Castro Sees Russia Turning More Capitalist
Fidel Castro tells Herbert Matthews that Russia and Eastern Bloc nations are becoming more capitalistic as they rely more on material incentives. He argues Cuba follows Marxist-Leninist principles but sees no easing of tensions with Washington, calling relations “Impossible.”
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NEW York
Fidel Castro
Moscow
Russia
Herbert L. Matthews
Matthews
New Yorkimes
Ciro
Sierr Maestre Hills
Europe
China
Manxiskirts Replacing Miniskirts On London Streets
London reports a shift from miniskirts to long skirts as cold weather returns. Observers note the upsurge of calf to ankle length garments on King's Road with fashion watchers predicting the end of the miniskirt era. Brand names and style observers cite Rag Doll Boutique owner John Hurst as noting trendsetters move toward long coats and culottes.
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London
UPI
King’s Road
John Hurst
Batique
Sone
Ballston Spa School Votes Down Pool Plan
Voters in the Ballston Spa Central School District rejected a pool proposal for the primary middle school on Milton Perrace. The bond referendum failed 404 to 401, with a $265,000 cost and $66,000 to be raised by tax, the rest via state aid, and a projected 45 cent per $1000 assessed valuation tax increase if approved.
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Ballston Spa
Milton Perrace
Romney in Middle East Test for Peace Efforts
Governor George Romney arrived in Israel after a Moscow stop and said he would test the current tension in the region. He cited Soviet arms shipments to Arab states as a major issue and noted his Europe trip left him hopeful for a political Vietnam solution without critiquing U.S. policy.
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Aviv
Charles Perey
R Ll
Jerusalem
Middle East
Perey
Moscow
Romney
Kosygin
Vietnam
Europe
Youth Fined 500 in Lake Evho Motorboat Death
A 17 year old Burlington youth pleaded not guilty then contested and was fined 500 dollars for careless and negligent operation of a motorboat. The charge stemmed from a speedboat striking 12 year old Johny A. Marrier Jr. as he swam in Lake Evho at Hubbardton on August 20, causing his death.
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Rutland, Vi
Burlington
Troops In Germany Play Santa Claus
In Fulda Germany AP reports U S troops along a 0 mile stretch of the Tron Curtain lowered their guns yesterday to play Santa Claus. Troops of the 4th Armored Cavalry drove through snow flurries into the first of 29 villages to distribute candy and aids.
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Fulda
Germany
U.S
Tron Curtain
4Th Armored Cavalry
Poll Shows Viet Nam War Tops GOP 1968 Message
New York AP reports Gallup poll of 1,898 local Republican leaders finds Vietnam as the strongest single issue for Republicans against Democrats in 1968. Yet domestic problems such as high living costs crime and government spending outrank the war overall. The leaders also favor South Vietnamese forces taking more responsibility for the fighting. Top campaign points include the war cost of living Johnson programs spending and states’ rights.
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New York
Gallup
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
GOP
Johnson
Britain Aims Coalitions To Bypass French Veto
London reports Foreign Secretary George Brown said Britain will form a coalition with the five Common Market members and EFTA nations to push for full entry. He criticized the French president's veto and announced plans to organize with West Germany Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg and Italy to begin consultations for membership.
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London
George Brown
Britain
Europe
France
Brown
House of Commons
European Free Trade Association
EFTA
Five
EFTAT
Trish Republic
West Germany
Belgium
The
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Italy
Assessments In Greenwich To Be Reviewed
Greenwich Board of Trustees will review village property assessments at the January 8 meeting with members of the Town Board of Assessors. Raymond Ackner, superintendent of transportation for Greenwich Central School, to discuss a crossing guard need at Gray Avenue Woodlawn Avenue by the middle grade building, per student council recommendation. Approval given to remove a curb section on Main Street near the White Swan Hotel to allow hotel parking lot cars onto Main Street. Harold C. Kipp authorized to obtain identification badges for village meter readers entering homes to read water meters.
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Town Board of Assessors
Raymond Ackner
Greenwich Central School
Gray Avenue
Woodlawn Avenue
Main Street
White Swan Hotel
Publicel Works
Harold C. Kipp
Walter
Chemistry Dropout Held On Drug Count
Federal agents seized two million dollars worth of hallucinogens in a raid on a clandestine lab run by an alleged dropout chemistry major from the University of Hingis. John McLendon alias Martin Sinnott River Jordan was arrested on possession charges with a street value of two million dollars after months under surveillance following an earlier illicit drug arrest.
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New York
UPI
Federal
University of Hingis
John McLendon
Martin Sinnott
River Jordan
Gov Volpe Signs Breath Test Bill
Boston Gov John A Volpe signed an implied consent breath test bill for motorists arrested for driving under the influence. The bill carries an immediate effect with an emergency preamble and licenses drivers who refuse to take the test for 90 days.
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Boston
API
John A. Volpe
Znvernor
Calypso On Stamps Preview for Trinidad Tobago 1968
Port of Spain Trinidad will issue a pre Lent carnival stamp series featuring calypso and steel band musicians. The set will include the Mighty Cypher calypso king and images of instruments, hands and carnival royalty. In Blackpool England a judge grants Christmas jail time to a homeless man charged with drunk and incapable, Tom Dane.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Calypso
Blackpool
England
Thomas Whaley
Tom
Dane
County Tax Rate Set For Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs property owners will pay a county tax of 4.85 per $1,000 in 1968, up from 10.60 this year, with an increase of 4.25 attributed largely to Medicaid. The county tax budget rose 45 percent, offset by higher assessed valuations for some relief.
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Saratoga Springs
Saratoga County
72 Cuban refugees arrive in Brownsville from Havana
A chartered Mexican government flight brought 72 Cuban refugees to Brownsville Texas across the Rio Grande from Matamoros, including a 90 year old woman and two infants. Among them 32 are American citizens and processing will take up to two days as they head to live with relatives in the United States.
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Tex
Cuba
South
Texas
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Havana
U.S
Fidel Castro
Matamoros
Mexico
Rio Grande
Jana
State Department
Castro
United States
Woman Killed When Car Hits School Bus Near Malone
A 20yearold woman, Linda F Bennette of near Constable, died after her highspeed car struck a stopped school bus discharging children near a hill crest in Malone NY. Two teenagers in Bennette’s car were injured. no children onboard were hurt.
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Malone
Linda F. Bennette
Alice
Hyde Hospital
New York
Bennette
Two-Car Crash in Saratoga Springs Injures No One
A property damage crash on Lake Avenue in Saratoga Springs involved Charles J. Ealeton 21 of Corinth stopped at a red light and hit from behind by Leonard Ritano 64 of 52 Walnut St Saratoga Springs. Ritano said brake failure caused the collision.
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Saratoga Springs
Lake Avenue
Lewis , Benton
John Pen
Cary
Charles J. Ealeston
Corinth
Leonard Ritano
Walnut St
Ritano
Ottawa approves street name change to Centennial Boulevard
County Judge Peter Macdonald authorized Ottawa to rename Del Gaulle Boulevard to Centennial Boulevard after a petition from 16 of the street’s 31 property owners. The move coincides with Canada’s 100th Confederation anniversary and a French president’s remarks on Quebec relations.
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Ottawa
Peter Macdonald
City of
del, Gaulle Boulevard
Centennial Boulevard
Canada
Quebec
Delaware & Hudson railroad tale released in new Shaughnessy book
Jim Shaughnessy of Troy published Delaware & Hudson by Howell North Books. The nearly 500 page history covers the D and H from 1823 canal beginnings to present, with 650 illustrations and a 70 page photo album. It details the line’s links to Rensselaer and Saratoga, Green Island, and Troy, including the 1862 bridge fire and the Jay Gould incident, D&H shops at Green Island and Colonie, and the railway’s evolving role in regional transport and tourism.
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Jim Shaughnessy
Howell-North Books
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Gould
Upstate
Rensselaer & Saratoga
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D&s
Lake George
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Loree
8Th Ave
Zambia lowers voting age to 18 and expands parliament
Parliament approved a constitutional amendment in Lusaka reducing the voting age to 18 and enlarging the National Assembly from 80 to 110 seats. The lone nay came from Richard Farmer, an opposition member.
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Lusaka
Zambia
Richard Farmer
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