Educator urges repeal of Blaine amendment in state fight
Rudolf J. Friedrich of Highland Mills urged about 60 Sacred Heart School mothers in Monroe to join Citizens for Educational Freedom to abolish the Blaine Amendment. He warned opponents that repealing the provision could require tuition vouchers and argued public aid to nonpublic schools serves national education. He urged action and cautioned against relying on clergy to carry the battle.
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Monroe
Sacred Heart School
Rudolf J. Friedrich
Highland Mills
Rockland County
Citizens For Educational Freedom
CEF
New York
Friedrich
Fordham University
Vatican
Kennedy
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Blaine
Gilman Pushes wider outlets for state lottery tickets
Middletown Assemblyman Benjamin A. Gilman says licensed liquor stores and newsdealers should distribute state lottery tickets. He spoke at the Middletown Rotary Club installation at the Starlight Restaurant after opposing the lottery before passage. Gilman noted eight of 21 bills he filed passed. a $2.5 billion transportation program also advances. James E. Townsend was installed as Rotary president for 1966 67 with new directors Van Gelder and Silvers.
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Middletown
Benjamin A. Gilman
R - 95
Gilman
Association of
U.S. Supreme Court
Rockfeller
Grange County
James E. Townsend
Archie D. Fellenzer Jr
Hugh 8. Jackson
William L. Parmelee
H. Kenneth Bayne
Leonard H. Brandon
Charles H. van Gelder
van Gelder
Edwin D. Silvers
Unleashed Dogs Issue Haunts Warwick Village Board
Warwick Mayor George Relyea describes unleashed dogs as a major enforcement challenge and notes difficulty enforcing the ordinance in a small village with low pay for the job. The board accepted resignations from the dog warden and the tax assessor building inspector while naming interim replacements. The Warwick Jaycees support a village-wide sewer system and seek broader backing before moving forward.
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Warwick Warwick
George Relyea
Joose
Relyea
Alexander Sherman
Richard B. Stage
Stanley Deming Park
Stage
Memorial Park
Paul Jeffries
Garrett van Dean
Warwick Jaycees
Heat Wave Pushes Middletown Sales Upward
Middletown endures 95 degree heat as a week of high temperatures boosts demand for air conditioning. North End Sales reports fantastic sales and late-evening hours. Paul Fries Heating notes strong interest in central systems. Roy DeFries store sees spike in AC units despite low May totals. Stewart Air Force Base forecasts continue 90 to 95 degrees with possible showers.
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Middletown
North End Sales, Inc
North End
Paul Fries
Roy DeFries
Stewart Air Force Base
Pine Bush graduates see high college acceptance rate
Supervising Principal Edward J. Russell told the school board that 56 of 99 seniors were accepted to colleges, noting more than 50 percent of seniors typically gain admission. The board hired four new teachers and raised liability insurance to 1 million dollars. They set a faculty dinner and invited bids for test borings for a 3.5 million school to open by September 1969 near Ulsterville Road.
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Pine Bush
Edward J. Russell
Michael F. Curran
Janet L. Sealice
Daniel Brown
Ruth Kurdyla
Russell
Villa Neuva
Plattekill
Rt. 302
Ulsterville Road
Hit and run driver pays fine loses license
Cosmo Joseph Colandrea, 18, of Wallkill, arrested after leaving the scene on Rt. 21 in Montgomery Sunday night when Charles G. Mathews, 42, of Buffalo, was killed. Colandrea pleaded guilty, paid a 50 dollar fine, and had his operator's license revoked. His father drove him to state police.
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Montgomery
Cosmo Joseph Colandrea
Wallkill
Charles G. Mathews
Buffalo
Mathew
Colandrea
George Burnett
Edward Colandrea
Newburgh
Water use hits high in Middletown weekly demand
Middletown consumed water at a higher rate this week than in three years, with 3 630 million gallons daily over the past seven days. The previous seven days averaged 3 198 million gallons, and last year at this time usage was 3 280 million gallons. The city reservoir is 100 percent full this week, as it was last week.
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Middletown
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Warwick
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