Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from January 1997:
TIME TAKING TOLL ON COWBOYS, 49ERS.(SPORTS)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: DAVE GOLDBERG Associated Press San Francisco lost. Dallas won. San Francisco is in the playoffs and Dallas probably will make it. Still, their games Sunday demonstrated once again what's been happening all year. The era of the Cowboys and 49ers is passing, the ...
ALABAMA SELECTS DUBOSE.(SPORTS)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Some 20 years after fulfilling his dream of playing for Bear Bryant at Alabama, Mike Dubose got Bryant's old job and all the pressure of preserving the tradition the coaching great started years ago. Athletic director Bob ...
KANSAS REMAINS NO. 1.(SPORTS)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press Kansas, which beat two ranked teams last week, held the No. 1 spot in the college basketball poll Monday, while three schools -- Texas Tech, Louisville and Alabama -- cracked the Top 25 for the first time this season. The Jayhawks (7-0), who ...
INS AND OUTSIT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR WHAT WAS IN TO BE OUT AGAIN FOOD, DRINK, NIGHTLIFE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Ostrich meat -- Arch Deluxe Beans and rice -- fat Salsa -- ketchup Single-malt scotch, single-barrel bourbon, martinis -- fruity mixed drinks Sipping vinegar -- Chardonnay Cigars -- all other forms of tobacco Brew pubs, microbrewed beer -- Bud The Big House -- Farnhan Larkin Park West -- ...
HERE'S HOW TO MAKE LIGHT OF THE DARK WORLD OF HIGH-TECH TOASTERS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jan 01, 1997 ... All is not seriousness in cyberspace. The same dark humor and satire -- some good-natured, some markedly otherwise -- that helps deign any sort of human enterprise is readily present in the tech world. This offering from The Washington Post illustrates the genre of commentary. ...
APPLE'S NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: JON SWARTZ San Francisco Chronicle Apple Computer is ringing in the New Year with a vow to overhaul ``virtually every product'' it makes in an effort to regain market share in the hotly contested personal computer market. In his first major address to the ...
APPROACH OF ELECTION PROMISES MORE THAN POLITICS AS USUAL.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer ALBANY -- Political futures -- and the future of New York's capital city -- will dominate Albany's public arena in 1997. So will trash, potholes and assessments. After four sometimes rocky years, nearly every elected city ...
1997 DAWNS WITH STYLE OF 2 CITIES.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: JANE GOTTLIEB AND KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writers Albany It was a productive year for 16-year-old Robert Darwak. With 1996 now just about behind him and 1997 yet to be challenged, Darwak proudly declared: ``I found myself!'' ``I'm going to buy a ...
FISCAL AFFAIRS, CASINO QUESTION TAKE CENTER STAGE.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Straightening out budget questions and dealing with the looming statewide vote on legalizing casino gambling will be among the issues confronting the city in 1997. Still unresolved from the struggles over ...
NEW LAWS TO CHANGE THE NATION.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The new year means new veto power for presidents, tax breaks for some Americans and a challenging road for the poor. Laws taking effect today span the range of what government does. Jan. 1 is just one benchmark ...
CONSOLIDATION PLAN LOOMS LARGE AS CITY WEIGHS ITS OPTIONS.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: MARV CERMAK Staff writer SCHENECTADY -- Predicting what's in store in the new year would be difficult with a crystal ball, but Mayor Albert Jurczynski's bold proposal to turn over city operations to the county appears to be the 1997 centerpiece. One of the ...
VOTERS WILL GET CHANCE TO PASS JUDGMENT ON TAX AND BUDGET MOVES.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer TROY -- This year, the City Council majority will find out if voters believe they have solved Troy's long-standing fiscal problems and have forgiven them for 1996's 21 percent property-tax increase. Mayor Mark Pattison, who starts the ...
POSITIONS HARDEN IN PERU STANDOFF.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: DOUGLAS FARAH Washington Post LIMA, Peru -- The possibility of a quick resolution to the two-week standoff between the Peruvian government and Marxist guerrillas holding 81 people appeared to slip away Tuesday when the guerrillas renewed demands that some 400 comrades be ...
TROOPERS TO PROBE A SECOND SHOOTING.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: TRACEY TULLY Staff writer CAIRO -- A dispute between two brothers preceded the shooting of a 34-year-old Cairo man in the hands by a state trooper Monday evening, State Police said. This was the second shooting by State Police in two days, and the seventh ...
REPUBLICAN SUPPORTERS LINING UP FOR GINGRICH.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- In an unexpected boost for Newt Gingrich, two House ethics committee Republicans who investigated the speaker said Tuesday they'll support his re-election to his leadership post next week. Reps. Porter Goss of Florida and Steve ...
CLINTON CLOSES '96 WITH TEES AND TALK.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... President Clinton enjoyed a spiritual and sporting finale to 1996 Tuesday at Hilton Head Island, S.C., during a vacation dominated so far by his dual passions: golf and gab. In between course outings, Clinton attended a ``Renaissance Weekend'' seminar titled ``Spiritual Life in ...
MOVIE PORTRAYAL IRKS WALLACE'S DEFENDERS GEORGE WALLACE'S.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... friends and family are complaining that the script for a TV movie about the former governor portrays him as a foul-mouthed, suicidal man. ``They make him out to be some backwoods ignorant Southerner and I resent Hollywood always portraying Southerners that way,'' said Wallace's ...
U.N. PUSHES FOR PROMPT HEBRON DEAL.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press JERUSALEM -- The United States on Tuesday pressed Yasir Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu to wrap up a deal on Hebron by their self-imposed deadline of New Year's Day, despite the failure of lower-level negotiators to settle at least one key issue. ...
SWISS LEADER BRISTLES AT CALL FOR HOLOCAUST FUND.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press GENEVA -- Demands for a multimillion-dollar fund to compensate Jews who lost assets in the Holocaust amount to blackmail, Switzerland's leader said Tuesday. The comments by outgoing President Jean-Pascal Delamuraz marked the Swiss ...
U.N. CHIEF PASSES THE GAVEL.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press UNITED NATIONS -- Outgoing Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali served his final day as U.N. chief Tuesday, expressing regret over the U.N.'s budget woes but insisting he feels no bitterness over his U.S.-orchestrated ouster. The Clinton ...
REHNQUIST SAYS IT'S TIME JUDGES HAD A RAISE.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Declaring the morale and quality of the federal judiciary is at stake, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist is calling on Congress to give judges a cost-of-living raise. Federal judges, who now make $133,600 a year, ``need and have ...
DENVER'S AIR QUALITY BREEZES THROUGH '96 WITHOUT VIOLATIONS.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press DENVER -- For the first time since federal air pollution standards took effect more than two decades ago, Denver has gotten through an entire year with no violations of federal air-quality requirements. That includes federal standards for the ...
SUSPECTED NAZI SHOT BY POLICE.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A man who was accused Tuesday of being a Nazi death camp guard fired at reporters and police outside his home before he was shot in the leg by police. About 90 minutes before the shooting, the Justice Department filed ...
ANSWERS SOUGHT IN INDIA TRAIN BLAST.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press SESAPANI, India -- Rescuers sliced and peeled the metal sides off the wreckage of an express train Tuesday, extricating the bodies of dozens of people killed when two bombs detonated under the tracks. At least seven children were among 38 ...
IRAN SENT CASH TO BOOST BOSNIA'S PRESIDENT.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: New York Times WASHINGTON -- Even as the United States was trying to roll back Iran's influence with the Muslim-led government of Bosnia, Iran contributed at least $500,000 last summer to boost the election campaign of Bosnia's president, Alija Izetbegovic, ...
REGRETS AND HOPE IN NORTH KOREA.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... It was only 71 words and never directly apologized to South Korea, but it was momentous nonetheless. It seemed almost unbelievable at first, yet there was no mistaking the message: Pyongyang was conceding it erred when it sent a submarine to spy on the South, a mission that was part of its ...
SENATOR BRUNO'S WELCOME CALL.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... In a welcome, if somewhat pre-emptory step, state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick, has outlined an ambitious four-year plan to reduce taxes in New York state by $2.1 billion. Normally, it falls to the governor to propose such initiatives, and to the legislative leaders, ...
CRISIS UNIT CAN HELP THOSE CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: DR. RONALD G. NATHAN Department of Family Practice Albany Medical College Christopher Ringwald's story unmasking the myth about holiday suicide was a valuable public service. It is important to note, that even in this, the month of the fewest suicides, the number ...
ARTICLE DIDN'T ACCURATELY PORTRAY GAMBLING COUNCIL ROLE.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: LAURA M. LETSON Executive Director, New York Council on Problem Gambling, Inc. ALBANY - I am writing in response to the article appearing in the Dec. 19 Times Union regarding the New York State Division of the Lottery's recent direct mailing to consumers. Unfortunately, ...
DEFINITION OF MEDICINAL MARIJUANA MUST BE CLARIFIED.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: TERRY M. STAUB TREADWELL Michael Rinella missed his mark in his article ``Power and prejudice behind U.S. drug policy'' (Dec. 26). Can this country afford a more extensive venue of legalized drugs? Mr. Rinella, like so many ``experts,'' offers no criteria for ...
CAL THOMAS SERVES HIS AMERICAN READERSHIP WELL.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: DR. BOAZ AVLTZUR LATHAM Cal Thomas' observation (Times Union, Dec. 25, 1996) that from the Arabs' point of view, ``only Israel's non-presence will `restore' stability'' to the region, is very scrupulus and an unshaken truth. Israel's presence, in the region, and its ...
LAWMAKERS SHOULD CONTROL HMOS' HOSPITAL LIMITS.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: RALPH BENNETT WATERFORD The tendency for HMOs to establish their own limits for hospital confinements should rightly be curbed by legislative action. Once this decision is taken away from our family doctor, there is no limit to the deterioration in health care we may ...
INTRODUCTION OF `EBONICS' ABSOLUTELY APPALLING.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: KEVIN L. GIBSON BERNE I am absolutely appalled at the introduction of the ``Ebonics'' program in the Oakland, Calif., schools. As a black man who grew up in New York City, and was educated in its schools, I don't understand why what I know to be street slang should ...
KENNEDY INFLUENCE HAS ITS LIMITS.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: KEVIN CULLEN When Joe Kennedy went to Northern Ireland late last month for the third time, he did so as a far more mature politician than when he went he first went there. In 1988, during his first foray into one of the world's most intractable conflicts, ...
HOTEL CLINTON COULD FILL THE PEOPLE'S COFFERS IF MANAGED RIGHT.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: Mike Royko As if he hasn't been rapped enough, President Clinton is now being criticized for, of all things, being too hospitable and gracious a host. In recent stories, The Washington Post described how wealthy people who raised millions of dollars for ...
U.S. WITHDRAWAL CAN CREATE CHAOS FOR KURDS.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: THOMAS GOLTZ ZAKHO, Iraq -- The recent evacuation of yet another group of several thousand U.S.-associated Kurds from northern Iraq would seem to signify the tawdry end of yet another Washington-sponsored foreign-policy initiative, and an incremental victory for the ...
NEW YEAR WILL BRING NEW CRITICS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: Dan Lynch Puppy dogs. Don't you just love puppy dogs? They're so cute, so playful, brimming over with warmth and affection and good spirits. And kittens. Aren't they marvelous, too -- so full of delicious mischief, delightfully awkward and as ...
LANSINGBURGH MAN FACES PEDOPHILIA COUNTS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: JOE PICCHI Staff writer TROY -- A 53-year-old Lansingburgh man was arrested Tuesday and charged with 13 counts of sexually abusing four children. In addition, Troy police believe Louis VanWie of 806 Fifth Ave. may have had contact with hundreds more girls and ...
TICKET SCOFFLAWS PUT SCHENECTADY IN THE BLACK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: MARV CERMAK Staff writer SCHENECTADY -- As several hundred parking ticket delinquents plowed their way through the snow to beat the New Year's Eve amnesty deadline, Mayor Albert P. Jurczynski beat a financial deadline he set for the city. Schenectady will ...
BOMB TEAM SIFTS DETAILS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: MIKE HUREWITZ AND CAROL DEMARE Staff writers Investigators in the Clifton Park package-bombing case appear to be digging in for the long haul as they methodically sort through the complex business and personal relationships of the Reardon family, which was targeted by ...
2 DIE AS SNOW COATS AREA ROADS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: CHRIS STURGIS Staff writer Two people died in a car crash in Greenfield Tuesday morning as a heavier-than-expected snowfall caused dozens of accidents on the last day of 1996. Temperatures also plummeted well below freezing. Route 9N near Frasier ...
DERRINGER PROVES THIRD-RATE ON FIRST NIGHT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: MICHAEL ECK Special to the Times Union ALBANY -- ``I took a few wrongturns'' was the excuse Rick Derringer offered officials for showing up late at the Palace Theatre on Tuesday night. That statement could be a metaphor for the rocker's career, which exploded ...
GIULIANI REJECTS RUSSIAN DEMAND.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Russia's Foreign Ministry demanded an apology Tuesday from U.S. officials for an incident in which it claims police here forced a Russian diplomat out of his car and beat him. But they weren't likely to get one from Mayor Rudolph ...
CLERGY PROTEST `INHUMANE' CITY HOUSING PROCEDURES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- A group of religious leaders on Tuesday complained that new eligibility requirements for families seeking help in finding a place to live are too harsh. The Sanctuary Coalition of Clergy and Citizens complained during a news ...
A NYC MURDER RECORD TO CROW ABOUT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK -- Subway fare was 20 cents. Columbia University students were protesting U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Howard Safir, now the police commissioner, was a long-haired undercover cop in the East Village. The year was 1968, and ...
JUDGES SUE STATE OVER PAY INEQUALITY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press KINGSTON -- Two Family Court judges from Ulster County are suing state court administrators, contending that they were underpaid compared with their counterparts in nearby counties. Current Family Court Judge Mary Work and former Judge ...
PILOT ERROR LIKELY CAUSED FATAL CRASH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press JERUSALEM -- Pilot error probably caused a medical-unit helicopter to fly blindly into trees at full speed on Dec. 12, shortly after taking off with an injured hunter. All three people on board were killed in the Yates County crash. The ...
POLICE STILL SEEK MAN FOR CHAT ABOUT ARSENAL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer TROY -- State Police finally made contact with the former owner of a garage where two pipe bombs were found last week, but they still want to question him in detail. The case was switched from the Clifton Park barracks to the ...
THERESA D. ALBER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... TROY -- Theresa D. Alber, 91, passed away Tuesday at St. Mary's Hospital, Troy after a brief illness. She was born in New York City, came to Troy as a young child. She was owner and operator of Tess Albers Restaurant in Wynantskill for 55 years. She retired in 1986. She's past President of ...
GEORGE T. ALUISE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... RAVENA -- George T. Aluise, 67 of Ravena, died Monday, December 30, 1996 at St. Peter's Hospice. George was born in Albany and had lived in Ravena all his life. He was a 1947 graduate of Ravena-Coeymans High School. George was a supervisor for 13 years for the former New York Central ...
FRANCES M. BOTTACHIARI (BOTTS).(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... RAVENA -- Frances M. Sgroi Bottachiari died Monday, December 30, 1996 at her residence. She was 79. Frances was born and lived all her life in Ravena. She was a housewife. She was a communicant of St. Patrick's Church in Ravena. She was the daughter of the late Phillip and Carrie Sgroi. ...
URSULA H. CAVANAUGH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... WATERVLIET -- Ursula H. Cavanaugh, 96, of Third Avenue died Tuesday, December 31, 1996 at St. Mary's Hospital in Troy. Born in Watervliet, she was the daughter of the late James D. and Mary A. Ryan Hogan. She was the beloved wife of the late Thomas F. Cavanaugh, who died in 1973. She was ...
NORMAN CHADBOURNE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... GLENVILLE -- Norman Orcutt Chadbourne of Woodhaven Drive, died Saturday December 28, 1996 after a brief illness. Survived by wife Dorothy Stevens Chadbourne; father of Anne C. Sylvester of Burnt Hills and Susan J. Chadbourne of Glenville; brother of Bernice Fowler ...
LAURA M. COHEN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... COLONIE -- Laura M. Cohen, of Colonie, on December 30, 1996. Mrs. Cohen was born in Cortland, NY to the late Marshall E. and Nellie M. Powers Quinlivan. She has been a resident of the Capital District for most of her life. She was employed for 20 years as a Clerk for the NYS Dept. of ...
HELEN EADS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... AMSTERDAM -- Helen Zinn Eads, 80, of Wall Street, died Monday, December 30, 1996 at the Niskayuna home of her son after a brief illness. Born in Brooklyn, she had been a salesperson of women's better sportswear at Abraham & Strauss in Brooklyn during the 1950's thru 1970's. Thereafter she ...
PHYLLIS M. BIANCE FAULKNER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... WEST ALBANY -- Phyllis M. Biance Faulkner, 94, died Monday December 30, 1996 at Memorial Hospital suddenly. Mrs. Faulkner was born in Naples, Italy and was a USA citizen. She came to the Albany area at seven years of age. She was a communicant of St. Francis de Sales Church, West Albany ...
RITA J. FELENZAK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... WATERFORD -- Rita J. Felenzak, 80, of Clifton Street Waterford, New York, died at St. Mary's Hospital Troy, Monday, December 30, 1996. Born and educated in Cohoes and was the daughter of the late James M. and Alice Hebert Melanson. A communicant of St. Joseph's Church. Mrs. Felenzak was a ...
JAMES V. FERA.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... WATERVLIET -- James V. Fera, age 93, died Saturday, December 28, 1996 at the Albany County Nursing Home after a brief illness. Mr. Fera was born and educated in Troy, NY. He was a longtime resident of Watervliet, NY. He was a U.S. Army veteran with a career spanning from 1926 to 1945. He ...
THOMAS BYRNE FITZGERALD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... BRUNSWICK -- Thomas Byrne Fitzgerald, 78, of Riding Club Road, died Tuesday at Samaritan Hospital, Troy, after a brief illness. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he was the son of the late William E. and Esther Mary Byrne Fitzgerald and husband of Jane Schneider Fitzgerald and the late Elizabeth ...
KATHERINE (KAY) DOWNEY GALLAGHER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... COLONIE -- Katherine (Kay) Downey Gallagher, 80, of Isbestor St., died suddenly Monday at her residence. Mrs. Gallagher was born in Fairmont, WV and had lived in Colonie since 1954. She had worked for State Bank and then as a bookeeper for Colonial Finance in Colonie. She also did ...
WILLIAM C. GOODING.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... ALBANY-- William C. Gooding, 90, of South Allen Street, died Tuesday, December 31, 1996 at St. Peter's Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Geneseo, NY he had been a lifelong resident of the Albany area. He retired as Supervisor of Claims with the Aetna Insurance Company after 35 years ...
WILLIAM J. GREAGAN, SR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- William J. Greagan, Sr., 72, of Albany, died Monday, December 30, 1996 at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Mr. Greagan was born in Albany and lived here all his life. Mr. Greagan was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II and a 1950 graduate of Siena College. He was employed for ...
MARY S. GRESZCZAK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... COHOES -- Mary Saroka Greszczak of Sargent St. Cohoes, passed away December 30, 1996. Wife of the late Michael Greszczak; sister of Mrs. John (Olga) Tricchinelli of Albany and Julia Bowen of Cohoes; Aunt of Mark Tricchinelli. A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 a.m ....
JOHN M. HICKEY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... BALLSTON SPA -- John M. Hickey, 82, formerly of Florence Drive, died Tuesday , December 31, 1996 at Maplewood Manor in Ballston Spa after a long illness. Born in Ballston Spa on November 12, 1914, he was the son of James and Laura Hickey. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was ...
ROBERTA KNOWLES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1997 ... CASTLETON -- Roberta Johnson Knowles, 87, died Monday at Memorial Hospital, Albany. Born July 24, 1909 in Brooklyn; she was raised in Washington, D.C. where she graduated from high school in 1927, moved to Albany in 1931 and to E. Greenbush in 1968 and Castleton in 1974. Mrs. Knowles was ...