Walden family witnesses Rome airport bombing tragedy
Mr and Mrs Gino Farone of Walden and their eight year old daughter Donna were spectators aboard a 747 on the Rome runway when a Pan Am jet was bombed nearby. They describe a three hour hold, fear, and a quiet prayerful onboard atmosphere as firemen fought the blaze and 30 others were reported killed.
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Geoffrey Douglas Walden
Gino Farone
Walden
Rome
New York
Farones
Donna
Pan Am
Farone
Italy
Endowment Funds Boost Horton Memorial Kidney Unit
Middletown hospital expands Horton Memorial Hospital kidney dialysis unit after a 50 percent fund rise to 600 dollars, with 200 more raised. Plan adds two machines to seven, upgrades rooms, and completes expansion with costs near 925 dollars. Donors include Mrs. Charles Bailey and local organizations.
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Middletown
Horton Memorial Hospital
Charles. Bailey
Central Valley
Bailey
Polak Foundation
Betty Crocker
Lawrence Coddington
Accord
Joseph J. Micklas
Cornwall
Minisink Kiwanis
Middletown Kiwanis
Middletown Jaycees
Middletown Elks Lodge
Negligence suit nears trial in Ellenville village case
A $1 million negligence suit against the Village of Ellenville, its police department, and patrolman Frank G. Petrone nears trial after a pre trial examination. The Dolmans allege Petrone knew the other driver Eugenio Cruz was intoxicated before the Feb 3 head on collision on Rt 209. State police later charged Cruz with drunken driving.
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Monticello
Ellenville
Frank G. Petrone
Jack McBride
Albert I.C. Lonstein
Kingston Law
McBride
Benjamin Dolman
Dolmans
Petrone
Eugenio 8. Cruz
Dolman
Cruz
William Trapnell
Gurda elected to county Agricultural Stabilization committee
Edward Gurda, Pine Island grower and Gurda Farms Inc. member, was elected to the county ASC committee at Middletown by delegates. He and two others will serve three year terms starting January 1, with Arthur Cash and Kenneth Luft also elected as committeemen. Alternate members William Johnson and Victor Brooks were chosen for one year. The committee administers federally funded farm programs including disaster relief and feed grain wheat programs.
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Middletown
Edward Gurda
Pine Island
Gurda
ASC
Farm and Home Center
Wisner Avenue
Gurda Farms Inc
Arthur Cash
Unionville
Kenneth Luft
Goshen
William Johnson
Victor Brooks
Warwick
Former Newburgh man named ambassador to Mexico
Joseph J. Java, a former Newburgh resident, was confirmed by the Senate as the United States ambassador to Mexico. A career diplomat born in Newburgh in 1916, he has served since 1947 with the State Department and as U N ambassador to the Organization of American States since 1969. He holds Dartmouth College and Mount Saint Mary College ties and is a Navy veteran of World War I. The Senate also approved ambassadors to Chile Portugal and Kenya.
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Newburgh
Joseph J. Java
Senate
United States
Mexico
Java
State Department Foreign Services
Washington
Jova
Organization of American States
Nixon
Brickyard
Juan Jacinto Jova
Rosetan
mid-Hudson Valley
Orange County
David H. Popper
Chile
Stuart N. Scott
Portugal
Anthony D. Marshall
Kenya
Allare
New York City
Riveisy
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Times Herald
EREC
Mark Sienko
Mountain Ave
National Hockey League
Maple Hill Park
Paul Updike
Charles Wolfe
Manny Fuchs
City Hall
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