Chauffeurs Cost State $500,000 in New York Officials Travel
The AP reports forty seven drivers cost New York state over 500000 as top officials and leaders are chauffeured around the state. Gov Rockefeller aides and staff use seven special assistants. Lt Gov Wilson and AG Lefkowitz among others ride in chauffeured cars. Most department heads receive vehicles and drivers. Assembly leaders also ride in state cars.
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Albany
N.Y
California
Ronald Reagan
Rockefeller
New York City
Malcolm Wilson
Louis Lefkowitz
Arthur Levitt
Long Island
Bath Houses
Court of Appeals
Stanley H. Fuld
Solon Says Park Unit Plan Out
Repuplican Assemblyman Andrew Ryan of Plattsburgh said about 60 percent of his colleagues oppose Gov Rockefeller’s Adirondack Park Agency proposal. He reports 89 of 150 assemblymen do not favor the bill and aims to block action this session. The governor seeks 35000 acres more land and a comprehensive park plan. Ryan worries locals have not seen the proposal and that it would give the agency excessive power and weaken local government.
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Andrew Ryan
Plattsburgh
Rockefeller
Ryan
Adirondack Park
Adirondacks
Largest heroin seizure nets $12 million and gang indictment
Federal officials announce 96 pounds of heroin valued at 12 million dollars seized in Newark New Jersey. A Frenchman is indicted on smuggling charges as the bust ties the heroin to a Volkswagen bus hidden in a French freighter that docked at Port Elizabeth after sailing from Le Harve. Police say most heroin was in bus floor boards with 15 pounds in a water tank.
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Newark
N.J
UPI
United States
U.S
Herbert J. Stern
Port Elizabeth
LeHarve
Stern
Weather outlook for Troy with showers and cooler temps
Clouds move in today as the National Weather Service tracks showers or thundershowers lasting into Thursday. Highs reach the 70s today, with nighttime in the lower 50s. Thursday highs in the 60s. Fire danger rated low.
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National Weather Service
Copper Water Line Stolen at Fallon Housing Project
Police report a theft at the Arnold E. Fallon Housing Project construction site at Jackson and Fourth Streets. Over 100 feet of copper water line was cut from the ground by an unknown suspect. the value of the missing material was not estimated. Victor Sloan, Radick Construction Co. supervisor, described the removal.
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Arnold E. Fallon
Jackson and
Fourth Streets
Victor Sloan
Radick Construction Co
Dunn Memorial Bridge Center Section Blasted Into Hudson
The 348 foot center section of the Dunn Memorial Bridge linking Rensselaer and Albany was detonated at 6 15 a m Tuesday by demolition experts. The 38 year old steel span collapsed into the Hudson River as debris was collected by barges while traffic had already moved to a new four lane bridge upriver. Hundreds watched Monday night but crowds were discouraged as officials delayed the blast to pre traffic hours Tuesday.
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Dunn Memorial Bridge
Rensselaer
Albany
State Department of Transportation
Hudson River
Medical Unit To Meet Tuesday
The Rensselaer County Academy of Medicine will hold its May meeting at 9 30 a.m. Tuesday in Samaritan Hospital Classroom A School of Nursing not Leonard Hospital as announced. Dr. Douglas E Johnstone University of Rochester pediatrics will discuss Asthma in Childhood as guest speaker.
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Rensselaer County Academy of Medicine
Samaritan Hospital
School of Nursing
Leonard Hospital
Douglas E. Johnstone
The
University of Rochester
Cornell University
Johnstone
New York Hospital
Willard Park Hospital
New York
Buffalo Children’s Hospital
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Academy
Firemen Answer Two Minor Calls
Troy firemen answered two box alarms Tuesday afternoon both proved minor. A 7 21 p.m. alarm from Box 162 at 340 2nd St. was a faulty light fixture and the exit was at 7 31 p.m. Apparatus made a needless run to Eighth Street between Rensselaer and Hoosick Streets after a citizen sounded an alarm at 4 50 p.m. from Box 271.
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Troy
2Nd St
Eighth Street
Rensselaer and
Hoosick Streets
Hubcaps Stolen From Car in Town of Bruinswick
Michael F. Matwa of 6 Sunset View Ave. reported to police that two hubcaps valued at $30 were stolen from his car while it was parked at Rensselaer and Tenth Streets on Saturday.
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Michael F. Matwa
Sunset View Ave
Bruanswick
Rensselaer and
Tenth Streets
Tow car removed from Gurley Avenue scene
Police towed an unregistered auto from the southbound Gurley Avenue lane near Cemetery Road on Tuesday afternoon after finding it abandoned.
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Gurley Avenue
Cemetery Road
Proskin Secures $1600 Federal Funds for Interns
Albany County District Attorney Arnold W. Proskin wins $1600 from the State Crime Control Planning Office to fund two summer law student interns at $100 weekly for eight weeks. The money follows a Senate dispute over $116000 in Safe Streets Act funds denied by the Albany County Legislature.
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Albany County
Arnold W. Proskin
Proskin
State Crime Control Planning Office
State District Attorney’s Association
Frank Hogan
New York
Smugglers Searched Across Border After December Incident
Police on both sides of the U.S. Canada border plan an intense search today for two men believed dead after a smuggling operation last December in heavy woods. Donald Levac of Ville LaSalle and Chan Sung Tung of Hong Kong were linked to the case. two companions Hak Yung Cheng and Chou Kai Lin were arrested, jailed, and deported.
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Plattsburgh
N. Y
New York State
Donald Levac
Ville LaSalle
Que
Chan Sung Tung
Hong Kong
U.S
Hak Yung Cheng
Chou Kai Lin
New York City
Democrats Still Hold Voting Edge in New York Registrations
Secretary of State John P. Lomenzo reported that New York voters show a Democratic edge in party registration. Total four-party enrollment last November was 6,640,841 with Democrats 3,540,174 and Republicans 2,870,467, each slightly down from the prior year while Conservative and Liberal enrollments rose to 117,307 and 112,893 respectively.
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Albany, N.Y
UPI
John P. Lomenzo
Lomenzo
City Council Seeks Albany Backing for Lindsay Tax Plan
The New York City Council voted to urge the state legislature to pass Mayor Lindsay’s 892.4 million tax program. Council leaders say sending home rule messages does not approve taxes and no tax decisions will be made until budget work is complete.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Albany
Medical Aid Bill Creates New Certified Assistants
Albany, N Y A P The Senate approved a bill to create a new category of medical personnel. The measure would certify physicians assistants after 40 weeks clinical training and 32 classroom hours to perform tasks under direct physician supervision including lab tests patient history and dispensing medicines.
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Albany
N.Y
Senate
Rockefeller
Tarky Lombardi
Syracuse
Stiff sentence eyed for bomb threats bill advances
Albany NY telephoned bomb threat bill passes Assembly without dissent. It targets calls alleging bombs to schools, plants, and bridges with penalties up to four years in prison. Sponsor is Republican W Sumner Carroll of Niagara Falls. bill moves to the Senate.
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Albany
N.Y
Assembly
W. Sumner Carroll
Niagara Falls
Senate
Siena College to honor Edward Villella with honorary degree
Edward Villella, principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, will receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Siena College in Loudonville. The announcement was made Tuesday by the college.
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Edward Villella
New York City Ballet
Siena College
Loudonville Institute
Long Hair Meant No Difference
Steven Michaluk an Indiana University Purdue student and Air Force veteran, barred from a gymnastic meet for long hair, rescued 75 year old Raymond Young after a two vehicle crash near White River Indianapolis. Young was hospitalized.
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Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
Steven Michaluk
Indiana Purdue University
White River
Raymond Young
Plainfield
Michaluk
Young
Michalak
Trial opens for nine Jews in Leningrad hijack case
The nine defendants in Leningrad face charges linked to the June plan to seize a Soviet airliner for Sweden. Tass identified Gilya Butman and Mikhail Korenblit as actively involved, while eight of the nine are described as accomplices of Dymshits and Kuznetsov.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Sweden
Tass
Mark Dymshits
Eduard Kuznetsov
Dymshits and
Kuznetsov
Smolny
Gilya Butman
Mikhail Korenblit
Home School Association to Elect Officers Tonight
The Home School Association of Sacred Heart of Mary School will elect officers at 8 p.m. today in the Parish Center. The meeting includes plans for the coming year and for a bake sale slated for Saturday and Sunday.
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Association of Sacred Heart of Mary School
RPI Coach Leon Abbott to Speak at Troy Boys Club
Leon Abbott hockey coach at RPI will address the Troy Boys Club at 7 p.m. for the John E. Sambrook Award presentation honoring an outstanding boy member. Louis Anthony, 1947 toastmaster and past winner, will be acknowledged. event includes refreshments and co chairs Mrs. James J. Patrick and Joseph Garrett.
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Leon Abbott
RPI
Troy Boys Club
John E. Sambrook
Andrew Semansco
Trojan
Louis Anthony
Abbott
RPI Engineers
Edmonton
Alberta
MacDonald College
Montreal
James J. Patrick
Womans Auxiliary
Joseph Garrett
U S Offers To Help Pay Suez Canal Clearing
Reports from Israeli newspapers say the United States offered to finance canal clearing if Egypt and Israel reach an agreement to reopen the Suez Canal. The push aligns with Secretary Rogers’s Middle East mission and aims at a broader Arab Israeli peace. Israeli sources also note guerrilla incidents in the Golan Heights and Gaza Strip, including deaths of three guerrillas and a captured fighter, plus wounded soldiers.
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United Press International
United States
Suez Canal
Egypt
Israel
U.S
William P. Rogers
Middle East
Washington
Golan Heights
Syria
Gaza Strip
Ma’ariv
Yedioth Aharonoth
Rogers
Anwar Sadat
Cairo
Canal
Collision Damages Two Cars at First and State Streets
Two cars were damaged in a Tuesday afternoon collision at First and State Streets around 4 p.m. No injuries were reported. Michael Skotwicki, 36, of 318 1st St., drove one vehicle into Ralph M. Barker, 79, of Ichabod Crane Motel, Kinderhook. Barker’s car sustained front damage. the other vehicle had left-side damage. Patrolmen Thomas Kane and James L. Nelligan investigated.
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First
First Street
Michael Skotwicki
1St St
Ralph M. Barker
Ichabod Crane
Kinderhook
Barker
Thomas Kane
James L. Nelligan
Herring Return TRAPATT ED Pean tee LYNE MNEDLAN Scotland
Antipollution efforts at Loch Ryan in southwest Scotland have brought herring back to the lake for the first time in 30 years. The revival marks a major environmental success and could boost local fisheries and tourism.
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Solon
Park Unit
Dunn
City Council
Lindsay
Thomas J. Cuite
Reds
Membership Department Stores
Troy-Schenectady Road
Latham, New York
Creamer
Pillsbury
Nester
Borateen
Chase & Sanborn Instant
Open Daily Inc
Pillsbury’s
Trapatt ED Pean
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