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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1967
Page
10
Tax officials in Mechanicville seek to balance the 1967 budget without raising the tax rate. Finance Commissioner Eugene Rucel warns costs rise across departments and nonessential cuts may be needed. city council plans Jan 14 budget introduction and Jan 28 public hearing with about $25,000 in Public Works trims anticipated.
Fred D. Baxter was promoted to controller at Korell Corp dress manufacturing, with main offices in Mechanicville. The appointment takes effect Jan 1. Baxter, in Korell’s employ three years, previously worked eight years with Eugene J Steiner CPA and the Borden Co. He is a Mechanicville High School and Albany Business College alumnus, recent Siena and Union college course completes, member of On Da Wa Lodge F and AM, president of the Men’s Club and church financial secretary, residing with wife Barbara Herrick at 12 New Castle Road Waterford.
A carload of potatoes ignited in the Delaware and Hudson Railroad yards at Mechanicville. Firefighters from La Dow and Howland fought the blaze with two booster lines. The burning car was rolled by a diesel to reach the intersection of Railroad and Sheehan Streets. Assistant Fire Chief Joseph Murphy inhaled smoke but recovered after oxygen at the scene.
Funeral services for Howard P. James were held Wednesday at John P. Noonan Funeral Home Mechanicville. Rev Robert L Secking Jr rector of Trinity Episcopal Church Longsburg officiated. Bearers were Joseph Yaksta Thomas Lucas Joseph Lynch Warren Brundage John Norrington and George Mickalonis. The American Flag was folded at the grave by Mr Bundage and Mr Lucas and presented to the family.
Funeral services for Joseph Yanch of 86 East Street Riverside Mechanicville were held Wednesday morning at T. L. Cassidy Funeral Home and St. Pauls Church. Rev Timothy F Kealing USA presided. Burial followed in St Pauls Cemetery with bearers named Mondmond, Smith, Travis, Yusaitis, Smodell, and Gage Jr.
STAMFORD UP I report says Leroy Taber 39 of this Delaware County village died yesterday in Community Hospital from injuries suffered in a New Year s Day crash that killed his wife Hyelyn 45 and son David. Their car collided with a State Police vehicle in Jefferson County Schoharie County
Mrs Honora C Callahan of Campbell Road Stillwater dies. Requiem High Mass at St Peter's Church followed by burial in St Peter's Cemetery. Family notes Madonna plan as Christmas project. award won by Katherine Doyle and Mrs Genevieve Conley. Speakers include Rev Timothy Keating and district deputy Mrs John Hayes. Music featured Cathy Urkeviehner and soloists Patricia Babenis, Joan Hoyt.
Mechanicville benefited from heavy snow with an estimated 25 inches in the watershed and a total 31 inches over recent storms. Local weather records compare this flurry to the 1888 blizzard, noting historical drifts and railroad shutdowns while motorists cope with plowing and public works backlog.
A representative of the Railroad Retirement Board will be in the Railroad YMCA conference room Mechanicville at 9 00 AM on Tuesday Jan 10 to provide information and assistance on the Railroad Retirement and Unemployment Acts per district manager W C Griese at Albany Post Office Building Room 308.
William Johnson of 2015 Main St complained to Mechan icville police that his car was entered while parked Wednesday in the New York State Electric and Gas Corp lot on N Central Avenue. The glove compartment was forced open but nothing appeared stolen.
Miss Viola Riccardi led Columbiette Bowling League at Mechanicville this week with 177 and 488 for three games. Two game winners were Clover Leaf over Byrne's Ford Mercury and Izzo's Garage over Modern Pharmacy.
A unique interdenominational gathering of Mechanicville’s Protestant and Catholic congregations will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Assumption Parish Hall. Clergy and laity from First Methodist, First Presbyterian, St Luke’s Episcopal, Memorial Baptist, St Paul’s, and Assumption churches will participate. A film strip “a foundation for dialogue” will be shown to highlight shared beliefs and practices to foster ecumenism and future study.
BERKELEY Calif AP Radioactive fallout in California this week is the highest since 1962 State Health Director Lester Breslow says the fallout appears to stem from the December 28 Chinese nuclear test Breslow notes the level does not presently indicate a health hazard and cautions the finding reflects ongoing measurements.
President Johnson rejected artist Peter Hurd’s commissioned portrait after a stormy scene noted by Hurd. The work shows a determined Johnson with a book, planned for display January 15 in Columbus, Ohio, with Hurd retaining possession amid offers from Smithsonian and others. The White House cited size, background, and style as reasons for unacceptability.
Washington AP reports federal participation in a controversial Medicaid expansion faces uncertain cuts. House Ways and Means probes higher costs, tighter eligibility, and potential new federal standards, while New York’s programs draw criticism. Changes await passage, tied to broader Social Security Act reforms and a multi month debate.
Inglewood police arrested George Fredrick Knoop 34 after an informant tipped they found him alive. Once reported dead after vanishing while scuba diving near Las Vegas in 1964, he used the alias John Deviland. His wife collected $10,000 on a double indemnity policy. Knoop lived under a false identity with a woman who said she married him last month.
United Nations report states Romania’s Corneliu Manescu ready to be elected as the first Communist president of the UN General Assembly. With the 22nd session still eight months away, Manescu appears likely to win the key post without contest, a historic first for a Communist candidate.
Ben Thomas a 70 year old farmer in Dearborn Missouri received his private pilot license after taking occasional student flights. Following a recent written test he flew with a man he believed was an instructor who later admitted he was a Federal Aviation Agency examiner and issued the license.
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