Fire Ruins Downtown Troy Restaurant and Law Office
A two alarm fire gutted the Mayflower Restaurant at 315 River St and damaged adjacent firms in downtown Troy. Four people were left homeless including a 61 year old resident, while several shops sustained heavy smoke damage and one firefighter was injured. Authorities investigated the cause as crews battled heat and smoke, with a loud explosion delaying efforts.
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Carl Beck
Troy
River St
Rensselaer County
Don G. Cholakis
Denby’s, Inc
Sanford Huston
Ing
Joseph Chodikoff
Marjorie W. Clausen
Beverly Aresco
Clausen
Russell Sheehan
Sheehan
C. Ward Reardon
Reardon
Michael Harrison
John Stinson
St. Mary’s Hospital
Nicholas
Thomas Cholakis
Katina Cholakis
East Glenwood Dr
Latham
Cholakis
Mayflower
Harry McKenna
Joseph Castiglione
Pawling Ave
River Street
Army details My Lai massacre before Congress
Top Army officials presented the most detailed account yet of the My Lai massacre to the House and Senate Armed Services committees. Graphic color slides depicted slain villagers, including mangled children, as members reacted with shock and revulsion. President Nixon called the alleged atrocity abhorrent to the American conscience and said steps would be taken to address the illegal and immoral conduct.
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Washington
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
My Lai
Ronald L. Ziegler
Congress
the Army
Stanley R. Resor
U. S
Vietnam
Resor
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stennis
Stephen M. Young
Dohio
Pentagon
Hitler
Young
Daniel K. Inouye
D-Ha
Gore Raps Tax Bill Politics in Senate Speech
Senator Albert Gore accuses the White House of blocking a tax exemption rise for political reasons. He seeks to raise the personal exemption from 600 to 1000 by 1973, calling the 600 figure outdated after 21 years and urging relief for taxpayers.
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Washington
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
White House
Gore
Senate
Blood Type Match Ties Slayings in La Belle Retrial
A State Police chemist testified that blood stains and soil near Melrose Creek and items from a car connected to the case matched the victim Rosemary Snay, a 15 year old from Cohoes killed in 1963. The trial recessed until Monday as investigators return to the stand and issues over evidence were argued.
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Rosemary Sway
Cohoes
Richard M. LaBelle
Sesson
Rensselaer
Robert J. McKinley
McKinley
Albany County
John J. McCall
LaBelle Brothers
State Court of Appeals
John J. McCail
Melrose Creek
BIC
Anthony Hoogkamp
Richard
Edward LeBelle
Snay
Rosemary Snay
Thomas J. O’connor
Richard LaBelle
McCall
O’connor
Edward LaBelle
la Belle Auto
Rosemary
Duryea Repeats No Action On Casey Assembly Role
Assembly Speaker Perry Duryea and county GOP chair Joseph Casey show no meeting in Albany. Duryea has not decided Casey's future as Assembly sergeant at arms and awaits the special committee report on the State Commission of Investigation. Casey says no meeting with Duryea since before election and denies any succession plan.
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Duryea
Casey
Bob Fusco
Assembly
Perry B. Duryea
Rensselaer County
Republican
Joseph F. Casey
Albany
Assembly Republicans
Commission of Investigation
Newsmen
Long Island
Israelis Bomb Jordan in Four-Hour Air Strikes
Waves of Israeli fighter-bombers blasted artillery positions in Jordan for four hours creating heavy damage near the Jordan River cease-fire line. Iraq claimed two Israeli jets were downed, while Israel reported accurate strikes on batteries near Asad village and no civilian casualties reported in Jordan. Meanwhile Egyptian soldiers killed in a cross-canal raid were returned with honors at El Qantara, and Golda Meir narrowly survived a parliamentary motion to condemn her Viet Nam speech.
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Jordan
Jordan River
Israel
Iraq
Baghdad
Tel Aviv
Gilead
Sea of Galilee
Asad
Suez Canal
International Red Cross
el Qantara
Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Nixon
Vietnam
UN Urged to Demand Nuclear Disarmament and Chemical Ban
A group of nonaligned nations urged the United Nations to appeal to the United States and the Soviet Union for a moratorium on testing and deploying strategic nuclear weapons. They also called for a ban on tear gas and herbicides as war weapons, extending beyond Nixon’s refusal of biochemical arms.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
Nixon
General Assembly
Helsinki
U Thant
Sweden
U S Ready To Discuss Viet Coalition Talks
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge said the United States is willing to hold informal private talks with Hanoi on a possible coalition regime and other South Vietnam issues. He stressed any real bargaining requires Saigon, and private talks with Xuan Thuy were suspended in August over troop withdrawal. He noted only the South Vietnamese government can carry out any agreement.
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Paris
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Saigon
Lodge
Xuan Thuy
Allied Units Clash With Reds in Jungle North of Saigon
Allied armor, infantry, and airborne forces fought two engagements with North Vietnamese troops near Saigon, leaving 1 American dead and 9 wounded. North Vietnamese casualties included about 20 killed, with air strikes and artillery destroying enemy positions and equipment.
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Saigon
U.S
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Lottery-By-Birthday Drawing Set to Decide Draft Order
President Nixon announced a Monday lottery by birthday to determine 1970 draft order under a new system designed to limit service to one year for men aged 19 to 20. The drawing at 8 p.m. will be conducted by Selective Service, with Lt. Gen. Hershey absent from the ceremony.
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Dent Nixon
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
White House
Nixon
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