Nine Amendments On Ballot In New York State
Voters will decide nine proposed amendments to the state constitution at the November 3 election. The only statewide office up for grabs is the chief judge of the Court of Appeals. Notable items include adding a motor vehicles department, allowing Northway forest preserve land completion, barring officials from evading grand juries, and authorizing bond and tax changes and municipal facilities debt.
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Albany
UPI
Court of Appeals
Charles Desmond
Partis
Department of Motor Vehicles
Adirondacks
New York City
L. Judson Morhouse
Tornadoes Kill Ten in Ivy Greene County Destruction
A series of tornadoes devastates Ivy and Greene County causing extensive damage. Residents report houses torn from foundations and trees snapped as a second twister strikes near Stanardsville. No injuries reported among road workers in the State Highway Department building collapse. Sheriff W D Deane notes miraculous escapes.
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Sullivan
State Highway Department
Stanardsville
W. D. Deane
Mary Christmas 72 Dispenser of Yuletide Cheer Dies
United Press International reports services planned for Mrs. Mary Christmas of Racine Wisconsin who spent a career in spreading festive cheer. She died Wednesday at 72. New Haven Yale zoological lab director Dr. Ross G. Harrison 89 died at home Wednesday. New York John H. Klieg 9 developer of Klieg lights died Wednesday at Doctors Hospital.
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Racine
Wis
Mary Christmas
New Haven
Conn
Ross G. Harrison
Zoological Laboratory
Yale University
New York
John H. Klieg
Doctors Hospital
Actress Jeanne Crain Expected Sixth Child in January
Hollywood report says actress Jeanne Crain and husband Paul Brinkman anticipate their sixth child in January. The couple already raise two daughters and three sons.
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Hollywood
Jeanne Crain
Paul Brinkman
Minister and Wife Halt Vigil as Church Tower to Be Wrecked
Rev. David Rhys Williams and his wife Lucy gave up a 12 hour vigil to stop the destruction of the First Unitarian Church tower in Rochester. The Gothic landmark near midtown plaza is slated for demolition as part of a 15 million dollar city urban renewal project despite calls to preserve it as a Susan B Anthony memorial.
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Rochester
David Rhys Williams
First Unitarian Church
Lucy
Midtown Plaza
Williams
Susan B. Anthony
U.S
William P. Jenkins
Jupiter Has Test Flight Marks Space Defense Ties
The Army and Air Force jointly conducted a 1,700 mile Jupiter intermediate range missile test from Cape Canaveral. Air Force personnel from the 864th Technical Training Squadron may assist NATO allied Italian troops at Jupiter launching sites in Italy. Earlier a research rocket lifted an inflatable balloon to 45 miles to measure winds and air density.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Army
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
864Th
Jupiter
Italy
NATO Defense Force
Defense Department
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