Da Nang Hit Again as Communist Offensive Presses
Communist forces shelled Da Nang airbase and city, injuring personnel and damaging helicopters, as Saigon endured a predawn rocket strike on Tan Son Nhut airport. The offensive continued despite a setback at An Loc, with air and ground actions across North and South Vietnam.
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Saigon
UPF
U.S
da Nang
South Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut
An Loc
Nguyen Vat Thie
DPT
Kim Willenson
Air Force
Marine Corps FL
Marble Mountain
1St
North Vietnam
Radio
San Son Nhut
New Vermont Road Plan Details Two Lane Start
The plan calls for a four lane divided highway expanded to two lanes initially with potential future widening. Officials say extra land purchase now avoids later eminent domain, as Harwn Savage of the Greater Bennington Chamber notes the need for future highways to keep jobs in Vermont for the next generation.
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Emnent
Harwn G. Savage
Greater
PSB orders REA to reopen Montpelier terminals
The Public Service Board directed HEA Express to reopen five local terminals Bel lows Falls White River Junction Lyndonville Bennington and Rutland after a Monday closure. PSB attorney Rushford deemed the shutdown without a public hearing illegal and ordered a reopening pending a hearing. REA cited consolidation of operations as the reason for the closures.
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REA
Montpelier
UPI
Public Service Board
HEA Express
Bellows Falls
White River Junction
Lyndonville
Bennington
Rutland
PSB
Donald Rushford
Ifie
O'Brien declines bid for governor again
Burlington Democrat Izo O'Brien, former 1970 gubernatorial candidate, says he will not run this year due to personal and business commitments. He says he may seek his old Vermont Senate seat and endorses Sen. Edmund Muskie for president.
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Burlington
UDI
Izo O'Brien
O'Brien
United Press International
Chittenden-Grand Isle
Algn
O’brien
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Vermont
Senate
Mt Anthony to Vote on Two Preengineered Buildings
Mt Anthony Union school board approved two steel buildings for next school year amid a state study questioning true savings. Education officials caution durability and added costs beyond upfront price, noting a six percent taxpayer saving and substantial plumbing, heating, and furnishing needs. May 8 floor meeting will ask voters to approve both projects.
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Poultney
Mt. Anthony Union School Board
State Education Department
Martin 8. Harris Jr
Oller Valley Union High School
Edward J. Fablan
Division of
Education Department
Poultney School Board
Fabian
Harris
Deerfield
N.H
Mt. Anthony Union
Apollo 16 orders go for Sunday moon launch
Apollo 16 mission teams reported all systems go and a flawless countdown through Friday. Astronauts John W. Young Thomas K. Mattingly and Charles M. Duke completed training as mission director Chester M. Lee praised readiness. Kennedy Space Center was named base for the next generation spacecraft, with ground-crew job security noted as the launch targets a 12 54 p.m. EST Sunday.
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Upi
Schedwe
Chester M. Lee
Kennedy Space Center
Kurt H. Debus
John W. Young
McHine
Thomas K. Mattingly
Charles M. Duke
Highlands of the
Moon
Young
Mattingly
Patetek Air Force Base
Duke
Houston
United States
North
Florida
ITT witness says Mrs Beard feared she would lose job
ITT vice president Gerrity testified that lobbyist Dita Beard cried over fears of job loss and that a confidential memo tied to an antitrust settlement surfaced. He recalled reassuring her and recounts meetings with administration officials about ITT matters while suits persisted. Community notices follow about VFW events and a mounted sheriff posse gathering.
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Washington
UPI
ITT
Dita Beard
Edward J. Gervily
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Beard
Gerrity
Brit Hume
Jack Andersoxi
Teust
Trt
San Diego
Senate Judiciary Committee
Department
Richard 5. McLaren
Smithsonian Institution
McLaren
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Hume
Funeral honors James B. Gibney former Bennington official
James Basil Gibney longtime Bennington state senator village president and Woodford official died suddenly of a heart attack at the funeral home. His funeral Mass at St Francis de Sales Church was attended by family friends and town and college delegations from Vermont Massachusetts and New York with numerous fraternal and religious group representatives and burial in Park Lawn Cemetery.
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North Bennington
Nort
Bennington
Buell
Old Stone
Hanson-Walbridge
Hinsdillyilie
Kenneth Schwebel
American Cancer Society
Ruth (Ferguson) Corey
Perle Corey
Northside Drive
Fred Howard
Lena (LaParle) Ferguson
Corey
North Bennington Road
Kenneth
Howard Corey
Shaftsbury
George
Arthur
Barbara) Giroux
Forrest
Elizabeth) Johnson
Leroy
Helen) Allen
Tampa
Fla
Hansor Waldrige
Alfred Scott
Aames B. Gibney
James Basil Gibney
Tang Trail Road
Woodford
St. Francis de Sales
Francs B. Flanagan
Lucian Clark
C.P
West Springfield
Mass
Cot
John Foley
Robert Olin
Robert Langliis
Daniel Kane
Alpherie Ross
Mitchell Kahwajy
Holy Name Societies
Gibney
College of St. Rose
Vermont Unemployment Advisory Council
Park Laws Cemetery
Meer
Flanagan
Father Clark
Thompson
Foley
Father Fay
Vermont
Maryland
Washington
Massachusetts
New York
Winhall adopts manager form and Australian ballot
Voters approve town manager government 40 to 7 and back Australian ballot 71 to 1. The change introduces a pre meeting floor session then secret ballot at polls, requires petitions for candidacy, and ends long Town Meeting hours. Committees discuss a Town Meeting gymnasium and a potential medical clinic with Stratton facility.
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Winhall
Stratton Medical
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