Taxes reduced under $1 million higher budget
Sullivan County approves an $18.24 million 1972 budget boosted by a 3 percent sales tax. The levy falls to about $3.44 million from $3.77 million as the higher tax take funds salaries, building needs, and county programs. Milton Levine led publicity fund restoration and a county airport promo push amid board votes and party lines.
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Monticello
Sullivan County
Board of Supervisors
Civil Defense
Community Action Commission
Milton Levine
D.a's
County Narcotics Guidance Council
Dist. Atty
Louis B. Scheinman
DA Emanuel Gelman
Leo Glass
D-Fallsburg
Vincent Galligan
D-Forestburgh
Francis A. Hanofee
Democrats back Aks for Sullivan County attorney
The Sullivan County Democratic executive committee and the county board of supervisors moved to appoint Monticello attorney Jacob Aks as the new county attorney at the January 7 board meeting. Supervisors, who hold a Democratic majority, pledged to follow the committee’s decision, backing Aks over Monroe R. Davis after interviews.
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Liberty
Sullivan County
Democratic
Monticello
Jacob Aks
Board of Supervisors
Aks
Woodridge
Monroe R. Davis
Robbery At Edwards Liquor Store Ends In Flight
Hazel Edwards, owner of Edwards Liquor Store at Rt 9W and 32, reported two young men about 19 or 20 robbed the shop around 9:20 p.m. They took about 80 dollars from a cash register and a money bag. A bystander alerted police. the suspects fled in a late-model blue Cougar with out-of-state plates. A shooting occurred near Middletown, police said details were unavailable.
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Hazel Edwards
Edwards
Rt. 9W
Obey
Oboy
Middletown
Bennett may quit ZBA over political issue
Lawrence E. Bennett, appointed to the Newburgh Zoning Board of Appeals, said he would resign if the post becomes a political issue. The former town Democratic chairman, who lost a town board race by 11 votes, faces Republican opposition from Ruth Shay, William Dillon, and Robert Kirkpatrick. Bennett urged a nonpartisan board and said he would withdraw if politics surround the appointment, noting the campaign is over and he does not want to detract from the board’s work.
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Gardnertown
Lawrence E. Bennett
Newburgh
Bennett
W. Hugh Whitehill
Whitehill
J. Malone Bannan
IBA
Herald-Record
Ruth T. Shay
William J. Dillon
Robert J. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Bannan
Shay
Dillon
Balmville
Brookside Pond
Zoning Board
Skiing film set in Newburgh The Sound of Winter
Warren Miller presents The Sound of Winter a skiing film at Aquinas Hall Mt St Mary College Newburgh on February 5 at 8 15 pm Tickets available from Kassels Middletown and Newburgh R R Sporting Goods Middletown Tsu Ski Shops Middletown Walden McCoys Village Shop Newburgh Bromleys Goshen
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Newburgh
Warren Miller
Aquinas Hall
Mt. St. Mary College
Kassel’s
Middletown
R.R. Sporting Goods
Tsu Ski
Walden
McCoy’s
Bromley's
Goshen
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Plaza Park
North Street
Bennett May
ZBA
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