Chase Ends As Army Truck Rams Car In Middletown
A 20-year-old man identified as James Morris from Stewart Air Base drove a 2 1/2 ton army truck from the base, fleeing through Goshen towns and Middletown. The vehicle sideswiped a car carrying four people, injuring six including a 6-year-old, before crashing and stopping. Morris was taken to Horton Memorial Hospital for observation and remained in custody.
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Middletown
Stewart
Goshen
James Morris
342Nd
Non-Commissioned Officers Club
Rt. 207
Newburgh
Maybrook
Morris
Academy Avenue
Academy
E. Main Street
Horton Memorial Hospital
Bruce McZorn
Herman McZorn
Rockwell Ave
Peggy
Virginia King
Silver Lake Apts
Horton
Three cars and garage lost in Thompson Ridge fire
At the C R Chamberlain home on Crawford Street in Thompson Ridge a Saturday morning fire destroyed three cars and a garage while an attached shed was saved. Assistant Chief Richard W. Sheeley reported 40 firefighters from Pine Bush two pumpers a tanker and a utility truck responded at 8 30 a m. Walker Valley provided 15 to 60 men with a utility truck and a pumper and 10 to 15 Walden firemen stood by at Pine Bush. Fire units were back in service by 11 30 a m.
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Thompson Ridge
C.R. Chamberlain
Crawford St
Richard W. Sheeley
Pine Bush
Walker Valley Fire Department
Walden
Welfare group to meet at Grossinger's for NY association
Public welfare officials from New York state will gather at Grossinger's on Monday for the 102d summer meeting of the New York Public Welfare Association. The three day session will discuss welfare checks reform aid to the aged blind and disabled and social welfare's evolving role. The association includes commissioners and other leaders from 64 local social services departments statewide.
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Liberty Public Social Services
Grossinger
New York Public Welfare Association
Fire in Erie Lackawanna diesel engine at Reynolds Metals plant
Firefighters from Mechanicstown, aided by 22 volunteers, battled a blaze in an Erie Lackawanna diesel engine on the main line near Reynolds Metals. The fire started in the electrical system and was quickly contained. The engine was detached, moved off the track, and the department returned to service by 9 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicstown
Erie Lackawanna
J. McClintock
Reynolds Metals
McClintock
Six seek seats on Newburgh board
Six candidates declared for two open Newburgh Town Board seats at the annual town candidates night. Two proven vote-getters announced they will not seek re election, including Councilman Kenneth O Patterson and Town Clerk James Murray.
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Gardnertown
Newburgh
Kenneth O. Patterson
James Murray
William Dillon
Thomas Kaiser
Dillon
Murray
Marion Murphy
James J. Coyne
Joseph Richichi
Stop the
Jetport Committee
Troy Graves
Peter Neuman
Robert Kunkel
Greter Newburgh School Action Committee
Robert Kilpatrick
Space available in OCCC classes for non English students
Orange County Community College offers spots for several more non English speaking students in reading and writing English classes. The free 15 week course runs Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 10 in Room 301 Harriman Hall. A stipend is provided to attendees, funded by the State Department of Labor under the Manpower Development and Training Act. Contact Mrs. Marilyn Wheeler for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Orange County Community College
Harriman Hall
State Department of Labor
Marilyn Wheeler
Monticello Burglary Hits Apollo Scaffold Theft
Monticello police investigated a burglary at Apollo Scaffold and Equipment Co. on Sturgis Road. Owner Al Ingber reported the theft at 10 a.m. four Homelite saws valued at 832 dollars were taken along with other gear through a rear window, police said.
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Monticello
Apollo
Sturgis Road
al Ingber
Ingber
Louis Yank
Swearing-in for Middletown Fire Chief Richardson Set
The public is invited to attend the swearing-in ceremony for new Middletown fire chief Walter E. Richardson at Central Firehouse on Monday at 7:30 p.m. He succeeds William W. Weale and has served with McQuaid Engine and Ladder Company.
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Middletown
New Middletown
Walter E. Richardson
Central Firehouse
Richardson
McQuaid Engine and Ladder Company
William W. Weale
Pine Lodge Hotel Fire Probed as Suspicious in Monticello
An early morning general alarm fire at the Pine Lodge Hotel 442 West Broadway gutted 12 rooms of the 33 room wood frame building. Police and fire teams from Monticello Fallsburg Rock Hill and neighboring towns fought the blaze for nearly five hours starting at 1:45 a.m. A 78 year old guest Mrs Gussie Schiff was rescued and uninjured. The kitchen origin and $3,500 of meat losses were noted with extensive hose lines ladders and aerial support used. Fire officials labeled the incident suspicious and investigations continued.
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Monticello
Pine Lodge
West Broadway
Les Smith
George House
Falisburg
Lock Hill
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R.R
Newburgh Board
Len Antell
Gussie Schiff
Edward McManus
Martin Rozbruch
Fallsburg
Rock Hill
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