Heavy Rains Flood Cohoes and Blackout Telephones
One of the heaviest rains in memory hit Cohoes, flooding basements and washing away asphalt. About half the city’s telephones were out due to an overloaded breaker as emergency crews restored service. hospital and police communications relied on a mobile relay. Public works logged countless calls about damage, including popped manhole covers and flooded streets on Columbia Street hill. No trees or limbs fell, aided by light winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Gibbons
Cohoes
Albany Weather Bureau
Ardey
Emer
Sohoes Memorial Hospital
de Fruscio
DeFruscio
Columbia Street
Imperial Avenue
Court Defers License Case Decision In Ontario Street Crash
In a Cohoes courtroom Patrolman Tremblay testified a car owned by George Sickinger was driven by Theodore Maychack without a license and that Sickinger loaned the vehicle. Sickinger claimed Maychack was told to return home to change pants while he believed the car had been stolen. The judge reserved a decision as Sickinger faced charges of supplying false information and an unlicensed operator driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L
Frank Valenti
Bramit
Harry L. Robinson
Tremblay
Sickinger
George Sickinger
Vliet Blvd
Cohoes
André Tremblay
Theodore Maychak
Chestnut St
Ontario Street
Maychack
Maybhack
Valenti
Mayback
James M. O’brien
Sts. Peter's and Paul’s Church
City Thanks Officials for Prompt Bridge Repairs Protections
A neighborhood group thanks city officials for prompt cooperation in repairing the Hutton Street bridge. The letter, addressed to City Manager Sidney Smith and Public Works Commissioner J Leo Quigley, is signed by Mrs. Elsie Johnson on behalf of appreciative Trojans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Avenue
CEO
Hutton Street
Sidney Smith
J. Leo Quigley
Elsie Johnson
Drug Case Deferred One Week In Cohoes
A Cohoes Police Court postponed the preliminary hearing for eight defendants charged with illegal possession of dangerous weapons and narcotics. The group, from Rensselaer and Massachusetts, was arrested after a Waterford report about a suspicious 1959 Cadillac hearse. weapons including a Bowie knife and Arkansas Toothpick were found. Bail set at $1,000 each. hearing delayed for preliminary examination.
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Bill Tompkins
Rensselaer
Massachusetts
Cohoes
Frank L. Brandt
Hhe
Albany County Grand Jury
City Hall
Arthur J. Weinstein
Lowell
Mass
Joseph J. Ciampa
Edward Weinstein
Edith L. Delincenzi
Newton
Selkirk
Weinstein
Paul Cheeseman
Albany
Bernard Cohen
Albany County
Cheeseman
Justice Brandt
Waterford
John F. Kielb
Sammy J Garrison
First St
Frederick R. Olsson
Billerica
Frederick Williams
Auburn
Jack Rivera
Boston
Thomas Farraher
Malden
Dellincenzi
Lucille Asselin
Arkansas Toothpick
Brandt
Mass schedule list for Cohoes churches and priests
A compiled list of Mass times and clergy for multiple Cohoes churches including St Patrick, St Rita, St Marie, St Nicholas Orthodox, St Agnes, St Bernard, Ste Peters and Paul, St Joseph, St Michael, and a Dunsback Ferry chapel. Times vary from 6 to 12 noon with several daily services and low masses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s
Philip A.ear
St. Rita's
Anthony R. DeFranco
A.m
St. Marie's
George T. Quintivan
St. Nicholas
Holy Divine
Nellis
J. Tremblay
St. Agnes
Oe Smith
Jaem
St. Bernard's
T. Gerald Mulqueen
Ste. Peter's and Paul’s
Nicholas Wojakowsky
St. Joseph’s
Celas A. Robitaille
St. Michael’s
Olysak
Dunsbach Lerry
Masé
Youth injured in Cohoes motorcycle car crash on Vliet Street
A Cohoes youth, William Brown 17, was injured when his motorcycle turned into a car on Vliet Street at 5:55 p.m. He was treated and released from Cohoes Memorial Hospital. The second crash on Ontario Street at 6:20 p.m. involved Oliver Schimph 26 and Stefan Bezduch 18. both drivers reported heavy rain and poor visibility with no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
Vliet Street
Cohoes Firemen Extinguish Truck Fire at School Site
At 1 p.m. yesterday Cohoes firemen from Pumper 2 responded to the new high school site for a truck fire. They found the blaze caused by a faulty ignition system and already out. The truck, owned by Truck Leasing Co. of Springfield, Mass., was checked again at 1:15 p.m. Deputy Chief Raymond Kenney led the response.
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Cohoes
Truck Leasing Co
Springfield
Mass
Raymond Kenney
Church Services In Cohoes Hit By Multiple Faith Traditions
Local churches in Cohoes hold morning services across denominations. St John’s Episcopal led by Rev Canon J Alanson Pretoro offers 7:30 and 10 am Holy Eucharist. Boght Reformed with Rev Rich ard Hogarth at 10 am. Full Gospel hosts Rev Clarence McMillan and Rev Bernice McMillan at 11 am and 3 pm evangelistic service. St James’ Methodist minister Rev Gerard T O Neill leads a 10 am union worship service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s. Episcopal
Cohoes
Canon J. Alanson Pretoro
Boght
Richard A.’ Hogarth
Clarence McMillan
Bernice McMillan
St. James
Gerard T.o'neill
Union
Yowochas Camp Busy Season With Events
Camp Yowochas at Grafton hosts group games and a special softball match as CIT course trains high school juniors with psychology teaching methods and camp programs. Features include a Pretoria cabin cook-out, a Grafton State Park swim, and a camp exchange with Camp Ce Da Ca. Week activities include a jungle treasure hunt, weekly water skiing, and a trip to Jacobs Pillow for the NY City Ballet on Aug 11. Registrations for period four run Aug 13 to 26, with one week options for those in summer school or vacation family programs, due by Aug 10.
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Yowochas
YWCA
Grafton
Sally Flood
Slingerlands
Pretoria Cabin
Grafton State Park
Sue. Stierer
Sleepy Hollow Cabin
Troy
Jacobs Pillow
New York City Ballet
Troy Ywca
Cambridge Rioting Sees Negro Businessman Die by Own Action
Han sel Green a 58 year old Negro businessman, lost two businesses in the Cambridge fire that accompanied racial rioting. He shot himself with a pistol at his home on Ward Street, with coroner confirming death by self-inflicted injury at 10 20 a m. The blaze destroyed Brooks West Funeral Home and a local motel tavern poolroom in the second ward Negro district, following H Rap Brown’s street rally inciting riot charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, Md
Cambridge
Dorchester County
Brice. G. Kinnamon
Hansel Green
John Mace
Green
Brooks-West Funeral Home
Second Ward
H. Rap Brown
Brown
Riots Reduce Drunks In City Racist Strife on Milwaukee Streets
Milwaukee authorities report alcohol abuse easing amid several days of racial strife. Rescue Mission head says he has not seen a drink for days, blaming a liquor ban. An Alcoholics Anonymous spokesman notes fear of violence as others seek alcohol amid unrest.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPL
Ifra
John W. Steinhauser
Milwau
Alcoholics Anonymous
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Remsen’ St
Rich-Maid Vary
Canada
Deitcher
Remsen ST. Cohoes
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Mainden Lane
wooLwortH's
Watervliet
Latham
Scott Summer Fertilizer
Westeria
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