Heavy Snow Blankets Midlands
A wintry storm moved across the midcontinent to the Northeast bringing a thick snow blanket and extreme cold. Five inches fell at Garne Rapids and Flint Michigan. roads iced by freezing rain across the north central Plains to the Great Lakes. zero and subzero temperatures in Nebraska and northern areas with a Arctic air surge toward Iowa and Wisconsin. Snow watches and forecasts for at least six inches were issued for parts of New York Vermont New Hampshire and Maine while freezing rain threatened Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In contrast the Pacific Northwest stayed cool and rainy. the Southeast saw thunderstorms. the Southwest enjoyed fair mild weather with afternoon extremes reaching 83 in Brownsville Texas and 7 in Huron South Dakota.
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Garne Rapids
Flint
Michigan
North Central Plains
Great Lakes
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
New York State
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Pacific Northwest
Brownsville
Tex
Huron
S.D
Mohawk Pilots Risk Losing Flight Ratings Amid Strike
Mohawk Airlines pilots enter the second month of a walkout that could strip some flyers of FAA required flight qualifications. With 396 active pilots out since Nov 12, company officials weigh phased restarting while talks resume after a two week pause, warning loss of certificates disrupts start up plans and travel.
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Utica
N.Y
Mohawk Airlines
Federal Aviation Administration
Mohawk
Chrysler Recalls Dodge Trucks Over Suspension and Throttle
Chrysler Corp notified 244 Dodge trucks to return to dealers for inspection. One recall affects 197 heavy duty 1969 1970 models with 44 000 pound suspension systems for a suspected rear suspension spring hanger pin condition. Another recall covers 47 Dodge 1970 model pusher buses for hydraulic throttle control system inspection.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Dodge
Chrysler
Trains Including Laurentian Resume Service After Strike
Trains including the D H Laurentian passenger service between Albany and Montreal resume after a one day nationwide strike that saw 15 000 New York State railroad workers return to their jobs. Picket lines melted away as notices were received that service would resume for the present.
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D&h Laurentian
Albany
Montreal
New York State
Mechanicville
Boston
Elizaeth Street
Depot Square
Sheehan and
Railroad Streets
Yard Road
National Cash Register Co
Delaware & Hudson
Rensselaer and
Colonie
D&h
Penn Central
New York
Buffalo
Ed Moore
Lodge 861
Congress
Syracuse
United Transportation Union
U.S
Francis J. W. Ford Jr
Boston and Maine Railroad
Troy
Johnsonville
Worcester
Gardner
Mass
Newburyport
Ford
Area
Troy Record Co
Pollock Lumber Co
Collins Lumber Co
Oviatt Plumbing and Heating
Wilco Foods
Stafco Inc
Wiley Bros
Valley Falls
Drug Alcohol Seminar Slated At Area School
Dr. Donald B. Louria, president of the State Council of Drug Addiction, will keynote a drugs and alcohol seminar at Shenendehowa Senior High School on Saturday January 23. A second session is set for January 30. Louria has chaired NY County Medical Society narcotics subcommittee and contributed to state and national committees on alcoholism and drug abuse. He authored The Drug Scene and Overcoming Drugs.
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Donald B. Louria
State Council of Drug Addiction
Shenendehowa_ Senior High School
Louria
The
Medical Society of the
County of New York
New York State Medical Society
National Academy of Sciences
Division of Medical Sciences
Shenendehowa
Saratoga County Board of Cooperative Educational Services
BOCES
Saratoga
Schenectady
Warren
Westcott
Negro Gets 1 500 Years In Oklahoma
A 22 year old African American man was convicted of raping a white telephone company employee by an all white jury in Oklahoma City and sentenced to 1500 years, with prosecutors calling for the death penalty. The defense vows an appeal, citing racial bias and the extraordinary sentence as excessive.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Charles Callins
Oklahoma
Dallas
Arnold Britton
Callins
Britton
On This Day In History December 12 1970
UPI notes key historical events on December 12 including Beethoven paying for a music lesson in 1792 and the first wireless transatlantic message in 1901. It also mentions John L. Lewis leaving the AFL again in 1947 and Nixon’s cabinet announcement in 1968 along with a Thought For The Day from Lloyd Garrison.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Atlantic Ocean
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
AFL
Richard Nixon
Bilks Woman Of 200000 Swindle In Queens Home Scam
Queens District Attorney Thomas J. Mackell said three suspects including a woman posed as home repairmen to swindle 200000 from 82 year old Metella Richter of Woodhaven. John Shedler Marie Shedler and Ralph Duval Jr. were charged with forgery burglary and grand larceny for a ten month period starting in November 1969. Bail set at 2000 for Mrs Shedler and 5000 for each man.
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NEW York
Queens
Woodhaven
John Shedler
Marie
Ralph Duval Jr
Paterson
N.J
Mackell
Dairy Research Project Aims at Six Upstate Counties
A $3 million ten year dairy research program to aid six upstate New York counties was announced by James FitzPatrick president of the William H. Miner Institute. The project financed by the institute near Chazy will be directed by the State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and will evaluate modern feeding handling and waste disposal techniques under varying climates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue Memorial
James Ewing Hospital
New York Hospital
Sloan-Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
MacArthur
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry
Norma C. Wescott
Shenendehowa Central Schools
Plattsburgh
N.Y
Upstate
James FitzPatrick
William H. Miner Institute
Chazy
State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
FitzPatrick
State Power Authority
Air Pollution Count Listed For Troy Area
The Record and the Rensselaer County Health Department present a daily air pollution report for the Troy area. Friday’s reading covers a 24 hour period ending Thursday at 3 p.m. from a Rensselaer monitor, with a color key for sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and soiling levels.
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The
Record Newspapers
Rensselaer County Health Department
Rensselaer
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Guerrillas Attack Amman Police Station In Two Hour Battle
Guerrillas shelled the Amman police station and attacked with rockets and hand grenades until repelled after two hours of fighting. They also claimed to have blown a bridge on the Amman Jarash highway and damaged telephone poles cutting traffic and communications to Jarash.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Amman Radio
Amman
Amman-Jarash
Jarash
Asault
Jordan
The
Arab High Commission
Bahi Ladgham
Wasfi Tel
Yasir Arafat
Radio
Bush to Succeed Yost as U N Ambassador
President Nixon announces Rep. George Bush of Texas will lead the American delegation at the United Nations next month, succeeding career Ambassador Charles W. Yost who asked to be relieved after the current General Assembly session. Bush, 46, has served in Congress since 1967 and welcomed the duty as a “great and awesome responsibility.”
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Washington
Nixon
George Bush
Texas
Charles W. Yost
United Nations
Bush
Senate
Yost
William P. Rogers
U.N
General Assembly
Congress
RPI Professors Win Distinguished Faculty Awards
Dr. Roland Walker biology and Dr. Kenneth Rose electrical engineering received the 1969 70 Distinguished Faculty Award from the RPI Faculty Committee on Honors. Walker 36 years at RPI noted for student influence and research on virus induced tumor cells in fish. Rose joined RPI in 1965 after GE research work and has led multiple courses and speaks at conferences on semiconductors and thin film electronics. The awards were presented by Dr. William E. Boyce, chairman of the Faculty Council.
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Roland Walker
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Kenneth Rose
RPI
William E. Boyce
Walker
Troy
Rose
General Electric
Voter League to Discuss Air Pollution in Three Meetings
The League of Women Voters of Rensselaer County schedules three talks on air pollution. Meetings will be at 1097 Madison Ave Troy Tuesday 8 p.m., Seaforth Road Troy Wednesday 9 30 a.m., and Love Lutheran Church East Greenbush Wednesday 1 p.m. The study cites auto emissions industries fossil fuel furnaces waste disposal and government functions as major polluters. Prospective members may attend.
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League of Women Voters
Rensselaer County
Robert Stierer
Madison Ave
Troy
James W. Flesders
Seaforth Road
Love Lutheran Church
East Greenbush
Education Fund
League
U.S
County League
G J Wiley Named To State Post
Geordie J. Wiley of the Lakeshore Apartments Colonie was named director of Thruway finance a $32 200 per year post by the New York State Thruway Authority announced Friday He joined the Thruway staff June 2 1959 as executive assistant to the general manager and will assume the new post December 31.
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Geordie J. Wiley
Lakeshore Apartments
Colonie
Thruway Finance
New York State
Thruway Authority
Wiley
Canisius College
Buffalo
Thruway
Sir Francis Chichester Sets Sail For 4000 Mile Test
Sir Francis Chichester, the solo yachtsman famed for his world voyage, begins a new record bid from Beaulieu River toward Plymouth and on to Portuguese Guinea and Nicaragua. He sails with his son Giles and friends aboard Gypsy Moth V aiming to cover 200 miles daily over 20 days.
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Bucklers Hard
England
Francis Chichester
Bissau
Portuguese Guinea
San Juan del Norte
Nicaragua
Chichester
Giles
Beaulieu
Plymouth
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Associated Press
Laurentian
Okla
Cornell Medical College
Bellevue Hospital
Richard McDonald
Selkirk
United Press International
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Saturn
John Jay
United States
Lloyd Garrison
Troy Area
Voter League
G. J. Wiley
State Post
Sir Chichester
Albany and Schenectady
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