Albany Lottery Big Prize and State Projects Report
Albany reports detail a $250 000 annual lottery super prize approved by Tax Commissioner Joseph Murphy and Gov Rockefeller. The article also notes a $5.1 million highway contract awarded to St. Groves & Sons for Route 17 and Route 6 work near Central Valley and Bear Mountain State Park, plus completion of a $440 000 infirmary at New Paltz State University College and ongoing $18.5 million construction projects. The lottery plan includes additional end-year drawings, sets of prizes, and a grand bonus financed by breakage from monthly drawings.
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Gov. Rockefeller
St. Groves & Sons’ Co
North
Syracuse
Orange County
Central Valley
Bear Mountain State Park
Harriman
Long Mountain Parkway
Erie Lackawanna Railroad
State University College At
New Paltz
Rockefeller
Albany
Joseph Murphy
Murphy
Outdoor mess mars Fan cher Davidge picnic area
Bottles and cans mar the beauty of a Fan cher Davidge picnic site in Middletown as a TH-Record photo by Ed Hoshek captures the scene with litter scattered around the outdoor space.
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Fancher
Davidge
Ed Holshek
Albany hearing on local government tax limits
The State Constitutional Convention committee on local government will hold a Albany public hearing Thursday chaired by Dr. Alan K. Campbell. Education commissioner James E. Allen Jr and Albany Mayor Erastus Corning are among those testifying as the panel weighs whether local tax and debt limits should be retained.
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Albany
Alan K. Campbell
James E. Allen, Jr
Erastus Corning
Middletown
Authorities urge no limits on bond financing powers
Albany UPI Officials of three state authorities urged the Constitutional Convention to keep legislative flexibility for bond financing programs. Robert Moses Austin Tobin and William J. Ronan defended authority records and argued titles should remain private from general public disclosure. A spokesman urged a constitutional guarantee that highway taxes be used only for highway needs.
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Albany
UPI
Constitutional Convention
Convention Committee On Economic Development
William J. Ronan
Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority
Robert Moses
Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
Austin J. Tobin
Port of New York Authority
New York
Tobin
Moses
Ronan
Rockefeller Administration
Gilman
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
Fisher
New York State Automobile Association
Louis B. Scott
State Power Authority
Rockefeller Travia clash over private power plan sparks Albany fallout
In Niagara Falls Governor Rockefeller and Assembly Speaker Travia traded barbs over privatizing New York nuclear power. Rockefeller argued the Assembly killed the $8 billion program for political reasons, while Travia defended the veto as in the public interest. Moses backed a joint state and private approach, urging a competitive system. Rockefeller vowed to press a state powered future at the next Legislature’s session.
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Albany
UPI
Rockefeller
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Niagara Falls
Travia
Moses
New York
Goat Island
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Albany Report
Orange
Robert S. van Fleet
Ouaway News Service
Arthur Levitt
Harold L. Fisher
Roger H. Gilman
Port of
Rocky Vs
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