Pike County Vote Splits Rooney Narrowly In 15th District
In Pike County Rooney carried only Lehman Township with 155 votes to Bartletts 182. County totals show Bartlett leading most districts but Rooney winning in Carbon and Lehman amid broader losses. Overall district turnout about 60 percent. Rooney won by over 8,000 in four-county area.
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Milford
Fred B. Rooney
U. S
Pennsylvania
Pike County
Lehman Township
Rooney
Robert G. Bartlett
Bartlet
Bartlett
Pike
Monroe County
Pocono
Northampton County
Carbon County
Blooming Grove Township
Delaware Township
Dingman
Bartlen
Greene Township
Lackawaxen
Matamoras
Milford Township
Bart
Palmyra
Rooney election seen as good omen for Democrats
Speaker John W. McCormack labeled Pennsylvania's special election win by Democrat Fred B. Rooney as a sign of a broader Democratic sweep. Rooney won the Pennsylvania 15th District seat to replace the late Democrat Francis E. Walter, with McCormack predicting Kennedy's re election and continued Democratic control of the House and Senate.
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Washington
UPI
John W. McCormack
Pennsylvania
Fred B. Rooney
Rooney
Kennedy
15Th
Francis E. Walter
Wsmen
House
Senate
Garrity seeks Port Jervis ward four alderman seat
Joseph Garrity announced plans to seek the Democratic nomination for Port Jervis fourth ward alderman. He has long lived in the ward and told the Democratic City Committee of his interest, but the party endorsed incumbents James Millspaugh and Philip Melnick. A Republican primary fight is also anticipated with Harald M. Dunn running against King Cuddeback who won the GOP endorsement.
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Port Jervis
Joseph Garrity
Fourth Ward
Garrity
Democratic City Committee
Incum
Bents
James Millspaugh
Philip Melnick
Threr
Harald M. Dunn
Republican Committee
Third Ward
King Cuddeback
GOP
Liberty High drainage plan rejected by board
Liberty High School drainage issue remains unresolved after the nine member board rejected Vertex Construction Corp. proposal worth 19,369 to grade reduce and drain the Buckley Street site. The board found the price too high and questioned contract adherence affecting football-field elevation and earth ownership.
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Liberty High School
Board of Education
Vertex Construction Corp
Buckley Street
Joseph Heller
Vertex
Robert Floyd
Heller
Sam Wiener Electrical Co
Liberty
Main Street
Seymour A. Seiler
Leo Miller
Swan Lake
Port Jervis landfill lauded as model for efficiency
An engineering consultant from the New York State Office of Local Government described Port Jervis sanitary landfill as a model for efficiency and cleanliness. Alderman Frank Kautz and Supt. Frank Innella praised the administration, noting a $20,000 trencher purchased last year and plans to seal the site when unattended. The council leader credited competent administration and equipment, and warned a new site will be needed by next February as the landfill nears capacity.
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Port Jervis
New York State
Theodore C. Kuykendall
Common Council
Innella
Kuykendall
Imella
Luke van Horn
Police hold suspect in Sullivan arrest
New York City Police are scheduled to come to Sullivan County Thursday to pick up a wanted man apprehended by Town of Fallsburgh police early Wednesday morning. Melvin Green, 30, of New York, a handyman at the Sanford House in Fallsburgh, was picked up by township police.
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South Fallsburg
New York City
Sullivan County
Two Musicians Fined After Unlawful Entry Guilty Plea
Two New York musicians, Robert Sugar of Brooklyn and Joseph Kerman of Queens, were fined 160 and placed on one year probation by Monticello Magistrate Emanuel Gellman after pleading guilty to unlawful entry. Police said they were loading stolen items including two double barreled shotguns eight pitchers and vases from an unoccupied Cottage Street house into their car.
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Monticello
New York
Emanuel Gellman
Robert Sugar
Brooklyn
Joseph Kerman
Queens
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