Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from April 1997:
ALBANY TRIES PARKING-TICKET AMNESTY.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: KATE GURNETT Staff writer ALBANY -- Attention, parking scofflaws: The city is giving you a second chance. Starting today, the city launches a three-month parking amnesty program allowing people to pay any parking ticket issued before August 8, 1996, without ...
SCIENTISTS CREATE FIRST HUMAN CHROMOSOMES.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Los Angeles Times Researchers in Cleveland announced a milestone Monday: They have created the first working artificial human chromosome, a quantum leap in probing the complex molecules that make up humankind. In theory, the chromosomes could be ...
STOCKS TAKE YET ANOTHER FREE FALL.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: New York Times NEW YORK -- Stock prices plunged for a second day Monday, feeding growing concerns about whether the bull market could sustain itself after two years of double-digit returns. The Dow Jones industrial average -- which lost more than 140 points ...
SNOWSTORM WHITES OUT SPRING.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: CAILIN BROWN AND BRUCE A. SCRUTON Staff writers A freak springtime storm barreled through the Capital Region Monday, snarling traffic, dumping well over a foot of snow in many areas and knocking out power to at least 50,000 homes and businesses. At least one ...
AIRLINES COURT SPRING TRAVELERS.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: JULIE CARR SMYTH Business writer If spring fever wasn't in the air Monday, at least it was in the air fares. Special discounted fares began popping up like spring tulips over the Easter weekend, as airlines prepared to entice their share of travelers in the ...
NO MEMBERS OF CULT REMAIN ALIVE, POLICE SAY.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Washington Post SAN DIEGO -- Authorities said Monday that reports of surviving Heaven's Gate UFO cult members planning more suicides are not credible. They are convinced that the 39 people who were found dead in a Rancho Santa Fe mansion last week -- and one former ...
ORTHODOX RABBIS UNION REJECTS LIBERALS.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- In a direct challenge to most American Jews, a group of Orthodox rabbis declared Monday that the Reform and Conservative branches ``are not Judaism at all.'' The 600-member Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, ...
YELTSIN, CLINTON MAY MEET ON NATO.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press MOSCOW -- Russia wants to reach an agreement on the proposed expansion of NATO before Western leaders invite new members to join the alliance at a summit meeting in July, a spokesman for President Boris Yeltsin said Monday. Yeltsin and ...
DOCTOR'S DONATION STUDIED.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Washington Post WASHINGTON -- When Wichita physician George Tiller made a $25,000 contribution last year to the Democratic National Committee, he asked a Kansas party fund-raiser for a special favor in return. One of the few doctors in the country who perform ...
SUICIDE ATTACKERS DIE IN 2 GAZA BLASTS.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press NEZARIM, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Two bombs exploded near Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip today, killing the two Palestinian suicide attackers and wounding several other Arabs, Palestinian police said. Israel radio said the suicide bombers ...
GINGRICH URGES JAPAN TO FURTHER ITS TRADE AVENUES.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press TOKYO -- House Speaker Newt Gingrich urged the Japanese to open their markets wider to foreigners, telling business leaders Monday that increased competition was in the best interests of both Japan and the United States. Gingrich made his ...
CAMBODIAN LEADER VOWS FIGHT FOR RIGHTS.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- A day after surviving an assassination attempt that killed 16 people and wounded 118, opposition leader Sam Rainsy vowed Monday to continue his fight for human rights. ``I am not afraid,'' said Rainsy, no stranger to ...
RWANDAN REFUGEES PREPARE A RETURN HOME.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press LULA, Zaire -- Banished from the outskirts of rebel-held Kisangani, nearly 20,000 Rwandan refugees set out Monday for a temporary camp to gather strength for the long journey home. Rebel leader Laurent Kabila has been restricting the flow ...
CONGRESS PARTY HOPES TO TAKE POWER IN INDIA.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press NEW DELHI, India -- After abruptly withdrawing from the ruling coalition, India's powerful Congress Party said Monday it wants a chance to form a new government should the old one fall without its support. President Shankar Dayal Sharma ...
ANGERED BY SHIPWRECK, ALBANIA REBUFFS ITALIAN AID.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press TIRANA, Albania -- Angered by the drowning of Albanian refugees after their boat collided with an Italian navy frigate, southern rebels said Monday any Italians arriving with an international aid force would be pushed back into the sea. The ...
EUROPEAN INSURERS FACE HOLOCAUST SUIT.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- A $7 billion class-action lawsuit filed Monday accuses European insurance companies of stealing billions of dollars from Holocaust survivors and their heirs by refusing to honor insurance policies. The lawsuit was filed in U.S ....
U.S. PENSION FUND REPORTS FIRST SURPLUS.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The federal fund that backs pensions reported its first-ever surplus on Monday. Meanwhile, President Clinton urged Congress to pass reforms that would improve retirement fund audits. ``Our people deserve to know that if they work ...
IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES CHALLENGE ASYLUM RULE.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Monday delayed until Saturday the implementation of a key deportation provision in a new immigration law. Civil rights advocates immediately challenged the provision on its merits, and a hearing was set for today. ...
HOPI TRIBE WILL NOT EVICT NAVAJO FAMILIES.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press PHOENIX -- Navajo families living on Hopi land who failed to sign a 75-year lease by a midnight deadline won't be evicted, as many Navajos feared, Hopi tribal officials said Monday. Navajo families had until midnight Monday to sign leases ...
HIGH COURT SAYS CABLE MUST CARRY LOCAL TV.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: New York Times WASHINGTON -- A divided Supreme Court awarded a major economic and political victory to the broadcast television industry Monday by upholding a federal law that requires cable television systems to carry the signals of local over-the-air broadcast ...
DON'T SHORTCHANGE LIBRARIES.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Just last September, hundreds of volunteers became electricians for a day as they installed computer wiring for some 3,000 public and private schools and libraries across the state, including 217 in the Capital Region. That was then. Now, with the state budget process again at a ...
LET JURORS ASK QUESTIONS.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... If you happen to be chosen for grand jury service, grab your notebook and put on your thinking cap. Not only will you be required to listen to witnesses testify but you'll also have the opportunity to ask them questions. Often, an indictment can hinge on the answer. If you're ...
POTHOLES IN THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Andy Rooney It was with great pleasure that I read this week that two huge World Wide Web sites on the Internet are going out of business. There was no sale. Both (http://www.out.com) and (http://www.politicsnow.com), the latter a collaboration of ABC News, ...
MCVEIGH IS SOMBER AS JURY CANDIDATES MULL DEATH PENALTY.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: MICHAEL FLEEMAN Associated Press DENVER -- In a courtroom protected by barricades and armed guards, Oklahoma City bombing defendant Timothy McVeigh gazed intently at potential jurors Monday who must decide who committed the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil. ...
ALDERMAN BROWN DESERVES PRAISE ON CENTER ISSUE.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: JAMIE D. GILKEY ALBANY The writer is in his fifth year as a member of the Albany County Democratic Committee - As a longtime inner-city resident, I am deeply concerned about the difficult prospects that confront so many of Albany's young people on an almost daily basis. ...
ABORTION NOT A REASONABLE RESPONSE TO RAPE.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: AARON STOLLER ALBANY This is regarding Raymond Shiro's March 24 letter, ``Shouldn't a rape victim have a choice to abort?'' He claims to be reasonable, but how is having your own baby murdered a reasonable response to rape? Even ...
ARTICLE GIVES JIM COYNE MORE UNDESERVED PUBLICITY.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: WILLIAM S. STEVENS ALBANY Enough already with the Jim Coyne promotion! While I believe it would be inappropriate and unfair or the Times Union to ceaselessly denigrate former Albany County Executive James Coyne, I just as firmly believe it is inappropriate and ...
GETTING RID OF UTILITY TAX WILL BENEFIT CUSTOMERS.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: JOSEPH L. BRUNO State Senate Majority Leader BRUNSWICK I was pleased to read that the Times Union has endorsed cutting the Gross Receipts Tax (GRT) on utilities, a tax that is passed along to ratepayers in the form of higher monthly energy bills (editorial, March 22) ....
NEW IMMIGRANTS MUST PAY FOR THEIR OWN WAY.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: H.A NIED BALLSTON LAKE HANied@aol.com The article ``Immigrants in despair over cuts'' appearing in March 22 Times Union merely presented a one-sided view of welfare cuts applied to recent legal immigrants. Was this done to make welfare reform appear as a bad ...
PARENTING EDUCATION NEEDS BOOST.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: William Raspberry WASHINGTON -- Have I become a Johnny One-Note on parenting education? A computer check of several years' worth of columns suggests maybe so. On columns dealing with everything from youthful crime and school failure to drug abuse, intergenerational ...
WHAT WE NEED NOW IS A FINAL PUSH IN THE WAR ON TOBACCO.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Ellen Goodman BOSTON -- Not that Bennett LeBow is my wish come true. He isn't even my dreamboat. But when the head of the Liggett Group's holding company 'fessed up in public, I was reminded of that moment in ``Liar Liar'' when Jim Carrey finds himself transformed by ...
THE WAY TOWARD BETTER HOUSING.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: HOWARD HUSOCK CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Almost since the day President Franklin Roosevelt signed the National Housing Act of 1937, creating the public housing program, subsidized housing has been a particularly divisive issue in the United States. Questions such as ...
CHECHENS DEMAND $3M, NEGOTIATOR SAYS.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press MOSCOW -- Five journalists were being held by Chechen gunmen demanding $3 million for their release, a negotiator said Monday. The negotiator, Magomed Talboyev, an official of the neighboring republic of Dagestan, said in an interview that he ...
SNOW, WINDS BLAST THE NORTHEAST.(MAIN)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press Blizzard warnings were posted for much of New England on Monday as a nor'easter pounded the coast. Many schools and businesses closed early for the day from upstate New York to Maine. New Hampshire legislators postponed hearings scheduled for ...
AUTOPSY SHOWS TEEN DIED OF GUNSHOT TO HEAD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: TRACEY TULLY Staff writer COLONIE -- The body of an 18-year-old who was found Sunday on a remote hiking trail died of a gunshot wound to the head, police said. An autopsy conducted Monday also confirmed that the victim was Jeffrey Levitz, a Stoughton, Mass., ...
NEW FEDERAL JUDGESHIP CREATED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY -- Help wanted: federal judge. With the chronically backlogged federal courts in this region carrying one of the largest caseloads in the nation, authorities in Washington have decided to create a fifth U.S. magistrate position. ...
RAPPER WAS REPACKAGED INTO TRAGEDY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: Dan Lynch As a concession to the reality of theft, Rocky Roy doesn't have the CD on display. But he reached behind a counter and handed me one to look over. There was Christopher G. Wallace in the cover photograph -- all 6 feet 3 inches and 300 pounds of him ....
3 FINALISTS VIE FOR ALBANY SCHOOLS POST.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: MARK MCGUIRE Staff writer ALBANY -- Three out-of-state educators with backgrounds in urban education have been named as finalists to become the new Albany school superintendent. All three have clashed with school boards in the past and are looking for new ...
HOBLOCK ON TRACK FOR STATE POSITION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: TOM PRECIOUS Capitol bureau ALBANY -- Michael J. Hoblock Jr., the recently defeated state senator from Albany County, is in line to become head of the New York Racing and Wagering Board, informed Republicans and Democrats say. Hoblock, who also served as ...
PROFESSIONS BATTLE STATE PLAN TO SHIFT LICENSING AUTHORITY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: TOM PRECIOUS Capitol bureau ALBANY -- The state's licensing and monitoring of more than 600,000 professionals -- from architects to dentists -- will be undercut and possibly politicized by one of Gov. George Pataki's budget proposals, critics claim. More than ...
DIPLOMATS ANGERED BY PARKING PLAN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press UNITED NATIONS -- Angry diplomats threatened Monday to move U.N. operations out of New York if the city goes ahead with plans to implement a crackdown on diplomat parking, which the United Nations says violates international law. The ...
5 BABYLON OFFICIALS CHARGED IN FRAUD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press RIVERHEAD -- A state grand jury indicted five officials of the town of Babylon on Monday for allegedly falsifying business records relating to a 1991 bond issue for the town's landfill and waste management fund. The charges grew out of an ...
11 HURT WHEN CAR RUNS LIGHT, HITS VAN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press BUFFALO -- Six adults and five children were injured on their way from Easter church services when their minivan was struck by a car that ran a red light, police said Monday. At least two of the passengers in the minivan suffered serious ...
NEW YORK'S LATE BUDGET SCARCELY CAUSES A STIR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: TOM PRECIOUS Capitol bureau ALBANY -- Not even Hale-Bopp could help this year. For the 13th fiscal year in a row, the state budget, to no one's surprise, is late again as of today. With the hours ticking away on Monday, there wasn't even the pretext that the ...
PATAKI OKS $1M FOR FISHING RIGHTS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Capitol bureau ALBANY -- Gov. George Pataki announced Monday that he would spend $1 million from the Environmental Bond Act to acquire public fishing rights along scores of creeks and rivers around New York, including Kayaderosseras Creek and Kinderhook ...
PROPOSAL TO REFORM DISCIPLINE OF LAWYERS HAS ITS CRITICS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY -- Court reform advocates have long struggled to open the attorney disciplinary process so consumers have at least a fighting chance of avoiding lawyers facing misconduct charges. But a compromise proposal currently before the ...
HIGH COURT TO RULE ON LAW FIRM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY -- A testy fight over control of what was once Albany's largest law firm is headed to the state's top court. The Court of Appeals on Thursday agreed to decide, indirectly, which of the former name partners in Roemer & ...
DISBARRED ATTORNEY'S PROPERTY SEIZED, SOLD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY -- Authorities have seized and sold 16 properties owned by disbarred lawyer and thief Jeffrey L. Besse, raising $114,000 to reimburse his clients. State Supreme Court Justice Victoria A. Graffeo has ordered that the money be ...
PLANT'S FOES ANGERED BY DENIAL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... BETHLEHEM -- Opponents of the proposed chemical plant are crying foul over the denial of their request to see the complete engineer's report submitted by the company as part of its state Environmental Assessment Form. The Department of Environmental Conservation declined to hand ...
BETHLEHEM BUDGET PLAN WOULD HIKE TAXES 3.7%.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: CHRISTOPHER RINGWALD Staff writer BETHLEHEM -- Taxes would increase 3.7 percent for homeowners under the proposed 1997-98 school budget of $41 million. Voters in the Bethlehem Central School District will have their say on May 7, when polls will be open at the ...
ARBITRATOR TELLS DISTRICT TO REINSTATE SUPERVISOR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: KATE GURNETT Staff writer CLIFTON PARK -- An arbitrator ordered the Shenendehowa School District to reinstate a foreign language supervisor who was fired based on an unsigned evaluation. The district failed to ``engage in a genuine evaluation process'' when ...
NEWBORN DEATH CASE HEADED TO GRAND JURY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... GUILDERLAND -- The case against a 21-year-old Altamont woman who told police she gave birth while sitting on the toilet will go to a grand jury, a town judge ruled Monday night. Melissa Strawbridge faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of her newborn baby on March 24, ...
SUPERVISORS OPPOSE LOANS TO HIGH-RISK VENTURES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer BALLSTON SPA -- Saratoga County supervisors want to scrap a federally funded loan program for high-risk businesses in order to avoid possible conflicts of interest that could derail the county's successful economic development efforts. ...
WILLIAM H. ANAMEIER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- William H. Anameier, 94, of 36 Donna Drive, died suddenly Sunday, March 30, 1997 at Albany Memorial Hospital. Born in Albany, he had been a vegetable farmer on the W.F. Anameier & Sons Farm on Sand Creek Road in Colonie until his retirement in 1970. A member of the Farm Bureau, ...
ROBERT W. BRENENSTUHL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... GRAFTON -- Robert W. Brenenstuhl, 63, of Route 2, died suddenly, Monday, March 31, 1997, at the Albany Medical Center Hospital. Born in Troy, he was the son of the late Leavern W. and Amanda Brihahn Brenenstuhl and the husband of Betsy Hakes Brenenstuhl. Mr. Brenenstuhl was a lifelong ...
FRANK J. BULL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... WATERFORD -- Frank J. Bull, 85, formerly of Waterford died Sunday at Our Lady of Mercy Life Center in Guilderland. Born and educated in Waterford he was son of the late Chester and Etta Orr Bull. He was a graduate of Waterford High School and the Simmons School of Embalming in Syracuse. He ...
FERRIS P. COPPER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... SCHENECTADY -- Ferris P. Copper, 78, of Washington Ave. died Sunday, March 30, 1997 at Ellis Hospital after a brief illness. Born May 5, 1918 in Columbus, Ohio, he was the son of the late Frank and Ethel Weitzel Copper, Jr. He was the husband of Lilliam Rumrich Copper who died June 29, ...
RUTH E. CURTISS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Ruth E. Curtiss, 89, died Monday at St. Peter's Hospital. Born in North Adams, MA, she lived most of her life in Albany. She was a retired Registered Nurse and a member of St. Vincente de Paul Church. Daughter of the late Irving and Catherine ...
FRANCIS J. DI LELLO.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Francis J. Di Lello, age 79, died Monday, March 31, 1997 at the Stratton VA Hospital in Albany. He was born in Albany and had lived in Ravena for 20 years before returning to Albany two years ago. Francis was a Navy veteran of WWII. He had worked at Agway in Albany retiring ...
JOSEPHINE A. DUPOIS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Josephine A. Dupois, of 175 South Swan Street, Albany, died Sunday evening at Memorial Hospital following a long illness. Born in New York City, NY daughter of the late John Dupois and Mary Gaughran Dupois. She was educated in the New York City School System. Miss Dupois was ...
KATHLEEN E. GALLAGHER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... HALFMOON -- Kathleen E. Gallagher, 78, of Lower Newtown Road in Halfmoon and formerly of Shaker Park Drive in Albany died on Monday, March 31, 1997 at her residence. Born in Albany on January 22, 1919, the daughter of the late Michael and Catherine Adams Neidl. She was the widow of John V ....
AUGUST N. GAMBICHLER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... WATERVLIET -- August N. `Gus` Gambichler, 91, formerly of Avenue A, died Monday at Samaritan Hospital in Troy after a brief illness. Born in Elizabeth, NJ, he was son of the late August Gambichler and Grace Townsley Lawrence, and step-son of the late Thomas Medaglia. His wife, Carolyn ...
JEREMIAH J. HAMEL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... GRAFTON -- Jeremiah J. Hamel, 87, of Dumbleton Road, died Sunday, March 30, 1997, at the St. Peter's Hospice of Rensselaer County Unit located at Samaritan Hospital in Troy, following a brief illness. Born in Cohoes, Mr. Hamel was the son of the late Albert and Helen Taylor Hamel and the ...
IRENE FRANCES SAUSVILLE HERRINGTON.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... PLEASANTDALE -- Irene Frances Sausville Herrington, 64, of Lansing Avenue, wife of the late William E. Herrington, Sr., died Sunday at St. Mary's Hospital in Troy following a long illness. Born in West Port, NY, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Frances Ross Sausville. She was ...
ANNE SWEENEY KEARNEY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Apr 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Anne Sweeney Kearney, 84, died suddenly of natural causes on Saturday, March 29, 1997 a her residence. She was the widow of Joseph W. Kearney. Born and raised in Troy, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Catherine Wall Sweeney. She moved to Albany in the 1930's and was ...