Bus Crash Kills Driver in Boyntonville Route Grips Town
A Greyhound bus traveling from Burlington to New York City crashed near Boyntonville on New York Route 7 in Pittstown. Driver Allen E. Mills, 49, of Winooski Vermont, was killed. Fourteen passengers were hospitalized in Troy. several Vermonters were treated and released. Cause under investigation, with sleep or road edge loss cited as possibilities. Rescue squads aided and the scene drew local responders.
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Martin Defends Fed Decision Amid Viet Nam War Spending
Washington UPI William McChesney Martin Jr chairman of the Federal Reserve Board said the board kept the Johnson administration continuously informed before and after raising rates from 4 to 4.5 percent. He argued the fast economy and expected war spending justified the timing and substance of the rate increase.
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Back Taxes Collected In Vermont Crackdown
Gov. Philip H. Hoff says 25,739 dollars in back taxes have been collected in a Vermont auto purchase and use tax crackdown begun on November 22. Motor Vehicle Commissioner James Malloy credits the effort for bringing in the money before delinquents were sent notices, adding the department has begun to scratch the surface.
U S Ready To Talk Peace That Assures Viet Freedom
Secretary of State Dean Rusk signaled to Communist China that the United States is ready to discuss peace in Vietnam on terms that guarantee South Vietnam’s independence and territorial integrity. He briefed John Gronouski in Warsaw ahead of a meeting with China’s envoy, while conveying views to French leaders amid NATO talks and French elections.
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Europeans Fear All-Out Viet War Directly Involving Red Chinese
Paris reports warn that Western diplomats fear an all-out war in Viet Nam with Communist China vetoing peace moves and threatening to take over the North. Hanoi appears set on an all or nothing path as NATO meets in the French capital to discuss options, offering little guidance or material aid to the United States.
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Marines Search for Reds in Viet Nam Jungles
Thousands of U.S. Marines probing 335 miles north of Saigon reached a valley area near Da Nang where Viet Cong units reportedly fled. They found abandoned gear and a possible field hospital as B52s bombed caves and tunnels. 22 Viet Cong surrendered in Zone D, a major en masse defection. NATO nations offered non-military aid and called for peace steps, cautious about prolonged attrition.
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Yacht Pendebby Resumes Hudson River Voyage to Bahamas
The 35 foot Pendebby, marooned near Utica when the New York Barge Canal closed, reached Albany after a 90 mile trip along the Thruway with a state police escort. Peter Carr Harris, his wife and four children of Kingston Ontario, had been trapped since December 5. A state owned derrick boat from Gov. Rockefeller helped lift the yacht at Utica and place it on a truck for the river restart, with a Christmas tree donated by a Utica service club aboard as it entered the Hudson toward the Atlantic.
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Inside Columnist Comments on Goddard Seminar
Columnist Alan Sophrin weighs in on a seminar at Goddard College while 4-H Agent Jim Edgerton details a farm youth exchange program, highlighting community education and youth programs.
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Somerset Maugham Near Death in France
British author Somerset Maugham, 91, languished in a deep coma at a hospital in Nice France after being found in a coma at his Cap Ferrat villa. Doctor Georges Rozanoff said there was no hope for recovery as brain function had ceased.
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American Commitment Growing in Vietnam
Washington reports indicate U S involvement in Vietnam may intensify with more troops and casualties. Officials say decisions on conducting air raids or striking Viet Cong routes could be announced, while Gen Maxwell D Taylor favors avoiding the destruction of Hanoi and emphasizes ground strategy.
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Cape Crews Work Around Clock for Gemini 6 Launch
Cape Kennedy whiteknuckle scramble as Gemini 6 crews race to fix an electrical plug fault and possible propulsion issue in the Titan 2 rocket. If ready, mission director Schneider says they will launch Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford Wednesday at 8 37 a m EST after Gemini 7.
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