Gonyea Scolds Council and Taxes Up City Budget
City Manager Adrian C. Gonyea presented a 10 248 917 budget for 1970 boosting the tax rate by 2.87 per 1000 assessed value and urged a public hearing set for 8 p m on November 15. The plan, the first 10 million dollar city budget, trims 54 positions to hold costs under the constitutional limit, with 13 in Public Works and 17 in Water Bureau.
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Adrian C. Gonyea
Gonyea
Dept. of Public Works
Water Bureau
Lawrence D. Meyer
Thomas Brown
Jack Short
Council
International City Management Association
Six Hijackers Surrender After Leaving Cuba at Plattsburgh
Six Americans accused of separate airplane hijackings surrendered to FBI agents in Plattsburgh New York after leaving Cuba on a freighter. One suspect brought his 4 year old daughter. They face air piracy and kidnapping charges as FBI reports state.
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Plattsburgh
N.Y
FBI
Cuba
Thomas George Washington
Jennifer
Montreal
Luis Arces Bergnes
Champlain
Albany
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Hoover
Thomas J. Boynton
Raymond Anthony Sr
Baltimore
Gary
Ind
Ronald Thomas Bohle
Michigan City
A. Wallis
Joseph C. Crawford
U.S
Casey
Italian Officials Ready To Try Marine Blamed In Jet Piracy
In Rome prosecutors pursue charges against Raphael Minichiello the 20 year old US Marine linked to a jet hijacking from California to Rome. The hijacked Trans World Airlines crew returns to New York as Minichiello faces a detailed Italian inquiry and separate U S cases unfold for six men who fled Cuba aboard the Luis Arces Bergnes.
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Rome
Raphael Minichiello
Italy
Trans World Airlines
California
United States
Massing Carli
U.S
Regina Coeli
Queen of Heaven
Tiber River
Minichiello
Political Bosses Predicting Victory
On the eve of election the two major parties in Rensselaer County clash over control with Joseph F. Casey predicting continued Republican dominance and Edward F. McDonough forecasting a Democratic landslide. Fiscal critique follows as Gonyea urges abolishing 19 vacant and 35 filled positions and exposes misstatements in prior budgets.
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Rensselaer County
Joseph F. Casey
Edward F. McDonough
Shelled near Cambodia base falls to enemy pressure
U S and South Vietnamese forces abandon three artillery bases along the Cambodian border retreating to a Green Berets camp after fierce shelling and ground assaults. The move follows a large enemy buildup and marks a possible start of a major offensive. B62 bombers conducted three missions near the DMZ as fighting spiked then cooled.
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Saigon
U.S
Green Berets
Green Beret
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Avyipan
Me Thuot
Uis
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Bu Prang
Pravda Attacks Pentagon Over Critics Ahead of Nixon Speech
Pravda charged the Pentagon is using press propaganda to distract from U.S. Vietnam progress and to push a Vietnamization plan. It accused Washington of maneuvering to prolong the war and warned of imperialist aims as Nixon prepared to address the nation.
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Moscow
Nixon
Vietnam
Pravda
Pentagon
Soviet Communist Party
U.S
U.S.A
Washington
South Vietnam
United States
Nikolai Bragin
Cease Fire Agreed In Lebanese Strife
Lebanon's army and Palestinian guerrillas reach a cease fire starting at midnight local time as mediation by Yasir Arafat and Egyptian officials progresses. More than 100 people are reported killed in two weeks of fighting with rare calm noted on the eve of the accord.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Radio Cairo
al Fatah
Yasir Arafat
Emile Bustani
Arafat
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Freedom of Action
Rashaya
Cairo
Mahmoud Riad
Mohamed Fawzi
Egypt
Casey Faces Campaign Target as He Seeks Renewal
Joseph F. Casey, GOP county chief, says the SIC hearings and Democratic attacks trouble him but he remains optimistic about election results. He defends Republican governance in Troy and Rensselaer County and cites strong ward organizations as the key to keeping control.
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Joseph F. Casey
State Commission of Investigation
Troy
New York City
Casey
Holiday Inn
Rensselaer County
GOP
Race for Fayette and Ovid town justice in Seneca Falls area
In Seneca Falls area two party contests unfold for town justice seats. Republican William Van Nostrand faces Democrat Charles C. Buck in Fayette while Democrat William Van Nostrand is opposed by Republican Duane Buck in Ovid. The two sets of candidates are cousins, while the Bucks are not related.
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Seneca Falls
N.Y
William van- Nostrand
Charles C. Buck
Fayette
Seneca County
Duane Buck
Ovid
van Nostrands
McDonough Sees Democrats Poised for County Victory
Edward F. McDonough, leading the county Democratic organization, sees a major victory since 1937 as the party hopes to win the county board seats and solidify influence over a new five county and three Troy City Council elections. He cites candidate quality and intimate campaigning as key factors. Meanwhile Senate leaders discuss tax reform, with Senator Mansfield linking extension of the surcharge to progress on the reform package and related tax provisions. Senator Long warns the bill could pass by December if debate is limited, and suggests Nixon may sign it as reported by the Finance Committee.
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Edward F. McDonough
County Board of Supervisors
Troy
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana Democrat
Russell Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Long
Nixon
Finance Committee
CBS
Hunter Killed in Mistaken Deer Attack
In Potsdam New York a hunter named Lawrence Dibble, 25, was shot and killed by a companion who mistook him for a deer. Dibble died after being wounded in Gouveneur at E. J. Noble Hospital while he and the party hunted in Harmon. He was attempting to drive a deer toward the waiting group when the shooting occurred.
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Potsdam
N. Y
Lawrence Dibble
E. J. Noble
Gouveneur
Harmon
Dibble
Seven children die in Dover Jersey fire family tragedy
In Dover New Jersey seven children from the Jaquish family died in an early morning fire that left parents and two other children as survivors. Grandfather Edward Earl was injured. a Bates family of four survived in an adjacent section. Fire officials cited extreme heat preventing rescue on the second floor.
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Dover
N.J
Joseph Jaquish
Bill Grogan
Edward Earl
Dover General Hospital
Michelle
Frederick
Hope
Laurie Ann
Joanne
Nancy
Patricia
Jaquish
Marie
Edward
Judith
Grogan
Jack Bates
Bates
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Ohio
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Kennedy
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Steve Miller
Wantagh
Carli
Pietro Guli
Guli
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