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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1976
Page
2
Frank Sherry hosts a recurring HOT LINE column in The Times Record Troy New York offering to help solve problems and cut red tape. Readers are invited to write with name address and phone for confidential research and a response after completion.
Reader asks if past action against a cash purchase trailer and a TV led to legal seizure and sale by a department store. The response notes likely poor credit and lack of counterevidence, advises lessons on receipts, credit discipline, and starting over, and declines proactive help. It also answers queries about a 1906 Reliance Gold Mining Co. stock and requests for a pie recipe from the White House, offering two home recipes.
Rensselaer County Ambulance and Rescue Association Inc will hold officer elections Thursday Jan 15 at 8 p.m. at Castleton Ambulance Headquarters with weighted voting. Nominations from the floor and a slate including Santerre Cernaire John Dempsey Allen Burton Retzlaff Severson Griffin are listed. Installation follows Jan 24 at Poestenkill firehouse with Murphy as speaker and Stephens and Severson as installing officers.
East Greenbush officials clash after a secret town board meeting. Supervisor Van Voris accuses the GOP board of leaving clerical help unfilled for police, building inspection, and public works, claiming inefficiency. Republican Carpinello counters that offices will aid staff and civil service will fill posts. he hints at more executive sessions and press access disputes.
In its first regular meeting of the year the Nassau town board made numerous appointments to town offices. New supervisor Floyd Hitchcock reported missing records from former supervisor Fred Bates, while town clerk Margaret Van Deusen said Bates’s wife had brought several records to the hall. Unanimous votes filled planning and youth commission chairs, plus vacancies on the environmental conservation and assessment review boards. New hires included Harold Middleton as deputy town landfill operator temporarily and Gary Hart as a highway department employee paid through CETA. The board discussed a highway deficit near 1,248 and considered extra holidays for workers. A final flood-damage payment of 1,250 was received, and highway needs including a replacement truck were raised. The group proposed a Saturday assessors session and set hearings on fire protection and ambulance contracts for the next meeting. Free youth movies were announced, and potential restaurant activity near Millers Corners was noted.
Schodack town board approved replacing six parttime policemen with one fulltime officer to start Feb 1, creating a four officer force after a budget saving estimated near 10 thousand dollars. Police Chief John Belardo cited improved investigations and readiness, with hiring to begin within two weeks and state aid still unsettled. A new police car bid was approved at 5135 dollars after rejecting a lower bid that failed town specifications. A separate AP note covers a bomb blast inquiry at La Guardia Airport involving a former mental patient.
Thirty five semifinalists were announced for Cornword Puzzle No 1074 with a jackpot of 2100 dollars. The list includes W C Butt Hoosick Falls John P Carp Mechanicville J Chiplock Watervliet Bob Conway Troy Maria Corey Troy Michael Cathy Cournoyer Watervliet E A Decker Watervliet M Dombroski Watervliet Dot Douglas Troy John Downey Troy A C Elvins Jr Ballston Spa Pat Fitzgerald Troy J Ford Troy R T Gendron Troy Mrs John Goodrich Green Island Ralph Hippenstell Cohoes Robert Hydorn Troy James Long Troy Walt May East Greenbush Mrs Kay Mayotte Troy L McGovern Green Island Robert C McKinley Cohoes Mrs Z Migliore Troy Mr and Mrs James Moore Troy Don Nash Watervliet Stanley F Paluch Latham Mrs Alberta Post Hoosick Falls Gary Randall Mechanicville F and A Rivest Troy George Sands Jr Troy Anthony M Scarchilli Waterford W Servis Troy Mrs Evelyn J Small Troy Janet Smith Troy A Wood Troy
A select panel failed to define malpractice satisfactorily, highlighting how patients and the public ultimately bear the cost of medical errors and negligence.
A panel of experts urged a new malpractice compensation system not no fault, calling for study and a task force. The McGill Commission proposed limits on pain awards, itemized and structured damages, second opinions for elective surgery, and strengthened peer review to police the profession. The discussion highlighted the insurance crisis and the need for a permanent solution while noting resistance in the legislature.
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