Six People Indicted by Albany Grand Jury in Gambling Probe
Albany County DA Arnold W. Proskin announced indictments arising from a joint investigation with the Organized Crime Task Force. Seymour Sher, Jessica Sher, Charles Crawford, William Martini, Philip Lord, and Melvin Sher face multiple felony counts tied to promoting gambling and possession of gambling records at locations in Albany and nearby areas during 1971. Arraignment set for 10 a.m. Tuesday in Albany County Court.
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Arnold W. Proskin
Albany County
Albany County Court Grand Jury
Proskin
Organized Crime Task Force
Seymour Sher
Picotte Dr
Albany
Jessica Sher
Charles H. Crawford
Lone Pine Dr
Guilderl
William Martini
Lafayette Ave
Kingston
Philip Lord
Wood Ter
Slingerlands
Melvin Sher
Parkway
Brooklyn
Parents sue to halt school book charges in austerity budget
Four Great Neck parents seek an injunction to stop charging up to 28 dollars per child for textbooks and instructional materials. Justice Kane reserved decision on treating the suit as a class action affecting other districts, citing state education law restrictions and a constitutional guarantee of free public schools.
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Albany
N.Y
Supreme Court
Great Neck
Long Island
Ewald B. Nyquist
T. Paul Kane
New York
Irwin J. Landes
Marvin Bass
Bass
North Greenbush Democrats to open campaign HQ in Wynantskill
The North Greenbush Democratic Committee will officially open its campaign headquarters at 7 30 p m Sunday. Town Clerk Leon E Wait says the candidate for supervisor will attend as will all town candidates along with county legislator designate Alson Spain. The HQ is at the corner of Brookside and Main Avenues in Wynantskill.
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North Greenbush
Two Day Lung Conference Held in Saratoga Springs
A two day conference on obstructive lung disease sponsored by the Tuberculosis and Respiratory Associations and Albany Regional Medical Program will take place at Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs on Monday and Tuesday. Speakers include Dr. Thaddeus Murawski Dr. Stephen M Ayres and Dr. Raymond Vickers with nursing staff and home care panels.
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Associations
Albany Regional
Gideon Putnam _ Hotel
Saratoga Springs
Marcella Ryan
Glens Falls
State Health Dept
Gwen Packard
Albany Medical Center
Thaddeus Murawski
Stephen M. Ayres
St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center
New York City
Ayres
Joanne Lagerson
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Joyce Accurso
Miss Packard
Raymond Vickers
State Mental Hygiene Dept
St. Peter’s Hospital
John T. Kaemmerlin
Albany Veterans Hospital
Seiler Installed as Troy Salvation Army Corps Commander
Capt. Fred W. Seiler was installed as the new commanding officer of the Troy Salvation Army Corps, arriving with Mrs. Seiler from Plattsburgh where he served three and a half years. His prior assignments spanned the Pittsburgh area and multiple eastern cities. They reside at 10 Muriel Drive, Eagle Mills, with four children ages 21 to 13.
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Fred W. Seiler
Troy
Salvation Army Corps
Seiler
Plattsburgh
Pittsburgh
Salvation Army
Capt. Seiler
New York City
New York State
Easton
Army Air Force
Philippines
Guam
Temple University
University of Pennsylvania
Salvation Army Training Schools
State University
Irene Keller
Allentown
Muriel Drive
Eagle Mills
Fred
Paul
State University At Albany
Dorothy
Hartwick College
Emily
Tamarac High School
UAW Leader Says He May Refuse Pay Board Seat
UAW President Leonard Woodcock warned he will not sit on Nixon’s Phase II pay board unless it has full autonomy. He criticized conflicting assurances from Hodgson and Shultz on whether the Cost of Living Council would veto or merely guide the board.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Nixon
Woodcock
UAW
Solidarity House
Pay Board and
Price Commission
Labor
James D. Hodgson
Cost of Living Council
George Shultz
Council
Treasury
John B. Connally Jr
Armed Men Hold Up Bank Near Rockland County Village
Three men armed with shotguns robbed a shopping center branch bank in Pomona New York and wounded a gas station attendant who tried to stop the robbery. Police pursued a Mercedes with several men, while the attendant was listed in guarded condition at Good Samaritan Hospital Suffern. The officer noted the attendant was struck in the eye by a shotgun pellet and appeared to wound one of the robbers as they fled.
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Pomona
N.Y
UPI
Rockland County
Good Samaritan Hospital
Suffern
Ramapo
Moratorium to Include Area Vigils
Area participation in the Moratorium on Business as Usual will include vigils in Troy’s Barker Park and at the State Capitol at noon Wednesday. The event aims to persuade Americans to halt usual activities and demonstrate a desire for an immediate end to the war. Local participants include the Capital Area Peace Center, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Clergy and Laymen Concerned, and SANE. A public opinion poll on major issues will accompany the action and films will be shown at Newman Chapel and Cultural Center, RPI, Monday to Wednesday evenings, open to the public at no charge.
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Troy
Barker Park
State Capitol
Doris Traschen
Capital Area Peace Center
Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom
Moratorium
Newman Chapel
RPI
Mao Tse-tung Meets With Haile Selassie
In Hong Kong Mao Tse-tung, first public appearance since August 7, met Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie on Friday per the New China News Agency. Premier Chou En-lai attended, ranking after Defense Minister Lin Piao, who was absent.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Mao Tse-tung
Haile Selassie
New China News Agency
Selassie
Chou En-lai
Lin Piao
Chinese Communist Party
Lin
Mao
Autumn Like Temperatures Sweep Nation
The Associated Press reports cooler autumn air across most of the country with freezing temps forecast from Iowa and central Nebraska into northwest Kansas. A 52 degree record low occurs in Charleston North Carolina while Southern California sees readings in the 90s as a strong storm system stalls over the northern Great Lakes bringing rain and thundershowers to the Midwest.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Charleston
N.C
California
Great Lakes
Midwest
Plains States
Mills Criticized By Agnew For Holding Up Bill
Vice President Spiro Agnew criticized House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Wilbur Mills for delaying Nixon's revenue sharing bill. He called it a distortion of the representative system and argued that one member blocking the plan thwarts the will of the American people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N.Y
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur Mills
Nixon
Congress
Agnew
President
Advisory Commission On Inter-Governmental Relations
Protests at World Bishops Synod Draw Black Catholic and Women's Lib Leaders
At the third World Bishops Synod in Vatican City, Black Catholic activists and women's liberation advocates pressed for change. Leaders Lawrence Lucas, Joseph Dulin, and Estelle Collins met Archbishop Benelli and urged a Black archbishop for Washington and a Vatican Curia role. Sisters Valentine Buisseret and activists Joan Morris and Ann Gillen pushed for expanding women’s roles, urging the synod to study reforms as practical needs.
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Vatican City
Women’s Liberationists
Third World Bishops Synod
U.S
Giovanni’ Benelli
Vatican
Washington, D.C
Patrick Cardinal O’boyle
United States
Vatican Curia
Paul VI
Lawrence Lucas
National
Black Clergy Caucus
Joseph Dulin
Detroit
Black Lay Caucus
Estelle Collins
Baltimore
Black Caucus
Buisseret
Joan Morris
England
Ann Gillen
Houston
Tex
Synod
Col Herbert's Fitness Report Thrown Out
Secretary of the Army Robert F. Froehlke ordered a damaging fitness report against Lt. Col. Anthony B. Herbert thrown out, opening the path for his career to continue. Herbert, Vietnam atrocities claimant and Korean War hero, was relieved in 1969 by Brig. Gen. John Barnes and Col. J. Ross Franklin after an efficiency report alleged he was undependable and lacked integrity.
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Washington
Secretary of the Army
Robert F. Froehlke
Anthony B. Herbert
Froehlke
Herbert
Vietnam
Army
173Rd Airborne Brigade
John Barnes
J. Ross Franklin
Franklin
SUNYA announces major staff changes in administration
Albany State University names John A. Hartigan assistant vice president overseeing accounting budgeting and internal auditing. Robert A. Stierer named assistant vice president for business affairs handling personnel equal opportunity and MIS. Lloyd Hebert to head the new Internal Audit department and Harold Brink promoted to budget officer.
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Albany State University Office of Management and Planning
John W. Hartley
Troy
John A. Hartigan
Delmar
Hartigan
Siena College
Maxwell School of Public Administration
Robert A. Stierer
Madison Ave
Lloyd Hebert
Ave. A. Troy
Department of Internal Audit
Harold Brink
Department
Experimental Transit Work Begun In Va
Federal and state officials broke ground in Morgantown West Virginia for an automated rapid transit system without motormen or conductors. The WVU Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit will use fiberglass capsules on a guideway to serve Morgantown residents and WVU students with six stations on a 3.2 mile route. Seated passengers will board 15 passenger cars with rider operated controls and computer guidance. The project aims to prove feasibility for small cities and is timed for its first regular service in fall 1976 after late 1975 construction.
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Morgantown
WV U-Morgantown
PRT
WVU
University
Vermont salesman arrested in Troy on traffic charges
A Rutland Vermont salesman, Thomas Changa Jr., 22, posted $100 bail after an arrest in Troy Friday night on two vehicle and traffic charges. He faced an illegal turn violation and driving with a suspended license. Sgt. Robert Talarico made the arrest.
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Rutland
Troy
Thomas Changa Jr
Library St
Robert Talarico
Stillwater Parish Plans Dedication Of New Center
Stillwater Parish prepares to dedicate the new St. Peter's Church center this Sunday with Bishop leading the ceremony. The event marks the completion of the parish project and will involve local clergy and parishioners from Stillwater and surrounding communities.
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Stillwater Parish
St. Peter’s Church
Stillwater
GOP Dinner Toastmaster Announced for Rensselaer Dinner
John F. Doughney of Troy named toastmaster for the annual pre election GOP dinner to be held October 19 at Mario's Theater Restaurant. Doughney is a former Troy councilman and Brunswick resident who is a county legislature candidate and active in the Greater Troy Chamber of Commerce and local veterans and service groups. Robert P. Reeves announces committee leaders for speakers hospitality arrangements and decorations. A separate parish center dedication note outlines the new Butler building with rooms, a kitchen and classrooms and a lunch eon to follow.
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John F. Doughney
Troy
Rensselaer County Republican Organization
Mario’s Theater
Doughney
Brunswick
Greater Troy
Alfred J. Jukes
Herbert L. Bauer Jr
John M. Carey
Edward B. Broderick
Paul J. Keeshan
Charles A. Gaffigan
Keeshan
Trask Garden Club Demonstration Set
The Katrina Trask Garden Club and Civic League will hold a 12 15 p m luncheon and demonstration at Congress Park Casino in Saratoga Springs on Tuesday October 19. Mrs Alexine Czaban of Schenectady will present a demonstration on Holiday Arrangements.
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Katrina Trask Garden Club
Civic League
Saratoga Springs
Congress Park Casino
George W. Purdy
Alexine Czaban
Schenectady
Expert Sees Some Modest Wage Hikes
Herbert Stern a Phase 2 planner says wage increases should slow to curb inflation. He notes inflation control will raise real buying power for workers, benefiting wage earners as inflation eases. Stein from the Council of Economic Advisers cites broad support for the program. Herbert Klein says the American public wants a strong program.
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New York
Herbert Stern
Nixon
President’s Council of Economic Advisors
Stein
Herbert G. Klein
White House
Three Men Arrested After Bank Hold-Up
In Buffalo three 19 year old suspects Lamont Johnson John Mayes and John Buffard were arrested in connection with a Thursday robbery of the Marine Midland Bank Jefferson London office. The heist netted $1,971 and followed a separate Friday robbery at another Marine Midland branch by a lone bandit.
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Buffalo
N.Y
UPI
Marine Midland
FBI
Lamont Johnson
John Mayes
John Buffard
Jefferson-London
Marine Midland Bank—Western
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Palm Springs
Calif
Alexandria, Minn
Aberdeen and
Watertown, S.D
Mills
Bill
Bishops Synod
Synod Fathers
Valentine Buisseret
The
Peoples Court
Dan G. Far
Kyran P. Molloy Jr
Troy Police Court
SUNYA
Vermont
Rosary Society
William Camfield
Trask Garden Club
Wotirex
CPO
Waltex
Columbus Days
Congress & 15Th Sts
Warren Street
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