All Believers Are Brothers panel features world leaders faith
A new Doubleday book gathers personal faith statements from notable figures across nations and professions. Contributors include Nixon U Thant von Braun Casals Radhakrishnan Eisenhower Truman Chevalier Anderson Ben-Gurion Pahlavi and King MLK Jr, each affirming belief in God and guidance in life.
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New York
God
Doubleday
Roland Gammon
Gammon
Nixon
Society of Friends
United States
Pablo Casals
India
S. Radhakrishnan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Christ
Maurice Chevalier
Marion Anderson
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Upholstery fabrics endure depending on weave and smoothness
A reader asks which upholstery fabrics wear best. The answer stresses smooth tight weaves outwear rough high textured ones, noting virgin wool with a smooth weave lasts long, nylon wool blends rate high, while cotton rayon acetate and polyester add color but resist abrasion less.
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Checker
On This Day In History December 27 1969 Highlights
On December 27 1969 several events are noted including the Moon being full and visible planets Venus Jupiter Mercury Mars and Saturn. Notable historical items mention songs first performed in 1903 Sweet Adeline by Henry Armstrong and Richard Gerard opening of Radio City Music Hall in 1932.
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Venus
Jupiter
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
Adeline
New York City
Henry Armstrong
Richard Gerard
Radio City Music Hall
New York
Japan
Manila
United States
Russia
Britain
Korea
U.S. Commerce Department
Earth
Moon
Directory of churches and services across Troy area parishes
A comprehensive listing of Armenian, Baptist, Presbyterian, Christian Science, Catholic and Protestant churches with service times, church schools, sermons, youth programs, and holy days. Includes St. Peter's Armenian Apostolic, First Presbyterian Lansing Burgh, Trinity, St. Joseph's, Our Lady of Victory, and many others with morning worships, liturgies, and Sunday schedules.
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Fifth Avenue
George Borthwick
First of Troy
S. Edward Young
First Presbyterian
Lansing- Burgh
Thomas S. Evans
Hudson Mohawk Bird Club Counts Postponed to Sunday
The Troy Christmas count by the Hudson Mohawk Bird Club was postponed from today to Sunday. Participants are asked to count birds at feeders and call Mrs. Lois Norton at 1239 6th Ave.
Ambulance Men Honor Leary At Testimonial Dinner
Members of the Rensselaer County Ambulance and Rescue Association plan a testimonial dinner for John J. Leary retiring county fire coordinator on Thursday January 22 at the West Sand Lake Fire House. Richard Severson says the event will feature the testimonial with limited officer election coverage. Frank Allen is dinner chairman with reservations through him or any county squad. special guests will be announced later.
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Rensselaer County Ambulance and Rescue Association
John J. Leary
Rensselaer County
West Sand Lake
Richard A. Severson
Hoosick Falls
Leary
Severson
Frank Allen
The
Sand Lake
Big Hearts Bring Happy Christmas
Otto Wick and his wife Ursala traveled from Soligen Germany to visit their wounded son Army Sgt Otto Wick Jr at Letterman Hospital San Francisco Presidio. Operation Sleighbells raised $30000 through Northern Californians to fund 110 relatives of 27 wounded Vietnam veterans with visits and lodging and travel aid. District 15 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsored the program and more relatives were arriving for weekend visits.
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San Francisco
Otto Wick
Soligen
West Germany
Wick
Ursula
Germany
Army
Otto Wick Jr
District 15
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A compact list of across and down clues for a crossword puzzle including definitions such as mournful parsonage pedal digit make amends possessive pronoun give confidence to chooses birds homes at this place pronoun helps poem preent time boredom a state abbr church bench inlet Latin conjunction look fixedly armed conflict beverage slave chart unmarried woman small islands footlike part young girl named Anglo Saxon money sum organ of hearing Hindu cymbals breathe loudly in sleep pigpen down clues include music as written three toed sloths crave planet devoured negative t caatt lampreys alarm bell away bitter vetch southwestern Indian Babylonian hero recent quadruped prepares for print fight between two locations born goddess of healing iron.
St Clare's Hospital Plans Four Story Expansion
St Clare's Hospital Schenectady engages De Siena and Pellegrino NY to design a four story wing raising bed capacity from 235 to 271. The project replaces obsolete facilities including operating rooms labs and radiology and adds new patient rooms. The wing marks the first major patient services expansion since 1949.
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de Siena & Pellegrino
New York City
St. Clare’s Hospital
Schenectady
Facilty
Regional Review and Planning Council
New York
Department of Health
Louis W. Kortmann
St. Clare’s
Averill Park Teachers Aid At Colleges
Two Averill Park educators assist local college students preparing to teach. Louise Remick mentors school nurse education at Russell Sage College after guiding Averill Park pupils since 1966. John Thero, Averill Park middle school principal, teaches social studies methods at Siena College and studied at Russell Sage and SUNY Albany.
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Averill Park
Louise Remick
Algonquin Middle School
Russell Sage College
John Thero
Siena College
New York State
Remick
Cornell University
Thero
State University At Albany
Ave
Saint Rose names sophomore class officers
Two area residents were elected officers of the College of Saint Rose sophomore class. Julie Fitzgibbons of Troy was chosen secretary, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Fitzgibbons of 705 Second Ave. Maria Ryan of Mechanicville was named treasurer for a second term, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Ryan of Pruyn Hill.
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The
College of Saint Rose
Julie Fitzgibbons
Troy
William Fitzgibbons
Second Ave
Maria Ryan
Mechanicville
William Ryan
Pruyn Hill
Surplus Food Distribution Planned in Cohoes
surplus food will be distributed at Cohoes fire headquarters on Central Avenue Monday from 1 to 3 p m volunteers with cars are needed to deliver to shut ins
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Cohoes
Central Avenue
When Was Basketball First Played
A brief history of basketball noting Dr. James Naismith invented the indoor game in 1891 in Springfield Massachusetts while an instructor at the YMCA. Early play used peach baskets and later metal hoops with evolving rules and team size.
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Canada
United States
Naismith
Young Men's Christian Association
Springfield
Massachusetts
Dr. Naismith
Bridge Hands By Jacoby
A bridge hand analysis by Jacoby discusses a vulnerable East South position. The bidding sequence starts with East opening weak one and South passing followed by 2 clubs overcall and a sequence leading to 2 heart claim.
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Jacoby
Gambit in Four Spades Pays Off for Billy Eisenberg
In a team match a gamble by Bobby Goldman to bid four spades foreshadows mixed results as Dick Walsh and John Swanson avoid the trap. Billy Eisenberg navigates a queen of spades problem by playing for trumps and discarding clubs, ending with eight tricks while preserving top trumps.
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Bobby Goldman
Billy Eisenberg
Bobby
Dick Walsh
John Swanson
Billy
East
Dummy
Spink Commissioned Commander of U S S Picuda
Comdr Peter J. Spink, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Spink of Schenectady, has been named Commander of the U S S Picuda. The change of command occurred December 15 at the U S Naval Station in Key West Florida. Spink, a Naval Academy graduate, reported this news to his relatives. Pvt Doyle Clum, finished training at Parris Island and will spend Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs Elmer Clum.
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John Spink
Peter J. Spink
H. L. Spink
Schenectady
U.S.S
Parris Island
S.C
Elmer Clum
Pancake Swap Punchline in Dining Room Exchange
A quick joke scene unfolds as a waiter jokes about pancakes being round. Tom shares a playful anecdote about his brother who fell from a tree sixty feet high but only slipped three feet, implying light harm.
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Tom
Jack
Why We Say It Expresses Anger and Phrase Origins
The article explains the idiom flying off the handle from axe head imagery. It includes a puzzle answer about a light bulb dropping below a socket and notes a yearbook entry and a Columbus Ohio winner Cindy Spence age 11.
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Book of Knowledge
Cindy Spence
Columbus
Ohio
Bingo Canceled by Lansingburgh Boys Club
The Lansingburgh Boys Club cancels its Saturday night bingo due to weather conditions affecting attendance and safety. No reschedule announced.
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Lansingburgh
Rock Candy Ski Package Offer
Adult high quality ski package includes 5 lessons by pro instructors at Rock Candy with 5 free ski days, equipment options in multiple brands, and boots. Equipment owned by purchaser. Originally $90 now $10 weekly for 5 weeks. Location: Rock Candy Mountain two miles north of Troy off Route 40.
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Rock Candy
Yamaha
Kneiss
Big Rock Candy MT
Troy
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Peter Gilbert
Robert J. Romano
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Alexander J. Augustynowicz
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Edward A. McManus
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Valdimir B. Donkovich
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Paul Korkemaz
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Daniel H. Markham
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Joseph Keyroute
St. Paul the Apostle
John H. C. Mulcahy
Thomas K. Flanigan
Christian and Missionary Alliance
David G. Reese
First Assembly of God
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Denzil Smith
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Richard G. Henry
Pleasantdale
Elton L. Nelson
Ralph E. Wallace
Salvation Army
Carl Roby
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Elmore Williams
William A. Groshans
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Millard H. Aubey Jr
United Methodist Youth Fellowship
Pawling Avenue
Charles J. Warner
Royal B. Fishbeck Jr
Assembly of Choirs
St. Mark’s
Clair E. Carpenter
Shenendehowa
Emerson R. Rugh
Bird Club
Small Islands
Jas
St. Claire’s Hospital
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Howard F. Manny
Saint Rose
David Cox
Fredericksburg
By A. Leokum
James A. Naismith
Johnsonville
Norman Cushing
Chuckle
Fulton St
Sixth Ave
Pati
Keerer
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