Missed canoeists rescued after overnight Delaware trip
Two Pennsylvania State University graduates Richard Bangham and Bryan Knittle survived after being found by National Park Service rangers near Dingman’s Ferry. The two had set out from Port Jervis with two friends and were missing Tuesday evening. Rescue boats searched since dawn and campers along the river bank were awakened to aid in the recovery. Authorities note prior canoeing fatalities and the need for life jackets.
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Dingman’s Ferry
Delaware River
Here
Leonard Robinchock
John Daley
National Park Service
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Robinchock
Daley
Richard Bangham
Coopersburg
Bryan Knittle
Hamburg
Pennsylvania State University
Minisink Island
Bangham
Knittle
Hey
Upper
Port Jervis
Easton
Mills to host four open office hours in Goshen
Orange County Executive Louis V. Mills will hold four open office hours from noon to 2 p.m. on June 20 and 27, July 1, and August 8 in the county government center third floor office. No appointments are needed and Mills may schedule more sessions if there is public response.
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Goshen
Orange County
Louis V. Mills
Government Center
Republicans regroup as Middletown GOP endorses slate
In Middletown the Republican City Committee re elected Ralph Russo as chairman and backed Arthur Shapiro Helen Pingotti and Clarence Welsh for key posts. Russo and Borland were named to the county executive committee while Myron Perry emerged as mayoral candidate promising reforms amid party unity.
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Ralph Russo
Arthur Shapiro
Helen Pingotti
Clarence Welsh
Russo
Charles Borland
Myron Perry
Welfare caseload in Orange County falls again
Orange County welfare rolls dropped 11.5 percent from May 1972 to May 1973, with 8,081 cases serving 17,553 people by May 1973. Officials cite new 11 page application, face to face interviews, and recertification reforms as key causes, along with statewide declines. The five aid programs affected include old age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, aid to the disabled, and home relief.
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Bob Pape Goshen
Orange County
Social Services Department
Abe Lavine
Social Services
Louis V. Mills
Henry G. Parry Jr
Walden Board orders action on fire issues at special meeting
Walden Village Board urged Village Manager Robert Diehl to add fire department tasks including placing a hydrant on Oak Street, studying proposed fire lanes, and addressing a honey bee problem at the Col. Bradley Firehouse. Diehl promised immediate steps after a board meeting with fire officials and villagers. A public hearing on fire lanes is planned for June 26.
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Walden
Robert C. Diehl
Diehl
Oak Street
Col. Bradley
Harold T. Taegder
Jude
VanFleet Faces Challenge in Orange County GOP Race
C Clark Van Fleet of Middletown faces former district attorney Jerome Cohen in the Orange County Republican reorganization race. Doulin, 69, expected to win a fifth term as chairman, while Cohen pledges to revamp the finance committee and recruit youth into the party. Results to be announced after 8 p.m. June 20 at Meadowbrook Lodge, Vails Gate.
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Bob Pape Goshen
William E. Doulin
Orange County
Republicans
GOP
C. Clark van Fleet
Middletown
van Fleet
Jerome S. Cohen
Port Jervis
Meadowbrook Lodge
Vails Gate
Bill Doulin
van Flee
Nicholas Costanzo
Doulin
Cohen
VanFleet
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Mills
Comi
Trom
Republican City Committee
Edna Smith
Perry
Rita Pomada
Rockefeller
Peter G. Striphas
Shirley Jensen
State Assembly
Senate
Congress
Richard E. Schermerhorn
Cornwall
AC-40
Clark van Fleet
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