Corner Cut to Speed Fire Truck Purchase in Howland Co
Corner Cut and fire apparatus purchase in Mechanicville prompt a special council session after a regular meeting. The move aims to trim time and costs amid rising steel prices. City officials approved truck specs and directed legal ads for bids set for Aug. 24.
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Che
Mechanicville
W. L. Howland Chemical Co
Eugene Bucci
Bucci
John H. Sheehan
Peter J. Enzien
Robert Palmieri
John Rinaldi
Cochairmen
Howland Company
John H. Connors
Public Safety
John R. Fascia
Frances K. Bahan
Atty. Enzien
City Council tightens rules after tax sale dispute
Mechancisville council votes to require 10 to 20 percent down and cash or certified payment to prevent stop payment dodges after buyers Bernard and Bernadette Di Siena balked at closing on the 7200 dollar mill bid. Officials pursue collection of the down payment and review title procedures to avoid future delays.
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Iall Avenue
Mechanicville
Bernard di Siena
di Siena’s
Frances Bahan
John H. Connors
Peter J. Enzien
di Sienas
Connors
Bahan
Enzie
Dodge
Graham schedules West Berlin crusade and world congress
Evangelist Billy Graham plans a West Berlin crusade from October 16 to 23 and will join the first World Congress on Evangelism in Berlin from October 26 to November 4. This marks his third West Berlin crusade.
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Berlin
Billy Graham
West Berlin
Graham
Knickerbocker Society Secures Deed to Historic Mansion
The Knickerbocker Historical Society received the deed to Knickerbocker Mansion near Mechanicville marking a near decade of fundraising. The sale price was about 28 000 dollars with a 12 year purchase plan at 1000 dollars annually at 4 percent interest. The brick 1770 building hosted guests like Washington Irving and Gen Lafayette.
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Knickerbocker
Historical Society
Old Schaghticoke
Mechanicville
Upper Rensselaer County
Donald Weir
N. Main Street
Patrick J. Kenny
Weirs
Erastus Corning
Albany
Chester Hack
Schaghticoke
Knickerbocker Historical Society
Weir
Council Oak
Hack
Washington Irving
Gen
Lafayette
Demolition Contract Awarded for Panza Property
Mechanicville City Council awarded a demolition contract for the vacant Panza property at 43 Warsaw St to Donovan Palmer Forino Construction for 1800 dollars. The firm must tear down the two story frame structure, dispose of debris, and grade the lot within 14 days per specifications. Mayor Connors authorized the agreement with work overseen by Public Works Commissioner Ennello and Building Inspector Beaver. The long landmark at Warsaw Avenue and Leonard Street had housed a neighborhood store and residence and stood dilapidated and unsafe.
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Warsaw St
Mechanicville
Donovan- Palmer - Forino Construction
Commissioner of Public Works
Michael Ennello
George Beaver
John H. Connors
Warsaw Avenue
Leonard Street
Supervisor Cites Spa College Need
Saratoga County supervisors discuss the need for a local two year college. Harry Snyder cites 500 county residents in nearby colleges and rising tuition costs as proof the county should study establishing a Saratoga County based institution.
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Saratoga County Community College
Board of Supervisors
Harry Snyder
Saratoga Springs
Mechanicville
Board of Supervisors Committee On Community Colleges
Hudson Valley
Troy
Adirondack
Warren
Washington
Saratoga County
Snyder
County Supervisors
Jack Tate
J. Dwight Dunn
Mrs. Macklin Dies After Long Illness at 82
Clara L. Macklin 82 of 101 South Washington Hemstreet Park died Wednesday at Greenwich Nursing Home after a long illness. Born in Stillwater she lived in Mechanicville 50 years. Wife of Chester T. Macklin shoe store operator. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. Dunn Funeral Home Mechanicville. Interment Stillwater Union Cemetery.
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Clara L. Macklin
South Washington St
Hemstreet Park
Mechanicville
Greenwich Nursing Home
Stillwater
Macklin
Memorial Baptist Church
Women's Society
Star of Liberty
CBS
Chester T. Macklin
S. J. Moore Co
Park Avenue
Eva Roper
Denver
Colo
Dunn Funeral Home
Park Ave
Stillwater Union Cemetery
William C. Carter Elected President of Knights of Pythias Group
William C. Carter of Chattanooga Tennessee has been elected president of the Grand Secretaries Association of the Knights of Pythias meeting in Indianapolis Indiana Carter's election signals leadership for the fraternal order and its organizational activities among chapters nationwide.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Wiliam C. Carter
Chattanooga
Tenn
Grand Secretaries’ Association
the Knights of Pythias
Westinghouse develops tiny vibrating transistor wrist radio
Westinghouse Electric Corp reports a miniature transistor about the size of a pinhead with a vibrating pure gold sliver. The device can tune integrated circuits and could enable wristwatch radios and space cameras, with Wright Patterson Air Force Base support noted.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
Dick Tracy
William E. Newell
Electronics Technology Division
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Three Women Get Strict Probation In Brunswick Burglary Case
Three Troy women Gayle Farmer Elise Davis and Mary Ellen West pleaded guilty to petty larceny in a Brunswick burglary case. They received suspended one year sentences and were placed on strict probation after appearing before Justice of the Peace Francis H. McKnight. The July 21 home theft on Tamarac Road involved cash and jewelry later recovered. Dist Attorney M Andrew Dwyer Jr. prosecuted. defendants lacked counsel.
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Troy
Rensselae
County
Brunswick
Gayle Farmer
1St St
Elise Davis
4Th St
Mary Ellen West
Justice of the Peace
Francis H. McKnight
BCI
McKnight
Fred Witbeck
Tamarac Road
France objects to French TV slant on U.S. Viet Nam policy
Washington reports that the United States lodged a formal protest with France over what a State Department spokesman called slanted and often inaccurate French television commentary on U.S. Viet Nam policy. Ambassador Bohlen submitted the note amid a broadcast urging Hanoi to move American war prisoners to industrial sites to be killed if attacked.
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Washington
UPI
United States
France
U.S
Viet Nam
State Department
Charles E. Bohlen
Bohlen
Charles de Gaulle
Emanuel D’stier de la Vigerie
Hanoi
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Daniel McBride
Neil McBride
Sylvester Campagna
Brian Hannay
Christine Dick
Colleen Blair
Susan Scheels
Carol Brennan
Joseph Goyer
Dist
Atty
M. Andrew Dwyer Jr
Playtex Baby Nurser
Kelly Drug CO
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Misses’ Wool’ & Mohair
Misses’ & Jrs
JR. Boy
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