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The Post-Star from Glens Falls, New York • 1

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The Post-Stari
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Glens Falls, New York
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STAR OFFERS A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE HOOTING FOR GTATE TITLE THIS WEEKEND. crTi'-in i nn r7f Hamilton foyl Foyle and Norwich's Lazor are playcr3 to watch. CI DOYS MATCHUPS: CIVIC CENTER ACTION. C2-C3 GIRLS MATCHUPS: QUEENSOURY HIGH 13 HOST. C4-C5 3 FCISBAV March 18, 1994 7Tporrn nPlTTTT "i 00th Year, 119th Issuo Newsstand Price 500 Homo Newspaper of The Adirondack Region Glens Falls, New York DOYS AT CJIVIC ENTE Argyls'a showing helps attract 19,884.

2O.O00 Ike, llomnamBMft at crossroads Hoops elite again comes to town Will 1 5,000 10,000 5,000 WMfewafer Stephanopoulos subpoenaed By Kon Tlnjley Sports Editor hi. ii 82 83 8 JS I 87 88 1 SO 91 92 93 When the state basketball tournaments convene again today in Glens Falls and Queensbury it HIGH 8,000 1 r-ri Four Section II teams help draw 7,615 I at a crossroads. Both the boys and girls tournaments are committed to Glens Falls and Queensbury through 1995's tournaments, but both are up for bid this year for another three-year contract. Presentations for the boys tournament will be held this morning at the Queensbury Hotel. Albany, Binghamton, Niagara Falls and Glens Falls are expected to make presentations this morning.

Glens Falls will be the last to present its case when tournament director Doug Kenyon and Dr. Bob Kana speak before representatives of each of the state's 1 1 sections. "I look at this as preparing for a ballgame," Kenyon said. "We've done the right things, we have prepared well and we have a lot of experience. Our goal has been to Soo Hoops: Cck Pago By Larry EJtarcasck Associated Press WASHINGTON The Senate voted to hold hearings on Whitewater while special counsel Robert Fiske subpoenaed senior White House advisor George Stephanopoulos.

Earlier Thursday, departing White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum testified four hours before the grand jury while Fiske met with leaders on Capitol Hill urging them not to hinder him with congressional hearings. The Senate agreement was approved 98-0 after weeks of bitter artisan wrangling, with Repub-icans demanding hearings fairly soon and Democrats preferring to 6,000 2,000 Yj 1 ri I II Jf r11 92 93 will be the continuation of what is fast becoming not just an event, but a New York state tradition. When Tuckahoe and Prattsburg tip off at the Glens Falls Civic Center at 1 p.m., the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Boys State Basketball Tournament will begin a 14th straight year in Glens Falls. The girls tournament is being held for the 12th straight year at Queensbury High and tips off at 3 p.m. But once again the tournament is wait, to avoid interference with Fiske.

After duy-long negotiations between Majority Leader George Mitchell and Minority Leader Robert Dole, both sides claimed victory. The resolution said the two leaders will "meet and determine the appropriate timetable" for Whitewater hearings but set no date. Fiske has urged Congress not to hold hearings on any matter he's actively investigating. He said he likely would finish the White House phase of his investigation in matter of weeks or months and would not object to Congress holding hearings on that phase when he's finished. The resolution stated the hearings Soo Hearings: Noxt Pago Court Post-Star graphic Note: 1982 girts tourney played at Union College.

Appei granted talk.es BL-MMP 2iS IIP I line rai r-'crr- a jfi 1 Cy Paul Ertolt Staff Writer Warren County is getting more than $2 million in federal funds to buy nearly 40 miles of scenic railroad line and to extend the county's bicycle trail, state officials announced Thursday. That money is part of $12.6 million in federal transportation funds going to upstate projects under a new program being administered by the state Department of Transportation. The total cost of the projects has been estimated at $16.9 million. Federal funds also have been made available for a stormwater system in Lake George, a bike and pedestrian path system in Saratoga Springs, a tawpath trail on the Old Champlain Canal in Schuylerville and a railroad and mining interpretive center in Port Henry. In all, 28 upstate transportation-related projects will get assistance in this round of funding from the 1991 federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act.

"These projects are unique in that Soe Rail: Noxt Pago 40 jobs Nell Murray aborttion Arguments given in landmark case By Bavld Baudor Associated Press ALBANY In a case that brought protesters to the door of the state's highest court, the Court of Appeals heard arguments Thursday on whether women have a right to abortion under New York's state constitution. The court was asked to decide whether a five-year-old state program to fund prenatal services for poor working women is unconstitutional because it specifically excludes abortions. A trial court, saying the program pressured eligible women toward childbirth, said the state constitution protects a woman's right to an abortion. Activists from both sides packed the courtroom for arguments that stretched more than an hour. About a dozen anti-abortion demonstrators briefly picketed in front of the courthouse on Wednesday.

"This is the Roe v. Wade for New York," said Donna Lieberman, director of the reproductive rights section of the New York Civil Liberties Union, citing the U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized abortion. New York's prenatal program provides services to women not poor enough to be on Medicaid, but who make less than $1,135 per month. But the legislation specifically excluded abortions.

New York is one of a dozen states that pays for abortions for women on Medicaid. The law was challenged by Jane Soo Court: Noxt Pago The middle portion of the abandoned State Theater's roof caved in Wednesday evening in Ticonderoga. Collapse drives 45 from Iiomes By Noll Murray Correspondent TICONDEROGA The day after the partial collapse of the abandoned State Theater, much of downtown remained off-limits to traffic, seven businesses were closed and at least 45 people were still homeless. When half of the roof on the three-story theater caved in Wednesday evening, officials swiftly evacuated everyone living within a 200-foot radius and cordoned off a long block on Montcalm Street, the town's main thoroughfare. At 2 p.m.

Thursday, authorities met with displaced residents at the firehouse and announced that two buildings across the street from the theater the town's only coin laundry and the Niagara Mohawk office could safely be occupied, provided only rear "I know this is a big Supervisor Michael Connery told the evacuees, "but public safety has to come first." Montcalm Street also will stay closed to all traffic until the building's demolition is complete. Connery said officials were arranging for a contractor to tear down the building and he hopes that life in the theater area can return to normal three days after demolition work begins. Later, Connery announced that the town will have a crane in place by noon Friday to knock down the theater before it can collapse further. All the town's costs will be billed to James Cawley, the State Theater's last recorded owner, Connery said. But since Cawley, who went bankrupt trying to restore the theater, probably can't pay the Soo CoHapso: Back Pago slashed at 'I know this is a big inconvenience, but public safety has to come Michael Connery Ticonderoga supervisor and side entrances are used.

But other buildings will have to remain vacant until the theater is torn down, Essex County Disaster Preparedness Director Ray Thatcher explained, because one of the theater's remaining roof trusses is coming loose, making a further collapse possible. The theater's side walls are pushed against neighboring buildings, and officials fear a domino effect if the pressure becomes too great. Travelers By CHI Richmond Staff Writer Ir 1 "1 ill Tll. p. ff 3 s-tn "ifcyC .1 Forty employees at The Travelers insurance company office in Queensbury lost their jobs this week, as the company continues a plan to lay off 5,000 workers across the country.

The announcement came Tuesday, and Jim Kalach, a spokesman at the Hartford, coiforate headquarters said the move is "a result of an ongoing expense-reduction initiative" which the company started last fall. The cuts at the local office, located in the Northway Plaza, represent a 15 percent reduction from the 300 workers employed before Tuesday, Kalach said. The layoffs were based on both the company-wide plan and the Soo Jobs: Back Pago Lottery B2 Movies B14-15 Obituaries B8 Opinion A7 Religion B4-5 Sports C1-12 Stocks B18 TVPuzzles D2 Amusements B14 Ann Landers B7 Births B8 Bulletin Board B9 Classified 03-12 Comics B16 Horoscope B7 Local -7 vTf, inn Fs. fi VtCvSi-Ct t' 13 -J, v.orXto birthir-3 memorable and comfortab'a. D1 W' Cncaa Catholic rrjr 2, a convent in Fl 3 wiSI new recovering alcoholics trying to got back cn their feet 01 for the R3d Wlrs, who defeated Rochestsr 6-4 Thursday.

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