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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1967
Page
1
Optimists expect the new lottery to raise revenue for schools and districts. Tickets cost one dollar with top prizes up to 250000 and a yearly gross target of 360 million dollars. Sales begin this month at several Troy locations with drawings monthly and proceeds earmarked for education programs.
City of Troy will not sell state lottery tickets from City Hall due to space limits. Officials in Cohoes Watervliet Schenectady say no decisions or plans to use municipal offices for sales. Albany allows tickets in City Hall while only two banks in Troy are listed as vendors with others possibly added.
Arab nations pressed for unity as Cairo moves to rally support for Egypt's anti Israel front. U Thant faced calls to restrain, while Britain warned of blocking Gulf routes. Soviet moves and U S naval maneuvers showed a dual crisis with Vietnam.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover defends his June FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin remarks denying naming Carmichael or King while warning that public statements by rights leaders may invite hotheads and riots. He blasts leaders for signaling cities and urging vigilance, calling it an invitation to violence.
U S Navy jets pounded targets near Haiphong for the second straight day as American air and ground forces clashed with North Vietnamese troops in two sectors south of the city. The Congooy complex, rail sidings and fuel tanks were hit for the first time. One A4 Skyhawk from Carrier Hancock reported downed with a missing pilot.
New York markets faltered as a broad downturn hit stocks across sectors. Investors reacted to mixed economic signals while major indices declined and trading volumes remained steady amid cautious sentiment.
The State Board of Regents recommends including a provision for higher education in a revised Constitution but stops short of guaranteeing free college for all. It urges the Legislature to decide mechanisms for universal higher education while retaining the Regents as the coordinating body for state education and preserving key leadership and policy powers. Duryea proposes a Higher Education Bill of Rights, calling for assurances for access without abolishing tuition.
Kings County District Attorney Aaron Koota urged retention of legalized wiretapping at the State Constitutional Convention. He argued crime fighting is hampered by current trends, as former Court of Appeals chief judge Charles Desmond had called for eliminating wiretapping. The convention eyed a fight on the issue amid other agenda items.
Amid rising tensions between Nigeria's federal government and the secessionist Eastern region, diplomats arrange an exodus of about 700 Americans and dependents from Enugu and Harcourt. Britons and Italians may follow. U.S. diplomats weigh removal of staff and Peace Corps volunteers as Gowon masss troops and a Biafran independence push escalate.
Washington Army board OKs honorably discharging Maj Marcus A Reno who fought at Little Big Horn. Once dishonored and buried unmarked, his record now shows honorable discharge on April 1, 1800, prompting possible reburying in Montana's national cemetery near the battlefield site. Charles Reno, a New York bartender and great grandnephew, seeks reburial in a national cemetery.
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