Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from February 1997:
O.J. JURY HAS TO START ANEW.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: Washington Post LOS ANGELES -- The lone black juror in the O.J. Simpson civil trial was dismissed Friday after the judge learned that her daughter worked for the prosecutors who failed to convict Simpson of murder 16 months ago. Superior Court Judge Hiroshi ...
TAKE FIVE FORTUNE BRINGS UNWANTED FAME.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: CHRIS STURGIS Staff writer SCHENECTADY -- Publicity, though limited and short-lived, is the price of lottery cash. And at least one lucky Albany man is uneasy with the bargain. The New York Lottery notified the media last month that John Brandon, a ...
MARINES BECOME THE FEW, THE PROUD, THE WANTED.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: MICHAEL HEDGES Scripps Howard WASHINGTON -- The Marines are looking for a few gung-ho men -- the ones who got the Corps into trouble with new Defense Secretary William Cohen by getting caught on videotape mercilessly hazing their fellow leathernecks. ``I am ...
FEDS SAY STATES CAN PAY FOR WELFARE.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: ROBERT PEAR New York Times WASHINGTON -- The Clinton administration told state officials Friday that they could generally spend state money as they wished under the new welfare law, provided that they did not ``circumvent the work requirements'' imposed by Congress. ...
EX-WIFE ONE OF 5 HELD IN GUCCI KILLING.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press ROME -- Add another troubled chapter to the Gucci fashion family saga. Title this one: ``The Ex-wife, the Psychic and the Hit Men.'' Police, saying they have an accomplice's confession, arrested five people Friday and charged them with ...
CHRYSLER SHIFTS ON AIR BAG SWITCHES.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- In a change of position, Chrysler Corp. has decided to install cutoff switches for passenger-side air bags in some pickups and sports cars that have no back seat, a company spokesman said Friday. Also Friday, the government's ...
COSBY SAYS IT'S TIME TO MOVE PAST GRIEF.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Bill Cosby spoke to his first live studio audience Friday since his only son was killed, telling fans it's important to move past grief with character, dignity and grace. Cosby addressed the audience of about 200 people before the ...
NETANYAHU JOINS SWISS EFFORT TO CALM HOLOCAUST ASSETS CASE.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland -- Switzerland's president expressed deep regret for the ``monstrous, unspeakable wrong'' of the Holocaust on Friday, working with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try to calm emotions over the re-examination of World War ...
CLINTON ASKS FAMILY PLANNING FUNDS.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Clinton urged lawmakers on Friday to speed up spending on overseas family planning programs, setting up the first test vote on abortion in the new Congress. Clinton said a delay in releasing the money would deny safe ...
ISRAELI, EGYPTIAN LEADERS TO MEET.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland -- Leaders of Israel and Egypt will talk face-to-face this weekend for the first time since the Egyptian president boycotted a Washington summit last fall, a Palestinian official said Friday. Prime Minister Benjamin ...
YELTSIN OPPOSES CHANGE TO RUSSIAN CONSTITUTION.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press MOSCOW -- Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin, ailing with heart troubles and a recent bout with pneumonia, made clear Friday that he opposes changing the Russian constitution so an incapacitated president can be replaced more easily. ...
EX-CONVICT GOT DNC INVITATION.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: Washington Post WASHINGTON -- A New Jersey stock promoter, convicted of criminal securities fraud that benefited a member of the Bonanno organized crime family, was among eight guests who accepted an invitation to join President Clinton and top Democratic Party leaders ...
LABOR NOMINEE JEOPARDIZED BY ROLE IN CLINTON'S RE-ELECTION.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: CHRISTOPHER DREW New York Times WASHINGTON -- When President Clinton's re-election campaign needed suggestions for political and civic leaders to invite to coffees with him, it called a small White House office charged with building public support for his policies. ...
RELATIVELY SMOOTH TRIAL GOT A BIT ROCKY TOWARD THE FINALE.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- The dismissal of a juror during deliberations in the O.J. Simpson trial Friday was the second major snag in the proceedings this week. On Tuesday, the jurors were questioned by Superior Court Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki ...
NO MORE BODIES FOUND IN WALL DEBRIS AT MALL.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press HOUSTON -- Searchers on Friday accounted for the six people feared missing under piles of steel and rubble after a 20-foot-high wall collapsed at a shopping mall, killing three and injuring seven. Authorities said they did not expect to find ...
MEXICAN CARTEL CHIEF GETS 11 LIFE TERMS FOR TRAFFICKING.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press HOUSTON -- A federal judge on Friday sentenced drug lord Juan Garcia Abrego to serve 11 life terms and ordered him to pay fines totaling more than $128 million, ending one of the most ambitious and costly joint U.S.-Mexican efforts to dismantle a major ...
MISGUIDED ECONOMICS AT SUNY.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... It's no wonder there are so many well-intentioned proposals before the Legislature this session about making it easier to save for a college education. The cost of going to the State University is soaring higher and higher. And for the very New Yorkers who most depend on an affordable ...
THE MAYOR VS. THE TALK SHOWS.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... It's Al Jurczynski, again, going against all political convention. First it was the mayor of Schenectady pushing his very sensible proposal to put Schenectady out of business and merge its government services with the county. Now he not only doesn't want his job as mayor ...
BUFFALO CITY COMPTROLLER CLARIFIES POSITION ON MERGERS.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: JOEL A. GIAMBRA City Comptroller BUFFALO Robert Penna (``Municipalities can save money without merging,'' Times Union, Jan. 26) quoted me accurately when I said, ``The size and cost of local government is causing the demise of my community and of New York state.'' ...
COMMENTS ON QUARRY MISS CENTRAL POLICY ISSUE.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: DONALD F. VITALIANO Professor of Economics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY Fred LeBrun's Jan. 23 column criticizing the Department of Environmental Conservation for its handling of the permit for a quarry in Rensselaer County misses the central policy issue. ...
ST. ROSE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL DESERVES BETTER COVERAGE.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: LIZ VANDERHOOF ALBANY I find myself in a quandary over your layout placement of the Saint Rose women's and men's basketball coverage in the Jan. 12 Sunday edition. Both articles, written by Tim Wilkin, include comprehensive information of past and current team ...
U.S. MUST OVERHAUL ITS IMMIGRATION POLICY.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: MARGARET NOLAN ALBANY Today's Times Union (Jan. 25) made for very interesting reading. On the front page, an article informed us that Governor Pataki was in Washington urging the federal government to restore cuts to welfare so New York state wouldn't spend $240 million ...
LYNCH'S COLUMN FALLS SHORT ON SOME POINTS.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: SETH EDELMAN CASTLETON sedman@postoffice.worldnet.att.net Dan Lynch (Times Union, Jan. 26) is quite correct in pointing out that ``intellect isn't everything.'' In fact, he proves it. The ability to admire the oxygen-producing capability of poisonous pond ...
CLINTON SHOWS THE GRATUITY CAN BE ADDED ON LATER.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: Mike Royko After nervously clearing his throat, Slats Grobnik said: ``So, you don't believe in tipping? Getting a little tight with the old greenbacks, huh?'' Excuse me? ``Tipping. You know, 15 or 20 percent of the tab, when you go out for ...
MILOSEVIC LOOKS FOR WAYS TO HOLD ON TO HIS POWER.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: MICHAEL MEYER With demonstrations in Belgrade entering their ninth week, it is tempting to view Slobodan Milosevic as the last tottering pillar of communism. The people rise up, and dictators go down. Diplomats in Washington and in Europe take credit for strong-arming ...
CLINTON CAN'T ERASE COLOR LINE ALONE.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: COLBERT I. KING At the dawn of this century, the black scholar W.E.B. Du Bois penned his somber view of the challenge that lay ahead: ``The problem of the 20th century,'' wrote Du Bois in ``The Souls of Black Folk'' in 1903, ``is the problem of the color line.'' ...
SAFETY OUTPOINTS GANG RIGHTS.(MAIN)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: Knight Ridder SAN JOSE, Calif. -- In a decision with nationwide implications, the California Supreme Court has ruled that San Jose can forbid suspected gang members to engage in a variety of otherwise legal behavior -- from climbing fences to wearing beepers to hanging ...
JUDGE ACQUITS EX-PROSECUTOR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY -- Former Warren County District Attorney William E. Montgomery III was acquitted Friday of criminal charges that he lied to a disciplinary panel. The verdict announced by Albany County Judge Larry J. Rosen brings to an end a ...
PLAN SET TO WIDEN ROUTE 7.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: JOE PICCHI Staff writer TROY -- The state Department of Transportation is planning to widen a portion of Route 7 at the top of Hoosick Street near the city line to Route 142 in the town of Brunswick, where traffic is becoming congested because of an expanding population ....
ANNUAL T-SHIRT PROJECT SHRINKS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: WINIFRED YU Staff writer ALBANY -- The Clothesline Project, an annual display that in previous years featured more than 2,000 T-shirts by survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, will shrink to only 350 T-shirts this year. The Clothesline Project features works ...
3 HEROES' THOUGHTS FOCUS ON GIRLS SAVED FROM FIRE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: CAROL DEMARE Staff writer ALBANY -- They didn't have time to think. A house was on fire and a mother screamed that two of her kids were inside. Crawling on their bellies beneath a curtain of thick, black smoke, the three formed a human chain and started the ...
HEED THE CALL TO CUT BONDS OF ILLITERACY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun In Albany County alone an estimated 40,000 adults don't know how to read. I find that astounding, dismaying, deplorable, maybe even overblown. But also challenging. Because illiteracy, unlike the vast majority of our societal ills, to ...
LEGISLATURE SPENDS $76M FOR OFFICES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press ALBANY -- The state Legislature spent more than $76 million on itself between April 1 and Sept. 30, 1996, according to lawmakers' latest reports. The Senate and Assembly separately released their reports Friday. They cover how much ...
NIMO IS TAKING HEAT OVER NUCLEAR CHILLERS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press SCRIBA -- The Nine Mile Point 2 nuclear plant is being criticized by federal regulators for weak technical performance and failures in engineering quality. An inspection by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission found ``apparent ...
GIULIANI SEEKS BAN ON ULTIMATE FIGHTING.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press NEW YORK -- Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on Friday called state regulations governing so-called ultimate fighting ``absurd'' and said the city would move to outlaw the matches in about a month. A day earlier, the state Athletic Commission ...
PATAKI FACES NEW SCRUTINY ON ENVIRONMENT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Capitol bureau ALBANY -- Environmentalists say they'll be keeping a close watch on Gov. George Pataki in the coming days, because he'll be forced to take a stand on highly charged pollution issues at an upcoming meeting of the National Governors ...
AN ONLINE CHECK-UP FOR PROFESSIONAL LICENSING.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: MICHAEL LOPEZ Staff writer ALBANY -- Consumers now can use the Internet to check the licensing and disciplinary status of 610,000 professionals in 38 professions, from acupuncture to veterinary medicine. New York on Friday became the first state to place ...
STATE PRISON VIOLENCE STUDIED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Capitol bureau ALBANY -- Four state prisons were under investigation Friday after violent incidents that injured both guards and inmates. The prison guards union, Council 82, said nine officers were injured and two others were exposed to inmate ...
PATAKI URGED TO SPEND MORE ON WOMEN VETS' MEMORIAL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Capitol bureau ALBANY -- Gov. George Pataki isn't truly committed to building a monument to women war veterans, according to a Democratic assemblywoman, because he hasn't appropriated enough money for the project. In December, Pataki announced ...
WILLIAM V. BOGAARD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- William V. Bogaard, 87, died Thursday, January 30, 1997 at Hospice Inn, St. Peter's Hospital. Born in New York City, he lived in Albany most of his life. He worked as an accountant with the NYS Dept. of Audit and Control for 40 years. Mr. Bogaard was a WWII Navy Veteran having ...
JENNIE M. BRAUN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Jennie M. (Fischer) Braun, 95, of Jefferson Ave. died Thursday after a short illness at St. Mary's Hospital in Troy. Born in Valatie, she was a resident of the Capital Region all of her life. She was a production worker for Sterling Winthrop for 22 1/2 years before retiring in ...
WALTER BROOKS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Walter Brooks, 77, died January 28, 1997 at Albany Medical Center. He was born in Marshville, GA and has been a resident of Albany for about 40 years. Mr. Brooks is survived by his step-sons, Larry, Gary and John Hemingway; his step-daughter, Judy Hemingway; his sister, Lorene ...
JACOB BRUINS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... COLONIE -- Jacob Bruins, 78, of Colonie, died Friday at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Holland, he had lived in the village of Colonie for 76 of his 78 years. Mr. Bruins was a WWII Army veteran having served in the European Theatre. He had worked as an operating engineer ...
GERTRUDE M. DWYER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Gertrude M. Abbey Dwyer, 76, died Friday morning, January 31, 1997 at St. Peter's Hospice in Memorial Hospital, Albany. Born in Saratoga Springs, she lived in the Albany area all her life. She was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband Frank J. Dwyer in 1984. Survivors ...
MARGARET FEDEN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... KANSAS CITY, KS -- Margaret (Theresa) Dailey Feden died on January 22 after a brief illness. She was wife of the late William Feden who died in October of 1996. She is survived by her devoted daughter, Denise (Dee) DeLollo; mother-in-law of Warren C ....
VICTORIA N. KANFOUSH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Victoria N. Kanfoush, 51, of Albany, NY died Monday, January 27, 1997 at her home following a long illness. Ms. Kanfoush was born in Syracuse and has resided in Albany the past 30 years. She was the daughter of the late Richard J. and Mary George Kanfoush, Sr. She was a ...
HARRIET E. KEHOE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... CORINTH -- Harriet E. (Clayton) Kehoe, 79, of Main St., died Thursday, January 30, 1997 at Saratoga Hospital following a brief illness. Born on April 12, 1917 in Corinth, she was the daughter of Howard and Ethel (Fuller) Clayton. Mrs. Kehoe graduated from Corinth High School in 1934. She ...
DORA B. LEUBNER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... GUILDERLAND -- Dora B. Leubner, 71, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 1997, at her home after a short illness. Mrs. Leubner was born in Dunraven, Delaware County and lived in the Guilderland area for many years. She worked as a registered nurse at Bellevue Hospital in Niskayuna for over twenty years ...
VIVIAN M. MARCHAND.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... WATERVLIET -- Vivian M. Gontier Marchand, 93, formerly of Daniel P. Quinn Apts, died Friday at Samaritan Hospital in Troy. Born in Troy, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Catherine May Zion Gontier. She was raised in Troy and lived in Watervliet for most of her life. She was ...
MARGARET F. MCLAREN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Margaret F. McLaren, 86, formerly of Sherman St., Albany died Thursday at Albany Memorial Hospice, after a long illness. She was a native of Albany and had been employed by the Waterville Laundry for 15 years, retiring in 1975. She had also been employed by Universal Auto Parts ...
PATRICIA A. RACETTE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... NEW BERN, NC -- Patricia A. Dillenbeck Racette, formerly of Clifton Park and Niskayuna, died suddenly Wednesday, January 29, 1997 after being stricken at her New Bern, North Carolina home. Born in Colonie, she had been an accounting clerk for New York Telephone and had worked in sales for ...
LENA T. SCHWARTZ.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... GLENVILLE-- Lena T. Schwartz, age 86 of the Glendale Home in Glenville died Thursday at the nursing home. Mrs. Schwartz was born in Pittsburgh, PA and resided most of her life in the Bronx. She lived in Lyonsville, NY in Ulster County for 26 years after moving from the Bronx. She attended ...
DAWN M. SCOFIELD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... CENTRAL BRIDGE -- Dawn M. Scofield, 31, of Vanderwerken Road, died Thursday at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Born June 23, 1965 in Cobleskill, NY, she was a graduate of Schoharie Central High School and later received her Associates Degree in Secretarial Science in May 1985. She worked ...
SISTER FELICE SHUMWAY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... LATHAM -- Sister Felice Shumway, C.S.J., the former Ruth Marie Shumway, died Friday, January 31, 1997 at St. Joseph's Provincial House, Latham. Sister was born in Syracuse, NY, the daughter of the late Charles and Mary Cole Shumway. She was a Sister of St. Joseph for 70 years. Sister ...
RUTH SIVASLIAN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... BETHLEHEM -- Ruth Sivaslian, 88, of McGuffey Lane, Delmar died Thursday at her residence after a brief illness. She was born in New Briton, CT and had lived in Delmar since 1970 and previously lived in West Sand Lake. She had been a secretary for the N.Y.S. Public Service Commission, ...
RONALD SMITH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Ronald Smith, 41, of Broadway, died January 28, 1997 at Albany Medical Center. Survivors include his mother, Lonnie Smith of Albany; four sisters, Lola Wallace, Rosetta and Linda Smith all of Albany, and Barbara Smith of NYC; four brothers, Ulysses, Mack Jr., Cleveland, and ...
FRANK SOLDO.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... CHEVY CHASE,MD -- Frank Soldo 82, of Chevy Chase, MD, died January 29, 1997 at Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, D.C. He was a native of Utica, NY and resided for many years in Albany, NY. A retired pharmacist, he was a graduate of Albany College of Pharmacy, Union University. He ...
PATRICIA J. TOMPKINS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Patricia J. Tompkins, 62, died Friday, January 31, 1997 at Albany Memorial Hospital. She retired in 1988 as a supervisor after 36 years with NYNEX. She was a member of the Telephone Pioneers. She was a veteran of the Korean War. Daughter of the late Samuel and Laura Jackson ...
MARGUERITE VANAUKEN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... ALTAMONT -- Marguerite Secor VanAuken, 87, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 1997 at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady. Mrs. VanAuken was born in Knox and lived most of her life in the Altamont area. She worked as a kitchen helper in the N.Y. State office building cafeteria in Albany for many years. She ...
SALLY A. VAVRINEK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... RAVENA-- Sally A. Vavrinek of Ravena died Friday, January 31, 1997 at her residence. She was 50. Sally was born in Long Island and had lived in Ravena for 23 years. She worked at the Pro Shop at Sycamore Country Club with her husband and also managed the club for many years. She has ...
ELLA HOGAN VIALL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... MECHANICVILLE-- Ella Hogan Viall, age 75 of South Main Street in Mechanicville died Thursday, January 30, 1997 in St. Mary's Hospital after a long illness. She was born June 4, 1921 in Mechanicville, NY. She has been a life long resident of Mechanicville. Daughter of the late Edward M. & ...
SPEAKERS TO DISCUSS ATTENTION DISORDERS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... COLONIE -- Four Winds Saratoga, a psychiatric center, will sponsor a conference on treating and living with attention deficit and other neurological disorders of children and adults March 6 and 7 at the Albany Marriott. The speakers include Dr ....
GARLAND LIVES AGAIN IN TRIBUTE AT THE EGG.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: MICHAEL ECK Special to the Times Union ALBANY -- Somewhere along the way from child star to tipsy saloon singer, Judy Garland became the diva of drag, the queen of camp and the patron saint of the painted face. Tommy Femia is perhaps more keenly aware of that than most ....
SHAKER HOUSE PLANS TINSMITHING CLASS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... COLONIE -- The Shaker Heritage Society will sponsor a tinsmithing workshop next Saturday. Walter Fleming, one of the state's few remaining tinsmiths, will present the workshop in his shop in Ballston Lake ....
GIRL SAVED FROM TROY FIRE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 1997 ... Byline: BOB GARDINIER Staff writer TROY -- A girl and her mother were rescued by ladder from the second floor of a burning apartment building Friday night that turned 15 tenants out on the streets. The unidentified woman, holding a baby, was sitting on a window sill ...