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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1949
Page
3
Alumni weekend events include reception and formal banquet at Bottom Hall on Saturday followed by mass at Angainis Church Heasieh and an informal luncheon at Lewisohn Field House on the Tib bits Mansion property. The Irish Free State separated from Great Britain in 1922.
Miss Fanny Howe, librarian at Troy Public Library, was elected a director of the Hudson Mohawk Library Association at a recent Albany meeting. The three year term includes another Troy director, Edward A. Chapman, whose term remains. Bernice Hodges was elected president, and Neil C. Van Deusen spoke on library legislation.
A New York Telephone Co official testified at a Public Service Commission hearing in Albany that the five cent local call rate would be exempt from any increases. Russell H. Hugkes said coin boxes could not be converted to dial calls and Bell labs were testing a dime coin box due in 1951. The company seeks a temporary 10 percent rise on local and interstate tolls and a permanent 15 percent increase, to fund expansion amid heavy postwar demand for service.
Three Auburn prison escapees reportedly used a stolen Marcellus farm truck to flee after the farm breakout Saturday night. The vehicle was found abandoned east of Duanesburg with gas depleted. it remains unclear if all three men rode in it. The escapees are Andrew Leddick Gerald Gibbons and Andrew Clements, all serving up to ten years for grand larceny.
Reports from Warsaw describe Polish officers being instructed to adopt Marxist-Leninist doctrine, develop a broader mental horizon, and connect their military duties with ideological study. The guidance frames officers as agents shaping outlooks beyond traditional duties. Kingston council rejects a state financed slum clearance plan proposing housing units instead of demolitions.
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