Two Troy Women Killed In Georgia
Mrs Harriet Mae Watson and her sister Lydia Lohr, both from Troy area, died in a Georgia highway crash on U S 17 south of Savannah. Passenger Nancy Lee Bejl and driver Melvin I Rahn were injured. Bejl and Rahn were treated at Memorial Hospital. Police said the collision occurred just south of the Bryan County line near the Shatham county border. Mrs Watson’s husband Lesley R. Watson died in 1965.
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Harriet Mae Watson
Vandenburgh Ave
Lydia Lohr
Lansingburgh
U.S. 17
Savannah
Nancy Lee Bejl
Boynton Beach
Mla
Watson
Lohr
Melvin I Rahm
Richmond
Miss Bell
Memorial Hospital
Rahn
Rabin
Shatham County
Bryan County
Wilson Seeks British Entry to Common Market Backed by Cabinet
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson has won cabinet backing for Britain’s application to join the European Economic Community. He plans to address the Commons with a statement outlining transition periods for Commonwealth and European partners, farm subsidies changes, and other negotiations ahead of Rome summit talks in late May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harald Wilson
Europe
Wilson
House of Commons
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Briain
Commonwealth
Rome
Troy School Board Sets Evening Meeting Change
The Troy Board of Education will hold a session tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Troy High School due to the senior district election today. Board President William A. O'Neil explains the adjustment shifts the regular time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Board of Education
William A. O'Neil
Troy High School Vheary
Court Calls Calendar of 62 Cases Opens Trial Term
The Rensselaer County Court opened a new term as Judge John T. Cases convened and set conference dates for 62 criminal cases. Defense motions sought grand jury minutes and bills of particulars while prosecutors prepared responses on confessions. Several defendants remain in custody elsewhere and juror panels were called and excused for future trials.
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Rensselaer
John T. Cases
Asst
William J. Doyle
Thiefs Take Fountain At Museum In Sand Lake
A $1,500 bronze fountain attached to an iron base was stolen from in front of the Sand Lake Doll Museum late Tuesday night. The State Police BCI delayed announcing the theft until yesterday. The landmark, built by Meneely Bell Co of Watervliet in 1940, depicted a girl and boy with copper umbrella. The Sproules own the museum. Sproule is town historian and the fountain was used by Sand Lake Baptist Church for baptisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Lake
BCI
Meneely Bell Co
Sproule
Sand Lake Baptist Church
Fire destroys four story Kenesaw Hotel in Minneapolis
Four people died in a blaze at the Kenesaw Hotel in Minneapolis last night. Fire Chief Kenneth Hall said the bodies of three men and one woman were recovered and that a search for additional victims was underway but unlikely to find more than the four fatalities.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Kenneth Hall
Kenesaw Hotel
Hall
AARP Coordinator Care Talk At Troy Meeting
Miss Edna C. Martin representing the Insurance Service for the American Association of Retired Persons speaks on AARP's new Coordinated Care program. The session at St John's Episcopal Church Troy starts 2:30 p.m. Thursday May 11 and is open to all adults with a question and answer period. Kenneth C. Jayne presides as chapter president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna C. Martin
Insurance Service For the
American Association of Retired Persons
AARP
Rensselaer County
Association
St. John's Episcopal Church
1St St. Troy
Medicare
Rensselaer County Aarp Chapter
Kenneth C. Jayne
Madison Ave
Troy
On This Day In History May 2 1967 Highlights
May 2 1967 marks the 122nd day of the year with notable events. Andrew Johnson offered a $100000 reward for Jefferson Davis in 1865. Adolf Hitler abolished voions in 1983 and set up a labor front. Allies announced Nazi capitulation in Italy and parts of Austria in 1945. Caryl Chessman died in 1960. Bing Crosby born in 1905. Pindar quote ends.
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United Press International
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Bing Crosby
Andrew
Johnson
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Adolf Hitler
Gerany
Italy
Austria
Caryl Chessman
San Quentin
Pindar
Two Murderers Ordered Hanged in Manchester NH
In Hillsboro County Superior Court Justice Martin Laughlin ordered two condemned murderers, Russell Nelson and Frederick Martineau, to be hanged on November 1. Neilson, 35, of Providence Rhode Island, is in the 15th day of a hunger strike at the state prison in Concord, while Martineau, 41, of Port R, Rhode Island, is not fasting. They were convicted in the 1959 slaying of Maurice Gagnon of Lincoln, Rhode Island.
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Manchester
Neilson
Providence
R.T
State
Concord
Martineau
Maurice Gagnon
Lincoln
Quebec Counterfeiter Sentenced in Albany Court
Marc Normand 34 of Trois Rivieres Quebec received a 1 year and 1 day prison term after pleading guilty to possessing counterfeit money in U S District Court Albany Judge James T Foley imposed sentence. Normand was arrested last August in Bolton Landing after initially denying three counts of possessing and passing counterfeit bills. His attorney cited financial difficulties as a factor.
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Marc Normand
Trois Rivieres
Quibec
U.S. District Court
Albany
James T. Foley
Troy
Normand
Bolton Landing
Tenants Stab Woman In Manhattan Apartment Row
An irate tenant stabbed a woman rent collector in the stomach and then attacked two fellow tenants who came to her aid. Antoinette Cruz of Manhattan was taken to Beekman Downtown Hospital in serious condition. The two men were cut on the arms. Police said the tenant used an ice pick after a dispute over repair demands.
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New York
Polite
Antoinette Cruz
Manhattan
Beekman
Miss Cray
Nini
Rizzo lectures HVCC class on Troy traffic issues
Troy Councilman Louis C. Rizzo spoke to Hudson Valley Community College students about city traffic problems. He urged police at key intersections and a tow away program, noted declining coverage, and criticized parking by merchants and workers in metered spaces. A student chart counted 101 stop sign violations, 158 meter violations, and 36 violators with tickets during a two hour span. The class formed traffic and spring cleanup committees, and a Campbell Avenue cleanup is planned with DPW cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Louis C. Rizzo
R-3
Hudson Valley Community College
Rizzo
La[thant
Third Street
Broadway
Congress Street
State
Third Streets
J. Michael O'Connell
Joy Area
Firms Urge Air Pollution Bill Rejected
Albany AP report says Ford Motor Co and Mobil Oil Corp press Gov Rockefeller to veto a bill to curb automotive air pollution. Sen Edward Speno quotes them as timing a seven million dollar research project to claim they can virtually eliminate pollution, with no technical evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N.Y
Ford Motor Co
Mobil Oil Corp
Rockefeller
Edward J. Speno
R-Nassau
Speno
Mobil
Ford
Ford Mobil
Rockefeller Signs $2.5 Billion Mass Transit Bond Issue
New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller signed a $2.5 billion mass transportation bond package backed by Senators Javits Kennedy and Mayor Lindsay. The plan, approved by voters in November, aims to unify regional transit and indefinitely maintain a 20 cent subway fare, with funds split among highways, aviation, and mass transit including half for New York City subways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Jacob K. Javits
Robert F. Kennedy
John V. Lindsay
New York City
Dogfight Victory Over Da Nang Downed MIGs
Air Force Maj. Robert C. Dilger celebrated a victory after downing a MIGHT jet in a low level dogfight southwest of Mano with 8 MiGs and 8 American jets involved. Dilger recalled the pilot diving into the ground in fear. Co-pilots Silser of Tampa and Thies of Houston shared in the action.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
VCPD
Air Force
Robert C. Dilger
Silser
Tampa
Fls
Mack Thies
Houston
Tex
Mano
Amercan Air Force
Dilger
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Georgia
J. Maxson Holloway
Rensselaer County Historical Society
Carl G. Grimm
Sandra L. Cluett
Archie Lee W. Stobie
Historical Society
Hart-Cluett
Holloway
Miss Cluett
Albert E. Cluett
Arnold Air Society
Rotc Club
RPT
Pat Andrae
Ben Sorensen
Dennis Penka
Bill Goodwin
John Boher
Robert Sur
Retired Persons Plan Program
Cabind
Christ
St. Nicholas
I Coho
Quebec
Trate Tennant
Rocky
Claudia Kosygin
Alexei Kosygin
Moscow
London Evening News
Kremlin
Classified AD Service
the Record Newspapers
Maly Office
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S&h
Rothbard
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