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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1959
Page
3
State Police identify a Dover area man Wittissy DeRitter who was assaulted and robbed of 49 dollars while walking near Mull Seenill Road. He was attacked by two men who exited a car at about 3:30 am and then fled. DeRitter was taken to Albans Memorial Hospital in fair condition as BCI continues the investigation.
In Rochester a retired Navy petty officer and his wife were found dead in their basement in a murder suicide. Emil Cetershi, 69, and Josephine Cetershi were found by relatives with wounds including a throat slash and blunt force. Police called it murder followed by self-inflicted gunshot. Notes left by Veterski described marital problems and a quarrel with his wife.
Geneva reports say Nuclear Ban talks with the United States, Britain, and Russia were halted for a third day. Delegations have met only once since March 10 as Prime Minister Macmillan and President Eisenhower prepare for an Anglo American summit in Washington where the conference stalemate is expected to top discussions.
Dean Yocum aged 64, once known as Singing Sam the Barbasus Man, died yesterday in Veterans Hospital at Deartown Michigan. A Birmingham resident for 34 years, he taught at the Birmingham Conservatory of Music and was a World War I veteran. Survived by widow Hester and son Herschel D. of Los Angeles. Funeral services will be held in Birmingham.
China lodged a serious protest with Yugoslavia after Tito accused Red China and the Soviet bloc of aggression. A Peiping radio broadcast said the Yugoslav charg d affaires was summoned to receive the protest as Tito criticized Red China and Russia in recent speeches.
Firemen rushed to aid two year old William Barbour of Averill Park after a pneumator incident. Capt Edward Manny and Thomas man William Casey of Central Fire Station applied the device at 2:35 pm. Child transported to Leonard Hospital by Ambulance Service Corp in fair condition.
Gordon Sawyer of Adams Street was arrested in Rensselaer County on a morals charge. Police said the case involves a girl from Troy and an alleged abuse incident in January 2010. Court arraignment followed the warrant arrest in Police Court.
A New York filing shows Clupak seeks license to continue freight service while expanding its stretchable paper production. DynasAktiebolag will install a 205 inch wide kraft machine at Vaja mill in Sweden with production starting September. Clupak plans to sell the new paper to European converters for heavy duty uses and packaging.
Malaya now tops the globe in exporting vegetable oils and coconut cake. Malaya’s Tamil producers yield about 100,000 tons of oil and 40,000 tons of coconut cake annually, with most shipments going to India and Europe. Major appliance firms also appear in the report.
Reports from Yo miuri and Mainichi state Avi Princess Suga daughter of Emperor Wrohile and Empress Nagako will marry 20 year old Hisanaga Shimadzu second son of the late Baron Hisanari Shimadzu. He works in the research department of Japan TBxport Import Bank. The Imperial Household Agency confirmed the decision and the Emperor Empress and Princess expressed satisfaction.
Former Assemblyman Myron D. Albro of Nichols Tioga County was appointed director of the State Agriculture Department Food Control Division by Agriculture Commissioner Don J. Wickham. Albro, 62, will take over the $9,222 yearly post on April 1 succeeding Harold W. Finch who resigned. He previously served in the Assembly from 1939 through 1942 and later became assistant financial clerk of the Assembly. The division administers the Pure Food Law and licenses food plants.
Frank Gorke of Behl-Man ning in Watervliet was chosen president of the American In stitle of Plant Engineers When members of the Mohawk-Hud son Chapter served as bosis for a meeting last week at Troy Motel. Other officers elected includ ed Alfred Rowley of the Woorl Flong Co. in Hoosick Falls, as int, and Charles Fel L. £. Gurley, Troy) was secretary.
Tokyo AP reports health officials quarantined 262 passengers aboard the Swedish liner Kungsholm after a Swedish cook was diagnosed with smallpox. Passengers, including Americans, were derected from the ship and sent to quarantine in Kobe while the ship sails. All passengers are vaccinated and officials say risk of spread is limited.
The United States and Canadian licenses authorize multiple firms to employ a patented process for manufacturing stretchable paper and pulp products. Firms include Union Box, International Paper, Crown Zellerbach, Hudson Pulp, and Can ada Paper Co among others with production planned by September.
A plan to restage Civil War battles raises concern over cost and feasibility. Maj Gen Alys Cerential Commission fears a revival could become a costly spectacle. Officials discuss potential re-enactments at sites like Fort Suyter Appomattox and Vicksburg with hopes of a spring 1985 kickoff.
Thomas A. Pinnan Se, manager of the Cumberland Hotel, was killed yesterday in a fall and flight of stairs. His body lay on a stairway between the main floor and basement. Hotel employees said Pinnan had been inspecting the building when the accident occurred.
An earthquake rattled Tokyo and surrounding regions for several seconds yesterday. There were no injuries reported, and authorities described little to no structural damage, with meteorological services monitoring aftershocks.
Esme Glo lass, six, who was injured last December at her home, died yesterday at the Monroe County Home for the Aged. The report notes she had been hospitalized after the incident and her death marks a final tragedy in the family arc.
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