Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from January 1998:
EXPERTS SAY BANKRUPTCY JUMP WON'T SLOW IN '98.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: DAVID ORENSTEIN Business writer Albany A record 8,241 individuals, households and businesses sought bankruptcy protection in 1997 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here, and experts expect that the financial epidemic will grip thousands more this year. The number of ...
JENNINGS SET FOR A NEW TERM AND A NEW TITLE: HUSBAND.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer Albany The next time Mayor Jerry Jennings runs for office, he won't have to take any hits about being a bachelor. Jennings proposed to longtime companion Maryann Severino on Christmas Day, Severino said Wednesday. Along with the ...
MICHAEL KENNEDY KILLED SKIING.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press ASPEN, Colo. -- Michael Kennedy, the 39-year-old son of the late Sen Robert F. Kennedy who gained notoriety for an alleged affair with his family's baby sitter, was killed Wednesday in a skiing accident. Kennedy was skiing with several ...
HOSTAGE-TAKER'S HISTORY VIOLENT ONE, RECORDS SHOW.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Scripps Howard McKINNEY, Texas -- James Riccardo Lipscomb and Denise Roach, his common-law wife, share a very rocky and extremely violent personal history, court records show. The two have been together since before April 4, 1985, when their first child, ...
SHE KILLED DAUGHTER, YET GETS SON.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press ROCKVILLE, Md. -- A woman who smothered her infant daughter five years ago has been given custody of her toddler son in a ruling that outraged children's advocates. Latrena D. Pixley, 23, of Washington, is to be reunited with her nearly ...
MICROSOFT BIG A HIT WITH U.S. TROOPS.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... It's no surprise that U.S. troops in Bosnia would be mad about Helen Hunt, Jenny McCarthy or the ``Baywatch'' beauties. But how do you explain Barry Manilow and Bill Gates? They all made the informal list of celebrities that U.S. military personnel most would like to sit down ...
REHNQUIST BLASTS SENATE DELAY ON NOMINEES.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- In an unusually stern rebuke to fellow conservatives, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist says the nation's ``quality of justice'' may be threatened by the Senate's delay in acting on scores of President Clinton's judicial nominees. ...
A MOM'S PAINED PLEA: `I BURIED A LITTLE WHITE BOX'.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press DENVER -- A woman whose daughter died in the day care center of the bombed Oklahoma City federal building screamed in tears at jurors and Terry Nichols on Wednesday, saying her 4-year-old ``was stolen from me.'' ``I buried a little white box ....
NEVADA ONCE AGAIN FASTEST GROWING STATE IN NATION.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Washington Post WASHINGTON -- Nevada is growing faster than any other state in the nation and the West is growing more than any other region, according to new population estimates by the Census Bureau. The Census data, which was released Wednesday, details how ...
SHIFT IN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION LEAVES RACE, GENDER SET-ASIDES BEHIND.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON -- As political pressure and court rulings spur an evolution in affirmative-action policies, governments have been devising new ways to ensure minority and female inclusion. The new methods no longer favor college applicants and ...
'98 TAX CHANGES ARE HARDLY SIMPLE.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: MARCIA STEPANEK Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- Today, a new law goes into effect that could change the way Uncle Sam will tax your children, your savings and your retirement plans. Many of the changes are aimed at giving relief to lower- and ...
POPE'S PLAN TO VISIT CUBA CREATES STATIC FOR U.S. TV.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- American TV networks preparing to cover Pope John Paul II's visit to Cuba next month complain they're being gouged by the Cuban government and handicapped by U.S. restrictions on spending in the communist country. As they try to ...
AL TECH SEEKS BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: JAMES DENN Business writer Watervliet Al Tech Specialty Steel Corp., one of the last local steel manufacturers, filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday as a result of the ongoing financial problems of its South Korean parent company. Al Tech does not ...
ASIA MARKS NEW YEAR WITH LAMENTS.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press The Year of the Tiger arrived with a subdued roar in South Korea, where economic woes are draining the New Year's spirit, but elsewhere in Asia the holiday was a welcome respite from daunting financial worries. Temples across Japan, which ...
WARS WITHIN, NOT BETWEEN, NATIONS ROCKED 1997.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Scripps-Howard WASHINGTON -- Wars between nations took a holiday in 1997, but there was no respite from armed conflicts and outbreaks of ethnic violence that were contained within national borders. Diplomats are watching many of those internal conflicts, from ...
U.S. TO QUESTION RUSSIA ABOUT MISSILE AID TO IRAN.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A senior American diplomat will go to Moscow in January to discuss with Russian officials unsettling reports that Russian companies are providing critical help to Iran to develop a new generation of ballistic missiles. ...
POLICE FATALITIES RISE AFTER 1-YEAR DIP.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Scripps-Howard WASHINGTON -- More than 150 police officers were killed on duty in 1997, a sharp jump from 1996 and a confirmation that despite better training and mandatory use of body armor, policing remains as dangerous as ever. ``Unfortunately, in 1997, we ...
JUDGE'S RULING INVALIDATES PORTION OF TELECOM ACT.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- A federal judge on Wednesday struck down as unconstituional a provision of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that prevented the various Bell subsidiaries from providing long-distance service. SBC Communications, based ...
LACK OF VERIFIABLE FACTS WEAKENS POINT-COUNTERPOINT.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: R.L. ECUYER Albany While reading the Point-Counterpoint articles regarding banking mergers (Perspective, Dec. 21), I was struck by the totally different approaches used by the respective authors. Ms. Shields quoted specific details and noted specific sources ....
A WISH LIST FOR 1998.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Government is all but closed today, and the politicians largely out of sight and earshot. But that's only for a day. This year, especially, politics will be everywhere in the region. The governor is up for re-election. So are the state comptroller, the attorney general and the entire ...
PET OWNERS SHOULD ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THEIR ANIMALS.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: GAYLE BLAKESLEY Co-chair Companion Animals in Need Albany Dan Lynch's column about the Clifton Park man who had one poodle killed and another injured by coyotes is a good example of why many of us involved in rescue will not place pets with people who let their animals ...
ARTICLE HELPS EDUCATE ABOUT HIGH-TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: ALAIN E. KALOYEROS, Ph.D. Director and Professor New York Center for Advanced Film Technology UAlbany - David Orenstein should be commended for his efforts to educate the community about the significance of high-technology manufacturing in his Dec. 23 article. Mr ....
FIDELIS HMO RESTRICTS CARE BASED ON ITS RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: BLUE CARREKER Director of Development & Public Affairs Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood Albany - Earlier this year, New York legislators demonstrated their understanding that family planning and reproductive health care were an integral part of welfare reform. Encouraging ...
THIS MAY BE THE YEAR THE BUBBLE POPS.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: KEVIN PHILLIPS It's hard to avoid the eerie feeling that the biggest political and economic news of the year ahead will be the failure -- and toppling economic dominoes -- of some attempted giant financial bailout. South Korea, maybe. Or a triple whammy from ...
THEY HOPE SOME BAD NEWS CAN AVERT SOMETHING BAD.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: GEORGE WILL WASHINGTON -- Welcome to the new year, which is a lead-pipe cinch to feature the most important off-year elections since the last ff-year elections. A second safe prediction is that this year's ``progressive'' worry, currently in its chrysalis stage but soon ...
SLOW DOWN; WE MOVE TOO FAST.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: SUZANNE FIELD Most of us are just like Janus. January gets its name from the old boy, the Roman god of doorways, who looks backward and forward simultaneously. We all do that when we contemplate the new year. But have you noticed how much more ...
ALBANY TAX-ROLL FIGURES ON HOLD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer Albany The city's first reassessment in more than 50 years is nearly done, but it will be months before property owners learn the new values of their homes and businesses. Officials Wednesday said Albany will not release the ...
TIP LEADS TO PARKING-SPOT SLAYING SUSPECT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: BOB GARDINIER Staff writer Schenectady An anonymous tip to Albany police enabled them to catch a murder suspect Wednesday whom they have sought since an Election Day shooting stemming from an argument over a parking spot. The tip that Glen Roy Scheckells, 26, ...
CHRISTMAS IS OVER, BUT SOME CAN'T LET GO OF THE TREE JUST YET.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: KATE GURNETT Staff writer Albany O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, has rigor mortis set in? - Are branches dry and twisting up? With needles falling by the cup? O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, goodbye until next season. Is it time yet? ...
ALBANY MED FIRST TO OFFER GENETIC BREAST CANCER TEST.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: JANE GOTTLIEB Staff writer Albany Albany Medical Center Wednesday became the first hospital in the nation to offer a newly approved genetic test designed to help breast cancer patients determine the likelihood of recurrence. ``Not all breast cancers are the ...
PITCHER HAS 2ND THOUGHTS ABOUT PLEA.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer Troy Philip Pitcher wants to withdraw his guilty plea to criminally trespassing on the School 12 fire escape and go to trial on the original charges that he tampered with the escape and sent a principal plummeting. Pitcher, 14, ...
STILL NO `BUYER' FOR BROOKLYN BRIDGE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- It's still the biggest orphan in Brooklyn. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has shelved a planned television auction to ``adopt'' the Brooklyn Bridge because the opening bid was too low, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Under the ...
500 GATHER TO MOURN MAN SHOT BY COP.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- A 22-year-old man shot to death by a police officer was guilty of nothing more than running, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Wednesday in eulogizing William Whitfield. Sharpton spoke to some 500 mourners crowded into the Bethlehem ...
BRUNO AIMS TO BOLSTER UPSTATE AIRPORTS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: JAMES M. ODATO Capitol bureau Albany Pointing to the loss of hundreds of jobs in the Capital Region because of unfavorable air fares and service, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno ended 1997 by announcing that he's set up a task force to find ways to make it easier ...
AFTER 2 FEET OF SNOW, CENTRAL NEW YORK GETS A BREAK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press SYRACUSE -- Streets were reopened to traffic Wednesday in Syracuse and Ithaca as central New York dug out from as much as 2 1/2 feet of snow. That did not mean every street was open, nor that the snow had stopped falling. ``I hear ...
MAN SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH '88 COP SLAYING FOUND.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press - LAWRENCE, Mass. -- A man wanted for questioning in the slaying of a New York City police officer 10 years ago was living quietly in Lawrence until a local patrolman he had gotten to know realized who he was. New York detectives acting on a ...
PHARMACIST NAMED IN FRAUD CASES TO LOSE LICENSE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press JAMESTOWN -- A pharmacist indicted in two multimillion-dollar fraud cases will be required to surrender his license, according to a deputy commissioner in the state Education Department. ``He will not be practicing pharmacy in New York state ....
`CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD' RINGS IN NEW YEAR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- New Year's Eve. Times Square. Enough said. An estimated 500,000 chilly revelers were expected to pack the ``Crossroads of the World'' Wednesday night for the 93rd annual Times Square celebration of the new year. ``The ...
CAPITAL REGION ALMANAC.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... This almanac of community news provides coverage of local governments, local courts and police calls from selected communities in our region. Government listings focus on communities in Rensselaer and southern Saratoga counties, and police calls are taken from the actual police blotters ...
DERAILMENT BLOCKS CITY STREETS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: BOB GARDINIER Staff writer Schenectady The derailment of a Canadian Pacific railroad freight car Wednesday morning near Erie Boulevard closed two city streets for most of the day while officials scrambled to clear the tracks. The derailment occurred at 9:58 ...
MAN ADMITS SETTING HOME ABLAZE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: CAROL DeMARE Staff writer Albany A man who set his home on fire after a domestic dispute, endangering the lives of several relatives, faces 6 to 13 years in prison for his guilty plea Wednesday. Gary Jackson Sr., 38, formerly of 274 Livingston Ave., admitted ...
SNOWMOBILES PLUNGE OVER EMBANKMENT; 2 HURT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: ELIZABETH BENJAMIN Staff writer Brunswick Two men were injured Tuesday night when they drove their snowmobiles off a 35-foot embankment about 150 feet north of Menemsha Lane, police said. State Trooper Kenneth Kippen Jr. said one rider, Derrik Rokjer, 31, of ...
ALEXANDER GEORGE GABRIELS, JR., M.D.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 1998 ... ALBANY -- Alexander George Gabriels, Jr., M.D. of Albany and Bolton Landing, NY, died peacefully on Sunday, December 28, 1997. Born in Brooklyn, NY, March 23, 1922, son of the late Alexander G. and Anne Jennings Gabriels. Gabriels graduated from the Albany Academy for Boys in 1941. He ...
K-STATE RUINS SYRACUSE'S FIESTA, 35-18.(SPORTS)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: TIM DAHLBERG Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Donovan McNabb came into the Fiesta Bowl as the quarterback with the name. Michael Bishop left it as the star. Bishop won a personal battle of quarterbacks with McNabb Wednesday night, throwing for four ...
BILLS' LEVY CALLS END TO CAREER.(SPORTS)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: BUCKY GLEASON Associated Press ORCHARD PARK -- Marv Levy retired today as coach of the Buffalo Bills, who became one of the NFL's showcase teams in the 1990s but could not shake the stigma of losing four consecutive Super Bowls. The silver-haired 72-year-old ...
U.S. JUMPER HITS HEIGHTS.(SPORTS)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: STEVE CAMPBELL LAKE PLACID -- He took the first leap of faith when he was 6, hurtling off a 30-meter ski jump behind his grandparents' house. The house is gone. The state scarfed up the land and bulldozed everything in sight to build a field house for the 1980 Olympics. ...
LODWICK RACES BY ON NORDIC TRACK.(SPORTS)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: BUZZ GRAY Staff writer - LAKE PLACID -- The one-two finish surpised nobody. The order and manner were something else again. That's the way it's been when Todd Lodwick and Tim Tetreault hook up in a Nordic combined competition. This time, though, the slender ...
NISKAYUNA'S LEPHART WINS HOCKEY EAST ROOKIE AWARD.(SPORTS)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Boston College freshman right wing Mike Lephart of Niskayuna has been named the Hockey East Rookie of the Week. Lephart registered four points in two games in the Bank One Badger Showdown in Milwaukee, including his first collegiate hat trick in a 6-6 tie with Harvard in the ...
NAGANO END OF ROAD FOR WEINBRECHT.(SPORTS)
Jan 01, 1998 ... LAKE PLACID -- Donna Weinbrecht, former Olympic gold medalist and winner of 46 World Cup races, said Wednesday that Nagano would probably be her swan song in competitive skiing. ``I definitely feel it's getting harder and harder for me mentally,'' said the 32-year-old ...
FANCY OF FLIGHT AND SOARING TO NAGANO.(SPORTS)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: TIM REYNOLDS Special to the Times Union - LAKE PLACID Like most kids who were growing up in Lake Placid around 1980, Casey Colby has Olympic memories, although he admits they've grown pretty hazy. He was only 5 years old when his father, James Colby, toted ...
WESTOVER TAKES INITIAL STEP ON ROAD TO OLYMPICS.(SPORTS)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Associated Press JERICHO, Vt. -- A Vermont man and a Minnesota woman lead the field after the first two days of the Olympic biathlon trials. Vermonters won both the men's and women's races in the second stage of biathlon competition to pick the U.S. Olympic ...
HUGHES' BASKET PROPELS STILLWATER.(SPORTS)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Staff reports Tournament Most Valuable Player Jen Hughes drained a 14-footer with 10 seconds remaining in overtime to lift Stillwater past Corinth 48-46 Wednesday in the championship of the Hudson River Girls' Tournament at Corinth High School. Hughes ...
NO CHAMPIONS, BUT PLENTY OF WINNERS.(SPORTS)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: BILL ARSENAULT It was another fine year for scholastic sports in Section II. Not many champions, but plenty of great teams, players and action. Here are the high points of the year: Football: A disappointing finish, but a lot of fun ...
YOU SAY YOU MADE A RESOLUTION? HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE MADE CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES THAT HAVE STUCK.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: DARRYL CAMPAGNA Staff writer For most of us, New Year's resolutions are half-hearted gestures made in a moment of revelry around midnight on Dec. 31. Statistics show that almost half of us will toss our frivolous declarations out the window within a month. ...
CRYSTAL-BALL GAZING GUIDES BUSINESSES' FUTURES.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: HELEN JONES The Financial Times Welcome to the future a world of wristwatch phones, oxygen bars dispensing pure air to gasping consumers, a growing underclass of technological have-nots filled with rage and frustration and an increasingly beleaguered middle class ...
STAY COOL AND CALM IF YOUR TEEN IS TRUANT.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: JUDI CRAIG Let's say the attendance office calls and wants to know why your adolescent is not in school that day (or hasn't been there the past few days!). You flash on the fact that she seemed fine that morning and went off on the school bus just like any other weekday ....
BRIEFING.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Abused children go underground Organized undergrounds for runaway abused children? An investigation by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Blade of Toledo, Ohio, says about 200 children who say they've been abused by a parent are disguised and sheltered by strangers who risk arrest to ...
`CARIBBEAN CAPER' BENEFITS HAVEN PROGRAM.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jan 01, 1998 ... A ``Caribbean Caper'' will brighten up any chilly winter. That is the theme for the Haven Resolution Party planned on Saturday, Jan. 10, from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. at GE Corporate Research and Development Center Atrium, 1 Research Circle, Niskayuna. The evening includes a roving ...
HELPING MOMS TO RE-ENTER PAID WORK FORCE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: JEANNE PECK The Orlando Sentinel ORLANDO, Fla. -- For most of the last decade, stay-at-home mom Judy Steele knew the luxury of spending a whole day reorganizing her kitchen cabinets. All that changed in mid-1996, when Steele and her husband of 14 years ...
HANDWORK IS DRESSING UP NEW LOOKS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: VALLI HERMAN The Dallas Morning News One stitch at a time, old-fashioned handwork with sequins, beading and embroidery is taking fashion in a new direction. This season, elaborate handwork has been showing up in unlikely places -- along the hems of coarse ...
RESOLVED TO BE THE BEST THEY CAN BE IN NEW YEAR.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Darryl Campagna - Weight loss may be a common resolution, but some people set their sights on personal fulfillment through work and family, as the Times Union discovered when it asked a selection of Capital Region residents, past and present, for their New Year's ...
SHOW TAKES A LOOK AT THE STORIES EXPECTED THIS YEAR.(TV & RADIO)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: LYNN ELBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- Here's the big tip-off that ``The World in 1998'' is devoid of sexy New Year predictions a la Jeane Dixon: The host is that sober-minded journalist Robert MacNeil, and the program airs on PBS. Another clue is that ...
TIGER TAKES MSNBC'S TITLE.(TV & RADIO)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: New York Daily News - MSNBC on the Internet has announced that Tiger Woods is its Person of the Year for 1997. MSNBC editors asked users of the Web site (http://www.msnbc.com) to help them choose the person ``who really made a difference in 1997,'' from a ...
ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH GROWS.(BUSINESS)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: JAMES DENN Business writer Albany Fast-growing Albany Molecular Research Inc. said Wednesday it planned to nearly double the size of its local work force and substantially increase its office space this year to meet strong customer demand. Seven-year-old AMR ...
BAUSCH & LOMB EXPANDS.(BUSINESS)
Jan 01, 1998 ... Byline: Bloomberg News - ROCHESTER -- Bausch & Lomb Inc. said Wednesday it had completed its $380 million cash acquisition of American Home Products Corp.'s eye-surgery products unit, making it the world's largest eye-care company. Storz Instrument Co. will become ...