Casey Emphatic Declares He Won't Quit Leadership
Rensselaer County GOP Chairman Joseph F Casey insists he will not resign and plans to hold the office at least through June amid political intrigue. He denies reports he was pressured to give up his sergeant at arms post in the State Assembly Chambers, saying he was not asked to relinquish the job by Assembly Speaker Perry B Duryea. He hints he would follow Duryeas wishes if such a situation arose, while Republicans debate whether a majority of the 266 county committee members can oust him in a special session per Election Law.
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Rensselaer County
GOP Committee
Joseph F. Casey
Casey
Holiday Inn
State Assembly
Assembly
Perry B. Duryea
County Committee
Senate approves Gore plan to raise personal tax exemption
The Senate voted 58 to 37 to boost the personal income tax exemption from 600 to 800 and adopt Gore’s amendment promising an average tax cut by 1971 for families earning 5000 to 10000. The move persists despite Nixon’s veto threat and would raise exemptions to 700 next year and 800 in 1971.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Gore
Tax Slash Will Help Gore in 1970 Campaign
Senate approval of an income tax cut boosts Albert Gore Jr.’s bid for re election and exposes Republican divisions. The Gore plan would raise dependents exemption to 800, add standard deduction and a low income allowance and seek a single person rate cap. House and Senate faces joint conference as inflation fears loom.
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Washington
Senate
W. E
Bill
Brock
Baker
Gore
Charles H. Percy
R-Nl
Percy
House
White House
Scott
Treasury Department
Illinois
Finance Committee
Air France 707 Crash Near Caracas Kills 62
An Air France Boeing 707 with 62 aboard crashed into the Caribbean near La Guaira shortly after takeoff from Caracas International Airport. Rescue efforts recovered four bodies after dark with little hope for survivors. Flight had stops in Lima Guayaquil Bogota and was en route to Paris via Guadeloupe and Lisbon.
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Tle
Air France
Roger Pinson
la Guaira
National
Santiago
Chile
Lima
Peru
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Bogota
Colombia
Caracas
Pinson
Guadeloupe
Lisbon
Paris
Flight 212
Venezuela
Viasa Airlines
Maracaibo
Caribbean
Maiquetia
House Appropriations OKs Major Defense Cuts
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 69.96 billion defense bill trimming 5.32 billion from Nixon’s request to align with Laird’s cuts. It preserves 779.4 million for Safeguard but cuts 3.82 billion in other programs and urges MBT 70 abandonment.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Nixon
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Troy Native Dies In Vermont Crash
Mrs. Lewis T. Butler 52 of Beech Street Ext Bennington VT died in a two vehicle crash on Route 7 Pownal VT around 10 30 am Wednesday. She was a native of Troy born August 20 1917. Norman Cote 45 of North Adams MA drove a fuel tank truck and was injured along with Mrs Butler trapped for over an hour before rescue. Butler's body taken to Mahar Son Funeral Home Bennington. Williams Town MA police aided Vermont authorities. The Butler couple had observed their 23rd wedding anniversary earlier in Troy.
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Lewis T. Butler
Beech Street
Bennington
Pownal
Troy
Arthur S. Ferris
Shaftsbury
Norman Cote
North Adams
Mass
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Rutland
Butler
Mary Purtell
Michael J
Margaret Gallagher Purtell
Mr. Butler
St. Mary’s Church
China Jets Favored But Foreign Aid Is Slashed
A House appropriations subcommittee approved 54.5 million to finance a squadron of fighters for Nationalist China while cutting President Nixon's foreign aid program by about 600 million. The panel kept overall aid near 1.6 billion for the year, with shifts totaling 2.19 billion in authorizations and cuts including a 50 million Korea allocation.
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Washington
China
House
Nixon
Senate Foreign
Chiang Kai-Shek
South Korea
Congress
Yank Planes Chase Reds Into Cambodia
TUYEN BINH Vietnam AP U S Air Force bombers pursued fleeing North Vietnamese troops into Cambodia after an enemy attack on the district town Wednesday morning and killed 65 of them American sources reported.
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Tuyen Binh
Vietnam
Cambodia
House Unit Urges 15 Percent Social Security Increase
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a 15 percent boost in Social Security benefits retroactive to January 1. Beneficiaries would see monthly averages rise from about $100 to $115, with minimums from $55 to $63.25, first checks arriving in April after retroactive payment for early- year gains. The plan costs $4.2 billion annually and uses Social Security surplus, avoiding tax or wage-base changes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Senate
Congress
Social Security Administration
Sharon Tate killings linked to hippie band, Manson figure named
LA AP report cites lawyers for Susan Atkins saying the group dressed in black and killed Sharon Tate and four others. They allege Atkins is under Charles Manson’s hypnotic influence, with Manson not yet charged as he appears in a preliminary hearing near Death Valley.
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Charles Manson
Independence
Calif
Manson
Sharon Tate
Los Angeles
Richard Caballero
Paul Caruso
Susan Denise Atkins
Charles Miller Manson
God
Jesus
Satan
Miss Atkins
Death Valley
LaBelle rape slaying trial heads to jurors deliberation
Jurors in Rensselaer County Court will begin deliberations Friday on Richard M. LaBelle accused in the rape slaying of 15 year old Rosemary Sway. Summations by defense and prosecution begin at 1 p.m. with Judge McCall to instruct the 11 man one woman jury. Public records note 23 witnesses testified and 57 exhibits entered.
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Rensselaer County Court
Richard M. LaBelle
Rosemary Sway
Melrose Creek
John J. McCall
Holiday Inn
Thomas J. O’connor
Richard LaBelle
O’connor
Dist
Con G. Cholakis
E. Stewart Jones Jr
High Court Rejects Redistricting Move in New York
The New York Court of Appeals refused to reopen a three year old reapportionment case and to grant authority to redraw Assembly and Senate districts. The decision ends chances for legislative redistricting in the 1970 session. The seven member court issued no opinion and did not disclose votes.
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Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Assembly
Senate
Perry B. Dur
Rag-Tag South Viets Mangled Attacking Reds at Tuyen Binh
About 500 North Vietnamese troops overwhelmed by a rag-tag South Vietnamese force near Tuyen Binh 58 miles west of Saigon. South Vietnamese claim 150 NVA dead and significant weapon losses. 14 defenders and 15 civilians killed, 50 wounded. Town near Cambodian border fended off a wide assault opening after 3 am with rockets and mortars.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Mekong
Tuyen Binh
U.S
Delta
Associated Press
Pete Amer Reno
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