Ellender Opposes SST Revival If Cost Jumps
Sen. Allen J. Ellender, longtime SST advocate and Appropriations chair, urged colleagues not to revive the supersonic transport if costs rise by 500 million dollars or more. He cited Boeing estimates of higher protoype costs and warned the Senate should know the price before a 7 billion dollar funding bill vote.
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Washington
UPI
Allen J. Ellender
Appropriations Committee
Ellender
Louisiana Democrat
LST
Senate
Boeing Aircraft Corp
Pope Urges Media to Reduce Tensions on World Day
Pope Paul VI urged the press radio and television to reject methods that aggravate tensions and division. In a World Communications Day message released by the Vatican he called for media to aid social progress with understanding and love and to promote dialogue and peaceful brotherhood.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Albany Insurance School announces next term opening
Albany agents and brokers school organized since 1942 offers night classes fully approved by the State Insurance Department to prepare students for state examinations. Next term opens Monday June 7, 1971. Write for information. Big corporations train future executives.
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Albany Agents and Brokers School, Inc
State Insurance Department
Youths Riot in Brooklyn Ghetto Fire Fifth Street Clashes Continue
In Bedford Stuyvesant youths clashed after a resident was shot by a policeman. Rudy Simms died after a knife fight with another man and a confrontation with Patrolman Paul Bliss. It marked a second major disturbance in two weeks with mobs looting and fires.
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Bedford-Stuyvesant
Rudy Simms
Paul Bliss
Brooklyn
Brownsville
Chicago
South Side
Stanley Kaplan
NATO Aide Attacks Mansfield Troop Reduction Plan
In Florida President Nixon faces NATO criticism as Secretary General Brosio warns that halving U S troops in Europe could weaken alliance and shift to a risky trip-wire approach. Nixon plans White House meetings with GOP leaders and a push to defeat Mansfield's amendment extending the draft law. Former presidents Truman and Johnson back the White House stance.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Manlio Brosio
NATO
Senate
Mike Mansfields
U.S
Europe
Brosio
Florida White House
Wash
Ington
White House
Mansfield
Harry S. Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
State Senate Approves Prepaid Health Plans Bill
The New York State Senate backed a bill to promote prepaid comprehensive health plans with nonprofit medical corporations. Members said dues would cover unlimited doctor visits and necessary hospitalization, cutting costs by 20 to 30 percent versus traditional care. The measure aims to spur preventive care and early treatment while curbing private practice fees.
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Albany
N.Y
State Senate
Tarky Lombardi
Syracuse
Trial Opens Of Black Lawmen In Tuskegee
In Alabama, Sheriff Lucius Amerson and Deputy Richard Coleman Jr., both black, face federal civil rights charges after a Tuskegee gunfight with a white prisoner. The defense says they acted to protect themselves. the government argues they sought summary punishment after the incident. Harris, a black suspect, was arrested for drunken driving and later charged with assault with intent to murder in state court.
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Opelika
Ala
Alabama
Lucius Amerson
Richard Coleman Jr
Macon County
Amerson
Tuskegee
Coleman
Wilbert Dean Harris
Harris
U.S
Spa Woman Arrested After High Speed Crash In Greenfield
A 22 year old Saratoga Springs woman Kath leen H Carpenter escaped serious injury after a car she drove at speeds up to 90 mph crashed in Greenfield. Police say she ignored a siren and sped through multiple roads before losing control and overturning, then was treated for minor injuries and released. She faces numerous charges in Saratoga Springs City Court and Greenfield Justice Court.
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Saratoga Springs
Greenfield
Greenfield Justice Court
Spa
Kathleen H. Carpenter
North Broadway
Robert Flanagan
Gary Rhodes
First Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Greenfield Avenue
Saratoga County
Saratoga Hospital
Sheriff's Department
Death ruled accidental overdose of drugs in Hudson Falls
The 22 year old Clif ford Carlisle of Hudson Falls died March 26 in Kerhankson Town Ulster County. Coroner Arthur C. Chipp ruled the death an accidental secubarbital intoxication with pulmonary and liver congestion. A note with the body said not self inflicted.
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Clifford Carlisle
Hudson Falls
Ulster County
Arthur C. Chipp
Carlisle
Kerhankson
Chipp
Provisions Of SS Bill At A Glance
Washington AP outlines key Social Security provisions in the omnibus bill approved by the House Ways and Means Committee. The package includes a 5 percent across the board increase in benefits starting June 1 1972 automatic cost of living adjustments higher widows benefits larger early retirement pensions and raised earnings limits for pension eligibility from 1680 to 2000 plus higher payroll taxes with a 145 increase next year for high earners and further rises starting in 1975.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Resor Sees Combat Role Cut By Fall
Secretary of the Army Stanley R. Resor said remaining U S troops in Vietnam will be unable to significantly affect combat activity by fall. He noted the major combat role has shifted to South Vietnam and will continue to shift with possible future American operations in coming months.
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Washington
Stanley R. Resor
U.S
Vietnam
Resor
Nixon
South Vietnam
South
Rain aids fighters of forest fire near Ely Minnesota
A spotty quarter inch rain helped contain a four day blaze in the BWCA area of Superior National Forest northwest of Ely. By Monday about 15,000 acres burned and costs neared 1 million dollars as officials said the fire was likely man caused and patrol aircraft first spotted it Friday afternoon.
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Ely
Minn
Superior National Forest
Joe Harn
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
BWCA
Minnesota
Voyageurs’ National Park
Forest Service
Apollo Chapter Set For Visitation
William A. Mat sunaye Jr. former grand high priest of New York will visit Apollo Chapter R A M in Troy at 7 30 p m Wednesday. Harold H Hughes will supervise as high priest. The session closes the season with plans to resume in September.
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Grand Chapter
State of New York
William A. Matsunaye Jr
Medford Station
L.I
Apollo Chapter
R.A.M
Troy Masonic Temple
Harold H. Hughes
Rail Strike Triggers Congressional Action on Rail Bargaining
A nationwide rail signalmen strike seeks a 54 percent wage hike retroactive to Jan 1 1970 as three lines remain unaffected. President Nixon urges Congress to act, proposing options to curb strikes and overhaul Railway Labor Act procedures amid ongoing bargaining and a pending Supreme Court ruling.
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Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
South Shore
South Bend
Long Island Railroad
United Transportation Union
Hodgson
Nixon
Senate
House
Organized Labor
Area Rail Service Halted by Nationwide Walkout
Area passenger and freight rail service stopped at 6 a.m. as nationwide strike began. In the Albany region 2,300 to 2,500 D and H workers affected while Mechanicville and Selkirk yards halt to single-track condition. A 27-car B and M freight derailed near Shelburne Falls delaying service for days.
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Washington, D.C
Signalmen’s Union
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Albany
Mechanicville
Selkirk
Colonie
D&h
Boston & Maine
Penn-Central
B&m
Shelburne Falls
Mass
Greenfield
Boston
No. 2
Deerfield River
Architect Convicted in Bid to Kill Nationalist China Official
In Manhattan Supreme Court the second defendant Tzo Tsai Cheng 33 of Jackson Heights Queens was found guilty of attempted murder and illegal possession of a weapon for his role in the plan to kill the vice premier of Nationalist China. The jury deliberated three hours and sentencing was set for July 6 with Cheng free on 90000 bail. He testified in his own defense and pleaded not guilty.
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New York
China
Manhattan
Supreme Court
Tzo-Tsai Cheng
Jackson Heights
Queens
Howard Baer
Cheng
Fair Warm Weather Across Nation With Localized Snow
The day brought generally pleasant temperatures nationwide with 80s across most regions and a few spots in the West cooler. Utah and Idaho saw 3 to 4 inches of snow melting quickly, while the upper Midwest faced developing showers and thunderstorms and a tornado watch in parts of Iowa Nebraska Missouri and Kansas.
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