Federal grand jury subpoenas hit Monticello Raceway board
Federal grand jury subpoenas have been served on past and present Monticello Raceway directors. Sidney Sussman is set to testify Tuesday in New York City. The same grand jury indicted track president Leon Greenberg for conspiracy and mail fraud over funds used for a family bar mitzvah in 1970. The IRS is monitoring the Raceway Investigation and may join the case.
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Bill Lowry Sullivan
Monticello
Monticello Raceway
New York City
Sidney Sussman
Windsor Hotel
Leon Greenberg
Greenberg
Grossinger
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Track directors linked to bar mitzvah scandal face federal subpoenas
Federal agents in New York City served subpoenas to hotel owners and prominent businessmen tied to the track, including Nevele Kutsher's and Grossinger's. Greenberg's indictment spawned a broader probe into track finances and staff testimony. Grossinger disclosed a $4,856 bill billed to Greenberg tied to the bar mitzvah party, prompting his temporary board step down.
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New York City
Nevele
Kutsher’s
Grossinger’s
Greenberg
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Paul Grossinger
Grossinger
Callicoon residents win Cannonsville reservoir appeal ruling
Appellate Division upholds lower court damages for Callicoon area owners claiming Cannonsville Reservoir construction reduced property values. About 25 more properties await trial. damages awarded to Harry M. Phillips of Callicoon and questioned fish life and recreation impacted by water releases and cold temperatures.
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Tom Weir
Callicoon
State Supreme Court
New York City
Murray
Pepacton
Delaware
Harry M. Phillips
Albany County
Phillips
Appellate Division
Board of Water Supply
Michael R. Gottlieb
Woodbourne
Water Supply Board
Skinners Falls
Gottlieb
Pennsylvania
Cannonsville
Waterworks Dick Mall drives spike in Chestnut Creek project
Dick Mall assists the Chestnut Creek improvement in Grahamsville as the U S Soil Conservation Service undertakes two projects and repairs three others in the stream. Record photo by Paul Updike.
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Dick Mall
Grahamsville
U.S. Soil Conservation
Paul Updike
Ulster OKs special aging office for 3 000 seniors
Ulster County will create a county office of the aging funded at 32 460 with a full time director to coordinate state county and local funding for seniors. Peter J. Savage authorized to appoint the director while the measure faced prior opposition from the Ulster County Senior Citizens Alliance. The finance committee had warned of lost grants if the office was not created.
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Peter Kutschera
Kingston
Ulster County
Peter J. Savage
New Paltz
R-8
Social Services Department
Ulster County Senior Citizens Alliance
Maurice D. Hinchey
D-Saugerties
Joel P. Gorman
Albany
Sullivan County negligence ruling upheld in teen fatality case
The Appellate Division found Sullivan County negligent for failing to clear sidewalks after a 7:45 PM February 2, 1973 pedestrian death of 14 year old Lonnie Luann Quinn on Route 97 in Callicoon. The driver Luben faced no liability. Quinn's father was awarded 51860.
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Ottaway News Service
Albany
Appellate Division
State Supreme Court
Sullivan County
Lonnie Luann Quinn
Sullivan County Supreme Court
Josiah Quinn
Rt. 97
Callicoon
Robert E. Luben
Luben
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