Campaign in Home Stretch Heated City Rally Attacks Haughey
Mayor Del Gallo charged ex mayor Raymond L. Haughey with a phony economy during his three terms in City Hall. He claimed Haughey spent a cash surplus and left an empty purse for the next mayor, neglected maintenance, and built schools with cheap materials leading to high future costs. Del Gallo urged Pittsfield deserves better than a 33 1/3 percent mayor.
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Remo del Gallo
Raymond L. Haughey
del Gallo
Haughey
DeGallo
Pittsfield
Haughey Attacks Foes In Sick People Rally Charge
Raymond I. Haughey denounces Del Gallo rally as gutter politics and accuses a coalition of sick people of trying to infiltrate City Hall. He labels Arles and Miller as race track backers and vows to prevent their influence in the election race for mayor.
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Raymond I. Haughey
del Gallo
Haughey
Remo del Gallo
Miller
Eagle
Lawrence K. Miller
Peter Arles
The
Good Government Association
Arles
Arlos
Pittsfield
John A. Barry
Barry
Saughey
Elections in the Nation Lindsay Beane Get Top Billing
Campaigns end in 11 states with big contests for two governorships major cities mayors and numerous legislative seats Nine constitutional amendments statewide propositions and a busy New York City mayoral race headline a national November vote Buckley Lindsay and Beame battle in a three way NYC mayoral race while Hughes Dumont Holton and Godwin Jr lead gubernatorial bids in New Jersey Virginia and Kentucky observers cite party loyalties and early polling as results loom.
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Washington
New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Abraham D. Beame
John V. Lindsay
William F. Buckley Jr
Beame
Lindsay
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Houston
Buffalo
Louisville
Cleveland
New Jersey
Virginia
Richard J. Hughes
Wayne Dumont Jr
Mills B. Godwin Jr
A. Linwood Holton
William E. Story Jr
Albertis $. Harrison
Kentucky
New York
Texas
Florida
Maine
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
James Grimaldi
Buckley
Became
Wagner
Johnson
New York Daily News Today
New York Herald Tribune
Wayne Dumont
GOP
A. Linwood Holton Jr
Roanoke
Richard M. Nixon
Holton
Walton
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Afl-Cio
Harry F. Byrd
Dedham Blazé Drives 100 From Homes In Fireweekend
Wind whipped brush fires across Massachusetts and Rhode Island as 256 fires burned 594 acres. In Dedham a house burned and several damaged while 10 residents fled to the streets. at Harvard Quincy House students evacuated after a sixth floor fire trapped three firefighters briefly.
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Dedham. Mass
Boston
Harvard University
Harvard
Quincy House
Massachusetts
Commissioner of Natural Resources
Charles H. W. Foster
Seekonk
Wilmington
Canton
Shrewsbury
Methuen
Natick
Sudbury
Rhode Island
Rhode Island College
Providence
Ran
Saigon Buddhist Immolates Self at Pagoda Grounds
A man in yellow Buddhist robes burned himself to death inside Saigon's Vien Hoa Dao pagoda grounds on Monday night. Several hundred people forced entry to view the remains while monks and nuns expressed uncertainty about his motive or identity. Since June 1963, more than a dozen monks and nuns have self-immolated for various reasons.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Vien Hoa Dao
Map Reader Court-Martialed Lodge Apologizes For Tragic Error
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge apologized to Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky in Saigon for a bombing that killed 48 South Vietnamese civilians and wounded 55 in De Duc Village. A South Vietnamese lieutenant faces court martial for a map reading error that sent two Skyraider planes to the village 40 miles north of Qui Nhon, using erroneous coordinates with two swapped digits. U S officials cleared American personnel of responsibility. National Heroes Day saw large processions in Saigon with Montagnard tribesmen and troops honoring the revolt that toppled Ngo Dinh Diem.
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U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
Ale Skyraider
de Duc
Qui Nhon
Te Duc
Biven
Ngo Dinh Diem
Lodge
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Freeway Fog Triggers 150 Car Pileups Across L A Freeways
A fog bank rolled over two Los Angeles freeways causing 150 vehicles to crash in series across the Santa Ana and another stretch. One man seriously injured, 27 with minor injuries, and damage exceeds $100,000 as tow trucks disentangle wrecks. Police say multiple pileups occurred, likely driven by panic and rapid rear-end crashes.
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Los Angeles
Santa Ana
Robert Mills
Highway Patrol
Five Day Forecast Says Warm Trend Into Weekend
The forecast calls for temperatures to average four degrees above the seasonal normal of 43 through Saturday with rising readings midweek. Showers possible late Wednesday, then colder conditions on Thursday and Friday with light to no precipitation expected.
U S Navy Air Strikes Three Hanoi Missile Sites
U S Navy and Air Force planes hit three surface to air missile sites 33 miles northeast of Hanoi. One Navy plane was shot down and the pilot is missing. The assault followed missiles fired at carrier planes. The bridge near the targets was destroyed, with all spans sunk. Six U S planes have been shot down in the North Viet Nam air war.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Air Force
Hanoi
U.S
Navy
Navy Air Force
Oriskany
Independence
Key Highway
Cmdr
Harry T. Jenkins
Washington, D.C
Robert %. Harris
Longview
Tex
North
Viet Nam
Air
the Oriskany
Cmidr
Joe D. Adkins
Marlow
Okla
Cubans Resume Exodus Across Florida Straits
Scores of Cuban refugees arrived at Key West drenched and seasick, alleging Cuban officials forced them to sail into 25 knot winds and 15 foot waves. One boat sank ten miles from Cuba, and skipper Jorge Cano said Camarioca boats were being moved out as the airlift neared approval to replace the dangerous sea shuttle with a formal program.
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Key West, Fla
Florida Straits
United States
Cuba
Jorge Cano
Belle Grade
Fla
The
Smarty
Camarioca
Continuance of Walkouts Voted by Local 255
IUE Local 235 and GE workers at General Electric Pittsfield plants will keep walkouts to protest unresolved grievances. About 150 attended a meeting where a unanimous vote to continue was taken. five walkouts affected roughly 3,400 employees, each lasting 2.25 hours. The union seeks talks with GE officials but management has limited discussions to labor relations staff.
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IUE
General Fredric Co
Pittsfield
George V. DiPalazzo
Arthur G. Melikan
DiPalazzo
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Dedham
Riverdale
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Charles River
Associated Press
China
Yonki North View
Thailand
Cambodia
Au Nho
Vietnam
de Due
TUE
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