The Troy Record Circulation and Rates 1969
The Troy Record reports daily average circulation 50 598 for October 1969 and lists subscription prices for one year six months three months one month and an extra fee for mailed routes and foreign mail. It notes Associated Press membership and Audit Bureau of Circulations participation.
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Troy Record
Mai
Albany
Rensselaer
Saratoga
Washington
New York State
Bennington County
Vermont
Vance
Associated Press
AP News
Peace and landfill debates in Averill Park letters
Veronica Troy voices strong objections to a landfill near Route 66 and 150, cites safety fears for Training School students, nuisance from Sand Lake dumps, and calls for towns to manage their own garbage. She condemns welfare stigma and urges humane treatment while urging officials to oppose new landfills.
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State Social Services Department
Sand Lake
Poestenkill
North Greenbush
Nassau
East Greenbush
Thais
Sheriff's Office
Neces
Agnew Courageous Voice On Vietnam Debate
A columnist praises Vice President Agnew for bold remarks after the President’s Vietnam speech. The writer agrees with Agnew that critics from networks unfairly disparaged the speech as canned material and calls the immediate critique a display of malice rather than cricket.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Richard M. Nixon
Agney
Vietnam
Red Cross Rensselaer Chapter Reports War Services
The Rensselaer County Chapter of the American Red Cross highlights its war time duties for armed forces and families including counseling emergency communications and financial aid. Emergency messages rose from 11,205 in July 1966 to 30,134 last February reflecting expanded National ARC communications.
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Rensselaer County
American Red Cross
Vietnam
Red Cross
Chapter
Department of Defense
Tional Arc Communications Center
View From The Tower Contradictions over marijuana policy rise in New York
A narcotics commission meeting drew 1000 expected and 2000 attending as a California official warned pot use by youths from high school to graduate school. Lawmakers consider easing penalties while crime groups push for a health study akin to the Surgeon General. Experts clash over danger and crime links awaiting medical proof.
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New York State Narcotic Addiction Control Commission
California
House Select Committee On Crime
U.S. Public Health Service
Surgeon General
Dangerous Ground in Prop Tax Empowerment Debate
A bipartisan proposal to let communities decide what property is taxed or immune faces pitfalls amid rising municipal costs. The plan aims to broaden the base but risks favoritism and overtaxing utilities, with watchdogs needed to ensure equity. The measure remains in talk, but pressure to craft empowering law grows.
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Troy
Troy Union Railroad
Absent Box Cars Waste Midwest Grain Surplus
A Midwest crisis sees Nebraska Kansas Minnesota and the Dakotas awash in a bumper grain crop that sits and rots beside idle railroad tracks. Widespread lack of box cars to move the harvest harms farmers consumers and the economy as government orders failed to mobilize transport.
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Midwest
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota
Dakotas
Association of American Railroads
Let us keep Christ in Christmas
Editor Rosemary Torley laments commercial focus of Christmas and urges Americans to remember Christ’s birthday as the holiday’s core. She condemns materialism and calls for a return to the spiritual meaning despite radio ads and gifts.
Tenants oppose Urban Renewal plan on Fifth Avenue brownstones
Brownstone tenants along Fifth Avenue between Broadway and Fulton Street appeal to their landlords to refuse demolition by Urban Renewal. They argue the brick row houses are in excellent condition, fully occupied, and generate revenue for the city while the plan would erase their charm.
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Union National Bank
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Fulton Street
Demoralized Editor Responds to Reader From Watervliet
A demoralized editor in The Record replies to a Watervliet reader who mocked a columnist signing as Ima Square. The writer, claiming 45 years of readership, criticizes Christian judgment on a fellow man and laments the harsh tone of the column.
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Ima Square
Watervliet
Holding On Editor The Record Hurrah for Ima Square
A reader urges taxpayers to organize a protest march against welfare living and to join the frontline. The writer, aging toward retirement, laments rent costs and criticizes able bodied women bearing multiple children for higher welfare checks.
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Ima Square
Welfies
Shoppers praise free parking in Johnstown and Glens Falls
Two shoppers from North-Troy report enjoying parking-free shopping trips in Johnstown and Glens Falls where merchants removed meters to boost business. They urge Troy merchants and the Chamber of Commerce to follow suit or risk losing local spending.
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Johnstown
Glens Falls
Troy
Chamber of Commerce
Piedmont spelling guidance for geographic usage
A letter discussing whether piedmont should be lowercase or capital in the phrase about Virginia between the Blue Ridge and Bull Run mountains. It argues lowercase is acceptable for land at mountain feet, while capital Piedmont refers to Italy or the American Piedmont region, and supports lowercase in the cited outlook.
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Morrises
Piedmont
Virginia
Blue Ridge
Bull Run Mountains
Thomas Appleby
Cmdr
USNR
Washington
Italy
France
Switzerland
American Piedmont
Appalachians
Blue Ridge Mountains
Alabama
New Jersey
Mountains
Origin of the Knock on Wood Phrase
The expression traces to ancient superstition where early humans worshiped nature and trees. They rapped on trees to summon spirits believed to favor their plans.
Doctor Talks About Leukemia And Lice
Dr. W G Brandstadt answers questions on leukemia symptoms diagnostic methods treatment options and the Leukemia Society of America. He also explains that leukemia is not easily transmitted disinfecting an apartment is unnecessary and describes lice types their appearance transmission and basic treatment. He invites questions for future columns.
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Wayne G. Brandstadt
M.D
Dr. Brandstadt
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Joseph J. Lachapelle
Walter J. Benedett
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Helsinki
U.S
Patent Office
Sary
Averill Park
Veronica
Agnew
The
PiXies
Wohl
C. Sam
Materialism
Rosemary Torley
Holding
William and Mary Morris
W. G. Brandstadt
M.D. Q
Leukemia Society of Amer
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