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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1970
Page
5
The FTC agreed to allow a voluntary program for cigarette tar and nicotine advertising while keeping the option to pursue a formal rule. Major firms will disclose tar in milligrams and nicotine in tenths of a milligram, with ads starting 30 working days after FTC acceptance, effective February 4. The plan is not an admission about health effects.
Four day international yoga conference ends in New Delhi with heated arguments as British organizer Christopher Hills clashes with Indian yogis. Swami Dev Murti accuses organizers of distorting yoga through Christianity while urging delegates to protect traditional practice.
In Clarkston Washington the Most Rev Bernard J Topel bishop of Spokane posted 2000 to secure the release of John Bell 23 Clarkston and Gerald Brethauer 22 Lewiston Idaho. They were arrested December 8 along with six others while parents of the others had posted bond.
Washington reports split views on David Frost's White House East Room show. Some guests praised his freshness while others questioned the humor's tone. Nixon called the evening hard to equal, and Frost defended the performance amid surrounding chatter.
Oneida New York Mrs Genevieve Cromp of Canastota was charged with murder of her eight week old son Daniel The boy died Tuesday night from a single stomach wound inflicted with a butcher knife The mother 27 was arraigned before Justice Michael Perretta of Lenox A further hearing set for January 6 The stabbing occurred in the family wood frame home and was witnessed by Donald Cromp the father
Cambodian Foreign Minister Yem Sambour will travel to Formosa in January to discuss establishing full diplomatic relations with Nationalist China. A spokesman for Cambodia's House of Councillors announced the plans.
Washington lawmakers head into a holiday stop with a lame duck session set to end by January 3. Key fights loom including a 10 percent Social Security increase and actions on welfare reform and a foreign trade quota measure, with party leaders and senior committee members signaling little time for compromise.
The California Supreme Court ordered Cesar Chavez freed on his own recognizance from Monterey County jail where he has been confined since December 4 for contempt of court. The court, by a 6-1 vote, will hear his petition challenging the injunction of the Monterey County Superior Court against him and the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee.
Poughkeepsie AP Hitchcock Cattle Corp fined 1000 dollars on two misdemeanor charges tied to Timothy Leary activities. Company officials pleaded guilty in Dutchess County Court to maintaining a place where narcotics were used unlawfully and a nuisance where people gathered for unlawful purposes.
Leningrad AP report says 10 Soviet Jews on trial for Aeroflot hijacking pled guilty and repent, but reliable informants dispute the claim noting several defendants deny guilt. Trial ends with sentencing set for Thursday. main defendants Dymshits and Kuznetsov face death by firing squad.
James Kelly, 38, paroled a month ago after 17 years in prison, killed one man and wounded two others from a sniper's lair early Wednesday. Police chased him into a carrot patch and killed him with a shotgun blast. Detectives say the motive remains unclear and investigators search for a man Kelly had been chasing.
In Guatemala City Jaime Monge Donis 48 a top labor leader and secretary general of the 30000 member Guatemalan Labor Federation was shot five times as he left his home by assailants in a speeding car. He also served as an official of the National Social Security Institute. No arrests were reported.
State Police described the slaying of William T. Constable Jr. as a gang land execution meant as a warning to hoodlum elements. The 35 year old Rochester man was found dead in his pickup near Fisher Dec. 19 with $7,000 cash and a contacted Cosa Nostra chief’s number in his wallet.
Gov. Mandel grants holiday amnesty to 107 Maryland prisoners eligible due to three weeks or less remaining, good behavior records, and warden recommendations. The annual practice lets inmates spend Christmas with families.
Fifty nations signed a draft convention at The Hague aiming to make hijacking a universal crime with strict penalties and denial of asylum. The United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, Switzerland, Greece, Colombia, Costa Rica and Japan joined 77 total countries. Cuba did not participate. Legislative approval by at least ten countries is required. Since 1930 there have been 253 successful skyjackings, with 96 attempts in the United States since 1961 and 73 successful, 33 of them in 1969.
Arthur J. Fridrich, 17, was named associate vice chairman of the Cuyahoga County Republican organization. He will join the party's 16 member policy committee when he turns 18 in May. Fridrich leads the county Teen-Age Republican Club and helped Seth Taft in the Cleveland mayoral race. Taft lost to Carl B. Stokes in a Democratic stronghold.
Cathryn Malone, 67, of 8 Bryant St., Saratoga Springs, a Spa native and Saratoga Hospital School of Nursing graduate, died Wednesday. A registered nurse, she spent 30 years in private duty nursing at Doctor's Hospital in New York City before returning to Saratoga in 1967. Survived by brother James P. Malone and sisters Miss Mary A. Malone and Mrs. Thomas J. Lally. Funeral from Burke Funeral Home at 9 a.m. Saturday to St. Peter's Church. Mass of the Resurrection at 9:30 a.m.. interment in St. Peter's Cemetery.
The Record and the Rensselaer County Health Department publish a daily air quality summary. Readings show Sulfur Dioxide 0.08 ppm, Carbon Monoxide 1.8, Soiling 0.2, with a 24 hour average ending 3 pm Tuesday.
On December 24 1814 a peace treaty ended the War of 1812. In 1865 a secret Ku Klux Klan fraternity began in Pulaski Tennessee. In 1942 Adm Darlan was assassinated in North Africa. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer became popular this year. James Thurber warned against leaning too far back.
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