Fires, Drought Plague Eastern New York Forests
Drought and fires ravage eastern New York forests as no rain is forecast for days. Fires burn on Kelm Mountain and Pack Mountain while Jefferson County bans outdoor burning. State crews drop water from planes to contain blazes and farmers seek hay relief.
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Albany
N.Y
Weather Bureau
Kelm
Black Mountains
Adirondacks
Jefferson County
Kelm Mountain
Warrensburg
Lake George
Jay
Pack Mountain
State Conservation Department
Charles Hayes
Albany County
State Disaster Committee
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Soil Bank
Edward Arnheiter
Albany County Disaster Committee
Montgomery
Fulton
Washington
Saratoga
Rensselaer
New York
Six Burned When Cruiser Explodes in Seneca Falls
Six persons burned when a 26 foot cabin cruiser exploded near the Barge Canal locks in Seneca Falls New York. Ted Gillan rescued the injured and took them to Seneca Falls Hospital on the canal shore. Victims include the Simmons couple Minnis couple and the MacCheyne couple all residents of Lodi. Police estimate the loss at $6000 and cite gas fumes buildup in the bilge as a possible cause.
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Seneca Falls
N.Y
Ted Gillan
Seneca Falls Hospital
Andy Simmons
Jeanne
Duane Minnis
Thelma
Richard MacCheyne
Jo Ann
Lodi
Seneca County
G. Kenneth Wayne
Man Falls to Death at Niagara Falls in Front of Tourists
A 26-year-old Tremblay resident Emil Courmier apparently walked into the Niagara River near the brink of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls and disappeared as spectators watched. Police said the death on Saturday night appeared to be self-inflicted.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Horseshoe Falls
Emil Courmier
Tremblay
Que
Courmier
Niagara River
Johnson says US must risk war to keep freedom
President Johnson declares the United States must be prepared to risk war to preserve freedom and will seek just compromises for peace. He spoke at a Swedish Day festival in Minneapolis after touring Michigan and Minnesota, detailing support for South Vietnam and warning against overreliance on force.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Michigan
Minnesota
Minneapolis
South Viet Nam
Two Baby Girls Die in Cribs in Tompkins County
In Tompkins County two newborn girls Denise Marie House five weeks old and Helen Belcher eight weeks old were found dead in cribs. Denise Marie suffocated from choking per coroner Dr. Ralph J. Low. Autopsy ordered to determine cause of Helen Belcher’s death.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Tompkins County
Raymond House
Denise Marie
Newfield
Ralph J. Low
Diary reveals Oswald bitter toward Soviet Union
Oswald butth bitterly criticized the Soviet leaders calling them sick and described himself as a Marxist while in the USSR. He was 54 when killed by Jack Ruby on November 24 as he was being moved to the Dallas county jail. Marina Oswald’s lawyer demanded a Warren Commission review before public release of the writings.
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Dallas
Tex
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Soviet Union
Dallas Morning News
Oswald
Jack Ruby
Ruby
William A
Kennedy Urges Poland to Help Promote Cold War Thaw
In Warsaw Kennedy appeals to Polish leaders to help bridge East and West. He cites Poland's bloc ties and people to people links as pivotal for easing tensions. Crowds greet him with enthusiasm despite a press blackout and rain.
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Bobby
Poland
Warsaw
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S
Adam Rapacki
United States
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Rapacki
Jablonna Palace
St. John’s Cathedral
America
Ethel
Warsaw University
Kennedys
John M. Cabot
Czestochowa
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Khrushchev Opens Norway Good Will Visit Amid Mixed Reactions
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrives in Oslo on a five day goodwill tour with Norwegian Premier Einar Gerhardsen greeting him. The leaders plan discussions on world affairs and disarmament while Norway reiterates its alliance with NATO and border cooperation.
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Nikita
Norway
Oslo
Khrushchev
Atlantic Alliance
Sweden
Einar Gerhardsen
Gerhardsen
Soviet Union
Denmark
Gerhards
Halvard Lange
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Two U S Planes Collision Off Bermuda
Two U S Air Force planes collided and crashed into the sea off Bermuda. Seven of the 24 men aboard were rescued within an hour. Early reports listed a DC4 and a Strato cruiser, later clarified as C54s. A Navy patrol plane and Coast Guard cutter headed to the scene.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
U. S. Air Force
Washington
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Pilots Aim to Break Helicopter Endurance Record
In Bakersfield California a four pilot team plans a noon landing to claim a world endurance record of 101 hours aboard a helicopter at Kern County Airport. Referees from the National Aeronautical Association attached 48 eggs to the skids to prevent unauthorised landings. One egg broke during a Sunday celebration of passing the prior 72 hour mark set by Navy pilots four years earlier.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Kern County
National Aeronautical Association
Navy
Soviet Envoy and Wife Take Western Tour
Soviet ambassador to the United States Anatoly Dobrynin and his wife toured Wyoming Sunday in a rented car. They viewed Old Faithful at Yellowstone, then visited Grand Teton National Park before driving on to Denver.
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Grand Teton National Park
Wyo
UPA
Wyoming
Anatoly Dobrynin
United States
Yellowstone
Dobryin
Grand Teton
Denver
Lodge Says Scranton Need More Help Than Vietnam
Washington Henry Cabot Lodge said he would rather return home to aid Gov William Scranton in the Republican presidential bid than remain as U S ambassador to South Vietnam He argued the Vietnam war is on track but the Republican nomination is not He planned to work for Scranton at the San Francisco Platform Committee and potentially sway delegates He said he cannot be drafted and would do some telephoning to delegates to shift support from Barry Goldwater to Scranton
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New Delhi
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Times of India
Shastri
Sha
Hari
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
William Scranton
U. S
South Viet Nam
White House
Johnson
Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Lodge
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Andrews Air Force Base
United States
William W. Scranton
Republican Party Platform Committee
San Francisco
Goldwater
Roadblock by police and FBI probes Mississippi vanishing
Police and FBI questioned motorists at a roadblock 12 miles northeast of Philadelphia Mississippi about the disappearance of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman and James Chaney. Light traffic hindered the inquiry while a report of two white men near a similar station wagon was checked as 100 Navy sailors joined the search.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
St. Augustine Beach
St. Johns County
Martin Luther King Jr
Grand Jury
Philadelphia
Miss
FBI
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Highway 21
Michael Schwerner
Andy Goodman
New York
James Chaney
Red Clay Hill
Eastcentral
Mississippi
Navy
Meridian
Highway Patrol
Scranton Appeals to Southern Republicans in Atlanta Speech
In Atlanta Governor Scranton urged Republicans to uphold states rights without dividing the nation. He said the party should win over Dixie with federal responsibility and avoid fanning South North or black white tensions. Scranton spoke after a Charlotte stop where many North Carolina delegates favored Goldwater.
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Atlanta
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Old Confederacy
South
United States
Goldwater
State VFW elects officers at Buffalo convention
Arthur J. Vater of Buffalo was elected commander succeeding Heyman Rothbart of New York City. Vincent J. DiMattina Brooklyn was senior vice commander and Herbert C. Brian Ogdensburg junior vice commander. Basil Valletta Solvay quarte rmaster and Rev. Albert G. Salmon Lake Placid chaplain were reelected. The 1966 session will be in Rochester with Lake Placid hosting next year. Mrs. Lillian E. Mayer Bronx was elected president of the ladies auxiliary.
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VEW
Buffalo
N.Y
Arthur J. Vater
New York
Rochester
Lake Placid
Lillian E. Mayer
Bronx
Souvanna Reports Reds Planning Attack on Muong Soui Stronghold
Lao Premier Souvanna Phouma says 17 Communist battalions with heavy artillery mass for a five pronged assault on Muong Soui, 110 miles north of Vientiane, threatening Luang Prabang and Vientiane. Neutralists field about 3,000. Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese aid drive toward the plain.
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Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Plaine Des Jarres
Souvanna
Muong Soui
Comrat Pathet Lao
Kong le
Luang Prabang
U.S
Viet Nam
North
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N. Y
Alexander Gamble
Albert Lampkins
Maryland State Penitentiary
Ronald Kurtz
LBJ
Editorial
Vietnam
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