Former Troy Priest Heads For Alaska Archbishop Ryan elevated to Anchorage archbishop
The Albany priest Most Rev. Joseph Thomas Ryan was consecrated archbishop of Anchorage Alaska in Albany Cathedral. Cardinal Spellman officiated assisted by Troy clergy and Albany bishops as hundreds witnessed a solemn ceremony with ecumenical presence and televised coverage. The rite, lasting two hours and twenty minutes, featured a forced procession, anointment, and presentation of the crozier ring and gospel book. The event drew politicians and local clergy including Congressman Leo W. O'Brien Albany Mayor Erastus Corning II and Rt. Rev. Msgr. James G. Hart.
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Joseph T. Ryan
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Ryan
George Hakim
Galilee
Albany
Joseph Thomas Ryan
Anchorage
Alaska
Eledt Ryan
Allen W. Brown
Albany Episcopal Diocese
Charles B. Persell
Cardinal Spellman
Robert F. Hart
Francis A. Hoar
Troy
James G. Hart
John L. Jones
Sisters of St. Joseph
Sisters of Mercy
Marie A. Ryan
Minnie Patterson
Leo W. O’brien
Erastus Corning II
Spellman
Archbishop Ryan
Madison Avenue
Marine
McKenna
John Joseph Thomas Ryan
Edward J. Maginn
Albany Catholic Diocese
Edward E. Swanstrom
New York
Maginn
Swanstrom
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Nationwide antiwar protests erupt with arrests across states
A new round of anti-Vietnam War demonstrations spread from Massachusetts to California with at least 27 arrests. Protests included sit downs at Boston Army Base and Cambridge draft boards, a Chicago firm, and clashes at Ann Arbor offices. Speakers praised by Viet Cong leaders and calls for a larger international day of protest accompanied counteractions by pro-government groups.
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Massachusetts
California
Boston
Roosevelt University
Chicago
Selective Service
Draft Board
Ann Arbor
Mich
Cambridge
Mass
Morrow
Frank Emspak
National Coordinating Committee
Viet Nam
U.S
Mintz Dies Of Heart Ailment After Bribery Conviction
Former New York Republican Assemblyman Hyman Mintz died of a heart condition at Bellevue Hospital two days after being sentenced to a year in jail for a bribery plot. The Catskill area figure faced a $100,000 racing scandal and a grand jury probe. He was 57 and had been moved from Rikers Island to the hospital after his imprisonment.
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New York
Hyman (Bucky) Mintz
Bellevue Hospital
Catskill
Mintz
Upstate
Bellevue
Rikers Island
Sullivan County
New York City
Operation Texas Ends Viet Cong Push With 1236 Killed
U S Marines and South Vietnamese troops claim to have killed or wounded 1236 Communists in Operation Texas on the central coastal plains. The Viet Cong 1st Regiment was among those smashed as 5000 Leathernecks and Vietnamese forces used 6 000 pounds of dynamite to blow abandoned fortifications in Quang Ngai Province. A company of the 9th Marine Regiment repelled a predawn attack in Quang Nam Province near Da Nang, killing 42 Viet Cong with light casualties. Navy and Air Force pilots attacked Hanoi Haiphong facilities, while one plane was reportedly shot down according to a Hanoi dispatch.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Texas
Quang Ngai Province
9Th Marine Regiment
Quang Nam Province
da Nang
Leathernecks
U.S. Navy
Air Force
Viet Nam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Hanoi
New China News Agency
Two Seek Troy School Board Seat Amid Nomination Window
Christopher A. Brignola and Dr Joseph F Marcelli joined four other hopefuls for the Troy Board of Education five year term. L Merrick Bryce announced May 3 election plans and petitions are due by April 17. Other contenders include Mrs Herbert P Catlin and Dan G Farano.
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Christopher A. Brignola
Troy Board of Education
Joseph F. Marcelli
Hudson Valley Community College
L. Merrick Bryce
Herbert P. Catlin
Dan G. Farano
Bryce
No Butter For Army Air Force Switch to Margarine
The Defense Department ordered the Army and Air Force to end butter purchases and switch to margarine due to rising butter costs. Butter costs about 70 cents a pound while margarine runs about 16 cents. Navy remains unaffected. Representative Stratton criticized the move, predicting nutrition and dairy industry impacts and promising a full review.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Air Force
Pentagon
Navy
Samuel S. Stratton
Dn.y
Department
Stratton
Air Force debunks Michigan UFO sightings as swamp gas
Dr. J Allen Hynek, Air Force consultant, says two day sightings near Dexter and Hillsdale were likely swamp gas not UFOs. Hynek told an overflow press conference he studied March 20 and 21 reports from witnesses but avoided broader claims. Many officers and others remain unconvinced about the explanations offered.
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Detroit
Michigan
Special Air Force
J. Allen Hynek
Ann Arbor
Hillsdale
Hynek
Northwestern University
Air Force
Dexter
Legislators to Meet with Lindsay at Capitol
Albany sources report Senate Majority Leader Earl Brydges and other lawmakers will meet with New York City Mayor Lindsay at the state capitol Monday to discuss a 520 million tax package including a commuter tax. Lindsay will be accompanied by his fiscal advisers as lawmakers weigh business tax hikes and a possible transit fare increase.
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Albany
UPI
Lindsay
State Capitol
New York City
Senate
Earl Brydges
Niagara Falls
Brydges
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Msgr
William M. Slavin
United Press International
Southeast Asia
University of California
Los Angeles
Johnson
J. F. Marcelli
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