Consolidation Vote Defeated After Education Budget Troubles
The Otisville-Wallkill Centralization Committee led a landslide defeat of consolidation amid sharp budget disputes. Middletown officials warned that the defeat leaves eight districts contracting to Middletown for another year while state evaluators fear reduced educational opportunities for local students.
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Middletown
Thor Krogh
Otisville-Wallkill Centralization Committee
Otisville School Board
Harold F. Coddington
D. Clinton Dominick
Wilson C. VanDuzer
Daniel Becker
VanDuzer
Coddington
Senate Education Committee
Otisville
Mount Hope
State Education Department
Middletown Schools Citizens Committee
Circleville Consolidation Committee
Edgar R. Schriber
Circleville Pine Bush Merger Foes and Backers Clash
Circleville officials debated separation from Middletown as Otisville Wallkill led opposition. A Circleville centered centralization group fought Middletown consolidation but then joined to oppose Pine Bush merger. A third faction backed merging with Pine Bush citing lower taxes. Circleville would pay $42.35 on assessed value with Pine Bush and $51.52 if consolidated.
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Krogh
Board of Education
Cobert
Wallkill
Mamakating
Mount Hope
Middletown
Wawayanda
Anthony J. Ver
Aldi
Circleville
Otisville
Pine Bush
School supply price-fix indictments returned in multi-state case
A federal grand jury indicted eight companies and 11 individuals on antitrust conspiracy charges over the sale of about 15 million dollars of school supplies annually. The case covers Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Delaware Maryland and Virginia with firms named including Kurtz Bros Garrett Buchanan Hammett Herr Roberts Meck and others. The defendants allegedly fixed prices rigged bids and allocated business in purchases by public school districts across 38 eastern New York counties and several others.
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Philadelphia
Pennsyvania
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Kurtz Bros
Clearfield
Garrett-Buchanan Co
J. L. Hammett
Cambridge, Mass
Eastern Division
Paoli
Pay LB
Herr & Son
Lancaster, Pa
Roberts and Meck, Inc
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Paul M. Adams
Atlanta hotel refuses Bunche room in city
NAACP official says Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, UN Undersecretary for special political affairs, was denied a hotel room in Atlanta while seeking reservations on United Nations stationery to attend the 53rd NAACP convention. Moon notes other Negro guests obtained rooms, possibly unaware of applicants’ race. Bunche is staying at a Negro hotel.
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Atlanta
UPI
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Henry Lee Moon
NAACP
Bunche
Moon
Howell Tackles County Tax Structure at Warwick Chamber
Albert C. Howell, chairman of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, addressed Warwick Chamber of Commerce on county government focusing on the tax structure. Jim Robinson of Utopia, a Chock Full O’Nuts resort, said Township residents may use the planned baseball diamond. Ned Strong was elected to replace Thamas Valenta on the chamber board as Valenta moves to Endicott, New York.
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Warwick
Albert C. Howell
Orange County Board of Supervisors
Warwick Chamber of Commerce
Jim Robinson
Utopia
Ned Strong
Chamber
Thamas Valenta
Warwick Advertiser
Valenta
Endicott
N. Y
South Viet Nam seeks more U S aid for counter insurgency
Saigon requests a substantial increase in economic aid from Washington for this year at the request of President Ngo Dinh Diem. Officials say cash grants are not sought. the push targets project based aid to bolster counter insurgency and flexibility in already committed assistance.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Washington
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Scenic 17 signs to guide travelers along Route 17
The Route 17 Association will install 20 red white and blue signs directing motorists to Relax Take Scenic Historic Route 17 Crossing New York State from now until Labor Day. Signs will be on Route 17 and feeder roads in southern New York and northern Pennsylvania as the association expands an annual effort led by president Carl M. Berey of Elmira.
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Binghamton
New York
Pennsylvania
New York State
Carl M. Berey
Elmira
Welfare rehabilitation doubts voiced by NY official
Houston said federal welfare reform is overselling rehabilitation potential and urged big staff and knowledge increases. Speaking at the New York State Social Welfare Association meeting, the retiring state welfare commissioner cited cost, red tape, and the need for skilled personnel.
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N.Y
Raymond W. Houston
Houston
New York State Social Welfare Association
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Milton J. Cobert
Louis L. Berkman
Veraldi
Middletown Board of Education
Disic
Commissioner of Education
Howell
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