B52s Hit Ho Chi Minh Trail and Mekong Delta Junks
U S B52 strategic bombers backed by fighters attacked the Ma Gia Pass and North Vietnam supply routes. In the delta, jets and helicopters destroyed two flotillas of junks ferrying food arms to Viet Cong. A large number of vessels were sunk as night smuggling was targeted in the Rung Sat Zone near Saigon.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Mekong
Ma Gia
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Russia
Rung Sat
North Viets Air Force Doubled by Soviet MIG Deliveries
Russian sources disclose 100 new MIG fighters reaching Hanoi, doubling North Vietnam’s air strength to about 200 aircraft including MIG 19s and MIG 21s. The move sharpens the air war with U.S. forces as crews brace for intensified dogfights and higher aircraft losses, with defense costs rising per plane.
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Aps
Russia
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Kremlin
U.S
Red River Delta
Haiphong
South Vietnam
Thailand
Gulf of Tonkin
Bien Hoa
Defense Department
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Vung Tau
Pope
Kennedy and Hoover Feud Over FBI Bugging
Washington UPI report on a public clash between FBI Director J Edgar Hoover and Senator Robert F Kennedy over authorized eavesdropping. The feud centers on past IRS and Las Vegas cases and a court review of possible unconstitutional bugging. Hoover claims Kennedy knew of and approved surveillance. Kennedy denies and cites Evans backing his position. The dispute unfolds amid departmental scrutiny of past wiretaps.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Robert F. Kennedy
Justice Department
Kennedy
Hoover
New York
Las Vegas
Supreme Court
Rep. H. R. Gross
Iowa
Attorney General
Fred B. Black Jr
Senate
Bobby Baker
Courtney A. Evans
Bureau
Evans
Supreme Court upholds Hoffa jury tampering conviction
The Supreme Court preserves James R. Hoffa's 1964 jury tampering verdict, rejecting claims an associate was a government informer. Chief Justice Warren dissented. Justices White and Fortas did not participate. Hoffa faces eight years in prison plus $10,000 fine for Nashville jury rigging amid broader fraud/conspiracy cases.
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Washington
UPC
Supreme Court Today
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Justice Department
Potter Stewart
Hoffa
Supreme Court
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nashville
Earl Warren
Byron R. White
Abe Fortas
Tom C Clark
William O. Douglas
Chicago
U S Helps Thailand Form 22 Jungle Special Forces
UPI reports the United States aids Thailand in organizing 22 Special Forces units to patrol the northeast jungles and combat guerrillas. The U.S. Operations Mission in Bangkok will supply light helicopters communications gear firearms and ammunition.
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Bangkok
UPI
United States
Thailand
U.S
Rangers
Kra
Laos
Vermont Advisory Commission Calls Redistricting For All Schools
A nine month old committee on school district reorganization released a report urging immediate meetings of 32 study areas across Vermont to explore consolidating existing districts into larger, more workable units. Harold Reynolds Jr. of Springfield chairs the commission created by the legislature last March. In the coming months, law will require school boards to examine forming comprehensive districts capable of providing systematic high quality education on a kin.
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Montpelier
Committee On
Vermont
Harold Raynolds Jr
Springfield
Advisory
Arlington
Bennington South Supervisory Union
Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester
Burr and Burton
Bennington
Stamford
Readsboro
Searsburg
Wilmington
Whitingham
Dover
Marlboro
Halifax
Windham County
Commission
Area Sculptor To Carve State Seal for Expo 67
Lothar Wuerslin, a Vermont area sculptor formerly of New York City, has been commissioned to carve the state seal in bass wood for the Vermont building at Expo 67 in Montreal. The five foot diameter seal will be finished by early March and painted white, with Wuerslin’s prior works noted in New York City exhibits.
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Sandgate
Vermont
Montreal
Lothar Wuerslin
New York City
Charles E. Wiley
Wuerslin
Southern Vermont Art Center
Manchester
Supreme Court reverses Georgia governor race ruling
The Supreme Court reversed a lower federal court decision that barred the Georgia Legislature from deciding the winner of the Georgia governor race. The decision was 5 to 4 with a split among justices.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Georgia
Atlanta
Black
State Assembly
Car Kills Woman on Vermont Route 67A
A 19 year old Bennington housewife, Judy Ann McDermott Sallisky, was struck and killed by a 1966 Dodge convertible driven by David A. Giroux of Williamstown Massachusetts on the night of Saturday along Vermont Route 67A in front of Cushman Manufacturing. Investigators led by Trooper James R. Elrick say the cause of death is a broken neck, with no official word yet. she left behind husband Eric C. Sallisky and multiple siblings. Funeral arrangements are set at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home.
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North Bennington
Bennington
Donald F. Shea
Eric Sallisky
Depot St
David A. Giroux
Williamstown
Mass
Cushman Manufacturing Company
Giroux
Paul McDermott
Dolores McDermott
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Margaret McDermott
Catherine McDermott
Mary Glass
Poultney
Hanson-Walbridge
Hanson- Walbridge Funeral Home
Inside Outsider Foresees New Office in Town
On the Inside column features Alan Sophrin predicting a new office in town overseen by a wealth observer. Lake Paran officials voice concern over the facility’s financial health amid growing scrutiny and budget strains.
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Alan Sophrin
Lake Paran
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Rutland
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Barre
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Clark Condon
Carroll Comstock
Kenneth E. Clayton
High Court
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CIA
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Baton Rouge
Partin
Andrew Jackson Hotel
William J. Brennan Jr
Ellis G. Arnall
Callaway
Maddox
Arnall
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12Th Air Commando Squadron
Vietnam
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