Orange jury acquits DeGroat on rape charge
A Orange County Court jury deliberated about an hour before acquitting Lawrence DeGroat of Middletown, 29, of a first degree rape charge tied to a November incident in a Middletown bar room. The defense claimed fake evidence and challenged witnesses, while prosecutors argued force, identity, and sexual conduct were proven beyond doubt. The judge allowed a verdict on first degree rape or sexual misconduct, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Goshen
Orange County
Lawrence DeGroat
Middletown
DeGroat
New Hampton
Max Levinson
Levinson
Lucy Dolson
Dennis Hamilton
North Street
James S. Hamilton
Abraham Isseks
Asst. Dist. Atty
Mark Fox
Fox
Isseks
Newburgh
Michael Felton
County of Orange
James Parker
Wayne
Montgomery couple wins New York State Lottery prize
Mr and Mrs Howard M Eriksen of Montgomery display a $50,000 award as top weekly winner of the New York State Lottery. Howard Reiss stands at right after selling the winning ticket to Mrs Eriksen.
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Howard M. Eriksen
Montgomery
York State
Howard Reiss
Eriksen
Isseks sets 256 bail in Mercado case
Bail was set at $25,000 Monday for Efrain Nunez a 25 year old Newburgh man charged with the baseball bat murder of his brother in law Francisco Mercado 20. The attorney said the case differs from a typical murder showing Nunez did not flee and had not fled the area.
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Goshen
Efrain Nunez
Newburgh
Inlaw
Francisco Mercado
Peter Neuman
Orange County
Abraham Isseks
Nunez
Mercado
Neuman
Hayden
Isseks
St. Luke’s Hospital
Poughkeepsie
William F. Clark III
Clark
M.L. Howard Burks
Oscar Barnes
Helen Grace Cassel
Burks
Barnes
Jaycees cut membership age to 18 at national convention
Delegates at the U S Jaycees Convention in Atlanta voted to lower the minimum membership age from 21 to 18 after 52 years of 21 to 35. The change aims to recruit younger Jaycees on campuses, in the military and in 6400 chapters. Samuel D Winer of Tulsa was elected national president. In Cornwall Ontario Mohawk Indians on the St Regis Reservation seek 2 642 550 from the St Lawrence Seaway Authority for land loss and access after seaway talks in 1950.
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Middletown
Atlanta
Samuel D. Winer
Tulsa
Oklo
Cornwall, Ont
UPN
St. Regis
St. Lawrence Seaway
PSC denies GenTel rate hike in upstate New York
Public Service Commission examiner Vincent P. Furlong denied General Telephone Co. of Upstate New York a proposed temporary rate increase. He said the utility failed to show a need for relief and the recommendation goes to the PSC for a final ruling after July 5, with an appeal period.
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Albany
Public Service Commission
General Telephone Co
Upstate
New York
PSC
Vincent P. Furlong
GenTel
Furlong
Goshen
Nixon declares disaster areas stretch across five states
President Nixon signaled federal aid for Florida Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and New York after declaring five Eastern states disaster areas due to flooding. The plan channels funds and manpower to local governments and eligible businesses, with help ranging from road clearance to water purification and rent free housing, managed by the Office of Emergency Preparedness.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Florida
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
Office of Emergency, Preparedness
QEB
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Dolson
Jaycees
Seaway Authority
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