Building Permits Rise Sharp in 1975 June Totals
Building permits through June 19 total about 2.1 million for 1975, surpassing 1974 but far below 1973. Residential projects dominate with two private apartments at 968,000 and 54 unit Riverscape complex costing 536,000, Lakeview Apartments at 432,000, plus 8 single dwellings. Nonresidential accounts 690,000, led by TOPS Supermarket proposal. Demolitions and alterations rise. additions drive costs, with Electroflyte division work at 284,100.
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Lakeview
Route 3
Miller Brewing Co
Columbia Bank
Wells Jewelry
BCG Development Corp
Shapiro's
PCK Union
TOPS
1St Ward
Canalview
Birdseye Div
General Foods
Polish Home
Triangle
Electroflyte Div
Black Clawson
Two Injured In Two Car Accident In Falton
Police report a two car crash at the N Fourth Street and Erie Street intersection Monday afternoon. Gerald Browning 24 and Rivera Sanchez 23 were involved. Sanchez’s infant Chena Tucker aged one month suffered a minor head bruise. Both were released with no serious injury. Patrolman James Norton investigated. no summons issued.
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Falton
Lee Memorial Ao
N. Fourth
Erie Sts
Gerald F. Browning
S. Fourth St
N. Fourth St
Rivera M. Sanchez
W. Broadway
Sanchez
Chena Tucker
James Norton
Fire destroys storage shed at Sandy Creek lumber yard
A major blaze at Sancona Lumber Co. in Sandy Creek damaged a storage shed beside the main building. About 110 firefighters from Sandy Creek Lacona Pulaski Rail City battled the fire first noted at 1 52 am. Multiple alarms were sent to Oswego and surrounding towns as crews fought the flames and investigated a controlled burn later in the day.
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Sandy Creek
Lacona
Pulaski
Rail City
Sancona Lumber Co
Ey Fong
Mexico
Aski
Mansville
Palermo Fire Dept
Burton
Besaw Road
Oswego Fire Co
East Eighth St
Fire Co
Hannibal Fire Dept
Fallbrook Recreation Center
Thompson Road
Oswego
Fulton Council Considers 45-Day All-Day Downtown Parking Trial
Canalview Merchant Association proposes a 45 day all-day parking trial from June 22 on South Second Rochester St in Park N Shop Plaza Fulton. The plan adds about 35 spaces to aid shoppers while construction and utility work proceed downtown. The group seeks permanent expansion and commuter parking outside the core area.
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Fulton
Fulton Council
Canalview Merchant's Association
South Second Rochester St
Park'n Shop Plaza
South First St
Greco
Canalview
Goa
Richard Colegrove
Fulton School Board to Finalize 1975 76 Budget
Special session planned after Accords Board meeting to adopt the final school year budget. State aid details pending. tentative budget set at 7.49 million dollars after June 16 hearing. Items before the board include payroll, retirements, contracts, lunch, milk bids, and transportation matters.
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Fulton
As of Education
Accords Board
S. Revie
Fulton Area Personal News Highlights
Fulton residents and relatives are listed with local hospital stays and movements. Mrs Edward Dean of Fay Street underwent surgery at Lee Memorial Hospital, while Mrs Bessie Diamond of Utica Street is also an inpatient. Several others were admitted or transferred between Michaud Nursing Home and St Luke's Oswego. Francis R Laws from Fulton was commissioned at the Baltimore Police Academy after Oswego Catholic High and Le Moyne College studies.
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LeMoyne College
Syracuse
Laws
Baltimore
Native slug grows to six inches in length
A wildlife report notes one of the largest native slugs can reach up to six inches. It highlights its size among local mollusks and records observations from the region.
Schroeppel Plans Bicentennial Meeting and Flood Insurance
A Schroeppel town meeting is set for Monday June 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Offices to plan the nation’s 200th birthday celebration. Organizers Evelyn Sayers and William Farley invite all to attend and contribute. Also outlined is the town’s eligibility for National Flood Insurance with costs, covered items, exclusions, and policy rules.
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Phoenix
Nix Masonic Temple
Schroeppel
Evelyn Sayers
William Farley
Phoenix Post
Oswego County
VFW
Ecreation Commission
Fulton Blood Drive Surpasses Target With 176 Pints Donated
A Fulton Red Cross blood mobile collected 176 pints led by Right and Nestle with 39 and 30 volunteers. The Syracuse Regional Blood Center had set a 175 pint quota and 15 potential donors were rejected during screening. Other groups include Black Clawson, Armstrong, Container Corp of America, Morrill Press, Niagara Mohawk, Midstate Telephone, Fulton Schools, City of Fulton, and Post Office, plus various individuals in multiple categories.
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Fulton
Lou Brown
Red Cross
Lright
Nestle
Syracuse
Brown
Black Clawson
Armstrong
Container Corp. of America
Morrill Press
Niagara Mohawk
Midstate Telephone
Fulton Schools
City of Fulton
Post Office
Owens-Illinois Plant in Volney Faces In lieu Tax Plan
Oswego County Industrial Development Agency and Volney Town Board approve a 30 year payment in lieu of taxes for Owens-Illinois in exchange for a $20 million plant on a 100 acre site. The scheme funds tax payments to Phoenix School District, Volney Town, and Oswego County, with bond financing and no requested police or fire aid. Location options include Great Bear Farm Volney and two Onondaga sites in Clay, with a decision due by July.
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Village of Phoenix
Phoenix
Spaulding
Volney
Lawrence Phillips
Owens-Illinois
Oswego County
Phillips
John G. Wallace
Owens- Illinois
Industrial Development Agency
Paulding
Great Bear Farm
Toledo
Ohio
Onondaga
Clay
Salvation Army Discontinues Meals Program
FALTON The Salvation Army unit will stop its meal program for Golden Agers and the house bound Meals On Wheels due to lack of volunteers and financial squeeze. Lt Floyd Thayer cited dwindling help and support, noting 1635 meals previously served and that meals will continue only until Friday.
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Falton
Salvation Army
Floyd Thayer
St.yer
Harlem heroin ring tied to former Knick and cafe hub
Twenty people including a former New York Knick were indicted in a Harlem heroin operation that allegedly moved four million dollars in heroin for metropolitan sale from 1968 to 1973. The conspiracy centered at Small's Paradise Bar & Grill with leaders sought and several defendants named.
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NEW York (Ap
New York Knickerbockers
Harlem
U.S
Thomas Hoover
New York
University of Utah marks 125th anniversary year
Salt Lake City Utah The University of Utah celebrates its 125th year noting its 1850 start at John Pack’s home and its original name University of Deseret until the 1892 charter change renamed it University of Utah.
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Salt Lake City, Utah
University of Utah
John Pack
University of Deseret
Zagame Praises State Protection for Volunteer Firemen
Albany Assemblyman John R. Zagame lauded a package of bills expanding veteran status for Korea and Vietnam volunteers, boosting survivor benefits from 95 to 114 weekly, raising student eligibility age to 25, exempting fuel sales from state tax, increasing funeral expenses to 1250, raising death benefits to 5000, and directing a statewide fire prevention code study due by March 31, 1976.
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Albany
John R. Zagame
Osa
Oneida
State Office of Community Services
Obituaries for Christine Smith and Albert J Hruscka in Oswego area
Christine E. Smith of Oswego died Monday night. private funeral will be followed by burial at Riverside Cemetery. Albert J. Hruscka, 80, of Fulton died Monday at Syracuse VA Hospital. funeral services at Riverside Cemetery with graveside rites Wednesday 11 am. Both obituaries note military service and local connections.
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Christine E. Smith
Ronald
Marilyn Smith
Oswego
Imberly
Heather Smith
Kenneth Smith
David Marsh
Minetto
Riverside Cemetery
Albert J
Ruska
Hruscka
Fulton
E. River Road N
Veterans Administration Hospital
Syracuse
Europe
Ami
Central New York Area Marine Corps League
Disabled American Veterans
VFW
Fulton Polish Home
North End
Andrew
Helen) Davidson
Waterloo
Inene
F. James Gallagher
Phoenix
Helen M. Gal
Main St
Crouse-Irving Memorial Hospital
Oswego County Workmen's Compensation Department
United Church of Christ
The
Century Club
Civil Service Employe Association
Frederick Betts
Baldwinsville
Mathers
Marvin
Lockport
Carroll Mandell
Allanson- Glanville-Tappan
Norman E. Isaman
Chase
Funeral
Sixth Entitlement Period Plans Funds Use
For the sixth entitlement period from July 1 1975 to June 30 1876 plans outline spending funds for specified purposes. Account numbers and local officials including the town clerk of Oswego County Oswego are noted.
Britain rejects Amin demands over Uganda case
Britain rejects Ugandan President Idi Amin's demands after he accuses London of plans to invade Uganda. Amin shouted for military action and called on Libya to send air power after a BBC interview about clemency for Denis Hills, a 61 year old British teacher and writer.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Britain
Uganda
Libya
Chandos Blair
Denis Hills
World Food Conference Yields Little Aid Progress
In Rome delegates at the World Food Council say the United Nations forum raised concern but produced nothing tangible in the seven months since the World Food Conference met. A Sri Lankan delegate notes 33 nations remain slated for urgent food aid.
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Rome
United Nations
World Food Council
Sri Lanka
U.S. to double arms programs, boost Gulf civilian presence
Pentagon officials foresee a sharp rise in Americans in the Persian Gulf, with up to 150,000 people including civilian and military personnel and families. The expansion covers Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other oil-rich nations over five years, tripling current numbers.
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Washington
Persian Gulf
United States
Pentagon
U.S
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Market Climb Gains Momentum On NYSE
The stock market rose further as the Dow near 865 amid optimism. IBM hiked its dividend to 1.75 a share, Coca Cola Bottling and Westinghouse led early volume, and advances outpaced declines by more than 3 to 1 on the NYSE.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
IBM
Coca Cola
Westinghouse Electric
Moore McCormack
Dow
NYSE
Treasury
Teetotaler in Rockford Makes Home Wine Hobby
Joe Mortenson a 67 year old teetotaler in Rockford Illinois makes wine as a hobby in his basement wine cellar. He keeps 37 14 gallon jugs 50 five gallon jugs and hundreds of hand corked bottles. Though his family drinks it Mortenson vows he will never taste any of it.
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Rockford, Ill
Joe Mortenson
Mortenson
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Caer
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Oswego and Area
Office of Revenue Sharing Wash. O.C
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