Laird Assumptions on Soviets Challenged in ABM Study
A study by Dr. Ralph E. Lapp for ABM opponents in the Senate challenges the premise that SS-9 missiles could deliver a first strike that would eliminate Minuteman retaliation. Using pessimistic Pentagon figures, the analysis argues 750 of 1,000 SS-9s could fail, leaving most Minutemen intact and undermining a guaranteed first strike. It notes that even 4,000 warheads would be needed for a low risk strike and omits the deterrent value of Minutemen riding out an attack.
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Laird
Ralph Lapp
Washington
Senate
Defense Department
Soviet Union
Ralph E. Lapp
Lapp
Pentagon
Mike Mansfield
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Economic Club of
Detroit
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate Foreign Relations Disarmament Subcommittee
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
William P. Rogers
Nixon
David Packard
Minuteman
Minutemen
Stafford Favors ABM Research Hopes Deployment Is Avoided
Vermont congressman Rep. Robert T. Stafford urged in Bennington that the Safeguard anti ballistic missile system is preferable to the Sentinel plan. He warned deployment in four years could be unnecessary if a U.S.–Soviet accord is sought, advocated continued research funding, and highlighted costs and placement at two Minutemen sites. He also noted U.S. seapower needs and Navy upgrades as priorities amid Vietnam materiel logistics.
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Lyndon Johnson
Vermont
U.S
House of Representatives
Robert T. Stafford
Bennington Rotary Club
Armed Services Committee
House
Stafford
United States
Minutemen
Midwest
Washington
Nixon
Russia
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Armed Services
William P. Rogers
Rogers
NATO
Romania
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Ex-Special Education Director Hopes To Leave His Message Here
Raymond L'Heureux, Bennington's former director of special education, resigns as of April 18 to join a New York instructional materials firm for the mentally retarded and learning disabilities. The district eliminates the director position, placing supervision under building principals, while Samuel Shephard remains as curriculum coordinator. The move, urged by state education officials and influenced by costs, sparks disagreement over maintaining experienced supervision in special education.
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Raymond L’heureux
Bennington
David
Goliath
Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
L’heureux
New York
Old
Bennington High School
Catherine C. Corcoran
Samuel Shepard
Bond speaks on Negro poverty and white neglect in Williams College talk
Julian Bond, Georgia legislator and SNCC figure, warned Williams College students that neglect of America’s poor, now largely Black and urban, risks national destruction. He linked poverty to the Vietnam war’s financing, urged community socialism, and urged students to fight injustice beyond campus, noting disillusionment with past civil rights gains.
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Williamstown
Mass
America
Georgia
Julian Bond
Williams
Thompson Memorial Chapel
Bond
Nixon
Vietnam
South
Louisiana
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Hijackers Seize Ecudaoran DC6 En Route to Cuba
Three armed men hijacked an Ecudaoran Airlines DC6 with 35 aboard between Guayaquil and Quito and forced the pilot toward Cuba. The craft landed in Cali to refuel for 34 minutes with guns trained on crew as Colombian troops surrounded the airport. It followed a prior hijacking wave this year, including eight foreign airliners and thirteen U.S. jets.
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Cali
Colombia
UPI
Ecuadorean Airlines
Guayaquil
Quito
Cuba
U.S
NATO Explores Warsaw Pact Talks
Washington reports NATO allies agree to cautiously explore a European security conference with the Warsaw Pact powers while outlining a lengthy process to assess its value. The ministers stressed unity and defense readiness as East West tensions remain.
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Washington
UPI
NATO
Council
United States
NATO Council of Foreign Ministers
Ing
Berlin
Budapest
Canada
Where wildlife goes when life moves in column
Qn the Inside columnist George Gordon questions wildlife displacement as human development expands. A Harvard biologist explains why younger generations rebel and demonstrate, outlining tensions between progress and ecological space across pages 4 and 5.
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George Gordon
Sunny and Mild Day Forecast
A sunny mild day with highs in the low 50s and a clear cool night with lows in the 30s. Sunday is expected to be fair and warmer with continued pleasant conditions.
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New York Times News Service
By Greg Guma
Department of Education
Montpelier
Raymond L’heureuu
John Randolph
White House
Harvard
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