Fire at Albany hotel injures guests. 150 flee
Fire on the fourth floor of the Ten Eyck Hotel in Albany forced evacuation of 150 guests. U.S. Rep. Daniel E. Button was evacuated but unharmed. One resident, Mrs. Virginia Thomson, 63, treated for smoke inhalation. five others also treated. Cause undetermined. acting fire chief cites careless smoking as likely.
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Albany
Albany, N.Y
Ten Eyck
State Street
Virginia Thomson
Albany Medical Center Hospital
U.S
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R-N.y
William Mangee
Mangee
Tol
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Potsdam
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Aldrich St
Binghamton
San Gabriel Valley
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Ambassador Hotel
Dodd Attacks Drew Pearson Over TV Crime Report
Sen Thomas J Dodd of Connecticut denounces columnist Drew Pearson as a monster and molester, asserting Pearson’s arrest records were destroyed. Dodd cites the subcommittee’s October 27 1964 release and a thorough report on crime and violence on television and its effects on youth.
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Dodd
Senate
Economy Drive Hits Pet Congressional Program
Washington AP The House Appropriations Committee sent a bill financing the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation at their lowest levels since 1962 and 1958. The package totals 4.5 billion for public works, power resources, and AEC, with AEC weapons program up 281 million while other AEC activities fall 218 million. Over 1,100 witnesses sought funding for 140 unbudgeted projects.
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House Appropriations Committee
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Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Power Resources Development
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
West Allies urged to counter East German travel curbs
West Berlin traffic returned to normal after East Germany imposed new travel restrictions. Chancellor Kiesinger urged a serious counterreaction from the United States Britain and France, while Pravda backed East German action. The Allies planned to raise the issue with the Soviets but gave no details on potential actions.
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Pravda
Soviet Communist Party
East Germany
Kiesinger
Plattsburgh Girl Among 6 Killed In Plane Crash
AP report identifies Barbara McDowell a 25 year old Pan American stewardess from Plattsburgh among six killed in a Calcutta jetliner crash. She trained at St Agnes Albany and Wells College Geneva. Father Dr Edward S McDowell a surgeon died May 22. Sister and mother reside in New York City and Plattsburgh.
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N.Y
New York City
Calcutta
India
Barbara McDowell
Pan American World Airways
St. Agnes School
Albany
Willae Smith College
Geneva
Edward S. McDowell
Miss McDowell
Gabriel Magassey
Hazel
Tornado devastates Tracy Minnesota killing at least ten
A tornado ripped through Tracy Minnesota killing at least ten and wrecking up to 300 homes. Dozens missing and more than twenty hospitalized. Seven bodies recovered overnight with three more found after daybreak as National Guard and Civil Defense aided search and cleanup.
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Tracy, Minn
Tracy
National
Pa May Boost Campaign For Rockefeller
Governor Shafer is 100 percent for Rockefeller and four-fifths of Pennsylvania's 64 delegate group backs him. An AP poll shows Rockefeller with 50 votes to Nixon's 9, Reagan 1, and four uncommitted, while Shafer withholds formal endorsement.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Raymond P. Shafer
Rockefeller
Associated Press
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Ronald Reagan
California
Shafer
Ohio
Michigan
James Rhodes
George A. Romney
Mystery Girl Seen With Kennedy Killer at Range
Witnesses testifying before the county grand jury say Sirhan Bishara Sirhan fired the weapon at a San Gabriel range twelve hours before the Kennedy slaying. They describe a smiling mystery girl beside him and a rapid firing sequence that struck Kennedy and panicked bystanders.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Sirhan
Ambassador Hotel
SUCO Receives $30,000 TV Grant in Oswego
Washington reports a $30,000 grant for the State University at Oswego for closed related needs, approved today by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, as stated by Rep. Robert C. McEwen.
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Washington
State University At
Oswego
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Robert C. McEwen
National Park Service Extends Permit for Resurrection City
The National Park Service planned to grant an extension today to the permit for the Poor People's Campaign encampment near the Lincoln Memorial. The original permit for Resurrection City expires Sunday.
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Washington
National Park Service
Lincoln Memorial
Resurrection City
Anonymous gift funds Harvard science teaching center
Cambridge AP reports an anonymous 12.5 million gift, the fourth largest in Harvard's 333 year history, will establish a center for undergraduate science teaching. President Nathan M. Pusey announced the gift on Commencement Day after a late night call from a Harvard man and his wife supporting the university's 48.6 million science drive.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard
Nathan M. Pusey
Israelis and Egyptians clash across Suez Canal in new firefight
In Tel Aviv AP report, Israeli and Egyptian forces exchange artillery and mortar fire across the Suez Canal for 2 hours 20 minutes. An Israeli military spokesman says one Israeli soldier was wounded in the clash, the first in three weeks.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Deliberations Delayed in Antidraft Conspiracy Trial
In Boston AP closing arguments the judge said conspiracy is the crucial issue in the antidraft case of Dr. Benjamin Spock and four others. The jury retired but deliberations were delayed as defense lawyers met with the judge to discuss objections to portions of his charge.
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Boston
Benjamin Spock
Rebels Leave Theater in Paris After Occupation
Police surrounded the state owned Odeon Theater as rebellious students who had occupied it for a month departed peacefully. Earlier dawn actions at the Sorbonne University of Paris building expelled about 20 ultramilitants after a brief clash with Molotov cocktails and tear gas grenades used.
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Paris
Odeon
Dents
Sorbonne
University of Paris
Mediators Urge Resumption of Aluminum Workers Talks
Federal mediators urged resumption of negotiations to end the strike by aluminum workers at 14 plants across nine states. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service set June 20 in Minneapolis for talks with the AFL-CIO Aluminum Workers International Union and representatives of Aluminum Co. of America and Reynolds Metals Co.
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Washington
Minneapolis
Minn
Afl-Cio
Aluminum Workers International Union
Aluminum Co. of America
Reynolds Metals Co
Most Michigan Democrats Favor Humphrey Delegates polled
In Michigan an Associated Press survey shows 39 delegates backing Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey for the Democratic presidential nomination. Three support Eugene J. McCarthy, while 36 delegates remain undecided on their final choice and some expect an unknown candidate could win at Chicago.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Associated Press
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Edward M. Kennedy
Chicago
Kennedy
Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Saigon Rockets Battle Yields 32 Missiles and 26 Guerrillas
U S soldiers scouring Saigon's rocket belt found 32 enemy missiles and killed 26 guerrillas as 12 000 allied troops comb the area. Viet Cong fired four rockets into Tan Son Nhut airbase killing one American and damaging a plane. Three days of Saigon calm continue.
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Tan Son Nhut
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Rocket offensive in Saigon could derail Paris talks
Western diplomats warn a sustained Viet Cong rocket campaign on Saigon risks wrecking the Paris peace talks. U S officials say Harriman warned Thuy such terror attacks could have serious consequences, possibly prompting Johnson to rethink military or diplomatic strategy. Saigon residents brace for more shells as diplomats weigh whether North Vietnam will suspend negotiations.
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Xuan Thuy
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Thuy
Johnson
South Vietnam
Washington
Bui Diem
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