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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1967
Page
3
Governor George Romney of Michigan held private talks with Indonesian acting President Suharto in Jakarta. He praised Indonesia's political and economic methods as sound, while declining to release details of the conversation with the former general who has tightened control after quelling a Communist coup attempt two years ago.
New York transit workers union leader Matthew Guinan signaled possible compromise on a shorter work week but insisted the expanded pensions clause remains essential. The TWU deems pension provisions a must as a looming bus and subway strike threats persist. In Albany, two Court of Appeals judges, Charles D. Breitel and Matthew J. Jason, are sworn in to 14 year terms after cross-endorsement.
TV guide style array lists daytime and early evening programming across networks noting shows, movies, news, and specials with titles such as The Beverly Hillbillies Gomer Pyle Hondo Hondo Star Trek The Merry Widow Wild West and 711 Ocean Drive. Prominent actors include William Shatner Vic Morrow Anne Baxter and Ed Wynn within a 1960s broadcast lineup.
The listing details concert broadcasts from morning to midnight across multiple orchestras and performers. Robert D. Stone of Delmar is named counsel and deputy commissioner for legal affairs in the New York State Education Department, succeeding Charles A. Brind Jr. His appointment takes effect Tuesday, with John J. John of Slingerlands named associate counselor and serving as director of the law division in the Education Department.
TV highlights feature the Theater Company of Boston staging Gertrude Stein's In Savoy about a French family during the Occupation. Cast includes Lisa Richards, Bronia Stefan, Burris de Benning, and Paul Benedict. Also Son pell Jeff pursues bank robbers in Indian country and Pablo Casals is honored on his 91st birthday with a Marlboro Festival documentary.
The U S Coast Guard will recruit 25 women for hospital corpsmen training, doubling active SPARS. Recruits undergo 10 weeks of boat training at Bainbridge Maryland eight weeks at A school Great Lakes Illinois and eight weeks on the job at Cape May New Jersey Alameda California Elizabeth City North Carolina and New York. Applicants must be single aged 18 to 30 with a high school diploma. Contact Chief Petty Officer Rhodes in Albany for information.
Troy's City Council, controlled 6 to 1 by Republicans, will hold its first 1968 meeting at the Rensselaer County Courthouse. Lawrence D. Meyer is expected to be renamed mayor, with Thomas H. Brown likely reappointed city clerk. The council lineup from Jan 1 includes seven council districts with six Republicans and one Democrat, Frank McDonald. New faces Quinn, Riely, and Werlin join the riser since the 1964 council-manager change. Rizzo is reelected.
The Troy Boys Club building at 42-44 State St. and adjacent land were sold to the City of Troy for 69 250 under Urban Renewal Project A. Supreme Court Justice DeForest Pitt approved the sale after two years of condemnation actions, with 62 250 paid cash credited to the club's principal account for investment.
Two Troy men, John E. Martin and Charles Costello, were sentenced to 45 days in Rensselaer County Jail after guilty pleas to criminal trespassing. They were arrested November 1 on Niagara Mohawk Power Corp property at the Seventh Avenue substation in Troy, Troy Police Court heard.
Honolulu police raided a dice and card game at Kaimaki High School this month. Twenty teenage gamblers escaped. they left their hooks with inscribed names and were told to report to the principal to reclaim their property.
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