New Hampshire Sweeps Sales Dilemma Moves Forward
The New Hampshire Sweepstakes faces a merchandising problem after a dip in 1965 sales. The three member Sweepstakes Commission, led by a low paid chairman, seeks updates to ticket distribution including vending machines in liquor stores and toll stations. Proposals to sell at hotels and fairs were blocked by the legislature, with Director Powers planning renewed efforts in 1967.
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N.H
UPI
Hampshir
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Rockingham Park
Hinsdale
New Hampshire Turnpike
Massachusetts
Maine
Walt
John Hancock
Sweepstakes Commission
Edward J. Powers
John W. King
Powers
Billings Says Snelling Would Lose in 1966 Race
Burlington report cites House Speaker Franklin Billings Jr calling Shelburne businessman Richard Snelling a loser who cannot defeat Gov. Hoff in 1966. Billings, who won’t run soon, calls Snelling psychologically a loser and mocks his right to work stance as archaic. He notes GOP divisions and signals potential support shifts in District 24’s Young Republicans.
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Snelling
Burlington
UPI
Franklin Billings Jr
Richard Snelling
Shelburne
Philip H. Hoff
John Daley
Rutland
Daley
Hoff
GOP
John Alden
Richard Mallary
Green Mountain
Army's Sunday Punch Lands in South Viet Nam
In Saigon, the First Cavalry Division landed at Qui Nhon as 5,000 troops arrived with 15 ships, while an air mobile force prepared inland for Viet Cong strikes. Vietnamese and U.S. units reported ground and air actions including dissident tribesmen surrendering in Darlac and a munitions plant captured in Vinh Binh.
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UPID
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Darlac
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Viet Nam
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Hanoi
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Johnson
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First Cavalry Division
UPI
Hurricane Betsy Death Toll Surges in Louisiana
New Orleans coroner reports Betsy may have killed hundreds in Plaquemines Parish with 45 confirmed dead in Louisiana by daybreak. Bodies, chlorine barge searches, and widespread flooding strain officials as rescue and recovery continue amid outages, looting, and mass shelters.
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UPS
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Nicholas Chetta
Plaquemines
Betsy
Louisiana
Chetta
Baton Rouge
Mississippi River
Johnson
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
W.W. Dumas
Bahamas
Florida
Gulf Coast
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Navy
South
Congress
Thant Holds Urgent Conferences in New Delhi
U.N. Secretary General Thant pressed for a Kashmir cease fire in urgent talks with Indian Foreign Minister Swaran Singh and Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. He earlier met General Nimmo, U.N. military observer, whose mediation halted the 1949 Indo-Pak war. Sources say he may stop in Moscow on return to New York.
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UPC
United Nations
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Swaran Singh
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Kashmir
Robert Nimmo
U.N
Moscow
New York
Air battles rage over Kashmir as both sides claim gains
United Press International reports heavy air battles and tank clashes across Kashmir and the Lahore Sialkot front. India and Pakistan issue conflicting victory claims while tolls mount. both sides accuse the other of atrocities as armored forces collide and infantry see limited contact.
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Lahore
Sialkot
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Rawalpindi
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Kashmir
Himalayas
Punjab
Karachi
Soviets Call for Peace Amid India Pakistan Conflict
The Tass news agency in Moscow appealed for international efforts to end the India Pakistan fighting and implied Chinese statements helped fan the war. The Soviet pledge to help end the conflict followed three similar calls in five days.
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UPI
Soviet Union
India
Pakistan
China
Tass
Indian Subcontinent
Kremlin
Russia
Peking
Chou Ene Lai
Vermont Leads Nation in Highway Death Rate
Vermont remains the top state for highway deaths per 100 million miles driven with a forecast of over 145 fatalities this year. The 100th death occurred in Shoreham, as Vermont’s rate reaches nine per 100 million miles versus a national 5.2. Most victims are aged 26 to 46, on weekends, with liquor and speed cited in 72 percent of deaths and 74 percent of those killed being Vermonters.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
James Malloy
Shoreham
New York Primaries Promise Tepid NYC Democratic Race
New York primaries begin statewide on Tuesday but the main NYC contest for the Democratic nomination to challenge Mayor Lindsay looks muted. Four candidates anticipate victory yet hedge on turnout as enthusiasm lags among about two million registered Democrats in the city.
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New York
UPI
New York State
John Lindsay
New York City
Streisand Leads Emmys as Van Dyke Tops Night
Hollywood and New York report Streisand and Van Dyke headlining the Emmy awards with top honors for My Name Is Barbra The Dick Van Dyke Show Bernstein What Is Sonata Form and The Magnificent Yankee. Network tallies show NBC 14 wins CBS 12 ABC 3. The Louvre documentary claims six Emmys.
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UPI
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Dick van Dyke
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Leonard Bernstein
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Jerry
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Joan Crawford
Lunt- Fontanne
Palladium
Danny Thomas
New York
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Sammy Davis
Johnny Carson
Jimmy Durante
Inger Stevens
Danny Kaye
Robert Vaughn
Mary Tyler Moore
Richard Crenna
Singing King
Thomas
NBC
CBS
ABC
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Wdgu- TV
New Orleans
Louvre
Paris
Charles Boyer
Inside Pages Highlight Bennington College Fashion News
An editorial ponders Bennington College fashion trends while a reader implores water authorities to act as good Samaritans. The issue also notes a St Joseph College alumnus joining the faculty as a first for the college.
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Bennington
Good Samaritans
St. Joseph College
Woman Dies At Her Wedding in Manchester
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret St. Jean 64 die from heart attack at wedding reception in Manchester New Hampshire Saturday three hours after the ceremony. Husband present and wedding celebration interrupted by tragedy.
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N.H
UPD
Margaret St. Jean
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