Cohoes Names Provisional Fire Chief and Assistant
Raymond W. Kenney and Raymond W. Lamora were sworn in as provisional chief and assistant chief of the Cohoes Fire Department by City Clerk Letitia Rigney at City Hall. Their appointments will end when Civil Service exam results are released. exams were held November 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond W. Kenney
Raymond W. Lamora
Cohoes
E. Harry Green
Kenney
Fire Department
Old Central Fire
Oneida Street
U.S. Army Air Force
Juliette
Remsen St
Waldman
Smith
Remsen Street
Harmony Hotel
Lamora
Taxing New York's Rich Sparks Legislative Debate On Reforms
A New York Assembly hearing split business leaders and Democratic officials over taxing the wealthy. Proposals include a minimum tax on tax free income and altering or removing the capital gains provision. Beame and Stein support removal for revenue, while Arnold and Nitzburg defend conformity and urge spending cuts or a statewide sales tax.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Assembly Ways and Means Committee
Donald L. Calvin
New York Stock Exchange
Abraham D. Beame
New York City
Andrew Stein
Manhattan
Beame
Stein
Arthur M. Arnold
Empire State Chamber of Commerce
Stanley Nitzburg
Commerce and Industry Association
Arnold
Methodist Women Set Annual Fair at Cohoes Church
The WSCS of First United Methodist Church Cohoes hosts a two day fair in the church hall with a sandwich and pie luncheon on Friday and a baked ham dinner on Saturday. Booths offer household articles jewelry and holiday items with a food sale both days. Mrs E Iver Carlson leads arrangements and Mrs Thomas Burns presides at a Wednesday meeting featuring a Christmas play directed by Mrs William Flynn.
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WSCS
First United Methodist Church
Cohoes
E. Iver Carlson
Thomas Burns
William Flynn
Gilbert Daigneault
PTA To Discuss Yale Party Plans
St Michaels School Parent Sister Association of Cohoes will meet at 8 p m at the school cafeteria. Plans for both the children s and parents Christmas parties will be discussed according to president Mrs Joseph Szymaszek.
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St. Michaels
Parent- Sisters Association of
Cohoes DPW Clears Streets After Quick Freeze
Cohoes DPW crews worked from 6 30 p m to 8 30 p m refilling on 20 tons of rock salt and 2 truckloads of sand to keep roads passable after an extremely quick freeze. No accidents were reported as police noted hazardous conditions.
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DPW
Cohoes
Arthur W. DeFruscio
DeFruscio
Master Masons Night Observed By Cohoes Eastern Star Unit
Members of Cohoes Lodge F&AM and Cohoes Chapter RAM will be guests of Imperial Chapter OES at Master Masons Night in the Masonic Temple at 8 p.m. Mrs Ruth Willis matron and John H Whitman patron will preside. Initiatory degree will be conferred on a class. Social follow with refreshments supervised by Mrs Evelyn Campbell, Mrs Mary Jane Stokes, Mrs Isabel Hastings and Mrs Ruth Calder.
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Cohoes Lodge
F&am
Cohoes
RAM
Imperial Chapter
OES
Masonic Temple
Ruth Willis
John H. Whitman
Evelyn Campbell
Mary Jane Stokes
Isabel Hastings
Ruth Calder
Miss Scott Earns Nurse Certification
Colleen Ann Scott of 5 Division St. received notice from the Massachusetts Board of Registry for Professional Nursing that she qualified for a professional license. She is part of Cohoes Memorial Hospital's operating room staff and a 1969 graduate of St. Luke's School of Nursing Berkshire Medical Center Pittsfield Mass where she edited the yearbook and engaged in school activities.
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Colleen Ann Scott
Thomas C. Scott
Division St
Massachusetts Board of Registry For
Cohoes Memorial Hospital
Scott
St. Luke’s School of Nursing
Berkshire Medical Center
Pittsfield
Mass
Intoxicated Driving Case Adjourned
A Cohoes man received a two week adjournment on a charge of driving while intoxicated before Acting Police Court Judge Robert Hanlon. Charles W. Gabriel, 42, of 9 Charles St., was arrested Sunday on Saratoga Street by Patrolman Leslie Winner.
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Cohoesman
Robert Hanlon
Charles W. Gabriel
Charles St
Saratoga Street
Leslie Winner
Executive Committee to Meet for Cohoes Centennial Celebration
The executive committee of the Cohoes Centennial Celebration Committee will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall. Chairman Ralph Surzyn announced the gathering on Monday night.
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Cohoes
City Hall
Ralph Surzyn
Cohoes Citizens Party Postpones Executive Committee Meeting
The executive committee meeting set for Dec 8 is postponed to Dec 15 at 8 p.m. at the home of Acting Mayor Frank D. Colamuotolo, announced by party chairman James Kellogg on Monday night.
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Cohoes Citizens Party
Frank D. Colamuotolo
James Kellogg
Mrs. Buchanan Dies At Home In Fall River
Mrs. Claude Buchanan 71 of 448 Dickinson St Fall River Mass former Cohosier died Sunday at her home She is survived by her husband a daughter Mrs Ralph Odette five sons Clarence Raymond Roy Calvin and Gerald all of Fall River four sisters Mrs Rose Fining Mrs John Bouchard Mrs C R Buchanan all of Cohoes and Miss Odella Bouleris of Troy four brothers Paul Alfred and Albert Bouleris all of Cohoes and Armand Bouleris of Watervliet Funeral services will be from Paradis Funeral Home Pleasant Street Fall River Wednesday at 10 am and at St Henrys Church Fall River at 10 30 am
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Claude Buchanan
Dickinson St
Fall River
Mass
Ralph Odette
Clarence
Raymond
Roy
Calvin
Gerald Buchanan
Rose Fining
John Bouchard
C. R. Buchanan
Cohoes
Odella Bouleris
Troy
Paradis Funeral Home
Pleasant Street
St. Henry’s Church
Rites Conducted For Mr. Ukleja
The funeral for John J. Ukleja of 21 Champlain Street Cohoes a World War II Navy veteran and Albany County Republican committeeman for Cohoes was held Monday from Ernest L. Dufresne Funeral Home and St Michael s Church Cohoes. A Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated by Rev Sigmund F Olszewski with deacon Rev Boleslaus M Watroba and subdeacon Rev Alexander J Augustynowicz. Interment followed at St Michael s Cemetery Waterford with Father Olszewski officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Ukleja
Champlain St
Cohoes
Albany County
Ernest L. Dufresne
St. Michael’s Church
Sigmund F. Olszewski
Boleslaus M. Watroba
Alexander J. Augustynowicz
Plane crash near Sydney airport injures no one on board
A Pan American Boeing 707 carrying 125 passengers and 11 crew crashed on takeoff at Sydney airport. No injuries were reported, two passengers treated for shock. The jet was en route to Los Angeles and New York after two engines reportedly failed and the aircraft struck the runway end.
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Sydney
Australia
Los Angeles
New York
Winter Cage Program Opening Set
The Cohoes Recreation Department unveils a winter basketball program with a Senior Division at Cohoes High School scheduling two games nightly at 6:45 and 7:45. Eight teams in the Senior Division led by coaches including Ron Lanoue and Steve Rogowski join the Intermediate Division with six teams slated for Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30 and 7:30. Bantam League games occur at Van Schaick and Lansing Schools with 55 boys registered and 6:30 p.m. start times.
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Cohoes Recreation Department
Anthony Toscano
Cohoes High School
Trophy Shop
Ron Lanoue
Cohoes Rod and Gun Club
Jack Bheton
Keven
Kenneth Kellogg
Randy Ceccucci
Dale Bentley
James Robinson
Gary Gela
Frank Manley
Joseph Magnano
van Schaick
Lansing
Prominent Ex-Cohoes Woman Dies at 93
Miss Alice Clarke of 258 Saratoga Street Cohoes died Monday morning at Westerly Nursing Home Rhode Island at age 93. She belonged to a prominent Cohoes family and was active in local groups including the First Baptist Church Cohoes YWCA and the Cohoes Saturday Club. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Troy with Rev Vaughn B Lewis officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Clarke
Saratoga St
Cohoes
Westerly Nursing Home
Westerly
R.I
Miss Clarke
Benjamin F
Elizabeth Marchant Clarke
Clarke
Clarke & Holsapple Knitting Mills
First Baptist Church of
Oakwood Cemetery
Troy
Vaughn B. Lewis
Snowmobile Owners Warned By Chief Gorski
Police Chief Alphonse Gorski warned Cohoes snowmobile owners that street operation requires licenses and unregistered vehicles on city streets may trigger a misdemeanor summons. He urged landowner permission for private property use to avoid criminal trespass charges.
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Alphonse Gorski
Cohoes
Gorski
Sr Citizens Activities Announced in Cohoes Center Schedule
Cohoes Senior Citizens Center outlines a week of events led by Rev. John L. Robertson and staff. Activities include a painting class, embroidery, geriatric exercises, a bowling session, a Friday T-group, and a Wednesday lunch meeting with Ruth Dyer as guest speaker. A Christmas shopping bus to Colonie Center departs Friday with sign up by then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
John L. Robertson
Ruth Dyer
Albany County Mental Health Association
Cohoes Memorial Hospital
Cohoes Senior Citizens Center
Services Held For Mr. Finch
The funeral of Earl L. Finch of 481 Third Ave Lansingburgh, proprietor of a Troy trucking firm, was Monday from Himes Funeral Home with Rev. Clair E. Carpenter officiating. Bearers were William C. Bartels, George H. Allain, Eugene F. VanTine Jr. and F. Wesley Lampman Sr. Interment was in Elmwood Hill Cemetery where Mr. Carpenter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Finch
Third Ave
Lansingburgh
Troy
Himes
Clair E. Carpenter
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
William C. Bartels
George H. Allain
Eugene F. VanTine Jr
F. Wesley Lampman Sr
Elmwood Hill Cemetery
Mr. Carpenter
Firemen Called To Taylor Apts
Troy firefighters were dispatched to Building 4 Apt 3F Taylor Apartments Monday afternoon on a smoke report. They found no smoke or fire and returned to quarters.
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Troy
Apt
Taylor Apartments
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Yale
Kelly
Steak House
Clifton ST
Waterford
Corkey
Ian
Dale Foster
Eastern Star
Miss Scott
Holly Shop
G. A. Trahan Co., Inc
Delaware Ave
Ontario St
112Th St
Buchanan
Ukleja
William N. Prest
Brooklyn
Edward C. Prest
Rockville Center
Laura Clarke Prest
Salvation Army
Gary Wickard
Capt. Wickard
Frank D. Colaruotolo
Robert G. Hanlon
Rotary Club
Sr. Citizens Activities
Mr. Finch
Taylor Apts
Central Grill
Central Ave
Goreoccargus
U.S. NO
Mrs. Filberts
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