Rensselaer Man Dies Suddenly
LeRoy P. Dessinger of 1016 Mann Ave Rensselaer collapsed and died at home Saturday. A noted high school athlete in tennis and basketball, he was active in the Boy Scout movement and a member of Green bush Lodge F&AM and the Albany Typographical Union. Survived by wife Kitty and daughter Mrs Everett Clarke of Norwalk Conn with two grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 11 a.m. from W J Lyons Funeral Home Rensselaer officiated by Rev James Miller of Norwalk. Burial Greenbush Rural Cemetery East Greenbush.
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LeRoy P. Dessinger
Mann Ave
Rensselaer
Dessinger
Boy Scout Movement
Greenbush Lodge F&am
Albany Typographical Union
Kitty Kretzschmar
Everett Clarke
Norwalk
Conn
Girls Club Director Resigns To Travel
Mrs. James Catterson resigns as director of the Rensselaer Girls Club. She plans a visit to England with her husband and daughter. Summer sessions end. plans to resume activities in the fall. The club meets at the Educational Building of First Presbyterian Church and seeks permanent quarters.
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James, Catterson
Rensselaer Girls’ Club
Catterson
England
First Presbyterian Church
South End
Church School Awards Highlight Renss postal church
Awards were given to children of the Church School of the First Congregational Church on Parti tion Street in Renss. The pastor Rev. Irma Warfield announced the summer worship schedule starts at 9:30 a.m. Sundays in July and that the church will be closed in August including Labor Day Sunday in September.
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Church School
First Congregational Church
Partition St
Renss
Irma Warfield
Church Will Repair 30 Broadway Manse in Rensselaer
Officials of First Presbyterian Church of Rensselaer announce extensive repairs to the 100 year old manse at 30 Broadway. The remodeling aims to be completed for occupancy by a new minister after Rev. and Mrs. Carlyle Adams depart in mid September.
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First Presbyterian Church of Rensselaer
Broadway
Carlyle Adams
Area AWOL Marine Turns Himself In
John R. Bruce a U S Marine Corps Private First Class from Albany turned himself in to Rensselaer Police Saturday night after being AWOL from Quantico Washington May 26 He was turned over to the Albany USMC commanding officer Sgt Shaver for return to base.
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John R. Bruce
U.S. Marine Corps
State Street
Albany
Gerald Ryan
Roobert Knoll
Rensselaer Police “Dept
Patton Ave
Rensselaer
Quantico
Wasinkee
Sgt. Shaver
USMC
O Neil Post Ready for Averil Park Parade
The Gerald O Neil Post American Legion plans to march in Averil Park Parade today and requests members call post rooms to arrange transportation if needed.
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Gerald O'Neil
American Legion
Averil Park
James M. Andrews Dies After Illness at 47
James M. Andrews 47 of 114 Willow Street Rensselaer died May 28 at Memorial Hospital Albany after a long illness. A Canadian born longtime Albany area resident he worked as a machinist for the D H Railroad for nearly 30 years and belonged to the Gerald O Neil Post American Legion. Survived by daughter LaRena Mae and three sons James W Michael P and Carl J plus his mother and a sister funeral at Chicarelli Funeral Home Albany Tuesday at 1 p m with Rev Robert C Lamar officiating burial Memory Garden Colonia.
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James M. Andrews
Willow Street
Rensselaer
Memorial Hospital
Albany
Canada
Andrews
D&h Railroad
Gerald O'Neil
American Legion
LaRena Mae Andrews
Indiana
James W
Clinton Heights
Michael P
Carl J
U.S. Army
Emiline Bennett Andrews
Not Smoking Bonus Spurs Higher Wages in Japan
In KOBE Japan Chuichi Yoshioka head of Yoshioka Kogyo pays workers who do not smoke on the job a monthly bonus of 36 to 40 dollars. He says 45 employees now receive the incentive for saving about 1 000 minutes of work time monthly. He quit smoking himself to set an example and notes the firm has only two ashtrays labeled visitors only.
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Kobe
Japan
Chuichi Yoshioka
Yoshioka
Bottle note finds reader from 1963 cruise ship incident
In 1963 Everett Carroll cast a bottle with his name and address and a plea to write. A West Indies reader later replied after finding the bottle on a beach near a cruise ship, sharing the exchange.
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Reading, Mass
UPI
Everett Carroll
Carroll
West Indies
Unsolved Tokyo Bank Robbery Stuns Police
A lone thief on December 20, 1968 robbed a Tokyo bank of 294 million yen intended for Toshiba workers year end bonuses. The unmarked car carried the money to Toshiba Electric’s Fuchu plant, and police have no clues on the culprit or the money’s whereabouts.
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Tokyo
UPI
Britain
America
Brinks
Jtwo
Toshiba
Overworked Heart Pumps Blood Through Body Day
A human heart in one day circulates about 10 600 quarts of blood via the body's vessels, illustrating the organ’s tireless circulation and vital function.
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