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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1977
Page
3
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The Times Record invites contestants to submit COINWORD solutions with name and address by 5 p.m. Tuesday after publication. Entry blanks or hand drawn facsimiles accepted. $25 weekly prize with equal division if multiple winners, otherwise added to next week if no correct entry. Entries become property of the paper. one prize per family.
Southern Saratoga County teachers accuse Superintendent Donald Kearns and district officials of intimidation and low morale in Mechanicville Schools. The Mechanicsville Teachers Association and Civil Service Employees Association presidents back the claim, citing fear of reprisal and lack of information reaching the school board. The board seeks state probe into district financial matters, amid allegations Kearns moved funds without approval.
Shenendehowa Chapter of American Field Service seeks host families for foreign students in 1977 78. Families with younger or non high school children welcome. past hosts include students from Ghana Yugoslavia and others. Contact Marilyn Adsit at the high school or arrange through the south office.
Ashes will be distributed at 7 and 8:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Masses at the Church of Assumption and Church of St. Paul. A 3 p.m. Ashes service at St. Paul’s offers home ashes by bringing an envelope. Friday Lent Stations of the Cross at 3 p.m. at Assumption. Also notes parish unification deliberations and Mechanicville Public School kindergarten registration March 8 and 10 with immunization, birth records, and visit option.
In Mechanicville the women of St Luke's Episcopal Church will serve clam chowder every Friday for six weeks starting this week. Take outs require reusable quart containers. Servings begin at 11 50 a.m. A public card party is scheduled for Friday at 7 30 p.m.
Renowned pianist Van Cliburn will present a benefit concert for the Albany Symphony Orchestra on March 30 at the Palace Theatre in Albany. Tickets go on sale Wednesday with multiple price categories and stage seating. He will perform works by Beethoven Mozart Scriabin Schubert and Brahms. Cliburn rose to fame in the 1950s as the first American winner of an international Moscow competition.
Mechanicville prepares a spring concert a fall banquet and a Pontifical Mass to honor 125 years since St. Paul the Apostle and Assumption began in 1852. Parishioners from St. Pauls and the Church of the Assumption met with Rev. Francis X. Gallogly to discuss plans and an Ash Wednesday blessing followed by a project meeting in the school lunch room.
New York City The Association of Towns meeting opened with state leaders urging reform of land assessments. Comptroller Arthur Levitt and Secretary of State Mario Cuomo warned that 50 cases affecting 25 percent of state land could force full value assessments and shift tax burdens. Cuomo cited inequities and urged a moratorium on court orders while standards for fair market value assessments are developed.
New York City report to town officials outlined proposed solid waste controls. William Bentley of the State DEC described permits for landfills, open dumping bans, and five year closures. Wetlands mapping and environmental review rules would shape local planning and project licenses.
East Greenbush Town Judge Patrick Maney advised fellow judges at the Association of Towns meeting to use closed hearings to protect a defendant's rights. He argued against prior restraint and said trials can be closed under special circumstances, though higher courts may overturn such orders later. Maney urged avoiding gag orders and told judges to throw reporters out if needed.
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