US and Viet Cong clash across Laos and Vietnam fronts
U S infantry near Ninh on search mission faced heavy fire after three days of light contact. Air strikes hit railroad facilities near Hanoi and a shipyard near Hai Phong. Navy pilots damaged barge yards and bridges while B 52s bombed targets in the DMZ and North Vietnam. US losses 18 dead 20 wounded with 66 Communist dead in Loc Ninh area. South Korean and U S units report continuing patrol actions and heavy fighting in Dak To and Ja Drang Valley with Korean casualties noted.
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Rockefeller to invite leaders on salvage of defeated charter
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller indicated he would invite legislative leaders to discuss salvaging parts of the constitution defeated at the polls. He endorsed the charter but previously suggested voter submission clause by clause amid a $2.5 billion transportation bond win. Assembly Speaker Travia, while fatigued, accepted the verdict and denied personal defeat, noting cross party support for the charter.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
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Anthony J. Travia
Food Price Increases Looming in Election Year
Washington report says higher food prices loom as American agriculture tightens 1968 production to curb supplies. Reductions planned in crops and livestock could raise farm and retail prices despite record US production and strong global food aid. Officials cite lower 1967 prices and income, plus higher costs, as drivers.
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Washington
Togheter
Surveyor 6 Moon Mission Clears Midcourse Correction
PASADENA Calif UPS reports Surveyor 6 completed a midcourse maneuver en route to the moon. Signals indicate success but JPL says tracking for several hours is needed to verify the maneuver. The craft previously faced only a 47 percent chance of a soft lunar landing amid ongoing flight difficulties.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPS
America
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ike Casts Vote Near Gettysburg
Former President Dwight D Eisenhower voted yesterday at the Barlow Fire Engine House near Gettysburg in Cumberland Township Adams County. He faced choices in local and county races delegates to the constitutional convention in the 31st Senatorial District and a proposed constitutional amendment.
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Dwight D Eisenhower
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Adams County
Antipoverty Leaders Seek U.S. Funds To Save Programs
New York city antipoverty officials warned they cannot operate past November 25 without new federal funds and would press Congress in Washington to prevent cuts to Office of Economic Opportunity programs. Leaders including Rev. H Barton McCall and George Nicolau said restoring CEO funding is essential as their agencies exhaust current $2 billion in operating funds and plan meetings with Rep. Emanuel Celler and the New York City delegation.
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House
Office of Economic Opportunity
Congress
H. Bart McCall
New York City
Henry Loeb
Emanuel Celler
Brooklyn
Celler
Republicans Win City County Posts
The Republicans swept city and county posts in Albany area elections. GOP gains include two of five offices lost in 1964 with a new social services commissioner and the county board balance tilting 23 16 for Democrats. Cohoes and Waterford saw Citizens Party incumbents swept out. Rizzo’s victory adds to long political career. Late results show impounded 16th Ward machines.
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O'Connell
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Cohoes Citizens Party
James McDonald
Citizens Party
Waterford
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James F. Kelly
Joseph G. Manupella
16Th Ward
Robert Nelson
Sidney Smith
VC Captive Dies Body's Return Sought
Washington says efforts are under way to recover the body of Gustav C. Hertz, a U S foreign aid official who died while held by the Viet Cong. Hertz died Sept 24 after malaria and illness, while a Viet Cong captive since Feb 2, 1965. His widow, living in Leesburg Virginia, sought confirmation via Prince Sihanouk after a July Viet Cong broadcast claimed execution.
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Viet Cong Liberation Radio
Senate unit reevaluates Life charge against Sen Long
The Senate ethics panel said it will fully consider the latest allegations of misconduct against Senator Edward V. Long of Missouri. Chairman John Stennis announced a partial reopening and ordered chief counsel Benjamin Fern to question Life magazine author William Lambert to verify the article’s evidence.
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Senate Ethics Committee
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John Stennis
D-Miss
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Life Magazine
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Benjamin R. Fern
William Lambert
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Teamster Union
Hoffa
Ethics Committee
Lambert
Ceramic Armor Contract Goes To State Firm
Carborundum Co. announced four contracts totaling 1.7 million for ceramic armor to aid U.S. servicemen in Vietnam. Sikorsky Aircraft placed 1.2 million orders for CH54 Flying Crane helicopters. Defense Supply Agency ordered 450 thousand for body armor. Additional contracts came from Bell Aerosystems and Grumman Aircraft for other vehicles.
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N.Y
Carborundum Co
U.S
Vietnam
Sikorsky Aircraft Co
U.S. Defense Supply Agency
Bell Aerosystems, Co
Gruman Aircraft Co
Cold Air Dominates Nation and States
Bitter cold grip spread across the United States with predawn temperatures in all 48 adjacent states and record lows in communities from Michigan and New York to Alabama and Florida. Snow flurries formed south and east of the Great Lakes, with heavy amounts in some areas, while two deaths occurred in Buffalo area from the snow. Roads remained open as snow depths rose in several New York towns. Light rain fell in parts of Washington and Texas, with morning lows in Wyoming and North Carolina and highs reaching the 80s in California.
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GOP Takes Kentucky Governorship
Louie B Nunn a South Kentucky lawyer was elected the first Republican governor of Kentucky in 24 years With 2 634 of 3 031 precincts reporting he led Democrat Henry Ward 392 598 to 369 166 Ward’s forces questioned returns and vowed to count votes overnight In the lieutenant governor race Democratic state Sen Wendell Ford led Republican Thomas Raw will
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Louie B. Nuno
Kentucky
Henry Ward
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Senate
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Edward T. Breathitt
Ward
Foster Ockerman
Wendell Ford
Thomas Rawill
Voters reject charter in New York election contest
New York voters rejected a proposed state constitution charter during an off year election. Rockefeller backed a record bond issue for mass transportation that observers say could boost his presidential prospects. Upstate Republicans opposed charter financing provisions amid a religious funding debate over parochial school aid.
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