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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1960
Page
1
Greenwich Mayor Meredith Hoag resigned effective Sept 1 after a stretch as acting mayor. Vernon Stoddard will continue as acting mayor until a successor is named and a temporary trustee is appointed until the spring election.
United Nations reported first casualties in its Congo force. a Tunisian soldier drowned in crocodile infested Kasal province while William Carey 31 of Cohoes died after falling from the Cayuga Salt Co. roof. Albany coroner withheld verdict, autopsy pending. Carey was son of Mr and Mrs Marcel Carey.
The article reports on a spy case involving Christner, who was employed temporarily in the United States, later revealed to have mapped railways and air facilities in the Soviet Union during travels in Uzhgorod, Lvov, Kiev, and Baku. Tass claims the embassy was warned against exploiting tourists for intelligence. Moscow also expelled Col. Edwin M. Kirton and prepared a high profile Powers trial, while U S officials discuss Soviet access to military data through public conventions.
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In juries were suffered by 47 pas sengers yesterday when a rush hour subway train caught fire near this London suburb. Fire men quickly brought the blaze under control.
The excerpt compiles Kennedy supporters remarks noting his appeal to working people and the poor. It highlights Kennedy as a young, honest Democrat with independent wealth, seen as new and capable, contrasting him with Nixon and stressing change and party preference. Respondents express trust in his leadership and policy direction.
New York AP reports department store sales in the second district for the week ended Aug. 6 rose one percent above the same week last year, according to the Federal Reserve Bank.
Marcus Kipp Sr. 66 World War I veteran and 32nd degree Mason of Hoosick Falls died after a long illness at Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge. He lived 50 years in Hoosick Falls and worked at Stevens Thompson Paper Mills then as school custodian. He served as captain in NYANG 1051 Inf and was a member of American Legion Veterans of WWI and Van Rensselaer Lodge F&AM. A Masonic service is planned at Hobson Home for Funerals. Survivors include wife Mary Wolf Kipp, five daughters, six sons, a sister, and 11 grandchildren. Interment Maple Grove Cemetery Hoosick Falls.
UPI report that U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson urged sending 185000 tons of grain to Jordan to ease a three year drought. Jordanian Prime Minister Hazza Majah welcomed the aid and rejected Soviet offers, saying they would starve rather than accept them.
Edward Dillon of Albany reelected counsel and executive director, joining Carl K. McCoy of Lake George as first vice president at the New York State Sheriffs Association 26th annual convention at Schroon Lake. Charles C. Accloskey was elected president. Delegates backed returning unrefunded gasoline taxes to counties to fund boat law enforcement and supported allowing wiretap evidence in state trials. They also opposed a constitutional amendment to strip sheriffs and district attorneys of fixed terms, favoring state statute control.
Walter Schumacher of West Islip was appointed superintendent of the Whitehall Central School District to succeed the late Bernard B. Murphy who served since 1954. Schumacher comes from roles in West Islip Wantagh and Will be temporary supervisor Franklin Stevens had served as interim superintendent since Murphy’s death in May.
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