Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from December 1997:
INABILITY TO WALK HASN'T SLOWED HIM DOWN.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: ELIZABETH BENJAMIN Staff writer Albany In 1982, a car accident cost James Curry his right leg. He lost his left leg to poor circulation seven years later. But not being able to walk hasn't kept the 71-year-old retired printer from being as independent as ...
CRITICS DON'T RATE WITH CITY.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: MARK McGUIRE Staff writer Gloversville Forget the traditional demographic categories -- man/woman, young/old, blue/white-collar, whatever. There are only three types of people in this Mohawk Valley mill city. There are the Naysayers, who see the vacant ...
HIGH COURT LOOKS AT SEX BIAS.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: AARON EPSTEIN Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON -- Day after day, as they cut weeds and grass in a city cemetery in Belleville, Ill., a burly ex-Marine taunted a 16-year-old boy who wore an earring, calling him ``fag,'' squeezing his genitals and asking, ``Are you a boy or a ...
CLIMATE DEBATE HEATS UP.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: New York Times Starting today, representatives of some 150 countries will meet in Kyoto, Japan, and during the next 10 days take what they hope will be the first step in an effort to cope with the prospect of global climate change. Rarely, if ever, has ...
SLICKENED ROADWAYS GIVE MOTORISTS THE SLIP.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: BECHETTA JACKSON and ELIZABETH BENJAMIN Staff writers Freezing rain coated Capital Region roads Sunday, creating havoc, causing a multitude of crashes, two separate closures along Interstate 88 and postponement of the annual state holiday-tree lighting ceremony. ...
REAL LOSSES QUIET HER WEIGHT WORRIES.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Kathy Najimy doesn't mind being surrounded by svelte fashion models on the sitcom ``Veronica's Closet.'' She's come to terms with being overweight. ``I was doing a lot of work with AIDS, and I saw friends dying and not having bodies anymore. I thought, `Maybe I don't have the ...
PENTAGON NEEDS TO SPEED BASE CLOSINGS, PANEL SAYS.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- An independent panel of military experts is recommending the Defense Department speed up its embattled plan to close more military bases and suggests the armed services share some posts as a way of economizing. The ...
AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS GONE.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: MARIANNE MEANS WASHINGTON -- The merits of having an attorney general who is not a presidential crony are now being conclusively demonstrated. The Clinton administration has sometimes regretted naming Janet Reno the nation's chief law enforcement officer even ...
REASON IN THE COURT.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... The lawyers, judges and legislators who first set the rules for the disposition of personal injury lawsuits in New York no doubt did so without pecking away on computer keyboards. For the millions of people who do work that way, especially those who have suffered resulting hand, wrist or ...
POLITICAL HYPOCRISY HAS LONG HISTORY IN U.S.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: THOMAS ELLIS Albany In recent weeks, news stories have appeared about how New Orleans schools named after slave owners are being renamed. An elementary school named after George Washington has been renamed, to the chagrin of some people. Too bad. I think it's ...
FORMER SUBURBANITES LOVE LIFE IN DOWNTOWN ALBANY.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: LYN and HAROLD JERRY Albany We moved from the suburbs to the Ten Broeck Triangle in Albany in 1981 and have never regretted our decision. St. Joseph's Church and the Ten Broeck Mansion are surrounded by parks and some of the most imposing residences in Albany. ...
PRIVATE CLUBS NO COMPARISON TO A COMMUNITY YMCA.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: RICHARD PATRICK Guilderland I live in Guilderland and drive to Clifton Park three or four times a week to use the Southern Saratoga YMCA facility. I held my peace when you published the letter from the person who thought that a new YMCA would disturb the ...
TAXPAYERS, CHILDREN WINNERS IN BOND'S DEFEAT.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: JOHN J. FASO Member of the Assembly Kinderhook The recent defeat of Proposition 3, the School Construction Bond Act, represented a victory for taxpayers and New York's schoolchildren. Taxpayers have saved themselves more than $2 billion in unnecessary ...
NORTHEAST'S FORESTS ARE ACTUALLY DOING BETTER NOW.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: JAMES R. DUNN Averill Park The writer is an author and member of the Rensselaer - County Environmental Management Committee, a former Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - professor and founder of Dunn Corporation, an environmental-geological firm now part - of Rust E. and I. - ...
CLINTON FAULTED FOR CRITICS' EXCESSES.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: TOM TEEPEN In 1995, scut-work gnomes in the White House produced a report purporting to show how the busy get-Clinton underground manages to bubble up rumor, innuendo and accusation into the mainstream media. Career Clinton bashers, often funded by right-wing ...
SELECTIVE ABORTION IS PRIVATE.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: SUCANNE FIELDS The miracle birth of the Iowa septuplets fascinates and engages our attention, as we offer a prayer that mother and children will continue to thrive. This miracle leads us to reflect on the profundity of life and life's choices. What a terrible ...
SMIRKING, GRINNING, ENIGMATIC -- SMILES CAN SAY A LOT.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: ANDY ROONEY Words are what we use most often to communicate information or a thought, but we transfer a lot of ideas from one person to another using means other than the written or spoken word. For example, we smile. A smile is a complex way of indicating ...
U.S. DEFENSE REFORMS DESTINED FOR FAILURE.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: LAWRENCE J. KORB The defense reform initiative announced with great fanfare by Vice President Al Gore and Secretary of Defense William Cohen on Nov. 10 is not much of a reform nor is it very innovative. This initiative, which is the product of six months of ...
A FINAL GRADE FOR A WORK IN PROGRESS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: FRED LEBRUN Former Troy City Manager David Grandeau has been after me since he left the Collar City two years ago for a final grade on his tempestuous tenure there. You remember David Grandeau. The Howard Stern of local government. The brash and bright young ...
CHANGES AT SIENA RADIO GENERATE SOME STATIC.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: CHRIS STURGIS and BECHETTA JACKSON Staff writers Colonie Headbangers will have to go elsewhere on the radio dial to find Metallica and Megadeth now that Siena College has booted heavy metal music from its FM station, WVCR. Bill Sherman, director of campus ...
AIDS DRUGS AND A MAN BUOY HOPES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: JANE GOTTLIEB Staff writer Albany What brings people in for help is a message of hope -- hope in medical advances and in the example of William Walden. ``I can tell them I was diagnosed with HIV in January 1990, and I can tell them it's not the end of the ...
JUDGE RULES LAWSUIT DECEPTIVE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: TRACEY TULLY Staff writer Albany A judge has tossed out a $1.7 million lawsuit and slapped the plaintiff with an unusual contempt-of-court sanction based on documents that show he apparently lied about a back injury. Mark Steven Basco, 35, of Colonie faces ...
MEET THE NEW OLD GOV. PATAKI.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Meet the warm and fuzzy, funny and witty George E. Pataki. Yeah, you got it right. Reports are coming in from all corners that the reputedly stiff-as-a-board, funny-as-an-undertaker governor is becoming downright personable. At an appearance before business executives ...
POLICE REMOVE EVIDENCE FROM MISSING PAIR'S HOME.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Detectives removed potential evidence from the apartment house where a missing couple lived, but refused on Sunday to say whether there was blood on any of the materials. ``The investigation is continuing,'' said Betsy Herzog, a ...
2 WINNING TICKETS SOLD IN $25M LOTTO DRAWING.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press - SCHENECTADY -- There were two winners in Saturday's $25 million Lotto jackpot drawing. The winning tickets, worth $12.5 million each, were sold in New York and Kings counties. The winning numbers were 3, 9, 17, 27, 32, 52 and a ...
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY TRIES TO RECOUP AFTER AIDS SCARE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: SOMINI SENGUPTA New York Times JAMESTOWN -- A month has passed since residents of this Chautauqua County city were jolted by the news that a 21-year-old drifter from Brooklyn, Nushawn Williams, had been accused of knowingly infecting several young women with HIV, the ...
PERSPECTIVE SHAPES OBSERVERS' VIEWS OF TROY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Beauty isn't the only thing in the eye of the beholder. Take a trip to downtown Troy and what you see will depend on your perspective. A stroll down River Street in the heart of the central business district could lead you to see a ...
COP CAR STRUCK IN DWI CASE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Cohoes A city police cruiser sustained heavy damage Sunday afternoon in a collision with a car whose driver was charged with driving while intoxicated, officials said. At 5:29 p.m., Officer Ron Enfield, 30, was heading north on Route 787 to a possible burglary in progress ...
OLD GOLD EVOKES GOLDEN MEMORIES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: GREG HAYMES Staff writer The least important aspect of a golden oldies concert is the music itself. Ironic, isn't it? Yes, but it's true. The music is merely a catalyst, stirring up long-forgotten memories that have gathered dust in the deep ...
DULL `CAROL' IS NO CHRISTMAS GIFT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: STEVE BARNES Staff writer No John Astin? Bah, humbug. The production of ``A Christmas Carol'' that Astin had starred in for the past three holiday seasons at the Palace Theatre (with Wilford Brimley as Scrooge four years ago) did not return, and what had ...
STUDENT EXCHANGE GROUP TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Nacel Open Door, a non-profit educational exchange organization, recently announced that they are accepting applications for this year's scholarship competition for the Congress Bundestag Vocational Exchange. The program, funded by the Congress and the German Bundestag, allows ...
3 MEMBERS' ENDORSEMENT DIVIDES ALBANY SCHOOL BOARD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: RICK KARLIN Staff writer Albany When the city school board meets Tuesday there is likely to be a marked split on the seven-member board. On the one side will be three members: board President John Evers, Vice President Benedict Conboy and Theresa Portelli and ...
FAUX FIR ARTIFICIAL REVOLUTION IN THE LOOK OF CHRISTMAS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: DARRYL CAMPAGNA Staff writer It was 1961. Charles Schmoegner's mother made a purchase that established the family as one of the coolest on the block. She bought an aluminum Christmas tree. In the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia where ...
CHRISTMAS TREE FARMS ATTRACT DO-IT-YOURSELFERS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Dec 01, 1997 ... The following is a list of places in the region to cut your own Christmas tree:B & C Christmas Trees. Route 7. Hoosick. Open Sept. 1-Nov. 30, 10-5 p.m. For information, call 686-7642. Bailey Family Christmas Trees. Gannon Road. Buskirk. Open Nov. 28-Dec. 24, 10 a.m.-5 p.m ....
HAVING CANCER DOESN'T HAVE TO HALT YOUR CAREER.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: JESSICA GUYNN Contra Costa Times WALNUT CREEK, Calif. At 32, Deborah Collyar was on the fast track. A top woman executive with a computer company, she felt like nothing could stop her. She was wrong. Collyar was diagnosed with a virulent form of ...
YOU COULD BE DEAD WRONG IN CHOOSING A LIVE TREE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: DARRYL CAMPAGNA Staff writer Seized by a spirit of Yuletide environmentalism, you've decided to have a live Christmas tree this year. But if you haven't already dug a hole in your back yard for the post-holiday planting (a task that will probably require a ...
IT'S EASY TO REMOVE STAMPS FROM ENVELOPES.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: HELOISE DEAR HELOISE: A while ago I read one of your articles on removing stamps from envelopes in the microwave. I would appreciate it if you could repeat this information. -- Albert, Paterson, N.J. DEAR ALBERT: The hint on using the microwave to help unstick stamps ...
CABLE TV MARKS WORLD AIDS DAY.(TV & RADIO)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: DOUG NYE Knight-Ridder When they asked him to take part in Cable Positive's World AIDS Day project, Steve Kmetko said ``Just tell me what you want me to do.'' Turns out they wanted him to do a lot. Kmetko, now in his fourth year as co-anchor of ...
`MAGIC SCHOOL BUS' TAKES A TRIP TO FOX NEXT FALL.(TV & RADIO)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: New York Times Ms. Frizzle, the world's wackiest science teacher, will drive her magic bus on a major detour next fall, leaving the education-friendly byways of PBS for the Fox network, joining shows like ``Power Rangers,'' ``The X-Men'' and ``Goosebumps.'' ...
ASO PROGRAMS RECEIVE MVP AWARD.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT)
Dec 01, 1997 ... ALBANY -- The Albany Symphony Orchestra recently received an MVP Health Plan Appleby Award to support ASO's Sunday Symphonies for Families and its ``Meet the Maestro'' program. Sunday Symphonies for Families introduce youngsters to classical music through fast-paced, ...
THE RED AIDS RIBBON IS A GESTURE OF SUPPORT.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: AARON BETSKY New York Times The ribbon is everywhere. Draped from dresses and T-shirts, it reminds us of runaway children, breast cancer and, most of all, AIDS. It started as a red sign to remind us of those lost to AIDS. It has since appeared as a string of ...
U.S. FURNITURE PRODUCERS PROTEST PRISON FACTORIES.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: MELANIE EVERSLEY Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON -- With inmates at 72 federal prisons crafting hundreds of millions of dollars in pajamas, desk chairs and other products, American manufacturers are complaining prison labor is stealing their jobs and profits. The ...
A FORD REPORTED SET FOR TOP JOB.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Ford Motor Co. will name William Clay Ford Jr. as its chairman, making him the first family member to head the company since 1980, according to Time magazine. Ford, head of the company's finance committee, will succeed Alex ...
MOZAMBIQUE SHEDS ITS NO-HOPE IMAGE.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: MORT ROSENBLUM Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique -- Free-market democracy seems a strange fit for this scrapheap of Marxist dreams, crippled by civil war. But to its own surprise, Mozambique is suddenly an example for Africa. In this Mediterranean-flavored ...
SNAPPLE DRINKS NEED TO RETAKE CULT STATUS.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: CHRIS ROUSH Bloomberg News WHITE PLAINS -- Michael Weinstein, the man Triarc Cos. wants to fix up Snapple, says he's not in the soft-drink business but the fashion business. Last summer, he rehired Snapple TV pitchwoman Wendy Kaufman, who was dumped by ...
DON'T FORGET INVESTING CARRIES RISKS.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: JANE BRYANT QUINN In Chinese folk religion, the soul, after death, is ferried across a river into the Underworld, to learn its fate. The river is evocatively named the ``What-Now.'' I thought of the What-Now River as investors tuned into the Asian contagion ...
OLD TUBE, NEW TRICK.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: MARGARET D. WILLIAMS Bloomberg News LOS ANGELES -- The idea was enticing: a box that attaches to the television and flashes motivational messages while you watch your favorite shows. The $245.95 product from Dutch company Motivision Worldwide Plc is the size ...
STATE FINALISTS PUT YEAR IN PERSPECTIVE.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: BILL ARSENAULT Staff writer Having reached the Carrier Dome only to lose in Saturday's Class AA and Class A state championship games, Troy coach Jack Burger and Queensbury coach John Irion could still find solace in a season that saw both teams lose just one game. ...
JETS ARE LEFT STILL STANDING.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: STEVE CAMPBELL ORCHARD PARK -- They are the few, the proud, the still-standing members of the New York Jets offense. They don't huddle between plays anymore. They administer triage, notify next of kin and try to assure themselves everything will be all right. ...
LIFE AT THE TOP GETTING TOUGHER GIANTS LOSE, GAIN WRATH OF FASSEL.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: BILL PENNINGTON New York Times Buccaneers 20 Giants 8EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Giants Coach Jim Fassel closed the locker room door after his team's 20-8 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, emptying his opinions and his emotions in a red-faced harangue that ...
JETS' LOSS CLOGS EAST.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: RICH CIMINI New York Daily News Bills 20 Jets 10ORCHARD PARK -- The New York Jets learned a powerful lesson Sunday about the fragile nature of life at the top. In a span of three hours at dark and drizzly Rich Stadium, they went from first place to first aid. From ...
SPORTS TRIVIA.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Today's question: Who was the last first baseman before Frank Thomas to win the American League batting title? ...
ARGUMENTS IN BRAWLEY CASE SET TO BEGIN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1997 ... Byline: MICHAEL HILL Associated Press POUGHKEEPSIE -- Opening arguments in the defamation lawsuit against Tawana Brawley's former advisers are finally to begin this week. In the seven days of proceedings so far, a jury of four whites and two blacks has been seated, ...
FIRE CHIEF DIES AT BLAZE.(MAIN)
Dec 02, 1997 ... Byline: BRUCE A. SCRUTON Staff writer Watervliet's fire chief died late Monday while directing his units at a Troy house fire they were called to because Troy firefighters were busy combating another blaze. Chief Tom McCormack, 44, was among the first to respond to ...
ALLIES COOL TO U.S. IDEAS ON WARMING.(MAIN)
Dec 02, 1997 ... Byline: MARY JORDAN Washington Post KYOTO, Japan -- The United States received a chilly response from its European allies Monday at the United Nations' climate-change treaty talks, a meeting that Japan's foreign minister said ``could change the history of mankind.'' ...
STATE PAYS TO GO HIGH-TECH.(MAIN)
Dec 02, 1997 ... Byline: DAVID ORENSTEIN Business writer Gov. George Pataki and legislative leaders announced a commitment Monday to spend as much as $35 million on University at Albany and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute efforts to convert computer-chip research into technology jobs in the ...
STAYING ACTIVE IS A KEY TO HER HAPPINESS.(MAIN)
Dec 02, 1997 ... Byline: MICHAEL LOPEZ Staff writer DuanesburgIn the broad landscape of this rural town, where fresh snow clings to the expanse of evergreens, there is Jo Bradley, who will turn 87 in three days, tooling around in her temperamental 1984 Ford Tempo. The car is ...
KENTUCKY TEEN CHARGED WITH SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.(MAIN)
Dec 02, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press WEST PADUCAH, Ky. -- A 14-year-old boy who warned last week that ''something big's going to happen'' inserted earplugs, drew a gun and shot eight students as a prayer meeting ended in a high school lobby Monday. Three girls were killed. ...
DIANA PROFITS WILL GO TO CHARITIES.(MAIN)
Dec 02, 1997 ... Millions of dollars from sales of souvenirs of Diana, Princess of Wales, will go to charity and not to Princes William and Harry, under proposals expected to be approved before Christmas. Lawyers for former British Prime Minister John Major, newly appointed guardian to the ...
PARTING IS NOT SO SWEET FOR EARL SPENCER AND EX-WIFE EARL SPENCER,.(MAIN)
Dec 02, 1997 ... the brother of the late Princess Diana, and his estranged wife announced a settlement Tuesday in their tempestuous divorce case, agreeing to keep the terms of their parting secret. The deal, culminating 11 hours of talks between the two sides, marked the end of a tumultuous ...
POLAND AND ITALY FIGHT OVER JACKSON'S PARK MICHAEL JACKSON'S.(MAIN)
Dec 02, 1997 ... ``world of childhood'' will be built in Poland, not Italy, insists the pop star's Polish representative. Jacques Tourel Monday denied a report in the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero that Jackson has chosen an Italian town as the site for a $500 million amusement park. ...
FIRST ROCK, NOW MOVIES GET PONTIFF'S SEAL OF APPROVAL POPE JOHN PAUL II,.(MAIN)
Dec 02, 1997 ... a former actor himself, praised the art of movie-making on Monday as a bearer of ``sublime'' messages. ``The cinema is a particularly suitable means of recounting the inexpressible mystery which surrounds the world and man,'' he told participants at a Vatican-sponsored ...
MOON, 8 PLANETS ALIGN FOR A RARE HEAVENLY LIGHT SHOW.(MAIN)
Dec 02, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press MIAMI -- The moon and eight of the planets will be lined up in the sky this week ''like pearls on a string'' in a sight that won't be visible again from Earth for at least another century. ``It's a great time for naked eye visibility of all ...
RENO FACES DECISION ON INDEPENDENT COUNSEL.(MAIN)
Dec 02, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Janet Reno faced a deadline today on whether to reject Republican appeals for an independent counsel to investigate telephone fund-raising by President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore. She met with the ...
INTERNET PROVIDERS VOW TO AID SMUT FIGHT.(MAIN)
Dec 02, 1997 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The online industry, hoping to keep government intervention at bay, promised Monday to do more to help parents keep Internet smut away from their kids. Building on pledges made to President Clinton in July, industry groups at a ...