Wednesday, October 29, 1987 Compulsive Gambling Can’t Be Cured, But It Can Be Controlled He’s the guy with a pocketful of cash and no money for rent. She’s the woman who works two jobs and never has a new dress. They’re already in debt, but they have to borrow another ten or twenty dollars, just until tomorrow. Their lives revolve around money — the money they had yesterday or might have tomorrow...
Cyclists Pause Here on Journey Around the Globe Wednesday, February 26, 1987 Two young men traveled out of India to explore the far corners of the Earth and found…Canarsie. And seen through their eyes, Canarsie and the rest of New York City are exotic, a place they find both fascinating and puzzling. Purushotham Hannappa and Prassanna Kumar are taking two or three years between college and career...
Thursday, January 15, 1987 Young Man beginning to Emerge From Coma The news that he couldn’t spend Christmas with his family in Canarsie left Johnny Fantauzzi upset. After all, he has not been home since his motorcycle accident two summers earlier. But even though his parents, John and Angie, were disappointed also, they found something encouraging in the thwarted visit. Their son had responded...
Wednesday, January 8, 1987 A man suspected in 15 consecutive burglaries on a single block of Rockaway Parkway was arrested Friday night as he allegedly tried to break his way into a store, police report. Twenty-seven-year old Ronald Hale of St. Albans, Queens, has been charged with one count of attempted burglary and may face further charges, according to Community Affairs Officer Warren Neal of...
Wednesday, January 8, 1987 Albert and Ethel Isaacs of Canarsie owe th eir escape from last week’s catastropohic hotel fire in PUerto Rico to one another — and to luck, they said in their home Monday. The couple stumbled and groped their way down 18 flights of smoke-filled stairwell to survive the New Year’s Eve conflagration that killed nearly 100 others. Five days later they were still shaken...
Wednesday, October 29, 1987 With Atlantic City just a few hours away by bus, and an OTB just a short walk away, Canarsie has its share of gamblers. And of course there are all the other kinds of gambling you can find anywhere — poker games, sports betting, perhaps even some video machines with cash payoffs for trusted regulars. Gamblers Anonymous allows that some gambling is relatively harmless...
Wednesday, June 12, 1985 Meramec caverns at Stanton was shut down for two days this week after a mass of stone crashed through the roof of the building at the cave’s entrance, injuring four of the Sunday visitors and causing an estimated $15,000 to $20,00 in damage. A mother and daughter from Florissant and a couple from Mexico, Mo., received minor injuries from flying material when a large slab...
Wednesday, September 26, 1984 At least two business owners are worried about the blasting being done in downtown Union, but officials say the worst part of the blasting is over with. Workers for Unnerstall Contracting Co., Pacific, recently have been blasting a trench near city hall for installation of a new sanitary-sewer trunk line. At least one business owner says the explosions damaged his...
Wednesday, September 26, 1984 A small bear named Albert is back at his home near Leslie following a three-month journey that very people — and only one bear — have been lucky enough to take. Albert is a teddy bear who was given by his owners, Aimee and Elizaberth Perakes, aged 11 and nine, to Olympic torchbearers when the torch caravan passed through Franklin county June 6. Albert traveled with...