Albany Riot By Marauding Negro Youths Shocks Downtown
Marauding gangs of Negro youths roamed Albany’s downtown last night and today smashing windows looting stores and starting fires. Police in helmeted units patrolled the area as fires erupted at least five by 2 15 a.m. with dozens detained and several injured treated at Albany Medical Center Memorial Hospital and St Peter’s. Eyewitnesses named Grand Cash Market Economy Shoe Store and Green’s Liquor Store among the first targets as crowds ranged from 25 to 100.
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Johnson Names Riots Commission Amid Detroit Turmoil
President Johnson announced a special commission to study the causes of racial disorders and ordered new riot control standards for National Guard units. The address aired on major networks as Detroit calm returned after deadly riots. curfews were reimposed in Michigan and disorder surfaced in Philadelphia and other cities.
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Troy Debt Spotlight in Levitt Report on City’s Finances
Comptroller Arthur Levitt labels Troy as the state’s most indebted city and notes Rensselaer County as highly indebted. Troy’s $14.7 million debt centers on the Water Bureau for the filtration plant, with $4.25 million under debt limits and $10.51 million outside. The study, based on 1965 data, projects Troy’s 1990 debt at about $2.7 million beyond current levels, while Albany and Buffalo show different debt trajectories.
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Gun Shots Mar Truce In Mideast
United Press International reports renewed fighting between Israeli and Syrian forces south of Quneitra disrupted a UN cease fire. The clash followed days of quiet and prompted observers to seek restoration of the truce. Separately Algeria’s revived guerrilla threat and mobilization of independence fighters add regional tension amid Egypt’s Suez boundary disputes.
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Communists Shell Three Allied Positions Near Saigon
Communist gunners attacked three allied positions north of Saigon, using 82mm mortars and 122mm rockets. Light damage reported with 11 killed or wounded among Americans and civilians, while U.S. and ARVN forces conducted patrols and occasional counterfire. Overall combat dropped last week with 164 Americans killed or wounded and Viet Cong losses totaling about 1,700 in the period.
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Probe Told Moderation Irks Negro
UPI report records Whitney M. Young Jr addressing Congress as the Senate inquiry into urban race riots opens. Young warns moderation has failed to reach ghetto youth, urges dramatic new national commitment to liberate or exterminate the Negro, while acknowledging ongoing anger and calls for restrained, yet effective action. He joins MLK Jr, Roy Wilkins, and A. Philip Randolph in urging end to mob rule. subcommittee chairman Fred Harris supports the civil rights leaders.
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Riots Dominate European Coverage Across Media
European outlets report intense U S race riots this week with sharp editorials. Hanoi and Peking observe as Le Monde deems Detroit’s violence overwhelming and Pravda attributes the unrest to the Vietnam war.
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Stereotypers Join Utica News Strike
Utica Newspapermen walkout widens as Stereo typers Local 46 joins American Newspaper Guild and Pressmen's Union in a two week stoppage against the Utica Observer-Dispatch and Daily Press. A meeting with management and federal mediator George Roher was scheduled today.
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Second Turkish Quake Kills 110 in Eastern Provinces
An earthquake in eastern Turkey left at least 110 dead as tremors hit six provinces from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. Army helicopters were requested to deliver aid to hundreds injured while relief teams struggled through rugged terrain to reach isolated villages like Karagol, where 32 perished. The disaster follows a deadly quake last Saturday near Adapazari and recalls the 1939 Erzincan catastrophe.
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Foreign Aid Cuts Urged In Senate
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee cut more than 20 percent from Johnsons foreign aid requests, reducing the bill from 3.46 billion to 2.7232 billion. Military aid dropped from 596 million to 391 million while economic aid fell by 538.8 million. An amendment to curb arms sales to underdeveloped nations via the Export-Import Bank was adopted over administration opposition.
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