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Focus on History-The Amsterdam highway that wasn’t built is the Bob Cudmore story this Weekend in The Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder and on-line Sunday The Historians
Thursday
Ruby roommate a Gloversville native
By Bob Cudmore
A native of Gloversville was Jack Ruby’s roommate in Dallas on November 24, 1963, the day that Ruby shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald was accused in the murder two days earlier of President John F. Kennedy.
Ruby’s roommate, George Senator, was born in Gloversville in 1914. Senator told the Federal Bureau of Investigation that he finished his schooling in Gloversville in 1929 and moved to New York City where he worked for a company that made women’s dresses. In 1932 Senator returned to Gloversville where he worked in a restaurant owned by his brother. In 1934 he left Gloversville again for New York and Miami. In 1941 he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving until 1945. After the war he worked for a company in New York City called Denise Foods. He married, fathered a son and divorced. He worked for a restaurant in Miami and later lived in Milwaukee, Chicago and then moved to Dallas in 1954.
In Dallas Senator held various jobs—including selling picture post cards—plus doing work for nightclub owner Jack Ruby. Senator and Ruby started sharing an apartment in 1962.
A commission headed by then U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren investigated the Kennedy assassination. According to an online transcript of Warren Commission documents, the F.B.I. interviewed Senator in December of 1963.
Senator said he and Ruby were very moved by the assassination of the President on Friday, November 22. That Sunday morning, Senator said, Ruby received a call from one of the dancers at his club who needed money. According to Senator, Ruby left the apartment for two reasons—to pick up receipts from his Carousel Club and to wire money to the dancer, who was now in Fort Worth.
Ruby took his gun, which Senator said Ruby usually did when he was retrieving money from the club. He also took his dog Sheba in the car with him.
Ruby ended up at Dallas police headquarters where Presidential assassination suspect Oswald was being escorted to a car for transport to the county jail. Ruby stepped out of a crowd of reporters and onlookers to shoot and fatally wound Oswald. The event was broadcast live on national television.
Senator maintained in his F.B.I. interview that Ruby did not leave the apartment with the intention of killing Oswald. Senator said he believed Ruby came up with the idea of shooting Oswald on the spur of the moment. Senator said he did not think Ruby was involved in any “subversive organizations.”
However, according to the Web site Spartacus Educational, Ruby later told the Warren Commission that he had told Senator that he was leaving the apartment to shoot Oswald.
Debate has raged over the question of why Ruby shot Oswald through the years. Imprisoned for killing Oswald, Ruby died after contracting pneumonia in 1967. He was awaiting a new trial. Senator died in 1992. Frank Wick of Schenectady suggested this topic to Focus on History.
Friday, December 1, 2023
Episode 501-Tim Keogh, author of In Levittown's Shadow: Poverty in America's Wealthiest Postwar Suburb. Keogh found that attics, basements, and sheds housed the poor during the suburban boom that followed World War II.
Keogh focuses on the suburbs of Long Island, home to Levittown, often considered the archetypal suburb. Here military contracts subsidized well-paid employment welding airplanes or filing paperwork, while weak labor laws impoverished suburbanites who mowed lawns, built houses, scrubbed kitchen floors, and stocked supermarket shelves.
Fort Plain Museum this Saturday and the weather for the trip, at this point looks OK. A little rain.
The Fort Plain Museum is holding its annual Christmas at the Fort event this December 2, 2023 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the museum, 389 Canal St.
https://fortplainmuseum.org/
The event will feature a clearance book sale, local author book signings, Christmas Card exhibits and Colonial Era exhibits. There will also be a wide variety of food and refreshments from local businesses like Eisenadler Brauhaus, a microbrewery specializing in German beer.
....word from Brian Mack
The event has been happening for around a decade with new things added recently.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Thursday, November 30, 2023
31 degrees in The City of Amsterdam at 5:30AM..on the dot
Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming west after midnight.
Friday
Rain, mainly after 1pm. High near 45. Light and variable wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Rain likely, mainly before 7pm. Cloudy, with a low around 33. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 45. East wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Clouds will break for sunshine today, allowing for dry
weather along with temperatures a little milder than the past few
days. A fast moving storm system will bring some rain to the region
for Friday afternoon and evening. The weather will remain unsettled
for the weekend into early next week, with a few more chances for
precipitation.
Mohawk Valley News from The Daily Gazette, The Recorder News, The Leader-Herald and Nippertown.
https://www.dailygazette.com/
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By Bob CudmoreFocus on History-The Amsterdam highway that wasn’t built is the Bob Cudmore story this Weekend in The Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder and on-line Sunday The Historians
Thursday
Ruby roommate a Gloversville native
By Bob Cudmore
A native of Gloversville was Jack Ruby’s roommate in Dallas on November 24, 1963, the day that Ruby shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald was accused in the murder two days earlier of President John F. Kennedy.
Ruby’s roommate, George Senator, was born in Gloversville in 1914. Senator told the Federal Bureau of Investigation that he finished his schooling in Gloversville in 1929 and moved to New York City where he worked for a company that made women’s dresses. In 1932 Senator returned to Gloversville where he worked in a restaurant owned by his brother. In 1934 he left Gloversville again for New York and Miami. In 1941 he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving until 1945. After the war he worked for a company in New York City called Denise Foods. He married, fathered a son and divorced. He worked for a restaurant in Miami and later lived in Milwaukee, Chicago and then moved to Dallas in 1954.
In Dallas Senator held various jobs—including selling picture post cards—plus doing work for nightclub owner Jack Ruby. Senator and Ruby started sharing an apartment in 1962.
A commission headed by then U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren investigated the Kennedy assassination. According to an online transcript of Warren Commission documents, the F.B.I. interviewed Senator in December of 1963.
Senator said he and Ruby were very moved by the assassination of the President on Friday, November 22. That Sunday morning, Senator said, Ruby received a call from one of the dancers at his club who needed money. According to Senator, Ruby left the apartment for two reasons—to pick up receipts from his Carousel Club and to wire money to the dancer, who was now in Fort Worth.
Ruby took his gun, which Senator said Ruby usually did when he was retrieving money from the club. He also took his dog Sheba in the car with him.
Ruby ended up at Dallas police headquarters where Presidential assassination suspect Oswald was being escorted to a car for transport to the county jail. Ruby stepped out of a crowd of reporters and onlookers to shoot and fatally wound Oswald. The event was broadcast live on national television.
Senator maintained in his F.B.I. interview that Ruby did not leave the apartment with the intention of killing Oswald. Senator said he believed Ruby came up with the idea of shooting Oswald on the spur of the moment. Senator said he did not think Ruby was involved in any “subversive organizations.”
However, according to the Web site Spartacus Educational, Ruby later told the Warren Commission that he had told Senator that he was leaving the apartment to shoot Oswald.
Debate has raged over the question of why Ruby shot Oswald through the years. Imprisoned for killing Oswald, Ruby died after contracting pneumonia in 1967. He was awaiting a new trial. Senator died in 1992. Frank Wick of Schenectady suggested this topic to Focus on History.
Friday, December 1, 2023
Episode 501-Tim Keogh, author of In Levittown's Shadow: Poverty in America's Wealthiest Postwar Suburb. Keogh found that attics, basements, and sheds housed the poor during the suburban boom that followed World War II.
Keogh focuses on the suburbs of Long Island, home to Levittown, often considered the archetypal suburb. Here military contracts subsidized well-paid employment welding airplanes or filing paperwork, while weak labor laws impoverished suburbanites who mowed lawns, built houses, scrubbed kitchen floors, and stocked supermarket shelves.
Fort Plain Museum this Saturday and the weather for the trip, at this point looks OK. A little rain.
The Fort Plain Museum is holding its annual Christmas at the Fort event this December 2, 2023 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the museum, 389 Canal St.
https://fortplainmuseum.org/
The event will feature a clearance book sale, local author book signings, Christmas Card exhibits and Colonial Era exhibits. There will also be a wide variety of food and refreshments from local businesses like Eisenadler Brauhaus, a microbrewery specializing in German beer.
....word from Brian Mack
The event has been happening for around a decade with new things added recently.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Thursday, November 30, 2023
31 degrees in The City of Amsterdam at 5:30AM..on the dot
Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming west after midnight.
Friday
Rain, mainly after 1pm. High near 45. Light and variable wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Rain likely, mainly before 7pm. Cloudy, with a low around 33. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 45. East wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Clouds will break for sunshine today, allowing for dry
weather along with temperatures a little milder than the past few
days. A fast moving storm system will bring some rain to the region
for Friday afternoon and evening. The weather will remain unsettled
for the weekend into early next week, with a few more chances for
precipitation.
Mohawk Valley News from The Daily Gazette, The Recorder News, The Leader-Herald and Nippertown.
https://www.dailygazette.com/