Castro says China breaks Cuba rice for sugar pact
In Havana Prime Minister Fidel Castro said Communist China will not send Cuba rice this year nor buy Cuban sugar. He warned of belt tightening and warned the United States against imperialism while stressing his oath to revolution. He noted agricultural setbacks and import shortages but said they would not curb revolutionary ardor. He described job losses for Cubans seeking to emigrate and proposed farm work for those fired.
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Seoul
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Pope Paul VI
St. Peter’s Square
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Red China
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South Viet Nam
Communist Party
Peking
People’s Daily
Mr 1966 Watervliet Baby John Coulombe Wins New Year Derby
John Coulombe born at 2 19 a m New Year s Day at Samaritan Hospital weighs eight pounds nine and a half ounces and is named Mr 1966 the first baby of 1966 in Watervliet His parents are Mr and Mrs Lewellyn Coulombe of 1118 25th St He is the only boy born that day New Year arrivals totaled seven at Samaritan and St Mary s hospitals with Kristin Reo MeLisa Andreine and Mary Beth Hastings among the girls born at St Mary s others listed including JoAnn Riggione Michele Marie White and Danielle La Boissiere with parents from Mechanicville Watervliet and surrounding areas.
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John
Lorraine Coulombe
Lewellyn Coulombe
25Th St
Watervliet
Harry McKenna
Samaritan Hospital
St. Mary’s
Leonard and Cohoes Memorial
Armand Reo
Marshland Ct
Kristin Reo
St. Mary's Hospital
Reo
Catholic Central High School
Wedekind
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Suzanne
Melissa Anne Andreine
Mary Beth Hastings
Melissa
Armando Andreine
Broadway
Mechanicville
Mary Beth
George Hastings
Milky Way Rd
JoAnn Riggione
Joseph Riggione
Cherry Lane
Michele Marie White
Michele
Houston White
Fourth Ave
Danielle la Boijssiere
Vincent la Boissiere
Alden St
North Adams Youth Charged in Williamstown Party Death
An eight youth break in led to the death of Lawrence A. White 18 during a New Year’s Eve altercation at a Williamstown home. Bruce C. Bergendahl 18 of North Adams posted 1000 bail on a manslaughter charge and faces Williamstown District Court.
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Mass
North Adams
Lawrence A. White
Alvin White
Southworth St
Joseph Zoilo
Bruce C. Bergendahl
Quincy St
White
Albany Medical Center
Albany County
Leo L. Sorel
Cohoes
Zoito
Peter Corbin
State Road
Peter
Nicholas
North Adams Hospital
Bergendahl
Williamstown District Court
Samuel E. Levine
Massachusetts
Fire kills one as babies are hurled from Kansas City apartment
Ibie Williams caught four babies tossed from a third floor window as a fire swept a Kansas City Missouri apartment building. A fifth child was not seriously injured. Three-story blaze killed Clifton Christian and injured 19 others among 97 residents.
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Kansas City
Ibie Williams
Williams
Clifton Christian
Cleo Peltier
Transit Strike Hits New York City Today
Transit strike action shuts city transport as AFL-CIO workers walk out. New Mayor Lindsay urges reduced car use while union leader Quill challenges negotiating offers and pushes for broader walkout impact. Peace talks expand in India and Africa as US envoys seek progress on Viet Nam.
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U.S
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North Africa
United States
Viet Nam
Europe
U S Forces Drive Viet Cong Toward Cambodia
U S airborne units pushed the Viet Cong west of Saigon in a major assault to drive the enemy toward the Cambodian border. Helicopters deployed tear gas as allied forces including Australian and New Zealand troops aided a multibattalion attack across marshland toward the Plain of Reeds.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Associated Press
Horst Faas
Highway 1
Bao Trai
Peter Arnett
Viet
Vasco Orientale River
U. S
Student rescued after 22 hours in chest-deep cave mud
In Lebanon Tennessee a 19 year old Hermitage student Charles Ray Smith emerged piggyback on a rescuer after being pinned by a 40 pound rock in a V shaped crevasse at Cedars of Lebanon State Park. The 22 hour ordeal left him with kidney concerns and mild shock but no serious injuries. About 300 workers aided the rescue as pumps and buckets cleared mud and water.
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Lebanon, Tenn
Cedars of Lebanon State Park
Charles Ray Smith
Hermitage
Tenn
Smith
Lebanon
Sam McFarland
New Year's Highway Toll Hits Record US Deaths
National Safety Council data show 539 traffic deaths on the New Year weekend, with counts rising toward 600 as snow and rain fouled roads. The AP survey for a nonholiday period recorded 420 deaths over a similar timeframe.
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National Safety Council
Safety Council
New York sees record New Year traffic deaths
New York State mourns as 39 people die in traffic accidents during the holiday period from Thursday 6 p.m. to Sunday, with an additional 10 deaths from fires and seven more from other incidents. Multi-vehicle crashes near Buffalo and Plattsburgh, plus fires in Port Leyden and Central Islip, mark a deadly start to the year amid snow sleet and freezing temperatures.
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N.Y
New York State
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Plattsburgh
Ossining
Port Leyden
Central Islip
Hudson Valley
New York City
Weather Bureau
Union's Demands Reduced in NYC Transit Strike
A union that halted New York subways and buses cut its contract demands by 80 percent last night, but the Transit Authority chair called the offer unacceptable. The exchange centers on a tense labor dispute affecting city transport.
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NEW York
City Transit Authority
Transit Authority
Mediation Fails to End New York Transit Strike
A three member mediation panel dropped efforts to stop the transit strike as 1 a.m. approached. Earlier the AFL CIO Transport Workers Union cut its two year package demand from $680 million to $180 million, but the Transit Authority rejected the revised terms.
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New York
Aflcio Transport Workers Union
War on Poverty Faces Overhaul by Congress
The upcoming Congress session is likely to probe the poverty program for overhaul as public discontent grows. Interviews show distrust over administration and claims that funds do not reach the truly needy and may line corrupt pockets. Some leaders push cash grants, but opposition appears strong.
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Sargent Shriver
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