Irish man sends $5 to pay for Bronx bus window
Peter Crogan, 43, an Irish immigrant, mailed a letter from Dublin to New York city finance administrator Roy Goodman confessing a long-ago act of breaking a Bronx bus window with a stone. He enclosed $5, and Goodman thanked him for sending something green from Eire.
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Green
Eire New York
Peter Crogan
Dublin
Ireland
City Finance
Roy M. Goodman
Crogan
Bronx
Goodman
Eire
Prettiest Mayor honored in New Jersey Toast
Patricia Q. Sheehan, New Brunswick’s first woman mayor, was hailed as the prettiest mayor in the nation by Princeton University singers at the New Jersey Conference of Mayors. The 33 year old widow and mother of three assumed office a week ago in New Brunswick, population 40,000.
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Princeton
Princeton University
Patricia Q. Sheehan
Sheehan
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Grandmother Edna Crawford Injured in Touch Football Fall
Mrs Edna Crawford, 81, fractured her left hip in a fall while playing touch football with her grandchildren in Carmichaels Pennsylvania. She was admitted to hospital in satisfactory condition per staff reports.
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Carmichaels, Pa
Edna Crawford
Crawford
Starting Them Young Driving Lessons for 6-Year-Olds
Los Angeles or California may begin early driver training in first grade or kindergarten as 6-year-olds are taught safety habits. Russ Walton, assistant state transportation administrator, spoke to 6,000 delegates at a safety conference urging lifelong safety driving habits.
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Los Angeles
Califoria
Russ Walton
Walton
Iowa Tax Revisions In Snarls
Iowa lawmakers left for Memorial Day weekend amid a tax dispute. Democrats push to relieve personal property taxes, with bills to tax relief and school aid advancing. Senate proposals include livestock tax repeal and a $5,000 personal property exemption, while a 7 year plan would phase in larger exemptions starting at 2,500 in 1969.
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Senate
House
Ways and Means
Andrew Frommelt
D-Dubuque
Sniffer Hones in on Viet Cong with Odor Detector
The Army tests a 2-pound odor detector nicknamed the People Sniffer designed to reveal troop concentrations under jungle cover. Flying operators in helicopters pinpoint targets by smell, guiding air and artillery fire. Developed at Aberdeen and built by General Electric, it is officially the E63 Man Pack Personnel Detector.
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Limited Warfare Laboratory
Aberdeen
General Electric
Dillaway
Barry Brauns
Korea
Brauns
Army Air Corps
No Man‘’s Land
Army
Jo Ann
Randy
Sheri
Showdown Delayed Israel Restraints Ships
Diplomatic sources say Israel has ordered its ships not to attempt sail through the canal to avoid an immediate showdown with Egypt. The move signals restraint amid heightened tensions in the region and follows reports of potential naval confrontations. Egypt has warned against any incursions into its navigational lanes, raising questions about future maritime traffic and regional stability.
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United Nations, N.y.ap
Israel
Egypt
Strait of Tiran
Gulf of Aqaba
U Thant
Security Council
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
East Africa
Asia
Elath
U.N
Sharm el Sheikh
Middle East
Nasser
Mahmoud Riad
Gideon Rafael
Rafael
Thant Thant
Council
Thant
Alaska Opens Centennial Celebration At Fairbanks
Alaska marks its centennial with Alaska 67 at Fairbanks opening the 40 acre fairground beside the Chena River. Gov Hickel cuts the ribbon as 26 communities showcase exhibits. The fair runs until Sept 30 and is expected to draw over 350000 visitors. The event highlights Alaska wildlife in an outdoor zoo and the Nenana steamship refurnished as a restaurant and lounge.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Waller B. Hickel
Chena River
U.S
William Seward
Russia
South Korean Naval Vessels Engage North Korean Shore Batteries
South Korean warships clashed with North Korean coastal batteries for about 20 minutes near Yongpyong Island, 50 miles northwest of Inchon, amid ongoing west coast patrols. Casualties or damages were not confirmed. This marked the first such engagement since the 1953 armistice.
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Seoul
South Korea
Korea
Yongpyong
Inchon
Power Plant Explosion Darkens Cincinnati Area
An explosion at a strikebound power plant caused brief blackouts across Cincinnati and northern Kentucky along the Ohio River Friday night. Looting and violence followed in Cincinnati Covington and Newport as off duty police restored order. Lights dimmed and low voltage persisted hours after the blast at several sites, with 1550 electrical workers on strike against Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. awaiting resumption of service.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
Ohio River
Covington
Newport
St. Mary's Hospital
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Memorial Day War Remembrance From Muscatine to Vietnam
Memorial Day tribute recalls WW I veterans Charles Fish and Fred Lange from Muscatine who joined Battery C and faced trench and open warfare. It also covers Patton era stories of Wilbur Dietrich, Lyman Fish, and Korean War veteran Barry Brauns, plus Navy Seaman Larry Conklin’s Vietnam service with the Seabees and Chu Lai operations.
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Germany
Europe
Muscatine
Battery C
Charles Fish
Fred Lange
Fish
Lange
Ft. Logan
Muscatine Comity
Pal
Wilbur Dietrich
Lyman Fish
Patton
Third Army
France
Dietrich
Seabees
South Pacific
Iwo Jima
Seabee 90Th
Larry Conklin
Vienam
Conklin
Marritt Conklin
Rhode Island
Vietnam
Chu Lai
Seches
Larry
Helen Waiershauser
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Newport Naval Base
R.I
Iowa
Des Moines
Rita Potter
Philadelphia
Joseph
Army Nurse Corps
Peter Arnett
U.S. Army
Alvin Hylton
1St Infantry Division
Levi Eshkol
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