Congress Unit Raps Viet Spending Policy
Congress critiques Vietnam war cost estimates and budget practices. The Defense Department’s rough figure for fiscal 1967 shows potential overruns, with actual outlays likely higher than official figures. The report urges better executive coordination and planning to counter sudden shifts in military requirements and their impact on the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Department
Vietnam
Congress
Executive Branch
Charles J. Schultze
Budget Bureau
Robert S. McNamara
Fowler
Senate
House Committee
Bombers Hit North Vietnam Power Plants Again
A wartime roundup reports B52s striking North Vietnam power facilities and rail yards while U.S. forces wage heavy fighting near the DMZ. Navy pilots sink a dredge near Haiphong as air and ground battles extend across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vietam
Bon Homme Richard
Haiphong
Intrepid
Thanh Hoa
Thai Nguyen
Hanoi
McNamara
U.S
Vietnam
Voting Age Proposal Faces Fight
A voting age proposal faced a heated committee vote with 21 members present. Democrats fully supported moving the bill forward, while eight of ten Republicans joined to vote the bill out without a committee recommendation. The measure contrasts with a Judiciary Committee move on court consolidation and ties to broader budget and Vietnam defense costs discussed by lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Hawaii
Tyler
Judiciary Committee
Bill of Rights and Suffrage Committee
Wrenam
Vietnam
Schultze
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Stephentown Swim Program Under Way This Summer
The annual instructional swimming program in Stephentown, sponsored by the Community Couples Club and the Rensselaer County Chapter of the American Red Cross, runs 2 to 4 p.m. at Cherry Plain Day Use Area through July 25. Bus pickups cover village elementary, East Road, Garfi eld, Stephentown Center, West Road, and Route 22. Youth Commission Chair Paul Sykes and swimming chair Jean Atwater urge volunteers for beach and bus supervision, call Frank Volpi. Permission slips are required and available at Sykes Store. A nearby baseball program may start tomorrow. interested boys should contact Mr. Volpi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Couples Club
Rensselaer County
American Red Cross
Stephentown
Cherry Plain
Garfield
Youth Commission
Paul Sykes
Jean Atwater
Frank Volpi
Couples Club
Sykes Store
Mr. Volpi
Canal closing felt in Panama as Suez shut
An AP report quotes a Panama Canal spokesman saying effects of Egypt's Suez Canal closure are felt locally. He predicts a gradual buildup in traffic with an average of two additional ships per day in transit as the situation unfolds amid the Middle East war.
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Panama
Panama Canal
Egypt
Suez Canal
Stratford Opens With Mozart Opera at Avon Theater
Stratford Ontario's Avon Theater reopens after a renovation over 1 million dollars. The Stratford Festival Opera Company will perform Mozart's Cosi fan tutte. An afternoon ceremony recalls 70 years of theater history before an evening opera. Sunday features an all Mozart concert with Jose Iturbi Oscar Shumsky and the National Festival Orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Ontario
Avon Theater
Stratford Festival Opera Company
Jose Iturbi
Oscar Shunmsky
National Festival Orchestra
Committee weighs voting reforms including age limit and residency reductions
The committee debates adjusting the 21 age voting limit with favors for 19 20 or 21 options while also considering repeal of the Blaine Amendment. It also recommends abolishing literacy tests for voters and shortening presidential residency from 90 to 30 days.
Two Men Hurt Near Silver Bay
Two men were injured when their truck went off Paines Road in Hague Town near Ticonderoga. The right shoulder of the road collapsed, the vehicle rolled down an embankment, and both men received medical treatment at Glens Falls Hospital.
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Paines Road
Hague
Ticonderoga
B. C. Ramsey
Chestertown State Police
David C. McKinney
Caputo Ave
Fort Edward
Glens Falls Hospital
David Marcek
Parkwood Ave
Hudson Falls
Silver Bay
Aesthetics Spellings and Body English Clarified
A reader asks about the origin and spelling of aest hetic. The term comes from Greek aisthetikos meaning perceptive and is tied to an admirer of beauty in art. The piece notes esthete is acceptable but aesthete remains preferred. it also discusses the slang term body English and explains its misuse by pool players and bowlers.
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Morris
M. A
Miers
Pittsburg
Brown University
C.E.D
Washington, D.C
Six Vermont Towns Hit By Blackout
A six town blackout hit southwestern Vermont when a transformer burned on Ice House Pond Road in East Arlington. Electrical service failed at 6:33 pm and was restored by CVPS crews by 7:46 pm. Affected towns include Bennington Shaftsbury Arlington Dorset Manchester and Peru in Vermont.
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Vermont
Ice House Pond
Arlington
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Dorset
Manchester
Peru
Apollo 1 wreckage stored for decade at Langley
Apollo 4 wreckage packed in over 1,000 pieces will travel from Cape Kennedy to Virginia by barge and flatbed to be sealed in a 40 by 24 by 19 foot steel container at Langley Research Center. The container will house a nitrogen atmosphere for a ten year custody by Dr Floyd L Thompson and NASA officials, with three-tier shelves and end hatchways for inspection if needed.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Virginia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Langley Research Center
Hampton
Floyd L. Thompson
Langley
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
NASA
Chief Gets Fire Call From His Wife
MORRISTOWN Tenn AP The familiar voice of Fire Chief John L Reynolds called in a report of a fire at the Reynolds home The blaze was traced to a defective washing machine motor and firefighters quickly controlled it
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
Tenn
John L. Reynolds
Uiermostat
Warming trend moves over nation after cool snap
Widespread warming occurred over the eastern half of the nation after a five day cool spell. Afternoon readings rose from the Rock ies to the Appalachians with highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Desert Southwest reached 100s while the north Pacific remained in the 50s and 60s. Heavy rains affected Louisiana and Alabama with light rains across Arkansas, the Virginias, parts of Arizona and Nevada. A tornado was sighted east of Marfa, Texas.
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Rockies
Appalachians
Plains
Pacific Coast
Louisiana
Alabama
Arkansas
Virginias
Arizona
Nevada
New England
Dakotas
Marfa
Texas
Hard On Collision Injures Four Near Fort Ann Hill
Four people were injured when a head on crash on Had lock Pond Road in Fort Ann sent two drivers to Glen Falls Hospital. Dorothy Morrissey 26 of West Fort Ann and Harry Evans of Glens Falls collided near a hilltop at 4 30 p m Evans was ticketed and treated for possible multiple injuries while Morrissey was treated and released along with passengers Stephen Morrissey 21 and Catherine Ayres 5 both of West Fort Ann. Trooper A L Pauquette investigated the Whitehall State Police report.
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Hadlock Pond
Evans
Glenn Falls Hospital
Stephen Morrissey
West Fort Ann
Catherine Ayres
A. L. Pauquette
Whitehall State Police
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N. Viet Power Plant
South Vietnam
Uet
Bsts
A Shau
Laos
Gence
William C. Westmoreland
Demilitarized Zone
Con Thien
Ashan Valley
Dmz
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Mozart
NEW City
Leslie Aldebo
William Morris
Amy
Sears
Our
Kenmore
Seals Aweps VN
UTS
Schenectady
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