Old Aetna Mill Fire Destroys Building and Nearby Streets
A general alarm fire at the Aetna Mill Building on 80 Second Ave near 102nd Street destroyed most of the structure early yesterday. Three business firms on the site were ruined and residents on Second and Fifth Avenues were evacuated. About 130 firefighters battled the blaze, with four injured, as flames climbed near 100 feet. Investigators cited no cause and loss was estimated around 500000 dollars.
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102Nd Street
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Fifth Avenues
Fitzgerald Brothers
River Street
Sheehan
Rensselaer County
Waterford
Albany Fire Department
Troy
Central Market
S&h Green Stamp Redemption Center
Second Avenue
Troy Television Corp
Fifth Avenue
Troy Make Corp
Pirless Furniture Manufacturing Company, Inc
Air Attacks Isolate Hanoi In Vietnam War
US air operations since mid April cut all main routes into Hanoi from Haiphong and from China. An Air Force spokesman said the arteries to Hanoi are interdicted though bypasses may slow supply movement. Aerial photos confirm destruction of bridges and highways into the capital.
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South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Haiphong
China
U.S
Air Force
North
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Red China
Communist Journalist Under Fire in Peking
Teng To, former editor in chief of Peking People’s Daily, was attacked by official and minor party newspapers as antiparty and antisocialist. The Liberação Army Daily and Kwangming Jih accused him of anti-socialist acts and cited his 1961 book Wild Mountain Swallow as evidence of opposition to communism. He is described as a close associate of high party officials.
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Peking
Teng To
Peking People’s Daily
Teng
The
Liberation Army Daily
Kwangming Jih Ten Peking
Daiy
Jih Pao
Peking Morning
Chien Hsieng
Peking Radio
Communist Party
Per
Turncoat Returning To U S
Clarence Adams of Memphis is expected to cross into Hong Kong with his Chinese wife and two children as one of three Korean War turncoats still in Red China. The group and 21 originals are chronicled with Adams and Veneris among the last to emerge, while other details cover related Vietnam War era air and ground actions and Saigon political moves.
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Hong Kong
Clarence Adams
Memphis
Tenn
China
Howard Adams
Corsicana
Texas
James Veneris
Hawthorne
Calif
Adams
Europe
Morris Wills
Fort Ann
Connally Wins Big In Texas Primary Victory
Gov. John Connally swept the Texas Democratic primary amid liberal challenges led by Sen. Ralph Yarborough. Houston voters nominated Barbara Jordan for state senate and Curtis Graves for the state house, with Joseph Lockridge securing a Dallas house nomination. Crawford Martin led a tight attorney general race with about 46 percent, forcing a runoff.
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UPI
John Connally
U. S
Ralph Yarborough
Houston
Barbara Jordan
State Senate
Crawford Martin
Martin
Washers and Furniture Sell Fast at Bargain Prices
Advertisers in The RECORD NEWSPAPERS classifieds tout an automatic Frigidaire washer in good condition sold for 55 dollars. The buyer gained value while the seller received cash, highlighting the everyday success of local classifieds in moving household items no longer needed.
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Record
Schlesinger Says LBJ Lacks Judgment On Viet Nam
Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. warned President Johnson may lack self confidence and overrule wrong Viet Nam advice from the State Department and military. He said Johnson’s instincts favor Vietnam policy but he has absorbed faulty guidance. he challenged Dean Rusk’s view that Hanoi governs the Viet Cong. Rusk dismissed Schlesinger as Asia-knowledgeable.
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LBJ
Viet
New York
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
Johnson
Viet Nam
State Department
CBS
Dean Rusk
United States
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
Peking
Rusk
ABC Radiotelevision
Asia
U.S
Three Troy Area Residents Die in Separate Auto Crashes
A Glens Falls woman dies in New Jersey crash and two Troy area residents perish in separate incidents. Thomas E. Shannon, 18, of Cohoes, dies at Ellis Hospital after a 1960 sedan crash sparked a fire. Joyce Angelo, 41, of Schenectady, dies on arrival at the same hospital.
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Glens Falls
New Jersey
Thomas E. Shannon
John D. Shannon
Mohawk St
Cohoes
Joyce Angelo
Belle Meade Ct
Schenectady
Kathryn H. Okeson
Glen St
Shannon
Ellis Hospital
Louis Angelo
Shannon Auto
Grand Boulevard Company
Niskayuna
Legislature to Act on Anti-Strike Bills
In Albany the Legislature returns from a four day recess to debate anti strike measures. The GOP Senate will move Rockefeller's bill to replace the Donovan Wadlin law with penalties for public employee strikes while Democrats back their own bill in the Assembly. Democrats argue mediation can settle disputes without penalties.
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Albany
Senate
House
Gov
Rockefeller
Assembly
Heart Attack Fatal To Sen. Barrett
Sen. Elisha T. Barrett of Brightwater dies at 63 from a heart attack at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Taken to the hospital Friday night, he was described as improved earlier Sunday. Dr. Samuel Kantor reported the death. Barrett had a history of heart trouble amid a New York Republican governorship.
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Albany
Elisha T. Barrett
Brightwater
Albany Medical Center
Samuel Kantor
Suffolk County Republican
Two Car Crash Kills Motorist in Route 12
Bernard Force, 19, of Johnson City died in a two car crash on Route 12, 15 miles north of Johnson City. State Police fined Donald Turner, 25, of Binghamton, the driver of the second car, $25 for speeding.
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Hanoi
Saigon
U.S. 1St Cavalry Armobile
Bong Song
Johnson City
UPI
Bernard Force
Route 12
Here
Donald Turner
Binghamton
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