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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1977
Page
1
Puzzle 1138 asks entrants to mail by 5 PM Tuesday March 29 with clues across including SEAM SHAM PALTER INSTINCT TIDY TINY SIPS PALACE POLICE HUNT WINES STORE STRIFE STRIKE CANTEENS MEALY TAN TRICK BATTLE TATTLE SHOWS SNOWS PAIN PAWN PAST PEST LAX LAY CHAT CHIT and initials for Emory Upton.
Rules outline eligibility entries submission deadlines and prizes. Open to all except Times Record employees or relatives. Submissions must be completed puzzle with name and address by 5 p.m. Tuesday after publication. Prize is 25 dollars weekly, divided if ties, rollovers if no winner. All entries become property of the paper and one prize per family.
The Times Record seeks a Rensselaer correspondent to cover city news for 800 readers. Candidates should stay in touch with local groups such as the K of C Girls Club and the Legion and relay timely updates by mail or phone to News Editor Scott L. Powers at 501 Broadway Troy NY 12181.
Gov Hugh Carey and Saratoga County Board of Supervisors declare the county a natural disaster area after last week's flood. Civil Defense Director Kermit Plummer Jr announces a study of Kaydeross and Fish Creeks to assess drainage blockages while Red Cross sets up a relief station at Malta Ridge Fire House.
A 20 mile charity walk to raise funds for the March of Dimes is set for April 2 in East Greenbush and Castleton. The event starts at 9 a.m. from Howard Goff Middle School with 8:30 a.m. registration and includes a two hour radio show by Jerry Tyler after the route. Top fundraisers receive prizes and volunteers from local groups assist with checkpoints and communications. Contact Linda Lange at Gaslight Square, Saratoga.
Barbara Oesterlin, a Columbia High School senior in East Greenbush, wins a four year Sterling Drug Company corporate scholarship among 152 achievement scholars. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation selects winners from 55 000 black students in 6 000+ schools who took the PSAT NNTS. Oesterlin plans pre dentistry college study.
Berlin routed Schoharie 170 to 55 to claim the trophy on WRGB telecast. At halftime Berlin led 80 to 5. Seniors Stephen Slattery Reynolds Jones William Holt and Michael Herman played key roles with Kevin Hemeon as alternate.
Police report two sets of truck tires and wheels were missing from Burns Motor Express Inc at 20 First Ave in Rensselaer. The theft occurred over the weekend with a break‑in by unknown means. The loss valued at about 500 dollars was reported at noon Monday and an inventory check is ongoing.
A 44 year old Syracuse woman Joan Harris was arraigned on drunken driving and failure to keep right charges in East Greenbush Town Court. She posted bail and was released after police stopped a car moving erratically on Columbia Turnpike.
Kindergarten registration will occur April 4 5 and 6 at Van Rensselaer and Fort Craila Schools from 9 30 to 11 00 am and 1 00 to 2 00 pm for children entering kindergarten in September. Parents should bring birth certificates immunization records and a pre kindergarten screening. A five year old by December 1 1977 is eligible. East Greenbush School Board to discuss traffic safety measures and contracts at Red Mill School Hampton Manor with Szade.
Ballston Spa resident William Bart Barbuto, a sales manager for The Times Record in Cohoes, bought a lottery ticket at Marys Country Store and won a jackpot after watching bowling on TV.
A seven car coal train derailed on USHERS Street near Ushers Crossing in Clifton Park at about 8 a.m. Monday. Five cars toppled the embankment spilling coal on fresh snow. no injuries were reported and officials offered no cause or cleanup timeline.
The Stillwater Central School Class of 1967 announces a 10 year reunion on June 11 at the Sunset Inn. For details contact Marion Fuller.
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