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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1965
Page
1
The Luna-5 mission reached the moon near the Sea of Clouds but appeared to fall short of a true soft landing. Tass stated the flight gathered information for a soft landing system, while observers suspected retrorocket failure.
A Democrat led bill to abolish the death penalty in New York with two exceptions passed the Senate 47 to 9 after two hours of debate. It moves to the Assembly, with Governor Rockefeller’s stance still uncertain.
Gov. Rockefeller signed a mammoth $1.7 billion pure water program into law. He predicted the plan could reclaim the state's polluted waters within six years.
Governor Rockefeller praised Rep. John V. Lindsay's reconsideration of a gubernatorial run and said a Lindsay challenge to Mayor Wagner would make a significant race. He avoided denouncing Wagner and noted outcomes depend on fall referendum approval for a $1 billion bond issue to fund sewer and water pollution projects along the Hudson.
In Albany the Assembly overwhelmingly rejected a plan to require safety inspections for all new cars sold in New York State. The Senate had approved the measure, but it was killed on a show of hands with no debate.
The Vatican daily L Osservatore Romano says a monastery mystery near Rome implicates Capuchin monks in a large tobacco smuggling ring after the body of Pierino Scali and 64 000 in cigarettes are found at the St. Francis Monastery in Albano. The paper laments gossip and asks for clear investigations to identify the responsible individuals.
State Sen. F Warren Travers of Troy urged testing revised court rules before replacing capital punishment. The bill passed the Senate 47 9 amid opposition from Travers and support from Assemblyman Richard E Bartlett. Bartlett predicted swift Assembly approval, possibly as early as Tuesday.
U S forces in Viet Nam increase by about 2400 to roughly 46500 as Marines land at Chu Lai and Mana joins the 173rd Airborne to guard Bien Hoa Airport. West of Saigon, Song Be recovers after a major Viet Cong assault, with Lt Col Hill saying the plan to hold Song Be for 10 days failed. Increasing foreign help arrives, including 2000 Philippine troops and air strikes on targets near Vinh.
An interim government including government and rebel leaders emerged as the likely vehicle to restore peace in the Dominican Republic with elections aimed within six months. The United States backs OAS efforts to form this regime, while Caamano Deno showed openness to the plan and to an on-site OAS inquiry into communist influence. The draft includes all non Communist and non Trujillo loyalists, and may involve ex presidents and regional figures in support roles.
At the NATO spring ministerial, allies said the Viet Nam war threatens world peace but avoided endorsing Johnson’s policies. France urged withdrawal and unconditional peace talks only after bombing ends, while Rusk briefed ministers in London on U S strategy.
The House Judiciary Committee approved a provision banning poll taxes in state and local elections as part of the Johnson voting rights bill. The move follows a Senate rejection of an outright poll tax ban and aims to curb discrimination against Negroes and the poor. The panel also backed suspending literacy tests and expanding federal voter registration in much of the South.
The piece argues the 49 percent unemployment rate, based on a 1939 survey asking if respondents are looking for work, misrepresents hardship and shifts in job quality. It calls for a sharper, more accurate unemployment definition reflecting real hardship and labor-market changes.
In Pasadena California Timothy W Nicholson faces murder charges in the killing of his brother Todd, heirs to Cudahy Meat Packing and Pullman fortunes. Prosecution seeks first degree murder with possible death, while the defense argues the shooting was an impulsive accident during a family dispute over an insurance policy.
The nation experienced pleasant conditions with sunny skies and little rain. Overnight lows were in the 20s to 30s from Nevada to Montana, warming to 80s and 90s in the South, 60s to 70s in the North, with scattered clouds in the Appalachians, southern plains, and Southwest. Fort Worth measured half an inch of rain in six hours.
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