Berserk Bull Run Tracked Through Troy Streets
A wild bull fled from Sipperly Bros. Wholesale Meats and trotted through Troy and Watervliet areas. Police chased the creature across blocks, over fences, and into the Poestenkill before it was killed by two shots and a butcher knife.
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Troy-Hudson River- Watervliet
Troy
Poestenkill
Hudson
Watervliet
Old West Troy
Behr-Manning Co
Sipperly Bros. Wholesale Meats
River St
David McClure
Adam and
Second Streets
Waterford Naval Reservist dies after boat collision
James Walter Banker a 32 year old Waterford Naval Reservist died at Albany Medical Center after his outboard motor boat struck an oil barge at the Front Street entrance to the Barge Canal. He had served on the U S S Courtney and was active in scouting. Funeral services will be held at Quandt Funeral Home with interment in Memorial Garden Colonie.
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Waterford
Albany Medical Center
Quandt
Broad St
W. Harold Robinson
Waterford Methodist Church
Garden
Colonie
Banker
Navy
U.S.S
Front Street
Second Street
Putnam's Island
Ronald Veiga
Sharon
Carol
June Banker
Ernest Dick
Helen Kimmey
Troy
U S Moves To Assist Negro Vote
Federal examiners registered 1 144 Negro voters in nine Southern counties under the 1965 voting rights law. The figure shows a 65 percent rise from 1 764 on rolls in Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi. Justice moves to erase poll taxes in three states.
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Civil Service Commission
Washington
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Americus
Sumter County
Georgia
Department of Justice
Rockefeller seeks federal funds for New York water study
Gov. Rockefeller said he would ask President Johnson for federal funds to start a major study of New York State water resources. He will meet with Johnson and officials from Pennsylvania and New Jersey to discuss the plan.
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Buffalo
Rockefeller
Johnson
New York State
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Richard Hughes
New Jersey
Washington
Welfare Dept Hints at Citizens Advisory Group
A brief notice on page 15 indicates the local Welfare Department may form a citizens advisory group. Page references suggest related coverage near sports and comics sections, with additional notes on a running event and a feature strip.
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Local—Welfare Dept
Citizens Advisory Group
New York City Reservoirs Rise After Heavy Rains
Water levels in New York City reservoirs increased for the first time in 67 days after drenching rains in the upstate watershed. More than 2.4 billion gallons were added, lifting storage to 208 billion gallons or 43.7 percent of capacity as rain fell across the Croton, Catskill, and Delaware systems and in the city.
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New York
UPI
New York City
Upstate
Croton
Catskill
Delaware
Bell Aero to Build Test Motor for Minute Man ICBM
Bell Aero Systems said it will build and test a small liquid rocket motor for the Minute Man intercontinental missile. The U S Air Force awarded the contract but Bell declined to disclose its value.
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Buffalo
Bell Aerosystems Co
Bell
Air Force
Baltimore Navy Man Killed in Milton Route 29 Crash
A 20 year old Baltimore Navy man, Raymond Zizzi, died from internal injuries after a head on collision on Route 29 near Saratoga Springs. Seven people were hospitalized. one passenger Roy Andrews remains in critical condition. Driver Alan Lauer faces charges of reckless driving and criminal negligence.
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Raymond Zizzi
Baltimore
U. S. Navy
West Milton
Route
Milton
Saratoga Springs
Roy Andrews
Gloversville
Saratoga Hospital
Zizzi
Alan M. Lauer
Jackson
Mich
Lauer
Iff
Simone
la Fountain
Andrews
Rita Wilber
Orchard St
Eileen Marshall
East Fulton St
Barbara Horton
Amsterdam
Wilber
Marshall
Horton
Johnson Pays Tribute On Hoover’s Birth Anniversary
President Johnson praised Herbert Hoover as a man larger than party in a telegram to Dwight D. Eisenhower in West Branch Iowa. Johnson noted a bill to designate Hoover birthplace as a national historical site awaits his signature and hopes Hoover family members will join for the ceremony.
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Washington
Johnson
Herbert Hoover
Dwight D. Eisenhower
West Branch
Iowa
Hoover
Hoover Birthplace
Eisenhower
Titan 2 silo explosion kills 53 in Arkansas
Air Force investigators examine the Titan 2 missile complex after a 53 civilian deaths in the Long Branch silo at Seismon? No, in Arkansas. The explosion trapped 53 workers inside a 155 foot underground tube as a 750 ton door kept the silo sealed. The warhead was removed and no nuclear risk.
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Searcy, Ark
Air Force
America
Douglas Wood
Little Rock Air Force Base
Central
Arkansas
Wood
Sub Collision Confirmed in South China Sea
The U S Defense Department said a U S Marine submarine Medregal collided with the Lebanese freighter SS Rodos on July 13 1965 in international waters south of Hainan. The incident refutes claims it occurred in Chinese territorial waters and notes the Medregal was on routine operations.
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Washington
Defense Department
U.S
South China Sea
China
Pentagon
Peking
Rodos
Hainan
State Aide Fromer Resigns Deputy Secretary Post
John J. Fromer resigned as deputy secretary of state in charge of the division of corporations and state records. The 39-year-old from Tannersville earns 18000 dollars annually and plans to return to private law practice with his father, former Greene County Judge L. Paul Fromer. Secretary John P. Lomenzo accepted the resignation effective August 19 with regret. a successor was expected to be named soon.
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Albany
UPI
John J. Fromer
Division of
Corporations and State Records
Fromer
Tannersville
Greene County
L. Paul Fromer
John P. Lomenzo
Egret
Battle for Duc Co Intensifies as Siege Prolongs
Viet Cong and government forces renew battle around Duc Co in central highlands. U S airstrikes and naval shelling target Viet Cong positions while a besieged camp endures with American advisers and Montagnard troops. Casualties rise with 219 Viet Cong killed since Monday.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Duc Co
U.S
Mekong Delta
Chuong Thien
An Xuyen
Camau Peninsula
U. S
Vin Tuy
Hanoi
Orlock
Thanh Hoa
Highlands
Route 19
Pleiku
2Nd Corps
Quang Ngai
United States
Briefing Divides Opinions on Viet Nam Policy
Washington AP report notes Democratic leaders show cautious optimism after a White House Viet Nam briefing. Sen. Wayne Morse calls the discussions Alice in Wonderland while Everett Dirksen says Congress backs Johnson overall policy despite some method disagreements.
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Washington
Viet Nam
House
Wayne Morse
Dore
Johnson
Oregon
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Dirksen
Congress
Nixon urges tougher strikes on North Viet Nam
West Branch Iowa AP Former Vice President Richard M Nixon called for increasingly punishing air and sea attacks on North Viet Nam to force Communist leaders to stop aggression toward South Viet Nam. He said nuclear weapons should be used only in retaliation or when necessary.
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West Branch
Iowa
Richard M. Nixon
North Viet Nam
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Nixon
Herbert Hoover
North
Hoover
Hoover Park
Cuban exile gunman confesses to killing seven seas crew
A former Cuban lobsterman, Robert Ramirez, 35, told authorities he killed captain Rogelio Diaz and four crewmen on the Seven Seas during a dispute over Fidel Castro. One crewman survived, Burgwise Elvin, and an eighth member hid in a locker. The ship headed to Tampa for repairs when Ramirez abandoned it in a small skiff.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Robert Ramirez
Gulf Stream
Ramirez
Ram
Irez
Rogelio Diaz
Tampa
Negro Cook
Burgwise Elvin
Diaz
Elvin
Coast Guard
Seven Seas
Key West
Raul Garcia
Aldrich Hinds
Jose Abad
Antonio Fornier
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Bob Brier
Kelso
Peter Durkee
Durkee
Ludlow Valve Co
Clemente Bros., Inc
Vliet
Harry McKenna
Chase
Third Avenue
Sir Bull
Behr-Manning Plant
James Walter Banker
Front St
Frank R. Banker Jr
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Associated Press
Rocky
Duke Rodney
Raceway
Priscilla
Lyndon Johnson
By James T. Quinn
Richard EF. LaFountain
Elm St
T. J. Shinebarger
Malta
Saratoga County
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