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Historians Episode 263


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This Weekend on The Historians with Bob Cudmore

Saturday, April 16, 2022

From the Archives-April 26, 2019-Episode 263-Victoria Riskin, a psychologist and movie and TV producer, is author of “Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir” about her parents.   Fay Wray was in King Kong and many other movies.  Robert Riskin was a screenwriter.

Sunday Focus on History

Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder-The wheels on the bus-public transit in Amsterdam

"The trolleys were operated by the Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville Railroad (F.J.&G.)  The company also provided interurban electric trolley service to and from Johnstown, Gloversville, Fonda, Amsterdam and Schenectady."

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On the Historians production schedule:Episode 419-English classics professor Edmund Richardson is author of The King’s Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria

Episode 420-Paul Craddock at UCL Medical School in London England is author of Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery. 

Episode 418 Bruce Dearstyne on SoundCloud

...encouraging New Yorkers to celebrate April 20 as the birthday of the Empire State. 

Mohawk Valley Weekend Weather, Saturday, April 16, 2022

A chance of showers between 11am and 2pm, then rain after 2pm. Temperature rising to near 47 by 9am, then falling to around 39 during the remainder of the day. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of rain and snow showers before 1am, then a chance of snow showers. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 32. West wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Sunday
A chance of snow showers before 9am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 9am and 10am, then a chance of rain showers after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. West wind 11 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
 
Historians Saturday-Sunday Radio Schedule

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Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Saturday, April 16, 2022
 
Daily Gazette
Duanesburg town officials want to add on to town hall
DUANESBURG – The Duanesburg Town Board is seeking bids to add a 1,005-square-foot addition onto the rear portion of town hall

https://dailygazette.com/

 
Amsterdam Recorder

DOT: No explosives found on Route 5 in Amsterdam, road reopening early

AMSTERDAM — Detours on a stretch of Route 5 in Amsterdam will conclude Saturday by 9 a.m. after a..

https://www.recordernews.com/

Leader Herald

Always there to serve:152-year-old Northville hadrware store passed on to new owners

by Andrew Pugliese

https://www.leaderherald.com/

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