Was Robin Hood a Real Person in History
A reader questions the historicity of Robin Hood while a 14 year old wins a prize. The article reviews legends dating to 14th century France and England, mentions Sherwood Forest, Little John, Friar Tuck, and possible origins including Piers Plowman and a Yorkshire grave claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
France
Robin
England
Robin Hood
Sir Walter Scott
Sherwood Forest
Nottingham
Little John
Friar Tuck
Arthur
Knights of the Round Table
Piers Plowman
Earl of
Huntingtdon
Community church and town meetings in Poestenkill note
The Poestenkill Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and town board set meet times. Union Gospel and Poestenkill churches list services and Christmas events. The Poestenkill Rescue Squad officers are to be installed January 24 at the VFW post hall. PTA plans a Christmas bazaar Friday evening. A dog license reminder and church notes complete the notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Poestenkill
Sunday
Union Gospel Church
East Poestenkill
Loyal Friends
The
Christian Church
Lloyd Craver
Howard Dunham
Emily E. Flynn
Marion
Ind
Aretta M. Barringer
Poestenkill Rescue Squad
Eugene Miner
Alfred Toniatti
Raymond Benner
Poestenkill Volunteer Fire Co
Sullivan- Jones Vfw
Poestenkill Elementary School
PTA
Santa Claus
Raymond Folmsbee
Eugene Langley
Poestenkill Christian
Stanton H. Wilson
Poestenkill Evangelical Lutheran
Warren C. Rippe
Riddles and Jokes Contest Winner Named in Yearbook
The yearbook notes Gail Handy of Oakland California as today's winner in a segment inviting readers to send riddles and jokes to the Riddles Jokes Tell Me Why mailbox and providing a ZIP code for mailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Candy Tracy
Venice
Calif
Book of Knowledge
Gail Handy
Oakland
Lugar Elected Vice President of National League of Cities
Richard Lugar, mayor of Indianapolis, defeats John Lindsay 376 to 281 at the National League of Cities convention closing session in San Diego to win the vice presidency. Lindsay had hoped to gain a national platform amid criticism of Nixon urban policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Richard G. Lugar
Indianapolis
Nixon
New York
John V. Lindsay
National League of Cities
Lindsay
Lugar
NLC
Cairo Plans First Arab Subway System
The Cairo government begins an ambitious engineering project to build the Arab world's first subway system, signaling a major transportation milestone for Egypt and the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Jobless Rate Down Sharply in November
Washington AP report shows unemployment fell five-tenths of a percentage point to 3.4 percent as November labor data also reveal 78.7 million employed Americans and a decline in civilian labor force due mainly to teenagers women and young men leaving the workforce. Officials caution the drop reflects labor force exit rather than a sustained economic rebound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Howard Stambler
Division of Employment Analysis
Stambler
Israel Air Raids Stir Conflict
Israeli planes raided Egyptian positions on the Suez Canal in three raids with all aircraft returning safely. Egyptian officials claimed destruction of several Israeli planes as more clashes and accusations surged amid UN concerns over punitive acts in Israeli occupied territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suez Canal
Tel Aviv
Cairo
Abou Swir
Gneva
Haifa
United Nations
New York
Special Political Committee
Security Council
Israel
U.N
United States
Britain
France
Tractor Trailer Collision Kills Woman in Interlaken
An auto and a tractor trailer collided on Route 96 in Interlaken New York killing 84 year old Susan R. Brown of Walton Delaware County. Her husband Nelson 79 was hospitalized in Ithaca and truck driver Charles R. Meyer 50 of Stanley was not injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interlaken
N. Y
Finger Lakes
Susan R. Brown
Walton
Delaware County
Nelson
Ithaca
Charles R. Meyer
Stanley
Family finds near thousand dollars in abandoned garage
In Boston a 13 year old, Donald Dahlbeck, discovers nearly 1000 dollars in a vacant garage. His mother and unemployed father choose to notify police and seek the rightful owner. If unclaimed within a year, the money would go to the finder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPI
Donald Dahlbeck
Dahlbeck
Donald
Dahlbecks
Area servicemen honored and serving in Vietnam and abroad
Army helicopter crew chief Sp 4 Robert Austin received the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism in Vietnam. The report also lists Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard personnel from the area on temporary duty in England and training assignments across the United States, with multiple hometowns and high schools named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Austin
Box 73
Hoosick Road
Army
Vietnam
Specialist Austin
Tamarac High School
Air Force
62Nd Tactical Airlift
Stewart Afb
Tenn
Mildenhall Raf
England
U.S. Air Forces In
Europe
Roger A. Strock
Jesse A. Strock
5Th Ave
Troy
David Gerard
W. J. Sheft
Saratoga Road
Ballston Spa
John P. Travis
Floyd A. Travis
Broughton Lane
Stillwater
Strock
Raymond W. Abbey
U.S. Navy
Winslow J. Abbey
N. Hudson Ave
U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion
Gulfport
Miss
United States
Bruce J. Squiers
James Squires
N. Park St
Cambridge
4Th Infantry Division
Pleiku
Cambridge Central High School
Interior Communications
Harry C. Tawney
Barbara A. Bull
Elm Ave
Hemstreet Park
Mechanicville
Bainbridge
Christmas Tree Sale and Community Activities Notice
Center Brunswick reports State University at Geneseo student Carl O'Brien Jr has returned to studies after vacation with family. Volunteer firemen announce Christmas tree sales at the Hoosick Road fire house. Sunday School classes at United Methodist Church include 9 45 a m for adults and youth and 11 a m for nursery and children up to fourth grade. The pastor Rev Howard M Hills will lead worship at 11 a m. Los Charros Light Horse 4 H Club meets at Maura and Kerry O Brien home at 6 30 p m Friday to discuss workshop at Tamarac School Saturday and present the club constitution. Fire auxiliary Christmas party at the fire hall Wednesday 7 p m with covered dish and grab bag gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl O’brien Jr
State University At
Geneseo
Carl O’brien
Kerry
Maura
John May
Hoosick Road
United Methodist Church
Howard M. Hills
Los Charros Light Horse
Kerry O’brien
Tamarac School
Fire Auxiliary
Menands Receives 27000 Grant for Hudson River Sewer
New York State approves a 27000 Pure Waters construction grant to Menands to build a 1500 foot interceptor sewer linking with the Albany County Sewer District Hudson River interceptor. The project totals about 90000 with federal funding sought to cover 60 percent. Design engineers are J Kenneth Fraser and Associates of Rensselaer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson River
New York State
Menands
Rockefeller
Albany County Sewer District
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
J. Kenneth Fraser and
Temple Berith Sholom Plans First Temple Treats Sunday
Congregation Berith Sholom will host the first Temple Treats event Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in the temple vestry 1673rd Street. Soloist Joan Spain will perform two operatic arias and lead a community sing with Sylvia Skliar at the piano. The Spanish Dancers of Albany and Desider Simonovich will also perform before refreshments. Spain trained at the Troy Conservatory and Manhattan School of Music and has appeared across the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berith Sholom
Temple
Joan Spain
Cohoes
Sylvia Skliar
Desider Simonovich
Albany
Spain
Carmen
Troy Conservatory of Music
John Lloyd
New York City
Manhattan School of Music
George Pickering
Margot Kern
Vienna
Kurt Saffir
Nixon Names Price For Urban Post
President Nixon named 30 year old John R. Price Jr. to be executive secretary of the Council for Urban Affairs succeeding Moynihan, who becomes counselor to the President. Price will also replace Moynihan as executive secretary of the Rural Affairs Council. Stephen Hess, 36, was named national chairman of the White House Conference on Children and Youth to be held in Washington December 13 to 18, 1970. Price and Hess had served as Moynihan assistants since January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
John R. Price Jr
Daniel P. Moynihan
Council For Urban Affairs
Moynihan
Price
Rural Affairs Council
Stephen Hess
White House
Hess
Urban Affairs Council
New York City
Bedford-Stuyvesant D & S Corp
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Aid Funds May Hit New Low
Washington AP report says foreign aid appropriations may fall to about 1.6 billion, near a new low below Nixon's 2.6 billion ceiling. Passman subcommittee added 54.5 million for a squadron of Nationalist China fighter planes, contested in Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
Otto E. Passman
Dla
China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Johnson
Passman
Bit Player Charged With Murder After Gunfight
Pittsburgh AP reports Channel J. Dersarkissian known as John Derr, a bit player who claimed roles in The Hustler and What Price Glory, was charged with murder after a three hour gunfight with police in a Hill District rooming house. He killed Nathaniel Brown and wounded William Miller during an exchange that ended with his capture after a stair fall amid tear gas and a fire set by canisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
J. Dersarkissian
John Derr
Dersarkissian
Hill
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Nathaniel Brown
William Miller
Obituary Notices of Stopielo Haller Czarnowski Partlan Kendall
Deaths include World War II veteran Robert Stopielo 70 at Van Rensselaer Manor with services at St Anthony's Church in Troy. Helene Haller 74 of Albany progressed to funeral at Bryce Funeral Home and St Michael's Church. Michael Czarnowski formerly of Waterford, Daisy Kendall of 15th Street, Joseph Partlan of 109th Street all honored with Requiem Masses. Interments followed at local cemeteries. reports list bearers and clergy details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stopielo
van Rensselaer Manor
North Greenbush
Anthony
Carmela Belotte Stopielo
James Salerno
Watervliet
Lucy Colaneri
Troy
Susan Stopielo
Menands
Neices
Anthony E. Matera
Fourth St
St. Anthony’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Helene H. Haller
Collins Ave
Hallmark Nursing Home
Albany
Charles Hinckel
Hinckel Brewery
Academy of the Holy Names
New York State Motor Vehicle Bureau
Haller
John M. Keeler
Pasadena
Calif
Dorothy Elcox
Saratoga
Bryce Funeral Home
Pawling Ave
St. Michael’s Church
Michael Czarnowski
Rd, Waterford
Fitzgerald Funeral Home
Cohoes
Francis A. Nowakowski
Bernard Lis
Edward Len
Gary Binkowski
Lance Stanczak
St. Michael's Cemetery
Waterford
Father Nowakowski
Joseph J. Partlan
109Th St
Leonard Hospital
Frank P. McDonald
Second Ave
St. Augustine’s Church
Timothy F. Keating
O.S.A
St. John’s Cemetery
Father Keating
Low Yield Nuclear Blast 23rd In 1969
LAS VEGAS Nevada AP reports a low yield nuclear blast detonated in a mile long tunnel at Rainier Mesa within the Nevada test site. The explosion occurred Friday and registered under 20 000 tons of TNT. It marks the 23rd announced test this year at the site about 75 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada Test Site
Atomic Energy Commission
Rainier Mesa
Free Toll for Disabled Vets Sought by Senator
Republican Sen. James H. Donovan of Utica urged the State Thruway Authority to keep toll-free use for disabled veterans. He noted 998 veterans now benefit, but a plan starting in January would impose tolls on some.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N.Y
State Thruway Authority
James H. Donovan
Utica
Five men indicted in welfare check theft conspiracy
Five men from the New York metropolitan area face federal charges for conspiring to steal city welfare checks. The scheme allegedly began in 1968, with checks totaling a $500,000 face value sold for 10 to 25 percent to thieves who lifted them from mailboxes. Defendants include Harold Beck and Jack Beck, Martin Brenner, Milton Ramirez, and Miguel A. Rodriguez Jr. Bail set at $10,000 for the Becks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harold Beck
Yonkers
Jack Beck
Floral Park
Queens
Martin Brenner
Stony Point
N.Y
Milton Ramirez
Bronx
Miguel A. Rodriguez Jr
Becks
Martin Van Buren Birthday Observed in Kinderhook
A wreath was placed on President Martin Van Buren’s grave by Maj. Gen. A. C. O’Hara on behalf of President Nixon, with William Rothermel, mayor of Kinderhook, attending the ceremony marking the eighth president’s birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinderhook
N. Y
UPI
Martin van Buren
A. C. O'Hara
State Division of Military and Naval Affairs
Nixon
William Rothermel
Columbia County
van Buren
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Chuckle
Jack
Bill
Associated Press
Helen
Robert
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
By Wayne Bailey
Lackland Afb
Tex
Air Force Technical
Robert G. Chase
Robert G. Chase Sr
Plaid Place
Elnora
Jerry A. Jensen
James A. Jensen
Pittsfield Road
Castleton
J. Michael Mullahey
James Mullahey
Lawrence St
Gerald D. Ronesi
Q. James Ronesi
Columbus Ave
Airman Chase
Shenendehowa Central High School
Keesler Afb
Jensen
Columbia High School
Lackland
Ronesi
Waterford-Halfmoon High School
Hudson Valley Community College
Sheppard Afb
Coast Guard
Francis J. Bornhorst Jr
Francis J. Bornhorst Sr
Wanda Court
Joseph Young
U.S. Navy Seabees
Donald Young
Frank Cantanucci
Goodman Ave
Fort Carson
Colo
Rutland (Vt.) High School
Sgt, David Gerard
Sgt
Center Brunswick
Edward Zareski
Thomas YV. Harrington
Edna
Eileen Harrington
Marion Ave
Wynantskill
Buffy
Harrington
Police
Jackie Gleason
Paul Newman
James Cagney
Helene Haller
Mr. Czarnowski
Mrs. Kendall
Daisy Kendall
15Th St
Morris & Stebbins Funeral Home
Hoosick St
Royal B. Fishbeck
United Memorial Methodist Church
Center Berlin
J. J. Partlan
Cape
Ber
Tion
Paul Ame Furi
Rola Ea
Nde Holt
Ald Rohe
Paci Turr Lim
Nah Viar
Root Ball Pub
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