Sequoia to become museum in Providence Rhode Island
The yacht Sequoia, once hosting five presidents, changes hands to Thomas Acquinus Malloy who plans a traveling presidential museum based in Providence. He bought the 52 year old vessel for 286000 with furnishings largely removed. Malloy aims for national registry status while basing in Newport and recovering missing memorabilia from photographs.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Providence
R.I
Thomas Acquinas Malloy
Malloy
Florida
Richard Nixon
Herbert Hoover
Carter
Newport
Department of Interior
National Register
Harry Truman
Rensselaer County farmers eligible for low cost Fmha loans
Rensselaer County farms damaged by March rains qualify for Farmers Home Administration loans at 5 percent interest. Eligible losses include damage to buildings land supplies or livestock not insured and production losses of 20 percent or more. Applicants must prove credit unavailability from commercial sources and file through Glenn Kinkade at the US FmHA Agricultural Service Center 813 Warren St Hudson NY 12534.
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Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer
Farmers Home Administration
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rensselaer County
William T. Murphy
Murphy
Glenn Kinkade
USAA
Agricultural Service Center
Warren St
Hudson
Owlkill club auxiliary meets at Center Road rooms
Owlkill Rod and Gun Club Auxiliary held its monthly meeting in Eagle Bridge New York with President Marjorie Lewis presiding. Margaret Everall won an ice chest jug set auction bringing in 24.75. Patches offered for sale colorful owl decorations. Next meeting set for Monday August 1 at 6 pm with room cleanup after.
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Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Owlkill Rod & Gun Club
Center Road
Ms. Everall
Jean Ames
Louise Spear
Fantastik Fair comes to Falls on July 29 30
Fantastik Fair at Immaculate Conception Parish Falls runs Friday July 29 from 6 p.m. and Saturday July 30 from 10 a.m. Fay Driscoll chairs the event with rides for children a book booth arts crafts baked goods plants white elephants a wishing well Humpty Dumpty penny toss a dart game clams the big chance painted faces dolls balloons clowns and a mobile ice cream cart on site.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Immaculate Conception
Fay Driscoll
Stockbridge Antiques Show Plans July 21 23 Preview Event Change
Stockbridge Berkshire Garden Center to host the 17th annual antiques show with 40 dealers July 21 to 23 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A July 22 lecture luncheon tour replaces the garden preview party, moved to the Plain School. Horticultural director C Roy Boutard leads the center tour. Reservations are requested early for the Friday event.
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Stockbridge
Mass
Garden
Plain School
Berkshire Garden Center
C. Roy Boutard
Susan M.M
Russell Carrell
Salisbury, Conn
the Plain School
Main Street
Lamb barbecue precedes Londonderry circus to feed 300
In Londonderry a three ring circus week kicks off with a nine lamb barbecue feeding 300, tickets at four dollars, limited to six per person, sold July 16 at Mountain Valley Health Center with health screenings and a dental consult offered during sale hours. The event, behind the Londonderry Shopping Center, runs Aug 8 at 2 and 8 p.m. and includes a tour lunch and antiques lecture by Russell Carrell.
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Londonderry
Rex Doane
Mountain Valley Health Center
Route 11
Local families spend week with kin in Newburgh and York
White Creek residents Mr. and Mrs. John Olsen and their son John and Mr. and Mrs. Murl Auchmoody of Newburgh New York spent last week at their home. Jo-Annis Tollisen is spending the week in York Maine with the Ralph Quackenbush family of North Hoosick New York.
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John Olsen
John
Murl Auchmoody
Newburgh, N.Y
Jo-Annis Tollisen
York
Ralph Quackenbush
North Hoosick
N.Y
VPIRG Feud with Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant
Vermont Public Interest Research Group accuses the Vermont Yankee plant of battery design flaws risking safety systems. VPIRG cites two battery failures in eight months, while plant spokesmen deny the claims, calling VPIRG incompetent and denying dependence on batteries for safety.
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Montpelier
VPI
Vermont
VPIRG
Vermont Yankee
Herman Bluestein
Vernon
Bluestein
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Lawrence Keyes
D-Vt
Rep
James Jeffords
R-Vt
Consumer Protection Agency
Bicycle-riding bandit robs Albany bank on 10-speed bike
Albany police describe a white male in his 20s who entered the State Bank of Albany on New Scotland Avenue with a canvas bag and note demanding twenties. Teller Deborah Mc Clintock filled the bag with cash and the robber rode off on an orange 10-speed bike toward Morris Street, witnesses say.
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Albany
New Scotland Avenue
State Bank of Albany
Frank Prior
Detective Division
Deborah McClintock
Albany Heir Search Fails as $100000 Estate Goes to State
An unclaimed Williams Press retiree’s estate worth $100000 was turned over to New York State after a lengthy heir search. Just before Surrogate Lawrence E. Kahn decreed the transfer, a phone call from a woman claiming kinship appeared. The godchild of the deceased was told that only blood relatives could inherit.
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Albany
Williams Press
New York
Albany County
Lawrence E. Kahn
William Pfitzer
Kahn
ONeill Visited Berkshire Arts Center in Revitalization Tour
Lt Gov Thomas P ONeill III spent hours in North Adams and Pittsfield touring the Hoostick Community Resources Corp arts complex in Windsor Print Works. He called the project a unique urban revitalization effort and promised to return with his wife and federal assistance. The 150,000 square foot complex hosts about a dozen artisans, Hoostick offices, the Northern Berkshire Council of the Arts, and a travel information center.
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North Adams
Thomas P. O’neill III
Hoostick
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William Shea
Sherburne
Shea
Eileen Lane
Washington County
Thomas Mercure
Owlkill Club
Marjorie Lewis
Margaret Everall
Manchester Selectmen
Manchester
Ivow Corp
Jack
Bennington
Mike Chapman
Henderson S. van Surdam Memorial Bandstand
Wood Memorial Park
Lawn Products Inc
Dunstan St
West Newton
Fienberg
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Faylton
Glen Ellen
Chick Corea
Roberta Flack
Stafford
Lyndonville
Hugh Elder
Miller’s Creek
Vt. 22
Lyndon Center
Highway Department
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O’neil
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