Train collides with freight in Connecticut injuring three
A Boston bound passenger train carrying 60 people collided with a freight at an approach to an overpass in Old Lyme. Three persons were hospitalized and service between Boston and New York was halted. Fire from an empty tank car was quickly extinguished. Penn Central launched an immediate investigation and dispatched repairs. Buses replaced rail service between New London and New Haven until tracks were repaired.
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Old Lyme, Conn
UPI
Boston
New York
Penn Central
New Haven
Sound View
Justiniana Asis
Philippines
Lawrence and Memorial Hospital
New London
Miss Asis
Anthony Martin
West Haven
Richard Warden
Soviets deny they man missiles along Suez Canal
United Press International reports the Soviet Foreign Ministry denounced US claims of Soviet personnel at Suez missile sites and accused Washington of worsening Middle East tensions by expanding the 6th Fleet and sending jets to Israel. Cairo officials plan a U.N. appeal over Israel’s refusal to resume peace talks.
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United Press International
Soviet Union
Suez Canal
United States
Middle East
6Th Fleet
Israel
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Mediterranean
U.S
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Fuel firms pledge more oil for N E winter
Washington based officials report major oil companies promise extra residual oil for winter, with 100000 barrels a day pledged so far. Gulf Oil to supply 500000 barrels of low sulfur residual oil to Boston. No. 2 heating oil inventories higher than last year, and New England seen as better supplied though tightness possible. Public utilities blamed only if shortages occur, as industry and government monitor tankers and expand assurances nationwide.
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Washington
UPI
New England
Nixon
George A. Lincoln
New Federal Joint Energy Board
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Federal Power Commission
Lincoln
Gulf Oil
Boston
National Fuel Oil Institute
Institute
Gas and Electric
Funerals Held for Mrs Beatrice L Powers and A Wiley Sherwood
The funeral for Mrs Beatrice L Randles Powers widow of J Burton Powers longtime Bennington and Manchester resident drew a large crowd at Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Center. The Rev Ernest C Butler Jr officiated at the committal in Evergreen Cemetery Arlington with Kennebec Girl Scout Council delegates present. Bearers were Manchester residents Donald Powers Floyd Eastman Oscar Johnson Howard Hinkley and Leo Cherbonneau. A funeral for A Wiley Sherwood 86 longtime state highway engineer and Hoosick Falls High School and RPI graduate was conducted at Robson Funeral Home Hoosick Falls with services by the Rev John Y Elliott. Bearers included Howard G Cox Howard E Haynes Arthur A McLinden John P Percy Roy G Draper and Robert Cook. Interment followed in Hoosick Rural Cemetery. Sheriff flag honored on the casket for service with Co M Hoosick Falls on the Mexican Border in 1916 and with the 24th Combat Engineers in World War I. A private service was held in Marietta where Mr. Sherwood spent winters and he owned a 400 acre farm in North Hoosick.
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Beatrice L
Randles) Powers
J. Burton Powers
Bennington
Manchester
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester Center
Ernest C. Butler Jr
First United Presbyterian Church of
Salem
N.Y
Evergreen Cemetery
Arlington
Maine
Donald Powers
Floyd Eastman
Oscar Johnson
Howard Hinkley
Leo Cherbonneau
A. Wiley Sherwood
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Rural Cemetery
Mr. Sherwood
Co. M
24Th Combat Engineers
American Legion
Marietta
Ohio
Sherwood
North Hoosick
Cambodian forces briefly press near Phnom Penh amid new clashes
Cambodian troops clashed with North Vietnamese forces six miles from central Phnom Penh in a fresh fighting round. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacked around Tang Kauh for a fourth straight night while B52 bombing targeted the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Northern Laos. Cambodian reports noted casualties on both sides and a perceived Communist buildup in Battambang Province.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Tang Kauh
U.S
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Cambodia
Mekong Delta
Binh Chanh
Saigon
Mont Krasas Krao
Mekong
South Vietnam
Battambang
Aiken backs dairy limits proposed by Tariff Commission
Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont endorses UPI reporting that he supports Tariff Commission recommendations to curb dairy imports. He backs immediate White House action to halt ice cream and animal feeds with milk derivatives and chocolate crumb above 5.5 percent fat, and to set ceilings on low fat cheese as a measure to raise U.S. milk prices.
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Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Nixon
GOP
Senate Agriculture Committee
U.S. Tariff Commission
White House
Vermont Officials Seek Retirement Reform For Corrections Staff
Corrections Commissioner Lawrence Bershad urged Vermont to review the state employee retirement plan during a joint legislative hearing. He proposed extending police style benefits to corrections workers in danger roles and noted disparities due to long service and higher salaries.
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Bershad
Corrections Department
Vermont PSB hears first cable complaint overcharge
Vermont officials hear a case from State Treasurer Frank Davis who overpaid 122 dollars in three years for cable TV at his Burlington home. He was billed 6 dollars monthly, 2 dollars too much, plus a charged receptacle Green Mountain Television allegedly should have removed. Davis seeks a refund of 122 dollars.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Public Service Board
Frank Davis
Burlington
Davis
Green Mountain Television
Man on 26th floor ledge in Albany coerced inside
A 36-year-old state worker named John L. McCullough of Schenectady spent nearly five hours on a narrow 26th floor ledge of Albany's Alfred E. Smith Building before his estranged wife and others persuaded him to come inside. About 300 spectators watched as he dangled his feet from a 14-inch perch.
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Albany
Alfred E. Smith
John L. McCullough
Schenectady
McCullough
Escapee from Great Barrington police sparks 13 state search
45-year-old Richard Bettis of Canaan Conn. vanished after a requested goodbye to his mother while being transported to Pittsfield Jail. He had been sentenced to 60 days in the House of Correction. Pittsfield housing move and a fatal car crash in Adams also noted.
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Great Barrington
Canaan
Lenox Route 7 20 to shrink to two lanes next spring
A state DPW spokesman announced that Lenox Route 7 and 20 will be reduced from four lanes to two for safety next spring. The two-lane section will run from the Lenox bypass end near the DPW building to beyond the Pittsfield Country Club traffic lights. Mrs. Shirley Graham DuBois will visit DuBois Memorial Park in Great Barrington on October 17.
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Lenox
State Department of Public Works
DPW
Pittsfield Country Club
Great Barrington
Shirley Graham DuBois
W.E.B. DuBois
DuBois Memorial Park
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