Interior seeks larger Stewart study by FAA
The Interior Department requests a broader environmental impact study from the FAA on Stewart Airport’s east–west runway extension. It urges assessment of future MTA development plans and the potential need for an additional runway to serve larger aircraft, noting cumulative effects and unresolved land-use questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
U.S. Department of Interior
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Stewart Airport
Federal Department
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
MTA
Stewart
Interior Department
Orange County
Louis V. Mills
Robert F. Bacon
Mark Abelson
Abelson
Bacon
Newark
Kennedy
Stewart Impact
Erie Lackawanna lines in Orange County face recovery after flood damage
The Erie Lackawanna operates two routes from Hoboken to the west with a freight only Graham Line via Campbell Hall and a mixed passenger and freight line through Harriman Monroe Chester Goshen Middletown. Chief notes 130 miles of main track between Salamanca and Elmira flooded with mud slides and cites hopes for Section 77 reorganization to restore cash flow and address a long burdened debt structure. The company’s history traces to 1832 as the New York and Erie, then Erie Railway, Lake Erie and Western, and eventual 1960 merger into Erie Lackawanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Middletown
Agnes
Manny Fuchs
Erie Lackawanna
Orange County
Hoboken
N.J
Newburgh Junction
Harriman
Campbell Hall
Monroe
Chester
Goshen
Maxwell
Salamanca
Elmira
Erie Railroad Co
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
New York & Erie Railroad
Erie Railway Co
Lake Erie & Western Railroad
New York
Supreme Court denies hearing on Penn Central funds release
The Supreme Court refused to hear four banks challenge to releasing 3.1 million in Penn Central deposits. The order upholds a 1971 Third Circuit ruling backing Federal Judge Fullam, who directed the banks to release funds despite the railroad's larger debts. The banks had set off balances against the railroad’s indebtedness before the bankruptcy filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Penn Central Railroad
3Rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John P. Fullam
Philadelphia
Fullam
Central Penn National Bank
First National Bank of Maryland
Baltimore
First Wisconsin National Bank of
Milwaukee
Penn Central
Tocks cash approved for Tocks Island funding
The House passed the fiscal 1973 public works appropriation bill including 34.8 million for the Tocks Island project on the Delaware River. Money may not fund dam construction until CEQ provides final environmental safety judgment, and will instead accelerate land acquisitions in the interim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottaway News Service
Washington
House
Tocks Island
Delaware River
House Appropriations Committee
Council On Environmental Quality
CEQ
Thompson urges rapid action on Tocks Island Dam plan
Rep. Frank Thompson Jr of New Jersey pressed President Nixon to push the CEQ to clear the environmental study for the 370 million Tocks Island Dam on the Delaware River six miles above Stroudsburg Pennsylvania. He warned fate could bring more deadly storms and urged Gov. Cahill to back rapid construction while cautioning about cost and land use shifts in the fiscal 1973 plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Frank Thompson, Jr
D-N.j
Nixon
Tocks Island
Delaware River
Thompson
New Jersey
William T. Cahill
Stroudsburg
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation
Army Corps of Engineers
Council On Environmental Quality
CEQ
Delaware
Cahill
House
Public Works
Tacks Island
House Appropriations Committee
Eset
Tocks Reservoir
Also Mentioned on This Page
Humphrey
Tyler
Ereater
Erie
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway Co
Lehigh and Hudson River
Warwick
National Bank of Detroit
Tocks
Diane
Delaware Valley
Susquehanna River
Delaware Basin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!