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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1969
Page
6
Readers ask how retirement earnings affect benefits. All earnings are counted on a calendar year basis, with eligibility for benefits in any month where earnings do not exceed 140 dollars. The questions cover disability waiting periods and hospitalization benefits under Medicare.
Atty. Gen. Lefkowitz apologizes for an abbreviated consumer action bulletin addressed to assemblymen. Rumors swirl over party leadership changes as John Kingston and others plan a formal panel report. GOP lawmakers expect Court of Appeals reapportionment challenge to falter, preferring census driven redistricting after 1970.
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird disclosed to a House subcommittee that 34 major weapon programs have combined overruns totaling 16.2 billion dollars. The figure includes the F1111 swingwing bomber and MK48 torpedo, with inflation and weapon changes cited as key factors. He warned the total may rise as reviews continue.
Miami Reuters AP reports the Cuban refugee airlift enters its fifth year with no end in sight. Since December 1, 1965 about 173000 refugees have arrived, costing U.S. taxpayers about $2 million. Two planeloads land daily from Varadero, Cuba, feeding Miami’s Cuban community and prompting moves to relocate others to new cities.
Richard Lawrence and Thomas Phibbs of Sno Fun in West Sand Lake and Ben Selkis of Selkis Jeep in Mechanicville finished a specialized service school conducted by Elliot and Hutchins Ski-Doo snowmobiles. The sessions took place at the Malone plant.
Murray Weissman general manager of Peerless announces that Joins Plan Peerless Store and Peerless East have accepted participation in the master charge plan of Marine Midland Bank of Troy. The move aligns Peerless with the bank’s credit program and expands customer payment options.
The Women's Association of Stillwater United Church meets at 8 p.m. in Fellowship Hall Circle 2 conducts devotions. Exchange students from Skidmore College will discuss Christmas At Home. Refreshments provided by Mrs. Forino, Mrs. Peacock, Mrs. McCarthy, Mrs. Kellogg, Mrs. Walsh, and Mrs. Poucher.
Edward Finigan Sr and Albert Anusesky are named patients at St. Marys Hospital and Albany Medical Center. Miss Elaine Daniels, a University of Vermont student, spent the holiday with her parents Mr and Mrs Daniels. Other entries note Hartwick College students Marion Yarter Beverly Sheppard and Mary Chub visiting relatives and attending Ellis Hospital orientation, with many family ties and social events across Cranston Cambridge and Lake Road.
The U S Command reports 479 500 American troops in Vietnam as of last Thursday marking a new low in a five month decline since the first withdrawals last summer. Breakdown shows Army 331 800 Marines 56 900 Air Force 58 800 Navy 31 500 Coast Guard 500 with 28 000 Navy and 600 Coast Guards aboard 7th Fleet ships not counted. Militiamen and U S artillery killed 40 Viet Cong on the Mekong Delta edge amid light enemy activity and two small Viet Cong attacks deeper in the Delta.
Industry hearings raise questions about performance based fees for new mutual funds led by Gibraltar Growth Fund head David Ehlers. Analysts note incentive structures may attract or repel investors as Congress weighs reforms that could penalize underperforming funds.
Clifford E. Thompson of 345 Pinehurst Street has qualified as a registered representative for John Hancock Distributors Inc, the broker dealer for John Hancock mutual funds, and is associated with the Troy office of the firm.
Nine veteran employees at GAF Corp in Rensselaer were honored for long service. Recipients included Joseph Michalski Erwin Plath Volkert Van Kampen Wendell Hicks Carl Detlefsen Arthur Karnelat George Leffler Raymond LaRose Gregory Lamoreaux with forty thirty five and thirty years of service respectively.
Nassau man Lynn F. Bellinger has been named assistant production foreman at the GAF Corp Rensselaer plant. Announcement came from plant manager Dr. Charles H. Stratton. Bellinger of Nassau lives on Mac Clellan Road with his wife Norma Jean and their five children.
John W. Riley of 10 Swatling Road Watervliet a representative for Merck Sharp Dohme completed an advanced education and orientation course at the firm s home offices in West Point Pa Riley was among 23 representatives from across the country selected for the special program.
A reader contest question asks which is stronger for human behavior instinct or learning. The article explains animal instincts are inherited while human actions hinge on education, with examples of language, tools, and shelter learned rather than instinctual.
In Los Angeles area raids authorities confiscated 65 foreign made machine guns 50 000 rounds of ammunition bomb components and Nazi regalia. Four men were arrested for investigation of violating the 1968 gun control act including Gary Stalla Charles Hatfield James Steward and Alan Otto who alleged they stored and planned disposal of military items for relatives. A later finding found dynamite grenades and a sawed off shotgun inOtto s car.
One month old Ann Mary Flanders from Waltham underwent a cardiac operation at Massachusetts General Hospital using a heart lung machine. Doctors reported she weighed five pounds two ounces at surgery last March and was the smallest patient to receive the machine in such a procedure.
A puzzle asks to rearrange matches to fix a Roman numeral equation by moving only one match. The second illustration shows the solution. The item notes a winner, Jimmy Lewis aged 10 from Richmond Virginia, and invites more riddles or jokes with a ZIP code.
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