Colonie Approves 1 Million Golf Course and County Sewer Plan
The Colonie Town Board voted unanimously to build a 1.1 million 18 hole golf course on 199 acres off Route 5 near Consaul Road, with potential expansion to 27 holes and a finish by April 1 1969 if no delays. The board also backed Albany County Sewer District plans serving most of Colonie, approved budget transfers including library restoration, traffic light additions, one way Forts Ferry Road segment, and speed limit adjustments amid park traffic concerns.
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Joseph Galu
Colonie
Route 5
Consaul Road
Lisha Kill Road
Albany County
Saul Greenhouse
Greenhouse
James P. Buller
William K. Sanford
Sanford
Mohawk
Colonie Center
Area Library Association
Warehouse
Fuller
Warehouse Road
Forts Ferry Road
Route
Economic Data Points To Upturn
Washington AP reports the Commerce Department’s June data show an upturn in the economy as projected by Johnson advisers. May had 17 of 29 leading indicators up, June had 15 up, 6 down, with July data due next month. If the trend continues, the earlier pause in Q1 cannot be called a recession.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Johnson
Car Plunges Through Ferry Rails. One Drowns
An Ohio man, Guy Bisch, 59, drowned when his car broke through two guard chains at the bow of the Cumberland Head Ferry and sank in 20 feet of water near Plattsburgh. His wife Edith survived, was saved aboard, and taken to a hospital in satisfactory condition. A dock hand signaled the vehicle, but it sped forward. Gary Branstedder, 16, Cumberland Head, a skin diving club member, recovered the body about 15 minutes later.
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Plattsburgh
N.Y
Ohio
Lake Champlain
Cumberland Head
Here
Guy Bisch
Niles
Edith
Grand Isle
Nobly Executed 1940 Balanchine Spectacle at Saratoga
Ballet Russe de Moi gram presents Balanchine works at the Performing Arts Center featuring La Sonnambula Night Shadow and Raymonda Variations. Swings of grotesque humor and romance amid a baron’s party unfold with Vazquez, Von Aralding, and Suzanne Farrell as key figures. Tarantella with Villella and McBride follows, then Episodes with Weber.
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George Balanchine
Ballet Russe de Moigram
Saratoga
la Sonnambula
New York City Ballet
Balanchine
Barron
Richard Vazquez
Karin von Aralding
Suzanne Farrell
Vasquez
Miss Farlrell
Deni Lamont
Harlequin
Karen Morell
William
Weslow
Blackmoors
Raymonda
Tarantella
Edward Villella
Patricia McBride
Villella
Sale Of His And Her Wigs Is Big Boom
New York AP report shows teens and boyfriends flocking to department store wigs selling at 29.95 with rapid orders from coast to coast. Hair pieces from Korea Hong Kong and Italy fill demand as Mathews ships 500 daily and backorders 1 500. Wigs target both sexes with plans to add mustaches and beards while avoiding controversial styles.
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New York
Wing
Mathews
Boston
Los Angeles
South Korea
Hong Kong
Italy
Alabama
Vassar
Northwestern
UCLA
University of Miami
Fla
Police Chiefs Urge Retaining Sheriffs in New York
The New York State Association of Police Chiefs approved a resolution urging the Constitutional Convention Committee on the Executive Branch to reject plans to abolish sheriffs. They warned that replacing sheriffs with county police commissioners appointed by the State Police superintendent would concentrate power, undermine independence, and threaten law enforcement integrity. About 75 chiefs attended as urban racial tensions across the state were discussed amid disruptions limiting attendance.
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Binghamton
N.Y
New York State Association of Police Chiefs
Constitutional Convention
Executive Branch
New York State
Convention Committee
Department of Criminal Justice
Detroit Riot Figure Listed
UPI reports a Detroit riot boxscore since 3:30 am Sunday with 36 deaths, 327 officially injured including 58 police and 29 firemen, 128 arrests and 1,304 fires. Unofficial injury counts reach 2,000, arrests may exceed 3,000, and damage estimates range up to $500 million with city losses possibly approaching $1 billion.
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Detroit
UPI
Watts
Detroit Board of Commerce
Obit notes on Anna Noon and family ties in Troy
Mary Noon of 319 Spring Ave mourns Anna Noon 93 a native of Ireland widow of James Noon who died last night in Troy She lived here 25 years with survivors including three sons Frank William James and a daughter Helen Pelkey seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren Funeral 10 a m Monday Holy Cross Church Salem Interment Holy Cross Cemetery Also notices for Mrs Sarah Allan Gardner and Amy Quimby with funeral details and survivors Read as a collection of Troy area obituaries and funeral notices from the same paper segment
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Anna Noon
Ireland
James Noon
Mary Noon
Spring Ave
Anna Boland
Troy
Frank
William
Pittsfield
Mass
Salem
Helen Pelkey
Iselin
James Boland
Holy Cross Church
James Pritchard
Holy Cross
Allan
Sarah I
Church of the Ascension
Jack R. _Lewis
William .E. Smith
Edward C.beutemann
Albert, Goerold
Norgin Whitman
E. Scott
Pattison
Frederick G. Boettger
Dale
Carpenter
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Lewis
S. A. Gardner Sr
Stephen A. Gardner
George St
Green Island
Delaware & Hudson, Railroad
Ford Motor Co
St. Mary's Hospital
St. Joseph's Church
Holy Name Society
Mae Fredericks Gardner
J. Kenneth Gardner
Brunswick
Stephen A. Gardner Jr
Thomas W. Gardner
William O’neil
Mc.Nulty
Hudson Ave
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Watervliet
Amy Quimby
Foromer
Troy Area
Brigantine
N.J
Quimby
Raymond A. Quimby
George Wheeler
West Sand Lake
Norrow
Himes
Pawling Ave
Richard L. Brubaker
Woodside Presbyterian Church
Elmwood Hill Cemetery
Brubaker
Rumpler
Marie W. Rum
Morton Proposes Massive Citizens Corps After Detroit Riots
Senate debate centers on a plan by Senator Thurston Morton to fund a large citizen corps of unemployed youths to counter rioting in Detroit and other cities. He criticizes Johnson and GOP leaders for political use of the civil unrest and cites disputed statements from the Republican Policy Coordinating Committee. The remarks come as federal troops are deployed to Detroit at Governor Romney’s request.
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Washington
Thurston B. Morton
R-Ky
Johnson
Citizens Corps
GOP
Morton
Senate
Republican Coordinating Committee
Detroit
GOP Policy Coordinating Committee
Michigan
George Romney
First Direct Cause of Revolution Proclamation 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 is described as the first direct cause of the American Revolution, closing territory west of the Allegheny Mountains to settlement and upsetting settlers and land promoters.
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Allegheny Mountains
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