Area Doctor Named State Health Commissioner Aide
Dr. A. Loudon of Glens Falls was appointed as assistant state health commissioner in charge of the Division of Hospital Review and Planning. The Scottish born physician, a 1963 State Health Department member, will earn 26000 annually and succeeds retired Dr. Bourke. He has led public health efforts in Canada and earned a Glasgow University medical degree. He and his wife Janet reside with their three children in Glens Falls.
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Albany
N.Y
An T. Loudon
Glens Falls
Loudon
Glasgow
Scotland
State Health Department
John J. Bourke
St. Boniface
Manitoba
Canada
University of Toronto
Norfolk County Health Unit
Ontario
Glasgow University
Loudon Tecamais
Janet
Glens Fails
2 Cigarette Smugglers Under Arrest
Two Brooklyn men were arrested after driving into New York State with untaxed cigarettes valued at about 15000 dollars. Authorities said the truck carried 7000 to 10000 cartons. George Tactikos and John Kohulka, both 46, were charged with tax violations and ordered held on 500 dollar bail each. Investigators suspect the cigarettes were bought in North Carolina.
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Port Jervis
N.Y
UPI
Brooklyn
New York State
State Tax Department
Matamoras
George Tactikos
John Kohulka
William Gregg
North Carolina
Tactikos
St. Mark's Place
Kohulka
22Nd St
Laos Recruits Begin Training at Malaysian Police Academy
In Malaysia's police academy grounds the first 20 of 150 women recruited for police work in Laos start a rigorous training course. The program aims to prepare recruits for service in the mountainous and jungle kingdom, with ongoing selection and preparation for future postings.
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Kula Lumpur
Malaysia
Laos
Malaysian Police Academy
Westmoreland Defends Gains as Troop Needs Talk Continue
President Johnson and defense chiefs pressed Vietnam strategy after Westmoreland denied a stalemate claim and praised progress. McNamara and Wheeler backed not increasing tours or calls, while Westmoreland sought more South Vietnamese forces to balance US troops. Johnson predicted a "double return" on troops sent.
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Vietnam
Johnson
McNamara
Wheeler
Westmoreland
Lowg
United States
National Security Council
Judge Resigns Over Quaker Mediator Law Conflict
Federal Judge John Biggs Jr resigns as a Quaker due to Friends sending medical supplies to North Vietnam without government license. His wife Anna also steps back as committee chair. Fellow judge Albert Maris resigns as clerk of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting but remains a Quaker. Biggs cites concern over enforcing collective action that would obligate others to illegal activity.
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Wilmington
Del
Friends
North Vietnam
John Biggs
3Rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
United States
Anna Biggs
Biggs
3Rd Circuit
Albert T. Maris
Yearly Meeting
Sociey of ‘Friends
Red Gunners Hit U S Base Camp
U S Army unit came under mortar fire wounding nine Americans as operations stretch across coastal Phuoc Tuy Province about 35 miles southeast of Saigon during Operation Paddington. Reports note larger battles and air strikes around the DMZ and central highlands.
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Saigon
Phuoc Tuy Province
Dmz
Hanoi
High Command
Central Highlands
U.S
1St Corps
U.S. Army
Violence Erupts in Newark Looting and arson flood streets
Violence erupted in Newark with looting of liquor stores and a toy shop set ablaze by a Molotov cocktail. Fire crews struggled as hydrants were open and water pressure fell, while police reported being attacked and ordered withdrawals as crowds besieged the Fourth Precinct.
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UPI
New York Daily News
Fourth Precinct
Seige
Young Toughs
Photographer sails solo Atlantic Pacific cross in Yokohama
Tkua Kashima, a 37 year old commercial photographer, sailed his yacht Karaasa II into Yokohama Harbor after 101 days from Long Beach. He battled the eastern Japan current for five days and was towed Wednesday, becoming the first Japanese to cross both oceans alone. He previously crossed the Atlantic in 1965.
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Yokohama
Japan
Tkua Kashima
Yokohama Harbor
Long Beach
Calif
Atlantic
Pacific
Air Taxi Plane Crashes During inaugural Ponce Flight
A Rainbow Air Taxi Serv plane crash landed on its inaugural flight from Mercedita Airport in Ponce to San Juan. Nine aboard. one slightly injured. Motor cut out as aircraft left runway. Damage estimated at $15,000.
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Ponce, Puerto Rico
API
Puerto Rican Rainbow Air Taxi Service
Mercedita
Ponce
San Juan
Ackley Urges Oil Industry Price Restraint
Washington AP reports Gardner Ackley chairman of the Presidents Council of Economic Advisors urged the oil industry to adopt voluntary price restraints to avoid government controls or runaway inflation. A spokesman quoted Ackley at a closed door meeting with National Petroleum Cornell officials.
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Washington
Gardner Ackley
Presidents Council of Economic Advisors
Ackley
Na‘donal
Cornell
Hong Kong Police Target Pro-Communist Unions Riot
Police raided two pro Communist union headquarters uncovering weapons and propaganda material. Riot squads and undercover agents arrested about 40 agitators as violence left two dead and several injured across Kowloon and Tai Po amid a two night curfew.
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Hong Kong
Tai Po
Dewey Backs Appointive Judiciary
Former Gov. Thomas F. Dewey urged New York Constitutional Convention delegates to reestablish an appointive judiciary based on nonpartisan judicial commissions. He praised the Bar Association of New York proposal as superior and called reform overdue. He argued the current elective system demeans candidates and the courts.
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NEW York
Thomas F. Dewey
Constitutional Convention
Dewey
Association of the Bar of
City of
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Zambian envoy Alf Simbule to visit London as ambassador
Tari Tongued speaker Alf Simbu le, famed for assailing Britain as a humbled toothless bulldog, now accepts the role after Commonwealth Secretary Bowden says he is accepted following remorse for hurting British feelings.
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London
Alf Simbule
Britain
Zambia
Commonwealth
Herbert Bowden
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