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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1950
Page
4
Supreme Court Justice Donald Taylor will decide a child custody dispute based on briefs filed by the parties. Justice Taylor, aided by aides, has ordered both sides to file within ten days regarding a contention by counsel for Oscar Way Jr of Hudson.
Mise Teresa Williams of Athans sues claiming Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction. Mrs Mildred Way seeks custody of Victor, with assertions about a dog incident at Snyder's Lake near a Romp era RPI campus. Several faculty aided in rescue as Sgt Eastlund nearly perished, saved by neighbors and ROTC staff. dog later rescued by fishermen.
The Librandt sen Line freighter Brooklyn Heights sailed with five hundred ten million cargo bound for Communist China. Port authorities said Shanghai was the destination but the high seas could shift to Tsingtao or another port. Departure followed delays tied to the Flying Arrow blockade run. In Kinderhook a girl was reported returning home and seen in Philadelphia and boarding a train to Pottstown. Mrs Kunsman declined to elaborate on the disappearance or return.
The Troy Board of Zoning Appeals reversed a prior denial and granted Marden S. and Ralph Bell permission to build a concrete block and masonry gasoline service station on Vandenberg Avenue in Sixth Ward. The decision followed a Sept 1949 petition and a public hearing with no opposition. Also noted is Navy graduate John B. Madigan of Tomhannock, seaman, who completed the Electronics Technicians School at Great Lakes.
A total of 14,000 was awarded to two plaintiffs in a motor vehicle collision suit. Lucia Niemi of New York received 8,000 and Marie T. O Connor of New York 6,000, against Robert M. Shift of New York and Willard Thompson of Manchester Center Vermont, in a crash dated December 31, 1847. The plaintiffs sought 15,000 each.
Eleanor Lo Kunsman, 33, a former Kinderhook High School student, had been missing since January while visiting relatives in Easton. She returned home with her mother Mrs. Margaret Kunsman, saying she had no lasting amnesia. Her disappearance began last October when she lived with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Hartpence, in Baxton, Pa.
Two Nassau brothers, aged 19 and 13, are held after a Thanksgiving burglary at Herman Brothers coal and fuel oil office. Deputies say the pair confessed to an earlier break in and replacement windows. The father agreed to repay losses before further action.
The committee on printing awarded the contract for printing the ante area of the Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors and for 200 copies of the journal of the proceedings for 1930 to Artcrafters at 193 River Street. The bid was 2 cents per page. The Troy Linotyping Co. at 384 Hiver Street bid 5.2 cents per page.
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