New York Thruway Celebrates 10th Anniversary
The 559 mile toll system marked its tenth year as the Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Thruway. Since opening in 1954, it has logged 20 billion miles with a safety rate of 2.23 deaths per hundred million miles, well below the national average of 5.4. Revenue nears 426 million from tolls, funding a near one billion total cost and a 58 million rehabilitation program.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Thruway Authority
Thomas E .Dewey
Rochester
Lowell
Utica
West Henrietta
Gov
Rockefeller
Taylor to Lead Unified U.S. Efforts in Viet Nam
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor sails to Saigon to assume as ambassador and unify civilian and military U.S. efforts in South Vietnam. He will work with Lt. Gen. Westmoreland and U. Alexis Johnson, with Gen. Wheeler as Joint Chiefs chair, amid mixed Senate reactions.
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Gen. Taylor
U.S
Viet Nam
Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Taylor
Lodge
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Scranton
Capitol Hill
Senate
William C. Westmoreland
U. Alexis Johnson
Westmoreland
Army
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Earle G. Wheeler
Morse
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Red China
Southeast Asia
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Johnson tough talk and Taylor named envoy shift Vietnam stance
President Johnson warns Communists in Southeast Asia and appoints Gen Maxwell D Taylor as ambassador as speculation grows about U.S. direct involvement. The move aims to project resolve while keeping opponents guessing amid a looming election. The article notes Taylor's military reputation and Lodge's resignation in the context of Goldwater's critique of past administrations.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
United States
Southeast Asia
Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Henry Cabot Lodge
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
John F. Kennedy
Legion post bans topless bathing suit contestant
Blanche Doster executive secretary of the June 3 bathing beauty review refused to name the entrant and said the American Legion post chapter will not admit a contestant who wished to wear a topless bathing suit.
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Waterloo Mcallen
Tex
American Legion Post
Blanche Doster
Driver Dies in Liberty NY Car Crash
Walter J. Cook Jr. 28 of Monticello was killed when his car struck an embankment and he was thrown from the vehicle.
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Liberty, N.Y
Walter J. Cook Jr
Monticello
Missing Civil Rights Workers Struck by Fire Near Swamp
Federal and state agents intensified searches in Philadelphia Mississippi for three missing civil rights workers Allen Dulles heads to Mississippi on a White House mission. The burned station wagon found near a swamp near Philadelphia is under FBI examination.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Mississippi
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
FBI
Neshoba County
Neshoba
Meridian
Cheney
Johnson
Dulles
Paul B. Johnson
Highway Patrol
State 21
Owl Creek
Schwerner
Goodman
Oxford
Ohio
Tragic fall during train ride maims 13 year old Walter Felder
Two women watched a teenage boy jump between cars on a slow train and slip under the wheels. Walter Felder, 13, was found lifeless but later revived briefly by ambulance attendants. Five surgeons fought to save him as his mother waited nearby.
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Los Angeles
Lois Walsh
Walter Felder
Walter
Ann McGruder
Prince Edward County Moves to Reopen Public Schools
Prince Edward County officials vote 4-2 to appropriate 189000 for public school operation this fall under federal court order. About 1600 Negro students may return to classes while private white schools continue. Tuition grants of 375000 for white students would follow if injunction lifted.
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Farmville
County Board of Supervisors
U.S. Dist
Oren R. Lewis
U.S Supreme Court
Board of Supervisors
Prince Edward
Lewis
T. J. McIlwaine
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Kennedy sacrifices NY Senate bid for Germany trip
Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy says he will not seek the Democratic Senate nomination in New York and departs for Germany. He leaves open a possible invitation from President Johnson to join the Democratic ticket as vice president, acknowledging supporters while noting fairness to them.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Germany
New York
Kennedy
Johnson
Empire State
Kenneth B. Keating
Justice Department
Rifles and Ammunition Stolen from Armory in Collins
41 rifles and 1 000 rounds of ammunition were taken from a National Guard armory in Covington County Mississippi. The burglary occurred late Saturday and was reported to the sheriff with federal agents notified due to federal property involved.
Kennedy aide says senator had no pulse after crash
An aide to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said he had no pulse and blood pressure nearly nonexistent when rushed to Cooley Dickinson Hospital after a plane crash. Doctor Thomas F. Corriden credited with saving his life as Kennedy, 32, recovers immobilized for back injuries. The pilot, Edwin T. Zimny, and aide Edward S. Moss died. Birch Bayh and his wife were injured. Kennedy will remain in an orthopedic bed until about July 6.
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Mass
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Edward Martin
Martin
Thomas F. Corriden
Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Edward S. Moss
Edwin T. Zimny
Sen
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Marvella
What’s Inside Editorial Personals Funerals 6
Editorials and personals notes appear under the sections labeled Funerals and Fulton with brief items. The text indicates page references 6 and 20 for funerals and 18 21 for sports pages Leal 10.
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Fulton
Health care plan for aged dropped by House committee
The House Ways and Means Committee dropped President Johnson's health care proposal for the aged, dealing a major setback to enactment this year. The panel then debated raising Social Security cash benefits but remained deadlocked. Proponents moved to drop the measure to avoid a vote, narrowing focus to retirement system changes.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Ways and Means
Cecil R. King
D-Calif
Phony Telegram Swindles Man Out of 100 Dollars
Richard Loss of San Bernardino received a fake telegram from Seattle asking for 100 dollars and signed by his son Richard Loss Jr. He wired the money before discovering his son had not visited Seattle, leading to an actual loss and prompting police involvement.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Richard Loss
Seattle
Wash
Richard Loss Jr
Loss
Princeton
N.J
Loss Jr
Cuba mines coast to block anti Castro landings
The Exile News Service reported that Cuba has mined its northwest coast to deter anti Castro landings and stop exits. The mines are said to be placed 600 feet apart along the Pinar del Rio Province coast facing Florida.
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Miami
Fla
Exile News Service
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Florida
Fireworks barge explosion kills two amid NYC show
On the Hudson River a fireworks laden barge exploded killing two men aboard as Macy's display continued. Anthony Amato and Anthony De Francisco died. four others were rescued or treated for burns. An armory blast earlier injured nineteen guardsmen. cause of both blasts under review.
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New York
Hudson River
Manhattan
New Jersey
Macy's Department Store
96Th Street
John Serpico
International Fireworks Co
North Bergen
N.J
Anthony Amato
Secaucus
Anthony de Francisco
Sparkill
N.Y
Two Men Killed Two Hurt Near Syracuse
An AP report from Syracuse details a one car crash on Fyler Road near Manlius. Vincent Balschuweit 18 of Syracuse died at the scene and Daniel Cummings 20 of Jordan died in a Syracuse hospital about six hours later. Two others were injured when the car skidded 90 feet and rolled over twice.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Fyler
Vincent Balschuweit
Manlius
Daniel Cummings
Jordan
Three Day Holiday Proclaimed for State Employees
Governor Rockefeller declares Friday July 3 a special holiday for state employees in Albany marking the Fourth of July weekend. The action honors faithful and conscientious service by state workers.
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Albany, N. Y
Gov. Rockefeller
Moon Eclipse Seen Tonight From Cadillac Mountain
Moonwatchers in Mount Desert Maine expect a vivid reddish eclipse visible tonight. The event marks the first of two total lunar eclipses this year with totality from 7 16 p m to 8 57 p m and penumbral phases beginning at 5 48 p m. The next total lunar eclipse occurs December 18 with Cadillac Mountain offering a prime vantage point.
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Mount Desert, Maine
Cadillac Mountain
Mount Desert
Maine
Air Force navigator dies after hatch blows from B52
Capt. Richard Carroll, 35, was sucked from a B52 when a hatch door blew off Tuesday. He fell six miles to his death and was found on a farm northwest of Lewisville, Texas, during a search by state and county officers.
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Lewisville, Tex
Air Force
Richard Carroll
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