Snowbound Upstate NY Braces For New Blizzard
Reinforcements of workers and heavy equipment poured into blizzard ravaged Upstate counties as Oswego reported 102 inches and Syracuse 55 inches of snow. Main arteries opened, but secondary streets remain impassable. Civil Defense helicopters drop food and fuel. 25 deaths linked to the storm. Schools in Onondaga County stay closed as sub zero temperatures forecast.
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Onondaga County
Johnson Proposes Global Health and Education Push
President Johnson asks Congress to fund a $524 million international health and education package for next year, a 60 percent rise from current levels. He outlines new ideas including a Peace Corps reverse program to bring 5,000 foreigners to the United States to teach in schools and work with American volunteers.
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House Votes Contempt Citation For Klansmen
The House approved contempt of Congress citations against Robert M. Shelton imperial wizard of the United Klans of America and six state leaders. Liberals opposed the process though uneasy about the Klan and funds for the Un American Activities Committee. Citations go to the Justice Department for possible grand jury action.
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House
Congress
United Klans of America
Robert M. Shelton
House Committee On UN- American Activities
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Miss
Missouri
Thomas B. Curtis
Justice Department
Soviets Urge Ban on Nuclear Weapons Against Non Nuclear States
Premier Kosygin proposed inserting into the disarmament treaty a clause forbidding use of nuclear weapons against states without them. Western sources note this as a new move to win support for a nonproliferation treaty and reassure nonnuclear powers like India. The move follows Geneva signals that the USSR seeks a broader pact.
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Districting Compromise Begins In Legislature
Legislation leaders meet in Lt. Gov Wilson’s office to push a reapportionment compromise. Republicans unveil a revised plan due to be released today while Democrats promote the Professors Plan. They aim for a court acceptable constitutional result by Feb. 15.
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Earl W. Brydges
Anthony J. Travia
Travia
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Joseph Zaretzki
Assembly
Moses Weinstein
Perry B. Duryea
Wilson
Brydges
GOP Plan Shows Redrawn Assembly Districts In Upstate Reform
The GOP reveals a revised reapportionment plan targeting an Assembly district largely within Rensselaer County including Troy. It shifts Cohoes, Watervliet, Green Island and Colonie towns into that district and alters the Senate setup to keep Rensselaer with Saratoga and Columbia counties.
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Columbia
Warren
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GOP
Saratoga County
Bloom Proposes Licensed Lenders Bill to Fight Loan Sharks
State senator Jeremiah B. Bloom introduced a bill to create a new licensed lending class allowing loans up to 5000 dollars to provide legitimate credit for loan shark victims. He also urged reciprocity to let out of state banks operate in New York tax free. Additional measures seek NYC payroll tax limits and a statewide census requirement.
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Jeremiah B. Bloom
Joint Assembly Senate
Manhattan Democrat
New York State
New York City
Henry M. Curran
Martin Ginsberg
Nassau County
Louis de Salvio
Senate Assembly Committee
Bus plunge kills 25 in Goias State Brazil
A bus fell from a bridge into the Alma River at Pheno polis Goias State about 100 miles from Brasilia. Radio Brazil reported 25 people killed in the accident and the search and relief effort continued.
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Test Flight Crash Kills Two Pilots
Two civilian Sikorsky test pilots died when a large helicopter crashed in a residential Shelton area during flight testing. The victims Robert Gary Perrone and Lloyd C. Blanchard were attempting to escape by parachute but did not survive.
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Jo Ann Sperka
Robert Gary Perrone
Trumbull
Lloyd C. Blanchard
Stratford
Sikorsky
United Aircraft Corp
695 Viet Cong Dead In Coastal Drive
U S B52 jets joined ground forces in Operation Masher as Viet Cong casualties reached 695 in a coastal advance. Strikes targeted supply depots bridges and rail lines while air raids across the Bong Son area disrupted enemy positions.
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Richard Harris
Detroit
Hal Moore
Moore
U S Presses For Security Council Debate On Viet Nam
At the United Nations in New York the United States pushed for a full council debate on Viet Nam while the Soviet Union offered harsh rhetoric that dampened prospects for any agreed plan. The exchange signaled little early hope for a peace initiative.
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Nikolai T. Fedorenko
U.S
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Treasurer Of RPI Dies At 64
Howell A. Jones 64, long time treasurer of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute since 1945 and a board vice president since 1960, died of a heart attack in Schenectady while on a business trip. He lived in Troy with his wife Anne Burrell. Funeral at First Presbyterian Church, Troy. He led the Institute’s finances through postwar years and veterans’ influx. He was born in Chicago and was a 1924 Naval Academy graduate.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Board of Trustees
Schenectady
Ellis Hospital
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Anne Burrell
Little Falls
Locust St
Troy
Howell A. Jones Jr
Fairfield
Conn
Nicolaas Kist
Hague
Netherlands
First Presbyterian Church, Troy
S. Edward Young
Financial Guide
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Livingston W. Houston
Florida
Houston
Richard G. Folsom
Chicago
Mr. Jones
Naval Academy
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Naval Rotc
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Air crash in East Pakistan kills 23 with one survivor
A Pakistan International Airlines helicopter crash near Faridpur heliport killed 23 people. One Pakistani survived. Among the dead were a Canadian identified as R White and two Britons. Bodies were charred beyond identification.
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Soviet claims progress on living standards in 1965 report
Moscow reports 232 million citizens see higher consumer goods output and rising incomes. Nonagricultural workers averaged 95 rubles monthly, plus bonuses and services lift real income to 128 rubles. Growth: 8.5 percent over 1964, with Khrushchev and Kosygin credited for progress in promised improvements.
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Central Statistical Board
United States
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Alexei N. Kosygin
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