Police raid on Black Panthers ends in five hour battle
LA police battled Black Panthers near Watts in a five hour gun and bomb confrontation. Eleven Panthers surrendered after 300 officers pressed the raid to arrest three men and search for arms. Three officers were wounded and 14 more suspects arrested in other raids.
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UPIA
Black Panther
Los Angeles
UPI
Watts
Robert Houghton
Houghton
Panther
Gates
Supreme Court Voids Milk Differentials Near Boston Area
The Supreme Court ruled 4-2 against higher price differentials under a federal milk marketing order for New England producers near Boston Springfield and Fall River Mass. Vermont farmers won elimination of the payments tied to “nearby” markets, with the court noting they deserve the fruits of victory as of final judgment. The case involved about 8 million dollars in escrow and dates dating to 1967.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
New England
Boston
Springfield
Fall River
Mass
Vermont
Agriculture Department
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Hampshire
U.S. Court of Appeals
John M. Harlan
High Court
Maine
Crisis of Greece's worst air disaster claims 90 lives
A severe downdraft during a thunderstorm caused an Olympic Airways DC6 to crash into Mt Paneion near Athens killing all 90 aboard. The flight from Crete to Athens lacked a black box, complicating cause determination. Government declares national mourning as rescue teams recover bodies among burned olive trees.
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Athens
API
Olympic Airways
Olympic
Aegean
George Koloumoudiotis
Aristotle Onassis
Khania
Crete
Mt. Paneion
Greece
Scandinavian Airlines System
SAS
Mt. Hymetus
Mt. Parnes
Keratea
Bennington listers offer tax relief and rebate schedules
The Bennington Board of Listers announced limited Vermont senior property tax relief and sales use tax rebate schedules available first come, first served. Eligibility requires age or income thresholds. offices and centers will distribute forms and assist. An abatement meeting is set for December 15 to review unpaid bills.
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Bennington
Sisters
Francis J. Hogan
Montpelier
Edward R. Lamb
Hogan
Senior Citizens Center
North St
Daisy Myers
R. Robert Flatt
Bennington - Rutland
Listers
Alma Langlois
Bennington College
Bennington Board of Civil Authority
Davis Receives Support On Surplus Prediction
In Montpelier the Davis administration sticks to a 7.1 million surplus forecast for fiscal 1970 while acknowledging Democratic claims that 3 percent sales tax receipts will near 16 million. Bud get chief Crisman pins 15.7 million in new tax revenue, 6 million above 1969 projections, plus 1 million from a windfall on the personal income tax surcharge. He resists Sen Boardman’s higher surplus range of 10 to 12 million. If AFDC funds lapse, unspent money could reduce the deficit, aiding a 7 million biennial shortfall.
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Crisman
Robert Boardman
Chittenden- Grand Isle
House Appropriations
Luther Hackett
South
Burlington
Social Welfare Department
Washington
Hackett
Egyptian MIGs clash with Israeli Phantoms south of Suez
Cairo said eight MIG 21s and eight F4 Phantoms fought south of Suez City with eight planes on each side. It claimed Egyptian planes shot down one Phantom while Israeli spokesmen denied a dogfight and said raids targeted canal area. U S jets delivery to Israel noted as escalation.
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Cairo
Suez
Tel Aviv
Canal
Suez City
Ein Sukhna
United States
Israel
Jordan
Amman
Jordan Valley
Golan Heights
Nixon Says Vietnam War Timetable On Schedule For Christmas
President Nixon told a national audience that the Vietnam War timetable is on track and he expects to announce plans to bring more U.S. troops home around Christmas. He cited progress in U S Soviet arms talks and noted the My Lai massacre as an isolated, unjustified atrocity.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Paris
My Lai
Congress
Spirto T. Agnew
Agnew
South
Vietnam
Pentagon
United States
U.S
Song My Village
Hippies Indicted In Tate Slayings
LOS ANGELES five members of the Manson sect including Charles Manson have been indicted for murder in the August slayings of actress Sharon Tate and six others. A sixth person faces two murder counts and a conspiracy count. The grand jury heard 22 witnesses and the indictment covers seven victims. Susan Atkins testified and is named in the indictment, with the jury noting no immunity was granted. Atkins provided the breakthrough account after months of investigation.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Charles M. Manson
Sharon Tate
Cy Monday
Manson
Independence
Calif
Susan Atkins
Miss Tate
Benedict Canyon
Lena
Rosemary LaBianca
Miss Atkins
Change the Cape Kennedy name sparks old Hoover Dam dispute
Winter hazards loom as ski thieves threaten the season. Six State Police officers receive promotions in a combined story and picture on page six.
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Cape Kennedy
Hoover Dam
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