Fighting intensifies around Saigon as clashes rack Mekong Delta
UPI reports heavy fighting near Saigon with at least 146 Communist deaths and possibly over 200. US 9th Division and South Vietnamese units battled Viet Cong in three Mekong Delta engagements while a large clash 20 miles southwest of Saigon left 69 Viet Cong killed. US forces suffered 15 killed and 30 wounded. Police seized two arms caches inside Saigon, including 11 automatic rifles and TNT. A North Vietnamese sergeant hinted an offensive planned between August 20 and 25.
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Mekong Delta
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9Th Division
Tran van Hai
Pentagon East
Creighton
Abrams
Objections Arise Over Lot Gift to Mt Anthony School
The Mt Anthony Union High School board heard objections to a lot donated by Mrs Francis Morrissey for a building trades house project. Louis Betit urged the site is impractical for sale, privacy, and snow removal, warning the plan could lower property value and upset neighbors. Board members debated the site, noting contractors’ doubts and potential costs, with a decision to revisit the project after further study.
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Francis Street
Francis Morrissey
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Betit
Norman Stratton
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Stratton
Arthur Wickenden
William Castle Sr
Mauhs Board
Charles G. Salem
Vermont ethics bill study wraps up with draft draft plan
The Vermont Legislative Council Ethics Committee completed six months of ethics study and will circulate a round robin seeking endorsements for a proposed conflict of interest bill. It calls for a joint House Senate ethics panel to probe accusations and requires disclosure of a lawmaker’s financial status before each session.
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House- Senate
Heritage House Safe Recovered On Interstate
A 300 pound safe stolen from the Heritage House Restaurant on North Bennington Road was found Friday morning by a passerby on Interstate 91. The cash totaling 3500 was missing, with only business papers inside. Police transferred the safe to Vermont State Police at Shaftsbury for the investigation. the restaurant is leased to Drive-In Concessions, Inc. of Boston.
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Heritage House
Bennington Road
Bennington
Vermont
Shaftsbury Barracks
New Englander
Drive-In Concessions, Inc
Boston
Inside A Banner rides Battenkill on an inner tube
On the Inside A Banner columnist chronicles a playful trip down the Battenkill River aboard an inner tube. The lighthearted column captures river scenery and casual humor from a public-spirited, small-town perspective.
Would-Be Killer Captured
Greek Premier George Papadopoulos escaped unharmed after an assassination attempt as he drove from a seaside villa into Athens. An ex-Lieutenant, 30, identified as George Panaghoulias, was captured wearing bathing trunks and said to act for Fascists. The bomb under the road detonated as his car passed. authorities linked the plot to fascist circles and noted duress abroad.
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API
George Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos
George Panaghoulias
Israel
Panaghoulias
Paris
Constantine
Italy
Vyron Stamatopoulos
Watts Firemen Battle Rash of Minor Blazes in Watts
A series of minor fires in Watts, including five started by Molotov cocktails, prompted saturation policing. A woman, Velma Williams, 25, suffered burns estimated at 70 to 80 percent and was hospitalized. Fire officials say about 20 suspicious fires were extinguished, with broken bottles and wicks found at several sites. One fireman was injured. no looting reported amid earlier violence in the area.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Watts
South Central
Velma Williams
County Usc Medical Center
Florida Police Seek Killer Who Pleads To Be Captured
A caller claimed to have murdered three people and urged capture. In Fort Lauderdale the body of an 11 year old girl and a wounded woman were found near the airport. A California machinist, Ray Masterson, was questioned, and police warned residents to avoid hitchhiking and to report suspicious activity as they hunted a dangerous, emotionally disturbed killer.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
UPI
Broward County
James Rice
Rice
Georgia
Dorothy Clark
Clarkston
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Emory University
Atlanta
Broward General Hospital
Marilyn
Nist
Ray Clark Masterson
Santa Monica
Masterson
Dubcek and Ulbricht Pledge Reduced Friction in Bloc
East Germany's Ulbricht and Czechoslovak Communist leader Dubcek pledged to boost trade and deepen economic cooperation at Karlovy Vary. The two leaders touted a friendly spirit and openness while public crowds criticized perceived changes, with aims to prevent further clashes and keep bloc unity intact.
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UPI
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Czechoslovakia
East Europe
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Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Karlovy Vary
Bratislava
Dubcek
Karlsbad
Ulbright
Yugoslavia
Tito
Communist Bloc
Hopes Lift for Break In Paris Peace Talks
Paris reports say Cyrus Vance and Le Duc Tho returned to Paris with potential new ideas to break the Vietnam War deadlock. Vance met President Johnson and then Harriman while Tho, back from Hanoi via Moscow, suggested his work is ongoing as talks remain stalled since May 13.
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UPI
Cyrus Vance
Washington
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Moscow
Vance
Johnson
Texas White House
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
North Vietnam
Politburo
Ho Chi Minh
Tho
Saigon
America
Xuan Thuy
Rockefeller Rumored Ready To Succeed RFK
ALBANY N Y The rumor mill buzzes that Governor Nelson A Rockefeller plans to resign to accept a U S Senate seat replacing the late Robert F Kennedy with himself as Senator The switch would make Lt Governor Malcolm Wilson the new governor and send Rockefeller to Washington despite prior denials of any Senate ambitions
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N.Y
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Robert F. Kennedy
Rockefeller
Malcolm Wilson
Washington
Miami
U.S. Senate
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