Staley Wins 104th Assembly Primary In Albany
Ellis J. Judd Staley III defeated Republican challenger Joseph A. Reid by about four to one in the 104th Assembly District primary. Staley endorsed by Albany City Republicans will face Democrat Richard J. Conners in November. The Albany County board noted eight Albany districts failed to post results. Reform efforts and a viewer letter column follow.
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Ellis J
Judd
Staley III
Albany County Board of Elections
Staley
Joseph A. Reid
Rensselaer
Board
104Th Assembly
Reid
Carl Touhey
Richard J. Conners
Local readers chase a front for a reused mailbox scam
Readers report hotline operator Frank Sherry using a post office box under a different name in a nearby town to keep operations alive wherever an unwary ad taker can be found. Postal authorities struggle to halt the scheme as Troy residents weigh rumors linking TV personalities to former Mousketeers and share household tips for stain removal and household fixes.
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Albany School One Sold to City for Five Thousand
Albany City School Board votes to sell School One to the city for 5000 dollars. City plans to allow Centro Hispano Americano Inc to use the building for cultural and educational projects while the district maintains the property. Beverly Ainspan opposes the sale as moving too quickly.
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Albany
Beverly Ainspan
Stephen Herrick
The
Centro - Hispano Americano Inc
David Bray
Two Die In Head-On Crash In Lake Luzerne
State Police report two men from Corinth dead after a 5:36 a.m. head-on collision on Call Street Lake Luzerne. Adrian Furlo 34 of Palmer Ave and Frederick Flewelling 55 of 266 A Mosher Rd were pronounced dead at the scene by Warren County Coroner Clinton Lawrence both drivers no other passengers. The crash cause remains under investigation and Troopers Michael Elliot K J Evers and J M Mays responded.
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Palmer Ave
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Mosher Rd
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Warren County
Clinton Lawrence
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Call Street
Glens Falls Hospital
Amsterdam cheeses recalled for relabeling by FDA
Four brands of grated Pecorino Romano cheese distributed by Imported Italian Food Products of Amsterdam were recalled voluntarily for relabeling. The FDA noted the product was unlikely to cause adverse effects, as jars contained cows milk though pecorino implies goats milk.
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Albany Fire Destroys Top Floor at 99 West St
Flames destroyed the top floor of a two story building at 99 West Street in Albany around 5 am. The origin is unknown and the starting apartment was vacant. Occupants of the first floor were evacuated and homes at 97 95 and 93 West Street sustained smoke and water damage.
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Historical Society of Esquatak to meet in Schodack
The Historical Society of Esquatak meets Friday at 8 p.m. in Schodack Town Hall. Shirly Dunn from East Greenbush presents A Report from the Survey: Old Houses and History with slides of sites in Nassau Muitzeskill and Schodack Landing. A Q A follows and refreshments are served. A 24 page booklet Muitzeskill Historic District will be offered.
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Muitzeskill Historic District
Dystrophy Drive Aids Schuylerville Teens Present Telethon Donation
Two Schuylerville youths David Blake and Corky Colvin collected for the muscular dystrophy telethon. The 10 and 13 year olds raised 68.55 and delivered the amount in person to WRGB in Schenectady.
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Schuylerville
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Daniel Blake
Corky Colvin
Dwight Colvin
WRGB
Schenectady
Hijacked: IBM manager recounts 53 aboard TWA plane
Mechanicville native Jack Holland, 40, a sales education manager for IBM, was among 53 hijacked passengers aboard a TWA jet from New York to Paris. In a sweltering 90 degree cabin, with bombs used as threats, he feared death yet clung to thoughts of family and home.
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New York City
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Chicago
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Mechanicville
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Paris
Grand Central Station
Southern Rensselaer man pleads guilty in Greenbush girl death case
James Harbeck, 23, pleaded guilty in Rensselaer County Court to one count of first degree reckless endangerment linked to the Sept 20 1975 high speed chase in Rensselaer and East Greenbush that killed 12 year old Marie Barner of East Greenbush. He faces up to seven years at sentencing on Oct 7.
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Rensselaer
East Greenbush
Second St
Marie Barner
Columbia Turnpike
Harbeck
Rensselaer County
Richard Simm
McCloskey Defeats McQuay In Clifton Park Republican Fight
Incumbent Charles McCloskey won the Republican supervisor nomination over Donald McQuay by a two to one margin, 1342 to 721, with officials noting the large turnout in Clifton Park. McCloskey will face Democrat Dean Arden in November as the town prepares for vacant supervisor and council seats due to resignations.
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McQuay
Clifton Park
Gioia Diliberto
Charles McCloskey
Donald McQuay
Dean Arden
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bureau of Municipal Police
Saratoga County Board of Supervisors
Petition Seeks Burial of Mrs Murphy in Binninger Cemetery
A Salem petition bearing about 500 names will ask the town board to allow Mrs. Helen Murphy to be buried in Binninger Cemetery despite May 12 rules restricting burials to cemetery owners. Her husband lies there. the board has shown no change. The meeting starts at 7 30 p.m. in the Town Shed.
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Salem
Helen Murphy
Binninger
Updike
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