Area Planning Board Names Lex Jr. Director for Capitol District
The Area Planning Board appointed Lous Lex Jr. to lead the Capitol District Regional Planning Commission covering Rensselaer Albany Saratoga and Schenectady counties. The $18 000 a year post will start Aug 15 pending boards of supervisors approval. Lex, an attorney and Pennsylvan ia official, will focus on securing state and federal aid and crafting master plans for sewer and water projects while coordinating multi county planning groups with HUD programs.
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Lous Lex Jr
Commonwealth of
Albany County
Albany
Erastus Corning
Commission
Boards of Supervisors
Lex
Department of Community Affairs
Pennsylvania
Milwaukee
Wis
HUD
Housing and Urban Development Agency
Westmoreland Gets Troops He Needs
President Johnson and top advisers plus Gen Westmoreland agreed on the need for more troops in Vietnam but gave no figures. They said decisions will follow consultations with South Vietnam and allies to boost manpower. The press conference aimed to show unity amid troop reinforcement speculation.
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Washington
Johnson
William C. Westmoreand
Vietnam
Westmoreland
U.S. Com
Robert S.mander
McNamara
Army
Sera Seem
Earle G. Wheeler
Oase
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Vietnam
House Committee Votes To Raise Postal Rates
Washington report notes a House Post Office subcommittee approved rate hikes for jetters one cent and air mail two cents, with postcards tied to jetters. The plan adds about 45 million to first class increases, totaling 591 million, potentially easing pressure on other classes though some oppose shared increases. Revenue boosts target first class mail, air mail, and postcards, with specifics on under eight ounce air mail and under 12 ounce surface mail.
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Washington
House Post Office
Subcommittee
Thaddeus’ J. Dulski
D-N.y
Johnson
Rioting explodes in Newark as police fire on crowds
Violent unrest sweeps Newark for a second night with looting widespread. Police report more than 12 injured, 8 arrested, and shots fired from a police unit while looters strip appliance stores and steal tele vision sets and air conditioners in a Negro neighborhood. A white man was assaulted, stripped, and kicked before being rescued by bystanders.
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Joseph DI Leo Tity
Newark
Ned
UPI
Negroes Hurling
New Jersey
Taget
Frank Czyz
Robert E. Sullivan
Czyz
Hostages freed as mercenaries flee Kisangani
Twenty eight Americans and Europeans released by mercenaries reach Kinshasa aboard two Red Cross planes. About 68 Congolese soldiers accompany them. earlier reports stated more than 150 Europeans and 21 Americans were held hostage in Kisangani, including missionaries and Congo Free University members.
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Kinshasa
the Congo
Kisangani
Red Cross
Stanleyville
The
Congo Radio
Congo Free University
Radio
U N Stalled on Middle East and Kisangani Hostages
The U N General Assembly debates forcing Israel to yield Jerusalem Old City while observers await agreement on their deployment. In Congo Kisangani, Red Cross finds 28 hostages and reports mercenaries fleeing toward Bunia. mutiny at Bukavu linked to Tshombe detention.
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U.N
Cairo
Odd Bull
U.N. Palestine Truce Supervisory Organization
Bull
Security Council
Israel
Morowitz
Old City
Czechoslovakia
Zdenem Cernik
Middle East
Kindu
Punia
Bukavu
Kivu
Kisangani
Moise Tshombe
Algiers
Tshombe
Katanga
Congo
Belgium
Hong Kong Police Hit Unions Raid Sparks Clash
Hong Kong police with British troops stormed a Kowloon union headquarters before dawn, clash with suspected Communists inside who fought back with knives clubs and acid. Police say two occupants were killed and several others wounded as raids expand amid two months of labor unrest and riots.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Assaul
Kowloon
Erie Racial Unrest Sparks Violent Nights in City
In Erie Pennsylvania rumors of a Buffalo crowd sparked two nights of violence in the Negro community. Eleven cars suffered damage from rocks and bottles, one store window broke, two people were hurt, eight arrests. A crowd of about 150 mostly spectators clashed amid tensions over housing jobs and discrimination. Civil rights leaders cited ominous rumors of militant groups from Buffalo potentially aiding further unrest.
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Erie
Buffalo
Daniel Snow
Lakeside
Bill To Ban Bank Sales Of Lottery Tickets
Washington action by the House to bar banks from selling lottery tickets with an April 1 1968 start for New York specifics. The vote was 271 to 111 with opposition saying the bill would cripple New York’s education lottery. Senate fate undecided.
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Washington
UPI
New York
New York State
Senate
Joseph H. Murphy
Albany
Murphy
House
New Hampshire
Congress
Paul A. Fine
Bronx
House Banking Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
United Parcel Service
Philadelphia
Teamsters Union
Wilmington
Del
Maryland
Labor Strikes Hit Industries Across the Nation
Workers unions push broad walkouts including rubber, rail, auto and shipbuilding sectors. Firestone Goodyear and other plants halted production amid stalled contract talks while a national rail shutdown loomed. Local and regional strikes affect trades from shipyards to building projects and UPS deliveries feel the impact in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.
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Associated Presider Workers Union
Firestone
B. F
Goodrich
Goodyear
Associated |Her
Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
Bage
Waco
Tex
Washington
United Rules
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Red Capital
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Air Force
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Laos
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Tay Ninh
Ben Hobgood
Lexington
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Suez
U.N. General Assembly
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Angelo Felici
Zalman Shazar
George J. Tomeh
Holy Places
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UAW
United Auto Workers Union
Kennecott
Anaconda
Ansarco
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Kansas City
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