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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1970
Page
4
Two banking shifts aim to save time for households. Supercheck it uses a large form listing payees with spaces for amounts to be sent, while another Denver variant uses a blank form for fill in and bank transfer. Smaller banks in the Midwest trialed similar drafts years ago with transfers or checks.
Eleven appointments at GE Silicone Plant Waterford include Douglas Burr as manufacturing chemist in RTV, Joseph Levy as process engineer for fluids, M. Dale Beers as RTV Product Development specialist, Jerry Dawson as southeastern sales rep based in Atlanta, Paul Witbeck as RTV facilities process engineer, Robert Kopye as RTV quality analyst, William Vogt as Rubber Product Production Coordinator, Leonard Bachkes as Packaging Engineer, Douglas Bower in Western District Whittier, Robert Blomquist as application development specialist, Elliott Posner as Technical Service Specialist.
Conferees from both houses reach accord on mutual fund reforms after SEC pressure. The bill favors a fiduciary test on management fees but skirts a total ban on contractual front loads. It limits yearly commissions to 20 percent and caps initial deductions, offering an 18 month exit option with partial recovery of front end loads.
Geneva reports the 1970 world oat harvest is about 49 million tons, 5 percent below 1969. U S production fell 6 percent, while Canada’s crop remained nearly the same.
Richard Wasson, longtime assistant manager at the J. C. Penney store in Latham Shopping Center, has been promoted to manager of the Torrington Connecticut store. A Punxsutawney native, he joined Penney in 1954 and has held multiple department head roles, with his family moving to New Hartford, Connecticut.
Dr. Robert W. Cannaday Jr. notes Hawaii hosts over 300 languages and dialects. He praises the Versa-lab language laboratories installed in 37 high schools across six islands, enabling instruction in French Spanish and numerous Asian languages.
Geneva reports the 1970 world wheat crop at about 280 million metric tons, down 3 percent from 1969. U.S. production declined 7 percent.
Gary Indiana report notes nickel and low carbon steel both run about 50,000 psi in tensile strength. When nickel is added to steel up to 20 percent the alloy reaches up to 350,000 psi after proper alloying and heat treatment.
Questions from Troy residents cover when to apply for Social Security and Medicare protections, including timing to start benefits, disregarding pension income on annual reports, and Medicare premiums. The advice notes a $5.30 monthly Medicare premium, deducted from Social Security checks if applicable, otherwise billed quarterly by the Payment Center in Flushing, Long Island.
Funeral director Thomas A. Sherwood announces construction of a two story funeral home on Mac Naughton Avenue and Third Street will begin in March. Land has been cleared after leveling a house and garage. the facility will replace the current site at 3 Partition Street, in use since December 1934.
Valley Falls native James F. Griggs of Morris Plains New Jersey is promoted to administrative officer and general labor relations director at Western Electric. The move, effective February 8 1971, puts him in charge of labor relations for the Bell System unit with unions including the CWA and IBEW.
Residents of Stillwater and Stillwater Village attended a Sunday evening Christmas tree lighting at the village park. About two hundred watched at 7 p.m. Mrs. T. S. Ryan welcomed attendees, Rev. William E. Schulenberg gave the invocation, Miss Sara Jane Werner led the carols with her new choir, and Rev. Paul J. Keeshan delivered the benediction. Cookies and hot cocoa were served in the Masonic Temple after the program. Stillwater Fire Department members directed traffic.
Johnson grass introduced from Turkey as forage clogged irrigation ditches and consumed large water supplies on Col. William Johnson’s Georgia plantation. The weed has since spread across many grazing states.
The Stillwater United Church youth erect a creche on the church lawn for Christmas. The Women’s Association hosts a Christmas meeting in Fellowship Hall with a film and a Mustard Seed collection. Mrs. T. S. Ryan and committee will handle refreshments. A Rosary Society card party occurs tonight at St. Peter’s Parish Center at 8 p m. The Rosary Society Christmas party heads to St. Peter’s new parish center Wednesday at 7 p m with a covered dish dinner and grab bag gifts. Bemis Heights Grange held its annual Christmas party Sunday in Grange Hall with a 1 30 p m covered dish meal and gift exchange social time.
During the French occupation of Mahon Majorca from 1756 to 1763 soldiers cherished a native sauce. They brought it to Paris where it gained the name mayonnaise.
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