Readers seek museum locations for Boeing SST exhibit
Monday through Sunday column recounts a reader asking where a Central Florida display of a mock Boeing SST is located. It notes two Florida museum directors supplied possible sites in St Petersburg Tampa and Daytona Beach and remarks on follow up to confirm the exhibit’s whereabouts.
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Times Record
Troy
N.Y
New York Sunday News
Florida Museum
Central Florida
St. Petersburg
Tampa
Daytona’ Beach
Readers seek debt help and photo addresses in Q&A column
A reader asks about debt collection and IRS checks while noting a debtor avoids payment. The exchange warns against repeated collection efforts and privacy laws. Additional questions request contact info for Marcia Strassman, Mackenzie Phillips, and a Brooklyn firm, with responses guiding on photo addresses and a burn remedy supplier.
Historical Society to see slides and tour museum
Rensselaer Historical Society will host an evening May 17 at 8 p.m. in Council Chambers featuring slides from Father Victor Schoenberg on his Alaska trip. New officers will be elected. Mrs. Cameron Brown leads the nominating committee. The adjacent library opens before the meeting and has recently received a large gift book cabinet from Ada Fass.
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Rensselaer
Victor Schoenberg
Washington Ave
Alaska
Rensselaer Historical Society
Council
Cameron Brown
Juliet Wolohan
Ada Fass
Local K of C Opposes Bill on Homosexuality
RENSSELAER The Knights of Columbus Rensselaer Council 267 opposes a State Assembly bill regarding homosexuals. In a letter to Assemblyman Thomas R. Fortune the K of C argues the act would redefine conduct as a civil right and undermine existing loitering laws. The group criticizes Lt. Governor Mary Anne Krupsak’s public support for the proposal.
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Rensselaer
Knights of Columbus
State Assembly
Thomas R. Fortune
Committtee
K of C
New York State
Mary Anne Krupsak
Nassau man wins suggestion award
Nassau man Jesse Carey employed by the state Thruway Authority received 50 for an employee suggestion. Carey, a maintenance man in the Albany headquarters, proposed placing a cut off switch for air conditioning in the computer room rather than in a locked two floor distant power room, improving emergency access.
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Rensselaer
Nassau
State Thruway Authority
Jesse Carey
Carey
Thruway
Albany
Judaism in Art Show at Albany Center May 9 23
Albany's Jewish Community Center hosts Simon Cohen copper relief works in an exhibition and sale titled Judaism in Art from May 9 to 23. Display hours run daily 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. at 3 Whitehall Road center.
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Albany
Albany Jewish Community Center
Simon Cohen
No injuries in Rensselaer car accidents
RENSSELAER No injuries were reported after a hit run on Columbia Street when a westbound vehicle struck a bridge after an eastbound car cut it off. A second collision on Washington Avenue involved Daniel Bloomer and Paula Sackett with no injuries.
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Rensselaer
Columbia Street
Donald L. Smith
Betwood St
Albany
Columbia
Smith
South Street
Washington Ave
Daniel Bloomer
Washington
Paula A. Sackett
Second St
Sackett
Chestnut
Grecian Festival and Fair at St Sophia Church Albany
The St Sophia Greek Orthodox Church at 40 Whitehall Road Albany hosts a Grecian Festival and Fair on May 16 and 17 from noon to 10 p.m. Admission is free. The event features Greek beverages restaurant section Greek foods and live Bouzouki music. The Byzantine style church will be open to visitors with interior explanations.
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Albany
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church
Whitehall Road
Rensselaer School Board Budget Workshop Tonight
The Rensselaer School Board will hold a public budget workshop at 7 30 p m today in the administrative offices on Third Street. The session is open to residents.
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Rensselaer
Rensselaer School Board
Third St
Weekend Fires Hit Multiple Homes in Rensselaer
Firefighters battled three weekend blazes in Rensselaer. At 1497 Second St a porch fire damaged the home of Tim Malark. crews arrived around 4:55 p.m. and remained until 5:01 p.m. A Sunday blaze at 1549 First St damaged a vacant dwelling. owner unknown, contained to a window frame and north interior wall, with crews on scene 10:16 to 10:24 p.m. An apartment at 5 East Elm Court suffered an electric stove fire, with Anna May Smith as lessee. firefighters were on site 6:37 to 6:42 p.m.
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Rensselaer
Second St
Rensselaer Fire Department
Tim Malark
First St
Anna May Smith
East Elm Court
Mechanicville honors top high school business student
Susan King of Mechanicville High School was named outstanding senior business student at the Albany Chapter Administrative Management Society Business Education Day held at Albany State University. She won first in a shorthand contest at Cobleskill College and finished sixth in bookkeeping, then received a certificate from AMS.
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Mechanicville
Susan King
Mechanicville High School
Albany
Administrative Management Society
Albany State University
AMS
Miss King
Mildred Elley Secretarial School
Cobleskill
Schuylerville Garden Club Holds May Meeting at Fort Miller
Schuylerville Garden Club will hold its monthly meeting on May 12 at the home of Mrs. Donald Keen in Fort Miller with Mrs. Harold Hitchcock as co host. Dessert will be served followed by the afternoon program.
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Garden Club
Schuylerville
Donald Keen
Fort Miller
Harold Hitchcock
Alvord Seeks East Greenbush School Board Seat
Gregory C. Alvord of 21 Castleton Ave. runs for the East Greenbush School Board seat now held by Ralph Mulford. A resident five years, he has served as treasurer and in the East Greenbush Fire Company and chairs the Lay Budget Committee. He holds a master of science from SUNYA and works as a research programmer and systems analyst at the SUNYA Computing Center.
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East Greenbush
Gregory C. Alvord
Castleton Ave
Ralph Mulford
Alvord
East Greenbush Fire Company
Sunya Computing Center
Elks Auxiliary to Install Officers in Mechanicville
The Elks Auxiliary will install officers May 16 at the club rooms with a 3 p.m. cocktail hour, 4 p.m. installation, and a 5:30 p.m. turkey dinner. Members and guests are invited. The American Legion Post 278 in Schuylerville will elect officers May 10 at 8 p.m. at the Legion Home.
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Elks Auxiliary
Mechanicville
Legion
Schuylerville
American Legion
Firemen speak to cubs and scouts in MECHANICVILLE
Fire Chief Pete Hanna and firefighters Howard Hunt and Mike Walsh gave a fire prevention talk and showed a movie at a cub and boy scout meeting. Cub and scout shirts were presented and an inspection was held. Several youths were honored with awards and a Bronx Zoo trip was planned for May.
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Mechanicville
Pete Hanna
Howard Hunt
Mike Walsh
Bronx Zoo
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Sealtest Foods
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IRS
Marcia Strassman
Mackenzie Philips
Patrick Michael O’bryan
Wynantskill
Kotter
ABC TV
Avenue of the Americas
New York
CBS Television Network
West 52Nd St
Nemon
Brooklyn
W.H. — Lansingburgh
John L. Thompson
Commerce Drug Co
Broad Hollow Rd
Farmingdale
L.I
Father Schoenberg
The
Community Activities Assn
Broadway
City of
Becker
William Staats
Harry Barner
Rensselaer School District
Industrial Arts Department
Whitehall Road Center
Rensselaer County
Schodack
Joe Marcy
Castleton
Schodack Landing
Larry Roberts
Elsie Stockman
Booth
William Saul
State University College At
Plattsburgh
University of Minnesota
State University of New York At Albany
SUNYA
Gregory Alvord
Dale Scott
John Izzo
Andrew Hollenbeck
Paul Waldeon
Dennis Doten
Michael Gersolo
David Gagnon
Terry Scott
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