Taxes Up 18 Cents in County Budget Report
Livingston Jones reports a hold the line budget for Rensselaer County with a tentative general fund of 702,972.96 in appropriations and a total budget of 15,791,647.58, up from 1987 by 2,039,100. Welfare and Medicaid costs drive increases while a 275,000 surplus offsets part of the rise. The levy stands at 5,771,999.75 with a countywide tax base boosted by over three million in assessed real property value.
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Livingston Jones
Ing Rensselaer County
James M. Brahan
Board of Supervisors
Brahan
Viet Cong presses fourth day assault near Saigon
Viet Cong forces continued a fourth day attack on a Vietnamese district headquarters about 72 miles north of Saigon. The barrage included a 200 round mortar strike against American positions as the siege persisted into Wednesday.
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Saigon
Parade in Saigon defies Viet Cong mortar attacks
South Vietnam held a grand National Day parade with armor, rockets, jets, and helicopters as Viet Cong fired mortars at Independence Palace during a reception for U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey and President Thieu. Despite strikes, the parade proceeded with units from all services and a defector contingent among the marchers.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Independence Palace
Neuyen van Thieu
U.S
Hubert H. Humphrey
Thhree Cays
Thieu
Ngo Dinh Diem
Revolutionary Development
John F. Kennedy
Square
Nguyen Cao Ky
Armed Services
Vietnam
Presidential Palace
Nguyen van Thieu
Hubert Humphrey
Loc Ninh
North Vietnam
Canal Des Rapides
Hanoi
Marine AG
Navy
Thanh Hoa
Air Force
Two Bank Robbery Suspects Captured by Police Army
Clifton Daniels and Henry Gargano, both Chicago residents, were captured with two women after a large police surge at a resort cabin near Upper Fish Lake. Gargano wounded in the arm during the Northlake- Ul robbery, $83,783 taken. both men charged with bank robbery plus a Canton Ohio supermarket heist. Officers transported Daniels, Gargano, and the women to La Porte jail.
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LA Porte
Ind
Northlake
FBI
Clifton Daniels
Henry M. Gargano
Chicago
Upper Fish Lake
Indiana
Mary F. Cook
Annette Gargano Leonardo
Lemont
Harold A. Berger
Resi
Berger
Anata Porte County
UAW Leader Hints Scattered Strikes At GM Over Time
DETROIT AP A top United Auto Workers official signaled scattered strikes at certain General Motors plants if the company moves toward a potential industry wide walkout by scheduling excessive overtime. The warning frames a tactic to deter a buildup in GM output without triggering an immediate nationwide shutdown.
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UAW
Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
Ford Motor Co
California
Ford
U S economy marks 80 months of expansion since 1961
The AP reports the economy entered its 80th consecutive month of expansion in October 1961, the longest period since World War II. Indicators suggest records may fall for ongoing months, continuing since President Kennedy’s January 1961 inauguration.
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Wasi (Ap
John F. Kennedy
U S Steel reports 40 percent third quarter income drop
New York AP U S Steel Corp the leading steel producer said third quarter income fell more than 40 percent from a year earlier to 36.2 million or 67 cents a share on sales of 1.0127 billion. For the first nine months income was 120.8 million or 2.23 a share on sales of 3 150 billion. Blough blamed weak consumption and customer inventory liquidation plus higher costs and lower output.
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NEW York
US. Steel Corp
Roger M. Blough
U.S. Steel
Blough
License For Cacti In Auckland Sparks New Drug Rules
AP reports that New Zealanders must obtain a license to possess or search for certain Mexican cacti capable of producing mescaline. Authorities say the move aims to curb illicit drug production while regulating legal, ornamental, and research use.
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Auckland
New
Allegheny Ludlum Man Dies In Fall
Francis J. Hoefer, 57, of 110 Seventh Ave, a furnace man at Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp in Watervliet, died after falling about ten feet from a bin at the plant. Coroner holding autopsy decision. accident under investigation by plant officials. Hoefer, 18-year employee, survived by wife Rose Kupiec and daughters Joan and Elizabeth, funeral set at St Patrick's Church with interment in St Mary's Cemetery.
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Donald II
Morris Francis J. Hoefer
Seventh Ave
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp
Watervliet
Samaritan Hospital
Rensselaer County
Anthony KE. Matera
Hoefer
Mary Lehrmitz
Frank Hoefer
Steelworkers Union
St. Patrick's Church
Holy Name Society
Neiss
Rose Kupiec
Joan M
Elizabeth A. Hoefer
Troy
Troy Man Faces Driving Charge
A 14 year old Grafton girl Delores Crandall died after being struck on Route 2 at Grafton while 73 year old Josephine Somers was killed in front of her River Street home. Richard A Sosser 25 of Hawthorne Avenue charged with driving while intoxicated after the crash. Coroner reported multiple severe injuries to Somers.
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John J. McNamara
Grafton
Troy
Delores Ann Crandall
Jesse Crandall Jr
Lake Taconic Road
Josephine Somers
River St
Crandall
St. Mary's Hospital
Miss Somers
Ambulance Service Corp
Richard A. Sosser
Hawthorne Ave
Central Police Station
Rensselaer County
Robert Higgins F
Petersborg
River Street
Rensselaer Street
Sossei
Dead children prompt arrests of migrant parents in Florida
In Arcadia Florida two migrant orange pickers and parents of seven children who died from parathion poisoning were jailed after lie detector tests. James Richardson 32 and Annie Mae Richardson 29 faced murder warrants later changed to child neglect. The children aged 2 to 8 died after a lunch of grits beans rice and hogs head.
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Arcadia
Fla
DeSoto County
Gordon Hays
James Richardson
M. G. Allbritton
Hays
Frank E. Cline
Richardson
Annie Mae
Cline
Gerald Purvis
Egypt Israel Accuse Each Other of Ceasefire Violations
United Press International reports rising tensions as Egypt and Israel accuse one another of violating the cease-fire. Cairo says Israeli planes over Suez were repelled. Jerusalem denies overflight near the canal. Jordanian and Israeli forces exchanged fire across the Jordan River with no casualties reported.
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United Press International
Egypt
Israel
Middle East
Union Nations
Cairo
Suez
Jerusalem
Jordan River
Deaths in Rotterdam and Route 2 crash reported
A 8 year old Dane Wilcox was killed when struck by a tractor trailer near his Rotterdam Junction home. In a separate Route 2 accident Crandall girl ages 17 and companion were walking when a 1960 convertible hit them. driver Sarkis Parsakian stopped and reported the crash. Police listed numerous investigators and officials connected to the cases.
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Rotterdam
Rotterdam Junction
N.Y
Cap
Dane T. Wilcox
Schenectady
Frank Wilcox
Crandall
Alice Ann Dagle
Grafton
Wwere
Linda Vosburgh
Brunswick
Sarkis Parsakian
Sixth Ave. Watervliet
Parsakian
Enforcer slain in gangland killing in Miami
In a Halloween night slaying at the Place for Steak lounge in North Bay Village, Thomas Altamura known as The Enforcer was shot five times, two in the head. Anthony Esperti surrendered to police on a first degree murder charge, claiming mistaken identity as authorities investigated the motive.
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Miami
Fla
Thomas
Altamura
Miami Area
Anthony
Big
Tony’ Esperti
Totathe
Anamura
Esperti
Louis Vernell
Alisamura
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