Sullivan murder arraignments adjourned in Monticello
Two Brooklyn defendants Susan Wheeler and Robert Wyler were held for first degree murder in the shooting death of Robert Caparelli whose decomposed body was found near Southwoods Road in Monticello. The arraignment before Judge Benjamin L Newberg was adjourned for three weeks. Caparelli, identified by fingerprints, had been released from Green Haven Prison and was shot in the back of the head.
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Monticello
Sullivan County
Benjamin
L Newberg
Susan Wheeler
Sue Wheeler
Robert Wyler
Bobby Wolf
Brooklyn
Robert Caparelli
Astoria
Southwoods Road
Caparelli
Green Haven
Dutchess County
Murder case grips Woodridge club officials in court
Wil ford L Foeller and Martin Cohen, both with New York ties, face murder indictments after being denied a preliminary hearing. Harvey Michelman pressed for dismissal claiming vague wording, while Dist Atty Williams urged continued confinement without bail due to seriousness. Wyler and a co defendant remain jailed, with bail set at 25000, as federal narcotics charges shadow the case.
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New York
Harvey Michelman
Michelman
Dist. Atty
Robert C. Williams
Newberg
Miss Wheeler
Wyler
Williams
Brooklyn
Liberty Village Board Deliberates on Ex-Manager Commitment
Liberty officials did not take official action after attorney Lawrence Stier claimed former village manager Sidney Smith committed to sewer and water line work for Joel Fishman’s Kennedy Drive property. Stier said rights of way and pipes were in place, but no formal written agreement existed and trustees required subdivision regulation compliance.
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Liberty
Liberty Village Board
Lawrence Stier
Joel Fishman
Kennedy Drive
Sidney Smith
Fishman
Stier
Troy
Harold F. Schue
Smith
Port Jervis Budget Hearing Seethes Over Superintendent Salary
A record crowd at the Sullivan Avenue School heard Port Jervis defend a $2,000 raise for School Superintendent Dr. Arthur J. Venezia, bringing his next year’s salary to $22,325. Protesters led by WOLC’s Oscar Wein gathered 900 signatures urging a rollback, while residents urged a taxpayers association to monitor future raises and criticized the board’s economic decisions.
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Port Jervis
Port Jervis Central
Sullivan Avenue
Venezia
Max Caplan
mid-Hudson Study Council
Richard B. Ferguson
Medicaid funding shift urged by welfare delegates
Delegates to the New York State Public Welfare Commissioners Association urged the Constitutional Convention to make both state and federal governments pay all Medicaid costs. The resolution notes current sharing of costs with the federal government covering 50 percent and state and local units splitting the other half.
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New York State Public Welfare Commissioners Association
SCCC Fresh Enrollees 25 Percent of County Graduates
Sullivan County Community College projects nearly a quarter of county high school graduates will enroll for the September term led by President Richard F. Grego. Of 457 advance tuition payments, 128 come from Sullivan County residents, with about 150 new county registrants expected. The college plans 950 full time students, aided by six new vocational programs and grants totaling $196,000 for 1966-67. A new director of admissions, Lawrence Appel, was named as part of campus expansion and a SUNY evaluation of Loch Sheldrake site proceeds.
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South Fallsburg
Sullivan County
SCCC
Grego
SUNY
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Sullivan
Wilford L. Foeller
Woodridge Club
Martin Cohen
Jack Harford
Center
Hudson Valley
Kiwanis
Liberty Fields
Association
Tal
Neil Chassman
Chassman
Board of Trustees
Max Rubenzahl
Neversink
Rubenzahl
Harold Diamond
Wurtsboro
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