Defenders Killed as Cong Overruns Marine Outpost
About 600 Viet Cong overran a small U.S. Marine volunteer outpost 370 miles north of Saigon. All 10 American defenders were killed, including a Navy medic. A final radio appeal asked for air and artillery strikes on the post. The attack also set off the ammunitions dump, hindering a rescue by about 100 South Vietnamese militiamen.
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South Vietnam
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Tay Ninh
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Panhandle
South China Sea
Gulf of Tonkin
Reforms Urged In Parochial School System
A Burlington task force for the Diocese of Burlington urges sweeping reforms for 11300 parochial students. A new diocesan board of education would take over many teaching duties, with diocesan support and school consolidation where needed.
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Board of Education
Robert F. Joyce
John Donoghue
South Burlington
Plot to Kill Candidates Reported Amid Democratic Conclave
Chicago Tribune reports federal authorities investigate an alleged plot to assassinate Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Senator Eugene McCarthy at the Democratic National Convention. The plan allegedly involved explosives and rifle fire from upper floors of Robert Taylor Homes near the International Amphitheatre. FBI Secret Service and U.S. Attorney General’s office probe active with information from an inmate at Cook County jail. polygraph tests inconclusive.
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Joseph I. Woods
Gas Symbols Restored On Interstate In Vermont
Vermont Highway Board votes to reinstate a gasoline brand sign program on the interstate system after suspending a one year pilot. Vermont Petroleum Association members urged removal of five high rise Sunoco signs on I-89 and I-91 with Sunoco ordered to remove by August 1 at 24 exits.
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Guards Seized at Ohio Penitentiary Riot
Nine guards were taken hostage by convicts during a prison riot at the Ohio State Penitentiary. The incident followed a $1 million fire and riot on June 24, with one report noting two convicts were shot.
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Ike's Condition Remains Extremely 'Critical'
Washington dispatch reports former President Dwight D. Eisenhower spent a quiet night with isolated heart spasms but no sustained ventricular irregularities. At Walter Reed, doctors said his condition remains critical though trend is favorable, with defibrillator use, injections, and IV feeding. family vigil continues as they consider a heart transplant, which doctors say is not indicated given his age and other conditions.
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Vermont Judge Waterman decision becomes best seller
New York UPI report notes that Judge Sterry Waterman of Vermont authored a landmark Second Circuit ruling overturning a lower court and barring corporate officers with inside information from trading in their stock. Demand for copies from Wall Street and press plans expanded the opinion’s reach. The memo then digresses into a chronology of Eisenhower’s heart attacks.
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Sterry Waterman
St. Johnsbury
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Wall Street
Oakes declines intervene in Trasburg adultery case
Attorney General James L. Oakes refused to intervene in the adultery case against Rev. David Johnson Sr. of Irasburg Vermont. He said the office has not participated in adultery prosecutions and that the matter should rest with local officials. Johnson, 39, was arrested August 9 with Barbara Lawrence, 23, after their alleged offense on July 22 following a fire at Johnson’s home.
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Trasburg
Orleans County
Atty
Leonard Pearson
Attorney General’s Office
Attorney General’s
Pearson
Barbara Lawrence
Bethel
Irasburg
Fulbright urges immediate cease fire and coalition in Vietnam
Fulbright proposes that the Democratic platform back an immediate cease-fire in Vietnam followed by an internationally supervised coalition government and elections. He argues to acknowledge past errors, seek Paris talks on self determination, end bombing of North Vietnam, and include Saigon and the National Liberation Front in future discussions.
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Johnson rules out ceasefire until Hanoi responds
President Johnson rebutted rumors of an imminent North Vietnamese bombing halt saying the United States will not scale back until Hanoi seriously signals willingness to de escalate. He spoke at a Detroit Veterans of Foreign Wars convention and urged not to trade the fighting men’s voices for political advantage. Johnson said no US move will occur unless the other side shows true commitment to peace and de escalation. He also noted the stance might influence Humprey’s campaign and contrasted it with McCarthy’s demands.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
South Vietnam
Nixon campaign in Ohio references Cleveland police revolt
Nixon opened a two day Ohio swing with an exhibitor breakfast at the state fair grounds. He met Gov. Rhodes and heard William Walker claim Cleveland police are staging a revolt and distributing flyers accusing Mayor Stokes. Walker urged Nixon to obtain copies of the flyers as part of a broader discussion on police training.
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UPI
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James Rhodes
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Raymond Shafer
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Inside Columnist Hints Nixon May Offer Rockefellers Cabinet
Marquis Childs notes Nixon could offer Rocke Rockefeller a top cabinet post. Mention appears on Page 4. The rest of the column teases other items: new Shaftsbury School faculty on Page 6, and Post 13 struggle to find an encore on Page 8.
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