$1.6 Billion Rockefeller Project Transforms Albany Skyline
The South Mall state office complex in Albany has grown from a 1962 $250 million plan into a $1.6 billion development in 1973. Cost overruns, financing questions, and disputes with contractors slowed completion, while Gov Rockefeller defended the project as a symbol of a renewed capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Clark
Associated Press
Albany
N.Y
South Mall
New York
Arthur Levitt
Twin Towers
Levitt
Nelson A. Rockefeller
America
Empire State Plaza
Rockefeller
Beatrix of the Netherlands
Hudson River
Vate
Albany County
Anolley
Santa Dies tribute lights Fort Morgan in memory of Red Rasmussen
Fort Morgan Colorado turned on its Christmas lights for two hours in tribute to Hubert J. Red Rasmussen the Santa Claus of the town for 25 years He died Christmas Eve at 61 and was buried in Denver Rasmussen a 2 car salesman had no children but played Santa on a fire truck for the annual parade and helped start the town lighting program The city suspended lights during the energy crisis to honor him with officials praising his symbol of Christmas for locals
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Fort Morgan
Colo
Santa Claus
Hubert J. ‘Red’ Rasmussen
Denver
Bill Whittier
Chamber of Commerce
Rasmussen
Glenn B. Morgan
Avalanche kills ski instructor at Park City West resort
A little-used Park City West slope avalanche killed Rex I. Potter 30 of Salt Lake City and lightly injured another instructor. Two others escaped unhurt as snow piled up to over two feet in four days. Potter was found at 12:05 p.m. and died on scene.
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Park City, Utah
Park City West Resort
Summit County
Ron Robinson
Rex I. Potter
Salt Lake City
Frost
Perry
Lester Perry
Richard Parker
Robinson
Potter
Obituary: Hayden Kepley founder of Kepley Barbecue
Hayden Odell Kepley 66 of 2235 West Lexington Ave died after a heart attack at High Point Memorial Hospital. Born in Salisbury, he founded Kepley Barbecue in High Point, retired 1972, and was a Mason and Green Street Baptist Church member. Survived by wife Myrtle, two daughters, a son, four grandchildren, and several siblings. Funeral Monday at Green Street Baptist Church with Masonic rites. burial Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
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Hayden Odell Kepley
West
Lexington Ave
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mr. Kepley
Salisbury
John Wesley
Anna Belle Crawford Kepley
Myrtle Eller
High Point
Albemarle
Kepley Barbecue
Piedmont Lodge
Green Street Baptist Church
Myrtle E. Kepley
W. Charles
Betty) Johnson
Hampshire Ct
R. D
Peggy) Savas
Charlotte
Hayden O. Kepley Jr
Winston-Salem
Anna Belle Kepley
Ada Hall
Hoyle Swicegood
Columbia
S.C
0. K. MacIntosh
John Wise
Marvin
Albert
Homer
Billy Kepley
E. W. Price Jr
W. S. Teachey
Floral Garden Park
Sechrest Funeral Home
Federal Prison Sought For Ray
Tennessee corrections chief Luttrell will wait on two federal court cases before moving James Earl Ray to a federal facility. Ray, 45, is jailed in Nashville for 99 years and in administrative segregation while appealing a trial denial and pursuing a $500,000 suit against state officials. He would soon undergo medical evaluation at a federal center if transferred.
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Mackefeller
Levitt
Albany
South Mall
Pri
Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
Mark Luttrell
James Earl Ray
Luttrell
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Nashville
Brushy Mountain
6Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
Stevens Drops Bid in North Carolina Speaker Race
Asheville Democrat Rep. John Stevens withdraws from the 1977 speaker contest and backs Rep. Liston B. Ramsey of Marshall, with Ramsey courted by supporters statewide. Ramsey faces possible challenges from Rep. Carl J. Stewart Jr. and Rep. William T. Watkins, both longtime budget chiefs.
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Asheville
John
Stevens
North Carolina General Assembly
Liston B. Ramsey
Marshall
House
General Assembly
Ramsey
House Finance Committee
Carl J. Stewart Jr
Gastonia
William T. Watkins
Oxford
Stewart
Watkins
Advisory Budget Commission
Rep
Herschel S. Harkins
Liston
Irving Asks For Parole Or Transfer
Clifford Irving seeks relief from a federal judge by requesting either parole or transfer to a halfway house. He is serving a 242 year term for a hoax Howard Hughes autobiography and is due to be paroled next February 14. He cites desire to be with his two children in Spain and argues for a transfer to a New York halfway house if parole is not granted.
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Danbury, Conn
Clifford Irving
Irving
Howard Hughes
U.S. District Court
Robert C. Zampano
New Haven
Danbury News Times
Spain
New York City
Federal Community Treatment Center
New York
Z. C. Grzegorek
Bureau (of Prisons
Grzegorek
Rex Plastics Tests 34 Day Week In Injection Molding
Carswell runs four departments with the injection molding unit operating near continuously to maximize efficiency. The 34 day workweek is used because automation and continuous operation reduce downtime, unlike other plants. Arnold Avis cautions the plan may not work at all facilities.
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Carswell
Rex Plastics
Arnold Avis
Magnum Force review pills away the grit of Dirty Harry
Robert Marks finds Magnum Force slick and cynical with excessive violence. The script drags through repetitive massacres and lacks suspense or strong characterization while Clint Eastwood as Harry yields to vigilantism.
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Harry Calahan
San Francisco Police Dept
Harry
Magnum Force
Center Theatre
San Francisco
Dirty Harry
Robert Marks
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Disneyland
Chicago
John Hancock Center
Houston
Astrodome
Equitable
J & K Plumbing and Heating Co
Binghamton
Walsh and
Corbetta
Avalanche
Dick Frost
Park City Resort
Kennedy
Caroline
John F. Kennedy Jr
H. O. Kepley
Hunsucker Infant
Angelia Dawn Hunsucker
James
Ida Caveness Hunsucker
Rt. 2
Randleman
James Hunsucker Jr
Linny Hunsucker
Troy
E. W. Caveness Sr
S. Main St
B. A. Hunsucker
W. C. Loftin Sr
Wade Caveness
Liberty Hill Baptist Church
James Caviness
Cumby Mortuary
Harkins
East
Mountains
Piedmont
John Milius
Michael Cimino
Milius
Ted Post
Clint Eastwood
Hal Holbrook
Briggs
Calahan
Law and Order
SET AG
Johnnie Helen Lane
Rankin Memorial United Methodist Church
Laura Black
First Reformed United Church of Christ
Netta Prigg Denton
Hankin Memorial United Methodist Chuvele
Mamie Foster Cass
Sechrest Chapel
Chestnut Dr
Henry Grady Jarrett
Highland United Methodist Church
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