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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1971
Page
1
Voters endorsed a county medical examiner by 9 272 to 5 698 while the rural towns rejected the charter by about 600 votes. The charter carried in Troy and Rensselaer City but failed in 12 towns, with Brunswick and North Greenbush supporting it.
Former Defense Secretary Clark M. Clifford said the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong would release all U.S. prisoners within 30 days if Washington withdrew all forces from Indochina by December 31. He told peace groups and spoke to the Associated Press about ending the ground war.
Heavy fighting for control of eastern approaches to Phnom Penh intensified with Cambodian troops repelling an assault by Communist forces. At Prey Thom the government reported 80 casualties among advancing troops and said enemy losses were undetermined.
Rep. Robert L. Leggett says Viet Cong negotiators in Paris promised release of American prisoners before any withdrawal date, but North Vietnamese negotiators kept to their position that a withdrawal date would trigger only discussion of prisoner release.
New York lawmakers halted the 1971 session after passing a $600 million city revenue aid package and launching an investigation into city affairs. The adjournment followed late actions by GOP leaders and a 1:50 to 1:58 a.m. finish, with Mayor Lindsay’s endorsement cited as pivotal.
Gunmen killed Edmundo Perez Zujovic, 57, former interior minister, in an ambush in Santiago. President Allende imposed a curfew and emergency measures as army units were alerted. investigators sought three men linked to leftist groups, amid accusations of inciting chaos and political violence.
The Senate reversed course and approved a 2.7 billion dollar pay increase for the armed forces, signaling momentum toward a two year draft extension. The vote was 51 to 27. The move aligns with House plans and could allow passage without a conference. Draft officials warn of possible use of more than a million deferred men after June 30.
Two ferocious storms swept the Troy Schenectady Lake George region Tuesday uprooting trees sparking power outages. Diamond Point Pilot Knob suffered the worst, with reports of a tornado-like twister and 74 mph winds.
City municipal workers who locked drawbridges and disrupted sewers and schools agreed Tuesday night to shelve the dispute. The plan from the Office of Collective Bargaining delays state legislature action on a new pension system until 1972. Mayor Lindsay hailed the move as sensible and urged passage of the plan.
Three Soviet cosmonauts piloted the world’s first manned space laboratory to a higher orbit to halt its descent. The 18 ton Salute workshop and 74 ton Soyuz 11, carrying Lt. Col. Georgy Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsayev and Vladimir Volkov, were in an experimental test aimed at proving permanent space stations with shuttle flights.
The Senate approved a 5.5 billion public works bill by 45 to 33, expanding the Appalachia program and funding a 2 billion accelerated projects plan to create jobs in high unemployment areas. Democrats counted on possible Nixon veto while Republicans decried pork barrel features as routing funds to courthouses and city halls nationwide. The measure moves to the House for final action next week.
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