County budget plan trims tax rate as 1972 levy falls
Rensselaer County previews a 1972 budget totaling 28.3015 million dollars with a basic tax rate of 25.85 per thousand, down from 29.40 this year. The levy drops to 4.988 million, while cities and most towns see reduced levies. increases occur in Grafton and Pitts town. Edward J. Quinn presents the plan, citing state mandates and salary costs.
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Gerry Dolan
Rensselaer County
Edward J. Quinn
Quinn
Troy
Rensselaer
Grafton
Pittstown
Tragedy in Peoria plane crash claims 16 aboard
A Chicago and Southern Airlines turboprop piloted by company president Frank Hanson crashed on approach to Peoria Airport in misty conditions, killing all 16 aboard and wrecking a farm area. The aircraft struck a utility line during descent from Chicago.
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Peoria, Ill
Peoria
Chicago and Southern Airlines
Frank Hanson
Chicago
Dan Bookout
Hanson
Bookout
Hamilton
Springfield
Meigs Field
Robert McCluggage
Air National Guard
Malik Protests Attack on Soviet U.N. Mission
Soviet U.N. Ambassador Jacob A. Malik condemned the Wednesday night shooting at the Soviet mission in New York and accused the United States of failing to protect Russian diplomats. The United States apologized as Malik interrupted the General Assembly debate on the incident.
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Malik
U.N
United Nations, N.Y
Jacob A. Malik
United States
New York
China
General Assembly
Jewish Defense League
JDL
Meir Kahane
Israel
Hunter College
A. Skotnikov
U.S
Soviet Union
Moscow
Isvestia
George Bush
Bush
Tate Case Suspect Sentenced to Death in Gas Chamber
In Los Angeles AP report Charles Tex Watson, described by defense as a wan figure and by prosecutors as cold blooded, was sentenced to death in the gas chamber by the same jury that convicted him of the August 1969 Sharon Tate murders. He is the fifth and last defendant in the high profile killings. Charles Manson and three female followers were previously sentenced to death.
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Los Angeles
Charles
Tex
Watson
Sharon Tate
Charles Manson
Manson
Charlie
Miss Tate
Jay Sebring
Wojiciech Frykowski
Abigail Folger
Steven Parent
Leno LaBianca
Cambodia Gains Cited By Allies And Viet Nam War Updates
South Vietnam reports seizure of about 60 square miles in eastern Cambodia and six miles north and ten miles east of Krek as part of a 2,500 man pursuit. North Vietnamese shelling and small attacks persist around Saigon, with four Viet Cong regiments ordered to intensify harassment in 11 provinces. In other items, a high profile trial verdict in California is noted, along with a school of international incidents including a Moscow reaction to a New York City shooting and the Peoria plane crash with multiple fatalities.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Krek
Nguyen van Minh
Nixon selects Powell and Rehnquist for Supreme Court
President Nixon announces two surprise nominees, Lewis F. Powell from Virginia as a trial lawyer and William H. Rehnquist as an assistant attorney general, for the Supreme Court.
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Nixon
Washington
Lewis F. Powell
Virginia
William H. Rehnquist
ABA Loses Role In Court Picks
Attorney General John N. Mitchell said the ABA will no longer rule on presidential nominees to the Supreme Court before they go to the Senate. The move follows President Nixon’s announcement of Lewis F. Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist as nominees.
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Chicago
Illinois State Medical Society
Tim Selleck
Morris J. Wexler
Wexler
ABA
Washington
John N. Mitchell
American Bar ___ Association
Supreme Court
Senate
White House
Nixon
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Mitchell
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Justice Department
American Bar Association
Powell
Rehnquist
Hugo L. Black
John M. Harlan
Yarrs
Herschel H. Friday
Mildred L. Lillie
California
Committee On the Federal Judiciary
Lillie
Washington Post
Propane Gas Price Hikes Forced Down
government wins price rollbacks on propane from Wanda Petroleum in Houston Sid Richardson Gasoline Fort Worth and Diamond Shamrock Amarillo cutting increases totaling near 100 million annually. federal probe continues into eight oil companies while IRS flags violations of the price freeze.
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Washington
Southwest
Cost of Living Council
Texas
Wanda Petroleum Co
Houston
Sid Richardson Gasoline Co
Fort Worth
Diamond Shamrock Corp
Amarillo
Gravel joins protest against Cannikin nuclear test
U S senator Mike Gravel of Alaska and two Canadian MPs joined a brief protest on Pennsylvania Avenue against the Cannikin underground nuclear explosion planned on Amchitka Island. The group walked 25 minutes before leaving to admiring crowds, as the President considered halting the test.
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Washington
White House
U.S
Canada
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Pennsylvania Avenue
Gravel
Master Sergeant Accused As Spy At Tyndall Air Force Base
Master Sergeant Walter Perkins a 19 year Air Force veteran is accused of espionage involving national air defense secrets. He led the intelligence division at the Air Defense Weapons Center and faced charges of passing classified information and making false statements about destroyed documents. Perkins arrested Monday at Tyndall near Panama City Florida faces up to 13 years in prison and a dishonorable discharge if convicted.
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Tyndall Air Force Base
Fla
Pentagon
Walter Perkins
Air Force
Perkins
Air Defense Weapons Center
The
Aerospace Defense Command
Hank Basham
Basham
Glasgow Shopping Center Blast Kills 13 and Injures Many
A midafternoon explosion at Busby Street in Clarkston Toll Glasgow killed 13 and injured at least 100. Debris toppled cars from a rooftop lot as rescuers labored for hours to reach victims. Police said a gas main blast was the initial indication.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Busby
Clarkston
Busby Street
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Tate
Lester Case
Case
Robert Johnson
Internal Revenue Service
Commerce Department
Amchitka Island
Aleutians
Malta
Senegal
Bolivia
Yugoslavia
Argentina
Calfornia
Pearl Gardner
San Jose
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