the Basic Creek Reservoir, Mayor Jerry Jennings may reopen the site. Jennings on Tuesday announced the creation of Basic Creek ...
EX-SHERIFF'S DEPUTY FACES DRUG COUNTS.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: TRACEY TULLY Staff writer CATSKILL -- A former Greene County sheriff's deputy who specialized in narcotics investigations has been charged with stealing cocaine and hashish from the evidence locker, according to District Attorney Edward G. Cloke. A second ...
FELLOWSHIP AVAILABLE ON WOMEN AND POLICY.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... ALBANY -- The Center for Women in Government is recruiting candidates for its 1997 fellowship on women and public policy. The program is open to graduate students in colleges and universities in New York who have completed at least 12 hours of graduate work by ...
CAMP THACHER APPEALS FOR FUNDS.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: CAILIN BROWN Staff writer ALBANY -- Camp Thacher Opportunities, a summertime program that offers daytime camping for inner-city children, need momey again. ``It takes kids off the hot, dusty, drug-infested streets of Albany and gives them chance to enjoy the ...
MIXED GREETING FOR NEW HALLMARK LINE.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: DAVID ORENSTEIN Business writer Owners of the Capital Region's independent Hallmark card and gift stores are divided on what Hallmark Cards Inc.'s decision to sell a line of cards through large chain retailers means to their mom-and-pop operations. There are ...
PANEL EYES POWER INDUSTRY REFORMS AT ISSUE IS HOW TO INTRODUCE MARKET FORCES TO THE SYSTEM.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: JULIE CARR SMYTH Business writer SCHENECTADY -- High-powered voices in the debate over electricity restructuring gathered Tuesday at Union College's Nott Memorial to present the AC and DC of one of the most complex issues facing New York businesses and consumers. ...
LIONS TO GATHER IN ALBANY IN 1999.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: JAMES DENN Business writer ALBANY -- Capital Region convention business scored a coup when it won the rights for the 1999 convention of the Lions Clubs of New York state and Bermuda -- a three-day event that will draw more than 3,000 people and pump $2 million into the ...
WAGES, CONSUMER CONFIDENCE RISING.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: JOHN D. MCCLAIN Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Workers' wages are rising at the fastest pace in four years and consumer confidence is surging. But those signs of a reviving economy are also raising concerns about possible inflation. The Labor Department said ...
DEADLINE THURSDAY FOR FARMERS.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 1996 ... BALLSTON SPA -- Farmers of spring planted crops have until Thursday to obtain catastrophic risk protection coverage, the Saratoga County Farm Service Agency announced. Producers no longer are required to obtain crop ...
SCHENECTADY BUSINESS SHOW TODAY.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 1996 ... SCHENECTADY -- The Schenectady County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a business show today at 5 p.m. at the Ramada Inn on Nott Street. More than 40 displays are part of Business After Hours, an informal networking event that will allow people to talk shop and build business ...
MORE COMPANIES AIM TO EXCLAIM.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK -- It's getting louder on Wall Street these days -- and not only because stocks are still hovering near record levels. Rather, it's because in yet another bid for investors' attention -- not to mention their cash -- more and ...
LEGISLATURE SMACKS ZWACK BY OVERRIDING VETO.(CAPITAL REGION)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: JOE PICCHI Staff writer TROY -- The Rensselaer County Legislature unanimously overrode County Executive Henry F. Zwack's first veto Tuesday night, a move that the Republican claimed as a victory. Democratic leaders said it answered his efforts to embarrass a legislator. ...
NEW FEMININE PROTECTION PRODUCT IS ON THE MARKET.(LIFE & LEISURE)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: STEPHEN SMITH Knight-Ridder We can talk about condoms and The Pill and, yes, even safe sex. Want to clear a room? Murmur the euphemism ``feminine protection product.'' Tongues go still, faces flush. Can we talk? John Perry understands ....
FAT TEAMS WITH SUGAR.(LIFE & LEISURE)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder Those of you who eat too much fat can blame sugar for lack of control. An 18-month British study of the diets of 1,500 people showed fat and sugar go hand in hand. The researchers were checking theories that people would eat more sugar if they ...
TRAVELERS EATING UP RESORT COOKING CLASSES.(LIFE & LEISURE)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder What's hot in the travel biz? Cooking demonstrations by Graham Kerr at The Greenbriar in West Virginia, bread-making with Jim Dodge at The Inn at Essex in Vermont, and classes with culinary ...
DORATO'S CLAM DISHES A STUDY IN GOOD TASTE.(LIFE & LEISURE)(Recipe)
May 01, 1996 ... Byline: BARBARA DELANEY Staff Writer DEAR CHEFS' SECRETS: Recently I brought six guests to Dorato's Restaurant on Western Avenue in Guilderland. These people are accustomed to dining out in many of Capital Region's fine restaurants several times a week. I have said ...