Undecided Voters Could Decide New York Governor Race
In Albany AP reports the governor contest between Nelson Rockefeller and Frank O Connor remains neck and neck with a large undecided bloc. Campaigns target last minute voters as turnout climbs toward a record 6 million plus in 1966 statewide elections.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Frank D. O'Connor
Rockefeller
O'Connor
Upstate
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Rochester College
Paul L. Adams
Repubicans
Senate
Democrats
Assembly
U.S
Election at a Glance Governing Races and Turnout
The Associated Press lists 35 governorships 35 Senate seats and 435 House seats in play with Democrats holding 20 governorships and 20 Senate seats and Republicans holding 15 in both, while majorities require 51 and turnout projected 56 to 59 million. Weather varies from fair in the East to cold storms in the Rockies and cloudy in the Southwest.
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Associated Press
Senate
House
Rockies
LBJ Attacks White Backlash as Election Day Nears
In Albany and Washington, President Johnson rails at white backlash in voting while Secretary Lo menzo argues for a fair three to five minute ballot window. The AP survey forecasts Republicans gaining several governorships and seats as Nixon counters Johnson amid Viet Nam debate.
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LBJ
Washington
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Associated Press
Texas
Nixon
GOP
Manila
South
Viet Nam
Lunar Orbiter 2 On Film Mission
Pasadena based Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports Lunar Orbiter 2 launched from Cape Kennedy aboard an Atlas Agena and, after nine hours, began the mapped mission to capture and return more than 200 photographs of 13 potential Apollo landing sites. The craft, traveling 5200 miles per hour toward the moon, pivoted to Canopus as a navigation reference and then awaited further instructions.
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Pasadena
Calif
Cape Kennedy
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Canopus
JPL
Red Chinese Walkout at Moscow Bolshevik Festival
Communist Chinese diplomats left the Red Square event as Soviet defense minister Malinovsky accused Beijing of obstructing aid to North Vietnam. It marked the second Chinese walkout in under a day while U S diplomats and American military observers watched from the parade.
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Moscow
Red Square
Peking
Viet Nam
Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky
United States
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
Hanoi
Gemini 12 pilots race to capture solar eclipse pictures
Gemini 12 aims to photograph the solar eclipse from space during its four day mission. Lovell and Aldrin must timing the shots in seconds as the Moon blocks the Sun from orbit. The blackout crosses Peru Bolivia Argentina Brazil and the Atlantic while planes from seven nations track the event.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Earth
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Globe
Peru
Bolivia
Argentina
Brazil
Atlantic Ocean
Bear Bites Off Arm Of 3 Year Old At State Park
A caged bear at High Point State Park attacked 3 year old Port Jervis girl Tomi Willis as she fed it sugar cubes. The bear severed her right arm above the elbow and she was taken to St Francis Hospital in Port Jervis in satisfactory condition. The child was with her father Thomas at the scene.
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High Point State Park
N.J
Port Jervis
N.Y
Tomi V. Willis
St. Francis Hospital
Thomas
Hindu Protest Turns Into Riot In New Delhi
A large Hindu protest over cow slaughter in New Delhi escalated into a citywide riot with arson and looting. The army intervened, curfew was ordered for 48 hours, and gatherings of five or more were banned. At least five feared dead. rioters targeted cars and foreigners near Parliament Street as Prime Minister Gandhi warned of threats to democracy.
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New Delhi
India
Parliament Street
All-India Radio
Indira Gandhi
Parliament
Painter Buried When Brooklyn Building Explodes
A mysterious explosion wrecked a three story Brooklyn building injuring painter Herman Savell who was buried for about 30 minutes before rescue. Two other crew members escaped as debris rained down and investigators probe gas or lacquer vapors as possible causes while a child sighting prompts further search.
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New York
Brooklyn
Herman Savell
Maimonides Hospital
Acting Police Chief Morrissey Dies During Civil Service Exam
Patrick J. Morrissey 61 the provisional police chief of Johnson City New York died of an apparent heart attack Saturday while taking a Civil Service exam for permanent appointment. A 30 year veteran he had served as provisional chief since March 1965 and his son John is a detective in the city police force.
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Johnson City
N.Y
Patrick J. Morrissey
Morrissey
John
Binghamton
Flood toll climbs in Italy as rescue crews stretch reach
Italian rescue forces push to reach hundreds of isolated towns after days of floods and landslides. Death toll nears 300 with 150 bodies recovered. aid from American and European troops, police, and volunteers struggles to curb epidemics and preserve art treasures in Florence and surrounding areas.
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Florence
Italy
Venice
Austria
Piave
Adige
Brenta
Ugo Procacci
Basilica of
Santa Croce
Christ
Cimabue
Boy skydive death raises questions in Manassas
Dana Rutledge, 11, an avid skydiver and son of Carl A. Rutledge, died after his main parachute failed to deploy during a jump from 3200 feet on a Virginia farm. The teen had nine jumps, packing for the father on 300 of 1000 prior jumps, as officials investigate the malfunction.
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Manassas
Dana Rutledge
Skdivers
Carl A. Rutledge
U.S. Patent Office
Washington
Vienna
Dana
Rutledge
Fatal Accident Counts Reach 19 in New York State
An AP tally shows 19 accidental deaths in New York over the weekend from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday. Ten were highway crash victims, four died in fires, and five in other mishaps. A 12 year old, Robert A. Brown of Walcott, was shot when a brother's shotgun discharged during a hunting trip near the village between Syracuse and Rochester.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
Associated Press
Robert A. Brown
Walcott
Robert
Syracuse
Rochester
Upstate New York Warmup With Light Rain Ahead
Extended forecast from the Weather Bureau predicts above normal temperatures across Upstate New York from Tuesday through Saturday. Daytime highs will mostly be in the upper 40s to mid 50s in western and northern areas and 50s to near 60 in the southeast, with light rain possible early and late in the week and nighttime lows in the 30s.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lawrence On Verge of Death
Lawrence, 77, former Pennsylvania governor and Democratic power broker, was stricken with a heart attack Friday night in Pittsburgh at Syria Mosque while addressing a rally. Doctors at Presbyterian Hospital said there was no hope of recovery. Lawrence helped shape national party choices and aided Kennedy’s 1960 Pennsylvania victory.
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Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Presbyterian University Hospital
Lawrence
Syria
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Adlai EF
Stevenson
Four Die in New York Fires and Eight Homeless in Tupper Lake
Officials investigate a $1 million Tupper Lake blaze that destroyed five businesses and eight apartments, left eight families homeless, and wounded several volunteers. In Glens Falls an apartment fire killed 4 week old Tracy Murray and injured others. two more fires in New York City claimed two lives.
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Associated Press
Tupper Lake
Glens Falls
Park Street
Adirondack
Hudson River
Tracy Murray
James Carpenter
Albany Medical Center
Tracy
Philip Murray
Donald Carpenter
Carla Carpenter
Glens Falls Hospital
New York City
Charles Millbrooks
Harlem
Heart pump patient Maboge not improving after surgery
Charles Victorien Maboge a 38 year old from Rochefort Belgium the fifth known artificial heart pump recipient was reported not doing well after heart failure early Saturday Surgeons led by Dr Michael DeBakey replaced three diseased valves with plastic ones and implanted a left ventricular bypass pump on October 28 to share Maboge heart workload Only one of four prior pump recipients Esper anza del Valle Vasquez aged 37 from Mexico City has survived
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Houston, Tex
Charles Victorien Maboge
Rochefort
Belgium
Michael DeBakey
Maboge
Esperanza del Valle Vasquez
Mexico City
Plane Crash Near Nassau Kills Two. One Critical
In Nassau New York a single engine plane crashed killing two people and critically injuring another. The craft was en route from Windsor Locks Connecticut to Albany with identities not released. State Police continued investigation into the crash near the Rensselaer County community.
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Nassau, N. Y
Rensselaer County
Windsor Locks
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