London Heist Targets KLM Truck With Gold and Diamonds
In London during rush hour, armed raiders hijacked a KLM truck and stole 254400 in gold bullion and diamonds. Scotland Yard launched a massive search for a three man gang. In Dublin, the Irish government seized emergency internment powers to combat a secret armed conspiracy plotting kidnappings and bank robberies with potential murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
Scotland Yard
Dublin
Cocaine Seizure Ties Two Airline Workers at Miami Airport
National Customs agents arrest Carlos Cortez and Jose Placencia Diaz both 39 and 27 respectively after 88 pounds of cocaine valued at about ten million dollars are seized at Miami International Airport. They face one million dollar bonds each on conspiracy to smuggle narcotics charges. Meanwhile the FTC accuses Dr West's Germ Fighter toothbrush of poisonous mercury and proposes halting the mercury treatment though it lacks authority to ban the product outright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Miami International
U.S
Carlos Cortez
Jose Placencia Diaz
FTC
Fire in New Glass Skyscraper Kills Three in New York
A Friday fire in a new 47 story glass tower at Third Avenue and 56th Street killed three men and sent 68 to hospitals as smoke filled airways and stairwells. A mass evacuation followed as employees fled via elevators and stairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Third Avenue
56Th Street
Area Churches Schedule Weekly Services and Activities
Varying congregations in Vischer Ferry Alplaus Jonesville Rexford Clifton Park and Amity list mass times services Sunday schools youth fellowships and midweek activities. Parishes include St Edward the Confessor Alplaus United Methodist Jonesville United Methodist Amity Reformed Clifton Park Center Baptist Rexford United Methodist Faith Baptist with sessions choir rehearsals and study clubs.
Rosary Altar Society Bazaar at Valley Falls Church Hall
Sponsored by the Rosary Altar Society of Saint John the Baptist Schaghticoke and Our Lady of Good Counsel Valley Falls a bazaar will be held at Valley Falls Church Hall on December 6 1970 from 4 to 6 p m Tickets cost adults 2 50 and children 1 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosary Altar Society
the Saint John the Baptist of
Schaghticoke
Our Lady of Good Counsel of
Valley Falls
Valley Falls Church
Pittsfield couple arraigned on gun and drug charges
Thomas S. Lacy and Maureen T. DeForest, both 21 or 20, from Pittsfield, appeared with bail set at 2500 each after East Greenbush police found a handgun illegal drugs and a hypodermic instrument in Route 20 Schodack. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for December 30 before Justice Hollis Reeves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
Schodack
Hollis Reeves
East Greenbush
Thomas S. Lacy
Bartlett Ave
Maureen T. DeForest
Lacy
Rensselaer County
Reeves
Rensselaer County Public Defender’s Office
S. Miller
East Greenbush Station
Masonic Pins Presented At OES Event
Upton Chapter members received 50 year pins for Mrs. Elting Doughty and Mrs. William Sanders at the Stillwater Masonic Temple meeting. 25 year pins were given to Mrs. Eleanor House and Mrs. Ilah Flike. New members Jeanine Champlin and Robert Marsh joined. The December gathering included by-laws changes and a stepping up night for line officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elting Doughty
William Sanders
Upton Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Stillwater Masonic Temple
Joan Borghi
Doughty
Linda Sanders
Eleanor House
Ilah Flike
Victor Borghi
Santa
Hazel Sanders
Phyllis Ivanillo
Leona Parker
Christmas party and luncheon at Schuyler Club home
The Schuyler Club holds a Christmas party and luncheon Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Mrs. Edward Howe’s South Hudson Avenue home with luncheon at noon. Bemis Heights Grange plans a Sunday Christmas party with 1:30 p.m. covered dish, 7 p.m. tree lighting, carols, and a Monday 8 p.m. meeting. The Stillwater Fire Department meets Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the engine house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuyler Club
Edward Howe
South
Hudson Avenue
Richard Brown
Clarissa
John Chuba
Tucson
Ariz
Bemis Heights Grange
Stillwater Fire Department
Administrative Aide Exam Slated By City
The city announces an examination for a senior administrative assistant on January 23 with applications due by December 23. Gerald J. Minehan of the Troy Municipal Civil Service Commission provides details. Salary ranges from 9224 to 10499 in five annual steps and one vacancy exists in the Troy Housing Authority. Interested applicants may contact civil service personnel at Central Police Headquarters third floor on State Street, open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Municipal Civil Service Commission
Gerald J. Minehan
Troy Housing Authority
Civil Service
Central Police Headquarters
State Street
Valley Falls Pastor Elected Dawbury District President
Rev. Russell Smith, pastor of the United Methodist Church of Valley Falls, was elected president of the Dawbury District Educational Council at the annual meeting held in the Fellowship Hall of Eagle Bridge church. He succeeds Mrs. Gertrude Allen of Easton. Other officers include Eugene Dougherty, vice president. Mrs. Charles Stover, secretary. Rev. Oswald A. Muller, treasurer. and Miss Elizabeth Goodrich, religious education and community worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Smith
United Methodist Church of
Valley Falls
Dawbury
Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Eagle Bridge
Smith
Gertrude Allen
Easton
Eugene Dougherty
Bennington
Charles Stover
Oswald A. Muller
North Hoosick
Elizabeth Goodrich
Hoosick Falls
VFEW Post Auxiliary Hosts Senior Citizens Event
The Hoosick Valley VFW auxiliary will host over 100 local seniors with a 6:30 p.m. hot turkey dinner at the VFW rooms. Santa will attend and gifts will be exchanged. A bus sightseeing trip to view holiday decorations is planned Tuesday. A Christmas film program is set for Monday December 14 at 7 p.m. Mrs. Ann O'Brien chairs arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Valley Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Senior Citizens Coordinating Project
Rensselaer County
VFW
Santa Claus
Lida Dooley
Mary O’malley
Ann O’brien
Central School PTA Sets Monday Meeting on Know Your School
The Hoosick Falls Central School PTA will hold its first program meeting since reorganization on Monday at 8 p.m. in the school cafeteria. A panel of three administrators and two guidance directors will answer questions. Supt Philip Leonard High School Principal William Waterhouse and Elementary Supervisor Kasmer Stempek will speak, with guidance directors Folgert and Brewster providing test information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls Central School
Supt
Philip Leonard
William C. Waterhouse
Kasmer J. Stempek
William S. Folgert
Michael Brewster
Area Woman To Visit Germany
Mrs. Martha Bischoff of Eagle Bridge formerly of Smithtown Long Island will depart Saturday December 12 for Hamburg Germany to visit relatives not seen for 42 years including three brothers and a sister. A farewell party hosted by the Crafts Class and Senior Citizens Center of Hoosick Falls featured a gift from Mrs. Freelove Scott and a cake with refreshments. Mrs. Lida Dooley led the send off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Bischoff
Eagle Bridge
Smithtown
L.I
Hamburg
Germany
Senior Citizens Center
Hoosick Falls
Freelove Scott
Bischoff
Maine Minister To Preach Sunday
Rev. Clifford Gilson of Bucks Ville Maine will preach at the Hoosick and West Hoosick Baptist Churches Sunday morning as a pastoral candidate. Committees of both churches recommend him to succeed Rev Raimund L Tumberston who left last fall for Oneonta. Each congregation will hold separate business sessions after the service to vote on the recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Gilson
Bucksville
Maine
Hoosick
West Hoosick
Gilson
Raimund L. Tumberston
Oneonta
Patricia Kennedy Graduates Nursing School
Miss Patricia Kennedy, a 1969 St. Mary's Academy graduate, completed training at Fanny Allen Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Winooski Vermont on November 20. She is the daughter of former Mayor J. Frank Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy of 38 Abbott Street and is now serving as a nurse at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Kennedy
St. Mary’s Academy
Hoosick Falls
Fanny Allen Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Winooski, Vt
Miss Kennedy
J. Frank Kennedy
School Bus Drivers Cited For Safety
Hoosick Falls Central School District drivers earned a safety citation from the State Department of Education for no in juries in the last year. Seventeen drivers logged 210000 miles. Supt. Philip Leonard reported the citation to the Board of Education, which praised the bus staff and discussed late arrivals after practice. The board planned a trial fourth bus to improve sports transportation for 75 students and reviewed a long bus inventory. Leonard will study smaller buses and consult other districts on costs and specs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls Central
State Department of Education
Board of Education
Philip Leonard
Supt
Leonard
Supt. Leonard
Churches Plan Cluster Meeting
The Methodist churches of South Cambridge North Hoosick and Eagle Bridge hold a 10 30 a m service at South Cambridge on Sunday led by Rev Oswald A Muller pastor of the three churches All three host 9 a m Sunday school classes Sunday night they join eight others in a cluster meeting at the First United Methodist Church Bennington Nightly evangelism services run at Bennington through Friday with a National Board of the church Nashville Tenn in charge Young people meet at 6 30 p m then join adults for a 7 30 p m to 8 30 p m service
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South Cambridge
North Hoosick
Eagle Bridge
Oswald A. Muller
First United Methodist Church
Bennington
Evangelism Department
National Board of the Church At
Nashville, Tenn
Vermont Man Escapes Injury in Crash Fined
Burt Maxham of Bennington escaped injury in a one car crash on River Road Hoosick Falls Nov 21. He was fined 20 for unreasonable speed and 5 for unsafe tires in Hoosick Falls Village Court. Edwin Hunt and Noel W McLeniathan forfeited 25 bail each for open containers ordinance violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt Maxham
Bennington
Hoosick Falls
Harold J. Crowley
Edwin Hunt
Noel W. McLeniathan
Yule Decorations Placed In Position
Christmas decorations on the Municipal Building in Hoosick Falls were installed Thursday by John Mahar building custodian. Across the street Postmaster Anthony J. Wirmusky added a miniature Santa and a children's letter box for St Nick. Lights in the business district, sponsored by merchants, were lit last weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
John Mahar
Anthony J. Wirmusky
St. Nick
Hospital Patient Harold Thomas at Putnam Memorial
Harold Thomas of 8 Ball Street Hoosick Falls is a patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Thomas
Ball St
Hoosick Falls
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Rosary Group Plans Sunday Meeting and Christmas Party
The Rosary-Altar Society of St. Lawrence Church will hold its monthly meeting and Christmas party Sunday. Members attend benediction at 2 30 p m with Rev William D Collins officiating. A Rosary will be recited and the business meeting follows in the parish hall led by Mrs Barbara Mitter. Mrs Catherine Kernaghan oversees the party and grabbag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosary-Altar Society
St. Lawrence’s Church
William D. Collins
Barbara Mitter
Catherine Kernaghan
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Jack Lynch
Edward Swann
Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
Manhattan
Upper East Side
East 67Th Street Station
Patrick V. Murphy
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
Vischer Ferry
St. Edward the Confessor
Robert B. Scott
Alplaus United Methodist
Dilio E. Mariotti
Francis Shea
Jonesville United Methodist
James D. Sorley
WSCS
Amity Reformed
Bert H. Pennings
Clifton Park Center Baptist
James I. Meek
Rexford United Methodist
Clifton Walter
Faith Baptist
Glennwood Cronin
Do Rudolph
Peter Slee
Latham Corners
OES
Vfew Post
Central School Pta
Vermont
Rosary Group
Blender
ST. Taupe
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Hoosick Street
Troy Plaza
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