Council Resigns City Manager and Names Screening Panel
The Troy City Council votes tonight to accept Adrian Gonyea's resignation as city manager effective immediately and to form a 14 member citizens screening committee to select his successor. J Leo Quigley will serve as acting city manager pending interviews and council action.
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Troy
Rensselaer County Republi
Crooked Lake
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Dept. of Public Works
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Robert A. Stierer
Hudson Valley Community College
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Citizens Screening
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Gongea
Citizens Screening Committee
Record
Carl W. Engstrom
Citizens Committee
City Managers’ Association
Wall Street Journal
Corporation Counsel’s Office
Lawrence J. Collins
Cambodia gun positions near Bu Prang strike again
North Vietnamese guns inside Cambodia near the Bu Prang camp opened fire for a second straight day as U S air power attacked. The clash left South Vietnamese forces with several casualties and a reported 132 enemy killed in nearby engagements. U S command noted self defense and reported additional actions by the 1st Air Cavalry and 101st Airborne near the DMZ.
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Norodom Sihanouk
Namese
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Kennedy Patriarch Clings To Life At Hyannis Port
At Hyannis Port Mass Joseph Patrick Kennedy 81 clings to life as family gathers at the seaside compound long run as the Kennedys base of operation. Sargent Shriver says the end is near as daughters and son Len Edward M Kennedy and Jacqueline Onassis rally at the bedside. Jacqueline flies in from Europe to join the family and Mrs Onassis travels by jet to Boston then a charter to Hyannis Port.
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Hyannisport
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U.S. Senate
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France
Great Britain
Palm Beach
Fla
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Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
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New York
Europe
Yale Peace Activities Planned
The Vietnam Moratorium Committee outlines a December protest plan focusing on community action and public vigils. Activities include visits to veterans hospitals and military bases, shopping center rallies, and town meetings with local moratorium groups deciding specifics. Sam Brown notes broad coalition effort beyond youth.
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Sam Brown
TV Bilder From Moon Orbit In Color Shows 1969 Flight
Color TV pictures from the Yankee Clipper and Intrepid as they circled the moon showed craggy terrain and craters. Commander Charles Conrad Jr. described looking for rocks and noted the mission’s crucial rocket burn set a 71 by 194 mile lunar orbit and signaled arrival on time.
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Nixon Opens SALT Talks in Helsinki Amid Hopes for Accord
The United States and the Soviet Union began preliminary SALT talks in Helsinki with champagne toasts and a pledge to curb the strategic arms race. President Nixon voiced optimism about reaching agreements on limiting and reducing strategic weapons. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Semenov signaled openness to discussing topics beyond strict limits, while U.S. chief delegate Gerard Smith outlined a two to three week preliminary session with potential broader discussions.
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Soviet Union
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Vladimir S. Semenov
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Gerard C. Smith
U.S
Finland
Ahti Karajalainen
Smith
Kremlin
Israeli Jets Strike Jordan Across Three Attacks
Seven killed and 11 wounded as Israeli jets raid Jordan three times on Monday. An Israeli aircraft was downed by antiaircraft fire near Salt, with the pilot parachuting to safety inside Israel. Jordanian King Hussein is said to have helped direct the anti aircraft fire.
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The
Associated Press
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al Mazar
Dead Sea
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Eilat
Cairo
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Gulf of Aqaba
Davar
Humphrey Charges Nixon Sought to Silence Dissent
Former vice president Hubert H. Humphrey accused the Nixon administration of a calculated effort to suppress dissent. The Democratic Policy Council adopted a resolution denouncing attempts to stifle criticism and named a freedom of expression committee to monitor attacks on free speech and a free press. Humphrey linked Agnew's criticisms of TV commentators to a broader pattern and defended Harriman, noting Agnew raised the issue of the right to criticize.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
New Democratic Policy Council
Spiro T. Agnew
Herbert Klein
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
Dean Birch
Council
Humphrey
Leonard H. Marks
U.S. Information Agency
Advance Administration
U.S
Vietnam
Agnew
Des Moines
Iowa
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Democratic Policy Council
W. Averell Harriman
Paris
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Harriman
Haynsworth Gains Two Supporters
Two more senators announced support for Cle ment Haynsworth Jr as civil rights leaders pressed to block the nomination. Prouty and Spong said accusations against him are unsubstantiated and he has the qualifications for the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Winston Prouty
Vermont
William B. Spong
Virginia
Haynsworth
Prouty
Spong
M Haynsworth
Spong-Prouty
Associated Press
No Progress In GE Strike
New York AP reports General Electric sees no significant progress after a fed mediators arranged meeting with the International Union of Electrical Workers and 13 unions. The 22 day strike halts production at most of GE 280 plants in 33 states while IUE and UE plan further talks this week.
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