Polish Cardinal calls for forgiveness after Baltic coast riots
Cardinal Stevan Wyszynski urged Poland's 30 million Catholics to forgive the bloodshed from last week's workers revolt while signaling openness to Edward Gierek's peace offer. He pressed for democracy, fair food shares, and greater worker production efforts amid riot and security force intervention. A separate report from Munich notes a 20 year old East German soldier crossed the death strip into West Germany near Kronach, entering in uniform with a weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
UPI
Stevan Wyszynski
Poland
Edward Gierek
Communist Party
Baltic
Munich
Germany
West Germany
Kronach
Bavaria
Porpoises trained by Navy at Point Mugu amid Vietnam rumors
About a dozen porpoises are being trained by the Navy at Point Mugu California, a spokesman said Friday, while comments on a San Diego Union report that three are on secret duty in Vietnam were not provided. In Soledad California inmate John Stamp and others from 15 prisons offer to exchange for American POWs as a peace gesture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Navy
Point Mugu
Vietnam
San Diego Union
Kip Cooper
Soledad
UPI
Soledad State Prison
U.S
North Vietnam
John Stamp
Dayton
Ohio
California
The
Rainbows
Stamp
Freeman is Rescued From Burning Home in Haverstraw
William Freeman former mayor of Haverstraw Rockland County is rescued from a three story frame home by police and volunteer firemen. Freeman 69 is in serious condition at Nyack Hospital along with his son William Jr daughter in law and two grandchildren treated and released. Judith Alice Clark 21 an alleged rioter held on 75000 bail after missing a flight to Chicago was detained in New York City as U S marshals escort she faces transport to Chicago by Tuesday per federal judge Marvin E Frankel.
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Haverstraw
William Freeman
Rockland County
Freeman
Nyack Hospital
William Jr
New York
Judith Alice Clark
Chicago
U.S
Marvin E. Frankel
Miss Clark
Theater Development Fund
League of Impresarios
Calcutta
Robert Montgomery
Lincoln Center Theater Enterprise
American National Theater & Academy
Tell Me Why Interesting Men Of Art Modigliani Win Book Prize
The essay traces Amedeo Modigliani born July 12 1884 in Leghorn Italy and his poverty strife and artistic drive from early sketches in cafes to Paris stone sculpting and painting focusing on his oval faces long necks almond eyes and simplified forms while noting his 1914 rising recognition and enduring influence in modern art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amedeo Modigliani
Leghorn
Italy
Modigliani
Venice
Paris
Moplace
Not dry behind the ears origins of a common phrase
Explains the saying not dry behind the ears meaning innocent as a newborn. Traces the idiom to animals where the area behind the ears dries last after birth, implying inexperience and naivety.
Theater Year 1970 Best and Worst Of Times
The 1970 theater year in New York mixed highs and lows with Hello Dolly 2844 performances and Minnies Boys losses. Applause boosted the season as stars like Bacall Hepburn and Kaye drew crowds while others faltered. Fiscal slumps, strikes, and obscenity concerns shadowed a year of major departures, London honors, and Paris debuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oklahoma City liquor store operator faced conspiracy charges
Gyron Gamules, operator of a downtown liquor store, says nothing good ever happens on Christmas as the Alcoholic Beverage Control board files charges alleging conspiracy to receive a kickback from another company. He previously faced a Fair Trade Act violation and a robbery with bombing threats in earlier years.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Gyron Gamules
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Poestenkill Community Groups Schedule Meetings and Events
The Field Day committee meets Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Poestenkill firehall chaired by Clifford Heffner. The Poestenkill Village Home Makers host Indian Head Plaques on Jan 6 at 7 30 p.m. at the Sullivan Jones VFW Post Hall. A New Year party is planned at the VFW post with 120 limit and Ronnie Nelson orchestra. Republican Club elects 1971 officers led by Mr Wittman and Mrs Warnt with dinner Jan 9. A Christmas party followed and the next meeting set for Feb 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poestenkill Fire Co
Clifford Heffner
Lutheran Altar Guild
Beverly J. Bubie
Maryland
Prince Frederick
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Yacht Club
Solomons
Franklin and
Dale Kronan
Sullivan-Jones Vfw Post
Post Rooms
Ronnie Nelson
Andrew Primeau
Post
Poestenkill Republican Club
Frank Wittman
Earl B. Miller
Edward Showers
T. William Bassidy
Mr. Wittman
Grace Warnt
Audna Craver
Mary Heckelman
Ruth Miller
Joseph Hull
Sullivan-Jones Vfw Post Hall
Miller
Bassidy
George H. Bayly
Harold van Slyke
Earl Miller
Admiral Charles M. Cooke Dies at 84 in California
Admiral Charles M. Cooke longtime deputy chief of naval operations and former commander of the Pacific Fleet died after a long illness at age 84. Born December 19 1886 in Fort Smith Arkansas he graduated second in his Naval Academy class and commanded the USS Pennsylvania at Pearl Harbor. He served World War II as chief of staff to Fleet Adm Ernest King and after retirement advised Chiang Kai-shek and MacArthur during the Korean era. He and wife Mary Louise Cooper lived at a Sonoma County ranch overlooking California’s Valley of the Moon.
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Palo Alto
Calif
UPI
Charles M. Cooke
U.S. Naval Operations
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Cooke
Navy
Fleet
Ernest King
Fort Smith, Ark
University of Arkansas
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Pennsylvania
Pearl Harbor
Naval Operations
Comrartai
Western Pacific
Eet
Chiang Kai-shek
Douglas MacArthur
Mary Louise Cooper
Honolulu
Sonoma County
California
Valley of the Moon
Nixon denies Tricia engagement rumor during holidays
Washington reports quoted Mrs. Nixon press office denying engagement rumors for Tricia Nixon Cox. White House aide Ziegler said no comment on a possible engagement. the president will work on federal budget and state of the union but spend Christmas with family. Church notices follow in Troy area.
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Washington (Ap
Tricia
Bowery Hotel Manager Shot During Lobby Confrontation
James Adair 44, longtime manager of the Sunshine Hotel, was killed after refusing to sell cigarettes to a man at the vending machine. The assailant seized a gun during a scuffle on the second floor. Adair died at the scene. An onlooker and others pursued and briefly stopped the shooter before he fled. Adair left a wife and six children.
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New York
Bowery Men’s Hotel
James Adair
Sunshine Hotel
Carl Mazzara
Adair
Mazzara
Mazarra
Mrs Laura H Green 84 of Saratoga Dies After Illness
Laura H Hamm Green 84 of 760 N Broadway Saratoga Springs died Friday at 159 Woodlawn Ave Saratoga Springs after an extended illness. She was a lifelong resident and United Methodist Church member widow of Harry C Green. Survived by daughter Ruth Green sister Beatrice Walsh and several nieces and nephews. Funeral 11 a.m. Monday Bussing Funeral Home Saratoga with Rev Robert Troth officiating. Interment Greenfield Center Cemetery.
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Laura Hamm Green
N. Broadway
Saratoga Springs
Woodlawn Ave
United Methodist Church of
Harry C. Green
Ruth Green
Beatrice Walsh
Parker, Fla
Bussing Funeral Home
Saratoga
Robert Troth
Greenfield Center Cemetery
Glens Falls Santa Goes Modern Ride
A thoroughly modern Santa in Glens Falls New York rode a red sports car on Christmas Eve giving Ho Ho s and merry Christmas wishes. He asked children if they had behaved and then disappeared without revealing his name.
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Santa Claus
New York City
Ho, Ho
Retired Huyck Employe Frederick Thompson Dies
Frederick O. Thompson, 65, of 20 Green St., Rensselaer, a 25 year Huyck Felt Co. retiree, died Wednesday in St. Peter's Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Albany, member of J. N. Ring Fire Co. No. 1, Holy Name Society, St. John's Church, and survivor to wife Alvina Fox and four grandchildren. Funeral today at 9 a.m. from Rockefeller Funeral Home and 9:30 a.m. at St. John's, interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Frederick O. Thompson
Green St
Rensselaer
Huyck Felt Co
St. Peter’s Hospital
Albany
Huyck
J. N. Ring Fire Co. No. 1
Pumper
St. John’s Church
Holy Name Society
Alvina Fox
Frances DeVillis
Frederick D. Jr
William J. Thomson
Joseph T. Thomson
William J. Rockefeller
82Nd Ave
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Funeral rites today for Mrs Szembrot of Clinton Heights
Funeral services are scheduled today for Emma G Szembrot 99 of Clinton Heights who died Wednesday in a Hudson nursing home. Wife of Adam E Szembrot she was born in Rensselaer and lived most of her life in Clinton Heights. She belonged to Community Congregational Church. The service will be at the William J Rockefeller Funeral Home in Rensselaer at 1 p.m. Interment follows at Woodlawn Cemetery in Valatie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma G. Szembrot
Clinton Heights
Hudson
Adam E. Szembrot
Rensselaer
Community Congregational Church
William J. Rockefeller
African Coast Nearly Unbroken
Cape Town reports Africa has an almost unbroken coastline. If you walked around the continent staying on the shore you would cover about 16 100 miles. By contrast Europe, about a third the size of Africa, would require three times that distance.
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Cape Town
Africa
Europe
Russians Airdrop Missiles Into Egypt Amid Suez Tensions
Israeli observers report Cairo has received Soviet surface to surface missiles, Luna 2 and 3 series, with 93 mile range and 1000 to 2000 pound payloads. The weapons, likely manned by Soviet crews, have not yet been used against Israel, but fears of renewed fighting rise as a five month cease fire nears its February expiry.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Cairo
Middle East
Desert
Israel
Canal
One Dies In Crash Near Putnam Route 22
Mary Carson 47 of Patterson died in Putnam Community Hospital from injuries in a Thursday night collision on Route 22. She was a passenger in one of the vehicles. Police reported the crash occurred Friday morning.
Church Notices In Rensselaer Listings
A roundup of Sunday worship schedules across Rensselaer area churches. Broadway Methodist First Baptist First Congregational Franciscan Mission Chapel First Methodist First Presbyterian Redeemer Episcopal St Johns St Josephs St Pauls Lutheran and others list service times and church school hours.
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First Baptist
East Poestenkill
Benjamin F. Mehnert
Broadway Methodist
Thomas R. Riston Jr
Riad J. Brown
First Congregational
Irma F. Warfield
First Methodist
William A. Boehne
First Presbyterian
Carlyle Adams
Redeemer Episcopal
Harold King
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John Gielgud
Danny Kaye
Jimmy Stewart
Lauren Bacall
Ethel Merman
Katharine Hepburn
Shirley Booth
Barry Nelson
Shelley Winters
Celeste Holm
Judy Carne
Louis Nye
Gabor
Manhattan
Achille
Colette
Zoe Caldwell
Seattle
Atlanta
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Ashland
Ore
Eddie Bracken
Trinity Square Company
Providence
R.I
Margo Jones
White House
London
Laurence Olivier
House of Lords
Eugene Ionesco
Drama Critics Circle
Tony
Miss Bacall
Cleavon Little
Fritz ‘Weaver
Tammy Grimes
Marjorie Rambeau
Gypsy Rose Lee
Billie Burke
Florenz Ziegfeld
Inger Stevens
Anita Louise
Limners
Leona Powers
Nydia Westman
Edward Everett Horton
Henry
Chester Morris
Menasha Skulnik
Hal
Frank Silvear
Donald Clement
Leo Ciceri
Stratford, Ont
Orlando Furioso
Mahagonny
Poestenkill
Walter J. Bubie
Adm. Cooke
Massachusetts Ave
Troy
Warren C. Rippe
Donald Dustin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Man Slays
Bowery Hotel
Upstate
Laura H. Green
Glens Falls Area
Santa Goes Modern
William R. Browne
Mr. Thompson
Huyck Employe
Mrs. Szembrot
Reds
Egypt
Washington Avenue
Victor Schoenberger
O.F.M. Conv
St. John’s
John G. Phillips
St. Joseph’s
Joseph Reger
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Robert O. Flechtner
Ralph’s
10Th St
Hoosick
N.Y
John P. Ryan Furniture Corp
Monument Square
River Street
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