Falls police report 1974 arrests up 124 percent
Hoosick Falls Police Chief Royal Howard submitted the 1974 annual report showing 697 arrests, 123 auto accidents, 744 complaint calls, and fines totaling 8077.80. The rise reflects improved efficiency and higher crime rates, aided by new radar for speeding arrests.
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Royal Howard
Rensselaer County
FBI
New York
Niagara Mohawk Power Co
Howard
Boorstein to Lecture on Cuban and Chilean Revolutions
Williamstown economist Edward Boorstein will discuss A Comparison of the Cuban and Chilean Revolutions at 7 30 p m Monday January 13 in Fitch Prospect Lounge Williams College. He advised the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Trade from 1960 to 1963 and served as an economic adviser to President Salvador Allende of Chile in 1972 73.
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Williamstown
Mass
Edward Boorstein
Fitch- Prospect
Williams College
Boorstein
Ministry of Foreign Trade
Salvador Allende
Chile
White Creek Dance to Benefit Building Association at Jermain Hall
A community event in White Creek features a Saturday Jan 11 dance at Jermain Community Hall to aid the building association with Cottrells orchestra providing music. Also notes New York visitors, church elections, schedule changes, 4-H Club activities, catechism classes resume.
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Jermain
Building Association
Cottrell
Hoosick Falls Hosts County Music Festival and Classes
Hoosick Falls Central School to host the Rensselaer County Music Educators Association festival on Saturday with 61 district students in bands and choruses. Rehearsals start at noon. concert at 7:30 p.m. Tickets at door. Also, winter adult education begins next week with tax form course by attorney Gerald Harley starting Jan 14, plus art, woodshop, sewing courses. Driver road training starts Jan 18. registration Jan 13.
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Hoosick Falls Central School
Rensselaer County Music Educators Association
Gerald Harley
Hoosick Falls
Bloodmobile visit to Manchester urges donors this winter
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will stop at Zion Episcopal Parish House in Manchester on Wednesday January 15 from noon to 530 PM. Dorset and Manchester residents are urged to donate as the seasonal need is urgent, with Mrs R S Fenn as the Dorset Bloodmobile chairman overseeing the event.
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Manchester
Dorset
Red Cross
Zion Episcopal Parish House
R.S. Fenn
Dorset Bloodmobile
Hoosick Falls student performs split at school gym exhibit
Sheila Knapp, third grade pupil at Hoosick Falls Central School, executes a balance beam split under the guidance of Cindy Thomson, elementary athletic instructor, during a rehearsal week for the Elementary Gym Exhibit on Tuesday January 14 at 7 30 p.m. in the school gym.
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Sheila Knapp
Hoosick Falls Central School
Cindy Thomson
Vermont elects Democrat Speaker amid GOP majority claim
In Montpelier UPI Vermont House elected a Democrat speaker breaking tradition though Republicans stressed the vote did not make Democrats the majority. GOP leader Richard Snelling noted committee majorities remain with the Republicans and warned against claiming a party takeover. Democratic leader Thomas Candon acknowledged Republicans remain the majority and urged accountability for legislative actions.
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Gelling
Thomas Candon
D-Rutland
Land speculation rises in Vermont amid 1974 sales surge
Vermont officials reported a rebound in land speculation despite broader recession effects. Seventy three sales of more than 100 acres occurred in 1974, up from the prior year, with thirty of those sales going to non Vermonters. Environmental Conservation Secretary Martin Johnson warned that Vermont remains available for purchase.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Environmental Conservation
Martin Johnson
Burgess bids farewell as lieutenant governor sworn in
John S. Burgess spoke to Vermont senators as his successor assumed the post. He urged aid for dairy farmers and the unemployed, called for government supported temporary work, urged industrial attraction, rail transport to curb gasoline costs, and added focus on elderly assistance amid a shifting economy.
State officials told not to print names on stationery
Gov. Salmon administration orders officials to stop listing names on official stationery to save costs on destruction and reorders and to allow bulk purchasing. Administration Secretary Robert Wilson cited ongoing name changes and bulk supply benefits as the rationale.
Grant funds expand Groton State Forest land in Vermont
UPI reports a $38,250 grant approved by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation to acquire 73 acres in Peacham Vermont for Groton State Forest expansion. The grant will be matched by state funds, enabling the land purchase to broaden the forest.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
Groton State Forest
Vermont
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Jeffords
Peacham
Grand jury clears New York trooper in teen’s New Year shooting
Albany County grand jury returns a no bill for a state trooper who shot 17-year-old Keith Ballou as he ran across a field near the Thruway on New Year’s Day. In Green Island Bendix and Ford announce layoffs affecting over 400 workers. In Troy a 4-year-old girl, Sarah Murphy, saves two children from a burning cellar heater, but the house and 16 relatives are left homeless.
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Albany
Albany County
Keith Ballou
Thruway
Green Island
Bendix
Ford
Troy
Sarah Murphy
Murphy
Pittsfield crackdown targets outdoor ads in Berkshire
Nearly 30 Pittsfield businesses are told to remove illegal outdoor advertising or face a 100 dollar fine plus 20 dollars daily for noncompliance. The action comes as the state Outdoor Advertising Division cites a new inspector.
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Pittsfield
State
Adams Waste Plant Faces Back-to-Back Budget Deficit
For the second straight year the Adams waste water treatment plant will run a deficit due to soaring electric rates and high chemical prices. The shortfall is expected to be about 80000 dollars.
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Adams
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