Viet Reds Execute Own Deserters Amid War Tensions
The U.S. Command reported North Vietnamese officers executed at least a dozen deserters and intensified guards on operations. Reports from three defectors, including two privates and a 16-year-old guerrilla, described patrols, guard detachments, and executions near Hue and in central 1st Corps. Elsewhere, fighting along the Cambodian border west of Saigon continued with American air and ground action and casualties on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
South
Ha Tay Province
North Vienamese
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Hue
1St Corps
Troy Library Adds 28 New Books to Display
The Troy Public Library announces 23 non fiction and 5 fiction titles on display in the main lobby before circulation. Notable non fiction works include Beginnings of Our Religion and How to Avoid Problems With Your Will. Fiction titles include Poseidon Adventure and Death of a Dude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Public
Naftali Lau-Lavie
Lawrence
David H. Lawrence
Gerald M. Loeb
Patrick Henry
Robert D. Meade
Dr. Svock
Jessica Mitford
John A. O'Brien
Nancy Rosenberg
Maurice Shadbolt
Theodore S. Williams
Celia Dale
Paul W Gallico
Ada
Vladimir V. Nabokov
Vian C. Smith
Rex Stout
Supervisors To Meet In Ballston Spa With Public Hearing
The Saratoga County Board of Supervisors will meet at 2 p.m. Monday in the board rooms on McMaster Street Ballston Spa for a public hearing on Local Law No 1 concerning salary revisions. The group will also attend the cornerstone laying at 1 30 p.m. in the county court building lobby at the municipal center complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga County Board of Supervisors
McMaster Street
Ballston Spa
County Court
Municipal Center
Town Seeks Bids for Fuel Oil and Milk Deliveries
Notice invites sealed bids from bidders for 27 000 gallons of No 2 fuel oil to be delivered to East Greenbush facilities by December 16 1969. Separate bids cover 2 000 quarts and 7 314 pints of homogenized Grade A milk delivered weekly to Van Rensselaer Manor and daily to the Rensselaer County Jail with deliveries in early 1970. Both require compliance with General Municipal Law sections 102 and 103 and reserve right to reject all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Greenbush
Rensselaer County
New York
Town Hall
Town Hall Annex
Columbia Turnpike
Highway Department
Gilligan Road
Virginia I. Ochs
Rensselaer County Court House
Congress and
Second Streets
Tre
van Rensselaer Manor
Bloomingreve Ive
Troy
New
Fifth Avenue
Ferry Street
Joseph F. Humes
Citizenship Granted to 22 Troy Area Residents
Supreme Court Justice A Franklin Mahoney granted U S citizenship to 22 Troy area residents announced Friday. Names include Nazar Tutunjian Carols Manuel Raggi Il Uri Vaisman Dominick Caprara Jose Aprecido Costa and others with addresses in Troy and nearby towns from Cuba Israel Brazil Italy Ireland Poland Germany Canada and Britain. This notice lists the new citizens and their home communities across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
A. Franklin Mahoney
U. S
Troy Area
Nazar Tutunjian
Hoosick Rd
Troy
Syria
Carols Manuel Raggi Il
Clark Ave
Cuba
Uri Vaisman
Rankin Ave
Israel
Dominick Caprara
5Th Ave
Italy
Jose Aparecido Costa
Franklin Ave
Brazil
Antoniette la Porte
St. Mary’s Ave
Maria Milanese
Johanna Gernardine Volkmann
Helmut Theodore
Georg Volkmann
Ralf Volkmann
Spring Ave
Germany
Maria Callava
Armando Callava
Washington St
Aristides Hernandez
Darrow School
New Lebanon
Maria Antonia Biancca
Ashland
Susan Corey
Homestead Dr
Latham
Ireland
Antonia Szwed
Apt
Latham Village
Great Britain
Herbert Liebenhagen
Old London
Cohoes
Krystyha Hyra
19Th St
Watervliet
Poland
John Peel Douglas Singleton
Leisureville
Apt. 16
Canada
Ander Schwartz
Shuset Road
Rensselaer
Helsinki Talks Near Preliminary Accord
Helsinki reports indicate the third arms limitation talks close to a preliminary agreement after a 90 minute seventh session. A next closed meeting is set for Monday and the first round may finish in 10 to 14 days with full talks slated after the new year at an undetermined venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Crash Kills One In Albany County
One person died and another was injured in an early morning automobile crash in the Town of New Scotland Albany County on Route 85A. The injured party was taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital and their condition was not known at press time. Names were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Scotland
Albany County
Loudonville
Albany Medical Center
Route
Mrs Bonneau Named Coordinator for Rensselaer County Senior Project
Mrs June Bonneau appointed program coordinator for the Rensselaer County Senior Citizens Coordinating Project announced by project director Robert F. O Connell. She will plan and run educational, recreational and social programs across three centers in Kennedy Towers Rensselaer and Hoosick Falls. She resides in Cohoes with husband Roland and daughter Mary Lynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Bonneau
Rensselaer County
Senior Citizens Coordinating Project
Robert F. O'Connell
Mrs. Bonneau
Kennedy Towers
Rensselaer
Hoosick Falls
Bonneau
Eden Park Nursing Home
Leisure Arms Home
Geriatrics Activities Association
Mohawk-Hudson Senior Citizen Leadership Council
Lincoln Ave
Cohoes
Roland
Mary Lynn
Former Marine Weds Former Marine Injured in Vietnam
In Chesapeake Virginia a double amputee Marine Thomas Edward Greene 20 marries Ina Kathleen Woodruff 18 after meeting in 1967 near her family home. Greene lost both legs at Khe Sanh in 1968 and now learns to walk again with artificial legs. He receives disability payments and plans to work at the Portsmouth post office while Kathleen plans to be a full time housewife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake
Vietnam
Thomas Edward Greene
Ina Kathleen Woodruff
Southeast Asia
Greene
Naval Hospital
Philadelphia
Kathleen
Vis
Woodruff
Portsmouth
Tax Reform Debate Hints Social Security Increase
Acting Senate Republican Leader Robert Griffin warned that tying a 15 percent Social Security boost to the tax reform bill could provoke a presidential veto and derail both measures. He favored a smaller 10 percent rise with a cost of living escalator, aligning with White House stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Robert P. Griffin
Griffin
Michigan
GOP
Directors Exam Set For Jan. 17 in Rensselaer County
An examination for the director of social services post in Rensselaer County is scheduled for January 17. The vacancy pays 11342 to 12703 annually with a December 17 application deadline. Candidates must be county residents for four months prior and meet education and supervisory experience requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County
Dept. of Social Services
J. Allen van Wie Jr
County Civil Service Commission
Professor to Speak on Population Crisis and Educated Woman
Professor O R Gallagher of Skidmore College and president of Planned Parenthood Association will lecture on The Population Crisis and the Educated Woman. The event is at the Saratoga Springs branch of the American Association of University Women in the public library at 8 p.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. Gallagher
Skidmore College
Planned Parenthood Association
Washington
Warren
Saratoga Counties
Saratoga Springs
American Association of University Women
Diesel unit, UAW to resume talks in Schenectady
Negotiations between United Auto Workers Local 259 and Consolidated Diesel Electric Corp resume Sunday in Schenectady after talks stalled in Poughkeepsie. About 350 UAW workers at Condee plants in Niskayuna and Scotia began a strike on November 3 when the union said the company withdrew an acceptable offer. Local 259 president Samuel Meyers said the new proposal is slightly better than the November 21 offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Auto Workers
Local 259
Consolidated Diesel Electric Corporation
Schenectady
Poughkeepsie
UAW
Condee
Niskayuna
Scotia
Samuel Meyers
Heat Wave Kills Five in Portuguese East Africa
Five people died during a December heat wave with temperatures reaching 120 degrees in Portuguese East Africa. The semiofficial Luisitania news agency reported the fatalities in the December event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tete
Portuguese East Africa
Luisitania
Local church notices list services across Rexford area
Rexford United Methodist Church Rev Clifton Walter Sunday School 10 a m Worship 11 a m Amity Reformed Church Rev Theodore Chandler service 10 30 a m Sunday School 9 30 a m Junior and Senior Fellowship 7 p m Thursday meeting at 8 p m at Delbert Merrill’s home Holy Communion last Sunday three new members welcomed at coffee hour Faith Baptist Church Rexford Rev Glenwood Cronin services 11 a m and 7 p m Bible School 9 45 a m Cheek rehearsal and prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 p m Nursery available St Edward the Confessor Rev Robert B Scott Masses 9 10 11 and noon Daily Mass 9 Confessions Saturday 4–5 p m and 7–9 p m Alplaus United Methodist Church Rev Dilio E Mariotti service 10 15 a m Sunday School 9 a m Youth Fellowship 6 30 p m Adult Discus
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexford United Methodist Church
Clifton Walter
Amity Reformed Church
Theodore Chandler
Delbert Merrill
Faith Baptist Church of
Rexford
Glenwood Cronin
St. Edward the Confessor
Robert B. Scott
Community church schedule and club meetings listed
Mrs Francis Shea Young Group will meet at 8 p m at the church to view the film The Flatlands Boy Scouts meet Monday at 7 30 p m Cadette Girl Scouts meet Monday at 4 p m Brownies meet Tuesday at 2 30 p m Choir rehearsal Thursday 7 to 9 p m Jonesville United Methodist Church Rev James D Sorley Service 11 a m Sunday School 9 45 a m Adult Discussion Group 9 45 a m Parsonage Youth Fellowship 7 p m Choir Rehearsal Wednesday 7 30 p m Building Committee Thursday 8 p m WSCS Christmas Party 6 30 p m Tuesday pageant rehearsal Saturday 3 30 p m and next Saturday Dec 13 6 p m Clifton Park Center Baptist Church Rev James I Meek Service 11 a m Church School 9 45 a m Baptist Youth Fellowship 7 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sion
Flatlands
Jonesville
WSCS
Greens
Kenneth George
Charles Owen
Ernest Sherman
Roscoe Burnham
Frank Overstrom
John A. Palm
Clifton Park Center
Thruway to Receive Federal Funds for Sewage Upgrades
Albany New York UPI Chairman R Burdell Bixby announced the State Thruway Authority will get 181020 in federal funds covering 30 percent of a 603400 project to upgrade sewage treatment at four service areas along the Thruway. The balance comes from the authority. The sites Patersonville Mohawk Schuyler and Scottsville service areas will receive 54960 52620 37020 and 36420 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany, N. Y
UPI
R. Burdell Bixby
State Thruway Authority
Bixby
Pattersonville
Amsterdam
Schenectady
Mohawk
Schuyler
Utica
Herkimer
Scottsville
Rochester
O'Brien-Baker Post Meeting Tonight for Christmas Party
Theodore J. Piche will lead O'Brien-Baker Post and 27th Division ladies auxiliary in a 8 p.m. gathering at Tib Bits Cadets Memorial Home 27 Fourth St. Officers will plan the Christmas party and gifts to Albany Veterans Hospital with Pearl Harbor anniversary observances. Madame Chiang Kai-shek graduated from Wellesley College in 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore J. Piche
O’brien-Baker Post
27Th Division Association
Ladies Auxiliary
Tibbits Cadets Memorial Home
Fourth St
Albany Veterans Hospital
Pearl Harbor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Troy Library
Sr. Citizens Project
Catholic Charities of
Albany Catholic Diocese
New York State Dept. of Civil Service
Union
Vischer Ferry
Francis Shea
Eia
YSL
Cese Srk
Kees
Little Aquarium Marine Fish
Old
Niskayuna Rd
Robert H. Hill & Co., Inc
Broadway
Rssa AR MA
Latham Bowl
Troy-Schenectady Road
Lavender’s Book Shop
River ST
Worthington Flowers
West Sand Lake Rd
Supersonic
Circle
Albany
Central Ave
Troy Minit Man
Ferry ST
Hoosick ST
RSAR
Troy Camera Shop
Third ST
Renae Ras
Polaroid
Troy Plaza
MK Yates
YES SK
Oxford
Gabry’s Marine & Gun Shop
Frsa
Albany ST
RRS
GEX
Troy-Sch’dy Rd
Latham ST
Cox’s
IOS
Trojan Marine
2Nd Ave
Weria Parana
Newberry Knitting CO
Curry Rd
Rts
WGY Coin and Stamp CO
State St
Schenectady, N. Y
Superior Mdse. Co
4Th St
Congress
Charlestown Mill
Bennington Road
Bennington
Vermont
3Rd ST
Congress St
NSA Roe
Schultz Farm & Greenhouses
Wolf Road
Temple’s Furniture
Ford Rd
Colonie UN
Prezio
Rt. 2
Clums Corners
Tamarac Road
SRG Sar
A. K. Wolfe, Inc
RCA Color
West Sand Lake
SK Ipr AS
the Mountain Gardens
Rt. 7
Haynersville
Raymertown
Joseph P. Mangione
Brunswick
Dickson
SRR
ENGR
Spector's Men’s & Boys
Albany Park
Father and Son
OUR Family Center
Y.M.C.A
First ST
Moss
Ees Mt
Beecroft
COLT
Ithaca
Browning
TASCO
Homelite
RTE
Schaghticoke
Nele
Burlington
Esquire
Fazioli‘s
Fifth Ave
Helen’s
Yamin
Ray
IRS
Puritan Tea Room
N. Main St
Mechanicville
ASSO
Spencer International
E. J
Schwinn
Vista
Carmen
Columbia
Bolfast
Rawleigh
Jerry's Bike Shop
O’brien-Baker
Madame Chiang Kai-shek
Wellesley College
PSOE
Mr. Charlies
North Pearl St
Colonie Shopping Center
Albert
Beverly Russell
Midland
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