Bennington North Adams Teen Rumble Echoes West Side Story
A clash between Bennington and North Adams youths erupted at Mt. Anthony Union High School when trucks arrived for a dance. More than 100 teens fought in the courtyard, injures limited, police dispersed crowds and patrolled the area into late night with tear gas guns drawn but unused.
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Bennington
North Adams
Mass
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Wm. H. Fox
Fox
Main Street
Benn View
U.S
Dahlly’s
Bennington College
Mauhs
Viet Cong Shells Saigon and Attacks Downtown
Viet Cong shelled Saigon for the first time in two months, firing 400 rounds at bases ships and villages around the capital. An American GI was killed by a pedestrian incident in the downtown. Over North Vietnam U.S. pilots hit a new Communist line in 104 missions and pursued MIGs. At least 18 killed and 72 wounded in Saigon area. total casualties rising. Police clashed with attackers in the city. one assailant was wounded, others escaped.
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Saigon
UPI
North Vietnam
U.S
Johnson
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Bien Hoa
Tatsuo Sakai
Tokyo
Nihon Keizai Shimbun
Ike's Doctors Report Heart Irregularities
Washington reports Eisenhower remained critical overnight as Army doctors noted continued heart irritability and stable vital signs. They said the 77 year old former president has shown no pain, but the rhythm disturbances persist, amid uncertainty about the severity and immediate threat.
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Washington
Updformer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Czechs Defy Invaders With Freedom Radios Report
Reports from underground Czechoslovak freedom radios describe heavy fighting in major cities against Soviet occupation troops. Tass and Pravda condemn anti-Soviet actions while Radio Free Prague calls for a rally to free Dubcek and other reformers. About 10,000 people gathered in Wenceslas Square as protests continued.
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Prague
UPI
Czechoslovak ‘‘Freedom Radios
Radio
Tass
Pilsen
Budejovice
Hradec Kralove
Unsti Nad Labem
Communist Party Reform
Alexander Dubcek
Radio Free Prague
Party Central Committee
National Assembly
Dubcek
Moscow
Kremlin
Communist Party
Pravda
United States
U.N. Security Council
Soviet Union
Central
Wenceslas Square
Czechoslovakia
Poland
East Germany
Bulgaria
Hungary
Riehle accuses Cooley of misusing state funds
Republican Rep Theo dore Riehle charges Secretary of State Harry Cooley with improper use of taxpayers money in a state letter on election procedures that also urged Cooley's own re election. Riehle claims the mail was sent at state expense under the guise of the state of Vermont.
Ohio Penitentiary Hostages Freed After Police Assault
Ohio State Penitentiary riot ends as police and National Guard storm the cell block with 75 pounds of plastic explosives. Nine guards are rescued unharmed, five convicts killed, eleven wounded, and one critically hurt. Hostage Lt. Sam George suffers a cut as attack begins.
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Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
UPI
New School of Penologists
Ohio State Penitentiary
National Guard
Sam George
M. J. Koleski
George
Columbus
Three Governors Hopefuls Tour Vermont Poverty Areas
Vermont three gubernatorial candidates Daley Oakes and Davis toured southwestern counties including Castleton Rutland Fair Haven Manchester and Bennington to inspect poverty conditions. Each outlined proposals from a shared anti poverty focus with Daley backing a central task force Oakes proposing volunteer driven aid and Davis urging higher minimum wage and stronger vocational programs.
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Castleton
API
Vermont
John Daley
James Oakes
Deane Davis
Thomas Davis
Rutland
Fair Haven
Manchester
Bennington
Daley
Northeast Kingdom
CES
Orleans County
Oakes
Davis
Court Upholds Legality of N.Y. Vaccination Law
A New York State Supreme Court ruling affirms polio vaccine for public school attendance. Justice David F. Lee Jr. finds no violation of religious freedom or church establishment, in a case involving Dr. Thomas E. McCartney and his son Thomas II. The decision sparks plans to appeal.
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Binghamton
N.Y
Supreme Court
David F. Lee Jr
Norwich
Thomas E. McCartney
Union Center
Thomas McCartney II
Maine Memorial School
New York State
Steuben County
Dutchess County
McCartney
State Supreme Court
Lee
Young Thomas
Inside Columnist Reports an African Horror Tale
Catharine Foster writes the Inside column about an African horror story. The page notes include Page 4. Playwright's 16th production in Dorset on Page 6. Flowers blossom at Arlington show on Page 7. Bennington trap shooter ties for crown on Page 10.
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Catharine Foster
Dorset
Arlington Show
Bennington
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Paris
W. Averell Harriman
Ike
Myron ‘‘Red’’ Woodand
Massachusetts
Park Street
Jeer
Wenceslas
Russia
National Museum
Freedom Radios
Karlovo
Radio Bratislava
Radio Kosice
Vasil Bilak
Frantisek Barbirek
Alois Indra
Drahomir Kolder
Riehle
Cooley
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