Skidmore Commencement Set With Pin Ceremony Today
Skidmore College prepares 345 seniors for degrees at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center with 218 BA and 127 BS candidates. Honorary degrees go to Edward Villella and Violette Verdy. A ballet dialogue replaces the usual speech. Pin presentations for nursing graduates occur at 1:30 p.m. today at the Field House campus.
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Skidmore
Skidmore College
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Edward Villella
Violette Verdy
Danc
Josephine Young Case
Miss Verdy
Edwin M. Moseley
Villella
Katherine Scranton Rozendaal
Eric J. Weller
Helen H. Boyd
Atlanta
Paramountain
Val H. Wilson
Five Pleas Entered in Saratoga City Court
George W. Baumgardner pleaded guilty to an amended charge of feckless driving and was fined 50 dollars in Saratoga Springs City Court. Donald J. Clark admitted two harassment counts with time served. Alfred L. Zamparelli entered a not guilty plea to aggravated harassment and was adjourned to June 3. James Townsend pleaded guilty to running a red light and Rudolph Hartmann ple ad guilty to failure to yield.
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George W. Baumgardner
Middle Grove
Saratoga Springs
Lawrence J. LaBelle
Baumgardner
Circular Street
George Miller
Donald J. Clark
Pine Road
Saratoga
Saratoga County
Ballston Spa
Ting
Carol Morehouse
Buffalo
Phornsey
Northway Court
James T. Townsend
Rochester
North Broadway
P. C. Gargan
Rudolph E. Hartmann
Albany
Congress Avenue
Fred Noyes
Ballston Spa School Bus Ditch Incident Injures Four
A Ballston Spa Central School District bus carrying 69 children left Rt. 67 Friday afternoon and landed in a ditch after the driver became distracted by a fight among students. Four teen girls suffered minor injuries and were treated and released at Saratoga Hospital. Names include Patricia Rankin 13 Ann Rankin 15 Theresa Mc Donald 15 and Annette Berchard 15. Driver William E. Thomas 44 was not charged.
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Ballston Spa
Saratoga Hospital
Pers
Patricia Rankin
Theresa McDonald
Mechanicville
Ann Rankin
Annette Berchard
Ppers
Rt. 67
William E. Thomas
Milton Avenue
H. M. Michelin
Malta
Receipts Taken From Spa Taxi On False Call
A Perry's Taxi Co. cab driven by Gene McCarthy was sent to 630 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, to deliver a pizza to a non existent resident at 2 35 am Tuesday. The driver found no one named Morgan and later discovered $18 in fare receipts missing.
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Perry’s Taxi Co
Gene McCarthy
Wal Dam St
Saratoga Springs
Morgan Residence
North Broadway
Route 67 reconditioning bids set by state officials
The Theodore Zoli Construction Co. of Glens Falls submitted the lowest bid of 477,159 for reconditioning 5.5 miles of Route 67 from the Mechanicville city line west to 900 feet east of Route 9. Work includes drainage culvert upgrades and new guide railings.
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Stillwater
Malta
Glens Falls
State Dept. of Transportation
Theodore Zoli Construction Co., Inc
Mechanicville
Dept. of Transportation
SALS Elects 2 Trustees At Meeting
The Southern Adirondack Library System held its annual meeting at Whitney Place Saratoga Springs. About 85 trustees and librarians from Saratoga Warren Washington and Hamilton counties attended as Homer P Dearlove and Mrs Cody Kirkwood retired. New trustees elected were Mrs MacLaren Richards and George Trattel for five years. Florence Harshe reported continued growth in board services and a 960000 item circulation total in the prior year.
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Holman J. Swinney
Adirondack Museum
Southern Adirondack Library System
Whitney Place
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga
Warren
Washington
Hamilton
Percy Cross
Indian Lake
Sals Board
Homer P. Dearlove
Hudson Falls
Cody Kirkwood
Lake George
MacLaren Richards
Warrensburg
George Trattel
Argyle
Florence Harshe
Putney School Dancer Flutist Ellen Fair Accepted by Radcliffe
Miss Ellen Bryan Fair daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Fair of Camden Valley has been accepted at Radcliffe College and will enroll in September. She graduates June 11 from the Putney School of Putney Vermont and is noted for modern dance and as the first flutist in the Putney School Symphony Orchestra.
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Ellen Bryan Fair
Charles Fair
Camden Valley
Radcliffe College
Miss Fair
Putney School
Putney
Cepted
Schuyler Residence Now Open
The General Philip Schuyler summer residence opens one month early for the season under Saratoga National Historical Park guidance. The Old Saratoga Historical Association house committee prepares the building with costumed volunteers staffing Saturdays and Sundays in May. VIP volunteers include Mrs Raymond Sliwinski Miss Helen Bullard Miss Alice Peterson Mrs Mildred Rooke Mark Connors Mrs William Meuse and Master Tad Meuse. Visitors have included two English families and a SUNY professors wives group. Furnishings feature 18th century bed hangings and drapery. new sales desk items include simple sew historical rag dolls.
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Philip Schuyler
Hugh G. Gurney
Saratoga National Historical Park
House
Old
Saratoga Historical Association
Raymond Sliwinski
Helen Bullard
Alice Peterson
Mildred Rooke
Mark Connors
William Meuse
Tad Meuse
England
SUNY
20 Named To Attend Boys State
Saratoga County American Legion posts have selected 20 youths to attend Boys State from June 27 to July 3 at the State Agricultural and Technical College in Morrisville. A briefing is set for June 9 at Henry Cornell Post in Ballston Spa, with departure from Adirondack Post Home in Saratoga Springs on June 27. Notable invitees include Bruce T. Brown and Mark I. Phillips of Saratoga Springs, Matthew J. Jones, Nicholas Maciarello, Thomas W. Vandish Jr., D. Jensen Bissell Jr., Robert B. Schock, Michael E. O’Neill, Timothy J. Smith, Jerri D. Stover, Brian J. Ward, Joseph F. Doherty, John F. Meinrenken, Daniel J. Hickey, George J. Steller, Kenneth G. Barnett, George J. Wood, Frederick L. Grunewald, Stanley W. Doyck, and Joseph A. Maiello.
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Saratoga County American Legion
Boys State
State Agricultural and Technical College
Morrisville
Maurice B. Suits
Henry Cornell Post
Pleasant Street
Ballston Spa
Adirondack Post
Broadway
Saratoga Springs
Bruce T. Brown
Schuylerville
Mark I. Phillips
Matthew J. Jones
Nicholas Maciarello
Mechanicville
Thomas W. Vandish Jr
D. Jensen Bissell Jr
Robert B. Schock
Michael E. O'Neill
Waterford
Timothy J. Smith
Jerri D. Stover
Victory Mills
Brian J. Ward
Stillwater
Catholic Women Install Officers at Saratoga Chapter
Mrs Alfred Waring Jr was installed president of the Saratoga Springs Chapter of the National Catholic Women's Union at St Clement's School. Inducted with her were Mrs Robert F Flanagan as vice president Mrs Louis Welch as recording secretary Miss Marion Connery as treasurer and Miss Madeline Colangelo as corresponding secretary. Rev Peter F Stalin C S S R served as installing officer and spiritual advisor.
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Alfred Waring Jr
Saratoga Springs
National Catholic Women’s Union
St. Clement’s School
Robert F. Flanagan
Louis Welch
Marion Connery
Madeline Colangelo
Peter F. Stalin
C.ss.r
Obituary of Mrs Augusta Fischer of Schuylerville
Mrs Augusta Fischer of 58 Church Street Schuylerville died Thursday at Salem Nursing Home after an extended illness. Born January 11 1888 in New York City she lived in Schuylerville ten years and was a Church of the Visitation communicant. Survivors include three sons Edward A Fischer Victory Mills Elliott F Fischer Glen Dora California Eugene T Fischer Staten Island nine grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Monday at 9 am from Flynn Brothers Funeral Home and 9 30 am from the Church of the Visitation with Mass of the Resurrection. Interment in St Mary's Cemetery Schuylerville.
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Augusta Fischer
Church St
Schuylerville
Salem Nursing Home
New York City
Church of the Visitation
Edward A. Fischer
Victory Mills
Elliott F. Fischer
Glendora
Calif
Eugene T. Fischer
Staten Island
General Schuyler Squad Plans Ambulance Drive and Events
The General Schuyler Emergency Squad met at the high school to discuss the ambulance project. Plans include two tone yellow paint, red lettering, fundraising coin canisters, and volunteer recruitment for daytime help. The Red Cross Bloodmobile visits Schuylerville May 25, with a 100 pint goal. The piece also notes the Spa Historical Association meeting, a Strawberry Social fundraiser on June 19, and various local community notices.
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Schuylerville
J. L. Cromie
Cochairmen
Mary Elizabeth Sherman
Catherine Reed
Ben Pratt Insurance Agency
Red Cross
Robert Myers
Victory Mills
American Red Cross
American Legion
Edward Purinton
William Richards
R.N
Civic Center Drawings Presented in Saratoga Springs
Schematic drawings and a preliminary plan for a Civic Center to replace Convention Hall were shown to the Civic Center Committee and city officials. Architect Robert Trudeau estimated costs at 4 to 4.5 million dollars with a plan for a five story 250 room hotel nearby. No formal action was taken.
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Saratoga Springs
Civic Center Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Gideon Putnam Hotel
Robert Trudeau
Civic Center
Congress Park
Spring Street
Washington Street
Spring Valley
Funeral Held For Victim Of Accident
Funeral services were held for Patricia Hope Miller 21 of Palatine Illinois and Hastings on Hudson New York who died in an accident at Skidmore College. She was a junior majoring in government transferred from Ohio University and served as president of her residence hall floor. She is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs Walter H Miller and two sisters Mrs Leslie Gath and Miss Claire Miller.
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Patricia Hope Miller
Skidmore College
St. Matthews’ Church
Hasting-on-Hudson
Palatine
Ill
Miss Miller
Hasting-on- Hudson
Walter H. Miller
Leslie Gath
Claire Miller
Skidmore
Allende vows no retreat on Chile’s socialist path
President Salvador Allende, in his first six months in office, told Congress there is no turning back toward socialism despite admitted errors. He warned that stopping would bring irreparable national catastrophe as Chile moves forward. In Sicily, Sant' Alfio faces Mount Etna lava with a possible wall of rocks to shield the 2,300 residents as the flow nears.
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Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
Catania
Sicily
UPI
Sant’ Alfio
Mt. Etna
Railroad Retirement Boost Approved By Senate Panel
A Senate Labor Subcommittee approved a bill to raise railroad retirement payments by ten percent retroactive to January 1, benefiting more than 600,000 recipients. The increase aligns with a prior Social Security boost.
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Washington
Senate Labor
Congress
Buckley Urges Repeal of New York Abortion Law
Sen. James L. Buckley called for repealing liberal abortion laws at a Knights of Columbus convention in Kiamesha Lake. He warned that those favoring abortion could later back infanticide and euthanasia. In Buffalo a sheriff's employee allegedly hired an undercover agent and a logger to frighten and possibly kill hippie commune residents to purge the county, with two men detailing a Dec. 27 1969 assault.
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Kiamesha Lake
James L. Buckley
C-N.y
Buckley
New York
Buffalo
API
Sheriff’s Department
Buffalo Evening News
Ray Hill
Byron Nichols
Allan McGee
U.S
H. Kenneth Schroeder
Orleans
Kendall
National Parks Become Jungles for Dope Users
Washington AP congress testimony warns parks once refuges for nature lovers are now havens for narcotics use. Park Service Director Hartzog cites urban visitors and a new tourist profile led by young users in parks across Lassen Volcanic Olympic Lake Mead Grand Teton Natchez Trace Parkway Blue Ridge Parkway Badlands Yellowstone Yosemite Grand Canyon Cape Cod Great Smokies Fire Island Ozark Point Reyes Mount Rainier.
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Washington
Congress
Park Service
George B. Hartzog Jr
House Appropriations
Hartzog
Wendell Wyatt
R-Cre
The
National
National Park
Lassen Volcanic
Olympic
Lake Mead
Grand _ Teton
Natchez Trace Parkway
Blue Ridge Parkway
Badlands
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Grand Canyon
Cape Cod
Great Smokies
Fire Island
Ozark
Point Reyes
Mount Rainier
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