Closed Cage Meeting of Zoo Emergency Committee at Como Park
Members of the Metropolitan St. Paul Zoo Emergency Committee met in an unoccupied cage at Como Park Zoo in St. Paul Minnesota barred the public from the session. Five officials are identified including Robert Kost Joyn Hess Victor Tedesco Fred Heischeler and committee chair William Cooley as they work to raise funds addressing a financial crisis.
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Metropolitan St. Paul Zoo
Como Park Zoo
St. Paul, Minn
Robert Kost
Joyn Hess
St. Paul Park
Victor Tedesco
Fred Heischeler
William Cooley
Teachers Call for 7 Percent Annual Pay Hikes in NY
At the New York State Teachers Association convention in Buffalo delegates urged 11 straight years of seven percent pay raises for public school educators. Two pay scale proposals tied to cost of living and a $7,200 minimum were defeated. A major resolution called for a statewide strike next spring if per pupil aid remains at $760, with board guidelines due by Feb. 1.
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Buffalo
N.Y
New York State Teachers Association
New York State
New York City
NYSTA
Rockefeller Signals Large State Tax Boosts Hinted
Albany reports indicate Governor Rockefeller may seek sizable tax increases to close a large revenue gap. Officials note possible 20 percent income tax rise and sales tax from 2 to 3 percent, with the budget gap projected well beyond $700 million.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
Capitol
Richard L. Dunham
State Board of Regents
New York City
Levitt
Dunham
Thieu Says Paris Talks Start Soon Despite Risks
President Thieu announced new peace talks in Paris would begin in the next few days but warned that no immediate peace is guaranteed. He noted the Viet Cong and North Vietnam will fight while they talk, and pledged South Vietnam will show goodwill as negotiations proceed.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
Thieu
South Vietnam
Hanoi
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
NLF
United States
North Vietnam
Duong Dinh Thao
Washington
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Johnson
Texas
Vietnam
17Th Parallel
U S
Humphrey and Hunting Party Bag 24 Ducks
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and a party including his two sons and a Rochester businessman bagged 24 ducks on a pre Thanksgiving shoot at James P. Wilmot’s Mendon preserve. He met local Democratic leaders afterward and planned more shooting before flying to Waverly Minnesota for Thanksgiving.
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Rochester
N.Y
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphreys
James P. Wilmot
Wilmot
Mendon
Humphrey
Waverly
Minn
Morton Offered Cabinet Post by Nixon
Maryland Representative Rogers C. B. Morton said he was approached by President elect Nixon for a cabinet level post. Sources indicated Morton would accept and he had just won a fourth term from Maryland 1st District where he served as Nixon’s floor manager at the Miami GOP convention.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Rogers C.B. Morton
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Morton
Miami
France Budget Cuts Target Deficit as De Gaulle Faces Protests
Premier Maurice Couve de Murville presented a 1969 budget plan to reduce the deficit from 2.34 billion to 1.27 billion dollars in order to stabilize the franc. Critics led by Communist Robert Ballanger accused the measures of mildness, complaining of a 2 billion francs rise in value added taxes while tax and service rate hikes were cited as ways to fund the savings.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
Courve de Murville
The
FBI arrests nine over Mafia operations in New York and Ontario
Federal agents arrested Stefano Magaddino, age 77, described as a Cosa Nostra overlord, along with eight others in west New York and Ontario. The case centers on gambling, bookmaking, and loan sharking run from a Niagara Falls funeral home. Magaddino, his son Peter and Benjamin Nicoletti Sr. face interstate racketeering charges and high bail.
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Buffalo
N.Y
FBI
Cosa Nostra
West Te New York
Ontario
Canada
Niagara Falls
Stefano Magaddino
New York
Trapped Miners Families Face Sad Thanksgiving in West Virginia
Families of 78 miners trapped for a week in Mountaineer Coal No. 9 mine near Mannington endure a somber Thanksgiving. Rescue efforts continue after repeat explosions as UMW Local 40 42 members share food and support while relatives cope with uncertainty.
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Mannington
W. Va
Mountaineer Coal Co
Consolidation Coal Co
John Corcoran
United Mine Workers
Norman Willard
Frank Matish
Viet Police Roundup Seizes 85 Viet Cong Cadres in Saigon
Saigon police say 85 Viet Cong political workers were arrested over two weeks starting Nov 11 to crush a growing Communist political apparatus in the capital. Fifteen were women and all had previous criminal or pro Communist records. The roundup yielded 14 Chinese pistols, mines, grenades, and plastic explosives.
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Saigon
Brooke says cabinet post discussed with Nixon but declined
New York AP dispatch reports Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts says he spoke with President-elect Richard Nixon about a cabinet post but declined the offer.
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New York
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
October prices surge hardest in eight years
Washington reports consumer prices rose six tenths of one percent in October the largest monthly gain in eight years. Clothing and transportation each rose nine tenths of a percent while food and housing up four tenths and medical care up seven tenths, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Sato Wins Third Term as Japan Prime Minister
Ejisaku Sato secured a third term after pledging to press for early return of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands from the United States. He spoke at a news conference and said to form a new action Cabinet, possibly over the weekend.
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Japan
Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
United States
Action Cabinet
Long Island Rail Road Shuts Down Over Trainmen Strike
Commuters face two days of complete line shutdown as engineers walk out leaving only minimal service. An LIRR spokesman warns that very few trains will operate and service will be minimal for travelers today.
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NEW York
Long Island Rail Road
LIRR
Four Armed Robbers Strike Lyon Suburban Casino
In Charbonniers les Baines a group of four armed bandits entered a suburban Lyon casino and escaped with 27400 dollars from gamblers and the cash box. The raid disrupted operations and prompted an investigation by local authorities.
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Lyon
France
Charbon
Amalia freighter beached off Ijmuiden. crew saved
A 2,062 ton Panamanian freighter named Amalia ran aground about a mile off Ijmuiden. All 19 crew were rescued, with 16 taken off by helicopter and the captain plus two others saved by a tug.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Ijmsden
Dutch Marine Information
San Francisco State College President Steps Down
Robert Poo R. Smith abruptly ends a six month term as president amid pressures from trustees faculty militant students and political forces at San Francisco State College in California.
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Los Angeles
R. Smith
San Francisco State College
Brooklyn synagogue fire damages chapel amid vandal probe
A Brooklyn chapel at a Jewish religious school was damaged in the 10th city synagogue fire in three months and labeled suspicious by fire officials. The blaze came about 13 hours after Mayor Linday vowed to mobilize all government and non government resources to catch vandals who struck two Bronx synagogues in the past five days.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Bronx
Nixon Confers With Rocky and Receives Thurmond Visit
President-elect Nixon met with Rockefeller for 50 minutes to discuss topics including jobs while Thurmond dropped by unannounced for face time. Nixon aides said only social chitchat occurred and no outside appointments were announced.
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Nixon
Rocky
Thurmond
New York
Richard M. Nixon
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Julie Nixon Receives Practical Gifts at Shower
Julie Nixon, 20, requested practical wed ding gifts and was presented with kitchen utensils mops brooms and drip-dry lingerie at her first bridal shower in New York. Mrs Mamie Eisenhower sent a copper utensil plant and flowers while Linda Labarre fashioned a bridal model from domestic items. Julie plans to do housework at the couple’s Northampton apartment as they teach at Amherst and Smith colleges next semester.
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New York
Julie Nixon
Julie
Mamie Eisenhower
David
Linda Labarre
Glen Rock
N.J
Linda
Northhampton
Mass
Amherst
Smith Colleges
East Side
Elsmer H. Bobst
Emilio Pucci
Helen Clay Frick
Henry Clay Frick
Frick
No Paper Thursday in Palladium Times Thanksgiving
In observance of Thanksgiving Day the Palladium Times will not be published on Thursday November 28 1968, as announced by the staff.
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Palladium Times
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Rogers Morton
Maurice Couve de Murville
Robert Ballanger
Lewiston
Magaddino
Andrew F. Phelan
Maggadino
Peter
Benjamin Nicoletti Sr
Erie County
Robert Friend
Parkersburg
Mrs. Matish
Jimmy
Communist Party
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Gio Linh
Late Wire News
Brooke
Richard M
Sato
Tokyo
Ejisaku Sato
Casino
Spiro T. Agnew
Pierre
Ron Ziegler
Ziegler
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