U S May Force U N Action In Vietnam Debate
Washington reports that the United States may push the United Nations Security Council to address Vietnam. Key factors include a Senate resolution urging U S involvement and controversy over Viet Cong access to the U N for lobbying. The State Department favors NLF representation in debate, but not for propaganda use without accountability.
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Supreme Court Affirms Alabama School Desegregation Order
The Supreme Court affirmed a state wide desegregation order against Alabama Governor Lurleen Wallace and education officials. The ruling upheld a Montgomery three judge court’s March 22 1967 decision mandating a model desegregation plan across 99 local systems and striking down the tuition grant law. The plan covers school choice construction transport and faculty integration.
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Alabama
Lurleen B. Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
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Greece and Turkey Agree To Withdraw Cyprus Troops
Greek ships began sending troops home from Cyprus under the UN backed accord to avert war with Turkey. President Makarios disputed terms while U S envoy Cyrus Vance said tensions had eased and returned to the United States after aiding talks. Thant proposed enlarging the UN peacekeeping force to oversee disarmament and security.
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UPI
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Comedian Bert Lahr Dies In New York City at 72
New York famed actor Bert Lahr died at 72 in Columbia Presbyterian Hospital after a weekend decline from a back ailment and pneumonia. He rose from vaudeville to Broadway and film, best known as the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz, later performing in Hold Everything and other stage roles.
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UPI
Bert Lahr
Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital
Minsky’s
Lahr
Victor Moore
America
Vermont Democrats Silence Vietnam Debate At State Meeting
Vermont Democratic state committee blocked discussion on Vietnam at its organizational meeting while electing William A. Hunter as state chairman for two years. The action followed a Windsor County push for a political solution to the war. Gov. Hoff and Lt. Gov. Daley lamented the decision to skip debate.
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Eugene Winslow
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Vietnam
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Montpelier
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Robert V. Daniels
Democrats To Submit List For Selectman Vacancy
The Bennington Town Democratic Committee will meet tonight to draft three or four names to submit to the Bennington Board of Selectmen for the vacancy created by the death of Democrat Richard Van Santvoord. The two remaining selectmen may appoint a successor by December 12 with candidates suggested by the party. Jerome and Danisch, both listed as interested, are named as contenders.
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Carmel Babcock
J.C. Jerome
West Road
Walter Danisch
Robinson Avenue
Jerome
Two Athens Newspapers Banned Over Karamanlis Critique
In Athens a seven month old Greek regime clash with exiled former Premier Constantine Karamanlis flared as two papers were barred from newsstands for refusing to publish a government statement attacking Karamanlis. The ban may widen if morning papers also refuse the attack amid a broader press dispute.
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Eleftheros Kosmos
Gls Smash Cong Attempt To Cut Saigon Supply Line
UPI reports American and allied forces repelled a Viet Cong bid to sever Saigon’s key food corridor with a dawn attack in the Mekong Delta. Soldiers killed at least 187 Viet Cong, while Long Binh faced fires from guerrilla rockets and a major supply loss scene. Additional incidents included a Navy destroyer hit by a North Vietnamese shore battery, a Caribou crash with 26 dead, and riverine forces engaging near Highway Four as delta battles intensified.
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UPI
Mekong Delta
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America
Long Binh
Demilitarized Zone
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Ozbourn
Delta
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Long Birth
Mass for Cardinal Spellman Draws Faithful From Archdiocese
In St Patrick’s Cathedral New York thousands of Catholic schoolchildren and parishioners gathered for a Solemn Requiem Mass for Francis Cardinal Spellman. The cardinal lay in state before burial planned Thursday at the cathedral beside past church leaders. Spellman died of a stroke at 78 and his red cardinal’s hat will be suspended with hats of McClosky Farley and Hayes.
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Gothic
Spellman
Pius XII
John Cardinal McClosky
John Cardinal Farley
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
Los Angeles
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan
Baltimore
John Patrick Cardinal Cody
Chicago
John Joseph Krol
Philadelphia
Patrick Aloysius Cardinal
O’boyle
Washington
Inside Editorial Proposes revival of local appraisal study
A column urges reviving a study of local property appraisals to correct trends. The piece argues for informed oversight and updated data to guide community planning and fiscal decisions.
Minister Tapes Sermon for His Own Funeral
Weston's Rev. Harold G. High, 84, taped his funeral sermon three years earlier and left the recording with a funeral director. A Republican former State Representative, he may have the sermon played at his funeral or at memorial services. He died Friday and served as pastor of Weston Community Church since 1939.
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High
Weston Community Church
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