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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1966
Page
1
David Sampson reports a fatal auto train crash near Troy that killed three people. The incident prompted three Troy firms to announce plans to enlarge the local courthouse. Authorities investigated causes and safety lapses as the community reacts.
Cicero plans for possible trouble as Illinois National Guardsmen were urged to prevent violence during a Sunday march by King followers. In New York, the Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors awarded three Troy contracts for a 647 691 courthouse annex including Corina Construction Co for general work 491 000 Trojan Hardware for electrical plumbing and William F Bradley & Sons for heating and ventilating 69 487 and 29 540 respectively. The annex features an Emergency Operations Center to withstand nuclear emergencies funded in part by federal and state grants.
President Johnson asked the Department of Health Education and Welfare to undertake a major study of medical costs, which rose 3.4 percent in six months. HEW Secretary John W. Gardner said Johnson raised the issue and instructed him to proceed with the study.
Washington AP conferees approved a $4.76 billion mortgage support bill aimed at reviving a strained homebuilding sector. The package channels funds through Fannie Mae to bolster FHA VA and conventional mortgages and may reach a Senate vote and the President's desk this week. It also extends the mass transit subsidy at $150 million annually for the next two fiscal years.
U.S. Navy planes attacked four North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin sinking one and damaging others. MIG 17s near Haiphong avoided clash. Air Force strikes north of the DMZ destroyed five storage buildings and three trucks. The Baton Rouge Victory freighter sank in the Saigon River complex after a mine detonation. Viet Cong conducted heavy fire on a U.S. patrol boat on the My Tho River near Saigon.
Tam many Hall pledged 75 of its Democratic State Convention delegates to City Council President Frank D. OConnor yesterday, boosting his pledged total to 620 with 573 needed for the nomination. An AP tabulation showed 583 overall. The Sept. 7 Buffalo convention will choose the party candidate to oppose Republican Nelson Rockefeller. OConnor urged rivals Howard J. Samuels and Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. to withdraw. Samuels, a contender, said he will fight on. Roosevelt had no comment. Tammany polled its 112 delegates by phone and mail. 75 supported OConnor, 37 backed Samuels Roosevelt Levitt and Wagner.
An explosion at a Fort Wayne wire manufacturing executive office building killed five and injured 19. One body, identified as Margaret Sleesman, 24, was recovered. four workers remain missing and presumed dead beneath the rubble.
A House subcommittee on Un American Activities unanimously advances a bill to fine or jail anti Vietnam war protestors. Deputy Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark opposes new laws, saying existing statutes suffice. full committee to vote.
A mother Miss Mildred French 18 of Rotterdam and her infant son perished when their car collided with a freight train on County Line Road near Rotterdam. The driver Michael RomAnowski 20 of Schenectady also died. Police say the child was her son and that she was unmarried.
Defense Secretary McNamara says 40,000 men disqualified for draft due to poverty linked education and health gaps will enter special training at military posts within 10 months, rising to 100,000 in the next year. Program uses regular facilities and aims to raise 85 percent to draft standards, with some 4F ineligible.
Electric workers union IUE pushed for a substantial wage increase plus back pay and benefits at General Electric. GE chief negotiator Philip D. Moore dismissed the demands as far from reality and said the company would study the proposals with caution.
A private six seat Piper Comanche crashed during takeoff near MacArthur Airport in thunderstorm conditions. Pilot Capt. Robert F. Shaw 32 his wife Joan 28 and their six and four year old children were killed. No survivors. The Shaw family from North Little Rock Ark had visited relatives on Long Island. Weather officials cited thunderstorms and limited visibility at the time of takeoff.
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