County Eyes $800000 Grant for Youth Manpower Plan
The county plans a $800000 federally funded manpower program for underprivileged youth in Rensselaer County, replacing the Neighborhood Youth Corps with expanded county wide projects. Kirschner Associates will apply for the grant, earning a $5400 fee, making the county prime sponsor upon Labor Department approval. The plan requires a Manpower Services Council with education and social service representatives.
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Rensselaer County
The
Record News
Dept. of Labor
Richard M. Nixon
Kischner Associates
Aleshire
Labor Dept
Costly Programs Send States Down The Drain Nixon Told
Governors and other top officials from nine states urged President Nixon for federal aid warning that without help the states are going financially down the drain. Governor-elect Milton Shapp said bankruptcy is nonpartisan as Cahill of New Jersey described the problem during a Nixon session.
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Nixon
Washington
Milton Shapp
Pennsylvania
William T. Cahill
New Jersey
Preston Smith
Texas
Ogilvie
Elliot L. Richardson
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Nation's Rail Systems Move After 24Hour Strike Ends
Washington AP reports the nation's rail system came alive again after a 24 hour strike ended, clearing the way for movement of vital freight across major routes and restoring freight and passenger service partially.
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Washington
Rivers Surgery A Success and Labor Actions Tie Ties
Rep. Mendel Rivers, chair of the House Armed Services Committee, recovered well after open heart surgery at the University of Alabama Medical Center. Surgeons reported mitral valve replacement with an artificial valve and no other abnormalities. Separately, postal, rail, and welfare issues dominated talks: Blount lifted the mail embargo. railroad and airline clerks negotiated a new timetable. Gov. Ogilvie pressed welfare funding in Washington with governors present.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mendel L. Rivers
House Armed Services Committee
John Kirklin
University of Alabama Medical Center
Kirklin
Rivers
Britain Faces Christmas Power Cut as Talks Collapse
London AP reports Britain's nationwide dim-out threatens a bleak Christmas. After pay talks failed with 125,000 state power workers, top government official Robert Carr urged emergency powers to curb electricity use. Stores show festivity by candlelight. Trafalgar Square tree remains unlit.
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London
Britain
Robert Carr
Edward Heath
Carr
Trafalgar Square
Oslo
Frankie Chapple
Electricity Council Management
Newsmen
Laird Defends Vietnam War Policy Before Senate Panel
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird challenged Senate critics about escalation of air strikes in North Vietnam and the North raids. He pressed for 340 million in supplemental military aid for multiple nations including Cambodia as the Appropriations Committee advanced a 1.035 billion aid bill with 255 million to Cambodia, pending authorization.
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W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Melvin R. Laird
Secretary of Defense
Laird
U.S
Washington
Senate
United States
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Indochina
Senate Appropriations Committee
Israel
Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
Nixon
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
The
Air Force
Fulbright
Cambodia Forces Fight to Reopen Highway 4
Cambodian troops press a three week push north of the Elephant Mountains to clear Highway 4 after North Vietnamese 1st Division entrenched along passes choking fuel from Kompong Som. Officials warn of a crippled economy without fuel and explore Mekong River barge options despite Viet Cong threats.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Elephant Mountains
Kompong Som
Thom Ouk
Oil Refinery and Gasoline Distributing Corporation
Mekong River
South Vietnam
Thomn Oak
Mekong
Highway 1
Saigon
New Data On POWs Revealed By Swedish Request
State Department said new information from Hanoi lists 203 U S servicemen as missing or held in North Vietnam. Of the total, 45 are described as in POW camps, 145 as never captured, and four as deceased. Nine names could not be identified.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Olaf Palme
Sweden
Department
United States
Palme
Security tightened around U.S. Embassy in Saigon
Saigon officials posted 30 riot policemen and 20 uniformed officers outside the U.S. Embassy as demonstrations were expected over the shooting of a Vietnamese student by an American soldier. Buddhist students reportedly planned a march on the embassy.
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Saigon
U.S
Captain Describes Terror In My Lai
Capt George White testifies at Lt. Calley’s court martial about Alpha Company’s movement in My Lai. He recalls Viet Cong mines and fierce fire, civilians evacuated only if able, and no orders to kill civilians. He notes enemy troops and a wounded man dragged from the field.
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My Lai
FT. Benning, Ga
America
William Calley Jr
Calley
George White
Alpha Company
White
Alpha Platoon
Aubrey Daniel
Slayings Probe Focuses On New Canaan Family Case
FBI agents and state crime lab technicians searched the New Canaan home where four Rice family members were killed. They sought the missing 17 year old son John Rice Jr. and autopsies were conducted at Norwalk Hospital. The crime involved an ax knife and hammer with weapons missing include a 22 caliber pistol.
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New Canaan, Conn
FBI
Felice
John Rice Sr
Rice
John Rice Jr
New Canaan High School
Norwalk Hospital
High Standard
Hamden
Janet
Cat dogcats born in London stunned experts
Pet shop owner Roy Tutt claims a dogcat offspring from a cat dog mating. The creatures reportedly bark and meow with a doglike face and a catlike body, prompting investigations by animal experts and cautious comments from royal zoological groups.
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London
Roy Tutt
Tutt
Regent’s Park Zoo
Canine Defense League of
Ficial
Royal Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Hughes Signature Imitation Declared in Nevada Hearing
In Las Vegas a court heard that a Hughes authorization to fire Maheu may be an imitation. Handwriting expert Charles Appel testified the signature was not Hughes. Maheu urged the court to deny dismissal as he fights for control of Hughes Nevada properties.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Nevada
Bahamas
FBI
Robert A. Maheu
Charles A. Appel Jr
Maheu
Hughes Tool Co
Houston
Appel
The
Tool Company
Chester W. Davis
Frank Doyon
Richmond
Doyon
Halfmoon Boy Dies In Farm Mishap
A 14 year old Halfmoon boy, Frank Gorniakowski, was strangled Friday afternoon when a scarf caught in a manure spreader on his father's farm near Glenville. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Saratoga County Coroner William Werner. State Police report he was operating a tractor with the spreader attached at the time of the accident. The Gorniakowskis own the farm on Upper Town Road, Halfmoon.
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Frank Gorniakowski
Upper Town Road
Halfmoon
Saratoga County
William Werner
Loudonville
Alex Gorniakowski
Glenville
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Daniel C. Ashley
Izetta Fisher
County Youth Bureau
Robert A. Aleshire
Kirschner Associates, Inc
Washington, D. C
Troy Ywca
U. S. Dept. of Labor
House of Representatives
Manpower Services Council
Winton M. Blount
Blount
C. L. Dennis
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railway and
Asst
Secretary of Labor
W. J. Usery Jr
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
North Carolina
New Hampshire
Delaware
Iowa
Massachusetts
Son Tay
Symington
Claiborne Pell
D-R.l
Lone Point
Raps Camp
U.S. Embassy
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