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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1967
Page
9
Payable in advance rates listed for one year six months three months one month and one week with small charges for Troy City and Mounted Postal Routes and foreign destinations. Associated Press rights stated and daily circulation in October 1967 reported at 49 928 for Morris and Eventus Combined.
Republicans won all four Troy City Council races, boosting their majority from five to six of seven seats. A lone Democrat remains in the northern wards, while party strength and turnout are cited as the decisive factors in the sweeping victory. The Democratic Party in Troy and Rensselaer County shows continued decline, with analysts predicting no further drop in Troy for now.
The People’s Decision shows New York voters rebuffing the proposed constitution amid tax fears while approving a $2.5 billion transportation bond. They demand individual issues be decided separately and urge nonpartisan, commission-based study of each govern ment area over two years, with reports to Legislature and voters.
A big week for the US space program centers on the Saturn 5 test firing on Thursday. The enormous rocket stands 363 feet tall, costs over 300 million dollars, and represents a display of national effort with 300,000 engineers and 20,000 factories involved. If successful, it keeps the United States ahead of the Soviet Union in the race to land a man on the moon, despite acknowledged trade-offs in design and ongoing technical challenges such as reentry heat.
King Hussein advocates UN mediated negotiations with Israel and accepts Israel's right to exist in peace. He frames concessions as bargaining positions while urging Arab unity for a lasting settlement. A cautious step toward moderation amid regional tensions.
A writer recalling when she was 15 in 1900 and supported a widowed mother by taking a low paid job. She details years of self‑support, caring for an amputee husband’s home and a sister’s four children, urging today’s teen to seek a different niche and self gratification.
A letter from Albany by Mrs. Stella N Jones argues against legalizing marijuana. She urges the Public Health Service to focus on marijuana dangers, criticizes teen access to cigarettes, and warns that legalization could lead to crime and addiction. She advocates keeping marijuana illegal for public safety.
Dear Mr. Morris exchanges discuss the origin of booze words and a log cabin bottle label in the 1840 Whig campaign, noting Booz the distiller and Dutch roots for bouse and booz. A reader questions Hamlet line variations, with editor quotes confirming hoops of steel in Shakespearean text.
Teenagers at Albany meeting challenge press smoking in front of them. Adults also criticised for bad manners, setting poor example for youths, with calls for equal coverage of adult missteps.
Washington Insight reflects on the 50th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. The piece notes aging in Soviet life from international to internal politics, with Brezhnev Kosygin leadership, stagnation, and tepid reforms. It highlights economic lag, agriculture cuts, and the slow shift toward consumer goods amid ongoing coercion. The author questions the regime’s revolutionary legitimacy yet allows for slow, irreversible change toward potential liberty.
The piece critiques President and Secretary McNamara for inconsistent war messaging and reckless spending. It argues the nation lacks competent leadership amid a chaotic war, Great Society pressures, and distrust, noting polls show fading confidence and a sobering quote about uncertain direction.
A Q and A summary listing five trivia items: federal mints count two, Polk was the only House speaker to become president, the Nile is the world’s longest river at 4145 miles, John Tyler was the first VP elevated to president, and five U.S. cities exceeded one million residents per the 1960 census.
Dr. W G Brandstadt explains how blood clots form and travel, risking arteries and the brain or heart. He notes collaterals can reroute circulation, anti coagulates do not dissolve clots, and new clot removal techniques offer hope. The Q A covers black hairy tongue from antibiotics and conservative care.
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