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Newspaper
Free Press
Location
Trumansburg, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1969
Page
12
Thousands of crippled children nationwide benefited as Trumansburg residents donated to the Easter Seal Campaign. The 1969 drive runs March 1 to April 6 and coin canisters will be in stores this weekend to support Crippled Kids.
Frank C. Finch of Trumansburg NY sends a letter from Albany criticizing rising taxes and state spending under Gov. Rockefeller. He cites the New York State Taxpayer issue and urges legislators to oppose unjust programs while noting Saint David’s Day Welsh customs and Welsh investiture plans.
Do You Remember? Do You Remember? from Trumansburg Newspapers by Gertrude Carman sketches local recollections from 1874 to 1894. It notes a probable steam laundry, a Washington Birthday celebration at the M E Chapel, a tornado and flood commentary, a Baptist Women Hard Times Sociable, and a medical advert for Dr Miles Restorative Nervine.
Editors at the New York Press Association hear Perry B. Duryea Jr. push changes in the Albany power structure. He reduced standing committees from 35 to 20 and extended their life, shifting bills through the rules committee. Analysts debate whether this marks genuine statesmanship or continued political maneuvering. Conservation foresters report private woodland owners improving nearly 4000 acres of maple sugar and syrup lands.
A first person reflection questions the daily pledge at the start of school, comparing it to morning prayers and Nazi or fascist rituals. The writer imagines varied reactions from students and asks if the pledge is necessary or meaningful for the average student.
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