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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1976
Page
2
The Record presents a coinword puzzle with clues and multiple choice word pairings across and down. Readers fill the grid by choosing correct words like GRIP over GRIT and LASH over RASH, with entries including HACK vs HICK and POSTER vs ROSTER.
The Times Record announces a weekly COINWORD contest with a $25 prize. Eligible entrants include all except Times Record employees or relatives. Submissions must be the printed entry or a hand drawn facsimile, by 5 p.m. Tuesday after publication. Entries may not be mailed on postcards. If multiple winners, prizes are split. if none, prize rolls over. All entries become paper property. Only one prize per family. No purchase necessary to win.
Columbia County agricultural agent Kenneth Piester reports delays in harvesting field crops due to cloudy rainy days and cold nights. Hay leaves may shed protein, sweet corn field corn and tomatoes mature slowly, though precipitation is not unusually high. He notes farmers face inconveniences but compare favorably to western New York.
Hoosick Falls residents pressed the town board on Old Hoosick-Walloomsac Road and Bovie Hill Road. They seek reopening with a culvert bridge and spring passability, while warning winter maintenance limits. The board agreed to consult the town attorney and review the wetlands legislation before Sept. 1.
Despite heavy weather the 56th annual Fasig Tipton yearling sale proceeds today in Saratoga Springs starting at 8 30 p m and continuing to about midnight a sales spokesman said.
Albany Republican state senate candidate Arnold Proskin said he would withdraw his name from the Conservative Party ballot after finding irregularities in nominating petitions. He cited 10 mismatched signatures among 153 and filed with the state elections board. Proskin also sued his Democratic opponent Howard Nolan over alleged Conservative nomination improprieties.
The International Meditation Society will host a free public lecture on transcendental meditation this Wednesday at 8 pm in Mechanicville District Public Library. Proponents call it an easy natural technique that offers deep relaxation to dissolve daily stress and tension and help develop full potential.
Hoosick Falls officials report the River Street railroad crossing could see repairs within weeks. DOT and HUD funds are ready, with matching funds to come from the State or Boston and Maine Railroad, now available via a recent budget transfer.
Albany reports show July as the third coldest in a century with June warmer than May, plus a year marked by extreme swings. January was frigid, February very warm, and Easter heat followed by cool spells and wet patterns. Flooding, droughts, and global swings accompany forecasts of persistent instability.
Bennington hosts the largest Battle of Bennington Day celebrations with a Sunday parade featuring about 900 marchers, 66 firefighting units and 47 floats plus a Saturday lineup of firefighting drills, kid activities, parachute show, and a 1777 battle recreation.
Gail Bowers of Loudonville helped form the Hudson River sloop group in Albany turning a dream into a nonprofit, fundraising and recruiting efforts culminating in a Sloop Festival on the Hudson. Pete Seeger headlined a 1 000 plus crowd in April as the group grew, before Bowers and husband Walter planned another move to Kingston leaving the area with a formal club already in place.
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