Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from December 1999:
COUNTY LOOKS AT FIREARMS BUYBACK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: CATHY WOODRUFF Staff writer For its part in a regional anti-violence push planned in February, Rensselaer County is eyeing a program aimed at reducing the number of guns on hand in the community. The gun buyback program, proposed by Rensselaer County Executive ...
HISTORIC SITE DESIGNATION SOUGHT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Hoosick St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Hoosick Falls is a candidate for placement on the national and state registers of historic places. Rensselaer County Legislator Stan Brownell, R-Hoosick, said he learned last week that the state's review board will consider the church for ...
STUDENT TO SPREAD GOODWILL IN BRITAIN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: MIKE FRICANO Staff writer The world will be getting a lot smaller for one Rensselaer Middle High School seventh-grader next summer. Erin Harwood will journey more than 3,300 miles from the Capital Region to Great Britain as part of an educational and goodwill ...
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... The following property transfers were recorded last week in the Rensselaer County clerk's office: BRUNSWICK Anne K. Haggerty purchased property on North Lake Avenue from Elizabeth P. Casey for $130,000. EAST GREENBUSH Amy E. Roarke purchased property on Leslie ...
LIBRARY BOARD SEATS OPEN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Sand Lake Sand Lake Town Library, 8428 Miller Hill Road, is seeking candidates to fill two five-year seats on the library board that will be open as of Jan. 1. Members of the board represent the varied interests of the citizens of Sand Lake and are primarily responsible for setting ...
TODAY WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... ``Antigone'' Performed by Bertrand Fay. 7 p.m. Chapel and Cultural Center, 2125 Burdett Ave., Troy. Free. Enlarged City School District of Troy Regular Board of Education Meeting. 7 p.m. Doyle Middle School Media Center. NAMI Troy-Rensselaer County Relatives support group. 7 p.m. Ned ...
SAND LAKE KIWANIS TURNS 50 ON SUNDAY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Sand Lake The Kiwanis Club of Sand Lake is celebrating 50 years of community service; since it was chartered Dec. 5, 1949, the club has raised almost a quarter of a million dollars helping needy children and neighbors in the Sand Lake, Stephentown and Poestenkill areas. Members ...
BUDGET GETS ONCE-OVER TODAY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: CATHY WOODRUFF Staff writer County legislative leaders are slated to outline their proposed changes to Rensselaer County Executive Henry Zwack's 2000 budget plan for Zwack's budget staff today, one of the last steps leading up to a legislative vote on a final budget ...
GROUND BROKEN AT LAST FOR BENNINGTON BYPASS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Hoosick The dirt was struck with the ceremonial shovels Tuesday at the groundbreaking on a multimillion-dollar traffic rerouting plan, which town officials hope could be the genesis of a commercial rebirth. After years of planning, officials from both Vermont and New York ...
RENSSELAER PEOPLE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Michael Sheridan of Rensselaer was named to the 2000 edition of ``Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.'' A biology major at Providence College, he was selected on the basis of academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular ...
THESE DEVILS GET THEIR DUE, AGAIN.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: TIM WILKIN Staff writer They are called Midgets but there is nothing small about what the East Greenbush Pop Warner football Midgets did Sunday. The Blue Devils won their fourth consecutive Pop Warner Super Bowl, defeating North Colonie 33-14 in the Midget ...
POET'S CORNER IN POESTENSKILL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Poestenskill Elementary School hosted its annual ``Grandparents Day'' on Nov. 18 to celebrate what the school calls its intergenerational family. The fourth-grade classes and their guests wrote Thanksgiving poems, playing off the theme of `` 'Twas the Night before Christmas.'' ...
TREE LIGHTING ONLY PART OF HOLIDAY GALA.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: KATHLEEN DOOLEY Staff writer The ``Sounds of the Season'' will kick off Christmas holiday festivities at Shoppers World Plaza today. Beginning at 3 p.m. and continuing until 7, a variety of festivities will take place. ``It is more than just a tree ...
TOWN TO TIGHTEN DESIGN STANDARDS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer MALTA -- The Town Board is set to tighten architectural standards in commercial areas by giving the Planning Board the authority to set color schemes and building designs. The move is aimed at heading off any problems that ...
PROPERTY NEAR LUTHER FOREST TO BE ZONED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer After decades of lying outside the town's zoning ordinance, the 280-acre, state-owned tract adjacent to Luther Forest will be zoned this month by the Town Board. The new zoning will be a curious mix. It's main feature will be ...
TODAY WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Lecture. 8 p.m. Dr. Manning Marable. ``Challenges to African-Americans in a Conservative America.'' Gannett Auditorium, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs. 580-5733. Saratoga Writers Circle. 8 p.m. Writers who share their work and join in discussion are welcome. Caffe Lena, Phila ...
MEMORIAL TREE HELPS HOSPICE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The Friends of the Community Hospice of Saratoga invites the community to decorate its memorial tree in honor of a loved one. The tree will be at Wilton Mall Food Court from Friday, Dec. 10 through Sunday, Dec. 12. Contributions to the Light Up A Life ...
POLICE BLOTTER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Saturday, Nov. 27 9:46 p.m. LARCENY. At Stewart's on Lake Avenue a customer reportedly pumped gas and left without paying. LARCENY. At an area car dealership, someone reportedly stole a dealer license plate. An investigation is pending. Sunday, November 28 ...
CENTER SEEKS TO FILL BOARD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... MECHANICVILLE -- The Mechanicville Area Community Services Center has openings for individuals who would like to serve the greater Mechanicville-Schaghticoke area as members of the center's board of directors. The center is a growing community services agency that provides ...
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION REPORT PAINTS BRIGHT PICTURE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County is ending a year that ``has shown significant growth,'' William Schwerd, the executive director, said in the 1999 annual report. In the report, which was recently presented to ...
SCOPE OF DISCRIMINATION IS WIDE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: JAN HARGRAVE, RN TO THE EDITOR: I wanted to write and thank you for your eloquent advocacy of the rights of all students to be treated equally and to attend schools free from harassment. The public absolutely has the right to be informed of exactly how the ...
SHIELD GAYS FROM HARASSMENT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: JOHN HOFFMAN Retired gay teacher Boulder, Colo. TO THE EDITOR: Thanks for Jim Rogalski's recent article in the Times Union questioning whether all were disciplined fairly in the recent attack on a gay student at ...
HAS CLIPBOARD, WHISTLE -- WILL COACH.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: ALAN HART Staff writer In a way, you can visualize veteran basketball coach Damian Fantauzzi's long career as a hop, step and a jump. First, he started coaching boys basketball at Schuylerville High in 1968. Then, in 1969 he hopped over to Granville High to ...
POLICE BLOTTER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... RENSSELAER Tuesday, Nov. 23 5:21 a.m. DISORDERLY CONDUCT. A man, 23, from the 1200 block of Broadway, allegedly screamed and threatened others. BURGLARY. A male, 18, from the 400 block of Washington Street, and another male, 23, from the 500 block of ...
CHARITY BASKETBALL GAME TIPS OFF.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 1999 ... A charity basketball game featuring the Brunswick Wal-Mart and Radio Station fly 92 will be held Monday, Dec. 6 at Tamarac High School at 7 p.m. Tickets for the game are $3. All proceeds from the game will be used to help raise money towards the World War II Veterans Memorial. ...
CHANCE TO LIGHT THE TREE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... BURNT HILLS -- The Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Business and Professional Association will present a tree-lighting ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, on the corner of Lake Hill and Kingsley roads. The event is free and is co-sponsored by the BH-BL Business and Professional Association, ...
TROUPE PRESENTS `PAGEANT'.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The Saratoga Central Catholic Players will present ``The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,'' a play by Barbara Robinson, Friday and Saturday in the school's annex cafeteria behind St. Peter's Church at the Hamilton Street entrance. Admission to the performance at ...
ORATORIO TO BE PERFORMED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 1999 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The Skidmore Choir and Vocal Chamber ensemble under the direction of conductor Andrea Goodman will present Bach's Christmas Oratorio with full orchestral accompaniment at 7 p.m. Sunday at United Methodist Church, on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Henning Road. ...
PROTESTS ERUPT IN VIOLENCE.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: MARTIN CRUTSINGER and LUIS CABRERA Associated Press - SEATTLE -- Clashing repeatedly with police, protesters shut down the opening session of a global trade conference Tuesday, forcing authorities to declare a state of emergency and handing President Clinton a major ...
BOXER, DANCER, SOLDIER AND SPRY.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: MIKE JARBOE Staff writer Want to see how fast a couple hours can fly by? Just pull up a chair and listen to Jacob Small tell of his fascinating life. With minimal prodding, Jacob is more than happy to unfold a litany of stories detailing the experiences of a ...
RETAILERS REJOICE AT RINGING REGISTERS.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: JO-ANN JOHNSTON Business writer Score one for bricks and mortar. Retailers in New York state reported an increase in sales of between 5 percent and 7 percent over the post-Thanksgiving weekend compared to the same period last year, according to the New York ...
REMAINS HINT AT HORROR IN MEXICO.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: SAM DILLON and JIM YARDLEY New York Times CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials, fearful that scores of people may have been killed by a drug gang, searched the grounds at a farm outside this city on the Texas border Tuesday and discovered ...
HONESTY BEST POLICY FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: WILL LESTER Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Sherry Epperly says honesty is the most important trait for a presidential candidate, ahead of compassion, leadership skills and philosophy of government. She's hardly alone among voters this election year. In an ...
DOCTOR MUST PAY SCHWARZENEGGER.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... A Berlin court ordered a doctor Tuesday to pay $10,500 to Arnold Schwarzenegger and retract his 1998 prediction that the actor didn't have much longer to live. Dr. Willi Heepe, a Berlin heart specialist and sports doctor, made the comment during a radio interview while discussing the ...
CRITICS DECRY BENIGNI FOR `COURT JESTER' ANTICS.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... When Roberto Benigni dined with the Clintons at a gala dinner in Florence, he goofed around shamelessly in front of political leaders, mugging for the cameras and hugging the first couple. Not everyone was amused. Ever since the Nov. 19 dinner, Italian commentators ...
BALTIMORE COPS REFUSE OT FOR ROCK GROUP'S CONCERT.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Baltimore police officers are refusing to work overtime at a concert by a rock group that has donated money to the defense fund of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. The city's more than 3,000 officers heeded a plea from their union not to sign up for 10 voluntary overtime ...
HESTON TO READ AT JEWISH CENTER DESPITE OPPOSITION CHARLTON HESTON.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... says he won't back down from giving a reading at a Jewish center despite opposition from a group that advocates gun control. Heston's appearance Thursday at the Skirball Center is inappropriate in light of a shooting in August at a Los Angeles Jewish community center, said a ...
REPAIR JOB TO CLOSE LANDMARK.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Washington Monument will close on Monday to complete repairs and may remain closed until June in the busy tourist season. If it reopens then, the $9.6 million job will still beat the original deadline, set more than two ...
BUSH PLAN OFFERS DEEP TAX CUTS.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: RON FOURNIER Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush is proposing a five-year, $483 billion economic package that would slash income tax rates at all levels -- from the working poor to the very rich -- and change the tax code ...
GUN TRACING GIVEN A HELPING HAND.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN Times Union Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- A new computer program unveiled Tuesday by the federal government should help state and local law enforcement authorities quickly trace guns used in crimes. The program, called Online LEAD, ...
KOREANS FLOCK TO CHICKEN PLANT JOBS.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: Washington Post SALISBURY, Md. -- Hundreds of white-collar, middle-class South Koreans, desperate to emigrate to the United States, are paying as much as $30,000 each to work in chicken plants on the Eastern Shore. Immigration brokers advertise the poultry ...
X-RATED CABLE TV GETS HEARING IN COURT.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: Washington Post WASHINGTON -- In a spirited argument before the Supreme Court Tuesday, a lawyer for Playboy Entertainment described a federal law designed to block sexually explicit cable programs from child viewers as ``regulatory overkill.'' But a government attorney ...
SINN FEIN LEADER BEGINS EDUCATION POST.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: SHAWN POGATCHNIK Associated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Five years ago, Martin McGuinness first stepped into Stormont Parliamentary Building, the Belfast headquarters of his lifelong British enemies, to enter negotiations opposite suspicious civil servants. ...
CHINESE DISSIDENT FORCIBLY DETAINED.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: RENEE SCHOOF Associated Press BEIJING -- Police have forced a veteran Chinese dissident to return to a psychiatric hospital after he said he might publicly discuss his seven years confined to the institution, a human rights group reported Tuesday. According ...
ANTI-TERRORISM PREPAREDNESS FALLS SHORT, AUDIT FINDS.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: -- Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The government's medical stockpiles for dealing with chemical or biological terrorism are poorly managed, often lacking vital drugs and adequate security, congressional auditors said Tuesday. The General Accounting Office, an ...
NASA SPACECRAFT BACK ON TRACK FOR MARS LANDING.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: -- Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Polar Lander is in excellent shape and on track for a safe landing Friday, mission controllers said Tuesday after fine-tuning the spacecraft's path toward the Red Planet. The $165 million probe's thrusters ...
JUDGE OKS DOW CORNING'S $4.5B RECOVERY PLAN.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: -- Associated Press BAY CITY, Mich. -- A federal judge on Tuesday approved Dow Corning Corp.'s $4.5 billion plan to emerge from bankruptcy, calling his action ``the end to the first chapter'' of one of the costliest cases of its kind in U.S. history. The plan ...
RAMSEYS SLAP TABLOID WITH $25M LIBEL SUIT.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: -- Associated Press ATLANTA -- John and Patsy Ramsey filed a $25 million lawsuit against the Star on Tuesday, alleging the supermarket tabloid libeled their son with stories calling him the prime suspect in the killing of his sister, JonBenet. The federal ...
PAID CHILD-CARE LEAVE QUERIED.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Few states are expected to pay new parents' unemployment benefits any time soon under an experimental program that President Clinton outlined Tuesday. ``I believe giving states the flexibility to experiment with paid employment ...
NEW CHECHEN FORCE RECRUITED FOR RUSSIA.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: Associated Press ACHKOI-MARTAN, Russia -- The convicted embezzler tapped to head the Moscow-backed government in Chechnya collected and armed recruits for a paramilitary force during a tour Tuesday of a Russian-held Chechen city. Meanwhile, Moscow shrugged off ...
RUSSIA DETAINS AMERICAN IN SPY PROBE.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: DAVID HOFFMAN and WALTER PINCUS Washington Post Russia briefly detained an American diplomat Tuesday, accusing her of spying and saying she was ``caught red-handed.'' The Russian foreign minister said the American would be leaving Moscow soon. The temporary ...
VIEQUES MISSION SCALED BACK.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: STEWART M. POWELL Times Union Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- With White House approval expected for limited target practice to resume on the Puerto Rico island of Vieques, a Navy-Marine Corps battle group sets sail beginning today for combat preparations on the island ...
BRAIN DAMAGE TIED TO GULF WAR ILLNESS.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: BRENDA C. COLEMAN Associated Press CHICAGO -- Brain scans of soldiers who believe they suffer from Gulf War illness suggest they have brain damage, possibly from chemicals they were exposed to during the conflict, researchers reported Tuesday. The researchers ...
PLANE CRASH TRIAL CHARGES REDUCED.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: CATHERINE WILSON Associated Press MIAMI -- A jet-repair mechanic was cleared Tuesday of eight hazardous materials charges in the criminal trial stemming from the crash of ValuJet Flight 592. Prosecutors failed to prove mechanic Eugene Florence recklessly ...
STUDY: SMOKERS' WIVES PUT AT RISK.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: PAUL RECER Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Secondhand cigarette smoke may be more dangerous than previously believed, researchers say. Their study found that some women are as much as six times as likely to develop lung cancer if they live with smokers. An ...
BONES OF YOUNG T. REX FOUND IN MIDWEST.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: MALCOLM RITTER Associated Press NEW YORK -- The first nearly complete skeleton of a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex has been found in South Dakota and is being prepared for study in a Texas laboratory, researchers said Tuesday. ``It really did knock my socks off,'' ...
PILL FOR TEEN GIRLS TRIGGERS DEBATE.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: CLAR NI CHONGHAILEA Associated Press PARIS -- The French government's decision to make the morning-after pill available to teenage girls at schools has unleashed a fierce debate in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation. Parents and health officials are ...
KUWAITI WOMEN'S RIGHTS BILL FALLS SHORT.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: DIANA ELIAS Associated Press KUWAIT -- Kuwaiti women lost the chance to become part of the political scene in their oil-rich state Tuesday when Parliament rejected a bill to give them the right to vote and run for office. The 32-30 vote was the second letdown ...
ANTITRUST SIDES TALK WITH MEDIATOR.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: MIKE ROBINSON Associated Press CHICAGO -- Justice Department lawyers, state attorneys general and representatives of Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday met for the first time with a court-appointed mediator in an effort to settle the government's antitrust case against the ...
U.S. TURNS OVER FINAL BASE IN PANAMA.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press FORT CLAYTON, Panama -- As children cheered and Panama's flag replaced the Stars and Stripes, Panama's president received a symbolic key to the final U.S. military base in the former Canal Zone on Tuesday, a month before the canal itself ...
LIFE GOES ON AROUND AREA OF GRIM SEARCH.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: REBECA RODRIGUEZ Fort Worth Star-Telegram CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- Brenda Balandran clutched her infant son and stared at the masked men in black with rifles dangling at their sides. ``This is hard to believe,'' she said. ``Imagine all this going on in such a ...
TEAR GAS FILLS SEATTLE STREETS AS WTO SAYS TALKS WILL GO ON.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: DAVID E. SANGER and JOSEPH KAHN New York Times SEATTLE -- Four members of President Clinton's Cabinet and hundreds of other American officials came to Seattle this week to push America's agenda on free trade. Instead, they spent Tuesday trying to negotiate ...
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE ADDS YEARS FOR ITS ENJOYMENT, STUDY FINDS.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: PAUL RECER Associated Press WASHINGTON -- What's a healthful lifestyle worth? Maybe six to 10 extra years of life, new research suggests. Dramatic benefits are shown for people who don't smoke and who maintain low cholesterol and blood pressure levels. ...
KOHL ADMITS SECRET PAY.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: EDMUND L. ANDREWS New York Times FRANKFURT, Germany -- The former German chancellor, Helmut Kohl, who has been facing widening accusations of having run illegal political slush funds, admitted Tuesday that he had used cash from secret bank accounts to help local branches ...
COCKPIT DISPUTE MAY HAVE CAUSED NORWAY JET CRASH.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 1999 ... Byline: Associated Press OSLO, Norway -- A cockpit dispute over a Russian airliner's position may have caused the worst air crash in Norwegian history, when the jet slammed into an arctic mountain in 1996 and killed 141 people, a commission said Tuesday. The Russian ...