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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1976
Page
2
Newspapers offered wildly different estimates of the Albany Capitol student demonstration. Figures ranged from 3,000 to 12,000 as police, reporters, and editors cited observations, agency counts, and wire services.
A shed at 1107 Broadway in Rensselaer sustained extensive damage in a fire that started around 3:05 a.m. The structure owned by Rodger Galariault contained miscellaneous tools. Firemen arrived with pumpers two and four and track one, remaining at the scene until 3:43 a.m. The cause is not yet known.
The Rensselaer Business Association will meet Tuesday night at 8 at the Chemical and Hose Co. Pumper Four firehouse to elect officers approve bylaws and discuss changes. The group formed to aid small and medium sized local businesses. A proposed bylaws set is available in city businesses.
The Rensselaer common council approved a 2000 dollar purchase of Penn Central property across from the planned library to provide an easement for remodeling the CitiBank building on Broadway into the new city library. The vote included abstention by Alderman Lester Jeffries.
Rape expert Susan Brownmiller argued Patty Hearst was not raped, challenging F. Lee Bailey's defense as based on a rape myth. She called the “beautiful victim” trope unprincipled while urging society to discard such myths to confront violence against women.
A couple withdrew from a run down inn after a $70 deposit and $565 paid for a honeymoon stay. The manager refused to refund the deposit claiming forfeiture. A reader sought help and was directed to Pennsylvania Attorney General resources and local tourist officials for possible remedy.
In a discussion on her four year study of rape novelist Andrea Dworkin criticizes the idea of rape as mere crime. She links rape to male female relations and societal mores. She supports reforms in rape laws and opposes pornography while citing historical shifts in how rape is viewed.
Public works chief Robert Angelini says vandalism at the Eckman Place pumphouse will exceed 1000 dollars in damage. Police investigate after vandals turned on a pump, causing high water pressure that damaged meters and heaters and required six hours of town repair work in snowfall.
The city Democratic committee voted to back an uncommitted delegate slate for the summer presidential convention. City chairman William Carney said all 24 members supported the plan at a meeting last Wednesday. Mayor Joseph P. Mink and J. Donald Leahy seek Jackson delegates while a Jackson campaign HQ opened recently.
Several people were slightly injured in three separate accidents on the Dunn Memorial Bridge eastbound ramp Wednesday night. Police say Anne Marie Du Jany of Valatie and Marjorie Trude were hurt in a 7:30 p.m. crash when Du Jany lost control and struck a taxi driven by William J. Poole of Albany. A five thirty p.m. three car collision injured Mary Panetta, Peter Radio, Angela Harris, Barbara Newton and Jack Trainor. Panetta spun, Radio could not stop, and Newsome rear ended Panetta’s car.
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