Town Board OKs Vital Measures in Final 1970 Session
Colonie Town Board approved a senior citizens tax exemption increase to 5 000 income with 50 percent tax relief for owners aged 65 and older. Budgets for four fire districts totaled 226 341, a 52 444 rise, and Latham Shaker Road Loudonville Maplewood Fuller Road fire departments receive funds. A one way east street from Alpine Drive to Pollack Road and a new Department of Fire Protection led by Chief Wilson and Deputy Carey were created. A 55 000 bond anticipation note was approved for the Shaker Road Sewer District.
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Colonie
Town Hall
Newtonville
William K. Sanford
Bureau of Fire Protection
Sanford
Santa
Latham
Shaker Road
Loudonville
Maplewood
Fuller Road
County View Road
Alpine Drive
Pollack Road
Department of Fire Protection
Howard C. Wilson
Ronald B. Carey
Building Department
Scout Council Names Negotiating Teams for Schools
Dr. James A. Runkel announces board of education has set negotiating teams for the year. South Colonie Teachers Association led by Albert Prazniak with Richard Yarter and Marvin Washburn. Service Employees Association led by Donald McDonald with Perry Brume and Betty Cure. Administrators Association led by Norman Dennis with William Cooney Maris Hart and Dr. Runkel. Supervisors Association led by Dennis with Cooney Hart and Donald McDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Runkel
South Colonie Schools
Board of Education
South Colonie Teachers Association
Albert Prazniak
Richard Yarter
Marvin Washburn
South Colonie Service
Maris Hart
Runkel
South Colonie Service Supervisors Association
Dr. Dennis
Cooney
Hart
McDonald
Optometrist Returns Home From Major Conferences
Loudonville optometrist Dr. Jesse E. Vics returned from the American Academy of Optometry’s 50th meeting in Miami and attended Ellenbrook postgraduate courses on contact lenses and preschool visual problems. He is a fellow of the academy and president of the Eastern New York Society of Optometrists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse E. Vics
Loudonville
Dr. Vics
Ellenbrook
The
American Academy of Optometry
Eastern New York Society of Optometrists
Crowned Queen at Shaker High Mistletoe Dance
Miss Carol Creegan a Shaker High senior and daughter of Mrs. Richard Creegan of Loudonville was crowned queen of the mistletoe and holly dance held recently at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Creegan
Shaker High
Richard Creegan
Loudonville
Colonie Scout Activities Ahead in January February
S Colonie Negotiating Teams Named announces January and February Boy Scout events led by Charles Smith district executive. Meetings include Jan 4 Colonie Reformed Church staff gathering and Jan 11 leader roundtables at Sand Creek Junior High with cub round Jan 14. Arrow elections Jan 15 and cub pow wow Jan 23. February 8 marks the 61st Boy Scouts anniversary.
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Fort Orange
Green Meadows
East Greenbush
Schodack Center
Latham Area Churches Weekly Worship Schedule
A church notes listing services for Assumption, Boght Reformed, Calvary United Methodist, Good Shepherd Lutheran, Loudonville Community, Latham Community Baptist, Latham Bible Baptist, Loudonville Presbyterian, Newtonville Methodist, Niskayuna Reformed, Our Lady of Mercy, Our Savior's Lutheran, St. Michael's Episcopal, Pine Grove Methodist, Resurrection Lutheran, Roessleville United Presbyterian, St Ambrose, St Clare's, St Matthew's Episcopal and St Pius X in the Latham Loudonville area with multiple Mass and worship times, Sunday schools, and youth activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roessleville United Presbyterian
Charlies E. Rice
St. Ambrose
Clement Handron
St. Clare’s
Francis X. Ryan
St. Matthew’s Episcopal
Stephen W. Gillespie
St. Pius X
Loudonville
Joseph P. Conway
SUNY Professor To Lead Symposium In Florida
Dr. Jack J. Bulloff of Albany State University will lead the International Symposium on Atomic Molecular and Solid State Theory and Quantum Biology January 17 23 in Sanibel Island Florida. The event is organized to honor Dr. J H Van Vleck a Harvard professor emeritus and pioneer in quantum chemistry by Dr Per Olov Lowdin of the University of Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack J. Bulloff
Albany State University
Department of History
Sanibel Island
Fla
Per-Olov Lowdin
University of Florida
J. H. van Vleck
Harvard University
School Boycotts End in Louisiana Systems Reopen
White students return to desegregated schools in Port Allen and West Baton Rouge Parish after a court ordered integration empting the district of whites. School Supt L C Lutz says the aim is safety and quality education as the system moves toward unitary operation.
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Port Allen
L. C. Lutz
West Baton Rouge Parish
John McKeithen
U.S. Supreme Court
Lutz
West Baton Rouge
Evangeline
St. Landry
Concordia
Madison
Luiz
Scots Lose and Seek Christmas Spirit Across Scotland
Scots debate Christmas tradition as many regions embrace watch-night services while others resist. Desegregation shifts in Louisiana accompany reports of white and black pupil enrollment changes and private schooling trends affecting multiple parishes and states.
Lehigh Valley Aid to Da Nang Orphans Grows
A year after a U S Army helicopter delivered 54 Montagnard orphans to Da Nang Bay Crescent Beach the settlement has become a village with shelters gardens and animal pens. Dr Stuart Harverson oversees 100 orphans 79 boys 21 girls as Lehigh Valley donors raised about 8000 dollars.
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Crescent Beach
Vietnam
U.S. Army
da Nang Bay
U.S
Ble Gardens
Stuart Harverson
Court rules on flags and emblems display case
The 2nd U S Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled that displaying flags and emblems bearing a peace message raises First Amendment free speech issues. The decision involves a dispute over whether such symbols can be shown in public or government spaces without violating neutrality requirements. The ruling frames the symbol's political meaning and addresses government restrictions.
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New York
2Nd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Long Island
Nassau County
William Cahn
Brooklyn
Anthony Travia
Robert Gwathmey
East Hampton
Long Island Moratorium Committee
Nassau Council of Women’s Strike For Peace
Christmas Aid and Vietnam Orphanage Grows Beside Da Nang
A Christmas campaign funds and builds for an orphanage in Da Nang now includes a main concrete building, living quarters, dormitories, gardens, and a water supply. Dr Harverson reports official Vietnamese recognition boosts aid and reduces local prejudice, with additional support from Barry and Tillie Fitzcroft and Lehigh Valley contributors.
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South Vietnam
Lehigh Valley
Harverson
Hai van
da Nang Bay
Dr. Harverson
da Nang
Harversons
Barry
Tillie Fitzcroft
Crescent Beach
Kontum
Good Samaritan and Family Kidnapped on Christmas Eve
An Air Force major, his wife, and six children were held at gunpoint by a motorist after stopping to aid them during a Christmas Eve drive to view holiday lights in Oscoda Michigan. Mrs. Joyce Gibout recalled their passengers becoming silent as a gun was produced, but the family escaped unharmed after a 30 minute ordeal near Wurtsmith Air Force Base.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Britain
England
Scottish Highlands
Free Presbyterian Magazine
Free Presbyterian Kirk of Scotland
Church of
Rome
Oscoda
Mich
Air Force
Joyce Gibout
Maj
Frederick G. Gibout
Wurtsmith Air Force Base
Christmas Eve car theft leads to kidnap and robbery arrest
In Michigan a family helping a stranded motorist near Tawas assisted after a man named Walter Graham abducted them at gunpoint. The suspect fled in a stolen wagon, was pursued by state troopers, arrested on kidnapping and armed robbery charges, with additional charges pending in Oakland County. Mrs. Gibout, a nurse, defended aiding the stranded family despite danger.
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Tawas
Mich
Maj. Gibout
Walter Graham
Troy
Graham
Iosco County
Richard Ernst
Josco
Oakland County
Gibouts
Gibout
Indicted in Lehigh bus crash killing seven children
Lehigh County Grand jury charged Frank A. Tedesco Hubert Dayne and Michael Grazioso with seven counts of involuntary manslaughter relating to the July 15 crash on U S 22 near Allentown that killed seven Long Island schoolchildren. All defendants free on 7000 bail. trial likely April due to court backlog.
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Allentown
Lehigh County Grand Jury
Here
Frank A. Tedesco
Jersey City
N.J
Tedesco Bus Co
Hubert Dayne
Montclair
Michael Grazioso
Bayonne
Fire Kills 3 In Suburb of St. Louis
A widow and three children perished when a fire swept their Frontenac home early today. John Brodsky 53 and daughters Robin 12 Jill 11 died. son Jeffrey 9 escaped with minor injuries after leaping from a window. Firemen reported the blaze about 2 30 a m in the family room. cause undetermined though the Christmas tree in another part of the house was ruled out.
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St, Louis
Frontenac
John Brodsky
Robin
Jill
Jeffrey
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Latham-Colonie
William R. Browne
Town Board
Scout Council
Boy Scouts
Assumption
John J. Hardiman
Calvary United Methodist Church
Donald A. Brushett
Good Shepherd Lutheran
George E. Kenyon Jr
Peter Letchford
Latham Community Baptist
William T. Cornelius
Latham Bible Baptist
Thurlow J. Switzer
William C. Denson
Niskayuna
Warren D. Bull
Our Lady of Mercy
James A. Kavanaugh
Our Savior’s Lutheran
Walter G. Litke
St. Michael’s Episcopal
Charles K. Dwyer
Pine Grove
Kenneth W. Beatty
Resurrection Lutheran
Norman B. Elling
SUNY
Louisiana
People Aid
Pennsylvania
Jacoby
A&43
East
Arch
Declarer
South
West
O.K
Hoang Xuan Lam
Halverson
Saigon
Good Samaritan
United Press International
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Saturn
James Nason
Franklin
Mass
Winston Churchill
New York City
George Eliot
St. Louis
Albany Public Markets
Troy Emenands
Albany Public Nnte
NEW Years Party
Albany
Tobin
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