Senate OKs Lottery Referendum in New York
The New York Senate approved a constitutional amendment 32 to 17 to seek voter permission for a state lottery tied to horse races, with projected annual gross of 500 million and net of 400 million for education. The measure moves to the Assembly as debates linger over adjournment and New York City borrowing needs.
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Albany
Senate
New Hampshire
Capitol Hill
New York
Robert F. Wagner
Joseph Zaretzki
Zaretzki
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Wagner
Hudson Defends County Money Handling By GOP
Rensselaer County Republicans gathered at their annual fund raising dinner with County Chairman Douglas Hudson defending the county administration. He warned that a Democratic majority on the County Board of Supervisors would bring peril. Raymond V. Humphreys, RNC education and training director, urged precinct organization and personal contact as keys to victory. Hudson, a candidate to regain his Assembly seat, criticized the Democrats in power and tied the outlook to the board's future.
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GOP
Rensselaer County Republican Committee
Crooked Lake Hotel
Dorothy Linton
Douglas Hudson
Martin B. Stack
Raymond V. Humphreys
Republican National Committee
Jack Short
Bob Fusco
Rensselaer County
Heard County
Board of Supervisors
Humphreys
Hudson
Assembly
County Board of Supervisors
Rocky Signs Two Anti Crime Bills
Gov. Rockefeller signed two anti crime measures creating an electronic intelligence laboratory and a division of police administration services within the local government office. The plan includes a voluntary information sharing program and advisory services to over 600 police agencies statewide. The Legislature delayed an anti integration bill as adjournment neared.
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Earl Aronson
Albany
Gov
Rockefeller
Office For Local Government
Police Administration Services
Assembly
Judiciary Committee
Gov. Rockefeller
Trio Guilty In Plot To Blow Up National Monuments
Three men were found guilty of conspiracy and smuggling in a plan to blow up the Statue of Liberty, Washington Monument, and Liberty Bell. The defendants, all Black Americans, face up to 10 years and $20,000 fines on each of two counts. A rookie cop's tip led to the arrest of the trio and a Canadian accomplice.
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New York
Washington Monument
Raymond Wood
Robert S. Collier
New York Public Library
Black Liberation Front
Lottery Bill Faces Bipartisan Resistance In Senate Debate
Republicans provided much of the opposition as the lottery bill faced scrutiny in the New York Senate. Senate Minority Leader Earl W. Brydges and finance Chairman Samuel Greenberg united to oppose the measure, arguing gambling revenue harms public schools and implies government endorses bankruptcy. Senator Elisha T. Barrett also condemned offering such a gamble to unsuspecting citizens.
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Senate
Earl W. Brydges
Niagara Falls
Finance
Samuel Greenberg
Brooklyn
New York
Greenberg
Brydges
Elisha T. Barrett
Suffolk County
U S Planes Strike Yen Phu Barracks In Vietnam Crisis
AP reporting from Saigon says American bombers destroyed Yen Phu military barracks 115 miles south of Hanoi as more than 100 U S and Vietnamese warplanes attacked North Vietnamese targets all day. Ground forces found firefight aftermath near Dong Xoai with hundreds dead or missing from a Viet Cong ambush on a French rubber plantation.
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Thuan Loi
Seventh Vietnamese Airborne Battalion
U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Yen Phu
Hanoi
Dong Xoai
Pentagon
Washington
William C. Hoover
San Diego
Calif
Hoover’s
Viet Nam
Air Force
Ca Mau
Chicago Welcomes Gemini 4 Astronauts With Giant Parade
Two million Chicagoans packed the Kennedy Expressway and streets for a ticker tape welcome for Gemini 4 crew James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II. The crowd surpassed the Elizabeth II visit crowd, while protesters gathered in Grant Park a mile away.
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Chicago
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Jack Reilly
Richard J. Daley
Queen Elizabeth of England
Kennedy Expressway
State
LaSalle Sts
City Hall
McDivitt
White
Grant Park
Shastri Sees Chance For Viet Peace Talks
Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri voiced hope for possible peace talks on Vietnam with North Vietnam at the center. He told a Ottawa news conference that discussions in coming days might lead North Vietnam to join a conference table. Shastri suggested limited direct Chinese intervention and predicted U S troop withdrawal eventually.
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Montreal
Lal Bahadur Shastri
India
Shastri
Ottawa
Commonwealth
London
Algiers
Canada
Red China
Viet Nam
U.S
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Johnson
Senate Passes Long Range Foreign Aid Overhaul Plan
The Senate approved a two year 3 243 170 000 per year foreign aid bill to overhaul aid with a 16 member planning commission and a cap of 50 nations. It calls for major changes, including a Latin American role for the OAS and joint plans for future arms help, while House opposition remains. The measure now goes to a conference committee to resolve differences with the House version.
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Washington
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Planning Commission
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate House Conference Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Agriculture Committees
South Viet Nam
Laos
Thailand
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Organization of American States
Latin America
Fulbright
OAS
U.S
Dominican Republic
Hemisphere
Cuba
Pioneer newscaster Kaltenborn dies at 86 in New York
H. V. Kaltenborn, renowned radio commentator who helped pioneer on the air news analyses since 1922, died at 86 after a heart seizure in Roosevelt Hospital. He traveled from Palm Beach to New York to visit five grandchildren and had a long career interviewing world leaders and reporting crises.
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New York
H. V. Kaltenborn
Roosevelt Hospital
Kaltenborn
Rolf
Palm Beach
Fla
Edward R. Murrow
Hitler
Mussolini
Chiang Kai-shek
Pope Prus XII
Munich
Nelson A. Rockefeller
U S Denies Nuclear Threat to Red China
Washington officials rejected a London Times report that the United States threatened China with a nuclear attack if it aided North Korea. State Department spokesman said the U S would honor treaty commitments to South Korea but had not issued any warning through official channels.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Red China
South Korea
State Dept.’s
Robert J. McCloskey
London Times
Johnson Urges Artists to Uplift Nation at White House Event
President Johnson told a White House art festival audience that artists bear responsibility to strengthen American culture even amid dissent over U.S. policy. He said art reveals shared human concerns and helps dissolve hatred and ignorance, while some guests voiced antiwar concerns and others declined invitations.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
America
John Hersey
Mark van Doren
Viet Nam
George E. Reedy
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