Dog and owner win humane society awards for 100 mile reunion
A dog named Roy traveled 100 miles to reunite with his friend James Smith of a Troy gas station. Roy received the Humane Society Merit Award for intelligence courage and love of man while Smith earned a Humanitarian Award for kindness to a dog with remarkable feats. Roy was adopted by F Doll of RPI and later returned to Smith after a long journey. Be Kind to Animals Week events and shelter adoptions were announced by the Mohawk Hudson River Humane Society president George A. Radz.
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Mohawk and
Hudson River Humane Society
Humane Society
James Smith
15Th
Hutton Streets
George A. Radz
The
Menands
F. Doll
RPI
Chi Phi
Smith
Roy
Jim
Doll
Haverstraw
Rockland County
Jim Smith
Goy
Smith Bay
Troy
Troy Boys Club
Rensselaer Boys Club
Albany Boys Club
Hudson and Mohawk River
West storms barrage region with hail rain and snow
The Associated Press reports wide western storm activity with hail and over two inches of rain near Crosbviaw Texas and areas northwest of Oklahoma City. Thunderstorms hit Kansas and Missouri while snow fell in Wyoming Colorado to Nebraska. Snow also reached Saranac Lake and Boonville with 2 to 3 inches in the Adirondacks.
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Associated Press
Crosbviaw
Tex
Lubbock
Oklahoma City
Kansas
Missouri
Chanute
Topeka
Wyoming
Colorado
Central
Nebraska
Lander
Wyo
Sierra Nevada
Tolaho
Arizona
Bree Canyon
Utah
Florida
Panhandle
Tallaha
Faculty petitions urge UN Vietnam role, arms ban
Seventy seven faculty members at the University of Saskatchewan Regina campus signed a petition calling Canada to back United Nations proposals on Vietnam and halt arm shipments to the United States. A like petition had been signed by 172 faculty at the Saskatoon campus.
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Regina
Sask
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
United Nations
Vietnam
United States
University
Saskatoon
Sun Eclipse Phenomena Due Tuesday
New York astronomer Dr Thomas D Nicholson Hayden Planetarium says a solar eclipse will occur next Tuesday May 9 lasting about 1 hour. The moon will cover up to 72 percent of the sun in Alaska and around 7 percent in New York with visibility across most of North America and parts of Europe.
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New York
North America
Thomas D. Nicholson
Hayden Planetarium
Alaska
Nicholson
Newfoundland
Florida Peninsula
Europe
Syracuse GE Hit By Slow TV Sales
Syracuse General Electric said slow television sales forced layoffs and vacation changes at the Syracuse plant. Television department workers, about 2350 employed, shift a December vacation to June, with plant closures on May 29 and July 3.
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Syracuse
UPS
Syracuse General Electric Co
New York Times Printers Reach Three Year Pay Pact
Negotiators for the printers union and the New York Times reached a tentative three year contract offering pay boosts over 21 percent, cost of living adjustments, and a four hour reduction in weekly hours. The agreement mirrors a settlement already made with the Daily News, and follows the World Journal Tribune's closure amid industry wage pressures and alleged union pressure.
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NEW York
Printers’ Union
New York ‘Times
World Journal Tribune
Daily News
Buffalo Teachers Sick Of Pay Scale Battle Hits Suburbs
In Amherst and Tonawanda seven schools closed as about 140 of 300 teachers called in sick over a wage dispute with the Sweet Home Board of Education. The action affects roughly 5,700 students after a proposed 14-step scale for 1967-68 was rejected by the Sweet Home Education Association.
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Buffalo
UPI
Amherst
Tonawanda
Board of Educaton
Sweet Home District Board of Education
Sweet Home Education Association
North Greenbush GOP designates Veilkind for supervisor
The North Greenbush Republican Town Committee unanimously named Edward A. Veilkind as supervisor candidate at Fay's Restaurant De most recent gathering of over 200 Republicans. Frank Heller town chairman announced the designation and urged voters to enroll before Personal Registration takes effect. Veilkind has chaired the town board and led Civic and charitable work, with Don Cholakis also speaking on government progress.
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N. Greenbush
Edward Vielkind
GOP
Fay’s
Don Cholakis
Rensselaer County
Joseph Faser
Cholakis
Frank Heller
Vielkind
North Greenbush
Republican Town Committee
Edward A. Veilkind
Republi
Freestville
Heart Fund
Rensselaer County Progress
Casey
Jesi Weilkind
Hill Street Demolition Under Way in Albany
Demolition began Thursday on four Hill Street private houses by Becker Wrecking and Salvaging Corp of Albany. The work follows last week’s teardown of the old Troy Day Home on Congress Street and Seventh Avenue as part of paving for the proposed North South Arterial. The arterial’s location remains controversial with opposition from the Troy Boys Club Troy School District and the Holiday Inn near the proposed right of way.
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Becker Wrecking and Salvage Co
Albany
Hill St
Troy Day
Ide
Hoosick
River Streets
Hill Street
Becker Wrecking and Salvaging Corp
Congress Street
Seventh Avenue
Troy Boys Club
Troy
Holiday
Negro Students Pledge Support Of War Effort
Atlanta youths led by Willie Hunter pledge support for U.S. involvement in Vietnam in a proclamation presented to Gov. Lester Maddox. The document aims to spark a national movement and cites race as nonessential to backing administration policy. The group, calling itself the dynamic Youth Commission for Nebraska, ties in with broader wartime support efforts.
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Atlanta
Lester Maddox
U.S
Vietnam
Maddox
LD Aes
Tfunter
Washington
Hamic Youth Commission For
Nebraska
Two Die In Crash Of Navy Trainer Near Rochester
A U S Navy training plane crashed and burned 19 miles south of Rochester yesterday killing both men aboard. The pilot Cmdr Darold M Johnsonbaugh 33 of Ozone Park Queens was married father of two. Lyman Mills 37 of Henrietta a state trooper was married and stationed at Batavia Avon and Wellsville.
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Rochester
UPI
I Navy
Darold M. Johnsonbaugh
Ozone Park
Queens
Lyman. Mills
Henrietta
Mills
Batavia
Avon
Wellsville
Tax Incentive Vote Due Next Week
Washington AP reports a six week Senate fight over whether to continue the presidential campaign financing plan. Aimed at restoring tax incentives for business investment, the measure faces decisive votes next Tuesday or Wednesday. Gore backs repeal to render the plan inoperative unless new guidelines pass.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Russell B. Long
D-La
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Congress
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dminn
Gore
Mansfield
Long
Cancer Society Urges Smoking Restrictions Nationwide
The American Cancer Society urged hospitals clinics and health centers to remove cigarette vending machines and to discourage smoking by staff and patients. The national board resolution also called on physicians dentists nurses and other medical personnel to reduce cigarette use by setting an example and offering advice.
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Dallas
UPS
American Cancer Society
Society
Apartment Strike Evaporates in New York City
The threat of a citywide strike by building service workers against 4000 apartment houses ended as negotiators reached a three year contract. Vincent T. McDonnell of the state mediation board announced settlement terms with wages similar to those from a prior five day strike against 50 cooperative apartment houses in Queens.
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New York
Building Service
Vincent T. McDonnell
State Mediation, Board
Queens
Harriman Recovering After Minor Hernia Surgery
Ambassador-at-large Averell Harriman is up and around after minor surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital for hernia repair performed by Dr Edmund N Goodsman. A State Department spokesman confirmed the operation occurred Thursday and Harriman was reported recovering yesterday.
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New York
Averell Harriman
Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital
State Department
Edmund N. Goodsman
Whitehall Men Honored By D&H For 50 Years of Service
Timothy P. Carroll and Jo-Jffe railroad conductors were honored with pins by the D and H Railroad for fifty years of service. Whitehall residents were celebrated at a dinner in Albany. Andrew Ross, former Whitehall resident now in Granville, was also recognized as a 50 year veteran with service certificates and gold pins.
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Timothy P. Carroll
Jo-Jffe
Lapelseph
Andrew Ross
Whitehall
Granville
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