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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1965
Page
2
A nationwide interview finds voters convinced the federal budget has become the dominant political weapon shaping Johnson’s influence. Medicare and education aids boost support while tax cuts foster a sense costs are hidden, eroding GOP opposition and redefining party loyalties.
In Albany NY the Legislature faces a vote on raising the drinking age from 18 to 21 with heavy opposition and Democratic leadership ambivalence. Speaker Travia emphasizes a vote will occur while mid June adjournment looms and ethics measures await final action. The day also sees consideration of a state lottery constitutional amendment and Rockefeller's Hudson River Scenic and Historic Corridor proposal linking major parks along a 350 mile route with unspecified cost.
A New York City man, reportedly Swiss, fell 190 feet while climbing a ledge in the Shawaguak Mountains near Kingston. Police tentatively identified him as Peter Geiser, 24, with Werner Bischof, 41, of Murray Hill New Jersey, nearby when Geiser’s waist line knot opened. He was about ten feet from the top of a 200 foot ledge known as High Corner Climb.
President Johnson called for Communists worldwide to embrace peace and renounce war in all forms during a commencement address at the Catholic University of America. He stated the United States and allied nations are ready to invite peace to the house of nations forever. He also received his second honorary doctor of laws degree that weekend after an earlier Howard University ceremony.
New York industry foresees installing more kilowatts of generating capacity from 1964 to 1968 than the total installed in the nation by the end of 1948. The projection underscores rapid growth in electrical production and infrastructure expansion.
British and French troops paraded in Dunkirk France to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation. A US Army band from Orleans and a Belgian Navy band joined the ceremonies. French Day honored soldiers who died defending the beaches after the miracle evacuation.
Severe clashes erupted in Rajkot after an untouchable was accused of drawing water from a village well reserved for cattle breeders. One untouchable was killed during the violence.
AP reports Italy and Algeria signed a direct air service agreement linking Rome and Algiers with a Rome Casablanca route. Alitalia will operate Rome Algiers Casablanca while Algerian Airlines will run Algiers Rome Belgrade.
Police report an unemployed laborer, Warren Cronan, 35, killed his wife 42 year old Josephine Cronan with a shotgun at their Niagara Falls residence and then wounded himself. He remained in serious condition at Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital. Det. Chief Wilson said Cronan would face charges if he recovers. Domestic troubles allegedly persisted for years.
An 18 year old Troy youth, Edmund Bateman of Griswold Heights, allegedly attempted to use nine unauthorized driver licenses for identification at a Lansingburg restaurant around 7 45 p m yesterday. Police arrested him, and he was taken to Central Station for questioning before a hearing this morning.
Aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Oriskany deployed with the U S Seventh Fleet two Troy men serve aboard the carrier on its seventh Western Pacific cruise. Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3 C Eugene H King Jr and Data Systems Technician 3 C Gene S Burr are sons of local residents and will be aboard for about seven months.
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