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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1965
Page
1
Public hearings on the 1965 66 state budget will be held in Albany March 3 4 and 5. Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means chairmen announced the schedule amid talk Democrats may delay action and consider a one per cent sales tax to provide required revenue.
Ugandan and Congolese rebel forces assault the Congo on two fronts overrunning the border outpost at Mahagi near Bunia as both sides report bombings across the frontier. The clashes target the Kibali Ituri region and Bunia airport amid escalating cross border hostilities.
Dr. Martin Luther King said he was informed that Alabama State Troopers brutalized peaceful marchers in Marion. He urged federal protection and issued a telegram to Attorney General Katzenbach. Vivian, King aide, was jailed in Selma after leading a group into the courthouse and was later released on bond.
Armen G. Arakelian 61, president of the Standard Manufacturing Co. of Troy, died at St. Mary's Hospital after a short illness. He was a Brunswick Hills resident and chaired Logan Manufacturing Co. in Chapmanville W Va. Survived by wife Alice Garabedian and children George and Dorothy, with siblings in Troy and Utica. Funeral Monday at St. Pauls Episcopal Church. Interment Oakwood Cemetery.
A massive avalanche buried a copper mining camp near Le Duc Glacier north of Stewart B C. Twenty men were missing and 17 injured as 120 others huddled awaiting rescue. authorities feared further slides while weather cleared for helicopter evacuation.
Defense Secretary McNamara declared the United States must stay deeply involved in South Viet Nam to halt Communist expansion in Asia. He warned a Communist victory there would boost Beijing’s global prestige and threaten freedom worldwide, framing the conflict as pivotal to regional and world security.
James Mitchell, a 23-year-old cave explorer from Winthrop Massachusetts, died trapped in Schroeder’s cave near Dolgeville after a cave-in sealed the cavern. Rescue attempts ended after three dynamite blasts worsened the collapse and left the body unreachable. Two Washington cave experts fled moments before the final collapse, and officials decided not to attempt further recovery. James Mitchell had entered the cave with Hedy Miller and Charles Bennett, but only Miller and Bennett escaped. Mitchell’s body remains 300 feet from the entrance in a 100-foot-deep pit.
Pasadena AP reports Ranger 8 is on target to land tomorrow in the moon's Sea of Tranquility region with six TV cameras. Scientists expect better pictures than Ranger 7 and narrowed the impact area to about 70 by 45 miles near Mare Cognitum with a 1:57 a.m. ET impact time.
Audit shows about 400000 dollars in bills unpaid from 1964 and a serious overstaffing problem with many employees hired just before last November's election, disclosed last night.
The United States yielded a procedural vote to avert a U S Soviet clash over voting rights in the General Assembly. Albania backed a move linked to Red China and Moscow complained but the plan was overruled. Stevenson accused the Soviet delegate of silly talk and denied any backdown.
Saigon reports a new coup led by Col. Pham Ngoc Thao claiming success with support from the 25th 9th 7th and 5th Army Divisions. He says he has arrested armed forces commander Lt Gen Nguyen Khanh and Air Force chief Brig Gen Nguyen Cao Ky, amid a year of Khanh rule.
The Senate approved the bill removing the 25 percent gold backing from Federal Reserve deposits and sent it to President Johnson by a 74 to vote. It frees about 5 billion dollars in gold to meet foreign dollar redemptions if needed. House already passed it.
About 300 Negro teenagers staged a riot in Brooklyn demanding faster school integration. They clashed with police, smashed windows, and looted shops along Flatbush Avenue with several adults and teens arrested.
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