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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1966
Page
2
Democrats advocate a statewide lottery as proposed by the governor and seek tuition policy changes at the City University of New York. They push property tax relief for seniors, rent tax credits, faster reapportionment, county bodies, higher auto insurance minimums, and expanded Job Development Authority lending.
Lt Charles P. Ross Jr. USNR will address Navy Night at the Troy Knights of Columbus rooms on 3rd Street. He will discuss the function and service of the U S Naval Reserve Training Center Troy. Event chairs include Ralph E Folger Thomas Griffiths Samuel Pennisi James Strife William Wade and Capt Vincent Pennisi with invites extended to the Navy League Naval ROTC of RPI Naval Reserve and New York Naval Militia.
Shenendehowa Central School honors transportation staff and 37 drivers with safe driver certificates at a banquet in the new junior high cafeteria. Townley introduces officials including Deputy Commissioner Danzig and Kemper Insurance’s Hartranft, while cafeteria staff prepare the meal.
Miami reports 312 Cuban children reunited with parents who sent them to the United States to escape indoctrination. Since Dec 1, 5,781 Cubans have arrived, with more than 2,000 exile children still awaiting their parents and about 1,450 in care of HEW. The Cuban Refugee Center notes 61 percent relocated from Miami.
Reports from Singapore, Jakarta, Santa Fe, Cairo and Warsaw sketch a year of tension. Sukarno defends duty to people while delaying a political solution amid protests. Chinese documents reportedly shipped from Jakarta raise Cold War anxieties. Flood evacuations in Argentina top 2 500 as two weeks total nears 3 800. U S researchers launch a population project in Cairo at the request of the United Arab Republic. Poland’s church-state clash intensifies as Cardinal Wyszynski rebukes Gomulka’s stance.
AMA physicians from the University of Pennsylvania report disease rates among healthy American males fell up to 25 percent since World War II based on Navy Marine Corps and St Marks School records. Antibiotics are credited as the main factor.
State Comptroller Arthur Levitt urged adding a cost of living allowance to pensions paid by the New York State Employees Retirement System arguing living standards have deteriorated under inflation. Senator John J. Marchi predicted the Legislature will place a state lottery up for a popular vote this year after constitutional approval by two successive legislatures. Public hearings on education law revision are set for Buffalo Albany and New York City next month announced by Assemblyman Joseph Kettler and Speaker Anthony Travia.
In Racine Wisconsin prisoners at the county jail presented chief jailer Richard Aiello with a dozen roses while he was hospitalized. A prisoner spokesman said We think hes a good guy and we like him.
A series of weekend crashes left two people dead and multiple injuries across Troy and surrounding areas. In Troy two-car and pickup crashes sent several to hospital with leg, back, and chest injuries.
A farmer is charged with murder for shooting and killing David Colston, 32, of Camden, after an argument over a car collision involving both men.
Fire Chief Edward J. Zapf and three officers Sgt. William J. CанavalIy, Patrolmen William J. Foy and William D. Maloney received letters of commendation from Public Safety Commissioner John J. Sanvidge. The praise covered their rapid two minute response to a Wednesday night fire at Ingalls and Sixth Avenues that driven 43 people from their homes and caused heavy damage to J and L Restaurant and nearby apartments.
Two Troy policemen, Andrew Dolan and Charles O'Konski, graduated from the Basic Municipal Police Training School at the State Campus in Albany. Dolan, 465 Fifth Ave, scored 87.7 and ranked 14th of 44. O Kanski, 13 Sherman Ave, scored 84.9 and ranked 22nd. Dolan earned a perfect 100 on a police notebook.
Thomas Turner aged 48 was struck while crossing at the intersection of Amsterdam Avenue and 141st Street in Manhattan and died from his injuries. He lived at 1644 Amsterdam Avenue.
Thai police say two men and two trained monkeys were seized for smuggling coconuts from Malaysia into Thailand. Accomplices described as monkeys reportedly helped pick coconuts during the operation in Bangkok.
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