Kennedy Scores Smashing Victory Over Tammany
In New York Kennedy rises as leader of the Democratic party after Samuel J. Silverman defeats Arthur Klein in a surrogate court judge race. The win signals Kennedy’s strong influence in local elections and follows related primary upsets including a Javits endorsed candidate and Derounian’s Long Island success.
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New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Tammany Hall
Kennedy
Samuel J. Silverman
Manhattan Organization
Arthur Klein
Silverman
Klein
New York Supreme Court
Goldwater
Jacob K. Javits
Johnson
Long Island
Steven Derounian
Barry Goldwater
William J. Casey
Washington
Goldwaters
Derounian
Casey
Javits
Devounian
Lester L. Wolff
Brooklyn
Edna Kelly
Hudson Valley
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Congress
Alexander Aldrich
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Manhattan
New York County
Surrogate's Court
Silver
William S. Gaud Named AID Head
President Johnson nominates William S. Gaud to lead the Agency for International Development replacing David E. Bell who will join the Ford Foundation. Gaud, deputy administrator since 1964, works long days and sails a 32 foot boat named Content on weekends. Bell resigns for personal reasons after saying he is tired but not angry.
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Washington
William S. Gaud
Johnson
Content
Gaud
David E. Bell
Agency For International Development
Bell
Ford Foundation
Elephant Kills Prof's 3-Year-Old Daughter at Wisconsin Zoo
At Henry Vilas Park Zoo in Madison a 3-year-old girl, Ruth Ellen Freedman, died after an elephant named Winkie reached through bars and pulled her into the enclosure. The victim was visiting with her Princeton University professor father and his wife.
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Wisconsin Zoo
Prof
Madison
Wis
Michael Sharpe
Henry Vilas Park Zoo
Winkie
India
Michael
Ruth Ellen Freedman
Ralph Freedman
Princeton University
Ruth Ellen
Freedman
University of Wisconsin
Alvie Nelson
Open Housing Remains Part Of Rights Bill
In Washington the open housing provision stayed in the civil rights bill after a day-long House Judiciary Committee session. The panel refused to kill or weaken the clause, signaling further debate as it reconvenes. Chairman Emanuel Celler voiced cautious optimism despite practical doubts about floor passage. Southern Democrats and conservative Republicans reportedly joined liberals in resisting softer amendments.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Emanuel Celler
Dn.v
Celler
Britain ends 45 day seamen strike settlement reached
Britain’s 45 day seamen strike was settled after the National Seamen’s Union voted 29 to 16 to call off the strike. Prime Minister Harold Wilson had accused Communist pressure to prolong the dispute. Shipowners stood by their offer of reducing the sea working week to 48 hours with further cuts next June plus 48 days vacation. The strike idle 27 000 sailors and tied up about 900 ships.
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London
Britain
National Seamen's Union
South London
House of Commons
Harold Wilson
Pressmen Clash Over New Proposals in New York
In New York, World Journal Tribune Inc and the pressmen union returned to bargaining with 22 additional proposals, rejected by Matt Meyer, president of the corporation. William J. Kennedy, new Local No. 2 president, joined the talks as chief mediator David L. Cole noted a broad shift in the union’s positions. The 344 hour session recessed until today while mailers talks also remained unresolved.
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NEW York
World Journal Tribune Inc
Pressmen
New Publishing Corporation
Matt Meyer
Corporation
William J. Kennedy
Kennedy
David L. Cole
Cole
Pressman
Mailers Union
Court Frees Man Now 36 After 23 Years in Jail
Edwin Codarre, 36, released by a federal appeals panel after 23 years in state prison for second-degree murder committed at age 13. The court found inadequate state court protection during his guilty plea and cited a psychiatrist’s testimony about a psycho-motor epileptic attack at the time of the crime. Codarre, once of Manhattan, was imprisoned at Green Haven Prison in Dutchess County.
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New York
U.S. Court of Appeals
Edwin Codarre
Green Haven
Stormville
N.Y
Irene Bishop
Codarre
Manhattan
East Fishkill
Dutchess County
Elizabeth Voight
Fense
Dutchess
J. Gordon Flannery
NYC Tax Package Faces Legislature Amid Transit Funding Debate
The New York City tax package moves for action in the Legislature as Senate Republicans demand a 20 to 25 cent transit fare raise. Gov Rockefeller’s $355 million supplemental budget negotiations with Gov Lindsay and Assembly Speaker Travia target a quick adjournment by week’s end. The City Transit Authority warns of a fare hike by July 1 without funding, threatening a 20 cent fare and city budget balance.
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Albany
N. Y
New York City
Senate
Earl W. Brydges
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Rockefeller
Brydges
Travia
GOP
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
City Transit Authority
Four Negroes Lose In South Carolina Runoff
In the South Carolina runoff, four Black candidates failed to win Democratic nominations for the all white state legislature as White voters rallied behind white opponents in Clarendon and Williamsburg counties. Rev. J S Hunter and Virgil Dimery trailed, with Coker and Floyd advancing.
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Columbia
S.C
South Carolina
Williamsburg
Clarendon
Clarendon County
J.S. Hunter
House of Representatives
Summerton
Hunter
Joseph Coker
Kingstree
Virgil Dimery
Senate
LaNue Floyd
Dimery
Plan Room Rate Hike at 4 Utica Hospitals
Four private non profit Utica hospitals plan to raise room rates by five dollars a day starting Friday. Current rates begin around twenty dollars daily at St Luke's Memorial Hospital Center Children's Hospital Home Faxton Hospital and St Elizabeth Hospital. Administrators cite higher material and labor costs in a joint statement.
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Utica
N.Y
St. Luke's Memorial Hospital Center
Children’s Hospital Home
Faxton Hospital
St. Elizabeth Hospital
U S Bombers Strike On Edge of Hanoi Haiphong
U S Air Force and Navy jets attacked fuel depots near Hanoi and Haiphong as the air war moved closer to North Viet Nam s capital and major port. The raids targeted tanks in Hanoi and Haiphong with 750 pound bombs while pilots reported high success and claimed no US losses initially. Civilian casualties appeared minimal though Vietnam and Buddhist dynamics shaped political overtones amid ongoing aerial campaigns.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Cov
U.S. Command
Buddhist Institute
Thich Tam Chau
Thich Tri Quang
Quang
Red River
Constellation
Ranger
Washington
White House
Johnson
Red China
Viet Tri
Air Force
Eleas Ceasillas
Santa Monica
Calif
Michael 1
Brazelton
Inglewood
D. E. Hornsby
Little Marsh
Navy
Panhandle
Air
Ongania Set to Head New Argentine Military Regime
Lt General Juan Carlos Ongania is to be sworn in as head of a three-man military junta after Tuesday's bloodless coup that toppled President Arturo Illia. The regime vows reforms to win back Peronist supporters and restore Argentina's prestige while delaying elections for civilian rule.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Carlo Ongania
Juan D. Peron
Ongania
Arturo Ilia
Tion
Peron
Illia
Army
Navy
Air Force
Argentine Military College
Inter-American Conference of Foreign Ministers
4 Dead 9 Injured 3 Missing In 2nd Blast on British Ship
Four people died nine were injured and three are missing after a second blast hit a British ship near New York. The incident follows an earlier explosion on the same vessel raising concerns about its safety and possible sabotage. The ship's name and exact location were not disclosed in the report.
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New York
Brooklyn
John V. Lindsay
Alva Cape
McNamara Details Hanoi Haiphong Oil Depot Attacks
Secretary McNamara says U S planes struck Hanoi Haiphong oil depots to raise the cost of North Viet Nam’s infiltration of the south. He notes civilians and nonmilitary targets were spared where possible and that Johnson and Rusk approved the strike.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Hanoi-Haiphong
North Viet Nam
South
McNamara
Johnson
Dean Rusk
South Viet Nam
Pentagon
United States
North
Viet Nam
Warm mainly dry weather forecast for Upstate New York
An extended forecast from the Weather Bureau covers Thursday to Monday for Upstate New York. Expect warm and mainly dry days with a continuing heat wave and light spotty rainfall. Afternoon or evening thunder showers possible Friday through the weekend, with rain more likely early next week. Daytime highs in the 80s to low 90s, nights in the upper 60s to 60s.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
USS. Weather Bureau
Wedding of Humphrey's Son Postponed Due to Illness
Vice President Hubert Humphrey's son Robert and Donna Erickson of Hampton Minnesota had planned to wed July 9. Donna, 21, was hospitalized with pneumonia after a Friday admission to Cannon Falls and a Monday transfer to St Barnabas in Minneapolis.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Raymond Erickson
Hampton
Minn
Donna
Robert Humphrey
Cannon Falls
St. Barnabas Hospital
Minneapolis
Bob
Wilson regrets U.S. oil depot bombing in Hanoi
Prime Minister Harold Wilson expressed regret over the bombing of oil depots near Hanoi and said Britain cannot support extending the action. The White House declined to comment on Wilson's statement.
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London
Harold Wilson
Hanoi
Britain
Wilson
White House
Washington
Moscow Attacks U S Air Raids Near Hanoi
Moscow Radio called the U S air raids near Hanoi and Haiphong a new dangerous step by U S ruling circles in expanding aggression against the Vietnamese people. It said the U S government is resorting to banditry and force in blind rage at its own helplessness.
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U.S
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Hanoi-Haiphong
Ho Chi Minh
Moscow
Moscow Radio
Peppy DePuy Praises Aggressive 1st Division Troops
Maj. Gen. William E. DePuy praised the U S 1st Infantry Division in South Vietnam saying the troops are magnificent and more aggressive than their training permits He noted their willingness to fight and the challenge for officers to train them safely while spreading his division over 100 square miles near Saigon.
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Quan Sat
South Viet Nam
William E. DePuy
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
DePuy
North
Peppy DePuy
Big Red
Saigon
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