LBJ memoirs bolster Pentagon study claims
Garden City New York Reuters from UPI reports former president Johnson acknowledged in unpublished memoirs that he planned large scale Vietnam involvement in 1964 before public awareness. Memoirs to be published in November discuss decisions on bombing North Vietnam and troop deployment, aligning with a secret Pentagon study.
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N.Y
UPI
Johnson
Vietnam
U.S
Newsday
Long Island
America
China
North Vietnam
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Experts doubt pollution claim at Vermont Lake Champlain plant
A UPI report says experts from New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission toured Lake Champlain near the International Paper facility at Ticonderoga and found no clear pollution. The group eyed a 300 acre sludge bed but deferred judgment, while water quality near the new plant reportedly improved with higher dissolved oxygen and rising walleye fishing activity.
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Ticonderoga
International Paper
New England
New York
Peloquin
Martin L. Johnson
Vermont
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Dana
Dollof
Ticonderoga Bay
Miller accuses Democrats of deceit in 1964 talks
Albany NY UPI Miller a former congressman and 1964 Republican VP candidate said on WPTR radio that secret Pen tagon papers show Democrats engaged in hypocrisy and deceit during the 1964 campaign. He doubted revelation would have changed the Johnson vs Goldwater result and called the document a potential government statute violation.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
William E. Miller
Miller
Barry Goldwater
Lockport
Johnson
Goldwater
WPTR
Critical health crisis at Celebration of Life rock festival
At the Celebration of Life festival in MCCREA Louisiana medical authorities warn the health situation could become critical without more supplies and staff. Dr. William Abruzzi reports up to 1,500 patients daily amid accidents overdoses sunburns and scarce medical trailers.
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Abruzzi
Abruzi
Atchafalaya
Royalton Recertified Despite Doubts In Vermont
MONTPELIER Vermont recertified Royalton College after a Vermont Education Board review amid conflicts with state regulations. Commissioner Oakey noted a cautious review as the Vermont Supreme Court had reinstated Royalton’s degree granting powers, saying the board’s action followed a fast evaluation by top officials.
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Oakey
Higher Education Council
E. Dean Finney
State Board
Royalton
Finney
Hoffa resigns last Teamsters post from prison
James R. Hoffa has quit his final Teamsters post while serving a 15 year term for mail fraud and jury tampering. Officials say his continued union ties reduce parole chances though he left the international presidency last week. He remains in Lewisburg federal pen and his lawyers can seek parole reconsideration by June 30.
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UPI
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Lewisburg
Hoffa
Nixon
U.S. Parole Board
Union
Parole Board
Detroit
International Union
Central Conference of Teamsters
Detroit Joint Council 43
Michigan Conference of Teamsters
Driverless car rolls uphill in Albany suburb incident
In Menands New York a car parked on River Hill Road rolled uphill while on fire after a brief interior blaze. Eyewitnesses including two policemen a newsman and a neighbor describe the vehicle moving backwards about 50 feet across Route 377 before hitting an embankment. A fireman offered a theory heat could have short circuited the starter wires causing the engine to kick over.
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Lieve
River Hill Road
Albany
Kenneth Fonda
Menands
Joe Rossier
Wast-Tv
Inmate Escape and Gun Smuggling Probe in Burlington Center
Vermont authorities pursue leads in a Sunday night incident at Burlington Regional Correctional Center where three inmates seized an automatic pistol, restrained guards, and fled. Police name suspects John Marchibroda 41 Ontario Roland Bernard 31 Montreal and Frederick Leblanc 23 Burlington. Leblanc faces breaking and entering sentencing. Bernard and Leblanc linked to a regional bank robbery ring. All are considered dangerous.
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UPI
Chittenden County
Patrick Leahy
Burlington Regional Correctional Center
Leahy
John Marchibroda
Ontario
Roland Bernard
Montreal
Frederick Leblanc
U.S
Vermont
New York State
Leblanc
Vermont Parole Board weighs right to counsel
Windsor Vermont Parole Board meets to decide if legal counsel is required for parolees facing revocation hearings. Attorney Charles Bristow cites federal rulings including a Connecticut case granting representation in parole violation hearings. Vermont currently does not provide counsel to parolees.
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Windsor
UPI
Vermont Parole Board
Charles Bristow
Corrections Department
Connecticut
Vermont
Pennsylvanian jumps river bridge in Vermont
Levin Carber, 24, of Perkasie, Pennsylvania, leaped from a Burlington bridge into the Winooski River and was rescued by two passing motorcyclists, Timothy Urbanic and Michael Pendriss. He remained in satisfactory condition at a Burlington hospital with shock. motive for the leap remains unclear.
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Burlington
UPI
Winooski
Levin Carber
Perkasie
Carber
Timothy Urbanic
Michael Pendriss
Essex Junction
IBM Picnic At Storytown Attracts 12 000 Guests
Storytown amusement park hosts what it calls the world’s biggest family picnic for IBM employees and families. IBM clubs from East Fishkill Kingston and Poughkeepsie New York and Burlington Vermont join the event, prompting extra parking and vast supplies. The annual gathering has grown from 300 attendees five years ago.
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UPI
Storytown
IBM
East Fishkill
Kingston
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Burlington, Vt
Storytown Management
Nassau Lake drowning and Otsego murder shock region
EAST GREENBUSH authorities recovered the body of 16 year old Michael Zimmerman from Nassau Lake two hours after he was thrown from a water ski boat with three companions. In COPPERSTOWN a 26 year old Otsego County man Ralph Dockstader was charged with murder for fatally shooting his 52 year old father while he slept.
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East Greenbush
Nassau
Nassau Lake
Michael Zimmerman
East Shore
Copperstown
UPI
Otsego County
Ralph E. Dockstader
Ralph B. Dockstader
Four fingers lost saving co-worker in bridge collapse
John P. Shulhan of Pittsfield, a steelworker, was injured when a mass of concrete and steel fell on a Hudson River bridge section in Rensselaer. He saved co worker John Witbeck by pushing him to safety then into the river. Witbeck aided until rescue crews arrived.
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John P. Shulhan
Albany Medical Center
John Witbeck
Albany
Rensselaer
Shulhan
Witbeck
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