Higher Farm Prices Noted For Month
Washington AP reports farm product prices rose 3 percent in the month ended November 15 and were 8 percent above a year earlier. Eggs tomatoes and lettuce drove gains while cattle and corn offered offsetting declines. Beef cattle averaged 24.80 per cwt, hogs 25.00, amid expectations for steady livestock prices through winter. Parcel parity and adjusted parity ratios rose to mid November highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
4-H Teens' Executive Unit Named
The Rensselaer County 4-H Teen Council elected 10 members to its executive committee to assist in planning and coordinating programs. Named are Darlene Berkeley Frisky Club Mary Mesick Hudson Valley Club Michael Peplowski Defreestville Devils Helene Stevens Frisky Club Jack Stevens Defreestville Devils Andy Tarbox Tamarac Cattle Club Randee Waz Caron Williams Tara Witherell Joanne Wojeski Frisky Club. The committee will ensure all committees function and fulfill duties. The next meeting is Thursday 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Defreestville project center.
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Rensselaer County
4-H
Darlene Berkeley
Frisky Club
Mary Mesick
Hudson Valley Club
Michael Peplowski
Defreestville Devils
Helene Stevens
Jack Stevens
Andy Tarbox
Tamarac Cattle Club
Randee Waz
Caron Williams
Tara Witherell
Joanne Wojeski
Defreestville Project Center
Hislop Named to Judicial Fitness Committee in New York
Troy attorney Bruce W. Hislop was named to the Third Judicial District Committee on Character and Fitness to screen 66 candidates for admission to the New York State bar. He will help examine nominees ahead of sworn in ceremonies before the Appellate Division in Albany on December 11. Others from the district include Lazarus B. Levine of Liberty as chairman, John J. Scully and Kenneth J. Dugan of Albany, and Francis E. Tucker of Kingston.
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Troy
Bruce W. Hislop
Third Judicial District
New York
Albany
Joseph J. Casey
J. Clarence Herlihy
Samaritan Dieticians Attend Management Seminar
Mrs Anne B Gypson registered dietician and chief dietitian and Mrs Mary Kay Breton administrative dietitian of Samaritan Hospital attend an eight session seminar on Organization and Management. Sponsored by Cornell Extension and Cooperative Extension College of Human Ecology. Held at St Clare's Hospital Schenectady. First in a series approved by the American Dietetic Association for continued registration. Instructor Daniel Klepak deputy commissioner for administration NYS Dept. of Health.
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Anne B. Gypson
Mary Kay Breton
Samaritan Hospital
Cornell University
Extension Division of Industrial and Labor Relations and Cooperative Extension
College of Human Ecology
St. Clare’s Hospital
Schenectady
American Dietetic Association
Daniel Klepak
New York State Dept. of Health
Bishop Sheen urges constructive role for bishops
In Rochester, Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen says modern bishops must be victims who win over critics as he retires from the Rochester Diocese after three years. He asks forgiveness for his omissions and urges 450,000 Catholics to rally around Bishop Hogan, with a standing ovation from 1,000 clergy and leaders.
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Rochester
N.Y
Fulton J. Sheen
Joseph L. Hogan
Sheen
New York City
Hogan
Congo Escapee Seeks Return to Vietnam
Grand Rapids AP reports Spec. 5 Thomas Van Putten of California, a Michigan soldier who escaped Viet Cong captivity after 14 months, says he is on the eligibility list to return to Vietnam. He was captured February 11, 1968, near the Cambodian border and later escaped from a prison camp after guards left. His fiancee married another man during his imprisonment.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Vietnam
Thomas van Putten
Caledonia
Selfridge Air Force Base
Mount Clemens
van Putten
Cambodia
Laos
Southeast Asia
United States
Beery Britons See Twopence Price Increase
London AP reports Britain's government approved a two pence pint price rise for beer effective Monday. Public bars now 28 cents and lounge bars 32 cents, boosting trade by 182.4 million dollars annually and profits by 50.4 million.
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London
Britain
Con Ed executive recalls $1000 gifts amid bribery trial
Gerald Hadden testified in the Carmine DeSapio conspiracy case that Henry Fried gave him a $1000 Saks gift card and later envelopes with $1000 cash at lunches while supervising Con Edison construction. Hadden estimated annual pay of $48,000 to $51,000 and said he viewed gifts as favors, not bribes.
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Tammany Hall
Carmine DeSapio
Gerald R. Hadden
Henry Fried
Hadden
Fried
Don Edison
DeSapio
Antonio
Tony Ducks
James Marcus
Itkin
Marcus
William R. Fritzinger Dies After 46 Years at Daily News
William R. Fritzinger, 78, longtime editorial promotion manager for the New York Daily News, died Thursday after a short illness. He joined the paper in 1921 as picture editor, became promotion manager in 1922, and retired January 1, 1968. His tenure saw launches like the Golden Gloves tournament and the Harvest Moon Ball.
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NEW York (Ap
William R. Fritzinger
New York News
Fritz
The
Daily News
Wynantskill PTA Examines The Rebellious Student
The Wynantskill PTA hosted a panel on The Rebellious Student with parents teachers and students discussing causes and responses to youth rebellion Topics included drugs draft evasion Vietnam war and youth identity Speakers included Ralph Vartigian Scott Staruch Rev Peter Gilbert Kathy Ruff and others who urged democratic discussion and peaceful action The meeting also noted a need for room mothers and refreshments were provided by sixth and seventh grade mothers.
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Wynantskill Pta
Harold Gauway
Ralph Vartigian
Vietnam War and the Youths Themselves. “Hypocrisy Should End,’’ Mr. Vartigian
Scott Staruch
RPI
Marie Hughes
Hudson Valley Community College
Peter Gilbert
RPI Chapel and Cultural Center
Kathy Ruff
Russell Sage College
Washington, D.C
James Held
Leo Vadnais
Peppery Pincushions 4 H Club Plans Year Projects
The Peppery Pincushions 4-H Club met at Wendy Jones's home to plan the year. They completed Start and Go and will start Pie Time taught by Mrs Ignatius DeGenero with a sewing project also planned. Nancy McCrea announced Worthington Flowers is filling decorative colonial planters at the Post Office.
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Wendy Jones
Ignatius DeGenero
Coleader
Nancy McCrea
Worthington Flowers
Marlene S. Jones
Local Couple Earn Forestry Merit Award in Berlin
Mr and Mrs Philip A Thompson of Berlin received a New York State Forest Practice Board certificate of merit for cooperative work under the Forest Practice Act. The Thompsons own 90 acres in Berlin, have cooperated since 1955, planted 29000 conifer seedlings with their two children, and Thompson is a professor in the Fluids Division at RPI.
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Berlin
New York State Forest Practice Board
Philip A. Thompson
Catskill
State Conservation Dept
Thompsons
Thompson
RPI
Ex Credit Union Head Dies at 81
Funeral services for H. Bruce Munger of Batavia will be held Saturday. Munger led the Federal Farm Credit Board from 1954 to 1962.
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Batavia
N.Y
H. Bruce Munger
Federal Farm Credit Board
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