Israeli Downs Syrian Planes Over Lake Tiberias
Israeli jet fighters shot down two Syrian MiGs in an aerial dogfight over Lake Tiberias and then silenced two Syrian gun positions, according to reports from Jerusalem. The incident marks a significant cross border clash amid escalating tensions in the region.
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Beirut
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
Secrecy on LBJ visit up to moment of departure
Washington reports secrecy surrounds potential LBJ trip to New England this weekend with a Vermont landing option at Burlington Municipal Airport. Officials cite a new security plan as the reason for withheld confirmation and note possible Aug 20 events linked to Addison water district dedication and Senator George Aiken’s 74th birthday.
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New England
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Burlington
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Infant Killed as Car Backing Hits Child in Driveway
A 16 month old girl, Sherrie Ann Dufresne of 232 Bradford St, died after a car backing from Edward L. Levesque ran over her right rear wheel in the driveway between 228 and 234 Bradford. In a separate incident in North Bennington, Carroll S. Dewey, 29, of Deep River Conn., was injured when his 1965 Honda left the road on a curve, went over a sidewalk, and struck a concrete wall. He remained in fair condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital. The death was ruled a fractured skull and broken neck by Dr. Donald Shea, the regional medical examiner.
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Winfred Dufresne
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
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Dufresne
Bennington Village
James Shea
Putnam Hospital
Donald Shea
LBJ Says Red Victory Impossible in Viet War
President Johnson and General Westmoreland declared Communist victory in Vietnam impossible while Americans must commit more time and troops. After a weekend secret LBJ ranch meeting they signaled Hanoi would continue fighting and that military manpower will rise beyond 291000. Ground forces may enter the Mekong Delta as they press for a peaceful settlement.
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Viet Nam
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Agreement Reached To End Airline Strike
Washington Union and management negotiators reached a tentative agreement to end the 39 day strike by 35,000 machinists at Eastern United National Northwest and Trans World Airlines. The 60 percent aviation shutdown pushed Congress to act as 20 hours of talks culminated in a memorandum of understanding.
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Trans World
Parking Row Turns Deadly on Manhattan Street
Police said a dispute over a parking space on Madison Street in Manhattan's Lower East Side led to a fatal shooting. Armando Gonzales, 40, died from a chest wound. his nephew Fernando Gil, 22, was wounded in the spine and hospitalized in serious condition after he battered a parked car with a tire iron. Police questioned many witnesses but had no suspects.
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Lower East Side
Freeman Links Profiteering to High Food Prices
Washington based Agri culture Secretary Orville Freeman claims the FTC probe into rising food costs will reveal profiteering by middlemen. He argues farmers receive little more than last year while retail prices rise, and says the chain from farm to table skims excess profits. Freeman urges action to identify and curb the profiteering in the food chain.
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UPI
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Freeman
Federal Trade Commission
United Press International
Child Hit by Car on County Street Injures 2-Year-Old
A 2-year-old girl was struck by a car on County Street late this morning and taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital. Tammy Jo Winchell, in the emergency room, was under treatment as police identified the vehicle as operated by Maureen Maloney, daughter of Sheriff John H. Maloney.
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington Village
Tammy Jo Winchell
Maureen Maloney
John H. Maloney
Rights Leaders Continue Chicago Housing Protest
Civil rights leaders in Chicago embrace new scatter shot tactics as they press ongoing housing protest actions. The movement widens pressure on city authorities while coordinating amid crowded demonstrations and legal considerations.
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Chicago
UPI
Air Force Thunderchief losses rise in North Vietnam
Reports state an entire F105 squadron with 25 planes was lost in the past month. Sunday missions near Hanoi added two more Thunderchiefs to the tally, amid ongoing raids on depots and targets as U.S. spokesmen confirm casualties and incidents in the DMZ and Mekong Delta.
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Viet air cavalry clash near Central Highlands
Reports say a battalion size Communist force slipped away from a 1st Air Cavalry Division unit in the Central Highlands near the Cambodian border after a late Sunday ambush. U S planes and helicopters bombed positions overnight. 558 enemy killed, 86 captured, and an arsenal seized.
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Lunar Orbiter Angles for Moon Shots This Week
America's lunar orbiter settled into orbit around the moon and will begin photographing nine candidate Apollo landing sites from a corridor between Miami and New York. The 850 pound craft will snap and transmit pictures from as low as 28 miles, with the first photo expected Thursday and releases starting about ten hours later.
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Inside Columnist on Winter Advantages and City Editorial
On the Inside columnist Gerald Raftery examines winter advantages in a Page 4 piece. An editorial analyzes downtown Bennnington's development, also on Page 4. Whitingham Old Home Day will feature parachute jumping on Page 6.
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