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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1959
Page
8
Gov Rockefeller urged county boards of supervisors to fill vacancies in elective county offices with his approval. He said the plan would enhance home rule while maintaining the governor’s responsibility to all state residents. Offices include district attorney, judge, and sheriff.
The article notes Mr. Butler retiring from Averill Park Central School and his charity interests with the United Jewish Appeal and the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. He believes Troy needs new industries to survive, praising public housing but urging industrial growth, while planning to spend more time at his Crystal Lake home as he remains a New York City resident.
Rockefeller will take part in Columbus Day and Pulaski Day events in New York City and address diverse groups including businessmen educators government officials and youth workers. He had earlier said he would speak October 19 at a public health conference in Atlantic City and the Inland Press Association gathering in Chicago. On October 5 he will attend the opening session of the state court of appeals in its renovated building and host the judges at dinner.
President Eisenhower remarks during Khrushchev visit highlight a cooling of Cold War tensions and a possible summit with U S allies. He notes Khrushchev offered to intercede for Americans held by China as a friendly gesture. Nixon could win if the GOP convention were held now, according to Aiken.
Morris Grotsky a longtime Troy resident and operator of the Bello Shop on Fourth Street died yesterday at Samaritan Hospital. Born in Poland he lived in Troy over 65 years. Survived by two sons a daughter three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services at Congregation Shaarey Tephilah with burial in Shaarey Tephilah Cemetery.
Khrushchev arrived in Moscow traveling 6,160 miles from Washington in 10 hours 28 minutes. A crowd of about 900 greeted him with 17,000 inside the sports palace and 100,000 on Senpit hill. He urged future exchanges with Eisenhower and long term negotiations, stressing a broad program of visits to build peace.
Emma Willard School will host poet Marianne Moore tomorrow at 3 15 pm in Slocum Hall for a talk with faculty and students. Moore has earned the National Book Award the Bollingen Prize and the Pulitzer for her 1951 Collected Poems and holds honorary degrees from Bryn Mawr Wilson Mount Holyoke Rochester Smith and Rutgers.
The YWCA announces a hooked rug class on Monday at the Troy YWCA if enough interest is shown. Miss Eleanor Wilshere adult activities director says registrations are due by Friday Oct 9. Instructor is Mrs Alfred Guthrie with dyeing and color blending included.
The Albia Fish and Game Club will install new officers at 8 p.m. Saturday October 10 at the Glass Lake Hotel. A full course roast wheat dinner will be served and part of the proceeds will aid the Junior Rifle Club winter activities.
The board questioned Callahan and Somac Realty Corp on denying permits for a gas station in a business area. Malone said the site would be hardship to deny, arguing the project would remove blight and raise nearby values despite neighborhood opposition. Appeals dated Aug 17, 1950 and Sept 9, 1959 were noted. board members Jensen and Rothan attended.
Green argued that major contacts at the highest government levels, renewed periodically, will lessen international tensions. Khrushchev’s visit has improved lines of communication between Russia and the United States, and if the Berlin war risk is removed, the talks are monumentally successful.
The author argues that there is risk in all securities and that most people should avoid excessive risk, reserving speculative bets for those who can financially and emotionally bear them. He stresses building savings, insurance, and safety first, while acknowledging venture capital's role in progress and warns that most investors are not prepared for high risk. He also answers readers on warrants and lists the three companies with the largest stockholders: AT&T, General Motors, and Standard Oil New Jersey.
New York AP reports a nervous uneven market rallied on hopes Eisenhower intervention would restart steel mills. Dow Jones rose 3.88 to 606.47. rails, motors, steels mixed yet active. Industrial averages, volume, highs and lows noted. bonds mixed as government issues dipped.
Librarian Fanny C Howe announced a rotating display of new books at the Ivy Public Library. The exhibition runs for one week at the main library before items enter circulation, featuring non fiction works by Churchill Stuyvesant Head and others along with fiction titles like Carolinians and The Case of the Mythical Monkeys.
Clarke D. Ablerg, former state budget director, was revealed by the Associated Press to serve as public finance consultant to State Comptroller Arthur Levitt. Ablerg will be paid 15 dollars per day up to a maximum of 84 500 dollars annually, with Levitt the only Democrat elected statewide last November.
In a dramatic sequence, Lane resigns amid negotiations with Ken Durocher in Pittsburgh as Gordon is slated to take over, then an interim manager is named. The piece compares Lane’s machinations to Machiavelli, arguing the crucial need for public interest and a pennant, with Lane and Gordon under pressure to deliver a better season.
A sports program will be presented at the Ladies Day Qt Club meeting tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the YWCA. Rat testaments will be served under Mrs Mae Puffer. Election of officers will occur soon with the nominating committee of Mrs Lee Rolenberg, Mrs Margaret Austin and Mrs Dorothy Harmiltas.
New Delhi reports the government has formed a committee of experts to gauge how much wasteland in the country could be cultivated. The panel will assess land suitability and potential agricultural expansion nationwide.
In Lockport New York a customer burst into a telephony office claiming his line had been busy and walked in with his phone under his arm after tearing it from the wall. He asked for a private headset a calension light and two iPhones.
Navy Ensign Derek Casady from El Cajon San Diego area and his San Francisco wife believed their service careers would keep them close. Their first duty station was here and they anticipated moving to distant locales.
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