Jets Hit Hanoi Haiphong in Heavy Raids Across North Vietnam
Reports from the Vietnam News Agency say 250 buildings were destroyed in Hanoi after raids described as the heaviest of the war. McCain and Rice were captured after raids on Thursday, with McCain parachuting after a surface to air missile strike and reportedly injured. Navy Airmen targeted Haiphong area including the Yong Bi plant and oil depots, with fires and smoke reported and heavy antiaircraft fire around Hanoi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanoi
Vietnam
John Sydney McCain
Charles Donald Rice
Rice
McCain
Cmdr
John S. McCain
John S. McCain Jr
U.S. Navy
Europe
Saigon
London
Pentagon
North Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Canal Des Rapides
China
Air Force
Gene I. Basal
Lakeside
Calif
Tonkin Gulf
Haiphong
Oriskany
Yong Bi
Berlin Octet Gives Superb Performance at Emma Willard
Keith reports the Berlin Philharmonic Octet opened The Friends of Chamber Music 1967-68 season at Slocum Hall Emma Willard School campus. Mozart’s Quintet in E Flat K407 and Henze Four Fantasies were performed before Schubert Octet in F Major, all judged superb with strong playing though some endings felt off. The season begins with high praise and hopeful expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith
Mozart
Henze
Schubert
Friends of Chamber Music
Slocum Hall
Emma Willard School
Berlin Philharmonic
Troy
Emma Willard
David Hall
Gerd Seifert
The
Democratic State Head To Give Talk At Fundraising Dinner
The Rensselaer County Democratic Committee holds a campaign fundraising dinner Monday at Mario's Theatre Restaurant starting 7 30 p.m. John J Burns state chairman will be principal speaker with John J Purcell Democratic county chairman and Councilman Thomas A Loudon dinner chair. Attending are M Andrew Dwyer candidate for reelection as district attorney and other City Council and Board of Supervisors hopefuls. Burns, former mayor of Binghamton and 1962 lieutenant governor candidate, leads the state committee since July 1965. Reservations at Democratic Headquarters 27 Fourth St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County Democratic Committee
Mario
John J.burns
John J. Purcell
Thomas A. Loudon
D-5
M. Andrew Dwyer
Burns
Binghamton
Fourth ‘St
New Building Program Under Study by Brittanhill Board
Dr. Joseph Bursik, chairman of the Brittanhill Board of Education planning committee, said the group is studying the need for a new building program due to rising enrollment. The review covers site, state aid, classroom numbers, and grade levels, with a report due next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bursik
Brittanhill Board of Education
Bursik
Joseph Igoe
New York State School Board Association
Jeep
Mr Quality Auto Glass and Apostery Co
Troy
Philip A. Herald
Tamarac School
Ravy
Cocymanspeek Central School
Tamarac High School
Herbert Challenges North Greenbush on 1968 Highway Plan
Herbert and Democratic Supervisor James F. Hebert urged North Greenbush GOP leaders to show a concrete 1968 highway plan before the election. He alleged the town lost over $25,000 in state revenues after scrapping the Erwin Plan and pressed Edward Wielkind to defend higher town taxes. Hebert and Judge James Cleary criticized the highway department budget as unjustified and vague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Greenbush
Mets‘burger
Herbert
Hebert
Edward A. Wielkind
Herbet
GOP
Meusburger
Mensburger
Troy Girl Scholarship Finalist
Ruth Olmstead of Lansing burgh High School is named a National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Exam semifinalist and may take the finalist exam next year. Holly Christensen, Janice La Voie, and June Wells earned commendation letters from the National Merit Examination Center for high scores just below Olmstead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Olmstead
Lansingburgh High School
Miss Olmstead
Holly Christensen
Janice LaVoie
June Wells
Eight RPI Library Aides At Convention
Eight RPI library system representatives attend the 30th convention of the American Documentation Institute in New York City. Participants include Edward A. Chapman Russell Trudell Mrs Mary Jane Reed Parrell D Madden Edward J Rachus John Lubans Jr and Edward I Boniface Robert Cape. Sessions aim to familiarize attendees with systems analysis techniques and terminology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RPI
American Documentation Institute
New York City
Edward A. Chapman
Russell Trudell
Mary Jane Reed
Parrell D. Madden
Edward J. Rachus
John Lubans Jr
Edward I. Boniface
Robert Cape
Genesee Valley Still Has Good Fall Color
Letchworth State Park in Genesee Valley remains among the few areas in the state with colorful fall foliage. The Adirondack Champlain region near Saranac Lake is nearly bare of leaves with snow on mountaintops. Pen Yao in the Finger Lakes region also shows color, per the State Department of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letchworth State Park
Genesee Valley
State Department of Commerce
Adirondack-Champlain
Saranac Lake
Pen Yao
Finger Lakes
Rockefeller Reagan ticket called sexy yet impossible
Sen Charles Percy said a Rockefeller Reagan GOP ticket would be sexy but impossible. He noted polls show it as the strongest option now, though he did not reveal his own stance for 1968. He likened the idea to an unlikely Yale and Vassar merger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
UPI
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
California
Ronald Reagan
Charles Percy
R-Hi
Percy
Vassar
County Vets Back U S In Viet War Resolution Adopted
The Rensselaer County Veterans Association approved a resolution backing U S fighting men in Vietnam and urging the Defense Department to win the war. A committee will address poor veteran monuments in Troy and churches and fire departments will ring bells and test sirens on November 11 Veterans Day. Drivers should keep lights on from 11 to noon to show support. Next meeting set for January 19, 1968 at the C A R B Gavyison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Vietnam
Defense Department
Rensselaer County Veterans Association
Order of the Purple Heart
Lansingburgh
Tto
Troy
James A. Cancilla
Separate Falls Injure Two Men
Two men were treated for scalp lacerations after separate falls last night. Howard Quigley of 1 Franklin Square was found in front of his door and taken to St Mary's Hospital. Elmer T. Olmstead, 50, with no fixed address, was found in Division and First Streets and sent to Samaritan Hospital for X rays. Patrolmen investigated both incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Quigley
Franklin Square
St. Mary’s Hospital
Stephen Mulino
William Connors
Elmer T. Olmstead
Division
First Streets
Samaritan Hospital
Joseph A. Baker
John McMahon
Vermonter Indicted In Shooting
Franklin D. Frantz of Burgess Road Woodford Vermont was indicted for second degree murder in the fatal Oct 8 shooting of Albert C. Mallory of Brattleboro. The indictment followed a prior arraignment Oct 9 and Frantz remains free on $10,000 bail as a trial date has not been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Franklin D. Frantz
Burgess Road
Woodford
Frantz
Mt. Anthony Union High
Sprague Electric Co
North Adams
Mass
Bennington
Albert C. Mallory
Brattleboro
Frantz Yard
Rants
Robert W. Larrow
Richard Woodruff
Burlington
Mallory
Harry A. Carter Jr
Pownal
Firemen Battle Blaze In Barn Near Johnsonville
A barn five miles west of Johnsonville off Route 67 caught fire after a 12 10 am alarm. Mutual aid responded as crews battled the blaze with no injuries reported. The barn owner was identified as Vernon Ketchum. Early reports noted damage details unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnsonville
Vernon Ketchum
Blood Banks Reach Across States and Nations
The American Association of Blood Banks reports 4 025 members across all states and 25 foreign countries. It operates a national clearing house allowing blood donations credited to a patient wherever they are located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of Blood Banks
Greene urges shift in U.S. war attitude on Vietnam
Marine Corps Commandant General Wallace M. Greene tells a Senate subcommittee that American public understanding of the Vietnam stake is crucial. He argues for stronger north Vietnam air campaign and targeted strikes, warning that withdrawal would let Communists threaten Southeast Asia and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Record Newspapers
Washington, D.C
Frances McKusick
Vietnam
Wallace M. Greene
Marine Corps
Senate Armed Services
Southeast Asia
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Thurmond
United States
Mattress Fire at Former Phoenix Hotel Supposed Suspicious Origin
A mattress fire in an unoccupied Room 32 at the former Phoenix Hotel on 569 Second Ave was extinguished quickly yesterday afternoon. Owner Michael Verdile and Battalion Chief Joseph Stasack said the blaze appeared suspicious. Patrolman W C Gillie assisted with radio dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Second Ave
Michael Verdile
Joseph Stasack
W. C. Gillie
Newman Unit To Greet 4 Extension Workers
A Troy girl Betsy Cron in teaches in Caruthersville Missouri will join a Catholic priest and two teachers as recruiters representatives of the Extension Society Volunteer movement welcomed by the Newman Association. The team includes Rev. Wally Ellinger Mary Supple and Judy Colvin. They will train volunteers for six weeks and place them in parishes inner city and schools with pay 50 dollars a month plus living, health and life insurance and travel expenses. Applicants must be 24 and have no dependents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Betsy Cronin
Caruthersville
Extension Society
Newman Association
Wally Ellinger
Springfield
Cape Girardeau
Colo
Affort
Newman Center
RPI Aides and Students Present Physics Papers
Three papers by an RPI physics professor and two graduate students were presented at a national symposium in Ann Arbor. Greenberg and Lind reported on resonance scattering by dielectric cylinders, while Greenberg and Wang discussed anisotropic particles and microwave impulses. The third paper by Greenberg offered a solution to scattering problems at the origin, noting that graphite particles in interstellar space are not graphite. The symposium was sponsored by I E E E Antennas and Propagation International Symposium and the International Scientific Radio Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RPI
University of Michigan
Inprab
J. Mayo Greenberg
A. C. Lind
Ru T. Wang
Greenberg
International Scientific Radio Union
Obituary notices of Troy area residents include Moeller Butler Connors Gleason and Messier
Several obituaries from Troy and surrounding towns note long illnesses and recent deaths. Marie B Moeller former State Workmen's Compensation Board employee and Third Presbyterian Church member. Belle M Butler widow of Edgar J Butler. Margaret A Connors widow of Timothy Connors of Fort Miller. James W Gleason longtime Shaftsbury resident and Toronto Transit Co engineer. Ora M Messier sister of Cyrus Field of Hoosick Falls with Pittsfield ties. Interments in Oakwood and St Peter's Cemeteries and services in Troy Schuylerville Pittsfield and Dalton Mass. areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie B. Moeller
Troy
Samaritan Hospital
State Workmen's Compensation Board
Albany
Third Presbyterian Church
Women's Society
Robert H. Moeller
Presbyterian
First St
William Colles
Third Presbyterian ‘Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Belle Buller
Edward J. Quinn
15Th St
St. Paul the Apostle Church
St. Peter's Cemetery
Margaret A. Connors
Margaret Mullen
Timothy Connors
Fort Miller
Bullion Infirmary
Smithville
Church of the Visitation
Schuylerville
Mitchel Connors
Rose Gannon
Flynn Brothers Funeral Home
James, W. Gleason
James W. Gleason
Shaftsbury
Toronto Transit Co
Toronto
Canada
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Mr. Gleason
Port Colborne
Ont
Hangon-Walbridge
Angus J. McDonald
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
Center
Shaftsbury Cemetery
Messier
Ora M. Messier
Cyrus Field
Hoosick Falls
Pittsfield
Mass
Patrick F. Finleon
First Congregational Church
Dalton
William M. Messier
Lynn Weathers
Helen Cowan
Bertha Halfacre
Dudley Field
Perry Field
Williamstown
Record Snow Fall Plagues Midwest
The Associated Press reports record October snow crippled parts of the Midwest with 8.3 inches in Grand Rapids and six inches in Davenport, while Lansing and Moline saw heavy early-season totals. Power outages hit 500 customers near Brand Haven, and highway dangers caused multiple fatalities as freezing rain and gale winds swept across Illinois, Iowa, and the Great Lakes region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Midwest
Grand Rapids
Mich
Port Sheldon
Brand Haven
Lansing
Moline, Jr
Weathers Bureau
Mississippi River
Davenport
Iowa
Illinois
Des Moines
O'Hare International
Chicago
Newport
Ore
Tatosh Island
Wash
Great Lakes
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Storm Knocks Down Wires Sinks Craft in Buffalo Area
Winds up to 92 mph lashed Buffalo as power outages occurred and small boats sank in Lake Erie docks. Coast Guard logged hurricane force gusts, 58 mph at Niagara, with tides 8 to 12 feet high and waves battering seawalls. Crews worked to restore service as planes stayed grounded until winds eased tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N.Y
Lake Erie
Buffalo Coast Guard
Lake Shore
Greater Buffalo International
Niagara County
Weather Bureau
Senior Citizens Halloween Party Planned at Masonic Temple
The Senior Citizens Center will hold its annual Halloween Party at 1 p.m. in the Masonic Temple. Mrs. Florence R. Cummings, director, announced it last night. Local 13 musicians will provide dancing music, prizes for costumes will be awarded, and cider plus donuts will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senior Citizens Center
Masonic Temple
Florence R. Cummings
Local 13
Troy Musicians Union
Mra
Cummings
Surgery Slated For Pope Paul VI
Vatican sources said Pope Paul VI, 70, will undergo surgery in a special operating room built in the papal apartment within the next two weeks. He has been ailing since a fever and urinary tract infection nearly two months ago, making him the first pope in modern history to have such surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Legal Notice of Bid Auction and Official Sale Details
Notice announces a bid auction overseen by the Purchasing Agent of Rensselaer County. It lists filing, location, and deadlines, with caveats about bid rejection and compliance with local procurement rules. The document records an official sale process, bidder obligations, and relevant contact offices in Troy, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensaelaer
Blegtlans
County Cour House
Font New York
Hota ‘Ray
New York
Geneva
Tawa Mh
Joseph Ff
Humes
Std
Troy
Wonaselat
Janklyn Place
N.Y
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Berlin
Democratic
John J. Burns
Rocky Reagan
Order of the Purple Heart Rooms
Leo H. Trumble
Joseph McKeon
William T. Jackson
John M. McGrath
Chai S:an
Martin G. Mahar
Viet
Blood Bank
Gen. Greene
Mary Supple
Judy Colvin
Belle M. Butler
Eagle St
Rosary Society
Edgar J. Butler
Pope Paul
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