Dawson Case Goes to Jury Today in Albany Trial
The tax evasion case of former Cohoes Democratic leader William J. Dawson heads to a jury in U.S. District Court Albany. The government contends Dawson understated income 1959–1961 while the defense argues overreported income due to political contributions funneled to the Cohoes Newsweekly.
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Dawson
Cohoes
William J. Dawson
U.S. District Court At
Albany
Cohoes Publishing Corp
John Michalik
Democratic
Cohoes Elks
Langford
Michalik
Cohoes Holding Corp
Random Harvest
John A. Chestara
Australia
John Dawson
Edward J. Clark
James Cole
Police kill Abductor after Bristol boy rescue
Albert Bunn Jr. abducted 6 year old Michael Albee near Terryville. A chase by Grodecki and Lassi ended with police surrounding a woods scene. Bunn exchanged water for the boy, then was shot dead after officers closed in. Patrolman Nocera was wounded. Michael was unharmed.
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Bristol, Conn
Albert Bunn Jr
Bunn
Michael Albee
Michael
Albee Famiy
Grodecki
Ronald Lassi
Lassi
Donald Albee
Bristol
Wilfred Morin
Morin
Willie
Joseph Nocera
Jane LaForest
Nocera
Robert Grace
Grace
Conn
Albert L. Bunn
Boy 6 Bunn Captured After Rock Barricade Standoff
Bristol detectives Sgt Stanley Barton and Alfred Rafaniello opened fire when the suspect refused to surrender after grabbing at two girls and pursuing Michael. Michael, eventually safe at home, had been hidden yet voices could be heard and the family described the tense woodland escape.
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Bunn
Michael
Bristol
Stanley Barton
Alfred Rafaniello
Eva
Victoria
Romney's Sprint May Become Run in Michigan Race
Republican Governor George Romney began a third-term bid in Michigan, framing it as a sprint toward the White House. The early phase signals a broader national run plan as Romney navigates state politics and national ambitions.
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Romney
Lansing
Mich
George Romney
Michigan
White House
Morse Sees Viet Policy Repudiated in Oregon Result
In Washington Rep. Duncan’s hawk victory over Morgan fuels Morse’s claim that the Johnson Viet Nam policy will be repudiated by Oregon voters in the upcoming Senate race. Hatfield faced little GOP opposition in the primary. Morse linked the slate to broader antiwar sentiment and 1968 prospects.
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Washington
Oregon
Senate
Wayne Morse
Mark O. Hatfield
Morse
Robert B. Duncan
Howard Morgan
Hatfield
Johnson
Viet Nam
Morgan
House
House Vote Extends Minimum-Wage to Farm Workers
The House approved extending minimum wage coverage to farm workers in a 157 to 149 vote. An amendment by Rep. Anderson to limit reach to firms over 500000 in annual gross business passed 120 to 109, a move seen as a defeat for sponsors. Final decision expected today as Dent seeks a separate roll call.
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Washington
House
John B. Anderson
B-Ill
Anderson
John H. Dent
D-Pa
Dent
State Medicare Debate Forges on Loosening Eligibility
Witnesses at a two day hearing urged modifying New Yorks new medical aid law calling it the nations most liberal program. The plan sets eligibility at 6 000 yearly income for a family of four with 8 million of 18 million statewide to benefit. Opponents say the ceiling is too high and will raise costs and taxes while poorer states have lower limits. Proponents favor liberalizing changes and a possible deductible concept. The joint health and medicare panel heard sharp arguments as Sen. Tarky Lombardi Jr. called the law a tempest in central New York.
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William 8. Stevens
Albany
State Board of Social Welfare
Afl-Cio
Joint Legislative Committee On Health and Medicare
Tarky Lombardi Jr
Syracuse
New York
U S and China Hold Another Ambassadorial Meeting in Warsaw
In Warsaw, U S Ambassador John A. Gronouski and Chinese Ambassador Wang Kuo-chuan met for another session of their ambassadorial talks. The 130th formal session began about 11 years after the Geneva start, with two unscheduled talks bringing the total to 132. News cameramen were barred from the room, signaling tension over filming.
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Warsaw
Poland
United States
China
Washington
U.S
John A. Gronouski
Wang Kuo-chuan
Geneva
Wang
Hue funeral and protests surge over Ky regime
Thousands attend the Hue funeral of a rebel shot during a helicopter attack on Brig. Gen. Huynh Van Cao's unit, denouncing U S support for Ky. Police halted an anti American march as Buddhist leaders bow to a ban on a peace rally amid Vietnam turbulence. A U S diplomat cautions outcomes hinge on government response to the revolt.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
Huynh van Cao
1St Army Corps
United States
Legislature Battles Over Title 19 and City Fare Plans
Leaders clash over Title 19 medicaid changes and New York City tax packages. Senate hints at amendments from a joint committee with deductibility but Assembly Speaker Travia opposes changes unless errors are shown. Brydges seeks transit fare hike to 25 cents despite Travia’s opposition. Joint committee hearings wrap as policy stalemate looms.
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New York City
Earl W. Bitees
Senate
Anthony J. Travia
Assembly
Brydges
Travia
Sen. Brydges
Bar Lo
Joint Legislative Committee
Norman F. Lent
Long Island
Number Up For Boston Ex-Convict
Ex-convict Cornelius Hughes, 36, was killed in a dawn shooting on the Northeast Expressway in Revere Massachusetts. He was the 29th victim in the Boston underworld war that began on March 15, 1964. Police said a high powered rifle fired about 15 shots into his car as he drove alone.
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Revere
Mass
Cornelius Hughes
Greater Boston
Hughes
Boston
Chief Boo Hoo advocates LSD in religion at Senate hearing
Arthur Kleps known as Chief Boo Hoo testified that marijuana and LSD are harmless and vital to his Neo-American Church. He described LSD as locating the mind of God, while Senate officials pressed him on prior testimony about drug crises. Kleps, 38, leads Morning Glory Lodge with 500 members and churches across the Northeast, Florida and California.
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Washington
Arthur Kleps
Boo Hoo
Quentin N. Burdick
D. N.D
Senate
Kleps
New York
Burdick
Senate Judiciary
Syracuse
Morning Glory Lodge
Cranberry Lake
Florida
California
Turncoat Adams Returns Home From Communist China
Clarence Adams a U S Korean War turncoat crossed into Hong Kong with his Chinese wife and two children en route to Memphis Tennessee to see his mother He said he wanted to return home after more than a dozen years in China and was met by U S and British officials and Red Cross staff in the Hong Kong tissues before heading to a hotel for transport home.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Clarence Adams
China
Tennessee
Adams
Lowu
Hong Kong New Territories
U.S
Red Cross
Memphis
Tenn
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Barry Goldwater
Rom
Pennsylvania
U.s.-China
U. S
Bui Tuong Huan
Hue University
U S
da Nang
United Presbyterian Church of the
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William P. Thompson
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