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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1949
Page
1
In Williamstown a rabbit bit a 11 year old boy as he walked to school. The frightened rabbit charged and bit the boy severely while he stroked it. Dr. Adolph Solomon treated the boy and Patrolman Vincent Rooney shot the rabbit to end the danger.
Preliminary forms will be mailed about Oct 1 for Criswold Heights, a four million dollar Troy Housing Authority note funded, providing 350 low cost homes. About 40 families have applied. first move ins expected before Christmas as construction nears completion by April. Rental likely $37.40 to $40 monthly with heat and utilities, for families with income under about 3900.
The Troy Housing Authority details the first step for applicants to obtain low cost apartments off Campbell Avenue. The form asks about military service income and personal hardship to govern family selection as Christmas occupancy approaches.
The report covers a sealed verdict due today in a Cambridge case amid housing project proceedings in Troy with tenant qualification checks and income limits. It mentions a car collision on Park Avenue involving Andrew Beaty and others, plus a separate settlement in Hampton involving infant injury and public utility defendants.
Troy firefighters were called 64 times in August reporting an active month. The department logged calls across multiple districts with the central squad handling 37 incidents. Officials note ongoing preparation for a post meeting plan and safety inspections.
Fifty officers of the 105th Infantry attended the state convention of the National Guard and Naval Militia Association in Syracuse. Maj Gen James M Gavin discussed the atomic bomb as an ordinary weapon to be considered in future planning. Brig Gen Ogden J Ross presided as Gavin urged national guard and naval militia leaders to think in terms of the atomic and air age. The 205th Infantry delegation led by Col John J Parcell was the largest from any National Guard regiment at the convention.
Officers of HUM.S. Snipe, a British frigate docked at Albany, will be guests of honor at a joint dinner of the Troy Albany and Schenectady Chapters of the Reserve Officers Association at Scotia Naval Supply Depot at 7 pm Friday. Col. Walter E. Hopper Jr. will speak and Capt. Theodore J. Creehan announced invitations to Naval Air and Army Reserve officers and wives. Lt. William Gross is handling reservations, closing Wednesday.
A Warren County Democratic meeting renamed Fitzgerald of Glens Falls as a leading party figure. The event occurred in Troy as residents discussed state races and potential candidates, with Fitzgerald described as active in local party roles and chairmanship.
A 15 year old youth, Harry Cohn of 18 Dubuque Street, Rensselaer, pleaded guilty in Albany Police Court to stealing $15 worth of cookies from a General Baking Co. company truck. He was arrested Friday on the complaint and faces sentencing today.
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