Carey blasts McCarthy style hearings in Frucher nomination
Governor Hugh Carey accused the Senate Labor Committee of McCarthy era tactics over Meyer Frucher’s nomination to head the Labor Department. He criticized closed hearings, noted Frucher had not yet appeared to defend qualifications, and urged confirmation to bolster a weak Labor Department. Carey urged federal spending caps linked to tax cuts and touted New York reforms and press freedom.
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Colonie
Hugh Carey
Senate Labor Committee
Meyer Frucher
State Labor Department
U.S
Joseph McCarthy
Carey
Fracher
Office
AFL
CIO
Frucher
Senate
Labor Department
New York State Newspaper Publishers Association
Reagan
New York
Northeast
New York City
Mob fighters plead for funds in New York
Albany AP report notes New Yorks Organized Crime Task Force asks the Legislature to double its budget from 1.12 million to 2.7 million to hire 16 investigators and 14 accountants. Abrams cites lack of intelligence, witness protection, and prosecuting capacity, proposing a NYC office and Buffalo unit, plus two special units and higher undercover funds.
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Marc Humbert
Albany
New York
Organized Crime Task Force
Keystone Kops
Task Force
Robert Abrams
Abrams
New York City
Buffalo
Black nuns keep Harlem calm and cared for children
Sister Hyacinth leads shuttle runs for working parents, guiding after school care and errands from the Convent of St Benedict the Black and the Kennedy Center. The Franciscan Handmaids of Mary, founded 1916, now 27 members in New York, run Misericordia Hospital nursing roles, parochial school work, a Harlem residence for working women, and a camp serving 300 children each summer.
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Laurie Johnston
New York Times Service
New York
Hyacinth
Harlem
Mary
St. Benedict the Black
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr
134Th Street
Lenox Avenue
Senior Citizens’ Center
Sister Hyacinth
Olive Thomas
St. Thomas
Loretta Theresa
Oblate Sisters of Providence
Holy Family Sisters
New Orleans
Cardinal Francis Hayes
Office of Black Ministry
W. 124Th St
Juenox Avenue
125Th Street
Mother Norothy
Savannah
Siser Bernadette
Kennedy Center
Misericordia Hospital
Bronx
Joselinda Lleaches
Maria Goretti Mannix
Archdiocesan
Manhattan
Staten Island
South Bronx
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
St. Benedict the Black's Day Nursery
Harlem Hospital Medical Complex
Miriam Cecilia
California Finds Replacement of PCB Laden Coolants Costly
New York plans to replace PCB cooled transformers in state buildings after a 180 gallon coolant leak at a Binghamton building. Officials estimate up to 1,000 buildings may require refitting with California's program costing around 30 million dollars. The effort targets PCB laden units and aims to locate all affected transformers statewide.
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Albany
UPI
California
New York
Binghamton
State Office of General Services
State of
Californi
Thomas Cooper
OGS
John Egan
Cooper
Gen
Egan
Potato quarantine fight pits New York growers against order
Steuben County and Springwater farmers challenge a looming USDA quarantine aimed at the golden nematode that infests potato roots. Wailer Brown of New York agriculture says federal rules are being prepared with NY likely to follow. Growers warn revisions in cultivation and marketing will be needed, while some seek legal avenues and alternatives to the quarantine. Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island have endured brown nematode restrictions since 1946.
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United Press International
Steuben County
Livingston County
Springwater
Federal Department of Agriculture
New York
Wailer Brown
Division of Plant Indiary
New York Department of Agriculture
Brown
Norbert Buckley
Nassau
Suffolk
Long Island
Minger Lakes
Harris adjusts to prison life after murder conviction
Jean Harris, 47, ex headmistress, serving a life sentence for the murder of Scarsdale Diet doctor Herman Tarnower, is reportedly adjusting to prison life at a Westchester facility. Warden Narno Jackson says she is eating prison meals, using the library, and is under 24 hour suicide watch, with visits from her son and psychiatrist.
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Vatthalla
UPI
Jean Harris
Stnys
Sid Narno
Jackson
Westchester County Fur
Harris
Madera Sehoat
Mola
Scarsdale
Jerman Tarnower
David
Kathleen
Abraham Helpern
Maverick winemaker renews past court clash with Coca Cola
Walter S. Taylor of Hammondport, who has used the name Taylor on his Bully Hill Wine Co. labels, returns to federal court filing a class action on behalf of 7,000 stockholders seeking 20 million dollars and dissolution of Coca Cola's 1976 merger with Taylor Wine Co. The suit accuses Swarthout and others of sharing confidential bid information and using illegal means to gain control of more than 600,000 Taylor Wine Co. shares.
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Hammondsport (Ap
Walter S. Taylor
Hammondsport
Coca-Cola Co
Walter S
Taylor
Bully Hill Wine Co
Coca-Cola
Taylor Wine Co
Walter Taylor
Cyclops
Swarthoul
Coca- Cola
Securities and Exchange Commission
Cartier
Ralph Goldberg
Queens
Avrom 5
Television inspired boy to rob bank attorney says
New York based attorney Mel Sachs argues a 9 year old bank robber acted from television not an adult. The boy named Robert, 4 ft 6 in and 90 pounds, robbed New York Savings Bank on Sixth Avenue, got $118, then surrendered days later. Sachs requests an open Family Court proceeding to reveal all details, noting the boy is not attending school.
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New York
UPI
Fagin
New York Bank For Savings
Manhattan
West Side
Sachs
Roberts
New York Savings Bank
Sixth Avenue
Robert
Rockford Files
Saturday Lottery Winners in New York Draws
New York Lotto numbers 4 20 22 10 18 9 with supplement 24 were drawn Saturday. Daily numbers game winner 896 was also announced.
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New York
Herald-Journal
The
Herald Co
Syracusy
Syracuse
N.Y
New York State
Émd
Davylyr
Snc
Suntay
Sunitay Mostagn
Prpor i
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Poughkeepsie Journal
Plattsburgh Press-Republican
Touay
Publishers‘association
NYSPA
Roy H. Park
Ed Koch
New
York Hilton
City Hall
Koch
Emerson Moran
Judith Jamison
Gregory Hines
Deke Kington
Eral Fleeting Co
U.S. District Court
Taylor Wine Co. Inc
Joseph L. Swarthout
Hammondswort
Lincoln First Bank of
Rochester
Alexander D. Hargrave
Sherman Farnham
Nixon, Hargrave, Devans and Doyle
Hargrave and Farnham
Swarthout
Bank
Jacobs
Teall Ave
Righmark Hall
Richmark
E. Genesee St
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