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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1977
Page
3
Southern Rensselaer County officials report competency test results for third, sixth and ninth graders. The district will discuss math and reading outcomes and approve tenure for three administrators at the junior senior high school complex.
Castleton announces an emblem design contest for all Schodack District residents. Submissions on 8.5 by 11 inch paper must be black outline and include Village of Castleton-on-Hudson, N.Y. and the date 1827. Mail to Gerald Hill, Latham Road, Castleton, N.Y. 12038 by April 18 with name and address in the lower right corner.
A Rensselaer man was treated for a head injury after an attack near Broadway and Harrison Avenue. A car on Second Street lost cash and items including a radio and tape deck Friday night. A St Patrick’s Day dinner event is planned at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Four people were arrested on stolen property charges linked to a Hulla Baloo discotheque thefts. Flooding near City Hall caused eight feet of water in a basement. A VW bus’s vent window and side-view mirror were shot out on Glen Street by a BB gun.
A 1971 Cadillac was reported stolen Sunday from near Broadway and Harrison Avenue in Rensselaer. The theft occurred after 10 p.m. Saturday, according to police.
Nassau Jean Morse was chosen president of the Friends of The Nassau Library with Keith Prior as vice president Evelyn Smith as secretary and John and Pat Bruck as treasurers. The group will sponsor a Jelly Bean Count Contest and a decorated egg contest at the library from March 21 to April 7.
New York Mayor Abe Beame riffed with sharp one liners at the Inner Circle reporters club revue titled The Last Mazes Toy. He lampooned Percy Sutton Ed Koch Herman Badillo Bella Abzug Roy Goodman and even deputy mayors while joking about Nelson Rockefeller and Jimmy Carter in a spicy, humorous performance.
J C Penney Co plans a tentative July 27 opening for the Clifton Country Mall store, adjusting from earlier spring projections. Mall manager John MacDonald and a Penney field office spokeswoman cite scheduling shifts and ongoing construction as the reason, with optimism that earlier openings will fill the mall with tenants.
The Shenendehowa Civil Service unit unanimously approved a tentative contract with the district. The school board may ratify for 250 bus drivers, janitors, secretaries and nurses as early as Tuesday. The deal grants 17 percent over three years with 7.4 percent this year and 5 percent in each of the next two years.
Ruth Ann Brod will discuss 18th and 19th century American furniture at 8 p.m. today in Stephentown Town Hall. Sponsored by the Stephentown Historical Society, the Troy native works for the New York State Museum division of Historical Services and teaches at Russell Sage College in Troy.
Gov Richard Snelling urges Vermont towns to support national energy policy and reject solo anti nuclear moves. He notes more than 20 towns passed resolutions banning nuclear plants and waste storage while warning of economic risk if Arab oil supplies cut off.
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