Duvalier Dies as Haiti Sees New Era Under His Son
Francois Papa Doc Duvalier dies at 64 after illnesses and strokes. His 19 year old son Jean Claude vows to continue the regime, naming a cabinet with two holdovers and declaring him self president for life. Eight days of mourning are ordered with funeral ceremonies set, as Rene Chalmers is named ambassador to Washington.
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Jean Claude Duvalier
Nated
Duvalier
Rene Chalmers
Haiti
Washington
Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier
Jean Claude
Area Mishaps Claim Three Lives in Troy Area
Three people died on area highways in the Greater Troy Area on Thursday. State Police list a nine year old Pottersville boy among the dead, crushed by the rear wheels of a tractor trailer.
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Pottersville
Troy
Jeffrey Hayes
Burton Morris Sr
West Broadway
Salem
Richard L. Wilkie
Plank Road
Clarksville
Olmsteadville Road
Chester
Warren County
Gordon R. Benware
Circle Dr
Conifer
Clinton E. Lawrence
R. W. Duswalt
L. R. Steele
Chestertown
Morris
Jackson
Washington County
Shields Road
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Charles Cole
J. S. Dean
J. J. Gregory
Salem Station
Bomb Hits Amtorg Office in Midtown Manhattan
A late afternoon bomb exploded in Amtorg offices on the 19th floor of a Lexington Avenue building. Police stopped a second bomb as a warning call preceded the blast. no injuries were reported. U.S. Ambassador Bush visited the site and condemned the act as outrageous and cowardly.
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New York
Amtorg
Manhattan
George Bush
U.S
United Nations
Jacob A. Malik
Malik
Bush
Lexington Avenue
40Th Street
Associated Press
Frank Hasset
Jewish Defense League
JDL
Washington
Banks Raise Prime Rate After Decline
Chase Manhattan Bank led a rate increase to 5 percent, reversing a year of declines as short term rates rose. Other New York lenders including Chemical, Irving Trust, Bankers Trust and Marine Midland followed, with Boston and Chicago banks also joining the move. Secretary Connally criticized the rise as insufficient loan demand.
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New York
Chase Manhattan Bank of New York
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Chase Manhattan
Chemical
Irving Trust
Bankers Trust
Marine Midland
State Street Bank of Boston, Continental Illinois Bankers Trust of Chicago
And
Exchange National Bank of Chicago
Brydges Unveils Deferred Tuition Plan in New York
Senate leader Earl W. Brydges proposes a plan enabling New York college students to borrow up to $3,000 annually with no interest during college and repay up to $15,000 over 20 years after graduation. The HEAC would cover interest above $1,500 per year while in college. About 139,000 students could be affected.
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Yale
Duke
New York State Chamber of Commerce
New York Higher Education Assistance Corp
New York State
Brydges
HEAC
New York
Suits Against Pollution Approved in New York Assembly
The New York Assembly voted to authorize citizen suits against polluters of air water and natural resources. Sponsor John W Beckman said the action coincides with Earth Week and could allow damages for reckless exploitation of the environment. Also proposed were higher cigarette taxes and other Capitol measures.
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Albany
N.Y
John W. Beckman
Westfield
New York State Assembly
Capitol
Assembly Passes Unpasses Vote Bill on 18-Year-Old Vote
The Assembly passed a resolution to ratify a proposed U S constitutional amendment lowering the voting age to 18 by 128 9 but then recalled the vote and withdrew it with unanimous permission. The measure is before the House again for reconsideration as debate is postponed until next week.
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Albany
N.Y
U.S
House
Lawmakers Pass Environmental Bill After Debate
The measure passed 99 to 28 after technical objections by several assemblymen. It would grant individuals and conservation groups a right to approach the State Supreme Court to seek to halt actions affecting the environment.
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Lieve
Senate
State Supreme Court
Average Weekly Wage Rises $1.37 in March
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the average weekly wage for about 48 million workers increased to 123.98 in March, up 1.37, driven mainly by a longer work week and a small pay raise. After taxes and living-cost adjustments, purchasing power grew by 59 cents weekly. The rise follows February’s dip and signals a tentative uptrend in real earnings.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Burreau
Bureau
U S Increases Naval Air Surveillance Near Haiti
The Pentagon said the United States has expanded naval and air watch near Haiti and alerted additional units for potential use. Two destroyer escorts were in the Winward Passage between Cuba and Haiti as Haiti announced the death of President Francois Duvalier. Reconnaissance planes have stepped up surveillance.
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Washington
Pentagon
United States
Haiti
Winward
Cuba
Francois Duvalier
U.S
Duvalier Death Brings Haiti Transition to Jean Claude
Following Francois Duvalier illness and death the transfer of power to Jean Claude Duvalier unfolds in Port au Prince. crowds cheer as the new president appears after his swearing in and the palace guard band plays somber music. New cabinet names include Andriew Raymond as foreign secretary and Luckner Cambonne as interior defense and police secretary.
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Duvalier
Jean Claude
National University of Haiti
Port Au Prince
Andriew Raymond
Claude Raymond
Armed Forces
Luckner Cambronne
Interior
Defense
Police
Soyuz 10 Mission Launches Joint Space Station Experiments
The Soviet Union launched Soyuz 10 with three cosmonauts Vladimir Shatalov Alexei Yeliseyev and Nikolai Rukavishnikov aboard at 2 54 a m Moscow time to conduct comprehensive onboard system tests medico biological research and manual and automatic control trials as part of the effort toward a manned orbital space station. The mission followed the earlier orbiting Salute station and paid tribute to Yuri Gagarin as the crew prepared to join the new space venture.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Russia
Vladimir Momarof
Vladimir Shatalov
Alexei Yeliseyev
Nikolai Rukavishnikov
Shatalov
Space
Siberia
Yuri Gaga_Tin
Yuri Gagarin
Boggs accuses FBI of undermining liberties congress demands Hoover resignation
Hale Boggs accuses the FBI of threatening American liberties and renews calls for J. Edgar Hoover to resign. He cites documented charges of phone tapping and expands on postwar spying practices, while Hoover supporters demand proof.
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Washington
House
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
Boggs
Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Congressional
Lawrence J. Hogan
Hogan
Yanks Bomb North Vietnam Antiaircraft Sites
U S fighter bombers hit three locations in North Vietnam and Laos on Thursday in deep strikes against missile and antiaircraft sites. One raid went 185 miles into North Vietnam targeting near Quan Lang airfield, a base for MIG interceptors, with two sites destroyed or damaged. Navy planes fired five air to ground missiles after North Vietnamese fire hit a Navy recon plane, which was likely photographing the MIG base.
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Saigon
USS
North Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Quan Lang
U.S. Command
U.S. Navy
Democratic hopefuls urge end to war in televised appeal
Six Democratic presidential candidates criticized U.S. Indochina policy in a prime time broadcast. Muskie called the war wrong and urged ending it, while Jackson urged a public accounting of the war. Humphrey McGovern Bayh Hughes joined, with O'Brien heading the program for the Democratic National Committee.
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Washington
U.S
Nixon
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Vietnam
Paris
North Vietnam
Jackson
Muskie
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Birch E. Bayh
Indiana
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Lawrence F. O’brien
Democratic National Committee
American Broadcasting Co
Camping Ban Order Revoked by Federal Judge
A federal court dissolved the camping ban on the Mall after 108 protesters including Vietnam veterans were arrested during a Supreme Court demonstration. Judge George L. Hart Jr rebuked the Justice Department for not enforcing the order, calling the actions improper and degrading to the judiciary. Demonstrators, many veterans, continued their campout near the Capitol with briefings to lawmakers and a military style chow line amid the ongoing protest.
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Washington
Justice Department
Justice
Supreme Court
White House
U.S
U.S. Dist
George L. Hart Jr
Capitol
Lincoln Memorial
Hart
Department
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