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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1971
Page
14
The Miller Hill Sand Lake PTA invites all to an open house on Thursday at 8 p.m. at Averill Park. The group highlights funding for playgrounds, library books, AV equipment, classroom needs, and decor. A prize will go to the classroom with the highest parent attendance. Mrs. Floyd Hitchcock chairs membership.
The School Programs Advisory Committee completed a district study and will report results today at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium. Copies of all 22 committee reports will be provided to board members and placed in district libraries and offices.
Emil R. Johnson, a 34 year old Stillwater Prison inmate serving up to 40 years for second degree murder, has written six books published by Harper & Row. CBS has adapted his second novel Mongo's Back in Town into a Friday night TV movie, boosting his earnings to about 25 000. Johnson wrote during free time in the prison post office and is working on an eighth book. He grew up in Phillips Wisconsin and earlier served time in Hutchinson Kansas and Lincoln Nebraska for robberies. He insists he never wrote before arriving at the prison and saw writing as a use of his time.
In Saigon a Vietnamese boy and girl threw a fire bomb at a parked UNICEF minibus and escaped unharmed. The vehicle was badly damaged and the attack marked the 27th vehicle firebombing in two months, though the first on a U.N. asset. Most prior attacks targeted American vehicles.
The fall meeting of the Eastern Zone School Nurse-Teachers Association will convene at the Edison Club Rexford at 4 p.m. led by President Mrs Marie Herrick. Delegates will be elected for the New York State association conference in April at Grossinger and by-law changes will be voted on. Phyllis Samson will speak after the business session, followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m.
The deputy inspector of the state Veterans of World War I says Troy Barracks 832 will not recognize October 25 as Veterans Day. Clarence Burdick told the Troy group they will remain loyal to November 11. The change to October 25 is part of a new schedule of Monday holidays that many veterans oppose.
Ralph Philips aged 30 of South Livonia died when his car failed to negotiate a curve and struck an embankment along Route 15 in Springwater Livingston County.
The Nixon administration moves this week to activate postfreeze machinery for wages and prices and to propose steps to reduce foreign trade barriers. Domestically the Pay Board and Price Commission will be named. internationally talks in Paris seek removal of barriers to U S exports and possible easing of the 10 percent import surcharge if trading partners meet U S demands. Connally says the Pay Board may set a national wage ceiling to curb inflation toward 2 to 3 percent by year end 1972.
Emerald Athletic Club installs Anthony DeBonis for a second term as president at the Congress Street banquet. Carl Dunsbach reports a healthy financial condition. New officers include Leo O’Brien vice president Jerry Campana recording secretary Ted Zajesky financial secretary Daniel Cillis treasurer Robert Krogh Joseph Walkinshaw Otto Madsen Jr trustees and John Weaver house chairman. William Julien honored on his 75th birthday with a bouquet centerpiece. About 75 members attended dinner prepared by Stephen Danish assisted by Campana Krogh and Cleland. Entertainment led by Alfred Seymour and Fred Larin.
The Troy Building Trades Council met on Friday Oct 15 and endorsed candidates in Troy Watervliet and Rensselaer County along with a $2.5 million transportation bond. Endorsements include Louis Anthony Francis Flynn Edward Connally W Brian Sullivan for Troy council Dan G Fara no for City Court James Cavanaugh for Watervliet mayor and Joseph Mariapella for county legislature. The Nov 2 ballot asks approval of Proposition 1 the governor's transportation bond to fund highway and related projects.
Sen William Proxmire claims further C5A cargo planes show trouble even as the Air Force reports the first of 47 grounded C5s back in service. Officials expect 16 others to return after inspections within a day or so following an engine detachment incident at Altus AFB Oklahoma on September 29.
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