Foot of Snow Paralyzes Eastern New York Storm Hits Hard
A blinding snowstorm dumps heavy amounts across eastern New York from Glens Falls to Long Island. Roads clog, schools close, and travel disrupted as air and rail services suffer. two highway deaths are reported amid widespread outages and flooding in New York City.
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Snow Falls in Schenectady as Storm Drops Inches
In Schenectady New York today a heavy storm dumped more than 18 inches, with three and a half inches of new snow in one hour from 11 a.m. to noon and eleven inches by noon from 8 a.m. to noon. Local residents hunkered down as the blizzard intensified across the region.
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LBJ Announces Saturday Noon White House News Conference
The White House says President Johnson will hold a news conference at noon Eastern Saturday in his office. Press secretary Bill Moyers noted radio networks may tape the remarks for later broadcast and there will be no live television coverage.
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AFL-CIO Supports LBJ on Viet Nam and Attacks Kennedy
AFL-CIO leaders praised President Johnson’s Viet Nam policy in Miami Beach and criticized Senator Kennedy’s stance. Meany indicated the federation will not name Kennedy but targets his differing views. The labor group seeks wage hikes from the current 1.25 to 1.40 this year, with future raises to 1.60 in 1968, while Johnson is expected to limit increases to 1.40 now.
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Flowers enters Alabama governor race amid Wallace contest
Alabama Attorney General Richmond Flowers announced his bid for governor as Democrats prepare for the May 3 primary. He positions himself as a racial moderate challenging Governor George Wallace's segregationist stance. Wallace’s wife Lurleen Wallace also entered the race, signaling a crowded field before the filing deadline.
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Pennsylvania Hit By Heavy Snow Snow Drives Hazardous Roads
Pennsylvania faced heavy snow and near freezing temps creating slick roads across the state. The Harrisburg weather bureau logged over six inches with up to ten inches forecast in the Lower Susquehanna area as plows and salt crews worked to keep major routes passable.
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Plan for Apollo Launch Saturday
CAPE KENNEDY FL A P AP forecasts favorable weather for Saturday’s unmanned Apollo moonship launch. A Saturn 1B will propel the spacecraft on a 310 mile flight, test propulsion, guidance and heat shield, then return through Earth’s atmosphere at over 18 000 mph. Recovery is planned in the South Atlantic after a 5300 mile journey. The mission kicks off a sequence toward a manned lunar landing.
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Lift Testimony In Klan Probe
House Un American Activities Committee ends five months of public hearings on the Ku Klux Klan after 4,300 pages of testimony from 190 witnesses. Representative Joe Pool of Texas calls the record a history of floggings beatings killings and plots to assassinate public figures based on race and policy disagreements.
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Dynamite Blasts Tear Elba High School Wing
Two heavy explosions ripped a four room wing from Elba High School in Alabama, damaging the building after a banquet ended. Officials say dynamiting is likely but motives unknown. No injuries reported. Police chief notes peaceful race relations and no trouble between students.
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Johnson Viet Nam policy fight in Senate
President Johnson faces a congressional clash as senators debate rescinding the 1964 blank-check authorization for the Vietnam War while Morse seeks to attach a restrictive amendment. Humphrey briefs lawmakers on a nine-nation Asian trip as Republicans push limits on contingency funds.
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Soviet Mongolia ratify new alliance amid troop reports
Moscow reports Mongolia and the Soviet Union ratified a new treaty of alliance while unconfirmed accounts said two or three Soviet divisions entered Mongolia. The moves follow Chinese concentrations near Mongolia and rising Chinese troop numbers in northern Manchuria on the Amur border.
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Corruption and aid leakage hurt Vietnam stabilizing effort
The AP reports that large sums and weak controls in U.S. aid to Vietnam have undermined economic stabilization. Officials warn corruption is widespread, with leakage reaching millions. Black markets thrive in Saigon including currency, goods, and post office money orders. GIs face penalties for some violations as efforts to reform the aid program continue.
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Wilson Expected To Call Election For Next Month
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson is expected to call a national election for March 31. Labor holds 314 seats while Conservatives have 302 and Liberals 9, a slim majority. Observers say a vote may come before an anticipated harsh budget and possible legislative defeats.
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Census by mail to replace door-to-door in 1970
Andrew F. Brimmer said the 1970 census will largely be conducted by mail rather than in person. The approach marks a basic change in the counting process as forms delivered by the postman are expected to replace most interviewer visits.
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Car Skids Kill Wellsville Youth on Snow Road
James Schittine, 20, of Wellsville was killed when the car he rode in skidded on a snow covered rural road near Wellsville and plunged into the Genesee River. His body was recovered from the river by State Police.
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