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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1965
Page
1
The Midwest counts 254 tornado fatalities across Indiana Ohio Michigan Illinois Wisconsin with hundreds homeless and millions in damage. Indiana bears the highest toll while Michigan and Ohio report heavy losses. widespread power outages and hospital damage accompany the disaster.
Soviet astronomers at Moscow's Sternberg Institute suggest radio signals from CTA-21 and CTA-102 may be first evidence of an intelligent civilization. NikoIi Kardashev calls it a new supercivilization. Josef Suklovsky notes an unknown cosmic object. Western scientists remain cautiously skeptical.
Washington reports IRS warning taxpayers must file returns by midnight Thursday or face penalties. Commissioner Sheldon Cohen noted hardship provisions for late payers but stressed no extension of April 15. Interest accrues at 6 percent yearly on overdue taxes and late filing carries 5 percent monthly penalties up to 25 percent.
Burglars bored into a Royal Bank of Canada branch in a Montreal shopping center using torches and drills. They looted 400 safety deposit boxes, jamming alarms and locks as they worked. Police estimate may reach a million dollars.
U S Marines receive eight inch howitzers with nuclear capability at Da Nang docks as eight inch and 155 mm batteries join the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade. B57 Canberra jets strike suspected Viet Cong positions in the area amid reports of a major offensive buildup. Additional Marine battalion to arrive to strengthen Da Nang air base defense.
Second Lt. Peter L. Manion son of former Troy Record editor was barred by East German police last week after attempting to aid officers at a Berlin Autobahn accident. The Troy background on his parents is detailed on page 21 AP Wire photo.
The state legislature remains deadlocked on a sales tax as 12 days pass without a budget. Sen. Joseph Zaretzki holds the line with no GOP votes while Upstate Democrats resist. Talks of Republican help in the upper house surface, with Assembly Republicans unsure to vote until the Senate acts.
The Assembly approved a bill 142 to 5 changing the McNaghten Rule. The Bartlett commission would require only substantial knowledge that an act was wrong and allow broader psychiatric testimony in insanity determinations. The measure, sent to the Senate, aims to modernize the criminal insanity standard.
London AP Prime Minister Harold Wilson travels to the United States to press for world monetary reform and new peace moves on Viet Nam. In New York he speaks to 1,500 bankers and urges a broader international credit system while signaling Britain’s economic modernization. He then meets U S leaders including President Johnson to discuss Viet Nam.
The Defense Department awarded the first production contract worth over 1.5 billion dollars to General Dynamics Corp for 431 F-111 aircraft, 407 Air Force and 24 Navy models. The F-111A and F-111B faces scrutiny over dual service design and carrier versus land based roles.
In Selma Alabama two ministers Rev Orloff Miller and Rev Clark Olson testified before a Dallas County Grand Jury probing the fatal beating of Rev James Reeb. They accompanied by attorney William Manley said little and planned to fly home. Four white men face state murder charges and federal Civil Rights Act charges with potential penalties including death or life imprisonment plus federal fines or imprisonment.
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