Britain Will Not Sever Ties With China After Embassy Attack
Britain refused to end diplomatic relations with Communist China after Red Guards burned and sacked the British embassy in Peking. The assault left Donald Hopson and staff injured, with prime ministers and foreign secretary rushing back to London. Britain called the act outrageous and said it stemmed from Beijing, while police sealed the Hong Kong border and warned of possible ransom risks.
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UPI
Britain
China
Red Guards
Peking
Red Guard
Harold Wilson
George
Brown
Tokyo
Moscow
Belgrade
Donald Hopson
Chancery
Hong Kong
Red China
Foreign Office
United Kingdom
Mao Tsetung
Arrest Expected In Pearson Murder Case
Williamstown Massachusetts police anticipate an arrest this afternoon in the Bonnie Pearson homicide case. The 19 year old was found dead in a Williamstown garage after a night out near the Five Flys club. A witness led investigators to a search area near Bennington Battlefield Park while a 1967 maroon and white Chevrolet lacking Massachusetts plates drew questions.
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Mass
Bonnie Pearson
Berkshire County
Miss Pearson
Massachusetts
Hogan’s Chevrolet
New York
Vermont
N.Y. 67
Bennington Battlefield Park
Five Flys
Evacuation Ordered Near Texarkana Tank Car Fire
Authorities evacuated about 6,000 people from a 15 square mile area around derailed and exploding chemical tank cars. A muriatic acid tank exploded injuring 10 responders and firefighters, with more blasts feared as several cars including plastic resin nitric acid and naphtha burned amid the derailed trains.
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Texarkana, Tex
UPI
Red Cross
Wadley Hospital
Texarkana
Named To Education Board In Vermont
Gov. Philip H. Hoff names Dr. John T. Fey 50, former president of University of Vermont and ex-U.S. Supreme Court clerk, to a month term on Vermont's state board of education replacing Tom S. Arthur who resigned for business conflicts. Fey also led George Washington University Law School and served in Maryland House of Delegates 1946-50.
Barber roadblocks Bennington Grand List access sparks clash
Raymond C. Murray, president of the Bennington Taxpayers Protective Association, urged selectmen to grant permission to copy and publish Bennington's Grand List. Town officials cited timing and legal checks, while the group proposed photographing records to compile a comparative booklet. Authorities noted no formal authorization existed for Barber to study the request, and debates over access and oversight continued.
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Taxpayers’ Association
Raymond C. Murray
Selectmen
Association
Bennington
Bennington Taxpayers Protective Association
Murray
Francis J. Hogan
Listers
Norton Barber
BTPA
Barber
Hogan
Sisters
Selectman
Richard van Santvoord
Atty. Barber
Alma Langlois
Massive Raids Continue in Vietnam War Actions
UPI reports the fourth straight day of large scale raids around Hanoi with planes hitting targets near the city as 162 bombing missions involved 400 to 500 aircraft. Soviet Tass cited three U.S. planes shot down while pilots described heavy antiaircraft and SAM fire and attacks on bridges and rail lines funneling Chinese supplies to Hanoi.
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Saigon
UPI
Hanoi
Tass
U.S
China
Co Trai
Mark E. Perrault
Lowell
Mass
National Guard Under Fire Over Detroit Riot Role
Washington reports Army general Lt. Gen. Throckmorton criticized the National Guard as trigger happy amid Detroit disorders. Michigan Gov. Romney defended their conduct, noting late commitment and unprecedented violence. Throckmorton said guardsmen fired to avoid bystander harm. most carried loaded weapons despite orders. The House subcommittee weighed Guard training and equipment for city riots.
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UPD
National Guard
Detroit
John L. Throckmorton
House Armed Service
Michigan
George W. Romney
Michigan National Guard
Throckmorton
Johnson
Subcommittee
Charles Stone
Investi
Rep
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Riot in Jackson as Negroes confront city hall and plant
United Press International reports that angry Black residents smashed glass at Jackson city hall and a bottling plant during a protest over police action. New Haven calm after three nights of turmoil. In New York a federal judge lowered H Ray Brown bail and released him, while New Orleans grand jury indicted him on crossing state lines with a firearm amid previous charges. Brown remains free on other bail. violence linked to earlier Maryland riot incitement charges.
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United Press International
Jackson, Mich
New Haven
Conn
New York
H. Ray Brown
Black Power
New Orleans
Brown
Maryland
Jackson
City Commission
Border Fire Flare Up as Jordan and Israel Exchange Shots
Jordanian and Israeli troops fired across the Jordan River for about 30 minutes in a renewed Mideast cease fire breach near the Damia bridge. No casualties were reported. Arab summit plans stalled by bickering, Syria divisions, and a Yemen war split, with a Khartoum summit in flux and talks on oil embargoes and Arabization of Western interests under reconsideration.
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Mideast
West Bank
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Damia Bridge
Beirut
Syria
Baath
Khartoum
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Al-Nahar
Faisal
Mohammed Magoud
Sudan
Tunisia
Algeria
Middle East News Agency
MENA
Cairo
al Ahram
Hussein
Jordan
Israel
Baghdad
West
Albany proposal would replace counties with local legislatures
The Legislature Committee of the Constitutional Convention recommended a local apportionment plan on Tuesday. It would replace county boards with county legislatures, require single member districts and bar officials from holding other public offices. Republicans oppose, arguing many upstate county officeholders already hold multiple posts. Senator Earl Brydges warned of a strong floor fight.
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Albany
Constitutional Convention
GOP
Earl W. Brydges
Inside Letters to the Editor on Vigil and School Changes
A reader’s inside letter comments on a vigil on page 4. Manchester Elementary appoints a new principal on page 8. County skeet shooters total a sweep in state championships on page 12.
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Manchester Elementary
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Ort
Border
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