Indicted Buffalo Mayor Kowal Found Unconscious in City Hall
Mayor Chester C. Kowal and former corporation counsel Ralph Saft face multiple felonies and misdemeanors in a grand jury indictment over alleged kickbacks in a refuse disposal deal. Kowal was found unconscious in his City Hall office with white pills nearby and rushed to Columbus Hospital where he recovered.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Chester C. Kowal
Kowal
Columbus Hospital
Schneider
Ralph Saft
Grand
Ellicott
Saft
Dist
Atty
Michael F. Dillon
Dillon
Explosions and Gunfire Shake Santo Domingo Center
The daylong battle in Santo Domingo left 21 Dominicans dead and 24 American paratroopers wounded. Mortar fire continued after a cease-fire, with rebels blaming the junta and OAS mediation accusing rebels of starting the fighting.
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Santo Domingo
Inter-American
Andre Riviere
Ramon Manuel Montes Arache
Riviere
Organization of American States
OAS
International Safety Zone
Inter-American Force
U.S
Dominican Republic
Hugo Panasco Alvim
Francisco Caamano Deno
Col. Caamano
Caamano
Capelle
Goldwater to Seek 1968 Senate Seat in Arizona
Former Sen Barry Goldwater announced he will run for the U S Senate in 1968 regardless of opponents and pledged a high level, clean campaign. He acknowledged a tough race against Sen Carl Hayden if Hayden runs, adding he would oppose him. Goldwater spoke to about 500 at a Scottsdale political science club, ending seven months of rest with a European motor tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsdale, Ariz
Barry Goldwater
U.S. Senate
Political Science Club
Goldwater
Carl Hayden
Dariz
Hayden
Senate
Paul Fannin
Europe
House Ready To OK Urban Affairs Dept
The House prepared to approve a Cabinet level department of housing and urban development. A Republican alternative to create a federal city affairs office appeared doomed. Democrats united in support with possible GOP backing, while Speaker Lindsay urged national action on urban problems.
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Washington
House
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Florence P. Dwyer
R-N.j
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
John V. Lindsay
GOP
New York City
Niagara Mohawk Gives Union Wage Boost
A one year contract signed Tuesday by Niagara Mohawk Power Corp and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers provides a 4.25 percent increase in basic wages. The agreement covers more than 7,000 Niagara Mohawk employees and runs through May 31, 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N.Y
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Afl-Cio
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Niagara Mohawk
Youth builds bigger submarine after dispute with girlfriend
Luther W. Mitchell Jr., 19, plans a larger two person submarine built from a bigger fuel pod to settle a row with his girlfriend Ivy Shedaker. He has designed the vessel largely himself and hopes to test it off Cape Henlopen, Delaware, using a four cycle Jeep engine as propulsion.
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Delmar, Md
Luther W. Mitchell Jr
Mitchell
Wallops Ieland
University of Virginia
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Henlopen
Del
Ivy Shedaker
Vatican appoints Cody archbishop of Chicago
Pope Paul VI named Arch bishop John Patrick Cody of New Orleans to lead Chicago archdiocese the largest in the nation with about 2 million Catholics. The move follows Cardinal Meyer’s death on April 9 and speculation Cody may become a cardinal at a future consistory.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
John Patrick Cody
New Orleans
Chicago
Vatican
Albert Cardinal Meyer
Cody
Rome
Senate OKs 4.7 Billion Tax Cut Bill
The Senate passed an 84 to 3 vote on a 4.7 billion excise tax cut, aiming to send the measure to President Johnson's desk soon. The plan schedules first stage auto tax cuts and retains a 1 percent levy to fund safety devices, with retroactive provisions from May 15.
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Washington
Senate
Senate House
White House
Russell B. Long
D-La
Johnson
House
Long
Postmaster Errs On New Address Move
Los Angeles post office announces move to 300 N. Spring Street but officials mislisted the address by two blocks. A spokesman said the new Federal Office Building is at 300 N. Los Angeles Street and a forwarding address has been left.
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Los Angeles
Leslie N. Shaw
Federal
N. Spring St
Los Angeles St
Washington
Pentagon
Committee For
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Department
Joy ride ends in death for five teens in Mercer County
Five Meadville youths died when their car collided with a steel-laden truck on Route 62 near Sandy Lake Tuesday night. Driver Robert Watkins 17, John Fleppa 15, Anna Fleppa 16, Guy Porfirio 18, and Raymond Weir 20 perished. Trucker Francis J. Hovis 43 of Polk, Pa., was treated for a leg injury and released.
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Mercer
Route
Pennsylvania
Sandy Lake
John Moloney
Robert Watkins
John Fleppa
Anna
Guy Porfirio
Raymond Weir
Meadville
Francis J. Hovis
Polk
Ackley Sees Durable Expansion For US Economy
Gardner Ackley chief economic adviser to President Johnson warned at an American Marketing Association event that the economy’s expansion should continue for many months. He contrasted current stability with 1920s boom busts noting structural changes and a strong federal role stabilizing private spending.
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New York
Gardner Ackley
Johnson
American Marketing Association
Ackley
William McChesney Martin
Federal Reserve Board
Martin
New York Senate Approves Two Plate Vehicle Law
Albany New York State drivers would receive two license plates in 1966 under a measure sponsored by Sen Stephen Greco D Erie. The bill has passed the Senate and is sent to Gov Rockefeller with no certainty of his signature.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
Senate
Stephen Greco
Erie
Rockefeller
Viet Cong Ambush Near Saigon Absorbs U.S. Adviser
A large Viet Cong force ambushed a government convoy 15 miles southwest of Saigon. An American adviser with the unit went missing after the attack and a helicopter relief mission was shot down. one enemy crewman and multiple Americans were wounded or killed.
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McNamara
South Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Johnson
Saigon
North Viet Nam
Pleiku
Rockefeller Opposes State Lottery Plan
Albany AP Governor Rockefeller announced opposition to a Democratic effort to authorize a state lottery. He said he would not deter legislators, who are adult, from pursuing what they believe best serves the people. The Senate approved the plan with bipartisan support and it moves to the Assembly next week.
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Albany
Rockefeller
Senate
Assembly
New Floods Hit Danubian Nations Amid Alpine Melt
Tension rose in flood areas along the Danube as a sixth surge in four weeks of storms ravaged Austria's Alpine runoff. Yugoslavia suffered the worst damage with thousands of homes destroyed as floodwaters swept through the basin.
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Vienna
Danube
Austrian Alps
Danubian
Yugoslavia
Rioting Feared At Berlin Wall
West Berlin officials fear riots may erupt Thursday at the Wall after East Berlin guards fatally shot a German veteran and critically wounded his fi ance. The couple were shot while boating on the Teltow Canal, straying into Communist territory.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Red Wall
East Berlin
West Germany
East Germany
Teltow Canal
Gemini 4 Twins Welcome Home Amid Public Applause
James McDivitt and Edward White receive hometown ovations in Jackson and San Antonio as NASA prepares to award the Exceptional Service Award in the White House Rose Garden with Charlies Matthews. White marks his ninth wedding anniversary during the Jackson visit.
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Manned Space Center
McDivitt
Air Force
Jackson Junior College
Johnson
NASA
U.S
White House
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William H. Schneider
Domini
Rine
Viet
Archbishop Cody
Washington (Ap
Robert 8. McNamara
LBJ
U. S
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Congress
Arkansas Democrat
Hanoi
Peking
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
United Nations
Jacob K. Javits
R-N-Y
Saigon, South Viet Nam
Army
Navy
Air France
Wiliam C. Westmoreland
Midway
Yen Phu
Berlin Wall
White
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