Welfare Officials Propose 10 to 25 Percent Welfare Increase
Albany reports state welfare officials urged a 10 to 25 percent raise for 1.5 million recipients next year to reflect living costs. Governor Rockefeller backed the plan, seeking legislature passage but not a special session. A single statewide payment level would replace regional schedules, with a four person family set at 230 dollars monthly plus rent and fuel.
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Albany, N.Y
Rockefeller
Social Welfare Board
Social Services Department
New York City
Hudson Valley
Long Island
New York
Buffalo
Bishop’s Me nands mansion gutted in major fire
A two story Me nands home serving as the bishop’s residence for the Albany Episcopal Diocese was destroyed by a Sunday night fire. The blaze started in a carport and swept the roof, damaging the 30 room mansion but firefighters saved many valuables. Damages were estimated at over 100000 by Rt. Rev. Allen W. Brown.
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Troy Area
Albany Episcopal Diocese
Menand Rd
Menands
Harland Batchel
Lor
Allegheny- Ludlum Corp
Allen W. Brown
Albany Episcopal
Bishop Brown
Helen
Alfred Lee
Trinity Episcopal Church of
Albany
Leonora
Thomas
Cathedral of All Saints
Ellen Porter
Helen Batcheller
Allegheny-Ludlum
Shaker Road
Schuyler Heights
Anticipated enemy buildup prompts Laos air campaign
U S forces strike North Vietnamese road networks in eastern Laos as Navy planes divert from South Vietnam. Two 7th Fleet carriers, Ranger and Hancock, bombard Laos while officials say the Ho Chi Minh Trail is near capable for a buildup. No American deaths reported as fire teams battle a separate Albany mansion fire.
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Saigon
U.S
Laos
U.S. Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
South Vietnam
7Th Fleet
Pathet Lao
Vietnam
Ranger
Hancock
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Washington
Laird
David Packard
Packard
Apollo 12 Crew Holds First Press Conference In Space
Apollo 12 astronauts hold the first news conference from space. Pete Conrad reports his space suit was slightly too short and he slept about four hours on the moon. Al Bean says he did not dream and slept poorly, Hammocks provided for the mission.
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Space
Lunar
Conrad
Space Agency
Gerald Carr
Bean
Apollo 12 Crew Faces Splashdown Return
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Richard F Gordon Jr and Alan L Bean prepared for a Monday afternoon splashdown in the South Pacific after a 10 day moon mission. They spoke to newsmen during a telecast from 112 000 miles out and described a difficult but successful lunar surface stay.
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Richard F. Gordon Jr
Gordon
Alan L. Bean
Charles “Pete” Conrad
Mission Control
Charles Conrad Jr
Conrad
Bean
Samoa
Israeli Air Strikes On Egyptian Targets Amid Haifa Riots
Israeli warplanes raided Egyptian targets along the Suez Canal for four hours as Cairo reported a commando attack destroying an Israeli tank. In Haifa area rioters faced police after a time bomb was found. Acre mobs attacked the Arab quarter in separate incidents.
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Associated Press
Suez Canal
Israel
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Cairo
el Qantara
Suez
Middle East
Deversoir
Ballah
Acre
Allies May Hinder SALT Talks Warned By Pravda
Pravda says Western circles in NATO may complicate Soviet American talks on limiting the strategic arms race. Moscow notes the mood in Helsinki is favorable but warns allies could push U.S. demands on other issues. Time magazine reports on U.S. disclosure of nuclear forces and MIRV growth.
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NATO
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Helsinki
Finland
United States
U.S
New York
Time Magazine
Gerald Smith
Time
Smith
Sergei Vishnevsky
Y. Yakhontov
Spectacular Crash Kills Four in Washington County
Four people died when a car left County Route 21 in Hampton Town, ran into a tree and split in half. A fifth victim died Saturday from injuries after being struck by a car near Maplewood Route 32. Names include Gene Mattison 25, Jacqueline Tarbell 26, Lorraine McKeighan 26, and Edward Smith 18. Elizabeth Kelly 18 died Saturday in Cohoes pedestrian crash. State Police reported the wreck occurred about 3 am near Granville and all four were pronounced at the scene.
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Hampton
Washington County
Gene Edward Mattison
Box 140
Middle Granville
Jacqueline M. Tarbell
Hydeville
Lorraine McKeighan
Edward H. Smith
South Hartford
N. Y
Maplewood
Elizabeth A. Kelly
Oneida St
Cohoes
South Glens Falls
Granville
Population Growth Seen as World Challenge by Nixon Aide
Dr. Lee A. DuBridge warned at the UNESCO conference that population growth is the first great challenge of our time and must be curbed to zero growth. He urged international agencies and governments to regulate and share costs, promote safer waste disposal, study pollution health effects, and educate citizens on environmental stewardship.
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San Francisco
Nixon
Nations of the World
Lee A. DuBridge
Unesco
Earth
DuBridge
United States National Commission On Unesco
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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John V. Lindsay
Jack R. Goldberg
Bishop
Leonard Stuart
Cliff Marble
John Dobler
Dobler
NAVAL
82Nd Airborne Division
al Bean
Moon
Pacific
Apollo
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