Tenandeho Canoe Races Draw 15000 Spectators
Water Derby crowds of about 15,000 lined the Tenandeho Creek from Coons Crossing to the Hudson as Bill Moniz and Phil Peacock repeated their 1975 open two-man win in 34 58 on a 4 1/2 mile course.
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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1976
Page
3
Water Derby crowds of about 15,000 lined the Tenandeho Creek from Coons Crossing to the Hudson as Bill Moniz and Phil Peacock repeated their 1975 open two-man win in 34 58 on a 4 1/2 mile course.
A letter from B I M Plattsburgh NV seeks help tracing Frank W Adams born 1892 or 1893 in Pennsylvania who disappeared in Chicago in 1922. The Troy Bureau of Vital Statistics suggests sending his name and parents, plus birth year estimate, to the Pennsylvania Division of Vital Statistics in Harrisburg for records.
In Colonie the Moynihan campaign for Henry Jackson kept up a weekend push ahead of New York's presidential primary. Moynihan, recently U N ambassador, spoke with press at Albany County Airport while Jackson traveled with Gov. Ella Grasso. He stressed peace, warned of U S Soviet parity and urged focus on jobs, then moved on to Rochester.
A mutual-aid fire at Bowman's Orchard on Sugar Hill Road in Vischers Ferry was reported Saturday night with no injuries, per the Saratoga County Sheriff's Dept. The blaze began at 6 21 p.m. Saturday and was believed to involve a burn. 14, (top) and Tom Calvin, 12, were among scouts who braved a brisk spring day to raise money for equipment and gear for the scouts.
Polls open Tuesday from noon to 9 pm for Democratic primaries in Mechanicville and Stillwater. Republicans have no primary contests. Mechanicville voters choose delegates to the Democratic national convention pledged to Jackson Carter Udall, plus unpledged delegates. Stillwater voters have similar choices and select district committeemen.
Mechanicville reporter notes Sarah Prindle, 74, did not finish the Tenandeho Creek race as her son and partner Richard Prindle, 39, was seriously injured after their canoe struck a rock near the old railroad bridge. He was treated at Samaritan Hospital in Troy and listed as satisfactory. She plans to retire from the course after more than three years of canoeing with him.
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