Nixon and Morton Cite Policy Support From GOP Wins
President Nixon and GOP Chairman Rogers C Morton argued that wins in New Jersey and Virginia show broad backing for administration policies especially on Vietnam. Harris praised mayoral wins and a New Jersey House race noting state issues and Nixon's Viet Nam speech influenced voters. Nixon hailed Cahill and Holton victories as boosting Republicans to 32 of 50 state houses.
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Washington
Nixon
Rogers C. B. Morton
GOP
New Jersey
Virginia
Vietnam
Fred R. Harris
Gover
Nors
Harris
William T. Cahill
Linwood Holton
Holton
Cahill
Goodell
Morton
Republican National Committee
Meyner
William C. Battle
Democratic National Committee
Robert Roe
Franklin
A Linwood Holton
White House
John Lindsay
New York
Three POWs Freed by Viet Cong Walk to South Vietnamese Post
Three U S Army prisoners of war walked into a South Vietnamese outpost near Tam Ky and were taken to Long Binh hospital for care. Names listed: Wil lie A. Watkins James R. Strickland and Coy R. Tinsley all 22 from Sumter Dunn and Cleveland Tenn. They may be flown home in days if malaria tests prove negative.
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Saigon
U.S
Willie A. Watkins
Sumter
S.C
James R. Strickland
Dunn
N.C
Pfc
Coy R. Tinsley
Cleveland
Tenn
Tam Ky
da Nang
Long Binh
United States
Viet Cong
Tinsley
Strickland
Army
U.S. Americal Division
South Vietnam
James H. Strickland Jr
Dunn, N.C
Coy Tinsley
North South Vietnamese Clash Largest In Months
South Vietnamese infantry rely on American air and artillery support as they clash with two seasoned North Vietnamese regiments near Duc Lap on the Cambodian border. The fight followed sieges at Ben Het last summer and aimed to test Nixon's Vietnamization plan with heavy casualties reported on both sides.
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Saigon
Ben Het
Duc Lap
Nixon
Central Highlands
U.S
Cambodia
Highlands
Bu Prang
New York Democrats Eye Legislature and Rocky's Job
Democrats won broad local wins boosting hopes for control of the New York Legislature and Governor Rockefeller's job. Mayor John V. Lindsay rode a strong NYC reelection win and drew praise from Democratic leaders who seek tax reform and education welfare restoration. Upstate cities favored Democrats with Sedita securing Buffalo's mayoralty amid a history making plurality.
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New York Democrats
Rocky
Rockefeller
John V. Lindsay
New York City
Lindsay
Democratic Assembly
Stanley Steingut
Steingut
Assembly
House
Upstate
New York
Buffalo
Frank A. Sedita
Sedita
Alfredo Slominski
Ambrose I. Land
Goodell Praises Lindsay and Calls GOP to Respond
Senator Charles Goodell lauded May or Lindsay’s re election in New York, urging the GOP to answer the lessons from New York City. He warned independent candidacies may spread if Democrats and Republicans fail to heed voter demands.
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Charles E. Goodell
Rn.y
John V. Lindsay
New York City
Washington
R-N.y
Joan V. Lindsay
New York
Republican Party
New York State
Goodell
Winter Storm Slows Traffic Across Troy Area
Wind driven rain sleet and wet snow snarled travel as plows swept county roads. Flooded sewers in Troy and leaf slick streets hampered drivers while a private plane crash landed in Colonie amid heavy rain.
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Troy
Colonie
Pownal
Green Mountain Park
Albany Weather Bureau
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Turn Key housing project announced for Rensselaer
May or later 1969 announcement by Mayor John H. Warden and Arnold Baird confirms a $1.5 million federally financed turn key low income housing project in Rensselaer south end off Aiken Avenue. Gerald Monter of Holiday Park Properties says his firm owns a seven acre site for 86 rental units with two 2 bedroom 40 three bedroom and six four bedroom units, built as a garden community and transferred to the Rensselaer Housing Authority. Ground breaking planned in early spring with occupancy late in 1970 and local contractors given preference.
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Rensselaer
John H. Warden
Arnold Baird
Rensselaer Housing Authority
South End
Aiken Avenue
Gerald Monter
Holiday Park Properties, Inc
Roslyn Heights
Long Island
Monter
Rensselaer City
Clinton Worker Killed In Fall On Roof
Paul Studdard aged 54 of Clinton died after falling from scaffolding while working on a roof. Police report says he fell Wednesday afternoon. Studdard resided on South Street in Clinton Oneida County.
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Clinton
N.Y
Paul Studdard
Oneida County
American Executive's Son Kidnapped and Slain in Brazil
Patrick Dolan, 18, son of Richard J. Dolan of Swift and Co., was kidnapped near Sao Paulo, Brazil, after a ransom of 12,500 cruzeiros was paid. Police report Jose Dias Rezende and his son were arrested. the younger Rezende confessed and implicated his father. Dolan was killed, body found on a farm as authorities traced the crime.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
U.S
Patrick Dolan
Patrick
Richard J. Dolan
Swift and Co
Jose Dias
Young Rezende
Dolan
Young Dolan
Seale Sentenced Contempt Charges Get 4-Year Term
Bobby G. Seale national chairman of the Black Panther Party was held in contempt of court and sentenced to four years in prison by Judge Julius J. Hoffman for 16 contempt incidents during the 1968 Democratic National Convention trial. A mistrial was declared for Seale and a new trial date set for April 23. he remains jailed on a fugitive warrant from New Haven.
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Chicago
Bobby G. Seale
Black Panther Party
U.S. District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
Hoffman
Seale
Cook County
New Haven
Conn
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United Press International
Mario Procaccino
New Mobilization Committee
John J. Marchi
Procaccino
Marchi
Syracuse
Lee Alexander
Rensselaer County
State Investigation Commission
Adrian Gonyea
Gonyea
Lawrence Meyer
Frank Popp
Martin B. Stack
John J. Burns
Alfred J. Libous
William Burns
Binghamton
Rochester
Stephen May
Duryea
Republican Assembly
Perry B. Duryea
William Steinfeldt
Charles F. Stockmeister
Brooklyn
Peter G. Mirto
Mary Winckle
Rudolph DiBlasi
Albany
Daniel P. O’connell
Erastus
By Howard Healy
Grafton
Stephentown
John Dunn
Ice
Salem
Petersburg
Austerlitz
Columbia Counties
Worcester
Mass
William R. Browne
William M. Kunstler
Leonard I. Weinglass
California
Lecturn
Black Panther
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