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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1969
Page
9
State Thruway Authority plans new tolls on January 10 to raise revenue. Plate holders traveling over 20 miles pay half tolls. under 20 miles no toll. Readers devise a workaround to exit just before 20 miles, avoid tolls, reenter, and repeat. Authority says it won’t act to curb the dodge, expecting the novelty to wear off.
Mrs George Ogden and Mr and Mrs Robert Snyder with Dawn visit Mrs Ward Snyder in Eagle Bridge and Mrs Edward Winn visits her brother Val Kenyon in North Pownal. Martin Gibbons visits Cam bridge relatives while travel permit holders decide to stay on the Thruway to save tolls. Three Thruway segments from Spring Valley to Buffalo force 20 to 25 cent tolls with no exit choices except detours through fields.
Obituary notices from Rensselaer list Mrs. Mary W. Kircher long active in Democratic circles who died in Albany Memorial Hospital with funeral at Church of the Redeemer and burial in Memory's Garden Colonie. Also noted are Mrs. Margaret E. Chenette of Hampton Manor with Requiem Mass at St Mary's Clinton Heights and Mrs. Mary A. Barney of Defreestville with funeral at St Joseph's Church and burial Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
The Hoosic Valley Senior Citizens held a bazaar bake sale and hobby show at the Catholic Church Hall in Valley Falls with performances by Mrs. John Kowalchuk Mrs. Wayne Sheldon John Lohnes and Mrs. Joe Garrett. They announce a Christmas party and grab bag on Tuesday with a noon dinner for all seniors.
A senior group plans a Christmas party for residents of Kennedy Towers, with Yale University affiliation assisting in organizing the event. The gathering is set to feature seasonal festivities and community engagement.
The Mendelssohn Club of Albany under Carl M. Steubing Jr. performs a Christmas program in Chancellors Hall State Education Building at 8 30 p.m. with the Neal Gadd Violin Piano Duo as guests. A separate Rensselaer County Senior Citizen Coordinating Project meeting sets details for a December 15 holiday party with crafts decorations and Santa Claus.
A Smithsonian backed exhibit at Williams College Museum of Art outlines a Manhattan midtown office hub with 500000 future workers. Rai Y Okamoto and Frank S Williams designed a clustering system called the access tree linking subway roots to trunk elevators and branch office corridors.
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