Menands Arterial Spur Opens Monday Traffic Plan
The New York State Department of Transportation says sections of the Troy Menands Bridge interchange will open at 10 a.m. Monday. A new two lane Route 378 extension will route eastbound traffic down Menands Hill to the bridge and Broadway ramps will connect to Route 378. Demolition of the western bridge section will begin next week as the project proceeds.
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Open Monday interchange links Troy Broadway and Riverfront Arterial
The new interchange will connect Troy Route 378 and Broadway in Menands with the Riverfront Arterial on the Hudson west bank. Lane Construction Corp. is dismantling a bridge section and building two westbound ramps while completing a $12.5 million contract that includes a 3 mile Riverfront Arterial segment from downtown Albany to Green Island.
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Broadway
Lane Construction Corp
Meriden, Conn
Albany
Green Island
Water Rate Increases Rejected By Troy City Council
The Troy City Council defeated two proposed water rate measures in a 4-3 vote during a special session at the Courthouse. The plan would have raised metered rates from 26 to 36 cents per 1000 gallons and increased the flat fee by 20 percent, but all amendments failed.
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Quinn
Adrian C. Gonyea
Troy
Albia
Gongea
Buckley
Dept. of Public Works
Riely
McDonald
Werlin
Quigley
Rizzo
Senate Passes Tax Reform Bill With Partisan Clash
The Senate approved the tax reform measure 69 to 22 amid sharp exchanges over fiscal responsibility. Key figures included Sen. Richard Russell and Sen. Spessard Holland, with Sen. John Williams resigning from the joint conference committee and Sen. Jack Miller named as his replacement. The vote followed Williams's threat to veto the bill over ballooning debt and opposed efforts to strip benefits such as higher personal exemptions and Social Security increases. House leaders anticipate conference talks to craft a bill facing possible presidential veto.
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Nixon
Residents oppose North Greenbush Poes Tenkill landfill meeting
Residents urge keeping water pure near a proposed Troy landfill as Pure Waters Authority officials present California exemplars and buffer trees. Handley defends water safety while residents press questions about sewers wells and percolation. outcome hinges on finances and planning boards.
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Poestenkill
Arthur Handley
Pure Waters Authority
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Averill Park
Handley
Troy
California
Beverley Hills
Los Angeles
Bowerman
Rensselaer County
Pure Waters Environmental
Frank Bowerman
Jack Short
Reds Pressure Fails to Halt Heavy Casualties
SAIGON AP reports heavier casualties on both sides last week from intensified enemy action north of Saigon and in the Mekong Delta. Allied headquarters said 100 Americans were killed in action and 30 were wounded or missing, reflecting mounting losses in the Vietnam conflict.
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Mekong Delta
Thuy Boycotts 'Low Key' Talks
North Vietnamese delegate Xuan Thuy boycotts the 46th Viet Nam peace talks to protest U S actions. Thuy’s deputy Ha Van Lau attends in his place as battle reports describe 70 enemy killed nearby and a destroyed Route 4 bridge in the Mekong Delta amid ongoing clashes.
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Xuan Thuy
U.S
Nguyen Thanh le
Philip Habib
United States
Habib
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Lodge
Thuy
Ha van Lau
South Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
Nguyen Thi Binh
Lau
Stephen Ledegar
Hanoi
Utility Lobbyists Win Tax Victories
Deep in tax reform thickets the telephone and natural gas pipeline industries won significant committee victories raising potential utility rate effects. Critics warn customers may face over a billion dollars in higher annual charges, while AT T officials argue inflationary consequences depend on consumer spending.
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Washington
A. L. Stott
Purse Thief Steals $2000 From Latham Liquor Store
Colonie police report an assault and robbery at about 10 p.m. when a youth, described as 18 or 19, knocked down Mrs. Anne Seymour, 62, of Crescent, and fled with her purse containing about $2000 in cash receipts as she closed the Latham liquor store.
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Colonie
Anne Seymour
Crescent
Seymour
Watervliet-Shaker Road
Albany Memorial Hospital
Old Loudon Road
Edward Frank
Paul Uhl
Ronald Krosky
East Greenbush
Fort Nancy
Rensselaer County
Inquest Set for Kopechne Death Jan Five
Edgartown Massachusetts judge James A Boyle ordered the Kopechne inquest to start January 5 to probe the death tied to the Kennedy auto accident on Chappaquiddick Island. The four to five day proceeding will be private under courtroom rules.
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Mass
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
James A. Boyle
Pennsylvania
Miss Kopechne
Washington, D.C
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Kopechne
Boyle
Thomas A. Teller
State Supreme Court
South Korean Plane Hijacked to North Korea
A South Korean airliner with 51 aboard was diverted to Wonsan after hijackers boarded just before takeoff from Kangnung. Officials blamed North Korea and sought Red Cross aid for return of passengers and aircraft. The event marked the second such hijack since 1945 with a prior 1958 case unresolved.
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North Korea
Kangnung
Korean Air Lines
Wonsan
South Korea
Foreign Ministry
International Red Cross
U.S
Military Armistice Commission
Choong Hoon Cho
Cho
Korean National Airlines
Pyongyang
House Backs Nixon Voting Rights Bill in House Vote
The House approved President Nixon's nationwide voting rights bill as a substitute for the existing Southern focused act. The 208-203 initial roll call shifted to 234-179 after final passage amid mixed reactions from lawmakers and civil rights leaders.
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House
Nixon
South
Senate
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