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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1971
Page
1
Gov Rockefeller says a temporary or permanent tax increase is needed to cover a $470 million shortfall in the current budget. He warns reductions in higher education, mental health, and other services could be required, and notes potential bond issues and revenue options.
Treasury Secretary Connally said the United States might settle for an $11 billion improvement in its balance of payments in initial talks with major trading partners. He warned a broad trade negotiation cannot be completed in the first phase while the 10 percent import surcharge remains. He urged other nations to improve defense burden sharing and cited Japan’s lower military spending relative to the United States.
Former U N Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg called a circulated letter to Israeli official Abba Eban a forgery and asked the Justice Department to investigate. He said Sen Hubert Humphrey alerted him after receiving the letter dated April 16, 1968 and noted a false New York address on the envelope.
Some 80,000 soft coal miners in more than 20 states walked out in a nationwide strike. The dock strike spread to East and Gulf coasts while Great Lakes ports remained open. President Nixon delayed Taft Hartley injunction as talks continued and rail signalmen kept working past a 442 month ban.
An Irish sniper killed a British soldier during a Belfast foot patrol in Ardoyne. The shooting prompted tougher army orders to respond with automatic weapons, risking greater street violence as police and troops chased snipers and raiders linked to the IRA.
State Supreme Court Justice John H. Pennock on Friday extinguished the efforts of City Manager Ralph A. DeSantis to restrain the Troy Uniformed Firemen's Association from blocking a public referendum on a pay boost for firemen. The ruling allows the public to decide on the issue.
A Russian secretive affair unfolds as KGB officer Oleg Lyalin and his secretary Irina Teplakova defect to Britain. Teplakova seeks asylum and the pair hide under protection near London as British and Soviet security clash over espionage disclosures.
North Vietnamese ground attacks hit Fire Base Alpha in eastern Cambodia as Allied air strikes pound positions all night. South Vietnamese rangers and Cambodian troops defend the base near Krek while a relief column nears, amid broader offensive along the Cambodia Vietnam border. A second base, Tran Hung Dao, had its siege lifted by paratroopers, marking day six of the offensive.
In Saigon police battled antigovernment demonstrators tied to the People's Committee for Democracy and Peace. Tear gas blasted the An Quang pagoda and banners urging a boycott were torn down. A firebombed American truck followed as authorities detained two youths.
The HEW announced a rise in the Medicare hospital deductible from 60 to 68 dollars for Americans aged 65 and older. Officials cited rising hospital costs, noting a 13 percent increase last year, with about one fifth of the elderly hospitalized. The change is part of Nixon’s Phase II stabilisation program starting mid November.
Hudson Valley Community College will shut the Albany Urban Center due to a breakdown in normal educational operations. Payroll for the facility will stop Monday, with HVCC offering temporary payroll work to non disruptive staff while negotiations continue.
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