Rains Flood Troy Deluges City Amid Storm Power Loss
A 6 30 p m storm described as a ordinary air mass thunderstorm drenched Troy area flooding basements and a hospital first floor. It cut power to 1400 residents, damaged street surfaces, and caused one accident injuring Samuel Stewart. Cats kittens drowned in the police station basement.
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Troy
U.S. Weather Bureau
Albany
Samaritan Hospital
Spring Avenue
Milky Way Road
Speigletown
Wagar
Eagle Mills
Ferry Street
Federal Street
Ninth
Pawling Pharmacy
Pawling Ave
Gerald Messin
Cat
Pet
Legislators Boost Their Pay and Adjourn
The 1966 New York Legislature closed after a long session with a pay raise that lifted lawmakers and expense allowances by 2000 dollars each, boosting annual salaries from 10000 to 15000. Governor Rockefeller signed bills and left for Europe as Lt. Governor Wilson led the administration in his absence. The Assembly approved a 280 million dollar supplemental budget and the pay raise taking effect in 1967.
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Gerry McLaughlin
Albany
N. Y
Rockefeller
New York City
Europe
Malcolm Wilson
Assembly
Senate
O'Connor Announces Run For New York Governor
New York City Council President Frank D. O Connors campaign declares him a Democratic gubernatorial candidate with about 650 convention delegates, aiming to secure the 573 needed for the Buffalo convention. He plans a noon NYC announcement then upstate stops including Rochester Syracuse and Schenectady.
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New York City
Frank D. O'Connor
O’connor
Queens
Buffalo
Albany
Kennedy
Roosevelt
Tammany Hall
Robert F. Wagner
Rochester
Syracuse
Schenectady
Hemingway Receives Neckerchief of Honor in Pamplona
In Pamplona Spain Ernest Hemingway is posthumously awarded the Neckerchief of Honor a badge for those who run ahead of the bulls during the fiesta opening tomorrow. He wrote of the running of the bulls in The Sun Also Rises.
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Pamplona
Spain
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway
Kyoto clash as students attack police near Rusk hotel
About 300 protesters from the Zengakuren clashed with Kyoto police near the Miyako hotel where Dean Rusk had dined. Six officers and at least 10 students were injured and seven students were arrested amid three days of demonstrations against U.S. actions in Viet Nam.
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Kyoto
Japan
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Etsusaburo Shiiana
Viet Nam
Zengakuren Organization
Mutual Security
Eisenhower
Zengakuren
Miyako
Jets foil missile barrage over North Viet Nam
US jets dodged a large Communist missile salvo and hit four missile sites and two oil depots between Hanoi and the Chinese frontier. Ball warned of war weariness but gave no path to peace, as 106 raiding missions were flown in a near record day.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Red China
North Viet Nam
George W. Ball
Ball
Washington
U.S. Air Force
Red River Valley
Air
U.S
Ball cautions Hanoi weary of war amid talks
Washington AP Undersecretary of State George W Ball said diplomatic reports show growing war weariness in North Vietnam but he refused to predict when Hanoi might seek peace.
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Washington
George W. Ball
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Wilson to visit Moscow for talks and trade fair
Prime Minister Harold Wilson will fly to Moscow on July 16 to visit a British trade fair and confer with Premier Alexei Kosygin on world affairs including Viet Nam. The three day visit precedes talks in Washington July 28 with President Johnson amid speculation on peace efforts in Viet Nam. Ball, acting secretary of state, noted North Viet Nam mood shifts and possible openness to settlement but cautioned no rapid change is expected.
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London
Harold Wilson
Moscow
Alexei Kosygin
Viet Nam
Wilson
Washington
Johnson
U.S
Hubert H. Humphrey
Los Angeles
Hanoi
Ball
Dean Rusk
Far East
South Viet Nam
Hoffa Gains Control Over Union Funds Amid Jail Threat
About 2,000 Teamsters delegates approved up to 1 million for Hoffa legal expenses and gave him power to run the union from prison. The move included electing a general vice president to oversee operations, with Frank Fitzsimmons named as a likely successor. A federal suit seeks return of union money spent on Hoffa's trials.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Treasury
Hoffa
Lassy Thomas
Philadelphia
Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
Detroit
John F. English
Lawyers Rap Legislators on Judgeships
Joseph Kelner president of the American Trial Lawyers Association said the group will press lawsuits to force the Legislature to create more judgeships. He warned the judicial system risks chaos as counties report three to five year waits and political haggling blocked bills for new Supreme and Civil Court judgeships.
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New York
Joseph Kelner
American Trial Lawyers Association
Kelner
Humphrey urges stay the course in Viet Nam at governors meeting
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey urged governors to support the administration’s Viet Nam policy and said the initiative in the war is ours. He hinted at possible but uncertain talks with Hanoi while stressing absolute support for global commitments. Governors debated a resolution backing current policy as Romney criticized administration pressure.
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Los Angeles
Hubert H. Humphrey
Viet Nam
Humphrey
George H. Romney
Michigan
Washington
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