Troy Youth Slain After Dance Fight in Troy
15 year old Lacey C Coles Jr was killed after a fight outside the Troy Masonic Temple on 3rd Street. Troy police charged Troy resident Troy Johnson 20 with murder and Eddie Felix 31 with reckless endangerment and weapons counts. Both suspects were arraigned and jailed with a preliminary hearing set for Johnson. Felix reported head injuries from his apprehension.
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Hercules Johnson
9Th St
Lacey C. Coles Jr
Eddie Felix
5Th Ave
Troy Masonic Temple
3Rd St
Johnson
Central Station
Robert O’brien
Detective Bureau
Felix
Molloy
Rensselaer County
Asst. Public de
Sabotage Suspected in Linden Refinery Blast
City officials and Mayor John Gregorio said a deliberate act of sabotage may have triggered a massive Esso refinery explosion in Linden New Jersey injuring 29 people and causing multimillion dollar damage Saturday night. Humble Oil & Refining Co officials cited possible equipment malfunction while workers noted no prior trouble. Hydrogen under high pressure was among the materials involved.
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Linden
N.J
John Gregorio
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Standard
Esso
Station Wins
New York
United Socialist Revolutionary Front
United States
Humble
Rockefeller
Westmoreland debated village destruction in 1968
A high ranking U.S. military source says General Westmoreland ordered the 9th Infantry Division to level a Mekong Delta village aiding the Viet Cong, but Maj. Gen. Julian Ewell persuaded him to delay for less destructive tactics. The village later became pacified under government control.
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Saigon
UPS
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Westmoreland
Vietnam
Washington
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Mekong Delta
Julian Ewell
Defense Department
Three Miles Of Riverfront Arterial Opens Thursday
The Albany Riverfront Arterial extends north to Watervliet with three new miles joining the existing six lanes from Troy-Menands Bridge north to Seventh Street Watervliet. The opening boosts north south and east west traffic, relieves Broadway congestion, and connects Riverfront Route Route 378 and Broadway with new ramps and a two way connector. Local officials including Assemblyman Field will dedicate the Watervliet end. North of Seventh Street construction continues.
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Albany Riverfront
Watervliet
Rockefeller
Troy-Menands Bridge
Seventh Street
Patroon Island
Albany
Broadway
Menands
Troy-Menands
Wards Lane
Fred G. Field, Jr
Accidents Claim 3 Area Men
Three men died in separate accidents in the Greater Troy area over the weekend and one man later died from injuries. David A. Chamberlain of Menands died Saturday after being struck by a car and taken to Albany Memorial Hospital. John Shutts of Schenectady died at Ellis Hospital after a crash on East High Street in Malta. Kenneth Carpenter of Dolgeville is listed among the deceased with injuries and death noted.
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Troy
David A. Chamberlain
Schuyler Heights
Menands
John Shutts
Ruffner
Schenectady
Kenneth Carpenter
Dolgeville
Mr. Chamberlain
Albany Memorial Hospital
Shutts
Ellis Hospital
East High Street
van Aernam Road
Malta
Loann Sanders
Sacandaga Road
Galway
Monument Blown Up in Ireland as Defiance Grows
A 50-foot monument marking King George IV’s 18th century visit in Ireland was blown up near Dun Laoghaire Dublin seven miles from the city. Sinn Fein and IRA vows to resist government powers surface as Prime Minister Jack Lynch defends measures to intern suspects without trial. The act signals a political protest amid tensions over national unification and security policy.
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Dublin
Ireland
George IV of
England
Jack Lynch
Lynch
Dail
Dun Naoghaire
Sinn Fein
Irish Republican Army
Tomas McGiolla
Republic
the Curragh
County Kildare
IRA
Apartment Fire Kills Six Children in Indiana
Six children died in a pre-dawn apartment fire in NEW ALBANY Indiana. The one story frame building burned rapidly trapping three Knowland children Sharon 3 Theresa 2 and Guy Lee 1 month and three Edwards children John 4 Thomas 2 and James 10 months. Authorities say a faulty electrical cord to a bathroom heater started the blaze. Fire Chief Wayne Kron called it the worst disaster he has seen in 27 years. The fathers were away and the mothers escaped but could not reach the children.
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New Albany
Ind
UPI
Indiana
Guy Knowland
Kenneth Edwards
Floyd County
Daniel Cannon
Knowland
Sharon
Theresa
Guy Lee
Edwards
John
Thomas
James
Wayne Kron
Linda Knowland
Betty Edwards
Howard Hughes Sought Foul Play Suspected
Deputies searched the ninth floor Desert Inn penthouse for clues to foul play in Howard Hughes departure from Nevada empire. No trace found of Hughes or his room. officials say evidence for or against foul play remains unclear amid reports of his Bahamas whereabouts.
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Howard Hughes
Las Vegas
Nev
Penthouse
Nevada
Pire
Desert Inn Hotel
Hughes
Lloyd Bell
Bell
Bahamas
Bombers Hit supply routes as Saigon fights in Indochina
American forces struck across Cambodia and Laos with B52s to block North Vietnamese supply lines while ground troops report heavy action near An Khe and Quang Ngai. The Mekong Delta campaign to crush Viet Cong sanctuaries continues with air and ground operations and multiple enemy casualties.
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Saigon
USS
Strategic Air Command
Cambodia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
An Khe
Central Highlands
U.S
An En
Quang Ngai
Mekong Delta
U Minh Forest
Ters
Senator Jackson urges Christmas to Tet holiday Vietnam truce
Senator Henry M. Jackson proposed a holiday truce from Christmas through late January to seek a permanent cease-fire in Vietnam. The administration supported the idea after Rogers congratulated him on Meet The Press. Vietnam factions had floated or rejected varied truce plans amid ongoing talks.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
United States
Vietnam
Jackson
NBC
Meet the Press
Vietnam GIs Arrive Home For Christmas
About 200 soldiers and their families celebrate an early Christmas as a new policy doubles leave time for Vietnam service. The first of 10 charters brought 198 GIs to Oakland from Vietnam, many surprised by homeward visits before continuing to Chicago and New York.
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Vietnam
United States
Mary Dunkel
Air Force
Tony Dunkel
Oakland
Calif
Far East
Hawaii
Trans International Airways
Chicago
New York
United Service Club
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Howard M. Teal
Third Street
Peerless Co., Inc
River St
Coles
River Street
Mayflower
Samaritan Hospital
Ambulance Service Corp
Anthony E. Matera
Fender Thomas J. O’connor Sr
Mike Sweeny
Elizabeth
Staten Island
Gregorio
New Jersey Turnpike
U.S. 1
Arthur Kill
New Jersey
S.S. Manhattan
Connecticut
State Department
William P Rogers
Washington Democrat
THE
Associated Press
Mrs. Dunkel
MacFarlan
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