Three Weekend Accidents Leave Three Dead in Troy Area
Three weekend crashes in Troy area killed Joan Johnson 36 of Newtonville Jeffrey Failing 15 of Day Town and eight year old Eric Luraas of Spring Avenue Extension. Johnson died at Albany Medical Center Hospital from a fractured skull after a head on collision with a southbound car driven by Charles Vaccaro. Failing died from massive brain damage when a logging tractor toppled onto him in Day Town Sara toga County. Luraas died when his bicycle entered Route 154 into a refrigerator truck.
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Troy
Joan Johnson
Farmingdale Rd
Newtonville
Albany-Shaker Road
Jeffrey Failing
Willett St
Day
Saratoga County
Eric Luraas
Spring Avenue
Vaccaro
Debra Johnson
Albany Medical Center
Niskayuna
Johnson
Reformed Church
Shaker Ridge Country Club
Raymond Krolak
Joseph Wilson
Harold Hall
Malta
South Glens Falls
Schenectady
Raymond E. Kottkee
Inner Drive
Gary J. Dinola
Chrysler Ave
Kashmir curfew extended as clashes kill several raiders
In Kashmir Valley five armed raiders were killed and two more wounded after clashes with an Indian army patrol. A dusk to dawn curfew across Kashmir and parts of Jammu was extended two weeks. Indian and Pakistan disputed about infiltrators and ongoing guerrilla fighting continued near Srinagar and Chhamb sector.
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Srinagar
Kashmir
Kashmir Valley
Jammu
Indian Army
Air Force
J. N. Chaudhuri
Arjan Singh
L. P. Singh
New Delhi
G. M. Sadiq
Y. B. Chavan
Orning Congress Party
Ne ‘S
India
Pakistan
Indian Defense Ministry
Chhamb
Shot Kills Negro Man on West Hollywood Bus Stop
Los Angeles sheriff officers say 26 year old James Elwood Henderson of Los Angeles was shot to death while sitting on a bus stop bench at Santa Monica Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in West Hollywood. No witnesses found and investigators cannot confirm if the shooting was linked to recent rioting.
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Los Angeles
Santa Monica Boulevard
la Brea Avenue
West Hollywood
James Elwood Henderson
Luther Lanier
Copter Crash Claims Three
A helicopter carrying five Americans and a Laotian colonel fell into the Mekong River near Vientiane. Informants say three Americans swam ashore while the other two and the Laotian officer died. The aircraft was en route from Thailand. U.S. officials say the Americans aboard were civilians.
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Vientiane, Laos
Mekong River
Vietiane
Thailand
U.S
Bangkok
Air Force
Cooper Exceeds Own Outer Space Record
Cooper and Conrad extended Gemini 5 flight time to surpass Cooper's prior space duration record. Despite sleepiness and power issues, the crew logged 24 orbits in a mission likely to stretch eight days with ground control optimistic about completing the voyage.
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Cooper
Outer Space
Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
America
Gordon Cooper
Space Twins
Gene Krantz
Charles Conrad Jr
Christopher C. Kraft
Space
Conrad
Kraft
Cape Kennedy
Viet Cong Strike Near Saigon With Heavy Casualties
Viet Cong attacked a South Vietnamese platoon about a dozen miles from Saigon, suffering heavy casualties. Government irregulars nearby routed a guerrilla unit, while U.S. airborne troops cleared a central highlands road with no contact. Marines on Van Tuong peninsula killed three Viet Cong, counting 599 dead in last week’s Chu Lai battle, and another patrol killed three guerrillas south of Da Nang air base.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Army
Central Highlands
van Tuong Pen
Insula
U.S
Chu Lai
da Nang
U S Forces Maintain Bombing Campaign in Vietnam
U S air action continues against North Vietnam with bombing of a hydroelectric dam and other sites. No government casualties reported. Viet Cong losses uncertain. In the Saigon area a civilian militia ambush killed one Viet Cong. government losses not stated. Military says 173rd Airborne cleared roads to Kontum enabling supplies. 101st Airborne completed a two day sweep at Cam Ranh Bay with no contact. Marines and South Vietnamese troops push toward the South China Sea on Van Tuong peninsula.
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U.S
Viet Nam
Saigon
Cai Doi
Phong Dinh
U.S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Kontum
Highway 14
Duc Co
101St Airborne Brigade
Cam Ranh Bay
van Tuong
South China Sea
Priest in Critical Condition as Alabama Shooting Claims Life
In Hayneville Alabama Episcopal seminarian Jonathan Daniels age 27 was shot dead during a civil rights related incident at a country store. Richard Morrisroe age 26 remained in very critical condition after surgery. Coleman 55 a local deputy is charged with murder and assault with intent to murder. Daniels body flown to Keene New Hampshire for in state services.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Montgomery Baptist Hospital
Keene
N.H
Jonathan Daniels
Hayneville
Will le
St. James Episcopal Church
Morrisree
Keene, N.H
Lowndes
New Hampshire
Daniels
Thomas L. Coleman
Coleman
Justice of the Peace
Youth Held for Murder in Newburgh Stabbing Death
In Newburgh an AP report says a 17 year old youth was charged with first degree murder in the stabbing death of 76 year old Walter Freer. Freer was found by a neighbor in his apartment on a Saturday. Willis Gillis of Newburgh was arraigned and jailed in Goshen County.
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Newburgh (Ap
Newburgh
Willis Gillis
Goshen County
Walter Freer
World Weather Strikes: French Riviera to Japan
Violent storm hits the Nice area with wind and rain disrupting travel and tourism. Typhoon Lucy lashes Shizuoka and Tokyo, leaving missing and injured and flooding thousands of homes. In Argentina Misiones province heavy snow and floods force evacuation of 5,000 residents as a timber mill loses 20,000 tons of timber.
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Ted Pressers
Spain
Lucy
Shizuoka
Tokyo
Pacific
Argentina
Uruguay
Misiones
Forc
Civil Righters march in orderly protest in Springfield
About 1,000 people marched two miles to City Hall in Springfield under National Guard watch. After speeches condemning police brutality, many returned to the starting point while leaders praised the event’s order and urged progress through talks.
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Springfield
Mass
John A. Volpe
City Hall
Congress of Racial Equality
Joseph M. Ambrose
Charles V. Ryan Jr
James McCarthy
Court Square
Oscar Bright
The
Manry Hailed By Londoners After Transatlantic Trip
Robert Manry of Cleveland Ohio and his family toured London sights mobbed by autograph seekers. They viewed Trafalgar Square St Pauls Cathedral and Kensington Gardens then visited the Tinkerbelle sailboat on display. Manry hopes to visit the British Admiralty charting office to thank them for maps used on his voyage from Falmouth Massachusetts to Falmouth England.
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London
Robert Manry
Cleveland
Ohio
Trafalgar Square
Westminister
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Peter Pan
Kensington Gardens
Tinkerbelle
Manry
British Admiralty
Falmouth
Mass
England
Auto kills 4 year old in Castile incident
Dennis Fuller, four, son of Clyde and Mrs. Fuller of Castile in Wyoming County, was struck and killed by an automobile on Route 19A, six miles south of Castile, yesterday.
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Castile
Dennis Fuller
Clyde Fuller
Wyoming County
Periscope Local Kidnap Suspect to Be Arraigned Today
Local authorities plan arraignment today for the kidnapping suspect identified as connected to the Periscope case. The development follows ongoing investigations and public safety concerns in the area.
Mostly Moist Across Nation
Wet weather covered much of the nation with rain in the East and showers in the South and West. Mountain torrents and flash floods affected several southern Colorado towns while cool air persisted in the North and warmth remained in the South.
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Chicago
Colorado
Buffalo Population Decline Cited by Commerce
The State Department of Commerce estimates Buffalo New York population at 499,924, down nearly 33,000 since 1960 and over 80,000 since 1950 when the city peaked above 580,000.
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Buffalo
UPI
State Department of Commerce
New York
Madame Chiang Kai-shek Arrives in Honolulu for U.S. Visit
Madame Chiang Kai-shek wife of the Nationalist China president arrived in Honolulu to begin a personal tour of the United States. She plans to visit President Johnson and was greeted by U S officials at Hickam Air Force Base. She said she has no government mission to urge U S support for a China invasion.
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Honolulu
Chiang Kai-shek
China
United States
Johnson
Chiang
U.S
Hickam Air Force Base
American Helps Czechs Escape From Yugoslavia
A Czechoslovak family of four arrived in San Benedetto del Tronto Italy aboard a rubber boat after crossing the Adriatic from Zadar with help from an American relative. They sought political asylum and named Maria Topikova 65 Helene Koskova Kosek 30 Ivo architect and Eva 4 as passengers.
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San Benedetto DE Tronto
Italy
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Zadar
Maria Topikova
Helene Koskova Kosek
Helena
Ivo
Eva
Prague
George V. Vanek
Munich
Germany
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Tass
Saigon Irregulars
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