Middletown Firms Support Renewal In Principle
A GMCC and Orange County Community College survey of 59 Middletown firms shows five of six favored urban renewal in principle, but only three of seven supported the program locally. Of 37 interviewed, 29 had relocated, 24 within Middletown, and 18 said they received relocation help. The report urges civic participation, better city relations, and reforms in relocation payments and zoning.
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Middletown
Greater Middletown Citizens Council
GMCC
Orange County Community College
OCCC
Thomas H. Kettig
Abraham Kovler
Kettig
Kovler
McNeil pleads guilty in 1960 Newburgh murder case
Theodore McNeil, one of three defendants in the Claude Quick slaying, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Goshen. Judge Edward M. O Gorman Jr deferred sentence for a probation report. A retrial for Sloan Williams and McNeil is set for June 11.
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Goshen
Theodore McNeil
Claude Quick
Newburgh
McNeil
Orange County
Edward M. O'Gorman, Jr
Asst
Angelo J. Ingrassia
O'Gorman
Clarence Lee Sloan
John Henery Williams
O’gorman
Sloan and Williams
G. Ry Bartlett, Jr
Walden
Abraham Weissman
Middletown
Pedestrian Dies in Ellenville After Van Collision
Thelma Dechter 64 of Route 209 died after a Wurtsboro Furniture van struck her while she crossed the street. Richard Brophy 24 swerved to avoid her. coroner ruled accidental death from multiple facial fractures and crushed chest. Body to Brookyn for burial. husband Abe and several daughters survive.
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Ellenville
Thelma Dechter
Route 209
Wurtsboro Furniture and Mattress Co
Brophy
Dechter
Ulster County
Arthur C. Chipp
Hamiston
Kerhankson
Ritangelo Company Submits Low Bid for Route 52 resurfacing
The Ritangelo Construction Corp of Downsville N Y has the lowest bid of 119680 for resurfacing nearly three miles of Route 52 in Sullivan County from the Route 17 intersection east to the Liberty Fallsburgh town line. O W Hubbell and sons of New Hartford bid 6921 for traffic signs and delineators.
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Albany
Ritangelo Construction Corp
Downsville
N.Y
Sullivan County
Liberty-Falrsburgh
State Public Works Department
O.W., Hubbell and Sons of
New Hartford
Middletown Delays School Consolidation Vote Again
Middletown's consolidation vote was postponed to the last week of June for a third time. Superintendent Edgar R. Schriber cited legal steps and state orders as delaying factors, with a target date set "a day prior to June 30" after earlier postponements from May 31 and June 5.
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Middletown
Edgar R. Schriber
Schriber
State Commissioner of Education
Commissioner of Education
County plan board backs jetport drive in Orange County
The Orange County Planning Board endorsed the Regional Chamber of Commerce Council effort for an Orange County jetport to spur economic growth and jobs. The board met in Goshen and adopted a resolution for the regional chamber.
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Goshen
Orange County Planning Board
Regional Chamber of Commerce Council
Orange County
Carl J. Mays
Orange County Bar Association
Planning Board
The
Bar Association
Daniel Becker
Newburgh
Samuel W. Eager
Clare J. Hoyt
Edward M. O'Gorman, Jr
Paul F. Murphy
John Sweeny
Michael A. Garcia
Kenneth A. MacVean
Daniel Ahearn
Raymond S. Preston
Cornwall
New County Assessor’s Association
Mays
Hamptonburgh
Wallkill School Audit Finds Mild Criticism
State auditors report for July 1 1958 to June 30 1961 notes mild criticisms of Wallkill Central School District. Excess funds from the 1958 construction bond were spent on buildings equipment and apparatus beyond the $998 000 bond amount.
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Wallkill
Wallkill Central
General Fund
Spencer Schoonmaker
Raymond Garcia
Donald Newton
M.J. Oscar Smith
Gerald DeWitt
Joseph Kissel
Angelo D. Ruggiero
Board of Education
Clarence R. Darrah
Newburgh
Main Street
Plattekill
Modena
Wallkill Teachers Association
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Thomas H. Kefttig
Odell S. Hathaway
Greater Middletown
Downsville Corp. Low
County Plan Board
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