Watervliet Woman Dies in Basement Fire
Olga Galligan a 50 year old mother of five died in a basement fire at her Watervliet home about 3 30 pm yesterday Coroner said the death appeared accidental after she was cleaning with an inflammable liquid likely gasoline Officials reported no foul play Firefighters found her body amid flames and smoke near the basement entry Galligan a Cohoes native had lived in Watervliet six years Survivors include three daughters two sons a mother and siblings Funeral set for Monday at Riverview Funeral Home Troy
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Watervliet
Olga Helen Galligan
Second Ave
Sheridan
Galligan
Thomas Earl
Francis Landrigan
William Brothers
Anthony Pontore
Olga Helen Prokop
Ters
Donna Galligan
Edward McCracken
San Diego
Calif
Ronald Tolagian
Schenectady
Ronald Galligan
Troy
James Galligan
Mary Myers Prokop
Mechanicville
Richard Ryan
Stephen Slutt
Michael Mihalko
Chicago
Anthony
Alec Prokop
Albany
Michael Prokop
Riverview Funeral Home
104Th Street
New York Transit Pact Ends Citywide Strike
New York's transit system returned to normal after a 12 day bus and subway strike ended. Wage and price settlements surpassed Johnson's voluntary 3.2 percent guideline, while officials called the deal inflationary and costly to the city.
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New York
Johnson
Washington
Gardener Ackley
Kill Lady Bird Plot Frightens Klan Members
House investigator Donald Appell testified that Louis Di Salvo of Mississippi proposed bombing the Lady Bird campaign train in 1964 and forming a firing squad to kill informers. Di Salvo invoked the Fifth Amendment amid questions about sponsorship as Klansmen found the plan too frightening to back. The Lady Bird Special traveled through Mississippi without incident.
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Washington
Donald Appell
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Louis di Salvo
Lydon B. Johnson
di Salvo
Waveland
Miss
Appell
Gested
Lady Bird
Mississippi
South
Committee
Two Gunmen Die Trying To Kidnap Firestone
Beverly Hills police killed one kidnapper Cal Bailey and wounded and later died of his injuries another man George Scalla after they forced their way to the door at Leonard K. Firestone’s Alpine Drive home. The would be ransom target, Firestone 58, was not home.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Leonard K. Firestone
Cal Bailey
George Scalla
Firestone
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
California
Harvey
Los Angeles
Alpine Drive
Excise Tax Hike Seen Despite GOP Resistance
President Johnson said he found minimal opposition in Congress to reinstating one billion dollars in excise taxes to fund Vietnam. Treasury plans forecast $48 billion in next year’s revenues as Ways and Means set hearings to begin next week amid expected Senate and House opposition.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
Capitol Hill
House
Ways and Means
A. Sidney Herlong Jr
D-Fla
Senate Finance Committee
Weaver Named to Lead Housing and Urban Development
President Johnson announced the nomination of Dr. Robert C. Weaver to head the new Department of Housing and Urban Development, marking the first time a Black person would head a Cabinet agency. Weaver would become administrator of the housing agency in the administration.
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Weaver
Urban Agency
Washington
Johnson
Robert C. Weaver
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Kennedy
HHFA
Robert C. Wood
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
South Viet Nam
New York
State of the Union
White House
Robert Weaver
America
Stillwater Soldier Killed in Viet Nam
A 23 year old soldier from Stillwater is dead of wounds suffered in combat in Viet Nam. Pfc Floyd William Pohl was killed in action midweek. his telegram notice came to his parents Mr and Mrs Raymond W Pohl of 287 North Hudson St Stillwater. He enlisted last April for two years and had been in country under a five man patrol setup near Saigon. Surviving relatives include a sister and maternal grandparents.
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Stillwater
Viet Nam
Floyd William Pohl
Raymond W. Pohl
North Hudson St
Defense Department
Pohl
Arthur Peacock
Floyd
Saigon
Pohle
Stillwater Central School
Hudson Valley Community College
Johnson Proposes Anti-Strike Plan to Back Labor Pledges
President Johnson floated a possible law to let him order strikers back to work while an emergency board seeks a settlement. High officials and AFL-CIO leaders expressed confusion as to how the plan would work and when it would apply.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington (Ap
Johnson
Special Emergency Board
White House
Humphrey Rusk Kosygin Confer Hints Peace Talks In New Delhi
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Secretary of State Dean Rusk met Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in New Delhi for about 110 minutes amid speculation on Vietnam peace talks. An Indian official noted the discussion was likely helpful and not disappointing, while Izvestia and Beijing radio reacted angrily to U.S. policy statements and nuclear tensions.
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New Delhi
India
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dean Rusk
Alexei N. Kosygin
Viet Nam
Izvestia
Johnson
United States
Viet Cong ambush hits South Vietnamese unit near Saigon
Viet Cong attacked a South Vietnamese battalion northwest of Saigon within artillery range of Operation Crimp led by U.S. and Australian forces. Casualties were moderate at the attacked unit, while U.S. advisers suffered heavily. Operation Crimp reported 131 guerrillas killed and 80 captured over six days, with large stockpiles seized. A three day lunar New Year truce was discussed amid ongoing fighting as authorities warned of a cease fire timing still unclear.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
South
Viet Nam
U.S
Kennedy Sister Misses Fashion Hall Induction
New York AP report notes Mrs. John F Kennedy named to the Fashion Hall of Fame for 1965, while her sister Princess Lee Radziwill misses the list. The top honor goes to Mrs. Carter Purden of New York, with Barbra Streisand among other honorees chosen by a global panel. The update marks shifts as Jacqueline Kennedy and others are elevated.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Fashion Hall of Fame
Lee Radziwill
Kennedy
Carter Purden
Columbia University Law
William Paley
Barbra Streisand
Brooklyn
Alfred Gwynne Vander
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