Troy Commands Snow Fight Amid Ongoing Emergency
Acting Troy City Manager J Leo Quigley said the city is doing its best as crews aided by Smithtown plows press to shrink huge Christmas weekend snowbanks. Civil Defense Director Sanvidge praised progress as volunteers guide out of town drivers while 17 city plows stay active and garbage collection remains limited.
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Lansingburgh
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City of Troy
Fourth Street
Fulton Street
Snowbound North Adams Faces Long Night of Drifts
The Associated Press reports North Adams Massachusetts endures one of its worst snowstorms as temperatures vary and the city scrambles with only two snowplows. Mayors warn of more snow to come while communities across the Northeast cope with heavy accumulation and limited plowing capacity.
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Murphy Leads GOP County Legislators in New Session
Former Hoosick supervisor John A. Murphy elected minority leader of the Rensselaer County Legislature. Warren named caucus chairman. session in Troy aims to organize GOP majority amid party chairmanship dispute. Murphy’s background includes Hoosick leadership and local business.
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Town of Hoosick
John A. Murphy
Troy
Federal judge orders more exercise and work for James Earl Ray
U S District Judge William E Miller ordered Tennessee State Prison to provide Ray with recreation and a job in the maximum security area by January 12 The plan may set him as a part time food server and janitor while he remains in a guarded cell He said enforced idleness can be cruel punishment and notes the plan aims to protect his health rights while considering his safety from fellow inmates
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Tennessee
James Earl Ray
U.S
Ray
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W. S. Neil
Capitol Snow Pause Lets Albany Workers Enjoy Long Weekend
In Albany the state Capitol operated with reduced staff as a whiteout stretched the Christmas weekend. Gov Rockefeller declared Friday a non working day and later extended a snow emergency leading to a prolonged holiday for state officials and employees.
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Albany
Israeli gunboats near Haifa amid arms embargo controversy
Five Israeli owned gunboats sped through the eastern Mediterranean toward Israel as tensions over the Cherbourg built vessels rose. Maritime Fruit Carriers Ltd. warned it may return the ships to France if the international fuss continues, while Athens sources say the boatsnear Crete and could reach Haifa to serve as oil drilling supply ships. The vessels, bought from Cherbourg by Starboat U. S. Oil Shipping Services, were built at a French yard amid an embargo dispute and escorted north of Crete to avoid Egyptian air activity.
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Nixon delays tax bill action as he signs other measures
President Nixon signed numerous bills totaling billions and prepared to sign the coal mine safety bill before leaving for California. He has not yet decided on final action on the major Social Security tax reform bill. White House officials say a decision may come Tuesday morning before his trip to San Clemente.
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Nixon
California
Congress
White House
Kennh L. Ziegler
Presi
Rusk Takes Faculty Post at Georgia Amid Fees Backlash
Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk was approved by the Georgia Board of Regents for a 45000 dollar a year international law professorship at the University of Georgia despite opposition from Governor Lester Maddox. The 9-4 vote confirmed his appointment effective next September. Rusk, a Cherokee County native and RockefellerFoundation fellow, welcomed the homecoming and the chance to advance the rule of law among nations.
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Dean Rusk
State Board of Regents
University of Georgia
Lester Maddox
Rusk
Cherokee County
Rockefeller Foundation
Washington
Distinguished School of Law
Roy V
U.S. Air Raids Ignore Viet Cong Truce Near Saigon
U S bombers launched seven saturation raids on a Cambodian border base complex 90 miles north of Saigon, dropping over 1000 tons as a truce began. The assault followed the Viet Cong 72 hour cease-fire, with clashes near Cu Chi and river patrols reporting enemy casualties but no allied losses.
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U.S
International Control Commission
Chi
Nine Years Of Vietnam War Marks U.S. Casualty Decline
The AP reports a nine year Vietnam conflict showing a 35 percent drop in American battlefield deaths in 1969, with 9,279 U.S. servicemen killed through December 20 and 14,592 killed in action in 1968. Adm McCain warned of a possible North Vietnamese offensive around February 10.
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