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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1950
Page
8
Berlin switchboards handle a rising volume of international calls after isolation ends. The staff process about 140 incoming and 70 outgoing calls daily, with most outbound traffic going to Switzerland the Netherlands and South American countries.
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 6 to 2 to remove all government price supports from Irish potatoes until strict planting and marketing controls are in place. Senator Lucan won approval of the plan as a step toward a tight system of government controls over potatoes to reduce production and avoid surprises. The Lucas proposal was linked to a Home-passed cotton controls measure. Senators Aiken and Hory reportedly opposed the move at a closed committee meeting.
Green Island Heatly High School hosts Voorheesville in a late evening basketball event at the local gym. Jayvee kickoff at 7 30 p m followed by varsity at 8 30 p m. Capt John Sheedy and John Fusce headline guards with Donald LaLiberle center and John Demarest Robert Rule forwards. Substitutes include John Martin Edward Sokol Louis Karchel and Fred Sutton. L0 C F Lodge meets at 8 p m today at 102 Hudson Avenue. Cherry Tree Hop dance set for 8 to 11 p m Tuesday in Heatly School auditorium under Miss Margaret Kenny with William Shultis and Donald Baker as co chairmen.
Canton police reported that a snake cultist Howard Wade and assistants drank from a jar labeled strychnine during ceremonies but chemical tests at Aultman Hospital found the liquid harmless. Wade refused to surrender the jar, defended his faith, and authorities said the theater used for the rites was unsafe for public assembly.
A Democratic legislator urged state price controls as coal supplies dwindle. Governor Dewey’s emergency fuel administrator met with industry reps to plan rationing starting tomorrow. Assemblyman Nathan A. Lashn warned against black markets and called for public protection of vital needs. Cadac Rapids report noted a fatal elevator accident at the American Building. The 1906 Boston Red Sox slump is recalled.
Dr Wendell Camp curator of experimental botany at the Academy of Natural Sciences warns a new oak fungus could devastate forests and communities. He says it may trigger floods or soil erosion, choking rivers with rubble and endangering water supplies as it spreads from Wisconsin and Minnesota toward Iowa.
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