Casey Resigns as sergeant-at-arms in Albany
Casey resigns from the $12,000-a-year post as sergeant-at-arms to the State Assembly. The Rensselaer County Republican chairman moved to vacate the post amid SIC hearings that made the position untenable. Duryea may accept the resignation when Assembly Republicans meet in Albany next Friday.
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Joseph F. Casey
State Assembly
Casey
Assembly
Perry B. Duryea
Record
Rensselaer County
Duryea
State Commission of Investigation
GOP
Albany
Casey Resigns State GOP Post Amid Power Shifts
The article notes Casey's resignation from the state chair position while retaining county leadership as Republicans prepare for the 1970 statewide campaign. Duryea faces pressure from both state and local party factions with potential changes in leadership and staff placements tied to future election outcomes.
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GOP
Duryea
Republican Party
Casey
Duryea Pushes 300 Million School Aid Increase
The Capitol discussion centers on a proposed 300 million dollar boost in public school funding. Duryea argues the plan could be funded without new taxes, while opponents warn it understates the needs and politics of welfare reform and revenue sharing. Mayors push for larger shares from state revenues next year.
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Assembly
Duryea
Perry B. Duryea
New York City
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Erastus Corning
Albany
Buffalo
Frank A. Sedita
Senate
Joseph A. Zaretski
Stanley Steingut
New York
Gov. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Zaretzki
Steingut
State Board of Regents
Earl W. Brydges
Brydges
Bomb blast kills 14 in Milan bank near cathedral
An explosion at the Banca Nazionale dell Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana kills 14 and wounds 90 amid a busy Friday night. Firefighters contain a spreading blaze as ambulances rush to the scene. A second Milan bank and a Rome series of blasts follow later.
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Milan
Italy
Banca Nazionale Dell’Agricoltura
Piazza Fontana
Antonio Spasciani
Bank
Explo
Sions
Rome
Banca Nazionale del Laguero
Via Veneto
Victor Emmanuel
Piazza Venezia
Banca Commerciale Italiana
la Scale Opera
Violence Commission urges $20 billion shift to domestic needs
The National Violence Commission urged increasing domestic spending by 20 billion dollars annually after Vietnam, while keeping defense level, to fund social goals. The 338 page report summarized nine studies and 81 recommendations, delivered to President Nixon who will study the measure amid inflation and war costs. The panel stressed improving family and community life, noting ghetto slums drive violent crime and urging focus on internal dangers to freedom.
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Washington
National Violence Commission
United States
Eisenhower
Nixon
Vietnam
America
Peace Vigil Holds Quiet Protest at Watervliet Arsenal
About fifty people from Troy area peace groups staged a three hour vigil at the Watervliet Arsenal south gate on Broadway. They recalled war dead with a half mast flag and candle lit songs while police watched and deputies stood by.
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Troy Area
Vietnam
Watervliet Arsenal
Broadway
Watervliet
Charles E. McAndrews
Albany County Sheriff's Office
William T. Mahoney
Eric Johnson
Albany
Melanie Evans
Richard Evans
Albany Peace Center
Albany State University
Robert Eddy
Schenectady
First Unitarian Church
Capital Area
Artillery and Cobras Hit North Vietnamese Near Saigon
US artillery and Cobra helicopters bombarded North Vietnamese troops northeast of Saigon after they fired on air spotters along infiltration trails. In one engagement 11 enemy were killed 13 miles northeast of Song Be and 10 more were killed near the same area as Cobras engaged enemy in the open. Government forces reported 64 enemy killed in four delta clashes with naval support. two sailors died and five wounded. North Vietnamese regulars allegedly infiltrated the delta to aid Viet Cong as pacification advances continue.
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Saigon
Song Be
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S
Ninh
1St Air Cavalry Division
Mekong
Delta
Ballston Spa Boy, Crescent Youth Die in Separate Crashes
Two Troy area residents die in auto wrecks Friday. Stephen Gabri, 8, of Ballston Spa is killed in Ballston by a car driven by Arthur Kitrick after crossing Peaceable Street. Winthrop Ten Eyck, 18, of Crescent dies in the Virgin Islands when a honeymoon car plunges 209 feet off a cliff. two others also die, with several others injured. Ten Eyck had attended Shenendehowa and Windsor Mountain, and his family includes parents Lansing and Mrs. Kals and siblings.
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Troy Area
Ballston Spa
Stephen James Gabri
Winthrop Ten Eyck
Church Hill
Crescent
Gabre
Charlton
Arthur Kitrick
Mechanicville
Kitrick
Saratoga Hospital
Ten Eyck
St. John
Virgin Islands
Long Island
Sheldon Edelman
Smithtown
Naomi Anilos
Queens
Paul Aronson
Lexington
Mass
Marcia White
Darien
Stephen Kals
Windsor Mountain School
Lenox
Shenendehowa Central School
Massachusetts Institution
Lansing Ten Eyck III
Ann Ten Eyck
Lansing Ten Eyck Sr
Nine Year Old Killed By Car Near Home
An automobile struck and killed Thomas Elmer, 9, of Rochester, as he crossed a street near his home. Police said he was returning home after playing with other children. the boy was the son of Mr and Mrs Arthur G Elmer of 18 Harcourt Road.
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Rochester
N.Y
Thomas Elmer
Arthur G. Elmer
Harcourt Road
Nationwide anti war moratorium activities continue with vigils and talks
The Associated Press reports low key Moratorium actions across the country including vigils discussions and leaflets on campuses and in cities. Counter demonstrations plan what is billed as the world.s largest motorcade to support President Nixon s Vietnam policies with 2000 cars expected to join from New Jersey Long Island and the Bronx to Times Square in Manhattan.
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Associated Press
Nixon
New Jersey
Long Island
The
Bronx
Brooklyn
Times Square
Manhattan
South Vietnam
Bang van Nhuen
Troy Bennington Drug Raids Net 18 Arrests
Eighteen people were arrested on narcotics charges after three raids Friday night in Troy and Bennington Vermont. Eleven arrests occurred in Troy by Loudonville State Police. seven in Bennington by Vermont State Police and Bennington Village Police, including two Bennington College students, two college employees, and the daughter of a college professor. Booking and court appearances were pending for those in Troy.
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Troy
Loudonville
Bennington
Vermont
Bennington College
Troy College
Central Station
Timothy J. Fogarty
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