Brother murder charge follows Grafton shooting
Albert Schermerhorn, 50, appeared before Justice Vosburgh in Grafton on a murder charge for the shooting death of his brother Milford Schermerhorn, 53. Milford died at Albany Medical Center Hospital. another brother, William, was critically injured. The case, tied to a sawed off .22 rifle, involved prior assaults and a preliminary exam set for Wednesday.
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Tburgh
Grafton
Albert Schermerhorn
Milford Schermerhorn
Taconic Lake Road
Town of
William J. Doyle Jr
Elliott M. Marinstein
District Attorney's Office
For
the People
Justice Vosburgh
Schermerhorn
Rensselaer
Albany Medical Center
William Schermerhorn
Albert
Albany County
John J. Marra
Cohoes
John Clemmer
Bender Laboratory
Vosburgh
William
George Schermerhorn
Milford
Graffton
Taconic Lake
Petersburg
Feura Bush
Charles and
Jane Snyder Schermerhorn
George
Walter
Stephentown
Elizabeth Weeden
Mabel Groesbeck
Albany
Thomas M. Barber
Willian O'Dell
Grafton Baptist Church
Meadowlown Cemetery
BCI
Gerald V. Clifford
Justice of Peace
Robert Vosburgh
Center
Harry McKenna
al Livingston
Chicago accord on open housing divides civil rights groups
An agreement led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to promote open housing in Chicago angered some groups. King postponed a march into Cicero while others vow to press demonstrations, with Governor Kerner ready to mobilize the Illinois National Guard to keep order.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
King
West Side Organization
The
Congress of Racial Equality
Robert Lucas
Lucas
Cicero
Otto Kerner
Illinois National Guard
Chester Robinson
West Side
Robinson
Joseph Barloga
Tragic U S Napalm Strike Kills About 20 Infantrymen
U S jets by mistake dropped two flaming napalm canisters into a U S infantry company during a close fight with Viet Cong near Saigon. More than twenty soldiers were killed and many wounded as troops replaced the company to pursue the elusive Viet Cong battalion.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
U.S
1St Infantry Division
1St Division
Highway 16
William E. de Puy
1St
World Journal Tribune reaches tentative pact with Pressmen's Union
The World Journal Tribune Inc reached a tentative contract with the Pressmen's Union ending a four month stalemate. An overall agreement by next Wednesday was deemed needed to publish the new afternoon daily and Sunday in Manhattan. The union vote was scheduled for tomorrow with leaders urging acceptance.
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NEW York
World Journal Tribune Inc
Manhattan
Matt Meyer
World Journal Tribune
The
Post
Sunday Times
Sunday News
Herald Tribune
AFL
CIO
Sunday News and Times
Meyer
Slain, 2: Wounded: Jealous Suitor Held
Police obtained a murder warrant for Arthur J. Davis also known as William J. Davis, 26, in a six room New Haven apartment rampage that left five dead and two wounded. Davis led officers on a 45 mile chase on the New Jersey Turnpike before tire shots ended the pursuit.
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New Haven, Conn
New Jersey
New Haven
Arthur J. Davis
William J. Davis
Davis
Mary McClease
Neil White
Dover
N.C
Richard Leathers
Caroline Sykes
Michael
New Jersey Turnpike
Newark
Connecticut
Senate On Minimum Wage Proposal Advances in Senate
The Senate approved a bill to raise the federal minimum wage from 1.25 to 1.60 an hour with coverage extending to farm workers and workers in hotels, motels, restaurants, laundries, and other industries. The measure would take effect February 1, 1968, and move to House conference with Johnson urging the 1968 date. A narrow party vote adopted a Republican amendment to drop coverage for about 185,000 workers in small retailers and hospitality firms.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Afl-Cio
House
Summer Weather Returns to Midlands and Plains
Summer weather returned to the Midlands with blustery showers moving from the Pacific into the Northwest. Temperatures climbed into the 80s and 90s on the Plains under sunny skies while the East remained cool for August and the Carolinas and southern Texas saw showers.
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Pacific Ocean
Northwest
Plains
Carolinas
Texas
Johnson Urges US Soviet Peace Push at Idaho Nuclear Center
President Johnson called for a US Soviet peace effort during a visit to Idaho's nuclear testing site. He warned against brinkmanship, stressed restraint with resolve, and urged cooperation despite Vietnam. About 10,000 spectators saw Johnson tour the facility and a plaque honoring its historic reactor.
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Arco, Idaho
Johnson
Reac
Soviet Union
Idaho Desert
Atomic Energy Commission
Canada Rail Strike Halts Nation Wide Train Service
Ottawa AP reports 118000 transport workers walked off job halting railway traffic across Canada including CN and CPR and five smaller lines. Parliament to consider back to work legislation while Diefenbaker backs cooperation but opposes ending federal rail freight rates control.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
United States
John Diefenbaker
Lester B. Pearson
Liberal Party
Diefenbaker
Pearson
Regents Oppose State Lottery for School Funds
The New York State Board of Regents urged against a state lottery to boost school financing. At their meeting they argued it would be bad fiscal policy to rely on a lottery for education funds and noted the Nov ballot contemplates a constitutional amendment.
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Albany
N. Y
State Board of Regents
New York
Education Commission
Stock Market Declines Sharply
The market sank yesterday with averages at a 22 year low and 8.16 million shares traded, up from 6.76 million the prior day. Complete stock listings appear on pages 16 and 17.
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New York
Rockefeller to Speak at Schaghticoke Fair Next Week
Gov Rockefeller campaigned through Washington County and announced highway improvements up 417 percent. He praised education aid relief for property taxpayers and touted the Pure Waters program to protect the upper Hudson River. He then planned upstate events including the Northway opening, stops at Speculator and Syracuse, and appearances at Schaghticoke and Columbia County fairs.
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Hudson River
Washington County
Warrensburg
Pottierville
Speculator
Syracuse
State Farm
Rensselaer County
Schaghticoke Fair
Columbia County
Chatham
Hurricane Faith shifts spare Puerto Rico from flood threat
Hurricane Faith angled away from Puerto Rico keeping far from San Juan as drenching rain and high seas reported. The storm weakened to 80 mph with gusts, brushing Leeward Islands and knocking down power lines in Philipsburg while scientists eyed silver iodide seeding to curb its strength.
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Miami
Fla
Faith
Atlantic
Puerto Rico
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Philipsburg
St. Martin
Leewards
U.S. Project Stormfury
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Hilda Goodwin
Justice of the Peace
Robert H. Wes
L. J. Konkle
State Police
Rensselaer County Public Defender’s Office
Thomas J. O'Connor
Balks
Midlands
Associated Press
Viet Nam
Russia
Rocky
Easton Fair
Schaghticoke
By Bob Fusco
San Juan
Leeward Islands
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