Williamstown Theatre Festival opens with planed July Fourth main event
Williamstown Massachusetts announces opening nights for four events at Adams Memorial Theatre. The season runs to August 31 with six or seven new productions and possible repeats. Second Company opens June 30 with tours to follow. Cabaret opens June 29 with a July 4 special. Apprentice Workshop debuts July 11. Overall festival titled Williamstown Theatre Festival includes 40 Second Company performances and 60 main stage and Cabaret shows. Plans include Sunday night events to boost attendance during gasless Sundays and regional hotel and restaurant cooperation.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williamstown Theatre
Adams Memorial Theatre
Nikos Psacharopoulos
Williamstown Theatre Foundation
New York
Psacharopoulos
Young drowning victim found after ice accident in Greenfield
Brent Linden eight year old boy fell through ice while playing with friends on the Green River. Volunteer skin divers recovered the body over the weekend after days of searching the river bottom.
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Greenfield
Mass
Suspended Hoosick Falls officer arraigned on firearm charge
Hoosick Falls police officer Harry E. Von Haggin Jr. of Boyntonville, suspended after his Thursday arrest by IRS ATF agents, was arraigned in Albany on a felony charge of selling firearms to an out of state resident. He was released on his own recognizance and will have a preliminary hearing Friday. Von Haggin, a former Cohoes officer, joined Hoosick Falls on Jan 1 and is a licensed gun dealer in the state.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Harry E. von Haggin Jr
Boyntonville
Hoosick Falls Village
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division
Internal Revenue Service
Albany
von Haggin
West Arlington Bird Count Figures Reported
West Arlington residents tallied birds from the February 9 and 10 count. Mrs. J. Donald Simson notes 83 callers versus 81 in 1973, with cardinals totaling 308 (173 male, 135 female) and titmice 17. In 1973 cardinals totaled 275 (139 male, 136 female) with titmice 24. Cardinal flocks appear larger, with eight callers reporting flocks of eight to ten and one group of seven male and seven female cardinals. Mrs. Simson thanks participants and invites more reports on birds.
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West Arlington
J. Donald Simson
Titmice
Police Chief Grants Gas Credit to Coast Guard Cars
Imperial Beach California police faced a gas shortage at the public works yard. To keep 10 patrol cars running, Police Chief Frank Lecount issued his city-pad gas credit card to officers to buy gasoline.
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Imperial Beach
Calif
UPI
Frank Lecount
Ethan Allen slide show on hiking in Nepal
In Manchester on Friday February 22 at Ethan Allen Community College a Nepal hiking slide show will be narrated by Anne Mansolff. The event supports the scholarship fund helping students with tuition. Admission is 25 cents for children and one dollar for adults.
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Manchester
Ethan Allen Community College
Nepal
Bonnet St
Anne Mansolff
Ethan Allen
Anne Haas
Manchester Center
Walloomsac Hoosick Falls Health Center Auxiliary February meeting
The Walloomsac Hoosick Falls Health Center Auxiliary met Thursday at 2 p.m. with Hazel Hill presiding. Snowstorm delayed January minutes. reports showed a total of 724 dollars from donation day and food sale. A new updown bed was purchased. a nominating committee was named for 1974 officers. March visitors listed. members distributed gifts for March birthdays. An order was placed for two boxes of Santi Sorb. Bertha's Angels reported 15 pads with 18 workers on Feb 14.
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Hoosick Falls Health Center
Hazel Hill
Miss Hill
Margaret Mahar
Helen Hogan
Jane Behan
Mary Smith
Mary Jenkins
Kate Button
Mildred Moseley
Bertha’s Angels
Briton buys rare Hitler photo album at LA auction
An unidentified Briton paid 2800 dollars for a photo album containing 390 personal pictures of Adolf Hitler. The item, one of only three in existence, was bought by a London man who then paid 1000 dollars for several dozen unmounted photos of the Fuhrer believed to be from his personal photographer. Sotheby Parke Bernet officials said the winning bid came via telegraph from London.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Adolf Hitler
London
Sotheby-Parke
Bernet
Bodies of Leibach brothers recovered after river search
In Hoosick Falls New York the 10 year old Jackie Leibach was found in the Hoosic River with his 5 year old brother Timmy already dead. A four day search by 1300 volunteers from civil defense rescue squads fire departments and National Guard units culminated in the recovery. The brothers had moved to Hoosick Falls from Troy last May and their funeral services were held.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Leibach
Hoosic River
River Street Bridge
Jackie Leibach
William Kinney
Bennington Fire Department
John Littlefield
Pittstown
Jackie
Timmy Leibach
George Driscoll
Willis
Petersburg
Timmy
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Paul Bushey
R.D. 1
John J. Marra
Cohoes
St. Rita’s Church
Anthony Pompei
Waterford Road
Bennington
John Charles Leibach
Timothy Joseph Leibach
Hoosick Falls Central School
John E
Stella Mae
John Leibach
Fifth St
Hoosick
New York State Police
New York Army National Guard
John C
Baker
Albany
Bennington County
William Mattison
Bennington County Civil Defense
North Bennington
Bennington County Sherriff Department
Donald Greenslet
Benedict Nowik
Rensselaer County
Civil Defense
American Red Cross
Hoosick Area
New York National Guard
Susan Hickey
Joan Pokines
Arlington girl wins Crocker competition
Dianne Dusha of Arlington is named 1973 74 Betty Crocker Family Leader of Tomorrow after excelling in the Dec 4 written knowledge and attitude test. She becomes eligible for state and national honors with awards from General Mills, including a $1 500 college scholarship for state winners and a chance at higher national funds. the program has awarded millions since 1954 55 with 703 074 students this year in 14 463 schools.
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Arlington
Dianne Dusha
Betty Crocker
Dianne
General Mills, Inc
the Annals of America
General Mills
North Adams State College praised for energy savings plan
Governor Sargent and Education Secretary Cronin commended North Adams State College for energy conservation. The school cut fuel use by 20 percent from late 1973 to early 1974, saving about 14 000 gallons in three weeks, by thermostats lighting shutdowns and extended winter break.
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North Adams
Mass
North Adams State College
Francis W. Sargent
Joseph W. Cronin
Anthony F. Ceddin
Sargent
Ceddia
Manchester Vital Statistics and Town Meeting Notices 1973
Manchester town clerk issues a 1973 vital statistics notice summarizing births of Manchester parents deaths and marriages registered in 1973 with a call to verify records. It also announces sample ballots for town meeting and dog licensing reminders including rabies vaccination guidance and a death notice for Miss Sylvia Bergstein, sister of the assistant town clerk.
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Board of Selectmen
Manchester
Factory Point National Bank
Reed’s Store
Mark Skinner
Sylvia Bergstein
Samuel Greenberg
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