UPS strike barely dents area business scene
The Times Record spot check finds the United Parcel Service strike has limited impact on area firms and schools but warns of potential holiday disruptions. Superintendents report shipments arriving. florists and retailers note delays and a shift to parcel post, with some plants at risk if delays persist.
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iThe United Parcel Service
UPS
the Times Record
Oak Materials Group
Hoosick Falls
UPS and Teamsters Mediation Over Featherbedding Dispute
Negotiations between United Parcel Service and striking Teamsters Local 294 continue with federal mediation. The quarrel centers on featherbedding in package sorting, while UPS seeks more use of part time workers. About 18 000 Teamsters along the East Coast are affected as contracts expired in April and mediation has run for months.
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UPS
Brian Reilly
Teamsters Local 294
East Coast
Tree repair scam prompts legal doubt and cataract note
A reader asks about recovery from a failed tree service claim. An attorney says chances are negligible without a written guarantee. The column also mentions phacoemulsification cataract removal and lists ophthalmology contacts in Albany and Troy.
Residents and Doctors at 501 Broadway in Troy History
The Troy Record and local readers compile notes on occupants around Broadway and Fifth Avenue before the 1908 building era. The thread traces doctors including Dr. Ferguson and the Hulls, with later shifts to 505 Broadway and expansions of the Record Building through 1972.
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Observer
Troy
Child's Hospital
Albany
Norman L. Alber
Lee Hirsch
Springfield
Mass
Mirsch
A.P
H. Irving Moore
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Troy Record
E.j.brown
HOT Line
Everard
Ferguson
Samaritan Hospital
Highth Street
Moore
H.L. Bonesteel
Waterford
Trojan
Alfred W. Gale
Troy Attorneys
Thurman A. Hull
Union Place
510
Union Street
Metropolitan Life Ridge
Hull
Battery theft at Stephentown car lot probes underway
Stephentown sheriffs investigate theft of car batteries from a local lot. Robert McClintock of McClintock Chevrolet reports one battery taken from a new truck and another from a company car, worth about $145. Deputy Don Gutbrodt filed the initial report and detectives take over.
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Stephentown
Robert McClintock
McClintock Chevrolet
Don Gutbrodt
Trick or treat for UNICEF funds Sunday Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls residents plan UNICEF door to door collection Sunday afternoon sponsored by the Hoosick Area Church Association. Wards 1 and 4 covered by Church of the Immaculate Conception Ward 2 by First United Presbyterian Church Ward 3 by First Baptist Church. Outlying areas by Hoosick Baptist West Hoosick Baptist and North Hoosick Eagle Bridge Methodist churches. Funds aid UNICEF nationwide.
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Hoosick Falls
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Unicef
Hoosick Area
Church of the Immaculate Conception
First United Presbyterian Church
First Baptist Church
Hoosick
West Hoosick
Methodist Churches
North Hoosick and
Eagle Bridge
Coinword Puzzle No 1116 Names 15 Semifinalists
Coinword Puzzle No 1116 lists 15 semifinalists eligible by solving five key words for a $400 jackpot. A winner, if any, will be announced Saturday. Semifinalists include Olwen Agger Troy Robert A Bendon Troy Andrew Boldish Troy Mary Brown Mrs. E. J. Dyer Ralph Hippensteel Cohoes E M Hoy L Ford Troy Francis Lonergan Mrs Kay Mayotte Stanley F Paluch Latham Mrs Jane Panasiewicz The Seven McHarg's Troy George Shoemaker Muriel Warner.
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Francis Lonergan
Troy
Kay Mayotte
Stanley F. Paluch
Latham
Jane Panasiewicz
Argyle
Hoosick Falls GOP Women Meet Candidates and Events
Hoosick Falls community notices include the Hoosick Town GOP Women hosting candidates Joseph Martino Edward Wielkind Gerald Solomon and John Ebert at the Community Center with brief speeches and fund contributions to the center and rescue squad. Christmas party set November 18 at VFW hall with roast beef dinner and Santa. Also upcoming food sale at Grand Union Hoosick Falls, OES Master Masons Night with Allan Lewis installation, Sarah Coventry jewelry party November 17, and various local birthday and scouting activities as listed.
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Town of
Hoosick
Republican Club
Joseph Martino
Edward Wielkind
Gerald Solomon
John Ebert
James Buckley
VFW
Santa Claus
Ballston Spa Gas Tank Explosion Kills One Brother Injured
A Ballston Spa man, Larry Mould, 58 McMaster St, died at the scene when a gas tank exploded in a garage at 10 Washington St while welding an antique car. His brother Tremont Mould, unknown, is in critical condition with severe burns at Albany Medical Center. The garage held five stock cars and parts. Fire companies and investigators responded for hours.
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Ballston Spa
Washington St
Larry Mould
McMaster St
Saratoga County
Clark
Tremont Mould
Campbell Avenue
Schenectady
Albany Medical Center
Two candidates seek Washington County treasurer post
Hermon Benjamin the Republican incumbent from Dresden has served as county treasurer for 25 years and says no changes are needed while praising the department. Joseph Hebert of Fort Edward seeks the Democratic nomination and would bring a new party to the office, aiming to do a good job if elected.
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Post Office
Hermon Benjamin
Joseph Hebert
Washington County
Benjamin
Dresden
Fort Edward
Hebert
Retiring Eastern Star guest feted in Hoosick Falls Homecoming
Harold W. Haner, patron of Van Rensselaer Star Chapter, honored at a Hoosick Falls celebration marking his retirement as associate grand sentinel of the New York State Chapter CES. The event included a dinner, a program on the History of the American Flag, a 13 star flag presentation, and remarks by grand officers.
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OES
van Rensselaer Star Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Nina Downing
Ravena Coeymans School
Selkirk
Allan Lewis
Grand Chapter
State of
New York
Lewis
Star Chapter
Petersburg
van Rensselaer
Hoosick Falls
Ruth Olsen
West Hoosick
Harold W. Haner
Order of Eastern Star of
Casion
New York State
CES
United Church Hall
Sophie Rourke
Masonic Temple
Haner
Agnes Smieth
Clara Johnson
Margaret Whittet
Jean Brien
Lois Haner
Hoosick
Shirley Stevens
Loudonville Man Slashed in Dayton Hotel Robbery
James Carroll a 38 year old from Loudonville was slashed in his Dayton Ohio hotel room by two armed women during a Thursday robbery at the Biltmore Towers. He remained in acute care in satisfactory condition after transfer to Good Samaritan. No arrests have been reported as the Dayton Robbery Squad investigates.
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Loudonville
Dayton
Ohio
James Carroll
North Chestnut Hill
Biltmore Towers
National Grange Publishes Songbook for the Deaf
The National Grange releases a sign language songbook of patriotic and inspirational songs with guitar accompaniment. Developed with Gallaudet College to fill a missing resource, it will debut at the Atlantic City meeting November 8 to 15, and copies cost $2 from the National Grange Headquarters in Washington DC.
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Gunnar Schonbeck
Bennington College
Schonbeck
Lucien Hawke
Nancy Elwell
Arnold Tobler
Gail Schonbeck
Joel Miller
Washington
National Grange
Grange
Gallaudet College
Washington, D.C
School For the
Atlantic City
N.J
H St. N.W
Koch Story Includes Mission to Moscow Link and Life in Film
Area man tied to peace groups and liberal politics gained notoriety for a 1943 script for Mission to Moscow and faced unamerican activities scrutiny in 1950. He recalls Hollywood years, meeting Ann Green, marriage, and later life crafting scripts and a Nixon play while noting the enduring legacy of an Halloween 1988 broadcast.
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Koch
Moscow
Joseph E. Davies
Jack Warner
Unamerican Activities Committee
Warner
Ann Green
California
The
Fox
Richard Nixon
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