Court Ruling Halts Troy Textbook Loan Program
A New York court ruling blocks nearly 79,000 dollars in school books planned for Troy and Lansingburgh districts under a textbook loan law. With the decision, public and nonpublic students may must buy or return books, affecting about 4,000 volumes in Lansingburgh and over 60,000 in Troy, as districts await further legal action.
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Supreme Court
Paul T. Kane
Troy School
Lansingburgh
Howard E. Vernon
Lansingburgh School
Charles M. Fitzpatrick
Waterford
East Greenbush
New York City
American Civil Liberties Union
Debra Smith Missing At Catskill Game Farm Search Continues
Debra Smith seven remains missing after being reported lost at the Catskill Game Farm near Cairo New York. State Police and volunteers comb a four mile square wooded area as a 24 state alert is issued for the slender girl. Debra’s father provides pajamas to aid a bloodhound and authorities say there is no clue she is not in the woods.
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Cairo
N. Y
Debra Smith
Catskill
Debra
Maryland
Arthur E. Wright
Loudonville
Catskill Mountains
Here
New York City
Albany
Watervliet
John R. Smith
Renssellaer
Andrews Air Force Base
Diane
Florence Cheney
Smiths
Douglas
Donna
Smith
William Smith
Rensselaer
Roland Lindemann
Lunar Orbiter Captures Far Side Moon Images
Pasadena AP reports Lunar Orbiter took first pictures of the moon’s far side from a 930 mile altitude on its 33rd orbit. Images show a mixed quality as engineers work to clear camera problems affecting potential closeups for landing site assessment.
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Pasadena
Calif
Oribter
Earth
U.S. Space Agency
Israel Taback
Langley Research Center
Hampton
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Turkey Earthquake Kills 500 Plus in Eastern Provinces
A severe earthquake devastated eastern Turkey with Mus Erzurum Bingol and Hinis provinces hardest hit. Deaths exceed 500 with hundreds injured as 24 villages report complete destruction including hospitals. Turkish Red Crescent and US aid mobilize doctors and supplies for dawn rescue efforts.
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Ankara
U.S. Army
Sam J. Byerley
Yanks Strike Oil Dumps and Heavy Fighting Reported
US pilots attacked seven oil storage depots near North Vietnam causing multiple fires and explosions while weather limited strikes in Hanoi Hai Phong and the Red River Valley Australian troops repelled a Viet Cong battalion killing about 220 of 600 troops South Vietnamese units counted 231 enemy dead across four provinces Navy pilots hit Nam Dinh storage near Haiphong and US airmen credited with their 18th MIG kill on mission numbers provided by Vietnamese spokesmen.
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Saigon
Nam Dinh
Haiphong
U.S
North Viet Nam
Fugitive Georges LeMay Surrenders In Las Vegas
A longtime Montreal jewel thief Georges LeMay, 41, surrendering to FBI agents outside the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas. He faced charges of masterminding a bank burglary that yielded jewelry, stocks, bonds, and up to three million dollars in cash.
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Nev
FBI
Canada
Fugive
Georges LeMay
Montreal
LeMay
Golden Nugget
Joseph Bedard
Bedard
Court freezes Chicago civil rights march plan
A circuit court judge issued a temporary injunction limiting Chicago Freedom Movement protests to 500 people, ordering daylight marches only and 24 hour notice to police. Judge Harrington acted after a city suit, while Dr. Martin Luther King Jr denounced the ruling but pledged readiness to mobilize.
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Cornelius J. Harrington
Chicago Freedom Movement
Harrington
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christan Leadership Conference
Chicago Demon
Johnson Campaign Tour Seeks to Take Profit Out of Poverty
President Johnson toured New York State pledging to take the profit out of poverty and upgrade pollution control as part of his Great Society push. He spoke in Buffalo Syracuse and Ellenville amid large crowds and mixed war protest banners, dedicating a community hospital in Ellenville and meeting supporters along 30 miles of motorcade.
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Ellenville
N.Y
New York State
Great Lakes
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Syracuse
Catskill
New York
Canada
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Vermont
Mauna
Lester B. Pearson
Campobello Island
New Brunswick
Roosevelt International Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Viet Nam
Stewart Air Force Base
Newburgh
Walden
Pine Bush
Pact Approved By Machinists
In Washington the Machinists Union announced the end of the airlines strike after a majority of 35,400 strikers approved a settlement. The vote concludes the longest and costliest labor action in U.S. aviation history.
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Washington
Machinists Union
U.S
P. L. (Roy) Siemiller
Afl-Cio
International Association of Machinists
Viethik Hearings End Amid Disruptions and Antiwar Pressure
The House Un American Activities Committee closed four days of antiwar hearings amid disruptions as spectators and witnesses clashed. Rep. Joe Pool called the hearings revealing, while protestors were ejected and attorney Arthur Kinoy jailed briefly for disorderly conduct. The panel then shifted to proposed penalties for interfering with troop movements, as airline strikes were settling with AFL-CIO officials hailing a wage and benefit victory.
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Pool
U.S
Arthur Kinoy
General Sessions
Harold H. Greene
Kinoy
Alabama educators oppose Wallace school integration plan
Alabama education leaders united against Gov. George Wallace’s bid to outlaw federal school integration guidelines. The Alabama Education Association and university spokesmen argued the HEW guidelines are illegal, but urged a vigorous court challenge to test illegality while backing the governor’s position on funding safeguards.
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George Wallace
Wallace
Board of Trustees
Alabama Education Association
ABA
University of Alabama
Auburn University
Alabama Association of School Boards
Health, Education and Welfare Department
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