Dirt in valve blamed for Reynolds fire at Silver Lake plant
A piece of dirt in a valve tentatively caused a flash fire at Reynolds Metal Co on Ballard Rd Town of Wailkill injuring five men. The blaze started as workers shifted from natural gas to propane near large storage tanks. Four Reynolds workers and one contractor were treated and released for minor burns.
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Silver Lake
Reynolds Metal Co
Ballard Rd
Wailkill
Reynolds
Thomas Associates
Stanley B. Atkins
Richmond
Atkins
Goshen ZBA denies 3-year variance plea
The Goshen ZBA denied Carlisle Neithold an amendment to a variance for 224 Main St. The board previously lowered space to 540 square feet for two apartments. Neithold’s attorney argued eviction would occur if denied, but the panel unanimously kept the space as one apartment or office as originally allowed.
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Goshen
Carlisle
Neithold
Zoning Board of Appeals
ZBA
Main St
Goshen Lon
Village Planning Board
Robert M. Devitt
Washingtonville
Monroe Cablevision rate probe spurs board action
The Monroe Town Board investigates a 20 percent rate rise by U S Cablevision Corp the town’s franchise holder. Officials say no vote or formal approval occurred though IRS guidance on wage price controls was cited. The board plans to hear Cablevision principals on Feb 7 about the rate hike and service gaps amid a recent ownership change.
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Monroe
U.S. Cablevision Corp
John C. de Angelis
Internal Revenue Service
de Angelis
IRS
Cablevision
New Haven
Conn
Ford S. Relyea III
Focus Pictures
James Sweeney
Woodbury
Wallkill approves town s largest trailer park plan
Wallkill planners backed a large trailer park project for Dosen Road west of Rt 17M. Conservo Associates revised to 273 trailers with 45 by 120 foot lots, still awaiting county health and town board final approval. The meeting also approved a bricks and sand selling facility and a karate school from James Godwin, who will teach yoga.
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Silver Lake
Conserve Associates
Ostertag and McDougall
Orange County Planning Board
Goshen
Roy Hotaling
Conservo
Sam Conservo
Conservo Associates
Mid-Valley Development Corp
Orange Building Supply, Inc
Northport
Long Island
Rt. 211
Lampet Construction Co
Denise Jurow
Middletown
Markovits and Markovits
James B. Godwin
Godwin Road
Circleville
Godwin
Pentagon Papers draw laurels for The New York Times
The New York Times wins the University of Arizona John Peter Zenger Award for distinguished service to press freedom. The Times becomes the 18th recipient and the first organization honored. A.M. Rosenthal will accept the award January 14 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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New York
New York Times
University of Arizona
John Peter Zenger
The
Times
A.M. Rosenthal
United States
War memories and survivors recount World War II toll
Veterans from New Jersey to Port Jervis recall brutal campaigns from Stalag III to D-Day and Treblinka. Cronin describes a mission that cost 800 men for one oilfield, Neuner survives a Siberian trek after escaping a Kiev camp, Reeder loses a leg, Pilberg endures Treblinka, Mills aids a wounded comrade, and a Port Jervis teacher narrates a Marine friend’s fatal last night and a priestly path broken by loss.
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Madden
James P. Cronin
Sussex
N.J
Stalag III
Romania
Ploesti
Hans Neuner
Vails Gate
Germany
Hitler
Neuner
Russia
Kiev
Scheolin Stachau
Poland
Siberia
Col
Red
Reeder
West Point
Bill Mills
Morris’ Pilberg
Monroe
Treblinka
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Goshen Zba
William C. Rogers
Wallkill
County Health Dept
Pentagon
N.Y. Times News Service
Arizona Newspapers Association
Scottsdale, Ariz
Pilberg
Port Jervis
Rosemary Werner
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