Rockefeller Goldberg Battle Shapes New York Gubernatorial Race
In Albany NY UPI three term Republican Gov Nelson Rockefeller faces Arthur J Goldberg in a tight gubernatorial race Democrats threaten to end a decade of GOP control. Ottinger leads Goodell Buckley in the Senate contest as Buckley backs Nixon while Paterson's candidacy boosts Goldberg. Ballot includes multiple parties and a potential party realignment.
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Bomb scare forces jumbo jet to make emergency landing
A Pan American 747 diverted from London to New York landed at Bangor International Airport after an anonymous bomb threat at 1:10 p.m. All 236 passengers evacuated in 90 seconds with five minor injuries. An Air Force squad searched the plane. no bomb was found. A second 747 took passengers to Kennedy Airport.
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House to vote again on Dickey-Lincoln funds
Washington reports a House roll call is expected Monday on approving preconstruction funds for Maine’s Dickey Lincoln hydroelectric project. Rep. William Hathaway notes a failed House-Senate negotiation sent the $807,000 item back to the House, amid private versus public power controversy.
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Veterans Job Mart lights up Boston with 10 000 interviews
Ten thousand Vietnam veterans sought employment at the Vietnam Veterans Job Mart final day at Suffolk Downs Paddock Club in Boston. The two day event drew 250 firms offering 15 000 jobs with salaries from 4500 to 18700. VA official Dick Baker hailed it a tremendous success and a model for future district programs while noting concerns over the small number of Black participants and seven Black youths offered jobs on opening day.
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Bailey censured for media role in high profile cases
In Boston UPI reports criminal lawyer F Lee Bailey was censured by the Massachusetts Supreme Court for using the media to shape opinion. The censure cited his publicity around the Plymouth mail truck robbery, the Carl Cappolino murder trial, and the Harold Matzner case. The court gave Bailey a month to appeal while he remained unavailable for comment.
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Two escapees captured after Vermont jailbreak in East Topsham
UPI reports three men fled Regional Correctional Center in St. Johnsbury Thursday. Albion Brown and Philip Creaser were captured in a barn near East Topsham after witnesses reported them walking on a road. William McDonald was captured earlier. They held a Danville couple hostage briefly post escape. Brown and Creaser arraignment set for today.
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Belafonte petty larceny charge dropped in Chatham
In Chatham New York an $8 charge against entertainer Harry Belafonte was dropped by a police court justice after Miles Halstead the A&P manager asked for dismissal. Belafonte said he ran from the store to reach his blind father in law. Belafonte summers in Red Rock. Albany New Yorkers told not to drink bottled water from Norman's Kill Farm Dairy after a Vermont Health Department report found contamination in Burlington test.
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Ott named curator at Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield
John H. Ott, 26, a Philadelphian and Ottawa native raised in Philadelphia, was named curator of Hancock Shaker Village. He holds a BA from Eastern Baptist College, studied at Cooperstown, and will receive an MA from Oneonta. He has served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam.
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