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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1965
Page
3
The fragment lists staff roles for the Irvington Gazette with names including Malcolm M. Roy as editor and publisher and Joseph F. Rowan with circulation and mechanical staff. The line breaks and punctuation are inconsistent, preserving uncertainty about exact titles and positions.
William Hoppen urges public consideration of a southern Hudson River Expressway and Yonkers Thruway spur. He warns it could create a massive interstate nexus along the river, disrupt Irvington Hastings and Dobbs Ferry, and affect Hudson Division service. He recalls past fights and calls for nonpartisan village and valley planning.
The article quotes Congress members criticizing welfare funding and foundation grants. Thomas B Curtis claims private foundations disburse little welfare money but seed worthwhile efforts to catalyze larger societal impact. Robert Michel warns against chilling dissent over federal grants. Melvin Laird cites 89th Congress spending about 127 billion dollars to illustrate federal expenditure scales.
Five years ago the Cross Westchester Expressway opened its final section reducing travel time across the county. Irvington postmen received a new delivery truck amid the Christmas rush. Greenburgh’s tax rate was trimmed from 80 to 77 percent with a hearing planned in Albany.
Irv ington school menus list daily meals for the week with milk. Monday raviola and meat in tomato sauce with tossed green salad citrus fruit cup. Tuesday hamburger on bun buttered carrots apricots milk. Wednesday minute steak on bun kernel corn fruited jello milk. Thursday oven browned chicken buttered rice green beans apple milk. Friday tomato soup grilled cheese carrot sticks chocolate pudding milk. Bread and butter served with all meals.
Franklin is credited as an early proponent of daylight saving time, praised by contemporaries as ahead of his era. The anecdote recalls him in France, pondering energy savings by shifting clocks, a concept later adopted by millions in the United States despite initial skepticism.
Police Chief Roger A Fallon urges Irvington drivers to prepare for winter driving hazards. He cites guidance from the National Safety Council and emphasizes keeping lights, wipers, and defrosters in order, maintaining good brakes and traction, and understanding longer stopping distances on ice and snow with and without snow tires or chains.
L Gordon Hamersley Jr of Field Terrace is named vice president of Doremus and Company, to begin January 1. He joined the agency in 1957 after the First National City Bank, is a member of PRSA and NY Financial Advertisers, and is a New Yorker and Harvard graduate. His wife Elsey Van Kleeck of Poughkeepsie and their four children reside locally.
The Greenburgh Town Board awarded Scarsdale Dodge the rental car contract after bids from all departments. Supervisor Vetrano asked Comptroller Wirz Jr. to arrange a meeting with the firm to ensure delivery timing and compliance with specifications. The board also authorized bids for police forms, approved water main payments to Baker Bros., and permitted several local dance hall licenses. Columbus is noted as the first white man to celebrate New Year’s Day in the western hemisphere with a meal for two monarchs in 1493.
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