Salvation Army toy drive ends Saturday for needy children
Barrels for toy donations are placed in banks in Troy Lansingburgh Wynantskill North and East Greenbush Watervliet and at The Times Record office Broadway and Fifth Avenue Troy. Help stock Christmas stockings by donating new toys before the deadline.
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Salvation Army
Troy
Lansingburga
Wynantskill
North
East Greenbush
Watervliet
Times Record Office
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Budget juggling RPI board ends Thursday establishes committee
The 1978 Troy budget debate ends Thursday as the City Council votes on a plan that may drop the annual 27 000 gift from RPI. Bar set tightens include 5 percent cuts and delaying a joint county city computer project to lower taxes. The Board of Trustees creates a Community Relations Committee with RPI officials and local leaders to improve ties.
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Troy
Duncan Barrett
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
RPI
Alan Olsson
Barrett
Buckley
Bill Montgomery
Montgomery
Dworsky
Police Bureau
Fire Bureau
Public Safety
George O’connor
Board of Trustees
Kenneth T. Lally
Teledyne Gurley of
Stanley I. Landgraf
Mohasco Corp
Amsterdam
Carl Grimm
Grimm Construction Co
Green Island
Birth announcements from Samaritan and area hospitals
Several birth notices list newborns at Samaritan Hospital and Albany Medical Center in late 1977. Names include Kelly Lynn Broderick, David Jonathan Daigle, Tanya Mare Fitzgerald, Amary Elizabeth Hines, Thomas Francis Job Jr., Jonathan Daley, and others with weights from 6 to 8 pounds 2 ounces. Parents include Broderick Daigle Fitzgerald Hines Job Keese and spouses. several former names are noted.
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Broderick
Charles Broderick
Thei
Kelly Lynn
Samaritan Hospital
Frankie
LuAnn Favata
David
Mavere
Daigle
David Jonathan
Fitzgerald
Stephen Fitzgerald
Tanya Maré
Albany Medical Center
Doreen Cote
Troy
Hines Michele
Joseph Hines
Amary
Elizabeth
Samaritan
Thomas Brees
Hines
Sisar Millains
Mechanicvile Thanas
Foley
Thomas Job
Brac Arnold Morfally
Thomas Francis Job
Thomas Job. Jr
Ave
D Aurio
Acese Mir
Frank Keese
Jonathan Daley
Elis Hospital
Matthew Sean
Keese
Patrica Dalew
North Troy
Mir
John Daley
Paterna
Wrata
R. Peter Reese
Middieburg
Stolen Car Chase Ends When It Crashes Into House
A 20 year old Troy man Bruce E. Rubinski was arrested after a stolen 1977 Buick dragged a Troy officer for about forty feet and wrecked into a Watervliet house. Police say the incident began with a vehicle theft at a Troy supermarket and ended with multiple felonies and traffic charges.
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Troy
Watervliet
Bruce E. Rubinski
Oakwood Terrace
Mack A. Trahan
Brunswick Road
Grand Union
Second Ave
Hoosick and
Eighth Streets
Joan M
Poland
Fifth Ave
Brian Cahill
Cahill
Sixth Avenue
Viola Pollack
Sixth Ave
Pallack
Rubinski
Legislators Bid Farewell To Three Rensselaer Colleagues
The Rensselaer County Legislature honored Abbott Wiley Derrick Filley and Robert Stierer with plaques resolutions and certificates as they retire or seek other posts. Murphy proclaimed Abbott Wiley Day praising his 12 years of service and fiscal leadership. The assembly also authorized East Greenbush highway improvements and DOT railroad markings while endorsing the Historical Society heritage campaign.
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Abbott L. Wiley
Derrick A. Filley
Troy
Robert A. Stierer
William J. Murphy
Wiley
Valley Falls
Abbott Wiley
Rensselaer County
East Greenbush
State Department of Transportation
Rensselaer County Historical Society
Hanley Withdraws From Rensselaer GOP Chair Race
Albert V. Hanley Jr. pulled out saying he lacks enough votes to win and would be a spoiler. He backs frontrunner William Sinnott, aided by County Executive William Murphy and outgoing chairman Joseph Bruno, while four candidates remain for the post and a county committee vote is set for Tuesday.
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Stierer
Murphy
Hts
Albert V. Hanley Jr
Rensselaer County Republican Committee
Hanley
Castleton
William E. Sinnott
William J. Murphy
Joseph L. Bruno
Sinnott
D. Wallace
Uncle Tom’s Cabin documentary airs on WRGB TV Channel 6
A TV documentary by Dr Stephen Hirsch of the College of St Rose traces Uncle Tom’s Cabin from novel to stage to modern caricature. It includes play excerpts, historical photos, and locations tied to Troy and Hartford. Rex Ellis narrates and portrays Uncle Tom. Police report notes a head-on crash in Troy injuring Agnes F Zink.
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College of St. Rose
Albany
Troy
Wrgb - TV
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom
Stephen Hirsch
The
College of St. Hose
Rex Ellis
Empire State Youth Theater
Agnes F. Zink
Highland Ave
Daniel D. Johnson
Eighth St
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Edward Forster
River Street
G.M. Draman
Bobby Secor
Army
John P. Buckley
Rensselaerwyck
Olsson
John Grogan
Nassau
Steven Dworsky
Fire and Police Departments
Pat Casale
City Hall
Council
Lave
Miro
Bernarc & Lavoer
Aggor Bernard Robertson
Stormer
Nacere Lynn Lovee Lyon
Meco Lynn
Nicgie Lyon
Lavee
Virgina AY Lawigne
Stritsman
Wayne
Eunice Stritsmar
Ruth Elateth
Lucas E . Bore Om Decemer
Sarraritay Moscota
Stritsmac
House
Filley
GOP
Bryce
Charles Haskins
Rensselaer County Supreme Court
Joseph F. Casey
Uncle
Tom
Stowe - Day Library
Hartford
Conn
St. Mary's Hospital
Congress
Ferry
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