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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1967
Page
2
Reports show 209 killed and 3 missing in Vietnam with 14 admitted as part of the MissIME division. The week also records 2 Welinese on a motorbike and 1 48s injured. U S forces say 389000 troop strength, up 13000 from the prior week, amid grenade incidents and jeep crashes.
In Paris the North Vietnamese envoy, head of a general delegation, accused the United States of aggression in Vietnam and pressed for a conditional cessation of bombing. He said Hanoi would study a U.S. pause and demanded recognition of the Viet Cong and acceptance of four points as a basis for settlement, including withdrawal of U.S. forces and Vietnam’s sovereignty.
Harrisburg report notes a clandestine sale of engraving plates and a forged stamp operation led by a 76 year old forger, De Thuin. Two members of a “secret five” traveled to Yucatan to arrange entry of material, with a cash settlement and a signed confession of ongoing illicit activity.
The Troy Motorboat and Canoe Club will meet Monday afternoon to elect officers and hear committee reports. Officers will be announced by President Hatton and the chairmen, with venue at Sunset Inn.
Scales and Monahan describe captivity by Viet Cong near Saigon after being employed by Pacific Architects and Engineers under a U S military contract. They recount forced barefoot runs to a shelter, fear of air raids, and later release after expressing repentance. They mention gunfire threats and their wives awaiting them, with a note on one man’s vow to escape.
A fragmented roll lists Hudsons Laws Committee chairmen and Republicans for various state panels. Names include Theodore D. Day for Agriculture and Marketing, John Flynn for Civil Service and Pensions, Jay Robson for Commerce and Navigation, H. Douglas Hudson for General Laws, Bernard C. Smith for Conservation and Recreation, Edward J. Speno for Codes, and Warren M. Anderson for Finance, among others with multiple cities and counties cited.
The Shah and Empress Farah have accepted an invitation to make a state visit to Canada for five days starting June 7. They will preside June 9 over Tran Day at the Montreal Fair marking Canada’s 100th anniversary year.
Eustice Adolphe Braithwaite, 54, was named Guaha na's chief U N delegate after presenting credentials to Secretary General U Thant. The author won the Anisfield Wolf Literary Award for New York for his first book To Sir With Love, published in 1959, with three others since.
In Havana AP reports Cuba received twenty new Soviet crop dusting planes in 1966 as part of a plan to reach about two hundred by 1970. The aircraft will support Cuba's air force agricultural division for fertilization and fumigation across the island.
Fragmented report on Powell facing possible contempt actions as Powell weighs staying as chair of Education and Labor. Democratic aides discuss leadership shifts, with Rep Bolling opposing unseating and proposing stripping seniority while others debate Rules Committee control and administration allies.
Singapore reports officials announce Mountbatten of Burma will be the subject of a biographical World War II documentary to be filmed in Asia this year. The project covers India Burma Ceylon and Singapore, recalling his surrender ceremony with a stand-in for the ailing Terauchi.
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