Albany hears dorm fire safety calls amid college growth
A Senate Higher Education panel heard that many private college dorms harbor fire safety defects and that rapid college growth outpaces local fire departments. The hearing urged stronger enforcement, with plans for more meetings and potential legislation to boost enforcement and safety reporting.
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Albany
Cornell University
Ronald B. Stafford
Peru
Senate Higher Education Committee
Joint Legislative Committee On Higher Education
Suffolk County
Long Island
State University
Press Institute visitors tour Times Herald-Record press room
Eight members of the American Press Institute, sponsored by Columbia University, visited The Times Herald-Record on Wednesday as part of their management cost seminar. The group represented newspapers from across the nation and gathered in the press room for the event.
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American Press Institute
New York
Columbia University
Times Herald- Record
Top jurist favors appointment over election of judges
Chief Judge Stanley H. Fuld urged the Constitutional Convention committee on the judiciary to adopt appointment from a qualified list rather than election, arguing the current system is unsuited to filling vacancies and that voters often choose candidates by party. He proposed narrowing appeals and granting the Court of Appeals power to select its docket and urged tighter jurisdictional limits to curb nonmeritorious cases.
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Clay F. Richards
United Press International Albany
UPI
Stanley H. Fuld
Court of Appeals
Constitutional Convention Committee On the Judiciary
Fuld
Court of Claims
Supreme Court
Surrogate’s Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Regulation of tax and debt limits on education funding
Albany UPI report on a constitutional debate over debt limits. Dr. Herbert Johnson urges lawmakers to remove tax and debt limits from the constitution and entrust the Legislature with control, arguing the constitutional amendment process is too slow for educational needs. Opponents warn against relinquishing safeguards and favor local option for big cities.
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Albany
UPI
State Education Department
Herbert Johnson
Johnson
Constitutional Convention Committee On
Home Rule
Welles A. Gray
Empire State Chamber of Commerce
Corning
Middletown man pleads guilty to driving while intoxicated
Walter R. Baird a 37 year old resident of 136 North Street Middletown pleaded guilty in Middletown City Court to driving while intoxicated after police said he drove off Wickham Avenue onto lawns at 196 and 198 Wickham He was fined 100 dollars received a six month suspended sentence placed on three year probation and had his license revoked
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Middletown
Walter R. Baird
North St
Baird
Wickham Avenue
Wickham
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Robert S. van Fleet
Ottaway News Service
University Center
Stony Brook
Stafford
Lawrence Murray
the State University
Vincent O'Leary
Cornell
Stanley Fuld
Gray
Erastus Corning
Bany
Co. L. Chamberlain
County Officers Association
Man
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