Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from June 1996:
FBI BEEFS UP MONTANA PRESENCE.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: PIERRE THOMAS Washington Post WASHINGTON -- The FBI sent three armored vehicles and a helicopter Friday to the area around the Montana ranch occupied by the Freemen and was considering plans to take over a portion of the property, law enforcement sources said Friday. ...
BUSINESS, PACS DOMINATE GIVING.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: TOM PRECIOUS Capitol bureau ALBANY -- State lawmakers frequently talk of their support among typical voters and how it's the average constituent that helps fund their campaigns. But a report put out Friday by several government reform groups said those people ...
HOME IS WHERE THE HANERS ARE.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: LARA JAKES Staff writer ALBANY -- Swaddled in blankets on brightly colored car seats, the Haner sextuplets headed home for the first time Friday, sleeping through -- or ignoring -- the media pack assembled to record their hospital farewell. Ten weeks to the ...
21% TAX HIKE FOR REAL IN TROY.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer TROY -- The city became the first in the state to implement a midyear tax increase Friday when the City Council voted 5-4 to hike property taxes 21 percent. The vote came after more than two hours of pleading from 45 city residents, ...
CONSERVATIVE GROUPS HIT NATIONAL RALLY FOR CHILDREN.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: MARY ELLEN MOORE Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- Conservative activists on Friday denounced the planned ``Stand for Children'' rally scheduled for today, calling it an attempt by liberals to boost big government and slow welfare reform. The rally ...
AFTER CUTS, CLINTON ORDERS SPACE SHUTTLE SAFETY REVIEW.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON -- With the NASA space shuttle program being cut sharply at the same time it prepares for its critical role in building the international space station, President Clinton ordered the space agency Friday to conduct a comprehensive review of ...
FDA RECOMMENDS INQUIRY INTO HALCION SAFETY REVIEW.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration, acknowledging a past mistake, recommended Friday that the Justice Department investigate whether the manufacturer of the sleeping pill Halcion concealed safety problems about the controversial drug. ...
U.S. OFFICIAL SEEKS OUSTER OF INDICTED KARADZIC.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press BELGRADE, Yugoslavia -- A top U.S. official urged Serbia on Friday to oust Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who has been indicted for war crimes. John Kornblum, the senior U.S. envoy for the former Yugoslavia, told Serbian President ...
BROWN INSISTED ON FLIGHT BEFORE HE DIED, FRIEND SAYS.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: PHILIP SHENON New York Times WASHINGTON -- Only hours before his death in a plane crash on a storm-swept Croatian mountaintop last month, Commerce Secretary Ron Brown called a former business partner and said he had overruled staff members who were worried that it was ...
DRUG SUSPECTS' `LOGOS' ALLEGED.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The smugglers were so proud of their operation, authorities said, that they not only put their official logo, ``Good Ship Lollipop,'' on their hashish but on their T-shirts as well. Seventeen tons of that hashish was ...
SERB ADMITS ROLE IN SLAUGHTER OF MUSLIM MEN.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- All Drazen Erdemovic could say in his defense was that he had a wife, a baby son and a stark choice that day last July near Srebrenica: Kill or be killed. He broke down and sobbed Friday as he admitted taking part in ...
TUCKER REQUESTING `CLOSURE' TO HIS LEGAL ENTANGLEMENTS.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Washington Post WASHINGTON -- A lawyer for Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, convicted this week in the Whitewater-related fraud trial in Little Rock, said he met Thursday with independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr to discuss resolving criminal proceedings against his client ....
DOLE PROMOTES BALANCED BUDGET PLAN WHILE KEEPING OPTIONS ON TAX CUTS.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press GAHANNA, Ohio -- Signaling that his tax-cut proposal might not be as dramatic as some Republicans would like, Bob Dole stressed Friday that balancing the budget ``must be our first obligation.'' Some advisers have urged Dole to propose cutting ...
INVITATION TO THOMAS REMAINS IN LIMBO AT SCHOOL.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The school superintendent who revoked a speaking invitation for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says the offer will be re-extended only if the school board insists. Superintendent Jerome Clark of the Prince George's County ...
SINN FEIN, PROTESTANT HARD-LINERS WIN IN VOTE FOR PEACE DELEGATIONS.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Sinn Fein supporters and hard-line Protestants gained strong backing from voters Friday in a special election setting the stage for long-delayed peace talks. The Sinn Fein party, aligned with the Irish Republican ...
NEW SCANNER PREDICTS HEART ATTACK RISKS.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press DALLAS -- A relatively low-cost, ultrafast type of CT scanning has proved a powerful predictor of heart attacks and heart blockages, even in young, apparently healthy people. ``I think this test is going to change the way doctors think about ...
4 MUSLIMS BEHEADED FOR SAUDI BOMBING.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Four Muslim militants who bombed a U.S.-run military training facility, killing five Americans and two Indians, were beheaded Friday in a public square in the Saudi capital. The men, all Saudi Arabians, were executed ...
TRANSPORT BAN SOUGHT ON OUTDATED GENERATORS.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Airlines should be permanently barred from transporting outdated chemical oxygen generators like those suspected in the deadly ValuJet crash, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. The board also called on the ...
YELTSIN STRESSING SOCIAL NEEDS.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Washington Post MOSCOW -- President Boris N. Yeltsin made another bid to co-opt his Communist Party rival Friday with an election manifesto emphasizing social needs, while his hopes for a political boost from the new Chechnyan peace accord suffered a setback with ...
THE EPA AND GE.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... The timing seems too coincidental to ignore. Suddenly, after a four-year absence, a team of auditors from the federal Environmental Protection Agency shows up at the General Electric Silicones plant in Waterford to check on possible pollution. Is that a signal Washington is dissatisfied ...
ARE NURSES ANGELS OF DEATH?(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... A national survey that portrays hospital nurses as angels of death has caused concern among the public and medical professionals alike. That's understandable. The study was conducted by a respected ethicist and specialist in internal medicine, Dr. David Asch, at the University of ...
NO ONE ANSWER TO SOME SCIENCE TEST QUESTIONS.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: DONALD FELKER BALLSTON LAKE This is regarding the article titled ``Mysteries of the Universe a Mystery to Americans'' in the May 24 issue. The test was supposedly concerning basic science issues. Questions 4, 5, and 6 do not deal with basic issues. These deal ...
PRESIDENT CLINTON'S EXCUSE PUTS HIM IN A NEW LOW LIGHT.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: MICHAEL J. HOBLOCK, JR. State Senator, 42nd District COLONIE President Bill Clinton has insulted those men and women of the U. S. armed forces by claiming military immunity in regards to a harassment claim from Ms. Paula Corbin Jones. As chairman of the ...
VOTERS WILL END THE GINGRICH-KASICH COUNTER-REVOLUTION.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: JULIA TRASCHEN TROY In a statement recently made by Rep. John Kasich of Ohio, it is evident he typifies the hypocrisy congressional Republicans are swimming in. Kasich says President Clinton's proposed balanced budget plan ``keeps all the power, the money, ...
KUDOS TO MARY TYLER MOORE IN CONDEMNING PREMARIN.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: MEGAN T. PATTERSON Premarin Campaign Coordinator PETA WASHINGTON, D.C. Thank you for your recent article on Mary Tyler Moore's unveiling of the Premarin video. Ms. Moore has joined with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' in condemning the exploitation of ...
`TIMES UNION' DESERVES THANKS FOR ANIMAL WORK.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: GORDON G. WILLARD Executive Director Animal Protective Foundation of Schenectady SCOTIA - For many years the Times Union published pictures of animals at our shelter facility as well as those from the Mohawk and Hudson Valley Society. The photos helped find ...
ARTICLE GIVES GOOD REASON TO RECALL FALLEN VETERAN.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: PETER SHAWHAN DELMAR That was an excellent article by Peter Golden you published on Memorial Day weekend about 1st Lt. Donald J. Egan Jr. and his family. Thanks to Bucky Egan's family and friends for telling us about him. Tim Egan and his late parents, Elise ...
THE THREAT TO AMERICA'S GREATEST ASSET.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: CLIFTON R. WHARTON Jr. America without higher education is an almost inconceivable concept. Over the generations, U.S. higher education has developed into the envy of the world. Just last year, for example, over 450,000 foreign students came here to attend our ...
WHITEWATER VERDICTS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE REAL TRIAL.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Cal Thomas President Clinton has found nine women he could not persuade. They were members of the Little Rock jury that convicted his former cronies and business partners on 24 felony counts of fraud and conspiracy. Despite a massive public relations campaign ...
CHALLENGE, OPPORTUNITY AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: THOMAS F. EGAN The appointment this past year of new members to its Board of Trustees and the unanimous, bipartisan approval by the Board of the ``Rethinking SUNY'' comprehensive system plan have signaled major changes underway at the State University of New York. The ...
AMATEUR NIGHT AT THE BIJOU.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun While William Kennedy's well-received play touching on the age of giants in Albany Democratic politics holds court at Capital Repertory Theater through June 9, we are reminded anew that the real thing these days is of a much diminished stature. ...
JUDGE TRAVELS ON THE FAST TRACK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY -- Anthony J. Carpinello, a longtime public servant, veteran trial lawyer and relative newcomer to the judiciary, has been appointed by the governor to the second highest court in the state. Carpinello, 47, a native of East ...
ALBANY BOARD STUDIES ENROLLMENT FIGURES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: RICK KARLIN Staff writer ALBANY -- It's a good bet that Albany High School won't offer a French literature course next year. Or independent photography. With one French lit and nine photography students, those courses are likely to come under the budget ax as part of a ...
POWELL GIVES SLAIN WIFE A TEARY 20-MINUTE FAREWELL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer ROTTERDAM -- Warren Powell spent 20 minutes at the wake of his murdered wife, Mary Ann Powell, Friday night, hours after he was freed on bail in a drug-dealing case. Powell, accompanied by his mother, Roxanne Powell, arrived at ...
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL GRADS HEAR A PLEA FOR COMPETENCE FEDERAL JUDGE DECRIES SLOPPINESS IN PROFESSION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: JANE GOTTLIEB Staff writer SARATOGA SPRINGS -- It was a simple message a high-ranking federal judge had for new lawyers Friday: Be competent. Judge Roger J. Miner of the U.S. Court of Appeals, who has been a district attorney, state Supreme Court justice and a ...
DEC HOT OVER STONE'S RADIO AD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Capitol bureau ALBANY -- Ward Stone, the state's outspoken wildlife pathologist, is in hot water again. This time, it's over a radio ad. Stone is the star of the ad, which started airing Tuesday. ``Don't let the budget cutters leave ...
REICH LEADS DEMOCRATS' ATTACK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- New York Democrats, hoping to regain some of the clout lost to the Republicans' 1994 romp, gathered Friday to select delegates for the national convention -- and to bash the GOP. U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich, said Republicans ...
GIULIANI URGES PORT AUTHORITY BREAKUP.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Calling the Port Authority an economic disaster for New Yorkers, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on Friday recommended breaking up the bistate agency and placing Kennedy and LaGuardia airports under the control of New York. The plan was ...
EX-TEACHER ACCUSED OF FAKING DIPLOMAS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... DOBBS FERRY -- A former professor and student adviser at Mercy College has been charged with selling fake diplomas and college transcripts, the Westchester County district attorney's office said Friday. James Horelick, 52, was arrested Thursday night at his Hastings-on-Hudson ...
CUNY OFFICIALS CALL WELFARE RULES UNFAIR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... NEW YORK -- New rules introduced by the Giuliani administration that require all welfare recipients to work have led thousands of students and would-be students to drop out of college or not enroll, according to officials at the City University of New York. The decline in ...
VERMONT OFFICIALS WANT BOOZE FORFEITED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... MONTPELIER, Vt. -- A truckload of liquor that was seized in April should be forfeited, lawyers for the state of Vermont say. State officials confiscated the nearly $100,000 worth of liquor and the tractor-trailer carrying the cargo on Interstate 89 in Middlesex after determining ...
KATHIE LEE SAYS SHE'LL QUIT IF ANTI-SWEATSHOP EFFORTS FAIL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Kathie Lee Gifford said Friday that she and her husband will recruit their friends to war against sweatshops, but if they see no progress, she will get out of the clothing business. The talk-show host appeared at a news conference ...
SCHENECTADY COUNTY KEEPS A $1.3M BUDGET SURPLUS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: MARV CERMAK Staff writer SCHENECTADY -- Schenectady County ended 1995 with a surplus of about $1.3 million, some $426,000 less than in 1994, but indicating good financial condition, the county manager said Friday. The 1995 annual report filed with the state ...
GREEN ISLAND INCINERATOR NOT NEEDED, STUDY CLAIMS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: CAILIN BROWN Staff writer TROY -- A $5,000 study for the Rensselaer County Environmental Management Council claims there is plenty of space available locally for garbage, and that a proposed incinerator in Green Island is not necessary. The report for the ...
COUPLE CHARGED AGAIN IN DOG'S STARVATION DEATH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press WHITEHALL -- New charges have been filed against a couple accused of freezing and starving a dog to death more than two years ago. Lisa and Peter Vanderhof have been ordered to appear in the village of Whitehall court to answer charges ...
BUS DRIVER WHO FAILED DRUG TEST WINS APPEAL, ANGERING COLLEAGUES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: BOB GARDINIER Staff writer CLIFTON PARK -- Some Shenendehowa School District bus drivers are upset that a driver who tested positive for drugs last year and was dismissed might now be able to get her job back. District officials held a special meeting Friday ...
THE PARADE WON'T PASS YOUNG ALBANY MUSICIANS BY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: TRACEY TULLY Staff writer Albany Their bodies are small, their music loud, their dreams big. Albany's 40-student Police Athletic League marching band will be part of the cacophony of sounds winding through the streets of Niagara Falls during today's Memorial ...
$580,000 IN CRACK SEIZED AT BUS DEPOT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: TRACEY TULLY Staff writer ALBANY -- For the second time in two weeks, police seized a massive quantity of crack cocaine at the Adirondack Trailways Bus Terminal Friday afternoon. A Syracuse woman is accused of toting 2.8 pounds of crack cocaine in a black ...
SULLIVAN SEEKS A PARTY LINE FOR RUN AGAINST MCENENY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... ALBANY -- Joseph P. Sullivan said Friday he's preparing to run against Assemblyman Jack McEneny, but he concedes he is uncertain what political party flag he'll be carrying in November. Because both candidates are Democrats, Sullivan said a primary is a possible, but unlikely, ...
MAN FACES JAIL TERM FOR DRUGS, COP ASSAULT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY -- A city man who got caught with cocaine and then attacked a cop is looking at a 7- to 15-year state prison stretch. Terry Hamilton, 26, of 609 Clinton Ave. was convicted Thursday of fourth-degree criminal possession of a ...
CLOTHING DRIVE ON FOR NEEDY FAMILIES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 1996 ... ALBANY -- Radio 810's Don Weeks' ``Clean Clothes For Kids'' program is underway until the end of June at Roxy United Cleaners locations. Donated clothing will be cleaned and delivered to families in need. Children and infant clothing in good condition without rips or tears will ...
AFTER SLOW START, NISKAYUNA SHOPPING CENTER A WORK IN PROGRESS.(BUSINESS)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: DAVID ORENSTEIN Business writer NISKAYUNA -- After a choppy planning stage and work delays caused by winter weather, construction is progressing at St. James Square, a 150,000-square-foot shopping center on 15 acres at the corner of Nott Street East and Balltown Road. ...
INCOME TAXES SOAK UP EXTRA EARNINGS.(BUSINESS)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: JOHN D. MCCLAIN Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Consumer spending grew at a slower pace in April as income taxes absorbed a respectable gain in personal incomes. Analysts contended the jump in tax payments was a one-time event and said spending, which shot up ...
YEAR-OLD MORTGAGE BROKER IS A SUCCESS.(BUSINESS)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: JULIE CARR SMYTH Business writer ALBANY -- After a year in business, wholesale mortgage broker Intercounty Mortgage Inc. of Iselin, N.J., is continuing to expand its local presence and its market share. In just one year, Intercounty's staff on Great Oaks ...
GE LEADS CAPITAL REGION EXPORTERS.(BUSINESS)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: ALAN D. ABBEY Business editor Exports from the Capital Region to the rest of the world were worth $831 million in 1994, 88th best ranking nationwide, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. A total of 77 metro areas nationwide topped $1 billion in exports. ...
NEWS FROM ABROAD FRANCE.(BUSINESS)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Telecom said it signed an agreement with Sprint Spectrum allowing France Telecom cellular-phone customers to use their service in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area. McDonald's Corp. said it opened its first restaurant in Lithuania Friday, making it the 94th ...
CHICAGO EXCHANGE EXTENDS HOURS.(BUSINESS)
Jun 01, 1996 ... CHICAGO -- The Chicago Stock Exchange received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission to extend its trading hours by 30 minutes, a spokeswoman said. Starting Wednesday, the regional stock exchange will close at 3:30 p.m. Central time instead of 3 p.m. ...
FORD TO CUT THUNDERBIRD, BIG LINCOLN.(BUSINESS)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: NOELLE KNOX Bloomberg Business News DEARBORN, Mich. -- Kiss the Ford Thunderbird goodbye. Ditto for its twin, the Mercury Cougar. The Lincoln Mark VIII? Gone. Bid farewell also to the Ford Escort Coupe. All these Ford Motor Co. cars will be dead in ...
ROUNDUPON THE BOARD.(BUSINESS)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Daniel B. Walsh, president and CEO of Business Council of New York State, and Joyce Pluta Haag, corporate secretary of Eastman Kodak Co., were appointed to Fleet Bank's board of directors. Walsh is a trustee and director of Excelsior Award Inc., Albany Medical Center Hospital and New York ...
HOTEL FAMILY PURCHASES LAKE PLACID CLUB SITE.(BUSINESS)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press LAKE PLACID -- A defunct resort founded in the late 19th century by the creator of the Dewey Decimal System has been bought by local hoteliers for a reported $4.7 million. The former Lake Placid Club was purchased by the Serge and Caroline ...
CHRYSLER RESOLD `LEMONS' IN CALIFORNIA, JUDGE SAYS.(BUSINESS)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: JOHN HOWARD Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A judge proposed barring Chrysler from delivering new cars to California dealers for 60 days as punishment for allegedly reselling 116 ``lemons'' without telling the new buyers. The state Department of Motor ...
MAAC TOURNEY HEADS TO BUFFALO NEXT YEAR.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: TIM WILKIN Staff writer LOUDONVILLE -- What has been rumored for months became fact Friday morning when it was announced that the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference basketball tournament will be played in Buffalo next year. For the next six years, the ...
ALBANY TAKES ON ST. LOUIS.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: MARK SINGELAIS Staff writer ALBANY -- Mike Hohensee's best guess is that the St. Louis Stampede will respond positively to Thursday's resignation of head coach Earle Bruce. Hohensee's reasoning is that St. Louis is a very good team strengthened by the presence of three ...
BELLE SHOULD LEARN TO GIVE.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: Steve Campbell Albert Belle couldn't just hop into his all-purpose utility vehicle and try to run down the fan. This wasn't home, and the fan wasn't some trespassing, trick-or-treating, egg-throwing menace. Pitching a prolonged, obscenity-laced fit didn't seem ...
DIRECTOR DRIVEN BY FREIHOFER'S RUN.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 1996 ... Byline: TIM WILKIN Staff writer All 365 days of the year, George Regan eats, drinks and thinks Freihofer's. That doesn't mean Regan weighs a ton while chomping down box after box of the delectible goodies Freihofer's bakes up. However, many, maybe all, of Regan's ...