New Radar Upgrade Boosts Storm Detection Range
The National Weather Service at Albany County Airport dedicated a new radar warning system replacing an old B-52 salvage unit. The $70,000 device has 270 mile range and can identify storm intensity within five minutes after sighting, doubling speed from the former 20 minutes. Albany Mayor Erastus Corning praised the upgrade for safety. Police report six houses on Teleska Avenue had windows smashed in a dawn break-in with $1,800 damage. Weather chief William Drewes notes quicker, more accurate forecasting.
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Green Island
Paul Greaves
National Weather Service
Albany County
Albany
Weather Service
William Drewes
Help Wanted Tips and a World War II Radar System Update
A Sunday column offers labor literature from the U S Department of Labor and consumer help notes from readers. It also presents weather service remarks on radar installation progress and the disposal of a scrapped B 52 radar system to a university department.
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Times Record
Troy
N.Y
Bowers Manufacturing Co
Kalamazoo, Mich
Saratoga man dies saving sons on New Jersey bridge
Richard Joyce 35 pushed one son into the Manasquan River and was struck by a Conrail train while trying to save his two sons during a fishing trip on a railroad bridge in Point Pleasant Beach New Jersey. His 6 year old James was injured critically. Brian 10’s condition was not released.
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Point Pleasant Beach
Conrail
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Richard Joyce
Manasquan River
Point Pleasant Hospital
James
Brian
Bay Head
Joyce
Car crashes on Route 9 collision injures Villagio victim
Colonie police report a two car crash at Route 9 and Meadow Street Colonie involving Richard Purvis 51 and Spencer Villagio 26. Villagio treated for facial lacerations and released from Cohoes Memorial Hospital. No tickets issued.
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Colonie
Richard A. Purvis
Meadow St
Cohoes
Spencer S. Villagio
Averill Park
Route 9
Meadow Street
Villagio
Purvis
Cohoes Memorial Hospital
Rensselaer to Auction Off Defaulted City Land at Bargain Prices
In Southern Rensselaer County residents may bid on 19 parcels from 21 by 75 feet to 35 by 114 feet in a forthcoming Rensselaer City Hall auction. The sale may come within two months with 11 parcels on First Street, three on Broadway and two on Partition Street. Prices start at $5, with some parcels including houses. The city will not require back taxes and more deeds are being prepared by the county. Auctioneer Jack Dwyer leads the process alongside city officials.
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Rensselaer City Hall
Jack Dwyer
Alex Lombardi
First Street
Broadway
Partition Street
Diane Grey
Ms. Grey
Tracy St
Rensselaer County
Marvin I. Honig
Lombardi
Bennington Plans Large Reenactment At Willow Park
Bennington Vermont hosts a massive Battle of Bennington reenactment with over 1100 militiamen their families and 46 Colonial units plus 12 British and German contingents from several states and provinces. The weekend events include fireworks at Bennington Airport a battlefield inspection an official reenactment at Willow Park and related 18th century demonstrations and parades.
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Bennington
Willow Park
East Road
Battle of
Roger Jewett
New England
New York
New Jersey
Virginia
Wisconsin
Walloomsac
N.Y
Vermont
Vermont Veterans Home
Veterans Home
Park Street
Willow Park “Battlefield
Bruce Beh
Record busting night at Saratoga Yearling Sales
At Saratoga Springs Fasig Tipton sold 60 horses for a record $5,086,000, average $84,767 per horse. The standout was number 159, a Northern Dancer colt bought for $375,000 by Tom Cooper for BBA Ireland Ltd. Eighteen horses topped $100,000, with high bidders and announcers driving a lively auction in the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion.
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Saratoga Springs
Saratoga
Humphrey S. Finney
Fasig- Tipton Company, Inc
Greg Letion
Secretariat
Retter
Colt
Tom Cooper
B.B.A. Ireland Ltd
Cooper
Northern Dancer
Tioneer
Reviewer
Laddie Dance, Jr
Laddie
Mr. Finney
Vermont to Audit Firms Over Unregistered Sales Tax
Vermont tax officials will audit 20 small firms from New Hampshire New York and Massachusetts that failed to register for the 3 percent sales tax. Audits target businesses in Enfield Manchester West Lebanon Keene Claremont Albany and Springfield. Assessments could retroactively cover sales from 1969 as Vermont has no statute of limitations.
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Montpelier, Vt
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York
Massachusetts
R Paul Wickes
Enfield
Manchester
West Lebanon
Keene
Claremont
Wickes
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Mike McMahor
North Greenbush
Teleska Avenue
Chris Pelcher
Bruce Bennett
Erastus Corning
Mary Ambuhl
Rensselaer
A. Boldish, Troy
J.M Decker
Troy L. Ford
Troy Kaye Kuzmich
D.A. McConnell
Troy M. McGrath
Dot
Deb Marine
M. Santa Barbara
Mechanicville
Albert Sickles
Connie F. Wilkinson
Joanne Smith
U. S. Department of Labor
Consumer Information Center
Pueblo
Col
C. C
Waterford
Air Force
Alison
McGraw - Hill Book Co
A. McGraw - Hill, Inc
One You Seek
Princeton Rd
Hightstown
N. J
The
Health Insurance Institute
Howard Bookman
Bookman
Drewes
Rockies
Oone
Sulis
Irv Quackenboss
Wilbur J. Wynne
Route
Saugerties
William P. Anna
Pine Blvd
Marlton
N.J
Wolf Road
East Greenbush
Luther Road
First St
Glen St
Dwyer
Kocher Drive
Bijur
Vermont Veterans’ Home
Adams
Mass
Meriden
Mt. Anthony Field
Park — McCullough House
Mettawee Players, Children’s Museum
Bennington Horn Society
Ralph Retler
Bamboozle
John Finney
Farsig-Tipton
Auc
Tax Department
Springfield
Cheshire
Adams, Mass
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