Editorial urging Rensselaer County vote on charter and coroner change
Voters in Rensselaer County are urged to cast ballots in today’s special election. Two questions appear on the machines: adopt the county charter and abolish the coroner for a medical examiner, with separate votes required in Troy, Rensselaer, and fourteen municipalities. In four towns voters also decide on real property assessment methods. Polls run 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Rensselaer County
Troy
Rensselaer
Berlin
Grafton
Nassau
Pittstown
Voting On Charter Begins At 6 A.M.
Rensselaer County voters decide on a proposed County Charter and the office of coroner. Polling places open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Two questions on the ballot: instituting a charter form of government and abolishing the elected coroner in favor of a county medical examiner.
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Rensselaer County
Soviets Link Soyuz 11 To Salute Space Station
Three cosmonauts entered the Salute laboratory after docking Soyuz 11 with the unmanned Salute in orbit. The 60 by 12 foot station weighs 25 tons and maintains 62 degrees inside. Commanding docking was Lt. Col. Georgy Dobrovolsky with Viktor Patsayev and Vladimir Volkov aboard, all reporting the crew felt well and began the planned flight program.
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Moscow
Tass
Baikonur Space Center
Soyuz
Georgy Dobrovolsky
Dobrovolsky
Viktor Patsayev
Vladimir Volkov
Court Rules Racial Districting Not Mandatory
The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that states need not create separate legislative districts for racial groups. Indiana case held lumping core city Negroes with suburban whites in one large district is allowed, overturning a lower court finding of racial gerrymandering. The decision cited equal voice in elections and allowed at large representation, while dissents warned about implications. The court also addressed libel standards and budgetary bond voting, with multiple opinions and rulings on press freedom and minority rule in bond elections.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Indiana
Indianapolis
Byron R. White
Marion County
White
Philadelphia
WIP
Atty
Ramsey Clark
George A. Rosenbloom
William J. Brennan Jr
Burger
Air Crashes Kill 78 In 24 Hours In New Haven and LA
An Allegheny Airlines Convair 580 hit a power line in fog near Tweed Airport New Haven and broke apart in a marsh. Twenty eight of 31 aboard died. Survivors included copilot James Walker and passengers Janet McCaa and Norman Kelly. A second disaster occurred near Los Angeles when a jetliner collided with a Marine jet, killing many.
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New Haven
Washington, D.C
Tweed- New Haven
James Malarky
Marine Corps
Los Angeles
United States
James Walker
Memphis Tenn
Janet McCaa
Norman Kelly
Waterford
Conn
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Miss McCaa
National Labor Relations Board
Yale-New Haven
Walker
Kelly
General Dynamics’ Electric Boat Division
Groton
Connally Pleads For Lockheed Aid in Crisis
Treasury Secretary Connally warned the Senate Banking Committee that if Congress does not approve aid to Lockheed Aircraft within 40 days tens of thousands of jobs could be lost and the economic recovery endangered. He urged action within 10 days after 40 days as Lockheed faces near exhaustion of funds for its L1011 program.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
House
Nixon
Lockheed
Senate Banking Committee
Connally
Congress
Proxmire
Union Hall
Penn Central Seeks federal aid to avert shutdown
Penn Central trustees urge the federal government to suspend remaining excess crew laws in Ohio and Indiana and to authorize bankruptcy court procedures for crew disputes. They warn a three man crew plan would leave 8,900 workers surplus and save about 135 million dollars annually, potentially restoring profitability.
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Philadelphia
Penn Central Transportation Co
Ohio
Indiana
America
Penn Central
Legislature approves 2000 expense increase for members
State legislators lift the lug of their allowances to 5000 each after passing a 23.6 million supplemental budget. The Senate approved 38 to 18 while the Assembly backed the measure 91 to 58 with several named opponents. The session ends amid city union pension debate and a possible standstill in New York City.
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Albany
New York City
Senate
Douglas Hudson
Walter Langley
Darwin Niles
Assembly
Neil W. Kelleher
Fred G. Field
Fred Droms
Thomas Brown
Clarence Lane
Marion Krupsack
Clark Wemple
New York City Municipal Workers Union
Jounty
Earl W. Brydges
Brydges
New York
New York Open Span Strike Locks Drawbridges
Small groups of New York municipal workers walk out locking 28 drawbridges and threatening water supply disruption. Mayor Lindsay considered National Guard help while Albany battles pension bills. Traffic jams snarled all city routes and bridges amid the crisis.
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NEW York
Army Corps of Engineers
John V. Lindsay
National Guard
Albany
State Senate
East River Drive
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Shore Parkway
Whitestone Parkway
Queens
Area Man Dies in Rain-Slick Route 9 20 Crash
A two car collision on Routes 9 and 20 just east of the Rensselaer line after 3:30 p.m. left Sherman Sheffer 66 of Columbia Turnpike dead and injured Robert Hosley 30 of Columbia Turnpike Road. Hospital reports said Sheffer died later at St Peter's Albany.
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Rensselaer
East Greenbush
Sherman Sheffer
Columbia Turnpike
Robert Hosley
Columbia Turnpike Rd
Sheffer
Hosley
St. Peter’s Hospital
Albany
Albany County
DeForrest Dietz Jr
Subway Fare To Jump After Albany Toll Bill Defeat
William J. Rowan, head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said defeat of bridge toll legislation in Albany will force a fare increase beyond 30 cents, which now stands, and would have allowed maintaining the 30-cent fare through 1972-3.
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New York
Albany
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
William J. Rowan
Doves Rally to Push End to War in Asia
A diverse coalition of leaders and activists gather near Congress for a Week of lobbying aimed at forcing a Dec 31 deadline for U S involvement in Indochina. Spearheaded by Hatfield McGovern sponsors and supported by Goodell and others, the effort seeks Senate and House votes to end U S involvement.
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Washington
Congress
Thomases
Gruening
Charles E. Goodell
Rn.y
Joseph Clark
D-Pa
Stephen Young
Ohio
Senate
House
U.S
Indochina
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Mark O. Hatfield
R-Ore
Philip Hart
D-Mich
Lucien Nedzi
Robert Drn‘nan
Welfare
John Gardner
Labor
Willard Wirtz
Capitol Hill
Abner J. Mikva
Dill
Donald Luce
Con Son
Vietnam
Hatfield
Sen
George S. McGovern
Nedzi
Charles W. Whalen
Goodell
Mike Mansfield
B52 Bombers Strike DMZ as Ranger Push Pays Off
U S B52 bombers attacked below the DMZ in a large strike aimed at easing pressure on the northern front. In Cambodia near Kompong Trabek a ranger battalion fought off a Vietnamese assault, killing five and taking prisoners as rangers reported gains and casualties.
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Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Mekong
Kompong Trabek
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