Health groups plan swine flu inoculation drive this summer
Area health departments prepare two phase mass inoculations against the New Jersey swine flu strain. Phase one targets the elderly and chronically ill in August with a dual NJ and Victoria vaccine, phase two broadens to the general public in September. Flu shot benefits include 70 to 90 percent effectiveness, with rare side effects.
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New Jersey
Food and Drug Administration
Fort Dix
United States
Timothy Larkin
Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Albany
Rensselaer
Saratoga County
New New Jersey
Health Department
Larkin
Readers help locate jewelers records and SST Museum leads
The column reports a reader seeking Berner's Jewelers sales records for a stolen white gold diamond tie tack and suggests getting an appraisal to satisfy insurance with an affidavit. It also notes multiple readers confirming the SST Museum location near Kissimmee Florida with directions and motel landmarks.
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Berner
Troy
Pigs and Swine Flu Myths Debunked by Cornell Experts
Cooperative Extension Vet N. Bruce Haynes of Cornell says pigs nearly cannot pass swine flu to humans. FDA notes infected pork is safe if cooked. virus would be in lungs, not meat. Human to pig transfer is possible, and no mass inoculation plan exists yet. Extension will share guidance if inoculation becomes recommended.
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Food and Drug Administration
New Jersey
Cooperative Extension
Haynes
David Wood
Saratoga County
Wood
Vaccine producer threatens to pull from swine flu program
Parke, Davis & Co warned President Ford and HEW officials it will withdraw insurance coverage for swine flu vaccine as of July 1. The move jeopardizes delivering more than 200 million doses for a government program aimed at preventing a 1918-like epidemic, unless Congress approves government coverage against vaccination claims.
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Washington
Parke, Davis & Co
Ford
Parke, Davis
Deland Meriwether
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Theodore Cooper
HEW
Congress
E. Burke Giblin
Warner - Lambert
Parke
Davis
Giblin
SST Exhibit at Burden Lake draws mixed views on authenticity
Frank Sherry and John Petersen locate the installation and say the mock up of the SST was shipped in sections and assembled inside a building. They describe it as the SST Exhibit rather than a museum and note its proximity to their homes.
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Olive J. Dickel
Lansingburgh
Kissimmee
Fla
John M. Petersen
Burden Lake
Sweet and Low substitute sugar content clarified
Mrs Rose Kendrick Troy asks if Sweet and Low is 93 percent sugar. A Grand Union buyer explains the product does not use cane sugar. it replaces sucrose with lactose and contains about 4 percent saccharine with a touch of cream of tartar for texture, suitable for diabetics.
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Rose Kendrick
Troy
Michael Muscanette
Grand Union
Rensselaeray seeks historic riverfront area designation
The Rensselaer Historical Society asks Alderman Lester Jeffries to introduce a resolution at tonight's Common Council to designate a four block riverfront area bounded by Forbes Avenue Washington Avenue First Street and Tracy Street as historic. The Bath on the Hudson site harbors relics dating to 1767 and the group seeks preservation of local landmarks including the Casparus Pruyn mansion and other properties. The society hopes the area becomes a national historic site.
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Rensselaer
The
Rensselaer Historical Society
Lester Jeffries
Seventh Ward
Gladys Burns
Jeffries
Forbes Avenue
Washington Avenue
First Street
Tracy Street
Bath- On the-Hudson
the Historical Society
Bathon-Hudson
Society
Bath-on-Hudson
Nassau-Schodack Board Sets Flood Insurance and Trailer Ordinance Talk
Nassau-Schodack officials announced a public meeting for Thursday at 7 p.m. in Town Hall to discuss flood insurance revisions the trailer ordinance and a sewer project affecting Nassau and Schodack. Floyd Hitchcock reported progress on a $1500 Rudack development repaving project begun last week by the Town Highway Department following a resident petition.
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Nassau-Schodack Board
Nassau
Nassau and Schodack
Hitchcock
Rudack
Jack Jacobie
Rensselaer Girls Club Announces Summer Camp Plans
The Rensselaer Girls Club outlines Yankee Doodle Day Camp with three two week sessions from July 6 to Aug 13. Activities include trips to Catskill Game Farm Grafton Park Camp Brookledge and Burden Lake and a skydiving view at Duanesburg Skydiving Club. Registration June 30 and July 1 1 to 3 pm. guardians must sign forms. 6 to 16 year olds. Call 449 1053 for details.
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Rensselaer
Rensselaer Girls Club
Catskill
Grafton Park
Camp Brookledge
Boys Club
Burden Lake
Duanesburg
Amputations From Lawn Mower Accident In Rensselaer
Albany man James Yarborough suffered the loss of three toes in a lawn mower accident at 1625 First Street in Rensselaer. He was transported to St Peter's Hospital at 1 40 p m Tuesday.
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Rensselaer
Albany
First St
James Yarborough
Grand St
St. Peter's Hospital
First Street
Saratoga Springs Casino Windows Stolen From Museum Floor
Police said stained glass panes eight by four feet and described as priceless were discovered stolen Tuesday afternoon from the museum's first floor where they were being stored for repairs. Detectives have no suspects and continue the investigation.
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Saratoga Springs
Canfield
Fire destroys Buskirk structure. four fire crews respond
A structure on Buskirk West Hoosick Road was fully involved when four area fire departments arrived at 5 a.m. The blaze, possibly electrical, was under control by 6:30 a.m. No injuries were reported. Chief Stuart McGowan noted a chicken coop converted into a playroom or apartment both housed the flames. Departments from West Hoosick Johnsonville and North Hoosick assisted.
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Buskirk
Buskirk - West Hoosick
Stuart McGowan
West Hoosick
Johnsonville
North Hoosick
Ladder rack stolen from van in parking lot
A ladder rack was reported stolen from a van parked at the Penn Central lot between 6 p.m. Monday and 6:15 a.m. Tuesday, valued at about $50. Police note several thefts in recent days.
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Rensselaer
Penn Central
Dean Evans
Conrail
Peter Stasack
First St
Rensselaer Man Pleads Guilty in Robbery Trial
Rensselaer man Lee Atwater 28 interrupted his Rensselaer County Court robbery trial Tuesday to plead guilty to third degree attempted robbery for taking two to three steaks and a box of macaroni from the Rensselaer Price Chopper on East Street July 3, 1975. He faces up to four years at sentencing July 8. the original charge carried a 15 year maximum. Ronald Johnson, 28, of Rensselaer, remains charged with second degree robbery and his case is pending.
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Rensselaer
Kevin Moss
Lee Atwater
Lawrence Conners
Atwater
Johnson
Offices Damaged in Two-Alarm Albany Fire
A two-alarm blaze in Albany on Morton Avenue caused heavy smoke and extensive damage to the basement and first floor of a two-story building housing law offices. Fire crews arrived at 8:43 p.m. and returned to the scene at 8:50 p.m. The cause remains undetermined and the building owner is attorney Charles Milham. East Greenbush Town Justice Patrick Maney held offices in the building.
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Albany
Morton Ave
East Greenbush Town
Patrick Maney
Forrest Bruce
Charles Milham
Army Recruiting Exhibit Opens at Clifton Country Mall
The U S Army mobile recruiting exhibit titled Forward March Basic Training in Today's Army is open at Clifton Country Mall today until 6 p.m. in Mechanicville offering information to prospective recruits.
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Mechanicville
U.S. Army
Clifton Country Mall
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N.Y
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Orlando
Howard Stall
St. Cloud
Holliday
Howard Johnson
National Livestock and Meat Board
FDA
Merrill National Laboratories
Wyeth Laboratories
Merck Sharp & Dohme
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Wyeth
Texas
Anita Reyes
Rio Grande Valley
Ever
Frank Sherry
John Bradley
Eagle Mills
Anne Weldon
Frank Adams Jewelers
Marge Campbell
Cesar L. Wong
Fifth Ave
Raymond Spenard
Colonie
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L.H
Petersburg
Lorraine Coon
West Sand Lake
Hanover House
Hanover
Miles Kimball
Oshkosh, Wise
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Patroon
Stephen van Rensselaer
Casparus Pruyn
Captain Marvin
John W. Woods
Floyd Hitchcock
Rudat Road
Cherry Lane
Mapleview Road
Brookview Road
Mashodack Road
State Department of Transportation
Donovan Road
Daniel B. Pierce
Fourth St
Douglas P. Alexander
Second St
Second
Catherine
McGowan
Army
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