Gonyea Attacks City Council Races Fury Over Casey Question
City Manager Adrian Gonyea accuses Troy Council members of hindering his operation while saying he has no quarrel with Republican County Chairman Joe Casey or Democratic chair Edward McDonough. He singles out Frank Popp Lawrence Meyer and Martin Stack as co conspirators in ouster plans, and reiterates he will quit by November 29.
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Adrian Gonyea
Frank P. McDonald
Gonyea
Rensselaer County
Joseph F. Casey
Frank Popp
Lawrence Meyer
Martin B. Stack
Casey
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Joe Casey
Ed McDonough
Troy
Frank McDonald
Gongea
Collins
Meyer
Popp
Stack
Edward F. McDonough
Adrian C. Gonyea
Cholakis
Grand Jury To Get Vote Fraud Case
Rensselaer County District Attorney Don G Cholakis said he has affidavits and death certificates indicating absentee ballots were illegally voted. He will present the evidence to a grand jury while rejecting offers to mediate Troy politics.
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Rensselaer County
Don G. Cholakis
Civic group urges Troy to name citizen advisory for city manager
A Citizens Advisory Board is urged to assist the Troy City Council in selecting and working with a professional city manager. The Greater Troy Chamber of Commerce president and 20 directors call for an eight to ten member panel from local groups to work with the council, report quarterly, and help set city guidelines.
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Troy City Council
Kenneth T. Lally
Greater Troy Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Troy
Greater Troy Chamber
Troy to Consider Record Budget and Tax Hike
The 1970 Troy budget proposes an overall appropriation near 10 million dollars the highest in city history and a basic tax rate around 39.35 per thousand a rise of about 3.10 over the current levy The City Council meets at 8 p m in the Rensselaer County Courthouse with Mayor Lawrence D Meyer presiding The adopted 1969 budget included 7 712 896 for general funds 1 556 000 for water and 399 000 for sewer services
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Troy
Rensselaer County
Lawrence D. Meyer
City of
Rensselaer
Troys
Decorated Vietnam Vet Hijacks Jet to Rome in Sizable Stunt
A gunman believed to be Lance Cpl. Raffaele Minichiello hijacked Trans World Airlines Flight 85 from Los Angeles to San Francisco, forcing a 6,900 mile flight to Rome after stops in Denver New York Bangor and Shannon. FBI and airport police pursued as the craft landed at Fiumicino Airport. The hijacker reportedly celebrated his 20th birthday and held a crew hostage for 18 hours while firing once at the cockpit roof.
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Rome
Trans
Fiumicino
Atlantic
Europe
American
Ireland
Pentagon
Cairo
Italy
TWA
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Fresno
Denver
New York
Bangor
Maine
Shannon
United States
Lance Cpl
Raffaele Minichiello
Seattle
Wash
Camp Pentleton
Calif
Kennedy Airport
FBI
Senate Approves Large Tax Reform Bill for Relief
Senate Finance Committee backs a broad tax reform package projecting $9 billion in annual relief for individual taxpayers and $6.5 billion in revenue gains from reforms. The measure, described as historic, would cut rates, boost the standard deduction, and remove millions from itemizing. A conference pact with the House is planned before final passage.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate
House
Nixon
Troy Woman 75 Succumbs To Burns In Twin Town Fire Tragedy
A two alarm blaze in a Rensselaer home killed four year old Linda Moxon and severely burned Marguerite M. Cusack 75 of Troy. Coroner cites asphyxia for the child. Cusack dies later at Albany Medical Center Hospital from extensive burns. Fire crews battled smoke and heat after arriving to a fully involved second floor structure.
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Rensselaer
Troy
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Linda Moxon
1St St
Marguerite M. Cusack
Rensselaer County
Ira van Wormer
Moxon
Linda
Gail Hulsapple
U S Air Strikes Inflict Heavy Casualties Near Saigon
U S fighter bombers and helicopter gunships killed 41 enemy soldiers northeast of Saigon with no American casualties. Elsewhere in South Vietnam 24 enemy soldiers died as four Americans were killed or wounded. B52 bombers retaliated with up to 300 tons of bombs on enemy positions.
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Saigon
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Phouc Binh
South Vietnam
Bu Prang
Duc Lap
Pranks Involving Razor Blade Apples Reported In Troy
Teenage residents and parents report several trick or treat incidents in Troy with apples containing razor blades copper wire strands and needles. Police call the pattern statewide dangerous and note no injuries. Vandalism also rises with paint tossed on cars and eggs thrown in multiple neighborhoods.
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Troy
Jacob St
Ruth Lewis
8Th St
Ruth Ann
Bump
9Th St
Raymond J. Quinn
R-1
Locust Ave
Griswold Heights
Lansingburgh
South Troy
Malta
Round Lake
UAW Chief Supports GE Strike Rally at Cincinnati Plant
UAW President Walter Reuther visited a General Electric plant near Cincinnati to show solidarity five days into a nationwide strike that has halted or slowed operations at most GE plants nationwide. No negotiations were underway as the 13 union action continues, with GE reporting all plants remained open. Pentagon sources cautioned early assessments on impact.
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UAW
United Automobile Workers
Walter Reuther
General Electric Company
Evendale
Ill
James Ogden
Detroit
Reuther
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
General Electric
Cincinnati
Pentagon
Klein Convicted in First Degree Murder Case
In White Plains New York Julius Klein 44 of Babylon was found guilty of the first degree murder of 19 year old Irene Brandt a go go dancer at his Long Island discotheque. The verdict came Friday in State Supreme Court after venue was moved from Suffolk County for the trial.
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White Plains
Julius
Julie
Klein
Long Island
State Supreme Court
Suffolk County
Babylon
Irene Brandt
Guerrillas Claim Three Lebanese Villages Seized
Palestinian guerrillas announced they seized three Lebanese villages after a 14 hour battle with Lebanese army units. The claimed villages are Mashta Hassan Mat ta Hammoud and Shadra. Lebanese reports said the Mashta Hassan post was repelled with no casualty figures released.
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Voice of Palestine
Cairo
Mashta Hassan
Matta Hammoud
Shadra
Beirut
Yasir Arafat
al Fatah
Lebanon
Syria
Rashaya
Ahia
Israel
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