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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1971
Page
14
Fragmentary OCR cites postage, currency and dates tied to Troy Record distribution. Mentions city routes, Mounts and parcels with nominal charges such as two dollars fifty cents and sixty cents, plus a one month reference, though details are garbled.
After three days of reflection residents across Rensselaer County approve the county manager charter in Troy and Rensselaer, while eleven of fourteen towns reject it. Communities adjacent to Troy show shifting support for manager governance.
The piece accuses the New York State Legislature of hypocrisy after adjournment, claiming curtailments harmed the common people while top brackets remained intact. It alleges self-serving expense increases, a controversial hot dog tax, and politics over genuine economy under Governor Rockefeller.
The city proposes two days pay lost for each day of the January police strike affecting 21 000 officers and warns bridges tenders and water workers of similar penalties. PBA president Kiernan rejects penalties as unlawful while union leaders from other city employees express defiance. The pension dispute spurs a 1972 legislative study as enforcement history casts doubt on penalties sticking.
Editorial argues cancer research should be nonpolitical and funded regardless of party aims. It notes Nixon favoring NIH control, Kennedy proposing an independent national cancer authority, and Nelson seeking a hybrid plan with NIH still handling funds. The piece urges decisions based on national interest, not party politics.
In 1851 Biddy Mason, a 32 year old enslaved mother, travels with 300 ox wagons toward California. Freed in 1856 she becomes a Los Angeles landowner and noted philanthropist, amassing a fortune near 300000 dollars while funding church taxes and relief for the poor, remembered for 1909 LA Times praise.
A 1944 account recalls U S troops entering Rome on June 4 1944 at 7 15 p m General Mark W Clark in control The piece notes the city s memory and landmarks including the Protestant Cemetery and Shelley Trelawny references and cites Nazi reprisals in Via Rasella Regina Coeli Via Principe Amedeo and San Callisto with executions and torture described in restrained terms
Directory lists U S Senators Jacob Javits and James Buckley with Washington mail, House Representatives Carleton King and Samuel Stratton, New York State Senators Douglas Hudson Walter Langley Ronald Stafford, and Assemblymen Neil Kelleher Thomas Brown Fred Field Fred Droms Jr Lawrence Corbett Jr Clarence Lane with Albany addresses.
The Pulse Of The People will publish only letters bearing name and address. Writers may request name withholding. The publication reserves the right to reject and shorten letters.
D. J. B. Troy condemns the New Left as traitors, accuses them of flying Communist flags and drugging youth, and urges a new Conservative Party that upholds work, honesty, and defense against all evil. The call appeals to all Americans regardless of race creed or color to accept personal responsibility.
A reader from Troy denounces perceived ballot nullification by political leaders and judges, arguing grassroots efforts against the Establishment fail and urging decisive but legal action to curb City Hall influence locally, statewide, and nationally.
A reader replies to a June 3 letter by Fed Up arguing teaching is far more demanding than office work. The author cites 52 hours weekly during the school year plus summer study, stresses emotional strain with 150 students daily, and notes low pay beyond salaries. He says teachers stay for the mission, not money, while noting taxes and living costs.
A reader defends artificial geraniums daisies and greens for graves arguing they stay fresh from May 25 to mid September without care. She notes long travel to tend natural flowers and recalls a nearby grave with dead blooms after May 30 showing neglect as a contrast.
Jim Safley of Cohoes argues against pot legalization in The Record, noting failures to control alcohol and tobacco, questioning how to safely regulate marijuana, and urging clear, intelligent methods to prevent access by underage or nonworking individuals. He contrasts legal and illicit pot harms and cautions against rosy advocates’ claims.
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