Ontario Power Chief Defends U S Utilities Over Blackout
Toronto AP The chair man of Ontario Hydro criticized U S utilities saying they were not blameless in the November blackout that cut 1.6 million kilowatts from Ontario and disrupted 40 million people in Canada and the Northeast U S The statement noted flawed relay protection but that the equipment itself was not at fault It called for review of protective systems and said detailed data took days to collect while the U S Federal Power Commission surveys the interconnected grid
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Federal Power Commission
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Princess Margaret visits New York for Churchill Memorial Fund gala
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon arrive at the Waldorf Astoria for a $200-a-couple gala honoring Sir Winston Churchill. The event, attended by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and UN Ambassador Arthur Goldberg, kicks off the Winston Churchill Memorial Fund with 1,200 guests and over a ton of beer. Earlier, the princess toured New York sights. Weymouth votes to halt new building due to a water shortage. reservoir at 60 million gallons, 2 million gallons daily demand, permits halted for new projects and unfinished work.
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Waldorf Astoria
Britain
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Lord Snowdon
Winston Churchill
Nelson Rockefeller
U.N
Arthur Goldberg
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Weymouth
Mass
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Town Building Inspection Department
Army dissolves PKI in West Java
The Indonesian army dissolved the Indonesian Communist party PKI and affiliated groups in West Java. West Java military commander Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Adjie announced the order, saying most Communists in the province had already dissolved their organizations.
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Indonesia
Indonesian Communist Party
PKI
West Java
Berita Yudha
Ibrahim Adjie
Mansfield says no surprises after Kremlin talks
Senate Majority Leader Mansfield and four colleagues met with Premier Kosygin in Moscow for two hours and twenty minutes. They discussed many aspects of Soviet US relations with little focus on Vietnam and offered no new proposals. The five senators included Muskie Inouye Aiken and Boggs and kept a tight lid on details of the trip.
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Mike Mansfield
U.S. Senate
Viet Nam
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Maine
Daniel K. Inauye
Hawaii
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Delaware
Washington
Iran info ministry denies execution claim of UNH graduate
The information ministry in Iran calls a report of Jamshid Fard Shisheh’s execution “absolute nonsense and completely baseless,” stating the University of New Hampshire graduate is alive and aiding peasants in a remote region.
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Tran
Information Ministry
University of New Hampshire
Iran
Jamshid Fard Shisheh
United Kingdom Girl Is Miss World Winner
Lesley Langley Miss United Kingdom won the Miss World contest beating 47 rivals. Miss United States Dianna Balls of Falls Church Virginia finished as runner up and earned 1400 dollars prize money.
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United Kingdom
London
Lesley Langley
Guyana Independence Set for May 26 1966
London announced British Guiana will become the independent nation of Guyana on May 26, 1966. It will be a constitutional monarchy with a governor general, remain loyal to Queen Elizabeth, and seek membership in the Commonwealth and the United Nations. The decison followed an all night conference. a 1988 republic vote is planned.
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UPI
British Guiana
Guyana
Anthony Greenwood
South America
Elizabeth
Britain
Greenwood
United Nations
L. Forbes Burnham
Rivers predicts 1967 defense budget above 55 billion
Rep L Mendel Rivers leader of the House Armed Services Committee said the 1967 defense budget will likely exceed 55 billion after a Charleston meeting with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. He noted the 1966 defense budget approved two months earlier totaled 46.8 billion.
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L. Mendel Rivers
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Robert §. McNamara
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Kennedy nanny writes book about Kennedy children
Maud Shaw, the Kennedy family nanny, has written a tell all manuscript about Caroline and John John Kennedy. The New American Library plans publication next April with installments in a women’s magazine starting next week. Mrs Kennedy sought withdrawal but Shaw remains set to publish and the book is titled My Life with Caroline and John-John. Pamela Turnure condemns the breach of the children’s privacy as disappointing yet principled.
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General Greene says infiltrated Reds should be jailed
In Boston at a New England Council meeting General Wallace M Greene Jr. said anti war demonstrators include card carrying Communists who should be ferreted out and jailed. He praised legitimate protests while warning of a long tough campaign in Vietnam and urged full American support.
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Los Angeles Herald Examiner ends strike with new two year pact
LOS ANGELES UPI Members of the American Newspaper Guild reach a two year contract with Hearst Corp after a two day strike at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. Managing Editor Don Good enow comments on the end of the marathon negotiations and calls the return to work imminent. Terms of the agreement are not disclosed pending ratification by guild members.
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China Build Missile Submarine Reported by Institute
AP reports the Institute of Strategic Studies says Communist China may be constructing a missile firing submarine. The privately run research center states the submarine is conventionally powered and capable of firing three missiles with a range of about 400 miles.
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London
Institute of Strategic Studies
International, Research Center
Bosch Reverses Stance Urges IAPF Role in Santo Domingo
Former Dominican President Juan Bosch shifts policy amid rising violence and stalemate. He now calls for the Inter-American Peace Force to stay to guarantee peace as Nov 4 anti US strikes loom, moves his family for protection, and meets Balaguer and Bonnelly to push four month calm.
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Stokes Concedes Cleveland Mayoral Loss to Locher
State Rep. Carl B. Stokes conceded defeat in his bid to be Cleveland’s first Negro mayor as a recount widened the margin for incumbent Ralph Locher. The final tally showed Locher ahead by 2,143 votes, 219 more than the initial count, with Stokes sending a telegram of concession at the Board of Elections.
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Ralph Locher
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Board of Elections
Teenage plane hijack attempt shocks New Orleans area
US authorities plan to prosecute 16 year old Thomas Robinson of Brownsville Texas for trying to hijack a National Airlines jet over the Gulf of Mexico en route to Melbourne and Miami. He fired into the cabin floor and threatened passengers with two pistols while expressing Cuba solidarity. He may seek juvenile treatment in a private hearing. FBI testimony recalls his motive linked to Cuba.
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