Peace bid renewed as Congress debates Vietnam stance
The article covers renewed calls in Congress to repeal the 1964 Viet Nam war authorization while pledging to defend Southeast Asian freedom. It notes Morse and others urging repeal, Johnson urging negotiation, and White House messages urging Hanoi to seek peace with U.S. support for reconstruction if peace is chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leverett M. Saltonstall
Mass
Morse
Senate
Gruening
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dmign
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
House
Philip Burton
George Brown
California
William F. Ryan
New York
John Conyers
Michigan
Adam Clayton Powell
Dn.v
Viet Nam
Fulbright
United States
Southeast Asia
China
Richard B. Russell
Dva
Mike Mansfield
Montana
U.S
Mansfield
Jacob K. Javits
Rn.y
Johnson
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Gaylord Nelson
Dwis
Nelson
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
White House
Hanoi
Peace Corps
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
America
Cohoes Mayor Seeks Federal Aid for HERD Center Plan
An application filed by Paul G. Van Buskirk for 37350 in federal aid aims to fund a Health Environmental Rehabilitation and Development Center in Cohoes as part of the War on Poverty. The total project costs 45744 with 8394 in local in kind services, including 1320 in supervisory time by the building inspector. The HERD Center will oversee health, home management, financing, rehabilitation, demolition, and nonprofit planning to address 18.6 percent substandard housing from the 1960 census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
James E. McDonald
Paul G. van Buskirk
van Buskirk
McDonald
Village Elects March 15 Under New Charter
Village officers to be elected March 15 at Kavanaugh Hook and Ladder Fire House noon to 9 pm. No contest as Republican and Citizens parties endorse candidates. Officials include Hafensteiner mayor Pitcher Wagar Catallo Degnan Mullahey Schofield, with Bessette continuing tax collector. Catallo seeks third ward trustee. Taylor not seeking reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kavanaugh Hook and Ladder
Republican
Citizens
Lee H. Hafensteiner
Carlyle Pitcher
Robert W. Wagar
Anthony J. Catallo
Richard Degnan
James T. Mullahey
Gerald W. Schofield
Virginia Bessette
Charles S. Taylor
Catallo
Waterford Museum Arts Class For Children Begins Soon
Waterford Museum will sponsor an eight week arts and crafts class for children ages 6 7 and 8 funded by Waterford Youth Council Inc Registration runs through Sunday with a small fee The program begins Saturday March 12 at 9 30 a m in the Wesleyan Methodist Church Sunday School Room The class will be split into two groups of 12 with instructors Miss Ella Carr Miss Jane Lunney and David Wade listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterford Museum
Waterford
Waterford Youth Council, Inc
Paul Grattan
Museum
Edward Beaudoin
John Matthews
Paul Swingle
LeRoy Waltz
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Grattan
Ella Carr
Hoosie Valley Central School
Jane Lunney
Waterford- Halfmoon
David Wade
Waterford Halfmoon High Administers NM Scholarship Test
Waterford Halfmoon High School gave the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test to about 25 students yesterday. The 2.5 hour exam marks the first step in the 12th annual merit scholarship competition. Students aiming for 1967 awards must have taken the test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterford - Halfmoon
N.M.S.Q.T
Union Lenten Lectures Begin at First Baptist Church
The Union Lenten lecture series starts tonight at 7 30 p m in Waterford at the First Baptist Church with Dr George Morgan as guest lecturer. Morgan, a Princeton Theological Seminary graduate and Ph D from Edinburgh, will lecture on the Gospel of St John and a fellowship coffee hour follows. All Protestant churches in Waterford participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
George Morgan
Albany Presbytery
Waterford
Village fire officers meet at Knickerbocker Steamer Co
Village fire chief Fred J. Searle announces a meeting for all village fire officers at the Knickerbocker Steamer Co today at 7 30 p.m. The notice calls for attendance by all department members and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knickerbocker Steamer Co
Fred J. Searle
Discipleship Class Scheduled at First Baptist Church
Rev. Fred E. Rogers announces a discipleship class at First Baptist Church tomorrow at 3 45 p m. The session will be held at the church with participation open to members and neighbors interested in study and spiritual growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Fred E. Rogers
Short Circuit At Fuse Box Triggers Alarm In Cohoes
An overheated fuse box at Endicott-Johnson Shoe Store 88 Remsen St Cohoes short circuited yesterday at 6 22 pm drawing Cohoes Police and Fire Departments. Officers John Fonda Donald Ryan and Herbert E Day investigated with smoke present but no fire equipment needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Endicott-Johnson
Remsen St
Cohoes
Remsen
Ontario
John Fonda
Donald Ryan
Hebert E. Day
Tripolis Fair Opens With 27 Nations Participating
The Sth Tripoli International Fair opened with 27 nations and 250 firms taking part. The U S Pavilion showcases a lavish display of American goods available in Libya.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Libya
U.S
Man
Britain to Decimalize Currency in Feb 1971
Britain will change from pounds shillings and pence to a decimal system in February 1971 while keeping the pound as the major unit. The pound will be divided into 100 smaller units with various sub units and coins described, including shillings, florins, and pence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
James Callaghan
House of Commons
Callaghan
Australia
New Zealand
Prosecutor Names Candy Messler Most Guilty in Death Case
In Miami, prosecutor Arthur E. Huttoe argued Candy Messler is more guilty than her co-defendant Melvin Lane Powers in the murder of Jacques Mossler. He asserted she plotted the killing to obtain money and shield an incestuous relationship, while Powers allegedly carried out the stabbing. The judge and jury were told the evidence showed clear guilt for both defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
UPI
Candy Messler
Melvin Lane Powers
Candy
Jacques Mossler
Arthur E. Huttoe
Messler
Powers
Huttoe
Guilty Verdict For Schmid In 2 Murders In Tucson
A Tucson jury found 23 year old Charles Schmid guilty of murdering Gretchen Fritz 17 and Diane Fritz 15 and recommended the death penalty in the gas chamber. The judge set sentencing for March 11 and an appeal was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Charles Schmid
Schmid
William Tinney
Gretchen Fritz
Tax Penalty Assessed on Ross Brokerage in Bahamas
Federal Judge orders Leon I. Ross to pay 2.5 million dollars in tax on 2 million dollars in profits from a Venezuela oil deal. The case centers on Liberian and foreign holdings used to shield taxes, with 1.6 million in taxes, 700 thousand in interest, and 200 thousand in penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
New York City
Nassau
Bahamas
Richard H. Levet
Leon I. Ross
Ross and Co
Venezuela
U.S
Blau
Ross
Levet
Desert slayings of two sisters tied to suspect Schmid
A 13 year old sister Wendy and another girl were found dead in a desert near Tucson after an August 16 disappearance. Former friend Richard Bruns led police to the skeletal remains on November 10 the same day Schmid was arrested. Prosecutor William Schafer sought the death penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendy
Tucson
Schmid
Richard Bruns
William Schafer
Schmidt
Water Situation Improves in Northeast as 1966 Brings Rain
Dry conditions ease as January February and March bring heavy snow and rain. Northeast reservoirs rise from 165 to over 225 billion gallons, with cities like Boston Newark Worcester reporting record rainfall and wet Januarys.
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New York
Boston
Newark
N J
Worcester
Mass
New York City
Hugh Baillie Dies Renowned United Press Leader
Hugh Baillie, a longtime United Press journalist and former president, died at 75 in La Jolla California from heart failure. He led UP from 1935 to 1957, chaired the board for two more years, and earned exclusive interviews with figures including Hitler Mussolini Laval Chamberlain Hirohito MacArthur and Chiang Kai shek. His son Scott Baillie, a sports writer for UPI in San Francisco, was at his bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baillie
United Press
Adolph Hitler
Mussolini
Pierre Laval
Neville Chamberlain
Sicily
France
Hirohito
Douglas MacArthur
Chiang Kai Shek
Eleven Russians killed in Accra firefight at Flagstaff House
Eleven or more Russians including security personnel and technical aides were killed in Ghana during the five day revolution. Most losses occurred around Flagstaff House the presidential fortress compound where fighting was concentrated last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Accra
Ghana
Flagstaff House
Spain Expands Auto Industry With Surging Output
An economics study shows car manufacture in Spain rose 83 percent last year and ship building climbed 37 percent. Spain produced 159,145 cars in 1965, mainly by subsidiaries of foreign car firms that began production last year including Dodge Simea and Renault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Dodge
Simea
Renault
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Moyers
Union
Tripolis
Liberia
Hugh Baillie
Gordon L. Hayes
Sewing Machine Department
Gordon L Hayes i
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