Adirondack Park plan faces longtime opposition
Aides respond to a Rockefeller era idea to make the Adirondack Park a national park. Paul Schaefer of the Adirondack Forest Preserve Association argues the plan would cost New York land worth 59 million dollars to the federal government and purchase 51.2 million dollars of private property, threatening the existing land mix and state economy.
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Lake George
N.Y
Adi
Rondack Forest Preserve
Paul Schaefer
Dacke
State Conservation Council
Schaefer
Man preserves 1923 Detroit electric car in Mansfield
J Britton, owner of Alley Automotive in Mansfield, buys the 1923 Detroit electric from Hankakee, tracing it to its original owner, a 92 year old retired schoolteacher in Oak Park nursing home. He researches the car at Detroit Public Library to aid restoration.
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Alley Automotive
Ihankakee
Britton
Oak Park
Detroit
Public Library
NAACP seeks removal of New York Army Guard chief
The NAACP in New York urged Governor Rockefeller to censure and dismiss Maj. Gen. Almerin C. O’Hara over homicidal anti riot tactics. The telegram cites his interview backing heavy weapons and Vietnam style methods as inflammatory and mass genocide in black communities. O’Hara commands about 25,000 guardsmen amid separate Air and Naval units.
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New York
UPI
NAACP
Rockefeller
Army National Guard
Almerin C. O'Hara
Donald Lee
O’hara
Vietnam
New York State
Air
Naval National Guard
Why Doesn't All Corn Pop This Britannica Quiz
A reader quiz reveals six corn types and why popping corn pops. Dent and flint varieties, soft or mummy corn, sweet corn, and pod corn are described with uses and regional growth notes. A puzzle about ladder rungs in rising tides appears with tomorrow’s answer.
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United States
Canada
Mexico
Rummage Sale Benefit for Mary McClellan Auxiliary
Mrs Volney B Chapman and Mrs William H Areson of Hoosick Falls urge locals to support the Women s Auxiliary rummage sale for Mary McClellan Hospital at White Presbyterian Church Cambridge on Saturday August 5 from 9 am to 4 pm. Items include furniture china glassware books clothes and more. Last year the sale raised 565. Donations may be left Wednesday Saturday or picked up by the two organizers.
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Volney B. Chapman
William H. Areson
Hoosick Falls
Mary McClellan Hospital
White Presbyterian Church
Cambridge
Chapman
Areson
Cycle Crash Kills 2 in New York Roadside Tragedy
Wayne Truax, 35, of Leicaster, and Walter Wilkinson, 29, Bath, died when the motorcycle they were riding left the road near Wayland in Steuben County. The two men were killed after their bike struck a tree on Saturday night.
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Wayland
N. Y
Wayne Truax
Leicaster
Walter Wilkinson
Bath
Steuben County
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Mansfield, Ill
J Britton
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TCS
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