Dissatisfaction in State Local Upsets In Election
Widespread unrest appeared in New York State after a wave of local election changes. Voters approved seven constitutional amendments by large margins and backed an off track betting advisory in NYC. GOP losses and gains reshaped city councils and county boards, with Democrats taking control of several counties and NYC and Putnam flipping to GOP fledgling control. The Legislature now faces emergency provisions and pension expansions in localities amid a broad pattern of administrative turnover.
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Albany
New York State
New York City
Francis Bergan
Third Judicial Department
Court of Appeals
GOP
County Boards of Supervisors
Fred A. Young
Boards of Supervisors
Erie County
Board of Supervisors
Seneca
Dutchess
Schenectady
Niagara
Oneida
Clinton
Orleans
Putnam County
Montgomery County
Newburgh
Onondaga County
Cohoes
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Saranac Lake
Adirondack
Upstate
Poughkeepsie
Niagara Falls
Rochester
City Hall
Malcolm E. Ellis
Fred Isabella
Ellis
Democrats Hold Philadelphia and Several Races Narrowly
Democrat Ed Breathitt led in Kentucky by about 15,000 votes for governor. Philadelphia voters kept City Hall with a 67,000 margin, the smallest in 12 years. Republicans claimed inroads in Indiana and New Jersey Senate control, while John Shelley won San Francisco mayor as nonpartisan race.
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Philadelphia
Kennedy
Indiana
Indianapolis
San Francisco
John F. Shelley
Calif
Harold Dobbs
George Christopher
New Jersey
State
Senate
Assembly
Kentucky
Edward T. Breathitt Jr
Seven Die in High Sierra Bus Crash Heading to Reno
A chartered Cal-Neva Casino bus carrying 38 people crashed in the stormy High Sierra near Truckee California, killing seven passengers and injuring 32 including the driver. The dead were California men. five died at the scene as the bus rolled over. The injured were sent to Washoe Medical Center in Reno.
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Truckee
Calif
Reno
Nev
Washoe Medical Center
California
John Gastanik, Jr
Sacramento
San Francisco
Greyhound
Cal- Neva
Nevada City
Diem and Nhu Die in Accidental Self-Inflicted Deaths
The South Vietnamese junta stated President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu died by their own action during a struggle for a guard’s pistol after surrendering. The account, given at a news conference by Brig. Gen. Tran Tu Cai, contrasts with earlier reports of murder by rebel troops. Bodies were handed to relatives for burial as church and Vatican ties influence the fallout. The junta also referenced plans for Nhu’s widow and Ngo Dinh Can, another brother, while forming a 12-member executive committee led by Maj. Gen. Duong Van Minh after the coup.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Nin
Diem
Nhu
Tran Tu Cai
Oaji
Pierre Martin Ngo Dinh Thue
Rome
United States
Gen Oai
Ngo Dinh Can
Junta
U. S
Hue
Can
Viet Name Presse
Duong van Minh
Wallendas wire collapse injures six during rehearsal
In Sarasota Florida a wire collapsed during a seven pyramid rehearsal injuring six troupe members none seriously. Karl Wallenda 57 leader said the wire 12 feet above ground caused the crash. Injured were Gunther Wallenda Louis Murillo Jenny Faughnan Paul Jordan Herman Wallenda and Jenny. The troupe plans a Fort Worth Texas performance on November 20.
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Sarasota
Fla
Wallendas
Karl Wallenda
Winter Quarters
Detroit Coliseum
Jenny Faughnan
Gunther Wallenda
Louis Murillo
Paul Jordan
Herman Wallenda
Jenny
Andy Anderson
Fort Worth
Tex
Nhu's Children Move Plan Calls From Rome To LA
Mrs Nhu and her three younger children pivoted plans to settle in the Los Angeles area instead of Rome amid a South Vietnam coup aftermath. She cited travel fatigue and a favorable US reception, with offers of speaking engagements and hotel support in Bel Air.
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Los Angeles
Ngo Dinh Nhu
South Viet Nam
Rome
Nhu
George White
Beverly Wilshire
Allen Chase
Art Linkletter
Bel-Air
Diem
Saigon
United States
Rockefeller to announce 1964 presidential bid in Albany
Gov Rockefeller set a news conference at 8 30 a m Thursday in the Red Room of the State Capitol to declare his candidacy for the Republican nomination. A Rockefeller for president HQ will open in New Hampshire Friday with possible governor attendance. He has been trailing Goldwater but vows to press on.
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Albany
Rockefeller
State Capitol
New York City
Robert L. McManus
McManus
Rockefeller Opens Washington Political Office Near White House
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller has opened a political office three blocks from the White House to boost a Republican presidential bid. He is expected to announce candidacy in Albany on Thursday. Rockefeller named Alexander M. Lankler to handle dealings with Congress, the RNC, and the Washington press corps.
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New York
Nelson A Rockefeller
White House
New York Times
Albany
Washington Dispatch
the Times
Rockefeller
Alexander M. Lankler
Washington
Congress
Republican National Committee
Washington Press Corps
Lankler
Thomas F. Dewey
JFKs foreign aid bill cut after Senate see saw vote
In a tight 43 40 tally the Senate trimmed the foreign aid authorization from 4.2 billion to 3.8 billion amid bipartisan splits. Ellender failed to win by shifting votes as Mansfield and Dirksen compromised. Morse proposed a 25 million cut and halt to two year funding. Senate action signals emphasis on a major overhaul next year.
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Senate
Kennedy
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Mansfield
Dirksen
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ellender
Claiborne Pell
D-R. T
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
U S Denies Backing Down To Russians in Berlin Standoff
U S authorities rejected claims they yielded to Soviet pressure during the Berlin convoy confrontation. Russian and Western forces resumed movement on the autobahn after the blocades, with Khrushchev warning of future delays if established procedures were not observed.
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Berlin
Ushney
U.S
Khrushchev
Moscow
Germany
Ahrushchev
James K. Polk
Lacey
Rolk
Allian Coluvoys
Cape Wilail
Pritish Anu
Briusn
Erin
West Berlin
Marienborn
Babelsberg
Miner Presses Plan To Reach Trapped Men In Flooded Mine
A BrOisteredt Germany rescue effort aims to tunnel 200 feet to reach 11 miners trapped 13 days in a flooded mine. A surface miner will descend to dig toward the entombed group after a shaft misalignment delayed tools. Rescuers report calm, good condition among survivors as 29 miners are missing or presumed dead since the dam flood on October 24.
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Broistedt
Germany
Dead man and woman win local elections in Rochester area
In Ontario County East Bloom field Alma Dyke a Republican was elected tax collector 519 407 over Democrat James E Saxby. In Genesee County Batavia J Randolph Holt a Republican was elected assessor 777 583 over Democrat Elwood Chappell. Both Dyke and Holt died within the past week.
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Rochester
East Bloomfield
Ontario County
Alma Dyke
James E. Saxby
Batavia
Genesee County
J. Randolph Holt
Elwood Chappell
Voters approve off track betting in New York City
The advisory referendum in New York City produced a decisive yes vote of 58,346 to 300,310 in favor of legalizing off track betting on horse races. Mayor Wagner called it an overwhelming mandate and supporters say it could raise about 200 million dollars annually for state and city needs, while opponents warn of higher relief costs and adverse business effects.
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New York
New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Love at first sight ends in marriage license bid
Wenatchee pair Robert J. Love, 21, Cashmere, and Karen K. Love, 19, Wenatchee, applied for a marriage license here Monday.
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Wenatchee, Wash
Robert J. Love
Cashmere
Karen K. Love
Wenatchee
Girl Fleeing Hospital Faces Loss of Leg in Court Case
A 14 year old girl with a hip cancer fled Metropolitan General Hospital after a Juvenile Court judge approved surgery to save her life. Doctors say the operation could save her but may require amputation. the mother, opposed, was absent from the courtroom.
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Cleveland
Metropolitan General Hospital
East Cleveland
Walter G. Whitlock
Doctora
Levittown N J Votes to Rename Willingboro in Referendum
By a 102 vote margin the Levittown New Jersey electorate approved changing the municipality name to Willingboro. The vote 3,093 to 2,991 restores the historic Willingboro name used from 1688 to 1959. There is another Levittown on Long Island and one in Pennsylvania.
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Levittown
N. J
New Jersey
Willingboro
Long Island
Pennsylvania
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