Capitol Convention Notes and Movements Across Albany to Lake George
Historians recall the 1776 moving delegates from New York City to White Plains and beyond as British troops pursued them. The 1987 convention traveled from Albany to the Saratoga complex and Lake George before returning to Saratoga. Delegates face heat and long days in the capstone event at the convention center in Troy and surrounding areas.
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New York City
White Plains
Kings Bridge
Fishkill
Poughkeepsie
Kingston
Albany
Saratoga Race Track
Saratoga Raceway
Lake George
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
France Battles Oil Slick From Torrey Canyon Spill
France activated catastrophe plans to combat oil slick spreading from the wrecked supertanker Torrey Canyon. Oil patches reached Brittany shores across the English Channel from the Seven Stones Reef where the ship ran aground on March 18, spilling 118000 tons of crude.
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France
ST. Brirac
UPI
Torrey Canyon
Brittany
English Channel
Seven Stones Reef
Republicans Offer 1.7 Billion Poverty Plan
The House GOP proposed a 1.7 billion war on poverty program with a demand that President Johnson accept it or risk killing the administration’s poverty initiative in Congress. Spokesmen said the package would be boosted by 700 thousand dollars in matching funds from states and private industry.
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House
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
GOP
Cornell student charged over destroyed selective service card
Bruce D. Dancis an 18 year old former Cornell University sophomore pleaded innocent in federal court yesterday to charges of destroying his Selective Service card. Outside the federal building about 39 youths picketed during arraignment. Judge Edmund Port set 10 days to file motions and released him to his attorney's custody.
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Cornell
Syracuse
UPS
Bruce D. Dancis
Cornell University
Federal
Dancis
Edmund Port
Arrest Stems From Auto Crash in Saratoga Springs
Michael L. Henrich 21 of West Milton and Navy personnel were cited after a crash on West Avenue at 12 15 am Sunday. Henrich, driving north, said blinded by oncoming lights, left the road, struck a pole, and stopped after 300 feet. Police report the vehicle total loss and Henrich’s arrest for imprudent speed. Jane Bright 2 of Lake George was later found in Lake George with a coroner ruling accidental drowning. funeral held at Lake George residence. Cremation planned.
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Michael L. Henrich
Joseph Madison
Minn
de Coteau
Navy
West Milton
Saratoga Springs
West Avenue
Henrich
Hilton H. Dier
Sal 'George
Warren County
Jane Bright
Lake George
Unadilla and Marine Midland Bank Merge to Expand Offices
Unadilla National Bank merges into Marine Midland National Bank of Troy. The Unadilla Office becomes part of Marine Midland with 14 total Troy offices, plus a new Menands Office opening Saturday. Robert G. Carman becomes Marine Midland vice president in charge of Unadilla. current Unadilla staff retain positions and length of service credit.
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Unadilla National Bank of
Unadilla
Marine Midland National Bank of Troy
Chester F. Millhouse
Troy Bank
Menands
Watervliet City
Robert G. Carman
Unadilla National Bank
Marine Midland
Unadilla Bank
Millhouse
Marine Midland Corp
Mr. Collins Former DPW Aide Dies In Troy
George F. Collins a Corliss Park resident and former Troy DPW employee died after a short illness. He worked for Oneida Creameries before joining DPW and later N. Nirenberg & Sons. Survived by wife Helen Marie Birney a son James F. Collins and two daughters Mrs Edmund O Connell and Mrs Benjamin Zeller. Funeral from Joseph A O Bryan Funeral Home then St Augustine s Church with Solemn Requiem Mass. Interment St Mary s Cemetery Troy.
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George F. Collins
Corliss Park
Troy
Helen Marie Birney
James F. Collins
Dunkirk
Edmund O'Connell
Rochester
Benjamin Zeller
Maplewood
Joseph A. O'Bryan
Sixth Ave
St. Augustine's Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Trojan In Assault Case Deferred
Donald W. Hussey 38 of Troy faced second degree rape charges after appearing in Troy Police Court with detectives returning from Kentucky. Judge Fogarty revoked his $2500 bond and issued a bench warrant. case adjourned to April 21. Hussey remanded to Rensselaer County Jail.
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Donald W. Hussey
Troy
Timothy J. Fogarty
Kentucky
Hussey
Fogarty
Thomas J. O’connor
Rensselaer County
Area Man Arrested On Two Charges
Sheldon Robbins, 36, of 5 Youngs Pl. Latham, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Traffic Officer Louis Craver on charges of failing to obey the command of an officer and making an illegal left turn. Cash bail of 25 dollars was furnished for his appearance in night Traffic Court on April 20. The violations occurred at Bridge Avenue and River Street. Officer Craver commandeered a car and followed Robbins to Green Island where he made the arrest.
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Sheldon Robbins
Youngs Pl
Latham
Louis Craver
Bridge Avenue
River Street
Craver
Robbins
Green Island
Well Known Banker Dies in New York
Thomas S. Lamont, 68, noted banker and industrialist, director of Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., died yesterday of a heart ailment. He was a longtime partner at J.P. Morgan and Co., succeeding his father Thomas W. Lamont, a financier and adviser to presidents, who died in 1948.
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New York
Thomas S. Lamong
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
J.P. Morgan and Co
Thomas W. Lamont
Lamont
State Police Officers Promoted and Transferred in Albany
Two New York State Police officers widely known in the Troy Area were promoted and transferred effective Thursday, announced by Supt. Arthur Cornelius Jr. Capt. Robert E. Sweeney of Troop K becomes inspector at Division Headquarters Albany, replacing Maj. Harry B. Nelson, while Lt. John F. Harrison, commander of Brunswick Station, is promoted to captain and will join Troop K. Sweeney, 49, lives in Beacon and will move to Albany. Harrison, 41, resides in Westmere with his wife Patricia Rosencrance and children John and Kelly Ann. Both men started with the state police in the 1940s and have completed long service careers with multiple prior assignments. Salary details: Sweeney now earns 14,555 annually. Harrison 13,415.
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Anthony J. Travia
Rita
Anthony Jr
New York
Wolfgang Reimer
Schenectady County
Rensselaer County
Troy
Matthew J. Troy
Kings
New York State
Arthur Cornelius Jr
Robert E. Sweeney
Hawthorne
Albany
Loudonville
Thruway
Harry B.nelson
John F. Harrison
Brunswick Zone
Sweeney
East Willow St
Beacon
Brooklyn
Bishop Loughlin High School
State Police
U.S. Navy
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Batavia
Manhattan
BCI
Troop K
Agnes Schell
M. J. Asensio
Patricia Rosencrance
John
Kelly Ann
Port Jervis
Northwestern University Traffic, Institute
Sidney
Sargeant
Brunswick
Cancer Fund Drive Rides Begin Work in Sand Lake
The annual Crusade of the American Cancer Society kicks off in Sand Lake with chairmen Mrs. Lillian Strong and Mrs. Barbara Lawrence urging residents to welcome canvassers and donate. High School Pre Medical Corp members volunteer, envelopes left with canvassers to be sent to the Rensselaer County Cancer Society. Interlocian Rebekah Lodge meets at IOOF Hall for business and plans April 26 hosting duties. Church groups list weekly meetings and activities across Averill Park and Sand Lake.
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American Cancer Society
Sand Lake
Lillian Strong
Barbara Lawrence
Strong
Lawrence
Pre-Medical Corp
Rensselaer County Cancer Society
Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Hattie Chandler
Noble Grand
Helena Bently
Althea Beubler
Lulu Anderson
Irene Flint
Indonesian voting age task drags into general elections
In Jakarta AP reports an Indonesian Bureau of Statistics estimate that half of the nation's 110 million people will be eligible to vote next year. Mrs Hayes told officers she had been drinking with youths at a tavern on Fifth Avenue and that the youths pushed her into a car and drove away. Police said a warrant was sought but not issued as the Constituent Assembly dissolved by President Sukarno remains unresolved.
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Jakarta
Indonesian Bureau of Statistics
Sia
Frear Park
Hayes
Con- Police
Press-jrest
Dent Sukarno
Belden Native Josie Crandall Belden Dies at 89
Mrs. Josie Crandall Belden, 89, a Schaghticoke native and former Bennington resident, died Sunday in a West Springfield nursing home. widow of Charles F. Belden, she was daughter of Harvey and Martha Crandall. Survived by daughter Mrs. Wallace Hale of Longmeadow and three grandchildren. funeral today at 11 from Toomey Funeral Home West Springfield with Rev. Wayne K. Price officiating. Interment Park Lawn Cemetery Bennington.
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Josie Crandall Belden
Schaghticoke
Bennington
West Springfield
Mass
Charles F. Belden
Belden
Harvey and
Martha Quackenbush Crandall
Wallace M. Hale
Last Longmeadow
Toomey Funeral Home
Wayne K. Price
First Baptist Church of
Park Lawn Cemetery
Man Satisfactory From Crash Injuries Near Foley's Restaurant
Brian Creech, 17, of Box 279 West Sand Lake Road, remains in satisfactory condition at Samaritan Hospital after a motorcycle collision with a car on Route 150 near Foley's Restaurant yesterday about 5 45 p m. Police say Creech rode west on Route 150 while Samuel Barrett of 37 Mountain View Ave drove east Barrett was cited for failing to yield and will appear before Justice of the Peace John Claydon in North Greenbush at a later date.
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Brian Creech
Box 279
West Sand Lake Road
Samaritan Hospital
Michael Danaher
Charles Gundrum
North Greenbush
Creech
Samuel Barrett
Mountain View Ave
Barrett
Justice of the Peace
John Claydon
RPI Seminar Slides on Management Information Systems
Two managers from AT T will participate in a seminar at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Ralph G Edwards and Richard E Satter will discuss The Development of a Management/ Business Information System at 3 15 p m in Room 106 Annex Russell Sage Building.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Dinan to Address Lansingburgh Rotary
Edward P. Dinan ITroy Urban Renewal Agency director will speak at the Lansingburgh Rotary Club meeting at Sunset Inn today at 515 p.m. He will discuss the city urban renewal efforts and his background as former city clerk and UR director since October. Edmund Corina Rotary president announced the session last night.
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Edward P. Dinan
Itroy
Lansingburgh
GE to Build $50 Million Gas Turbine Plant near Greenville
General Electric announced it will construct a $50 million heavy duty gas turbine plant near Greenville South Carolina. The facility is to open late next year and will employ about 500 people in its first full year of operation.
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Greenville
8. C
General Electric Co
Salvation Army Building Drive Passes Milestone in Troy
The Salvation Army Building Fund drive in Troy reached 112,428 dollars with a goal of 350,000. Officials expect to break ground on a new center in June at the Army Temple site to expand youth programs and services. The report came at a breakfast meeting at Hospitality House of Standard Furniture Co with Be. 6 p.m. Friday cited for the next report.
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Salvation Army
Salvation Army Center
Army Temple
Standard Furniture Co
Chester F. Millhouse
Millhouse
Greater
Troy
Milhouse
Police Probe Assault On Troy Woman
Troy detectives investigated an alleged assault on Mrs. Jean Tawan of 199 tot Cf early yesterday morning.
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Troy
Jean Tawan
199
Tot CF
Troy Library Adds 21 New Books This Week
The Troy Public Library received twenty one new books, seven fiction titles, to display for the week before circulating. Non fiction titles include John Keats His Life and Writings and We Came as Children by Walter Gellhorn alongside works by Bush Cammer and others.
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Troy Public Library
John Keats
Douglas Bush
Freedom and Order
H. S.commager
Frank Dufresne
Ombudsmen
Walter Gellhorn
Karen Gershon
Mahalia Jackson
J. E. Jennings
W. W. Law
Oswald
Leo Sauvage
Tom Scott
U.S. Mint
Don Taxay
Portland
A. L. Todd
Australia
Oliver Turnbull
Ernest Hemingway
Philip Young
Sharon Aleichem
Jonathan Burke
Terry Carr
F. L. Keefe
Abraham Rothberg
Bart Spicer
William Stevens
Brockport Accepts Three Troy Area Men as Students
Three Troy area men have been accepted as students for the fall semester at Brockport State University. They are Thomas Lloyd Duncan of 12,123rd St a Lansingburgh High School student Donn Arthur Maynard of RD 2 Johnsonville Hoosie Valley Central High School and Douglas Stephen Keller RD 1 Averill Park Averill Park High School.
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Troy Area
Brockport State University
Brockport
Thomas Lloyd Duncan
123Rd St
Lansingburgh High School
Donn Arthur Maynard
Johnsonville
Hoosie Valley Central High School
Douglas Stephen Keller
Averill Park
Young Marines Schedule Tag Days in Troy Area
The Young Marines under the Marine Corps League will hold tag days Friday and Saturday in the Troy Area to raise funds for equipment and uniforms. Supervising the tag days locally will be Lieutenants Edward King, Robert Galvin and John Perry.
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Young Marines
Marine Corps League
Troy
Edward King
Robert Galvin
John Perry
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