Kerry leads veterans against war in Washington visit
Vietnam veteran Kerry Yale 66 Navy Silver Star recipient leads Vietnam Veterans Against the War in Washington. He and thousands of colleagues will wear uniforms, camp in the capital, call on congressmen and return their medals as they oppose the ongoing conflict. He rejects calls for punitive trials for generals, signaling a historic veteran protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kerry
Yale
Navy
Vietnam
J.g
Washington
Kerry
Veterans Against the War Plan Trials for McNamara
Veterans argue to try McNamara for ordering violations of the Geneva Convention. They say free fire zones and search and destroy missions killed civilians and that defoliants napalm and artillery terrorized populations. John Kerry says veterans will testify to atrocities, challenging Nixon’s Vietnam stance and urging accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McNamara
Vietnam
South
Laos
Cambodia
John Kerry
Weather Update Bennington Area Forecast
Showers increase as clouds thicken with a high near 60s today. Shower chances persist into Wednesday with cooler highs in the 40s. Tonight’s low in the 40s. Yesterday’s high 66 low 37. Today at 7 am 45 at Bennington Airport. Sunset 6 32 sunrise 5 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Vermont House Backs Peer Peace Treaty Debate End Note
The Vermont House asked the Nixon administration to seek new paths to end the Vietnam War after a two hour, heated debate. The chamber endorsed administration policies, rejected a year end withdrawal amendment, and approved a compromise resolution urging exploration of new peace options amid sharp antiwar rhetoric and concerns over foreign policy debates in a state legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Clarke Montpelier
UPI
Vermont House
Senate
Nixon
Vietnam
House
U.S
Indochina
John M. Peduzzi
Hinesburg
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Peduzzi
Oreste Valsangiacomo
Barre
Southeast Asia
Randolph Major
Walter Kennedy
Chelsea
Valsangiacomo
Daniel Allen
D-Rutland
Kenalene Collins
Rreadsboro
Red China
Russia
North Vietnam
Lin Webster
Kennedy credits Van Santvoord for Vietnam resolution passage
In Montpelier the House approved a compromise Vietnam resolution credited to Rep. George Van Santvoord. The measure urged the Nixon administration to explore new peace options, aiming for broad support without dissent. Van Santvoord urged a jointly acceptable resolution amid heated debate on war policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George VanSantvoord
D-Bennington
Kennedy
van Santvoord
Vietnam
Montpelier
House
George van Santvoord
U.S
Apparent suicide ruled in Bennington man Hugo Ortiz death
Police and medical examiner say Hugo W. Ortiz died from barbiturate overdose with knife wounds used to identify his body found on Dewey Brook bank in Old Bennington. Autopsy dated Monday confirmed death occurred last December with apparent self harm. Ortiz had been a mental patient at a Mattapan state hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bennington
Hugo W. Ortiz
Ortiz
Lawrence Harris
Mattapan
Mass
West Newton
Dewey Brook
Elizabeth K. Dollard
Vermont Yankee Seeks to Block Conservation Interventions
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp petitions the Atomic Energy Commission to bar all intervenors except the states of Vermont New Hampshire and Massachusetts for hearings on its Vernon plant. The effort targets groups including the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution and four conservation organizations. Attorneys expect the groups will be admitted despite the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Atomic Energy Commission
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachu- Piee
Utility
New England Coalition On
Conservation Society of Southern Vermont
National Wildlife Federation
Lake Champlain Committee
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Brattleboro Union High School
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Harvey D. Carter
Pownal
AEC
Israel offers new canal plan amid limited withdrawal
Israel proposes a canal plan with a controlled pullout and safeguards to preserve military balance. Diplomats in Jerusalem cite a Washington-brokered framework allowing limited Egyptian or Russian troop non-crossing guarantees, cease-fire, and ironclad assurances alongside peace talks. concurrent Cairo talks among Arab leaders address regional crisis and Palestinian issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Jerusalem
Washington
United States
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
Moshe Dayan
Egypt
Dayan
Cairo
Mideast
Jordan
Council of Ministers
U S table tennis team to meet with Chou En Lai in Peking
American players and officials visiting Communist China to meet Premier Chou En Lai on Wednesday in Peking. The party, including Graham Steenhoven, delays their Shanghai trip to fit the audience, with a first-ever U S China table tennis event at an 18,000 seat arena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
UPI
China
Chou En-lai
U.S
Graham Steenhoven
Steenhoven
Shanghai
Chou
Mao Tse-tung
United States
Colombia
Canada
Britain
Nigeria
Japan
Great Wall
Canton
Hong Kong
Inside Vermont Bank names new directors
On Page 3 Editorials discuss the bank board reshuffle and the new directors at Inside Vermont Bank & Trust. Page 3 also carries commentators on Vermont franchise questions for 18 year olds, while Page 4 covers the House adopted peace resolution and a Times columnist analyzes Carl Albert’s style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Bank & Trust
Vermont
House
Times
U.S
Carl Albert
Bennington Misses Early Next Day Mail Plan in Vermont
The New York Times reports Vermont’s Barre Brattleboro Burlington and Montpelier will get first next day service under Blount’s postal reforms with two day airmail to most continental cities. Bennington is excluded, lacking direct air mail and relying on trucked departures to Springfield or Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Vermont
Winton M. Blount
Blount
Uni
New York Times
Barre
Brattleboro
Burlington
Montpelier
Nick Marra
Springfield
Mass
Albany
N.Y
Marra
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Mankiewicz
Tom Braden
William Westmoreland
Seoul
Mimot
Attetbu
Sarabane
Saigon
Westminster
Witu
East Pakistan
Benapole
India
George Carvill
Walter L. Kennedy
Paul Sevigny
Rdanville
Hawaii
D-13
United Press International
Baby Sadgham
Hussein
Shaftsbury
Stanley J. Pekalski
Laconia
N.H
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!