Fireball Sightings Across the Region Spark Debate
Residents from Brunswick to Waterford reported a bright, fast moving fireball with green and orange flames followed by a loud roar. Observers described varied shapes, long vapor trails, and speeds over 5 000 mph. Planetarium experts estimate a colossal meteor, hundreds of pounds, with a 10 minute luminous trail, far brighter than Venus.
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R. G. McFalls
Alberta
Center Brunswick
McFalls
Brunswick
Ann Breault
Clinton Ave
Waterford
Jack Demers
Troy Record
Brunswick Rd
Geiger
Barbara Walters
Crescent
Rice'sountain
Speigletown
Melrose
Harold Reiser
Valley Falls
Trojan Post
Glen Avenue
Norman Mickle
Ninth Ave
Robert Lohnes
Schaghticoke
Raymond Dumser
Brunswick Hills
Michael Plante
Poestenkill
Averill Park
Robert Burdick
Lansing Ave
Bernard I. Mintzer
Brunswick Road
Harold Wrigley
Babcock Ake
Grafton
Charles Diamond
Seventh Ave
Watervliet
Joan and
Lynn Gingeresky
10St St
Bernice Baillargan
Adam Ave
Cohoes
Stephen Wrobel
Ferry St
Troy
Andrew Sheffer
Raymertown
Edward Marone
Griswod Heights
Blig
John Long
Garrett Dr
Crescent Bridge
Hayden Planetarium
Thomas D. Nicholson
Planetarium
Woodcliff Lake
N.J
Venus
Sirious
Kennedy Hints Change In Viet Policy
Morse reports Kennedy suggesting Viet Nam was never of strategic or economic importance to U S defense. The item notes Humphrey's stance at the Associated Press annual meeting in New York and his call for resolve in Viet Nam with a vision and endurance statement.
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Viet Nam
United States
Humphrey
The
Associated Press
New York
Russell
U.S. News & World Report
Senate Armed Services Committee
Morse
Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
U.S
Galbraith
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
J.W. Fulbright
Fulbright
United Nations
America
Johnson aide resigns to lead Motion Picture Producers Assoc
Jack Valenti, long time aide to President Johnson, leaves the White House to become president and chief executive of the Motion Picture Producers Association of America. The move follows George Reedy's departure for a New York engineering firm. Valenti, 44, will steer Hollywood self regulation and image efforts, joining a line of ex leaders dating to Will Hays. He cited family salary needs and will be leaving a post paying about 30 000 dollars annually.
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Washington
Jack Valenti
Johnson
White House
Motion Picture Producers Association of America
Valenti
George E. Reedy
New York
The
Motion Picture Trade Association
Hollywood
Will Hays
Eric Johnston
U.s.chamber of Commerce
Valentis
Producers Association
Johnston
Houston
Tex
Democratic Party
Texas
Mary Margaret Wiley
Courtenay Lynda
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Air Force One
University of Houston
Harvard
Reedy
Bill D. Moyers
Jack Bell
India
Japan
South Viet Nam
Humphrey
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
Kennedy opposes Purcell in Rensselaer County chair race
In Troy, Kennedy announces he will seek the chairmanship of the Rensselaer County Democratic Committee. He blasts party leadership as lacking, citing his business background and concern for community needs to propose progressive Democratic leadership.
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Troy
Democratic Party
Rensselaer
Assembly approves bill allowing commercial school broadcasts
Albany AP The Assembly passed unanimously a bill authorizing school boards to permit commercially sponsored broadcasts on school property. Governor Rockefeller receives the bill after a Dutchess County district blocked telecasting a high school football game citing private gain using public facilities.
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Albany
Rockefeller
Dutchess County
Bids Opened for County Police Cars
Three Troy area dealers bid to furnish two 1966 heavy duty police cars for Rensselaer County Sheriff. Craige Motors Corp offered two Ford heavy-duty sedans at 2051 dollars each, Jack Byrne Mechanicville bid 4270 dollars total for two, and W H Bumstead Inc Troy bid 2316.36 dollars each for two Chevrolet Biscaynes. Bids meet specs and are referred to Sheriff Harriman.
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Troy Area
Rensselaer County Sheriff's Department
Craile Motors Corp
East Greenbush
Ford
Jack Byrne
Mechanicville
Texas Youth Captured Charged With Killing
Enriquez from Corpus Christi was captured in Cuero after an all points alert. He allegedly killed Victoria Perez 21 and her relatives near Robstown, then fatally wounded Highway Patrolman Darvin K. Hogg near Stockdale. A dying woman in Helena, Range, and a hospital death of another victim followed.
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Department of Public Safety
Enriquez
Corpus Christi
Darvin K. Hogg
Victoria Perez
Robstown
Frederico Perez
Francisco Perez
Hogg
Stockdale
San Antonio
Karnes
Karnes City
E. B. Springer
Helena
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Purcell
Joseph F. Humes
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Taylor
Raleigh Blackwell
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Arly
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J.M.F
126Th ST
Waterford Bridge
Trump
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