Battle of Bennington as New York seeks back sales tax
Bennington merchants hire attorney to fight New York State demand for unpaid sales tax from deliveries to New York since 1965. Officials cite precedent allowing tax collection on in state deliveries. merchants dispute authority and face potential audits and huge bills. The dispute could force many local businesses to close.
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Bennington
New York State
New York
New York State Tax Department
R. Paul Wickes
Wickes
Newell
William H. Selden
Sales Tax Bureau
Selden
Supreme Court
David Newell
Vermont
Death by own action ruled in cemetery shooting
Kenneth McNally 17 of East Greenbush was found in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery after a gun battle tied to an Albany tavern argument. McNally’s death was ruled death by own action by Associate Medical Examiner S S Choi. Two cousins, Michael and Carl Brooking, were arraigned on first degree assault charges.
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Kenneth McNally
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
East Greenbush
S.S. Choi
Rensselaer County
McNally
Red Mill Road
Albany
Paul and
Frank Roark
Tennis St
Roark Brothers
Albany Medical Center
Caustic Mickey Mouse play to debut in Oswego coffee house
A one act drama about an aging Mickey Mouse and friends in a sleazy hotel barroom is set for its first U S commercial staging at the Low life Caffe in Oswego New York The work caused a clash with Walt Disney Enterprises over depictions of Disney characters as alcoholics and junkies and previously faced rejection by BBC and a London producer.
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Oswego
N.Y
Walt Disney Enterprises
Mickey Mouse
United States
BBC
State University of New York At Oswego
Campbell Black
Minnie
Donald Duck
Mickey
Bugs Bunny
Popeye
Donald
Goofy
Help sought on TV interference and high pass filters
In Hot Line, readers ask about CB radio interference on TV sets. FCC notes that high pass filters with a 52 megahertz cut off may be needed, often supplied by manufacturers or dealers at nominal cost. The column also answers requests about Amtrak connections, a vinyl sleeve jacket, and paperback book donations to VA Hospital Albany.
First Baptist Church of Hoosick Holds 1977 Budget Vote
The Hoosick Falls church held its annual meeting January 20 with reports from the pastor and officers, adopted a 1977 budget, and elected officers. Members numbered 79, and over $3,000 was raised for missions and benevolences plus material donations from women’s groups.
West Hoosick pianist honored for 45 years of service
Clara M Sherman longtime church pianist at West Hoosick Baptist Church was lauded by the congregation at its annual meeting Tuesday night. A dessert coffee hour preceded a cake honoring her forty five years of service to the music program. She will retire from volunteering but remains financial secretary, a role she has held since 1932. The meeting also elected officers and set the 1977 budget, with Charles Filkins to moderate in 1978.
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John Halstead
Lillian Spendiff
James Frost
Anne Holzhauer
Marian Smith
Jane LeBarron
Roland Bugbee
Capital Area Baptist Association
Robert Lang
Jane Lang
Rosemary Gilson
Hoosick Area Church Association
HACA
Arthur Moseley
Ruby Pine
Allen Baker
West Hoosick
Clara M. Sherman
West Hoosick Baptist Church
Sherman
Dorothy Baker
Charles Filkins
Clara Sherman
Helen Filkins
Clyde Baker
Lori Sousie
Christian and Missionary Education
Nancy Duket
Anagel Moseley
Mary Jane Baker
Katrina Moseley
Board of Trustees
Former area girl cited as NBC documentary researcher
Martha Elliott Cornell formerly of Hoosick Falls and daughter of Rev and Mrs John Elliott was researcher for NBCs Danger Radioactive Waste telecast aired Wednesday. A 1969 Hoosick Falls graduate, she earned a political science degree from Vasaar College and a journalism masters from Columbia. She married James Cornell in 1975 and works for NBC writing documentaries.
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NBC
Martha Elliott Cornell
Hoosick Falls
John Elliott
Martha Elliott
Hoosick Falls Central School
Miss Elivit
Vasaar College
Columbia University School of Journalism
James Cornell
Wall Street
Breed, Abbott & Co
New York
E. 58Th Street
Cornell
Camerman
NBC Television
Berlin tax woes spotlight flawed property tax system
A panel at Troy City Hall between Gov. Carey aides and local leaders examines how Berlin, Rensselaer County, faces the largest per student aid loss under Carey’s plan and under a Regents formula. The discussion touches site value taxes, equity aims, and long term reform hurdles.
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Carey
Troy City
Henrick Dutlen
Berlin
League
Armstrong
Cullea
Selkirk man charged with burglary
A 17-year-old Selkirk man was charged with third degree burglary and attempted grand larceny after a woman reported threats and an attempted car theft outside a Cedar Hill store. William C. Constable was arrested around 9:45 p.m. and arraigned. sent to Albany County Jail without bail.
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Selkirk
Cedar Hill
William C
Coeymans
Sylvester J. Albano
Albany County
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Arlington
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Trans-Atlantic Review
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Harold Pinter
Black
Arizona
Oswego River
Joanne Smith
Times Record
Troy
Tau Wee
TV Fan
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FCC
New York City
Amtrak
Grand Central
Penn Stations
Latham
Times Square
Eighth Ave
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Eighth
Seventh Aves
E. A
Stillwater
Baby
Gene and
Glenn
Jan Garber
Baby Rose Marie
Blue Barron
Harald Hubbard
Barber Ave
Greenwich
Mrs
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Veterans Administration Hospital
Hoosick Baptists
Hoosick
First Baptist Church of
Clifford Gilson
John Jones
John David
George Rifenburg
Wendy Kerr
David Senecal
Lisa Senecal
Leila Shaw
Shaw
White Cross
Doris Gilbert
Gleancers
Joyce Seifert
United Class
Rabbi Duket
Youth Fellowship
Dottie Cross
Anne Holzhaver
Bernice Jones
Phebe James
Walter LeBarron
Ruth Rudd
Tim Holzhauer
Jack Halstead
U.S
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Idle Beaumont
River Street
Dullea
Will
Dullen
Judy Armstrong
League of Women Voters
David Dax
Capital District Regional Planning Commission
League of Women Voters of
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Troy School Board
McLoughlin
Thomas J. Bailey
Troy B.J. and
Nan Brothers
Watervliet
Mary C. Brown
Ed Carley
J. M. Carroll and
Marion
R. Peter Elliott Jr
Cropseyville
L. Ford
John W. Goodrich
Green Island
Neil Kelly, Troy
Anna Kettner
P. Kuczynski
P. LaVallee
H. B. Long
Helen Peetz
Cora Solomon
Connie F. Wilkinson
Elsie Verden
Petersburg
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