Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from October 1997:
TWA PROBE RULES OUT MISSILE.(MAIN)(Correction notice)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: PAT MILTON Associated Press NEW YORK -- A streak of light seen by more than 200 people just before TWA Flight 800 crashed was probably the plane breaking up and trailing fiery fuel, according to an extensive study by the FBI and the CIA. The analysis, though ...
LAY GROUP LEADS HOLY DAY RITES.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: WINIFRED YU Staff writer In a quest for a more intimate fellowship, they came together five years ago to pray, commune and find a deeper spirituality in their Jewish faith. This year, as Jews around the world prepare to celebrate Rosh Hashana tonight, the ...
MCCAUGHEY ROSS MAKES THE SWITCH.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: RAYNER PIKE Associated Press NEW YORK -- Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey Ross, after three uneasy years on the fringes of the state's Republican administration, filled out a new voter registration card Tuesday and became a Democrat. She said she was switching from a ...
A PLEA FOR LOVE BEFORE DOCTRINE.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: DAVID BRIGGS Associated Press NEW YORK -- U.S. Roman Catholic bishops are advising parents of gay children to put love and support for their sons and daughters before church doctrine that condemns homosexual activity. In a groundbreaking pastoral letter, the ...
BANKRUPTCIES AT RECORD PACE.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: JAMES DENN Business writer Continued pressure from credit card debts coupled with a slow-moving economy has resulted in a record number of people and businesses seeking bankruptcy protection in northeastern New York. A total of 6,323 individuals and businesses ...
EDITOR KILLS COLUMN ABOUT CHELSEA.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Don't ask. Don't tell. And, as a Stanford Daily columnist learned, don't opine -- if your subject is Chelsea Clinton. Jesse Oxfeld, a senior at Stanford, lost his job at the student newspaper after writing about the first daughter in a column his boss considered a violation of her strict ...
PUBLISHER DELAYS BOOK ON CHINA, FEARING A HOAX.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... ``The City of Light,'' a Jewish merchant's first-person account of his life in a Chinese port city four years before Marco Polo's first trip to the Orient, was a book marketer's dream -- lively, detailed, historically significant. There was one problem: It may be a hoax. ...
POLANSKI MAY MAKE DEAL TO RETURN, AVOID U.S. JAIL.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Movie director Roman Polanski, who fled the United States in the 1970s to avoid going to prison for having sex with a 13-year-old girl, has been secretly talking to prosecutors and reportedly will return to Los Angeles in a deal that will keep him out jail. Records buried in the ...
CITIZENSHIP TESTS, OATH NEED OVERHAUL, PANEL SAYS.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: ERIK TANOUYE Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- Congress should improve citizenship tests for immigrants and revise the current naturalization oath to make it more understandable, the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform said Tuesday; the commission reiterated ...
AFL-CIO MUM ON SENATE SUBPOENA.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- After its No. 2 official skipped a deposition under subpoena, the AFL-CIO is declining to say whether he will provide testimony to Senate investigators about allegations of an illegal union fund-raising scheme. AFL-CIO ...
BUSY CONGRESS TACKLES OVERDUE SPENDING BILLS.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- From federal funding for the arts to a $3,000 bump in their own paychecks, lawmakers picked their way through numerous contentious items Tuesday as they labored on overdue spending bills at the beginning of the new fiscal year. ...
HEAVY DRINK KILLS STUDENT.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A freshman found unconscious amid vomit and empty liquor bottles at a Massassachusetts Institute of Technology fraternity has died of an alcohol overdose. On Tuesday, police launched a criminal investigation. Scott ...
BISHOPS IN FRANCE LAMENT SILENCE ON HOLOCAUST.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: Los Angeles Times PARIS -- On the spot where tens of thousands of French Jews were warehoused before being shipped off to the ovens of Nazi Germany, bishops of the French Roman Catholic church on Tuesday asked, in a landmark announcement, to be forgiven for not having ...
SEXUALLY ABUSED TEENS FACE GLOOMY FATE, 3 STUDIES FIND.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Teenage girls who report being sexually abused are more likely to get pregnant, have poor grades and use drugs, according to three studies that paint a dismal portrait of life for adolescent victims. Researchers have long ...
CLINTON SEEKS TO REVIVE MOVE FOR DIALOGUE ON RACE.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press - WASHINGTON -- President Clinton, responding to criticism that his race initiatives may be drifting, tried Tuesday to jump-start the work of the advisory board he has appointed to oversee his principal domestic priority. Joined by Vice ...
THE VIEWS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Here's what's being said in the political world about Lt. Gov. Betsy M. Ross' defection to the Democratic Party: ``I would hope she would spend some very serious period of time paying her dues in the Democratic Party, building some credibility among Democrats.'' ...
TRADE PACT'S FUTURE UNCLEAR.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Clinton administration, which is scrambling to obtain congressional authority to negotiate new trade agreements, Tuesday tentatively endorsed a compromise trade bill emerging in the Senate Finance Committee. ``We don't agree ...
EXPLOITATION, INDEED.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Most of what you're about to read happened in one day in Congress. It was Wednesday, Sept. 24. The House of Representatives was ostensibly voting on an amendment to the Treasury Department budget bill. The amendment calls for more funding for exploited children. But then there ...
REFORM IRS CAREFULLY.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Now that the Senate has heard harrowing testimony from victims of an overzealous Internal Revenue Service, the question being raised again and again is how to reform the agency. Yet the answers shouldn't be reached in the heat of the moment. Congress needs to take its time before deciding ...
IT WAS UNFAIR TO CAST INMATES IN A GRIM LIGHT.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: MATTHEW WITTEN Saratoga Springs As the playwright and writing teacher who taught Ray Page at Greene Correctional Facility two years ago, I would like to thank you for covering Ray's play at Hudson Correctional Facility (``Prison Drama,'' Sept. 19). It was a terrific, ...
PUT A POSITIVE SPIN ON CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: MICKIE M. BALDWIN Niskayuna I was so happy to open my Times Union on Sunday, Sept. 21, and find an article on the growth of Catholic schools in the Capital Region. As the mother of a Catholic School kindergartner and the product of a Catholic school education myself, I ...
FIELDS COLUMN UNDERCUTS PROGRESS OF ALL WOMEN.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: JARALYN GIBSON Saratoga Springs I am deeply disturbed by Suzanne Fields' Sept. 1 commentary ``A bigoted Ms.-take from the people at NOW,'' in which she lashes out at the National Organization for Women for opposing the men-only, reactionary Christian Promise Keepers ...
THE RESPECT OF MOTORISTS FOR CATS IS LONG OVERDUE.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: JOHN MATHESON Latham I am responding to the Times Union editorial of Sept. 17 titled ``The Cat's Meow.'' I think this is a long overdue amendment to the motor vehicle law. This law states that if you run over a dog, horse or cow you must search out it's ...
ALBANY NEEDS ACTIVITIES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: TERRI MCGILL Albany I also ``believe in Albany,'' as Mayor Jerry Jennings does. After 5 years in Halfmoon, my husband and I purchased a home in Albany because we know cities can be exciting, diverse places to live and raise a family. Aside from visiting the ...
`ROE VS. WADE' RESULTED IN PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTIONS.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: JAMES E. BREARTON Troy ``Family Planning'' is a mask, a disguise, a fraud used by the killers-for-hire to deceive the public. So is ``reproductive rights.'' What they mean is a deadly, repulsive, shameful thing -- abortion. No wonder they hide behind ...
REPUBLICANS TAKE ON IRS TO HELP THEMSELVES BY LEONARD LARSEN.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... WASHINGTON -- There are no wars to be fought or dictators to be dared and no communists or Mafia gangsters to be grilled and threatened with jail, so Congress has turned to another battle it can't lose -- against the Internal Revenue Service. With congressional cheap shot ...
PROGRAM HELPS DEFRAY COLLEGE COSTS BUT MORE MUST BE DONE FOR POOR AND MIDDLE CLASS BY CHARLES J. HYNES.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... During its 1997 session, the New York Legislature enacted a College Tuition Savings Program to enable families to set aside money for their children's education in tax-exempt accounts. This new program will help defray the increasing costs of higher education, but more must be ...
JUST WHOSE STANDARDS ARE `NATIONAL' STANDARDS?(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: WILLIAM SAFIRE WASHINGTON -- At the moment when Congress is grappling with the education lobby's bid to centralize power with the national testing of students, comes The New York Times with a stunning series that shows how the world's leading testing organization has for ...
ANITA HILL CHANGED U.S.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: MAUREEN DOWD WASHINGTON -- It is odd, seeing this woman who unleashed so much passion, project so little passion. As the elegant, aloof Anita Hill begins her book tour, it is hard to conjure up the vicious intensity that crackled around that congressional hearing six ...
ALBANY HIGH STIFFENS SECURITY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: RICK KARLIN Staff writer Surveillance video cameras are scheduled to be installed at Albany High School by November, school Superintendent Lonnie Palmer said Tuesday. The cameras, along with student ID cards, more hall monitors, and the hiring of retired cops as security ...
TEACHER ON CAMERA WITH COSBY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: BECHETTA JACKSON Staff writer A sticker on the front of Cohoes High School teacher Maria Russo's desk reads: ``Science teachers make a world of difference.'' Russo is trying to do her part. She recently taped a 30-second public service TV spot in ...
AND HER FUTURE IS UNLIMITED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: DAN LYNCH Yesterday's decision by Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey Ross to become a Democrat came as no particular surprise to anybody. After the past few years, she fully understood that her chances of survival were better in the Bates Motel than in the Republican Party. ...
COPS TAKE A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO SOLVING MURDERS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: WINIFRED YU Staff writer Science and technology is playing an increasingly important role in solving murders and this development is changing the way investigators go about their jobs, according to detectives and forensic experts. ``Science is more important ...
STATE NEGOTIATOR LEAVES WHITNEY DEAL UNDONE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: PAUL ZIELBAUER Staff writer The state's chief negotiator on the purchase of a large chunk of prime Adirondack real estate left office Tuesday with his pledge to close the deal unfulfilled. As negotiations for Marylou Whitney's 15,000-acre parcel continue, ...
RESOLUTION NEARER ON MEDICAID, PATAKI SAYS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: JUDY HOLLAND Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- New York Gov. George E. Pataki said Tuesday that the White House is working to resolve a dispute between the state and the federal governments over Medicaid reimbursement. The dispute erupted Aug. 11, ...
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE LOOKS FOR SOME PUBLICITY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER State editor Richard Kahan limped into town Tuesday -- literally and figuratively -- peddling his fledgling campaign for governor and seeking some of the elusive spotlight. ``I need to get known,'' said Kahan, a Manhattan developer recovering from ...
HISTORIC GOVERNOR'S ISLAND BASE CLOSES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Historic Governor's Island was handed over to a Coast Guard caretaker team Tuesday in a low-key ceremony signifying the end of its 2 1/2 centuries as a military base guarding New York harbor. With its longtime, 24-hour ferry ...
DOCTORS REQUIRED TO UP EFFORTS FOR ORGAN DONATIONS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press ALBANY -- Doctors in New York state will be required to help screen all deceased patients for possible organ donations under a bill signed by Gov. George Pataki. The new law, effective Jan. 1, mandates that doctors must contact federally ...
DEVELOPMENT CHIEF MAKES PERSONNEL CHANGES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Sarah Metzgar ALBANY -- Economic Development Commissioner Charles Gargano has accepted the resignation of Phyllis Wolinski as director of tourism and hired David Catalfamo as a senior deputy commissioner. Wolinski, the owner of a travel agency in Syracuse, ...
ALLEGED SMUGGLER TO AWAIT TRIAL CONFINED TO HOME.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: -- Associated Press SYRACUSE -- A man accused of being the kingpin in a $687 million international tobacco and alcohol smuggling operation will have to await trial in home confinement, a judge has ruled. But U.S. Magistrate Gustave DiBianco on Monday said he ...
STATE SEEKS WAY TO ISSUE SUNY PAY HIKE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: SARAH METZGAR Capitol bureau Aides to Gov. George E. Pataki are looking for a way to make lump-sum payments to SUNY faculty members without official legislative approval. Thousands of SUNY employees, members of United University Professions, are expecting the ...
STATE SUES HEARING-AID COMPANY ACCUSED OF CHEATING ELDERLY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: JOHN CAHER State editor Albany In the first test of a new law that increases penalties for those who defraud the elderly, Attorney General Dennis C. Vacco announced Tuesday that the state is suing a Plattsburgh hearing-aid company. A suit filed in state ...
ALBANY WANTS MONEY BACK FROM OVERPAID RETIREES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer More than a year after it discovered that it overpaid its ranks of disabled firefighters by about $800,000, Albany is asking for the money back. In a letter being sent this week to 86 retirees, Albany will ask them to voluntarily ...
BROOKLYN MAN GUILTY OF MURDER IN ROBBERY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: CHRIS STURGIS Staff writer Schenectady A Brooklyn man was convicted Tuesday of the first-degree murder of a low-level marijuana dealer. Reginald Parker, 19, was convicted of firing multiple shots into the chest of Philton Green, 33, who was found slumped in ...
MAN TRIED TO BRIBE TROOPER, DA SAYS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... An Averill Park man found himself in more serious trouble than allegedly driving while intoxicated when he was arrested Tuesday for attempting to bribe the state trooper who stopped his vehicle. Joseph J. Milkewicz, 41, of Averill Park was charged with attempted third-degree ...
MAYOR PROPOSES JOB FOR HOUSING CHIEF.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: MARV CERMAK Staff writer Mayor Albert Jurczynski said his 1998 city budget -- to be released today -- will include a $50,000 grant writer position for Sharon Jordan, whose future as executive director of the Municipal Housing Authority is uncertain. ``Her ...
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY CLOSED DUE TO ELECTRICAL FIRE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... SCHENECTADY -- Woodlawn Elementary School will be closed today because of a Tuesday night fire that left the building without electrical power. School Superintendent Raymond Colucciello said classes, which will resume Friday, were canceled because the school is without lights or ...
ALBANY MAN SHOT IN DANCE CLUB PARKING LOT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: BOB GARDINIER Staff writer A man was in serious condition after being shot four times in the parking lot of a popular dance club early Tuesday morning. Police have no suspects. Joseph Resciniti, 26, of Colatosi Place, Albany, was walking to his car ...
LAWYER ARGUES MASON AND SHEEHAN SPOOF IS FREE SPEECH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: TRACEY TULLY Staff writer Radio shock jocks Mason and Sheehan were expressing an opinion when they mocked a Schenectady woman as the ``ugliest bride'' in the region, and, therefore, cannot be sued, their lawyer argued Tuesday. ``That's pure opinion. That's ...
BRIDGE SOUGHT OVER I-787.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer City Hall is again reaching for the holy grail of riverfront development -- a pedestrian bridge over Interstate 787. This time, officials say, it's for real. The Capital District Transportation Committee has included the $3.5 ...
SAILOR ADMITS HE WAS DRUNK AT THE HELM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... A Croatian sailor who was arrested aboard his 18,000-ton tanker pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to drunken boating. Duro Horvat, 55, was arrested by the U.S. Coast Guard Sept. 12 in Massena, St. Lawrence County, after he was found to be operating the throttle of the ...
CITYWIDE ANTI-DRUG MARCH SET FOR OCT. 27 IN TROY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... TROY -- Residents from across the city will take to the streets Oct. 27 to show their opposition to drug abuse. The citywide anti-drug march will start at 6 p.m. that day from four different locations: School 12 on First Street in South Troy, School 2 on 10th Street in ...
RENSSELAER COUNTY HIRES LAW FIRM TO FIGHT PCB DUMP.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... TROY -- A law firm has been retained by Rensselaer County Executive Henry Zwack to investigate what action can be taken to keep a possible PCB dump out of the county. Zwack has retained the firm of Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle of Albany to find out what work the federal ...
RITA M. ADAMS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... COLONIE -- Rita Marie Shimko Adams, 67, of Erlynn Place, died Monday at her residence. Born in Mechanicville on July 4, 1930, she was the daughter of the late George and Mary Bogus Shimko. She was a graduate of St. Patrick's School in Watervliet and resided on Broadway in Watervliet before ...
REV. JOSEPH F. BYRON.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... POTOMAC, MD -- Rev. Joseph F. Byron, was born in Cohoes in 1924. He moved immediately to Albany with his family, where he grew up. He attended Vincentian Institute for twelve years, then Siena College for two, before being inducted into the Army in 1943. He was wounded in the Battle of the ...
KELLY JANE CONNALLY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... TROY -- Kelly Jane Connally, 20, died suddenly Sunday in Pleasantdale, NY. Kelly was born in Albany and educated in the Lansingburgh School system. She had been employed by Video World in Lansingburgh and Price Chopper in Lansingburgh. She was a communicant of St. Bonaventure's Church in ...
ELIZABETH C. DAVENPORT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... RENSSELAER -- Elizabeth (Bette) Cotugno Davenport, age 68 years, of Red Mill Road, died Tuesday, September 30, 1997 at her residence, after a long illness. She was born in Middledale, NY and had lived in the Rensselaer area for most of her life. Mrs. Davenport was a self-employed Lic ....
SR. BERTRAND DWYER, D.C.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... MENANDS -- Sr. Bertrand Dwyer, D.C. (Elizabeth) died September 29, 1997 at St. Louise House, Menands. She was daughter of the late Thomas and Ann Schuff Dwyer and sister of the late Mary and Michael Dwyer. Sister Bertrand was born in Utica and entered the Daughters of Charity of St ....
DAVID C. FINLAY, JR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... SUTTON, MA -- David C. Finlay, Jr., of Sutton, MA, formerly of Clifton Park, NY, suddenly on September 30, in Worcester, MA. Professional engineer and plant manager of Avery Dennison Corp, Fitchburg, MA. Husband of Nancy A. (Carlson) Finlay; father of Conner, Megan, and Brendan; son of ...
DOROTHY GADDIS HAINS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... OSWEGO -- Dorothy Gaddis Hains, formerly of Ravena, died Monday, September 29, 1997 at the Sunrise Nursing Home. She was 80. Dorothy was born in New Rochelle, NY and had lived in Ravena for 37 years before moving to Oswego in 1991. She had worked for Westchester Lighting Co. and was a ...
JOHN B. KUSICK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... MECHANICVILLE -- John B. Kusick, 84, of Van Ness Road, Mechanicville, died suddenly Monday, September 29, 1997 at his residence. Born January 23, 1913 in Kingston, NY; son of the late Frank and Rose Vernel Kusick. Widow of the late Mildred A. Frolish Kusick, who passed away April 29, 1996 ....
ALICE LINDEN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Alice Linden, 97, of Albany, died Monday, September 29, 1997 at the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Home. Born in the Bronx, she was the daughter of the late Henry E. and Amelia Zimmerman Vonder Linden. Sister of the late Elsa Westermeyer, Gertrude Casbay, Clara Von Linden, Edward ...
MARY J. LOCKWOOD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- Mary J. Lockwood, age 92, passed away September 25 at the Villa Mary Immaculate Nursing Home after a long illness. Born in Albany, Mary was a life long resident. She was employed by the New York State Teachers' Certification for 45 years. She was a communicant of the Holy Cross ...
SHIRLEY L. MAMAT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... MILWAUKEE, WI -- Shirley L. Mamat died Tuesday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Born in Mount Vernon, NY, Mrs. Mamat was formerly a resident of Albany from 1938 to 1970, and of Syracuse from 1970 until moving to Milwaukee in 1996. Her first husband, Stanley R. Bookstein, died in 1964. Her second ...
PATRICIA A. MCKINNEY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 1997 ... GUILDERLAND -- Patricia A. McKinney, 76, died Monday, September 29, 1997 at Memorial Hospital in Albany under the care of Community Hospice. Mrs. McKinney was born in Newark, NJ, the daughter of Peter Patrick Murphy and Jessie Fennimore Murphy. She lived in New Jersey most of her life ...