Broadway Bridge Opens After 693 Day Closure
Mayor Percy Patrick cut a green ribbon at 8:25 am to unveil Fulton’s Broadway Bridge after 693 days closed. Ceremonies featured VFW color guard, prayers, and telegrams from transportation officials. The $2.2 million four lane span aims to spur future growth and link city services.
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David Nichols
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Orin Laurence
VFW
Harold W. McGilvray
First Congregational Church
Earl McMorran
Transportation
Robert C. McEwen
H. Douglas Prelay
Stolen plane ditched off Norfolk as helicopter rescues pilot
A 22 year old John D Hemphill of Bricktown New Jersey piloted a Piper Cherokee 140 stolen aircraft. He failed four landing attempts at Kennedy and ditched in fog off Norfolk Va. Coast Guard helicopter rescued him about an hour later in reasonably good condition. FBI to take him into custody. The car linked to Hemphill had blood and a prior domestic dispute cited by police.
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New Jersey
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Norfolk
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Bricktown
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Lakewood
Vance K. Randle
Elizabeth City
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Ocean County Aviation
Coast Guard pilots force successful ditching after evasive turns
After losing contact for an hour the pilot reappeared as fuel dwindled. Two amphibious helicopters and a rescue aircraft joined the chase on a southern course. Capt. Randle, commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station Floyd Bennett Field, then issued commands leading to a safe landing.
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Cal Tech Chief Likely Nixon Science Adviser
President elect Nixon appears to have chosen Dr. Lee A. DuBridge president of Cal Tech as his science adviser. DuBridge, a 67 year old physicist who has led Cal Tech since 1946, is the only scientist known to have met with Nixon recently.
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Richard M. Nixon
Lee A. DuBridge
California Institute of Technology
Nixon
Dubridge
Cal Tech
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Government Moves To Ease Air Traffic Congestion
The FAA issued limits at five U S airports Washington New York and Chicago to curb congestion. The measures take effect April 27 a stop gap until more airports are built as major airlines back the curbs though minor operators criticize them.
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New York
Chicago
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
National Airport
Viet Delegation Presents 3-Point Peace Plan in Paris
Saigon informs that South Vietnam will bring a three point peace proposal to the Paris talks. The plan includes de escalation and a controlled withdrawal of North Vietnamese forces while the NLF denounces the Saigon government as a U S puppet and questions the plan's third point.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
United States
Frisco College Remains Open Amid Disruptions
San Francisco State College will stay open under acting president Dr. S. I. Hayakawa amid a seven hour police operation. About 150 students clashed with him as he raided a sound truck used by Black Students Union supporters. Six arrests and five suspensions reported.
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San Francisco State College
S. I. Hayakawa
Hayakawa
Black Students Union
Canada
Oldest active Franciscan monk James Keenan dies at 90
The Rev. James Keenan, revered as the oldest active Franciscan in the United States, died at St. Anthony Franciscan Monastery in Butler New Jersey. Born in New York City he once taught mathematics at St. Bonaventure University and coached baseball legend John McGraw when McGraw studied there.
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Power Failure Halts NYC Rail Service Briefly
A 36 minute power outage halted Penn Central and Long Island Rail Road service to and from Manhattan. Consolidated Edison officials attributed the problem to the rail distribution system, not their delivery lines.
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Penn Central
Long Island
Manhattan
Consolidated Edison Co
Japan Socialist Party Attacks Hancock Maneuvers Off Korea
The Japan Socialist Party denounced U.S. Seventh Fleet exercises near Korea involving the 33 099 ton aircraft carrier Hancock and other warships.
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Tokyo
Japan Socialist Party
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Hancock
Korea
Students protest city school day extension outside four high schools
Bands of students opposed to the lengthened school day from the city teachers strike gathered in protest outside four high schools in Manhattan and Queens.
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Queens
Moon Basin Discovery Reported by Cornell Astronomers
Cornell University astronomers announced a shallow basin about 600 miles wide on the far side of the Moon. The finding came from observations by America’s Lunar Orbiter spacecraft in a report to the American Geophysical Union on Monday.
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Cornell University
America
American Geophysical Union
Con Ed Maintains Service Amid Strike Activity
Con Edison kept power flowing to nine million customers as 4,000 supervisors ran operations after 20,000 employees walked out in a pension and pay dispute. Nonessential maintenance was delayed and meter readers were not making rounds during the strike.
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New York
Consolidated Edison Co
Sweden warns pollution could ruin planet if war not involved
Sweden told the United Nations General Assembly that humanity may destroy the planet through atmospheric poisoning if nuclear war does not occur. Ambassador Sverker Astrom warned nature has a limit as pollution and plunder threaten the earth, sea and air in a 126 nation session.
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Sweden
United Nations Today
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Three Pittsburgh Teens Held for $70 000 Bank Robbery
In Harrisburg three teens Samuel Barlow 18 Foster Tarver 17 and Sharon Wiggins 17 were held without bond on murder and robbery charges after a Market Street branch heist that left George Morelock 64 dead. A nonresident off duty officer helped in the scene. Packets of bills were left behind as clues.
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Dauphin County
LeRoy S. Zimmerman
Samuel Barlow
Foster Lee Tarver
Sharon M. Wiggins
Zimmerman
Tarver
Market Street
Dauphin Deposit Trust Co
George S. Morelock
Morelock
Apollo 8 Crews Get Hong Kong Flu Inoculation
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 8 and 9 crews and support teams received Hong Kong flu inoculations to prevent the virus from hindering the Christmas moon flight. NASA officials said prime back-up and support crews were vaccinated.
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Space Center, Houston
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Rockefeller Faces Large State Tax Hike as Budget Gap Grows
Gov Rockefeller warns New York faces a major revenue shortfall beyond 700 million dollars with a current 5.5 billion dollar budget. He signals possible 20 percent income tax and 2 to 3 percent sales tax increases to raise about 800 million dollars, aiming to cover the gap and fund department requests.
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N.Y
Rockefeller
Israel and Jordan clash as eight settlements come under fire
Israeli and Jordanian forces exchanged fire for hours with Israel claiming eight Beisan Valley settlements were hit. Tel Qazir Degania and Neve Ur were struck Sunday night and Israeli jets bombed artillery positions in the Gilead mountains. A Sunday raid inside Jordan damaged a rail bridge and highway span in retaliation for Arab sabotage. Jordan protested to the U.N. Security Council, reporting casualties among Jordanians.
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Tel Qazir
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Neve Ur
Jordan
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Sea of Galilee
Amman
Aqsaba
Alaska Jet Crash Kills 39 Aboard On Frozen Lake
An Alaska twin engine propjet crashed into Spotsy Lake in harsh weather killing all 39 aboard. Eskimo village residents reported an explosion near the tail before impact as Air Force FAA and NTSB teams began site investigation.
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Anchorage
Wien Consolidated Airlines
Robert Taylor Actor Fights Lung Cancer in Right Lung
Hollywood star Robert Taylor, famed for his good looks and restrained style, is battling cancer in his right lung. His wife Ursula Theiss says the illness has been known for some time after surgery on October 8 to remove most of the lung due to a fungus infection. He has since been treated at St. Pauls Hospital and stayed at his Mandeville Canyon home on the ranch, continuing to raise quarter horses and austro lops.
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Taylor
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Mills signals no full extension of tax surcharge
Rep. Wilbur D. Mills says there may be no effort to extend the 10 percent income tax surcharge into 1970. He notes the White House likely will not favor a full extension and cites possible positions of Johnson and Nixon as reasons Congress may not pass it. The surcharge expires June 30.
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