Bank holdup in Glens Falls nets two gunmen
A Queensbury Route 9 branch robbed of 99000 cash and two gunmen captured within two hours near Lake Luzerne. Driver identified as William J. Kuntz, 34, Islip Manor. accomplice unnamed. Loot recovered from a trunk in a white foreign sports car. Both men detained for questioning. no charges filed yet.
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Glens Falls
N.Y
Sheriff's Department
Lake Luzerne
Here
William J. Kuntz
Ferndale Blvd
Alice van Horne
George Reeger
Spanish Police Hunt Killers of Algerian Exile
In Madrid two gunmen are sought after Mo hamed Khider an Algerian exile and former FLN leader was killed as he left his apartment with his wife and brother in law. Police tie the slaying to a dispute over missing FLN funds once alleged to have reached 11 million dollars in Swiss banks. Independence rivalries loom in the narrative as Ahmed Ben Bella disputes Khider’s role.
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Madrid
Mohamed Khider
Algeria
National Liberation Party
FLN
Algerian National Liberation Front
Ahmed Ben Bella
Khider
Ben Bella
Hoffa pursues contract terms as jail deadline nears
Hollywood Florida AP Hoffa shapes nationwide trucking wage demands five to seven percent for about 500000 Teamsters across 12000 firms. Talks start January 17 in Washington. unless a new Supreme Court hearing or retrial occurs he could be jailed before the March 31 deadline. Some worry talks may stall without him. Hoffa believes a settlement can occur without a strike. He notes some firms may raise rates to cover higher labor costs. He has until February 4 to file for a new Supreme Court hearing.
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Hollywood
Fla
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Teamsters
Washington
Supreme Court
Three British Newspapers Urge Repeal of Royal Marriage Act
London papers urge Parliament to repeal George III’s Royal Marriages Act to spare Queen Elizabeth II from having to approve marriages of royal kin. The act requires monarch consent for marriages of George II descendants and is labeled archaic and punitive by the Daily Mail Sun Evening Standard and others.
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London
Elizabeth II
Earl of Harewood
Earl
George II
Techni
Cally
Harewood
Patricia Tuckwell
Australia
Church of England
Daily Mail
Laborite Sun
Evening Standard
Beaverbrook
Cyril Hankinson
de Brett
Peerage
George III
Hankinson
England
American
Dukes of Cumberland
Astronomers Find 10th Saturn Satellite Near Rings
Astronomers in Cambridge Massachusetts report the discovery of Saturns 10th moon just outside the rings. The satellite appears to be the closest to the planet and its rings, with confirmation from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory on Tuesday night.
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Cambridge
Mass
Saturn
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Hanoi Premier Signals Possible Shift on Peace Talks
North Vietnam Premier Pham Van Dong says four points guiding its Vietnam war stance may serve as a settlement basis rather than prerequisites for talks. He asserts Washington must take first steps and urges patience as hostilities could end only when a settlement is forced and respected.
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NEW York
Pham van Dong
North Vietnam
Vietnam
New York Times
Hanoi
Harrison E. Salisbury
Salisbury
Dong
Washington
South
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Liberation Front
United States
U.S
Uncashed Travelers’ Checks Found in Vault
In Toledo Ohio AP report a man shopping for a used bank vault and John Rice Jr opened a Pixley Safe Co vault stored for three years and found about $33 000 in uncashed travelers checks.
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Toledo, Ohio
Pixley Safe Co
John Rice Jr
Rockefeller Seeks 2 Billion Bond Plan to Boost Roads
Gov. Rockefeller told the New York Legislature he can avoid tax hikes this year but would need about 2 billion in highway and mass transit bonds. The plan aims to advance road building and modernize NYC area transit while delaying new programs. He suggested using existing tax revenue gains plus bonds, and floated a state lottery to fund schools if cooperated. He also outlined a broad program to improve cities, fight crime, modernize transportation, and consider abortion law changes and veteran benefits.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
Barking
New York City
State Department of Crime Control
Department of Transportation
U S Navy Jets Hit North Vietnam Supply Vessels
U S Navy pilots attacked more than 200 North Vietnam ese barges and junks, reporting 111 destroyed or damaged. Navy fliers from three carriers used rockets to damage a surface to air missile radar site and to set fire to a torpedo boat near Hai Phong. In Saigon area small actions continued as Britain proposed peace talks met a Communist rebuff.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Navy
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Britain
United States
North
Hanoi
Popular Force
U. S
Air Force
Guam
Stolen Paintings Recovered Intact in London Theft
Eight paintings valued at seven million dollars from a major art theft were recovered intact near London. The works include three Rembrandts, three Rubens, and pieces by Gerald Dou and Adam Elsheimer, with some minor frost damage but all in good condition overall. Police continue questioning suspects.
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London
Dulwich College Gallery
Scotland Yard
the Yard
Gerald Dou
Adam Elsheimer
Red China Labor Unions War Signals Pivot In Power Struggle
Reports from Tass and Ceteka claim the All China Federation of Trade Unions was dissolved, while Japanese reporters cite a Mao Lin led takeover forming the All China Association of Red Revolutionaries. The move could weaken Liu Shao chi as the party battles for control.
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Tokyo
China
Mao Tse-tung
Lin Piao
Liu Shao-chi
Tass
Ceteka
All China Federation of Trade Unions
ACFTU
Peking
All-China Association of Red Revolutionaries
ACARR
Liu
Red China
ACFTA
Mao
Lin
Red Guards
Red Guard
Legislature Aims to Adjourn by April 4
In Albany New York top leaders pledged to finish the 1967 session before the Constitutional Convention opens April 4 They plan to speed up by appointing standing committees and avoiding parallel sessions amid a push to pass a statewide lottery with Governor Rockefeller staff research backing the move Senate Republican leader Earl Brydges and Assembly Speaker Anthony Travia said funds may come from a lottery though exact amounts were not estimated
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Albany
N.Y
Earl W. Brydges
Senate
Brydges
Anthony J. Travia
Assembly
Assembly Chamber
Travia
Joseph Zaretzki
Perry B. Duryea
Gov. Rockefeller
Pentagon denies deliberate bombing of Nam Dinh civilians
The Defense Department rebutted claims that U S planes targeted civilian areas in Nam Dinh North Vietnam in a letter to Rep Ogden Reid dated December 30 The letter signed by Phil Goulding deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs counters a New York Times dispatch by Harrison Salisbury noting civilian deaths and damage including a textile plant and dikes in Nam Dinh
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Nam Dinh
North Vietnam
Defense Department
Ogden R. Reid
R-N.y
New York Times
Phil G. Goulding
Reid
Harrison FE. Salisbury
Times
Hanoi
United States
Auto makers push for changes to 1968 model safety rules
Major U S producers and foreign builders told the Commerce Department they cannot meet all 23 proposed safety standards for 1968 cars. They seek adjustments and delays to allow design and production changes. Dr William Haddon Jr warned comments would be evaluated over two weeks as negotiations likely begin. The deadline for final standards remains Jan 31.
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Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
William Haddon Jr
National Highway Safety Agency
Indi
Haddon
Alan S. Boyd
Commerce For Transportation
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William 8. Meadows
South Florida
Masferrer
Immigration Service
Florida Keys
Anton Constanzo
Constanzo
Port Au Prince
Negro Island
Francois Duvalier
Windward Passage
Jean Baptiste Georges
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Auria Poggio
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U.S. Navy
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