Mayor backs Newburgh police use of Mace as nonviolent tool
Newburgh mayor George F. McKneally asserts Mace remains the police force’s best nonviolent riot control weapon, citing safety research while criticizing critics. The article notes prior Mace use during 1967 unrest and separate spray incidents involving clergy, NAACP officials, and a Times reporter.
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Newburgh
George F. McKneally
McKneaily
NAACP
William M. O’brien
Times Herald-Record
Middletown
Sheriff’s tactical squad to deploy Mace under limits
The Orange County Sheriff's Mutual Aid Squad trains to act as back up in riot situations. Sheriff Ketcham warns Mace use only after all else fails. The 20 man unit will wear gray uniforms and blue helmets and work with tear gas and sticks. They may receive overtime pay and report to Conklin as unit chief.
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Goshen
Orange County Sheriff's Mutual Aid Squad
Horace A. Ketcham
Orange County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Department
Orange County
Ketcham
Newburgh
Middletown
Port Jervis
Charles
Conklin
FBI Academy
Highland Falls
Sheriff's
Wilbur Sherwood
Lifer present at 1958 killing of widow in Clinton Ave boarding house
Pedro Luis Corchado now serving life in Green Haven Prison attended a 1958 killing of 72 year old Mrs. Balbino Pulido in a Clinton Avenue boarding house. Attorneys testified Corchado admitted presence during the binding gagging and sexual assault. The Sullivan County special term hearing reviewed claims of confession errors amid newspaper publicity.
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Charlie Crist
Monticello
Pedro Luis Corchado
Clinton Avenue
Sullivan County Court
Corchado
Santos Pabellon Martinez
Victor M. Fonseca
Oscar Suarez
Green Haven
Lawrence H. Cooke
Ulster County Family Court
Hugh R. Elwyn
Sullivan County
Benjamin E. Newberg
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Douglas V. Clarke
Mid-Hudson
Dow
Michigan
United States
Sheriff’s Squad
By Allen Ericson
A. Conklin, Sr
Walden
Board of Supervisors
Sherwood
Middletown Tactical Squad
Times Herald
Suarez
Goldstein
Elwyn
Pedro Ivis Corchado
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