Stern Brilliance Shines Through Rain at SPAC Beethoven Night
Isaac Stern performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Major Op. 61 with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy at SPAC amid a heavy rainstorm. The program opens with Ormandy led Egmont Overture Op. 84 and Beethoven Pastorale Symphony Op. 68, ending with high praise for Stern's precise, expressive playing. The concert weathered the downpour, deemed very much worth the inconvenience.
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Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Philadelphia Orchestra
Issac Stern
Beethoven
Stern
SPAC
Eugene Ormandy
Philadelphia
Ormandy
State Drive To Hit Phony Registrations
The New York State Motor Vehicle Department begins a crackdown on counterfeit licenses and registrations. Joseph Mangino, named Metropolitan Director of Investigations, will lead, earning 13 800 dollars annually. The effort follows a prior probe by Brooklyn District Attorney Aaron E. Koota and targets document forgery, test substitutions, and license abuses across neighboring states.
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Albany
N.Y
State Motor Vehicle Department
William S. Hults
Joseph M. Mangino
Staten Island
Mangino
Hults
Brooklyn
Motor Vehicle Department
New York
Fire Officials Plan Area Institute Attendance
Rensselaer and nearby county fire officials will attend a fire leadership institute October 15 and 16 at the State University of Albany campus. The event is sponsored by the state division of fire safety and the office of local government. George H. Proper Jr and Dr. Joseph Leese announced the program features planned by the cosponsoring agencies and the National Fire Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
State Uniersity
Albany
State Division of Fire Safety
Office of Local Government
George H. Proper Jr
Colonie
Joseph Leese
Center For
National Fire Service
Paul Lattimore Funeral Held After Lansingburgh Crash
The funeral for Paul J. Latti more, killed in a two car collision in Lansingburgh, was conducted yesterday at McLoughlin Funeral Home. Rev. Vernon O. Nagle officiated. Bearers included James P. Lattimore, John F. Lattimore, Donald Lattimore, Allan P. St. Onge, Donald Buckley, and John Buckley. Interment followed at Elmwood Hills Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul J. Lattimore
Lansingburgh
McLoughlin
Vernon O. Nagle
Cohoes Reformed Church
James P
John F
Donald Lattimore
Allan P. St. Onge
Donald
John Buckley
Elmwood Hills Cemetery
Mr. Nagle
Nice Blondes Needed for Budapest Hair Styling Contest
An Evening Moscow classified ad requests tall slender blondes to model for a Soviet hairstyling team competing internationally in Budapest Hungary.
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Moscow
Evening
Budapest
Hungary
Local Social Notes From Halfmoon and Nearby Areas
Mrs Delmer Swatling is convalescing at home after a stay at Leonard Hospital. Mrs Geneva Sabourin has returned home from Albany Medical Center Hospital. Weekend guests include Mr and Mrs James Myers and daughter Dawn of Lake Mohawk with Mrs Myers mother Mrs Ethel Myers of Anaheim California. Ernest Opitz family visits with Mr and Mrs Stanley Baran in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
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Stanley Baran
Pittsfield
Mass
AT&T TWX Rates To Rise Sharply September First
AT&T says basic TWX service will jump from $10 to new basic monthly rates of $40 to $60 starting Sept 1. FCC proposed the revised schedule after nixing AT&T’s plan, forecasting about $5 million less annual revenue than AT&T’s original proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Teletypewriter Exchange
Federal Communications Commission
At&t
Train Hits Fire Truck Near Vancouver Damages Vehicle
A Great Northern Railway train struck an eight ton fire truck parked between the rails to fight a brush fire five miles northwest of Vancouver. The impact sent the diesel engine 50 feet into the air but no injuries occurred and the fire burned out.
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Vancouver
Wash
Great Northern Railway
Firemen Answer Two Minor Calls
An alarm at 4 42 p m yesterday drew firemen to F Jacobson and Sons Inc Jay and River Streets for roof smoke blamed on an incinerator after chimney damage was ruled absent. At 7 12 p m Squad Co 1 and Pumper 1 tackled a slight fire in a 1962 auto at 140 Third St owned by Richard Olmstead.
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F. Jacobson and Sons Inc
Jay and
River Streets
Squad Co. 1
Richard Olmstead
Meeting Scheduled by Troy Chapter of Public Accountants
The Empire State Association of Public Accountants Troy Area Chapter will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Tom Sawyer Motor Inn Albany. Arthur W. Pagano will serve as moderator of a round table discussion.
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Empire State Association of Public Accountants
Troy Area
Tom Sawyer Motor Inn
Albany
Arthur W. Pagano
Mexican tourism to U.S. rises with Mexican visitors
The U.S. tourist office in Mexico estimates nearly 500000 Mexicans will visit the United States this year. Last year 383771 Mexican tourists traveled to the United States.
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Mexico City
U.S
Mexico
United States
Teens Safe After Harsh Canyon Rescue Effort
Six Navajo Mountain hikers from a Rocky Mountain School trip, including a girl who collapsed, reached a trading post reporting others exhausted and near starvation. Rescue plans included parachute drops and air support, with the group split near Navajo Mountain and Rainbow Lodge.
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Page
Ariz
Rugged
Canyon
United States
Window Rock
Rocky Mountain
Carbondale
Colo
Navajo Mountain Lodge
al Adams
Navajo Police
Rainbow Lodge
Navajo Mountain
Lake Powell
Arizona-Utah State Line
Adams
Tuba ‘City
Navajo Reservation
Arthur Small
Luke Air Force Base
Phoenix
Nigel Peacock
U.S. Park Service
Glen Canyon
Peacock
Dam
Halfmoon Girls Rally to 18 8 Win Over Vanderheyden Hall
Halfmoon defeated Vanderheyden Hall in Troy by 18 to 8. Halfmoon’s battery were Carol Watrobski and Diane Mincher. Sheila Banks, Nancy Coles pitched for Vanderheyden Hall with Lois Ameida catching. Watrobski led Halfmoon with a triple. Mincher and Brown added two doubles each. Banks tripled for Vanderheyden. Bartholomew and Coles doubled.
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Halfmoon
Vanderheyden Hall
Troy
Carol Watrobski
Diane Mincher
Sheila Banks
Nancy Coles
Lois Ameida
Maryann Mincher
Judy Brown
Vanderheyden
Joann Bartholomew
Debbie Coles
Mrs Prespare 96 Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Millie Prespare age 96 of 174 First St Troy died yesterday at Van Rensselaer Manor after a brief illness. She was born in Ellenburgh and lived in Troy the past five years. Widow of Edward Prespare she is survived by daughter Mrs Hazel Gilette of Solvay ten grandchildren and twenty six great grandchildren. Funeral from John J Clinton Funeral Home Washington Park and Third Street at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Rev Earle C Fryer will officiate. Interment Elmwood Hill Cemetery.
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Millie Prespare
First St
van Rensselaer Manor
Earle C. Fryer
First Methodist Church
Rensselaer
Elmwood Hill Cemetery
Meteor Shower Lights Up Sky This Morning
Meteor shower expected over the area this morning with peak between 3 and 4 a.m. under clear skies. Dudley Observatory notes the event has built up over weeks and scientists will bounce radio energy off ionized meteor trails using modified counting techniques.
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Dudley Observatory
Dr Kaufman Named New State Pathologist
Dr William Kaufman a former Albany Medical College faculty member from Springfield Mass has been appointed state laboratory pathologist and assistant director in charge of diagnostic laboratory affairs in the New York State Health Dept Division of Laboratories and Research announced by Dr Hollis S Ingraham health commissioner. He will take a 30000 a year post Sept 1. Twenty years ago in Albany he was associate professor of pathology at Albany Medical College and he currently serves as pathologist in chief at Springfield Hospital.
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William Kaufman
Albany Medical College
Springfield
Mass
State Laboratory
New York State Health Dept
Hollis S. Ingraham
Kaufman
Albany
Springfield Hospital
Pioneer VII to Orbit Sun Launch Planned by NASA
NASA announced a Pioneer VII mission to launch next Wednesday to orbit the sun. If successful it will join Pioneer VI Mariner IV Explorer XXXII and three geophysical observatories, gathering data on atomic and subatomic particles and magnetic fields.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Fire crews respond to Oakwood Ave blaze
Firemen rush to 176 Oakwood Ave where wires burned in front of the residence. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. arrived to repair the damaged line after the 1:20 p.m. alarm yesterday afternoon.
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Oakwood Ave
Oakwood Avenue
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
London Pub Launches Stamp Trade For Drinks
A Paddington pub, the King and Queen, begins a stamp based giveaway where customers trade stamps for gifts such as tea sets. One book of stamps costs 1 280 stamps, with drinks priced at 10 to 20 stamps and champagne at 200 stamps. Special machines dispense stamps. brewers doubt the idea will spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paddington
King and Queen
Reg Syrett
Whitebread
Mrs Bacon Mill Official Dies At 85 In Bennington
Lillian M. Bacon 85 native of Argyle died after a long illness at Monroe Park Nursing Home Bennington Vermont She was widow of Frank Bacon and a retired textile worker She served as an official at Bennigton Mills Survivors include two granddaughters Sheila Lapan Cambridge and Dorothy Porter Greenwich Funeral service 2 30 p m tomorrow Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home Bennington Rev H Glenn Payne First Baptist Church officiating Interment Woodlands Cemetery Cambridge
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Lillian M. Bacon
Argyle
Monroe Park
Bennington
Frank Bacon
Bennington Mills
Sheila Lapan
Cambridge
Dorothy Porter
Greenwich
Hanson-Walbridge
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Woodlands Cemetery
Twister Strikes Holyoke Area Damaging Homes
A small tornado tore through Holyoke and moved to South Hadley damaging several homes and two barns. Wycoff Park suffered heavy roof and brick damage with no injuries. Storms also hit Worcester, Concord, and Portland with fires in Vermont and repairs underway.
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Holyoke
Mass
South Hadley
New England
Wycoff Park
Grafton
Norwich
Gardner Lewis Jr
Worcester
Concord
N.H
Portland Maine
Accident recalls Berlin propane blast in Vermont incident
A Saratoga Springs truck driver William C. Bayer, 34, overturned a truck in Wells Vermont, resting against a tree. Troopers said Bayer had minor injuries. Police evacuated nearby residences and blocked traffic recalling the Berlin gas disaster. A wrecker righted the vehicle and moved it back onto the highway.
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Saratoga
Berlin
William C. Bayer
Saratoga Springs
Wells
Bayer
RPI to Represent at Rutgers Bicentennial Convocation
Frank Demetrowitz associate director of development at RPI will represent the institution in Rutgers University’s Bicentennial Convocation academic procession. About 30 000 people from around the world are expected for the 200th anniversary convocation highlighting the Rutgers Bicentennial celebration.
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Frank Demetrowitz
Weston Dr
Rexford
RPI
Rutgers University
New Jersey State University
Rutgers
Curtis named chairman of McGraw for Sheriff committee
H C Ray Curtis was chosen as chairman of the Citizens for John P McGraw for Rensselaer County Sheriff last night. Other officers named include Mrs William Pranchak vice chairman Mrs Anna Hull secretary William Gauthier coordinator of towns Daniel Ashley city coordinator and Edward Monahan publicity.
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John P
Jason) McGraw
Rensselaer
Ray) Curtis
McGraw
William Pranchak
North Greenbush
Anna Hull
Sand Lake
William Gauthier
Brunswick
Daniel Ashley
Troy
Edward Monahan
Albany Soldier Dies in Vietnam in Week Ended August Sixth
Army Pfc. Robert G. Burrell of Albany was killed in action in Vietnam during the week ending August 6, the Defense Department announced last night.
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Army Pfe
Robert G. Burrell
Albany
Iiet Nam
Defense Department
Fenway Park Lease Extended by Boston Patriots
The Boston Patriots announced a two year lease extension for Fenway Park and plans to spend 100000 dollars on new stands.
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Boston
Boston Patriots
Fenway Park
O Connor Outlines 10 Point Platform For Governor Run
Frank D. O'Connor, likely Democratic candidate, proposed a 10 point platform covering farming taxes and civil rights plus constitution revision home rule more federal aid consumers transportation and public employee rights. He urged a state council of economic advisers to aid farmers and full employment, and called for a consumer counsel and an overall transportation agency. Other witnesses urged campaign finance reform a one house legislature and guaranteed income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N.Y
Frank D. O'Connor
O'Connor
New York
New York City
State Council of Economic Advisers
O’connor
New York State
Leftist Parties Agree To Unite Against Gandhi Regime
Seven leftist groups in New Delhi signed a pledge to avoid intra bloc fighting in the upcoming February general election. They aim to consolidate against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's Congress party.
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New Delhi
India
pro-Moscow
Indira Gandhi
Congress Party
Hijackers abandon 75000 radio TV haul in Brooklyn heist
Six would be hijackers forced truck driver Rhyus Thomas from his cab at a Brooklyn intersection. They drove him away, left the truck with radios and TVs, then fled as the crowd gathered. Thomas was later found unharmed on Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rhyus Thomas
Brooklyn
Thomas
Long Island
British Cabinet Shakeup Signals Continuity in Foreign Policy
Washington officials expect no major shift in Britain's foreign policy despite Harold Wilson replacing George Brown as foreign minister and moving Michael Stewart to economics. Johnson and Wilson discussed issues of mutual interest, including Mediterranean repair work, Malaysia troop reductions, and offset payments to West Germany, with officials noting likely limited change in substance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
London
Harold Wilson
Wilson
George Brown
Michael Stewart
U.S
Stewart
Brown
Britain
Johnson
U. S
Mediterra
Malaysia
Donesia
Europe
West Germany
West
CAB Denies Allegheny Route From Albany
The Civil Aeronautics Board denies Allegheny Airlines a request for nonstop Albany to Washington service. The motion was opposed by Westchester County New Haven and the New Haven Chamber of Commerce and denied for being filed unreasonably late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Aeronautics Board Bureau of Operating Rights
Allegheny Airlines
Albany
Washington
Bureau
Westchester County
City of
New Haven
Greater New Haven
Three Youths Killed In Route 209 Crash In Pa
Three 21 year old Brooklyn men, Lawrence Constantine Sidney Cohen and Anthony Piazza, were killed when their car collided with a vehicle driven by 17 year old Donald M Gothie of Chatham New Jersey on Route 209 two miles north of East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania. Gothie and passenger Roberta Youron of Kingston Pennsylvania were seriously injured and hospitalized.
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East Stroudsburg, Pa
UPI
Brooklyn
Route 209
Here
Lawrence Constantine
Sidney Cohen
Anthony Piazza
Donald M. Gothie
Chatham
N.J
Gothie
Roberta Youron
Kingston
Monroe General Hospital
New York Tax Value Inflates Minuit Island Purchase Story
New York City assesses a value near 13 billion dollars for Manhattan, further inflating the record of Peter Minuit’s 60 guilders paid in 1626 for the island. The new valuation heightens the historical account of the Dutch purchase.
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New York
Manhattan
Peter Minuit
Teh Island
Japan cancels Rhodesia sugar deal and ore imports
Japan canceled a sugar contract with Rhodesia and suspended iron ore imports in response to a U.N. Security Council resolution urging economic sanctions against Rhodesia’s white-minority government. The moves follow United Nations pressure on the Rhodesian regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
Japan
Rhodesi
U.N. Security Council
Rhoesia
Creature sleeps 24 hours after raiding cognac candy box
An unauthorised intruder in a Berlin area home seized a box of cognac-filled candy and collapsed onto a living room couch. The incident was reported by the East German ADN news agency.
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Berlin
Ekisenach
ADN
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Wan
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Meyer
Riverview Garden
Delaware Avenue
Carrolls Hill School
Edward Aldman
Hemstead
Fay A. Evans
New State
H.C
Ray
Curtis Citizens Chairman
Albany Pfe
Fenway Lease
Allegheny
Rhodesia
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