Educator wins legal round in fight for superintendency
Narrowsburg and Eldred School districts in Sullivan County see educator McKernan prevail as Appellate Division upholds denial of dismissal of his petition for reinstatement. The decision questions the education commissioner's use of power and notes tenure concerns for two teachers McKernan denied. The case centers redistricting turmoil and stalled supervision amid student protests and district splits.
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William T. McKernan
Summitville
Narrowsburg
Eldred
Sullivan County
State Supreme Court
State Education Department
McKernan
James E. Allen, Jr
Allen
Amy Bull Crist
Montgomery
Orange County
Port Jervis
Sheard
Ludwick
Samuels Calls for Streamlining Executive Branch
Howard J. Samuels, Democratic lieutenant governor candidate, urged the Constitutional Convention Committee on the Executive to streamline the executive branch. The Canandaigua industrialist said the governor keeps pace through gradual reforms, but a great efficiency gap exists between current structure and potential.
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Rochester
N.Y
UPY
Howard J. Samuels
Samuels
Canandaigua
Constitutional Convention
Dow due home today from Vietnam tour
Rep. John G. Dow, D-27, returns tonight from a Vietnam tour funded by constituents. He will hold a public press conference at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Rockland County office building in New City to report directly to his district before final war conclusions.
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New City
John G. Dow
Vietnam
Dow
Rockland County
Saigon
Laos
Thailand
Self-styled censor pleads innocent in libel case
Carl E. Gorton, 85, of Farmingdale, a former Liberty resident and John Birch Society member, pleaded innocent to stealing a magazine from the South Farmingdale Library on April 5. The Paris Review fall 1966 issue contained a story Gorton deemed obscene. A jury trial was requested. Oct. 3 set for the petty larceny case. Gorton, inventor of the Carlton Convertiplane, holds a US patent though the aircraft is unbuilt.
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Mineola
Carl E. Gorton
Farmingdale
L.I
Liberty
South Farmingdale
Gorton
John Birch Society
Liberty Board
Paris Review
Skyblue
Dallas E. Wiebe
Mason L. Hampton, Jr
Lynbrook
Nassau County First District Court
Julius R. Lippman
Hampton
Conservative Party
Fordham University Law
Charles Rice
Gordon
United States
Fairleigh-Dickinson University
Bendix Corp
Clothing drive ship loads for needy areas worldwide
Mrs. George Fetheroll, chairwoman of the Middletown area Presbyterian clothing drive, watches a truckman load garments destined for distribution to needy regions around the globe.
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George Fetheroll
Middletown Area
Grants to eight colleges in Dow district total 51748
The Office of Education informed Rep. John G. Dow that eight colleges in his 27th District received College Library Resources Program grants totaling 51748 dollars. Institutions include Dominican College Blauvelt Ladycliff College Highland Falls Orange County Community College Middletown Queen of the Apostles College Harriman Rockland Community College Suffern St Thomas Aquinas Sparkill SUNY Delhi Sullivan County Community College South Fallsburg.
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Washington
UPI
Office of Education
John G. Dow
Dominican College of
Orange County Community College
Middletown
Queen of the Apostles College
Harriman
Rockland Community College
Suffern
St. Thomas Aquinas College
Sparkill
State University of New York, Agriculture and Technical College
Delhi
Sullivan County Community College
South Falisburg
Middletown Serves as Summer Stopover for Tourists
Middletown sits between Monroe and Sullivan County as a popular summer stopover for New Yorkers. Local bungalow colonies draw weekend commuters and families, with Orange County Fair and stock car races cited as key attractions. Ma jor uptick in sales occurs July through Labor Day, while visitors often stay only a few nights, using Middletown as a base for broader area sightseeing.
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Middletown
Monroe
Sullivan County
Alvin S. Chase
Ruth Ainbinder
Fair Oaks
New York
Shirley Aronowsky
Jay
Orange-Sullivan
Orange County
Sterling Forest
West Point
Bear Mountain
Goshen
Monticello Raceway
al Faust
Sullivan
Faust
Edmund S. Lloyd
East Main Street
Stephanie Radziwanowski
Monticello
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