Summertime Soft Ice Cream Melts in Middletown Streets
In Middletown the heat drives kids to soft serve from local shops like Lloyds Carvel Playtoys Center Frosty Delite Dairy Queen and the Custard Cup. Cones melt quickly leaving shirts and faces smeared while kids chase colorful flavors, though vanilla and chocolate remain top choices.
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Herbert Heinz
Rockefeller vetoes Nyquist powers curb bill
Governor Rockefeller vetoed a bill to curb the New York education commissioner Ewald B. Nyquist's powers on technical grounds. The measure would have required formal public hearings on appeals of the commissioner's decisions, but the veto cited due process and equal protection concerns as it allowed appeals only by petitioners, not respondents.
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Love Story prompts no free passes policy nationwide
Paramount Pictures enforces a no free passes rule for Love Story complaints grow over admissions. The policy applies to theaters including the Plaza Theater on Route 211 in Wallkill and Windsor Theater at Vails Gate along with other Orange and Sullivan county venues as the $60 million blockbuster continues to draw crowds.
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Paramount withholds free passes for Love Story hits
The Times Herald Record reports Jaycees and theater managers complain as Paramount executives defend denying complimentary tickets for Love Story. Barry Riordan says the film is Paramount’s top money maker and passes would drain profits. theaters face high booking costs, with estimates around ten thousand dollars for a four week run.
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Jaycee
Robert Mercilliotte
Ray Boyea
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Paramount Pictures
Barry Riordan
Times Herald-Record
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Vails Gate
Dr. Zhivago
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West Point artillery practice announced at Camp Buckner
Gunnery training will be conducted at Camp Buckner with fields prepared for harvest. A howitzer, identified by the number 931.26.1001405mm, produced noise not expected to disturb nearby residents. The site lies on Mine Torne Road between Fort Montgomery and Rt 293 and will be closed during the drill.
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