Albany hearing flags dorm fire safety gaps at private colleges
A legislative panel in Albany heard that many private college dormitories house students in buildings with fire safety defects and that rapid campus growth overwhelms local fire departments. Officials urged stronger enforcement, mandatory inspections, and state aid for fire protection, citing Cornell’s fatal blaze and underreported 1966 inspection forms.
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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
University Center
Stony Brook
Stafford
Press Institute visitors tour Times Herald-Record staff room
Eight members of the American Press Institute sponsored by Columbia University visited The Times Herald-Record on Wednesday. The group, part of their management cost seminar, included reporters from newspapers across the nation and toured the press room.
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American Press Institute
New York
Columbia University
Times Herald- Record
Top jurist favors election of judges
Chief Judge Stanley H. Fuld of the Court of Appeals urged appointment over election for judges at the New York Constitutional Convention. He opposed merging Surrogate's Court and Court of Claims into the Supreme Court, urged a nominating commission, and requested broader appellate control to manage caseload and focus on substantial appeals.
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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
U. S. Supreme Court
Regulation of tax and debt limits debated in Albany
The State Education Department asked the Legislature be given power to regulate tax and debt limits. Dr. Herbert Johnson argued constitutional change is too slow and proposed removing limits from the constitution. Opponents urged keeping safeguards, favoring local option increases for big cities and uniform limits across cities.
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Albany
UPI
State Education Department
Herbert Johnson
Welles A. Gray
Empire State Chamber of Commerce
Bany
Corning
C. L. Chamberlain
County Officers Association
Middletown Man Pleads Guilty to Driving While Intoxicated
Walter R. Baird, 37, of 136 North St 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, 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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Ottaway News Service
J. Lawrence Murray
the State University
Vincent O’leary
Cornell
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