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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1971
Page
4
The House postponed a vote on a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18, delaying action until next Tuesday. The move surprised state legislatures awaiting ratification and follows a funding dispute over the supersonic transport. Ratification requires 38 states.
Buffalo AP Sister Elizabeth McAlister one of seven accused of plotting to blow up heating systems in federal buildings and kidnap Henry Kissinger urged Erie Community College students to practice non serious resistance. She promoted acts like pouring blood on draft records and napalm burning as symbolic protest while distancing herself from violence.
Governor Rockefeller orders deep budget cuts for 1971 72 amid Republican revolt and business opposition. Only a sales tax increase appears possible, a plan facing strong Democratic and business opposition as lawmakers push for restraint and tax reform.
About 102 Green Berets parachuted into North Adams airport for an overnight exercise and were met by around 300 protesters from Williams, North Adams State, Berkshire Community colleges and Mt. Greylock schools. Demonstrators, some shouting obscenities, displayed a coffin replica and wound-painted mannequins before troop movement into the reserve woods.
President Nixon will fly to New York on Friday for the funeral of Thomas E. Dewey who died Tuesday in Bal Harbor Florida at St James Episcopal church. A partial travel list includes Secretary William P. Rogers Attorney General John Mitchell White House counselor Robert Finch Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott and Senators Jacob Javits and James Buckley.
A gunman robbed a savings and loan, used a woman teller and the manager as shields, and was captured after a high speed chase near Deltona. He and a second hostage were freed. the robber was hospitalized in Sanford with injuries not yet detailed.
Environmental activists told the Senate Muskie subcommittee that U S water quality is deteriorating and that existing and proposed laws fail to curb pollution. They urged stronger enforcement of the 1899 Refuse Act and criticized both Muskie and Nixon administration bills as weaker than needed for effective pollution control.
President Marcos told UPI that many Asian nations are puzzled by the Nixon Doctrine and its meaning. He said the training of native troops and equipment support follow a troop withdrawal phase and urged advance US notice before changes in Asia policy.
A vigorous mid March storm battered the midcontinent with blizzard conditions gusting to 85 mph and near zero visibility. Nebraska Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota faced heavy snow, downed lines, and school closures while western Nebraska reported damage from a wall of wind at Broken Bow and heavy snow across the Custer and Rapid City areas.
George Olsen, famed band leader of the 1920s to 1940s, died at 78 on his birthday in Paramus New Jersey. His radio show hosted Jack Benny in 1932 and featured dancer George Murphy among others. Olsen’s band backed Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway shows, with singer Ethel Shutta in the 1930s. Survived by Mrs Olsen, two children and four grandchildren. Funeral set for Saturday at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
The prosecutor labels Charles Manson and his followers as human monsters in closing arguments over the Tate and eight other murders. Defense lawyer Kanarek praises Manson as possibly innocent while urging spared life for psychiatric study. The trial moves toward jury deliberation on death or life imprisonment.
Federal grand juries in Utica and Auburn investigate the Albany South Mall state office project. U S Attorney James Sullivan cites a court order restricting details. Earlier Albany reports said a Albany jury would probe loansharking gambling payroll fraud and theft of materials at the site near the Capitol.
New York observers gathered at Frank E. Campbell funeral church as Thomas E. Dewey lay in state in an African mahogany coffin draped with red carnations. U N representative George Bush and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller sent floral tributes while Barbara Stanwyck sent a bouquet. Funeral services were set for Friday afternoon at St James Church Manhattan with burial in Pawling New York where Dewey owned a farm. Dewey died Tuesday at Miami Beach Florida from a heart attack.
In Belfast thousands gather outside Parliament to demand Premier James Chichester Clarke resign. Inside, Clarke says Britain will send 1 300 more troops to curb sectarian violence as British soldiers guard Stormont with about 9 700 troops total in Northern Ireland.
The Commerce Department reports a sharp rise in the federal deficit for Q4 1970 at an annual rate of 17.5 billion, the highest relative to GNP since 1958, with total 1970 deficit at 11.5 billion. Corporate pre tax profits fell to 77.5 billion annual rate, down 7 billion from Q3 and over 15 billion below 1969 peak.
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