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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1977
Page
4
President Carter scolds aides for a hodgepodge urban plan and calls for fresh ideas to revitalize decaying cities. Debates split over targeting funds to distressed cities versus broader national relief while housing officials push large rehabilitative programs.
The provided text lists newspaper staff roles including AR Horwitz as President Publisher and William J Rush as Vice President General Manager
The Times Record reflects on Christmas Eve hush as a time of peace and hope. It notes tragedy and tragedy and triumph in equal measure, citing Sadat Begin talks and long marriages like Charles and Edith Hunt, ending with warm Christmas wishes for readers.
The Reader’s Digest reports on the Rahway experiment where youthful offenders tour Rahway prison and hear inmates discuss life behind bars. Conceived by an inmate aiming to steer his son away from crime, the program has reached over 4,300 youths in more than 30 states with a notable drop in reoffending among early participants.
A blended couple forms a new marriage and a reconstituted family at Christmas. They juggle traditions from two sets of children while creating a shared home and a meaningful tree decorated with a Jewish bread star. Trust anchors their fragile holiday progress.
The piece traces Christmas as a multi national festival with Twelfthtide Epiphany customs in Europe and Tarpon Springs Greek Orthodox rites. It notes Christmas not a legal holiday until 1836 in the U.S. and recalls Puritan bans in England and New England centuries ago.
The Times Record invites letters under 30 words titled What’s Your Beef. Submit signed notes to 301 Broadway Troy NY 12180. Winner earns $10. My Beef by Thomas I. Graham Cohoes notes chronic year end beefer.
Publication notes that letters must include name and address or may be withheld on request. Short, pointed letters preferred. The editor reserves right to shorten or suppress letters deemed unfit or unduly long.
Letter disputes Times Record coverage of a Cohoes Community Development Program audit. The writer argues the audit covered 7.1 million dollars with proper expenditures and no critical findings beyond recommending blank checks not be stored in data processing.
Troy admits he was harsh at a Bush Memorial Hall gathering and apologizes for his outburst. He recalls being urged by a congressman and a State Department official to relinquish canal control to a communist regime, then rejects the claim as false and asserts the canal is America’s and can be defended.
A reader criticizes current laws on gambling and vice proposing legalization for tax revenue. The letter argues police focus on mugging and rapists would reduce crime and cites Albany madams and open OTB as proof of unsafe streets.
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