UPI US seeks Soviet help to curb Viet Nam aggression
Secretary of State Rusk urged Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko in a 21 hour lunch at the Soviet Embassy to press Asian Communists to halt aggression in Southeast Asia. Gromyko met President Johnson later, with a “lively” Viet Nam discussion contrasting firm U S positions.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Russia
Southeast Asia
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. S
Rusk
Gromyko
Anatoly Dobrynin
Aiken Hoff clash over reapportionment in Vermont
Senator George D. Aiken denounces the Supreme Court reapportionment ruling and vows a fight to amend the Constitution for non population based representation. Governor Philip H. Hoff counters that Vermont must follow the federal court order and questions any deviation.
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Montpelier
UPD
George D. Aiken
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Hoff
Congress
Aiken
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
U.S
Viet Nam Troops Mop Up After Series of Attacks
Government troops reported mopping up after a four day spike in Communist assaults in Viet Nam. Six Americans were killed and one missing, with about 232 American deaths in Viet Nam action since January 1961. Communists reportedly lost at least 200 in this week’s battles, including 124 in two northern engagements. The fiercest fighting occurred atop Hill 159 in Quang Tin Province and near a command post, where 112 Viet Cong were killed on the hill and 12 at the command post. Defenders suffered several American casualties, including Lt. Brian K. Skinner killed, Sgt. Fred Flowers wounded, and Marine Pvt. Gary F. Janulewicz praised for heroism and later decorated. Earlier, three Americans were killed at a Mekong Delta outpost. Maj. John F. Stoneburner was killed on a highway Wednesday. The missing soldier is Spec. 5 William R. Hamlin. Three APCs were destroyed by Viet Cong fire.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
Viet Nam
Hill 159
Quang Tin Province
Vietnamese Defense Ministry
U.S. Army
Brian K. Skinner
Denver
Colo
Fred Flowers
Charleston
W. Va
U.S. Marine Corps Corp
Gary F. Janulewicz
Feeding Hills
Mass
Flowers
Janulewicz
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Vietnamese First Corps
Mekong Delta
Norman W. Heck, Jr
Ida
Mich
James G. Dunton
Melrose
Guy T. Freeland
Fort Smith
Ark
John F. Stoneburner
Sandia Base
N.M
William R. Hamlin
Seattle
Wash
An Lao
APC
GOP Summit backs broad support or quit for Burch
At a New York City summit Eisenhower Nixon and Goldwater urged GOP Chairman Dean Burch to win broad backing from the National Committee. They warned against a party split and urged inclusive leadership to avoid a midterm rift as the Chicago meeting approaches.
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Barry M. Goldwater
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York City
Eisenhower
Nixon
UPI
Dean Burch
Washington
GOP
Goldwater
Burch
GOP National Committee
Teddy Roosevelt
Chicago
Hoff proposes New England power pool to cut rates
Gov. Philip H. Hoff said he has been appointed a lone subcommittee chief to explore a New England power pool for lower regional rates. He noted the six state area faces high costs and floated a possible federal power project as a solution while stressing no quick fixes. Hoff also referenced a Boston governor conference mandate for regional planning on resources and growth. He plans a reapportionment bill to bar legislators from state boards to avoid conflicts of interest and noted Middlesex College brochures overstated campus construction plans.
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New England
Hoff
Boston
Vermont
Middlesex College
Inside Village attorney offers Ben nington a way out
An Inside Village attorney proposes a solution to the town’s multi government system as a practical path forward. The piece outlines possible governance changes and the impact on local administration, highlighting the need for clarity and efficiency in municipal operations.
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Village Attorney
Bennington
J G Davidson Reappointed President of Memorial Hospital
At the Putnam Memorial Hospital annual meeting on Wednesday Dr Joseph G Davidson of Manchester was returned to the presidency for 1964 after serving three one year terms from 1961 to 1963. Norton Barber of Old Bennington was elected president for 1964 with Herbert H Leonard Shaftsbury re elected as vice president and Armand A Lampton West Road as treasurer. Mrs Robert M Parmalee Old Bennington was re elected secretary but only on an acheing basis with explanation on page 10.
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Joseph G. Davidson
Manchester
Herbert H. Leonard
Shaftsbury
Armand A. Lampton
West Road
Robert M. Parmalee
Old Bennington
LBJ Sees U S Money Fast-Tracking Cancer Victory
President Johnson, in accepting the President's Commission on Heart Disease Cancer and Stroke report, forecasts a historic breakthrough in conquering heart disease cancer and stroke with substantial federal funding. The 28-member panel urged a $2.9 billion research and treatment program.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
U.S
Commission On
Senate Rules Panel Clears Baker Probe File
The Senate Rules Committee closed its files on the Baker case and plans to call former White House aide Walter Jenkins as hearings resume next year. Democrats kept the inquiry alive into 1965, while Republicans led by Sen. Cooper pressed for continued investigation. The panel dropped the AT&T and Rometsch evidence to the FBI, extended the probe, and noted Jenkins as a central figure after his October resignation amid morals charges.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Rules Committee
White House
Walter W. Jenkins
Bobby Baker
Baker
John Sherman Cooper
Cooper
Congress
Ellen Rometsch
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Lyndon B. Johnson
Rometsch
FBI
At&t
Jenkins
Johnson
Austin, Tex
Don B. Reynolds
Kotb-Tv
Reynolds
Sen. Johnson
Four Forces Capture Brattleboro Juveniles After Car Theft
Police from Bennington Village Old Bennington State and Auxiliary State Police joined in a rapid pursuit that ended south of Bennington Village with two Brattleboro youths, ages 14 and 15, being apprehended after stealing a Pontiac and siphoning two dollars of gas. The youths fled the stolen car following a brief stop, with officers chasing through woods and fields before heeding the halt. The victims and sources include Horace M Young of Young's Gulf Service.
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Brattleboro
Bennington Village
Horace M
Bob) Young
Young
Gulf Service Station
West Main Street
Old Bennington
Village
Joseph Young
Monument Avenue
J. Michael
Mickey) Kearns
U.S. 7
Kearns
Chief Young
Bennington
Stae
Nobel Prize to King for non violent civil rights leadership
Oslo ceremony presents Martin Luther King with the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize worth 54560 dollars. Gunnar Jahn credits King for turning the other cheek and waging a non violent struggle toward civil rights in the United States.
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Oslo
Norway
UPI
Martin Luther King
United States
America
King
Gunnar Jahn
Nobel Committee
Oslo University
John
FBI Confession Ties Man to Civil Rights Slayings
In Meridian Mississippi an FBI agent told a U S commissioner the FBI has a signed confession from Horace Doyle Barnett one of 21 charged in the killings of three civil rights workers The confession would implicate others and Barnett was to be arraigned later in Shreveport Louisiana The judge delayed ruling on admitting the confession and the case proceeds toward a grand jury bound over decision.
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Meridian
Miss
Barnett
Justice Department
Robert Owen
Owen
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