Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from March 1997:
TOBACCO LAW'S DEBUT NO MATCH FOR ITS HYPE.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: LARA JAKES Staff writer On the day a new federal law went into effect, five out of 13 Capital Region merchants visited in an informal Times Union survey failed to follow the guidelines calling for stricter age verification in cigarette sales. The ...
MARCH'S ROAR BEGINS WITH A SNIFFLE FOR ALLERGY VICTIMS.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: CAILIN BROWN Staff writer Buds are popping, birds are singing and sap is rising. Is spring here? Don't count on it. February may be the cruelest month this year, raising hopes only to dash them when March brings snow and cold. ``This warm weather ...
LAWRENCES' DEBTS TOP $26 MILLION.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: JAMES DENN Business writer ALBANY -- With combined debts of more than $26 million, insurance executive Albert W. Lawrence and his wife, Barbara C. Lawrence -- once one of the richest couples in the region -- filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday. - Times Union THE ...
IN THIS TV DRAMA, THE BLOOD WAS REAL.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: WILLIAM BOOTH Washington Post LOS ANGELES -- Two bank robbers clad in full body armor and armed with automatic assault rifles fought a pitched moving battle with police Friday in a bloody shootout shown live on television that ended in the killing of both robbers by ...
MCVEIGH ADMITS BLAST, PAPER SAYS.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: STEVEN K. PAULSON Associated Press DENVER -- Timothy McVeigh told his defense team that he alone drove the Ryder truck in the Oklahoma City bombing, and decided on a daytime attack to ensure a ``body count,'' The Dallas Morning News reported Friday. According ...
CACHE OF BOMBS FOUND IN GEORGIA.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press ROOPVILLE, Ga. -- A cache of 16 bombs was found in the home of a theft suspect who was wounded in a gun battle with sheriff's deputies on Friday. Aubrey Mark Turner had no apparent connection with the recent bombings at an abortion clinic and ...
12 TEENS APPARENTLY OVERDOSE AT DANCE.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press WOBURN, Mass. -- A dozen teenagers were hospitalized in critical condition from apparent drug overdoses that authorities said they suffered during a dance Friday night. Police were called to the dance at the ...
FOOD BANK'S SOUP CAN UNLOCKS A TREASURE TROVE.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: Washington Post WASHINGTON -- It was worry about money that drove her to the Fairfax, Va., food bank, pride that made her volunteer a couple of hours unloading trucks in exchange for some canned goods, and hunger that caused her to reach for the cream of asparagus soup a ...
4TH SUSPECT CHARGED IN COSBY PLOT.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- A fourth person was charged Friday with plotting to extort $40 million from Bill Cosby by threatening to publicize a woman's allegation that she is the comedian's illegitimate daughter. Boris Sabas, 42, also known as Boris ...
FBI AGENT ADMITS HE WAS SPYING.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- FBI supervisor Earl Pitts pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring and attempting to sell classified secrets to Russia and the former Soviet Union, and a former CIA station chief is expected to plead guilty to spying for Russia on Monday. ...
TWO QUAKES LEAVE NEARLY 200 DEAD.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Villagers in western Pakistan dug with bare hands through mud to reach their neighbors Friday after a powerful earthquake killed at least 80 people. Hours later, a quake in northwest Iran reportedly killed more than 100 people. ...
U.S. CERTIFIES MEXICO AS ALLY IN DRUG WAR.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: Washington Post WASHINGTON -- Despite mounting evidence that narcotics corruption has reached the highest levels of Mexican law enforcement, the Clinton administration Friday certified Mexico as an ally ``fully cooperating'' in the fight against drug smuggling. ...
DEMOCRATS RETURN ANOTHER $1.5M IN QUESTIONABLE GIFTS.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: SHARON LAFRANIERE AND LENA H. SUN Washington Post WASHINGTON -- The Democratic National Committee announced Friday it would return another $1.5 million in donations, including more than $200,000 from foreigners or foreign-based firms and $3,000 from a woman who has been ...
U.S. ARMY CHARGES 3 SERGEANTS IN SEX ABUSE CASE.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany -- Two U.S. Army sergeants were charged Friday with multiple counts of raping women soldiers at the Darmstadt military training center. A third sergeant was charged with lesser crimes in the most serious sex-abuse scandal at a U.S ....
AIRLINE CONSIDERS LIMITS ON CHILDREN FLYING ALONE.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: KAREN SCHWARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK -- With visions of Happy Meals and caring flight attendants, millions of parents each year entrust their unescorted children to the airlines. And while most children arrive none the worse for wear, concerns have been ...
U.S. SAYS IT WON'T PREJUDGE ADAMS VISA.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams is not expected to apply for a visa to attend a St. Patrick's Day affair at the White House March 17, but no decision has been made to deny him one if he does, the State Department said Friday. ...
12 COMPANIES INCLUDED IN LANDMARK COURT FILING.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: JAMES DENN Business writer ALBANY -- In addition to filing personally, Albert W. Lawrence Friday placed a dozen of his insurance businesses under the protection of U.S. Bankruptcy Court, including his flagship, Lawrence Group Inc. All told, the dozen companies ...
AN APOLOGY TO OUR READERS.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... An advertisement purchased by radio station WGY-AM (810) and published Thursday in the Times Union offended many of our readers. We agree that the ad was in poor taste. We apologize to anyone ...
SEEK A WIDER FOOD STAMP WAIVER.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... When what has come to be known as welfare reform first was proposed, debated and even passed, the projections and, especially, the warnings were of a rather abstract nature. They came, mostly, from Washington. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, for one, was speaking of millions of children ...
DON'T PANIC ON CLONING.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... State Sen. John Marchi, R-Staten Island, reflects the feelings of many New Yorkers with his call to outlaw the cloning of human beings. Indeed, much of the nation probably agrees with Mr. Marchi that the prospect of scientists creating human beings is repulsive and alarming. ...
PLAN WOULD EASE FEARS OF WORKERS FACING RETIREMENT.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: CYNTHIA WILSON President, Retired Public Employees Association ALBANY Your (Feb. 9) editorial presented a very convincing, accurate and straightforward argument in favor of State Comptroller Carl McCall's proposal to share investment earnings of the Retirement Fund with ...
DRIVERS CAN BE MORE IRRESPONSIBLE THAN SNOWMOBILERS.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: WILLIAM VAN ALSTYNE DELMAR I found William Fallon's (Feb. 15) letter very disturbing. He advocates the banishment of snowmobile, personal watercraft and dirt bike riders ``from New York's hills and waterways.'' What ever happened to ``This land is your land, ...
LPNS ARE LICENSED, AND ARE REAL NURSES.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: ROSELIND M. NORMAN LATHAM This letter via e-mail. I have just finished reading Holly Taylor's Feb. 18 article about asking for a RN. Though I can appreciate the concern about patients being helped by technicians rather than a licensed nurse, my problem is that the ...
FOUNDING FATHERS DECIDED AGAINST TERM LIMITS.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: THOMAS GLOVER CLIFTON PARK Term limits sound wonderful to Americans concerned about cleaning out the establishment in Congress. However, there is a dangerous agenda behind their promotion. A group called U.S. Term Limits has launched a multimillion-dollar state ...
STATE CAMPAIGN LAWS JUST AN ILLUSION ALBANY NEEDS FINANCE REFORM AS BADLY AS WASHINGTON.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: FRANZ S. LEICHTER The media has paid much attention recently to campaign financing abuses at the federal level. But very little attention has been given to the fund-raising practices in New York, where there are even more rampant abuses than on the national level. ...
REAL SPENDING REFORM WOULD BALANCE STATE BUDGET.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: CYNTHIA B. GREEN AND ANDREW S. REIN Governor Pataki's budget proposal blurs his own vision of a smaller, low taxing, reshaped state government that operates without fiscal gimmicks. The governor's $44 billion proposal calls for a $661 million spending increase, $1.1 ...
YO, MR. CONCIERGE! CAN I ORDER A PIZZA ON THIS HOT LINE THING?(MAIN)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: Maureen Dowd It's 1 a.m. at the White House. President Clinton, barefoot, in jeans, is feeling sorry for himself. Very sorry. Why can't he ever get the credit he deserves? Why can't he ever catch a break from the press? By day he has to run the world. At ...
SOUTH END ON THE CUSP OF CHANGE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun This was a week of one tiny step backward for Albany's South End, but a giant step forward. The backward thing was a huge misread of the South End's mind-set by the city's main-line politicians intent on moving the City Mission across the street ...
ALBANY OFFICIAL SKEPTICAL OF PARKING PLAN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer ALBANY -- A plan for a new ``parking czar'' and a more powerful Albany Parking Authority is already meeting resistance on the Common Council, where at least one alderwoman argues the city should do the job itself. As part of a ...
JURY ORDERS DEVELOPER TO PAY BIG BUCKS FOR GIANT SCULPTURES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY -- A prominent developer whose modern art-adorned Loudonville yard sparked a zoning and constitutional controversy has been ordered to pay about $90,000 to the artist who designed the sculptures. The jury seated before state ...
AGENCY ASSAILS DIG SITE CRITICS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer ALBANY -- Firing back in a $200,000 action brought by an archaeological group, the state Dormitory Authority on Friday accused its critics of harassing workers and trying to take control of a $25 million construction project downtown. ...
ALBANY MED WOULD SUFFER FROM PROPOSED RESIDENCY RULES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: HOLLY TAYLOR Staff writer ALBANY -- When Dr. Basavaraja Orekondy left India to pursue a medical residency at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn in 1967, the United States was welcoming foreign doctors to fill an anticipated physician shortage. Orekondy, ...
BULLDOZERS RAZE LAST CITY SHANTYTOWN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press NEW YORK -- City officials looked on as bulldozers razed Manhattan's last homeless shantytown, making room for Donald Trump's new luxury development by the Hudson River. The belongings of some 45 people were plowed away after nightfall in ...
STATE TO PURCHASE 610 CATSKILLS ACRES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press ALBANY -- The state will pay $342,000 for 610 acres of forest land in the Catskills, a parcel that includes 80 acres of old growth red spruce, officials said Friday. The 610 acres, in the Town of Hunter in Greene County, straddles Mink ...
FBI JOINS SEARCH FOR MISSING GIRL, 7.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press WETHERSFIELD -- The FBI joined in the three-day hunt for a 7-year-old girl who failed to show up at her school bus stop near her home in rural western New York. ``We have to look at the possibility that there could have been an ...
RETIREMENT INCENTIVE WAS A SHAM, WORKERS SAY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Capitol bureau ALBANY -- Some employees at the state Department of Health say they were misled by the Pataki administration over the availability of a retirement incentive plan. ``DOH raised the expectations of a lot of employees,'' said Roger ...
NYC COUNCIL WEIGHS IN ON WHITNEY PLAN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Capitol bureau ALBANY -- The New York City Council has involved itself in the controversy over the future of Whitney Park in the Adirondacks. On Tuesday, the council unanimously passed a resolution urging the state to purchase the 15,000 acres ...
RESERVATION DRAWS 2,400 IN SELLOUT OF ULTIMATE FIGHTING CONTEST.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: SHANNON McCAFFREY Associated Press ST. REGIS MOHAWK RESERVATION, N.Y. -- Ultimate fighting, outlawed in New York as too brutal and bloody, arrived swinging at this isolated Indian reservation Friday. A sold-out, wildly cheering crowd packed the Bingo Palace to ...
PATAKI PROPOSAL FOR ELECTRIC RATE CUTS FAVORS BUSINESSES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: RICHARD PEREZ-PENA New York Times NEW YORK -- As New York state seeks to lower power prices by introducing electric company competition, the Pataki administration and Consolidated Edison have crafted a tentative agreement that delivers large savings to businesses, but ...
RADIO STATION'S AD ANGERS BLACK LEADERS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Byline: MARK MCGUIRE Staff writer ALBANY -- Local African-American leaders Friday threatened a boycott of WGY-AM (810) and its advertisers, saying a newspaper advertisement the radio station purchased in Thursday's Times Union was racist and promoted racial stereotypes. ...
DEPUTIES ARREST 4 IN `CHOP SHOP' OPERATION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... WESTERLO -- Four people have been arrested in what the Albany County Sheriff's Department is calling a ``chop shop'' operation involving cars stolen locally as well as in New York City and Florida. The first arrest, Joseph T. Clark, 46, of Route 143, came Feb. 21. He was ...
PEDESTRIAN KILLED CROSSING RT. 787.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... COHOES -- A 34-year-old Cohoes man was killed Friday evening when he was struck by a car while trying to cross Route 787, city police said. The initial investigation showed that the man, who police hadn't identified immediately, was crossing the highway from west to east at the ...
PATRICE PELTZ ARNOLD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... CLIFTON PARK -- Patrice Peltz Arnold of Almeria Drive, Clifton Park died Thursday at the Albany Medical Center Hospital after a long illness. She was born in Albany and was a graduate of SUNY, Albany, class of 1974. She was a Supervisor for the Price Chopper Supermarket, Clifton Park for ...
MARGARET E. BONAFIDE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... RAVENA -- Margaret E. Bonafide passed away Wednesday, February 26 at her home after a short illness. She was 80. Margaret was born and lived all her life in Ravena. She was a graduate of Ravena High School. She worked at the Ravena News-Herald for 60 years, retiring in 1991. She also ran ...
MARGARET H. BUTTON.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... WATERFORD -- Margaret H. Button, 78, of 4th St. died Tuesday at her residence. Born in Troy, she was daughter of the late Albert and Katherine Fuller Smith. She was a graduate of Lansingburgh High School and Albany Business College. She had been employed for 20 years by the NYS Department ...
FRANK V. CANTANUCCI.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... WATERFORD -- Frank V. Cantanucci, age 98, formerly of the Sycaway area in the town of Brunswick, NY, died Wednesday, February 26, 1997 at the Mill View Adult Home, Waterford, NY. Born December 31, 1898 in Rovigo, Italy, son of the late Valeriano Cantanucci and Angelina Salici ...
JAMES FRANCIS DALTON.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... PHOENIX, AZ -- James Francis Dalton, age 76, died in Phoenix, AZ, on February 26, 1997. Mr. Dalton was born in Albany, New York, on July 8, 1920. He was an attorney for New York State Government. He was a member of the Elks Lodge #49, past exalted ruler. Preceded in death by his wife, ...
ALMOND F. DUFRESNE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... PITTSTOWN -- Almond F. Dufresne, 82, of Pittstown, formerly of Lansingburgh, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA, after a long illness. He was born and raised in Troy, and was the son of the late Arthur and Rose Houle Dufresne. He was the husband of the late Marie ...
AUGUSTUS `GUS` FLEURY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... HUDSON FALLS, NY -- Augustus `Gus` Fleury, 71, of Quarry Crossing, died Friday, February 28, 1997 at the Glens Falls Hospital, following a short illness. Born on August 16, 1925 in Hudson Falls, he was the son of the late Edgar and Grace (Westcott) Fleury. He attended St. Paul's ...
FENTON ASHER GAGE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... SYRACUSE -- Fenton Asher Gage, 82, of Ridgewood Drive died Friday at James Square Health and Rehabilitation Center after a long illness.Born in Albany, he resided in Syracuse most of his life. He was a member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity at Union College, where he graduated in 1937. Mr ....
ELLEN JONES GRACEK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Ellen Jones Gracek (nee Carroll), February 27, 1997 of Albany. Wife of the late Charles Gracek; mother of Charles C. Gracek of Syracuse, Roberta Panza of Albany and Robert S. Gracek of Denver, CO; also the beloved mother-in-law of the late Patrick E. Panza; sister of Anna Belle ...
RUTH GRAHAM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... TROY -- Ruth Graham, age 87, died Thursday at Samaritan Hospital after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late R. Alan Graham. She was born in Hancock, NY, daughter of the late Henry and Martha Mallery Buddenhagen. She graduated from Hancock schools and from the Mary McClellan ...
BASHEBA E. HARWOOD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... DEFREESTVILLE -- Basheba E. Laing Harwood, age 82 years, of North Greenbush Road, Defreestville, died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1997 at Saranac Lake General Hospital after a long illness. She was born in Moriah, NY and has lived in Defreestville for approximately 60 years. Mrs. Harwood was an ...
MARY `MARION` M. HAYES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Mary `Marion` M. MacKenzie Hayes, 79, of Woodlawn Avenue, Albany, died Thursday, February 27, 1997 at St. Peter's Hospital after a brief illness. MBorn in Syracuse she moved to the Albany area in the mid 1950's and had been a clerk in the New York State Library for the Department ...
MARY ANNE HIGGINS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... WATERFORD -- Mary Anne Higgins, 69, of Saratoga Avenue, died Thursday, February 27, 1977 at Samaritan Hospital in Troy after a brief illness. Born in Cohoes, she was the daughter of the late Andrew J. Ryan and Mary Bills Ryan Willard; step-daughter of the late Edward Willard. Born in ...
LILLIANMAE HOFFMAN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... Hollywood, FL -- Lillianmae Symansky Hoffman age 82 of 3725 South Ocean Drive, Hollywood, FL died friday at the Hollywood Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Hoffman was born in Troy and was a Troy resident for 65 years and has been a Florida resident for the past 18 years. She was a former member of ...
JAMES T. HOWE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS -- James T. `Trigger` Howe, 74, of Ludlow St., died Wednesday in Syracuse, NY. He was a life resident of Saratoga Springs. Mr. Howe retired in 1994 as a gardener for the NYS Racing Association. He was previously employed at the Gideon Furniture Co. and Schrade's ...
ISABELLE I. PISANI KINNEY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Isabelle I. Pisani Kinney, age 67, of Albany, died Thursday, February 27, 1997 at the home of her daughter at Pattison Road in West Sand Lake after a short illness. She was born in Albany and has lived there most of her life. Mrs. Kinney was a Homemaker. Wife of Roland L. Kinney ...
MALISA LYNETTE LIDDELL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Malisa Lynette Liddell (Lisa) 32, of Western Ave., died Wednesday, February 26, 1997 at Albany Medical Center after a brief illness. She is survived by her parents, Bobby and Helen Liddell; step-mother, Martha Woodard; her children, Jamaal and Shira Smith; sisters, Mary Ann ...
CECELIA J. MEYER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... MECHANICVILLE -- Cecelia J. Meyer, 75, of Washington Avenue, Pruyn Hill, died suddenly Thursday at Community Hospital, Naples, FL, after being stricken at her winter residence on Marco Island, FL. A native and lifelong resident of Mechanicville, she was born May 28, 1921, the daughter of ...
JOSEPHINE A. MURCH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... GUILDERLAND -- Josephine A. (nee: Puzzuoli) Murch, 65, of Spawn Rd. died Friday at home after a long illness. Born in Schenectady, an area resident all her life. She had been an executive secretary for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Albany for many years, retiring due to ill health. Her ...
THERESA RUBY (VANHOESEN) PAITSEL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... DETROIT, MI -- Theresa Ruby Paitsel, 40, died February 25, 1997 at St. John's Hospital in Detroit, MI. Ms. Paitsel attended Albany Public Schools and graduated from Albany High School. She also attended the State University of New York at Albany. Ms. Paitsel served as Staff Sargeant in ...
CHARLES F. PALLADINO.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... COLONIE -- Charles F. Palladino, of Colonie, on February 28, 1997. Born in Albany, he was a lifelong resident. He was employed for 25 years as a Supervisor at Mohawk Brush Co. on Fuller Road, and later as a Service Technician for Abalene Pest Control for 10 years. He was a volunteer at St ....
JOSEPHINE (SCIROCCO) PALMA.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... SARATOGA-- Josephine (Scirocco) Palma, 80, of 34 York Ave., Saratoga Springs died Wednesday February 26, 1997 at Ellis Hospital. Born July 17, 1916 in Schenectady, the daughter of the late Joseph Scirocco and Michaela (Dangelis) Scirocco. She and her late husband Carmen owned and ...
FERN M. PITTS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 1997 ... COLONIE -- February 27, 1997, Fern M. Pitts of Albany St., Colonie. Wife of the late Fred Pitts. Mother of Richard L. Farmer of Colonie, Robert Farmer of Texas and Patricia Correia of Gainesville, FL. Also survived by four grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. A memorial service ...