Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from October 1996:
SPACE SHUTTLE IS GOING PRIVATE.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: MARCIA DUNN Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the biggest change in the history of the space shuttle program, NASA is turning over day-to-day operations to private industry beginning today to save money. ``Today is the first day of a new space ...
AS BASEBALL FANS KNOW, HISTORY WEARS PINSTRIPES.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: MARK SINGELAIS Staff writer The New York Yankees have been a championship team many times, while the Texas Rangers have often resembled a three-ring circus. The Yankees have won a record 22 World Series titles. The Rangers have never generated much excitement, ...
THE DECISION GOES TO ROONEY.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: CAROL DEMARE Staff writer ALBANY -- A federal jury legally resolved a seven-year feud Monday, ordering boxing champ Mike Tyson to pay his former trainer, Kevin Rooney, more than $4.4 million. The eight-member panel unanimously decided that a so-called ...
CLINTON REFUSES TO DELAY SUMMIT.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: MICHAEL DOBBS AND JOHN F. HARRIS Washington Post WASHINGTON -- After rejecting Arab appeals for a delay, President Clinton today convenes an emergency summit meeting of Mideast leaders designed to break a new cycle of violence that threatens to unravel years of peace ...
CITY HALL WINS PARKING PERKS.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer ALBANY -- When a group of motorists set out purposely to get tickets downtown three years ago, their goal was to call attention to the city's parking crunch and jump-start a discussion of residential parking permit legislation. ...
IT'S PLAYOFF TIME, EXCEPT UMPIRES VOW TO BOYCOTT.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: BEN WALKER Associated Press NEW YORK -- Major league umpires voted late Monday to boycott the baseball playoffs until Roberto Alomar's suspension goes into effect. The playoffs -- including the Texas Rangers vs. New York Yankees series -- are scheduled to ...
PROSPECTIVE JUROR CLAIMS IGNORANCE OF O.J. CASE.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- They said it couldn't be done: Attorneys in the O.J. Simpson civil case found a prospective juror Monday who claims to know nothing about the criminal trial and couldn't care less. ``Do you have any strong feelings at ...
CIRCULATION PLUMMETS AT STRIKING PAPERS.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: New York Times Circulation at the two striking Detroit newspapers has declined by more than 30 percent since workers went on strike in July 1995, according to the first audited subscriber figures since the strike, released Monday. Both the newspaper ...
SENATE AVERTS SHUTDOWN BY PASSING SPENDING BILL.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- With just hours to spare Monday, the Senate passed and President Clinton signed a $389 billion spending bill for scores of federal agencies and a tightening of immigration laws, the Republican-led 104th Congress' last major legislation. ...
OSHA HEADED TO COURT ON TOBACCO BAN.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: Scripps Howard WASHINGTON -- Tobacco foes will take the Clinton administration to court today in hopes of forcing approval of a 1994 proposal to make all 6 million American workplaces smoke-free. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals here is ...
U.S. TO CEDE BASE TO PANAMA TODAY.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: -- Associated Press PANAMA CITY -- The United States transfers control of one of its eight remaining military bases to Panama today, part of a reduction of forces ahead of a full U.S. pullout in 1999. Panamanian officials say they plan to use Fort Amador, a ...
DOLE, KEMP GET ENDORSEMENTS FROM 225 HIGH-TECH EXECUTIVES.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: DAVID S. BRODER Washington Post MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- In the midst of a troubled campaign, Jack Kemp Monday enjoyed what for him was a perfect day. The Republican vice presidential candidate was surrounded by family, football friends, free-enterprising entrepreneurs ...
3 BRITISH OCTUPLETS DIE, AND REST ARE IN DANGER.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: -- Associated Press - LONDON -- A British woman on Monday lost three of the octuplets doctors had advised her not to try to carry to term. Mandy Allwood, 32, was in satisfactory condition at King's College Hospital. But the remaining five fetuses were still in ...
VALUJET FLIES AGAIN, WITH PLENTY OF SCRUTINY.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press ATLANTA -- Passengers and flight attendants cheered Monday as ValuJet Airlines returned to the skies following a deadly crash and a 15-week government grounding. Cleared by federal regulators last week to resume limited operations, ValuJet's ...
GENE INJECTION RAISES HOPE FOR HUMAN TESTING.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Injecting designer genes directly into muscle tissue creates a natural pharmaceutical factory that cures severe anemia in lab mice, researchers say. The technique may be tested in humans next year. Dr. Jeffrey Leiden, director of ...
VACCINE HELPS KEEP MS PATIENTS FROM GETTING SICKER, RESEARCHERS FIND.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- An experimental vaccine enabled multiple sclerosis patients to build up a police squad of blood cells to stop vandalism in their nervous systems, and that kept sufferers from getting sicker, a study found. Scientists tested the ...
BURMESE MILITARY TELLS BUDDHISTS TO STAY AWAY.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press RANGOON, Burma -- Military authorities, who reportedly have arrested 500 pro-democracy supporters since last week, have warned Burma's Buddhist clergy to steer clear of the activists. Riot police and army troops kept roads to democracy leader ...
BOSNIAN SERB, CROAT AND MUSLIM LEADERS TRY TO GOVERN AS ONE.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- In a motel overlooking the city they fought over, Bosnia's Muslim, Serb and Croat leaders picked up the business of governing and held the first meeting of what promises to be a fractious joint presidency. ...
WHITE HOUSE GAMBLES ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: STEWART M. POWELL Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- President Clinton's decision to conduct a high-profile Middle East peace conference in Washington today and Wednesday represents a gamble that emphasizing his role of international peacemaker will outweigh any ...
AFGHANISTAN REBELS SAY MILITARY CHIEF TRAPPED.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan -- Victorious rebel fighters dynamited the entrance to a mountain valley in northern Afghanistan on Monday, claiming to trap the country's defeated military commander and vowing to try him and other leaders for war crimes ....
FBI NEGOTIATOR ARRESTED ON KIDNAP CHARGE.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press SUFFIELD, Conn. -- James G. ``Bo'' Gritz, the former Green Beret who negotiated during the FBI sieges of Ruby Ridge and the Freemen compound, was arrested on attempted kidnapping charges at a middle school on Monday. Police said Gritz, 57, ...
POOR NUTRITION, SCHOOLING AFFECT MORE KIDS, U.N. SAYS.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press UNITED NATIONS -- Vaccination has improved the lives of many children, but malnutrition and poor education are affecting growing numbers, the United Nations said Monday. Some 80 percent of the world's children are now immunized against major ...
JUDGMENT VINDICATES ROONEY'S ARGUMENTS.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY -- It wasn't quite the knockout punch that Kevin Rooney wanted, but a federal jury's $4.4 million spanking of heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson will go a long way toward salving the trainer's seven-year wound. Rooney has been arguing ...
GRADING THE 104TH CONGRESS: C+.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... The 104th Congress came to town determined to change the way Washington does business. Aided by tough-talking House Speaker Newt Gingrich, in charge, and energized by a corps of freshmen Republican lawmakers who cared little for the ways of legislative compromise, the 104th set about to ...
STATE LAWMAKERS EARN ENOUGH.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... There is talk once again about state legislators giving themselves a pay raise, and we should begin by saying that we are opposed to the idea. It has been widely reported that the legislative leaders have poured the groundwork for calling a special session after the election in ...
WIRED FOR EDUCATION EXTENDS APPRECIATION FOR SUPPORT.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: MICHAEL J. NEVINS Co-Director NY Wired for Education ALBANY This letter via e-mail - Thank you for your Sept. 20 editorial support of the New York Wired for Education initiative. As organizers, it has been a pleasure to be involved in a project that has brought so many ...
AGENCY OFFICIAL TAKES ISSUE WITH ARTICLE ON FOSTER CARE.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: BARBARA LYNCH, C.S.W. Supervisor Foster Homes/Adoption ALBANY I take exception to certain points that were made in the Sept. 1 article ``Who's Caring For the Children''. The foster family population, at my agency, Albany County Department of Social Services, ...
ALBANY RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SHOULD ADDRESS ACCESS.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: GEORGE E. WITKO ALBANY The Picotte proposal to build a 17-story ``Broadway Riverfront Plaza'' is exciting and encouraging news for Albany residents. However, I am sad to see no reference to including this venture as part of a master plan that increases accessibility on ...
ABORTION IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO OVERCROWDING.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: MRS. CHRISTINE CRACHI LATHAM Regarding the Sept. 22 Perspective article which talked of abortion being an answer for the overcrowding in New York City schools and the country of China --the real solution to both these problems is freedom, not abortion. If parents could ...
POLITICS HAS NO PLACE IN ABORTION PROCEDURE DEBATE.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: GRAHAM JONES LOUDONVILLE - The Sept. 25 startling op-ed piece, in which four doctors of impressive credentials speak out against partial-birth abortions, will surely generate a flood of mail. I should like to contribute. The medical profession may ...
EXPLORING THE REAL SHOCK OF ABORTED FETUS DISCOVERY.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: ALICIA STENARD RAVENA The news that the bodies of 17 aborted children were discovered in a shut-down Albany abortion clinic (front page, Sept. 17) was described by various radio and television reporters as ``shocking'' and ``gruesome''. I find it tragically ...
LETTER MISSES THE POINT REGARDING KIDS' EDUCATION.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: KAREN ROY NORTH GREENBUSH David Crawmer's Sept. 18 letter on schools missed the point. Mr. Crawmer accurately states parents have a responsibility to feed, clothe and shelter our children. What he neglected to mention was we also have the responsibility to ...
YELTSIN'S POLITICAL ILLS ARE HIS OWN FAULT.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: DIMITRI K. SIMES R President Boris N. Yeltsin deserves our sympathy and support in his moment of trial. For any leader as proud and as active as Yeltsin, it must be painful indeed to be under constant medical supervision -- and particularly to hear humiliating calls for ...
SOME GRAFFITI STICKS IN THE CRAW.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: Mike Royko To anyone but a lawyer, the evidence in the crime would appear to be overwhelming. Let's begin at the scene of the crime. Near the Flex-O-Glass Co. on Chicago's West Side are some railroad tracks. The tracks are used for ...
`FIRST WIVES' SUCCESS IS BEST REVENGE OF ALL.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: Ellen Goodman BOSTON -- Every once in a while in the history of womankind, a doormat rises off the floor and, breaking all evolutionary speed records, develops a pair of legs to stand on. At this moment, you can be sure, someone asks: Why is she so angry? ...
PROPOSED COLONIE BUDGET WOULD LOWER TOWN TAXES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: JANE GOTTLIEB staff writer COLONIE -- Town taxes would drop 8.5 percent or about $30 for the average homeowner in the budget Town Supervisor Mary Brizzell proposed Monday. In releasing the 1996-97 tentative budget, Brizzell and Comptroller Fred Shellard ...
WHAT DOLE AND CLINTON SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: Dan Lynch You probably never heard of James Fallows, but he's caused quite a stir in my line of work. Fallows is a magazine journalist and a former Jimmy Carter speechwriter. Earlier this year, he published a book titled ``Breaking the News'' that was highly ...
CHARGES DELAYED AGAIN IN CITY ASSESSOR CASE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: MARV CERMAK Staff writer SCHENECTADY -- For the second time in a week, the release of details surrounding allegations of wrongdoing against City Assessor John A. MacIsaac has been postponed, this time until Friday, according to Mayor Albert P. Jurczynski. The ...
AIRPORT TOUTS WASTE-WATER SPRAYING AS HARMLESS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: KATE GURNETT Staff writer ALBANY -- When Albany Airport officials dragged out a wagon and sprayed waste water on the runway grass, Ed Engel watched from his farm stand up the road. ``I've been wondering what the heck they were doing,'' said Engel, the ...
PETITION TARGETS ALBANY PRINCIPAL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer ALBANY -- In a bitter and unprecedented battle that threatens to split parents, students and educators, nearly a third of the staff at Albany High School has signed a petition calling for the dismissal of Principal Willard Washburn, district ...
$1.75 BILLION BOND ACT NOW IN FEDERAL COURT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Staff writer ALBANY -- The legal battle over the state's proposed environmental bond act has entered federal court. Robert Schulz filed a separate lawsuit in federal court Monday to knock the $1.75 billion bond act off the November ballot. He ...
PATAKI CAMPAIGNING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press MAMARONECK -- Complacency is the enemy, Gov. George Pataki said Monday as he stumped for the $1.75 billion environmental bond act that New Yorkers will vote on Nov. 5. Pataki, talking just a few yards from sunbathers on the beach at Harbor ...
MOTHER DENIES SHE STARVED TOT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Carla Lockwood, mother of six living children and reportedly pregnant with twins, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that she murdered her 4-year-old daughter Nadine by starving her to death. Acting state Supreme Court Justice ...
WELFARE PANEL POSTPONES REPORT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Staff writer Gov. George Pataki's welfare reform task force, which had hoped to complete a report by Monday, is shooting for an end-of-October deadline. ``This is a complex and important process,'' said John Signor, a spokesman for Pataki budget ...
WISCONSIN ONEIDAS BUY NEW YORK LAND.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: -- Associated Press ONEIDA -- The Oneida Indian Nation of Wisconsin on Monday announced the purchase of a small parcel of New York land, another move in the ongoing dispute with New York Oneidas over land claims. Bill Gollnick, a spokesman for the Wisconsin ...
PANEL SEEKS OUSTER OF TOWN JUSTICE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: -- Associated Press ALBANY -- A town court justice in Steuben County should be removed from office for failing to promptly forward fine money collected from defendants to the state comptroller's office, a state commission has determined. Dansville Town Court ...
PANEL TO INVESTIGATE FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: -- Associated Press MAMARONECK -- Gov. George Pataki announced Monday that he is forming a task force to investigate the cases in which domestic violence ends fatally in the state. ``We're creating a commission to investigate cases of domestic violence that ...
NON-VOTERS URGED TO ATTTEND MEETING.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... ALBANY -- People who are traditionally absent at the polls in November are urged to attend a town meeting tonightwith Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey Ross, State Comptroller H. Carl McCall and other community leaders. The meeting, a get-out-the-vote effort by the Albany County League ...
SCHULZ SUES TO KEEP POLITICIANS OUT OF CONVENTION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Capitol bureau ALBANY -- Citizen activist Robert Schulz filed a new lawsuit Monday in state and federal court, claiming that it would be unconstitutional for a politician to serve as a delegate at the state's next constitutional convention. ...
TRUMP GOES PUBLIC ALL AROUND.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: TIM WHITMIRE Associated Press NEW YORK -- A ``yes'' vote by 82 percent of voting shareholders sealed a $480 million deal in which Donald Trump's publicly traded casino company will buy his Trump's Castle Casino Resort, Trump said Monday. The vote clears the ...
ALBANY FIRE UNDER INVESTIGATION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... ALBANY -- Firefighters are investigating a Monday morning fire on First Street that is considered suspicious, investigators said. The small fire, which caused no injuries and minimal damage, began about 10 a.m. in the basement at 90 First St., fire ...
KILLER'S REMORSE FAILS TO APPEASE VICTIM'S MOM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: BECHETTA JACKSON Staff writer SCHENECTADY -- A Hamilton Hill man who helped kill his first cousin last year apologized in County Court on Monday and said he prays God will forgive him. Ronald Faulkner's soft-spoken words did little to ease the pain of Paul ...
2 ALBANY TEENS CHARGED IN POST-CONCERT MELEE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... ALBANY -- A small fight following the ``Back to School Jam'' rap concert at the Knickerbocker Arena turned uglier early Monday when some members of the mostly teenage crowd began hurling rocks and bottles at police officers on South Pearl Street, officials said. Two city ...
PATTISON TO PROPOSE NEW BUDGET.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: JOE PICCHI Staff writer TROY -- Mayor Mark Pattison will propose today what he calls a status-quo budget for 1997 that will hold the line on property taxes and likely include no layoffs. Pattison said the budget plan, still being compiled Monday, will have no ...
SCHENECTADY SCHOOL OFFICIAL IN LINE FOR $12,500 RAISE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: MARV CERMAK Staff writer SCHENECTADY -- Pamela Dahl, human resources director for the city school district, is in line for a pay raise of $12,500 that will raise her salary 29 percent to $55,000, said Superintendent Raymond C. Colucciello. This would be ...
BRESLIN ASSAILS SCHOOL AID DISBURSEMENT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... Byline: MARK MCGUIRE Staff writer Albany County parents and students get shortchanged in state school aid compared with neighboring counties, and politics is the reason, state Senate candidate Neil Breslin charged Monday. On the day on which many Albany County ...
SUSAN P. BOYERE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... SUMMERVILLE, SC -- Susan P. (Burkinshaw) Boyere 39, of Summerville, SC died Saturday at her residence after a brief illness. Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, she lived in the Capital District until 1987 before moving away. She was a member of the Cornell Hook and Ladder Ladies Auxiliary in New ...
ROSE M. CAMPANELLA.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... GLENMONT -- Rose M. Campanella, 82, of Glenmont, formerly of California, died Monday at St. Peter's Hospice after a brief illness. Born and educated in Albany, she had resided in Huntington Beach, CA for many years. Miss Campanella had been a hairdresser for many years and had owned and ...
SHELLEY ANNE COLANGIONE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... LOUDONVILLE -- Shelley Ann Colangione, 31, beloved daughter of Diane Morgan of Loudonville and Louis R. Colangione of Tampa, FL after a long illness. Born in Troy, she was a 1983 graduate of Emma Willard School and attended Middlebury College. She is remembered for her love of music, ...
ROCCO A. DEBONIS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... TROY -- Rocco A. DeBonis, 78, passed away Sunday, September 29, at Samaritan Hospital after a brief illness. He was born and educated in Troy, employed by Waterford Grand Union for 10 years and retired in 1985. He served as the Rensselaer County Under-Sheriff in the early 60s to 70s, was ...
FLORENCE M. FLANAGAN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... GUILDERLAND -- Florence M. Flanagan, 69, of Bleeker Road, formerly of Latham and Spigeltown died Sunday at Eden Park Nursing Home in Albany. Born and educated in Troy, she was the daughter of the late Leo and Mary Lemieux. She was the wife of Edward W. Flanagan and the late Arthur Turner ....
ANNA M. GALIPEO.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... VALATIE -- Anna M. Galipeo, 81 years old, formerly of the Albany/Troy area, died Sunday, September 29 at Valatie, NY. She was born in Albany, daughter of the late Harry and Dora Fitzsimmons Patenaude. Mrs. Galipeo was employed for over 50 years at the NYS Department of Tax and Finance, ...
MORTON J. GLICKMAN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... HUDSON -- Morton J. Glickman, 80, of Wortman Square, died Saturday at Columbia Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born on June 12, 1916 in Hudson, he was the son of the late Milton and Lena (Liepshutz) Glickman. He was a graduate of Philmont High School and New York University School ...
JAMES C. GUTHINGER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... SCHENECTADY -- James C. Guthinger of 1122 Waverly Pl., died September 29, 1996. Husband of Joan Connors Guthinger; father of Anne Bergami of Niskayuna, Belinda MacArthur of Clifton Park, Jeffrey Guthinger of Schenectady and James Guthinger of San Diego, CA; he is also survived by 9 ...
ROBERT W. HAYES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1996 ... ALBANY -- Robert W. Hayes, 77, died Sunday, September 29, 1996, at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Born in Albany, he was a lifelong resident. He had been employed by the County of Albany as a clerk retiring in 1980. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He's the ...