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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1965
Page
1
Three people died in separate weekend auto accidents in the Troy area including a three year old girl visiting relatives in Watervliet with her parents. A 19 year old Troy youth was injured in a Lansingburg collision between his motorcycle and a car yesterday afternoon.
A rash of deadly accidents over the weekend left at least 45 people dead in various states. Migrant workers, teens, and motorists perished in crashes from Vermont to Florida, with several incidents detailed near Albany, Lake City, and other locations.
In Miami Beach Florida approximately 2000 Young Republicans plan to register for the first national gathering since 1963. Goldwater and Nixon will address the five day convention with Sen Thruston Morton of Kentucky as keynote speaker.
Mi chael Jakubowski, 72, surrendered at police headquarters after admitting he stabbed his wife Wan da Jakubowski 27 times with an ice pick in her Dunkirk apartment following an argument. She was 52 and to be arraigned today on a first degree murder charge.
American adventurer Lee Quinn and three crew girls were saved after the ketch Neophyte sank in a head-on collision with the 4000-ton Australian freighter Woomera near Sydney Harbor. The four were plucked from the sea after about 30 minutes, with two crew members trapped briefly among wreckage.
President Johnson names Austin banker-lawyer Edward A. Clark as ambassador to Australia. He expresses sympathy for Sanderson flood victims in Texas and signs a military appropriations bill totaling 15.4 billion dollars covering aircraft missiles naval vessels and research. Clark is a longtime Johnson ally who helped in the 1948 Senate race. The Australia post had been vacant since late last year after William C. Battle’s resignation.
Audit reveals Cohoes owes area schools a total of 160000 dollars according to a local state audit. Report notes financial discrepancies and potential implications for district funding.
In Chicago yesterday protesters organized three rallies and pledged a traffic stopping demonstration for astronauts Edward H. White II and James A. McDivitt. The pair will be feted with a neon ticker tape parade a dinner and fireworks before leaving for Ann Arbor. The protests, led by Albert Raby and the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations, aim to continue through the summer amid 450 arrests since Thursday and widespread traffic disruption. A July 22 march ended in sit down action at State and Madison streets with nearly 200 arrests including ministers priests and nuns.
More than one million people are expected as Edward H. White II and James A. McDivitt arrive for a Chicago welcome. Vice President Humphrey and Gov. Otto Kerner join Mayor Daley, NASA officials, and thousands in a Kennedy Expressway parade ending on Michigan Avenue.
In Alnwick England the dowager Duchess of Northumberland an old friend of Britain s Royal Family died at her home. She was 78 widow since 1930 and served as mistress of the robes to Queen Mother Elizabeth and chief trainbearer at her coronation. She hosted King Edward VII in youth and ran a WWII comfort fund earning the nickname Auntie Comfy. She leaves three sons and two daughters and cause of death was not announced.
Yugoslav President Tito returned to Belgrade after a five day visit to East Germany. He departed Berlin and flew home amid formal ceremonies and government talks with East German leaders.
London reports Harold Wilson prepared to pay a political price to save his government. He may postpone nationalizing steel and shelve other controversial reforms while focusing on passage of the finance bill. Conservatives see weakness and hope to topple the government in the remaining votes this session.
Vienna born philosopher and theologian Martin Buber dies at his Jerusalem home after a prolonged kidney ailment. President Zalman Shazar paid respects, two weeks earlier he received the Freedom of Jerusalem Award, and he had long urged bi national Arab Jewish understanding.
U S para troopers moved to Phuoc Vinh near Dong Xoai after a Viet Cong ambush devastated the Seventh Paratrooper Battalion, with 250 missing and 150 returning wounded or unharmed. A truck explosion killed three Marines at Chu Lai and air strikes hit targets near Hanoi and the south China coast.
Mrs. Waterhouse a 73 year old Akron Beacon Journal reporter for 30 years and a leading Ohio newspaper woman died after her car side swiped three vehicles and hit a pole in Akron. She was en route to work when stricken. She won numerous awards including Ohio newspaper woman of the year in 1950 and covered major stories such as the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and the Sam Sheppard murder case.
Premier Josef Cyrankiewicz opened the 34th international trade fair in Poznan as sixty nations from both sides of the Iron Curtain participated. The event signals broad participation across East and West blocs.
A former South Vietnamese defense minister urged a war government with austerity eight months into civilian rule hurt war efforts. Maj. Gen. Nguyen Van Thien said the regime must pursue strict measures to sustain the fight against communism. U.S. Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor then returned to Saigon after talks in Washington with President Johnson and other officials on Vietnam war course.
Thieu declares the military will not waste its front line offices as the government changes. He was the spokesman for top generals after Quat resigned and handed power to the military. A civilian-military cabinet is expected with military supremacy in authority.
The Public Service Commission in Albany temporarily blocked Greyhound Lines proposed five percent intrastate fare increase set for June 22. A public hearing will be announced to decide if the rise is justified, with exceptions only on routes already in competition with other carriers.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey told American University graduates that there is no substitute for power in facing determined aggression. Speaking at the commencement he noted his son Hubert H. Humphrey III in attendance and questioned whether the U S can endure a long conflict abroad to avert totalitarianism.
Patricia Augustus, a 19 year old dentistry student, won Miss Malaysia 1965 wearing a baby doll outfit instead of a swimsuit. Organizers fear she may not meet Miss Universe requirements, while Selangor bans swimsuits to preserve Asian morality. The 34 22 34, 100 pound winner departs for Tokyo en route to Miami Beach.
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