Critics fault Vermont troopers handling of Irasburg case
A governor’s inquiry panel sharply criticizes Vermont State Police for pursuing an adultery story with more zeal than the July 19 shotgun attack on Rev. David Johnson Sr.’s home in Irasburg. It faults slow action and poor coordination with the attorney general’s office, noting a prime suspect existed within 48 hours yet arrest came three weeks later.
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David Johnson Sr
Public Safety
Erwin Alexander
Irasburg
U.S. District Court
Ernest W. Gibson
Brattleboro
Gibson
Philip H. Hoff
Alexander
Army
Larry G. Conley
Glover
Attorney General’s Office
Larry Conley
James L. Oakes
Johnson
Barbara Lawrence
Rev. Johnson
Howard Conley
Larry
Orleans County
Atty
Leonard Pearson
Orange County
Philip Angell Jr
Pearson
Mr. Johnson
Charles Gallup
Newport
Conley
Maxwell Eaton
Lawrence
District Court
Lewis Springer
Burlington Free Press
Newport Daily Express
Vermont Sunday News
Florida
Department of Public Safety
Vermont
Judge Gibson
Atty. Hilton A. Wick
Burlington
Dorothy Collins
Vermont College
Northeast Craft Fair planned for Bennington July 9 to 14
A Northeast Craft Fair committee announced plans for a Bennington event July 9 to 14 aimed at drawing up to 20,000 visitors. The four day sales and wholesale show will use Mt. Anthony Union High School and Bennington College facilities, with a public relations push to broaden attendance. The event, organized by the Northeast Regional Assembly of the American Craftsmen's Council, is intended to be self liquidating and structured to become an annual fair.
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Bennington
Northeast Regional Assembly of the American Craftsmen’s Council
David Gil
Bennington Potters
Gils
Hiram G. Savage
Mount Snow
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Vanderbuilt Webb
Shelburne
Bennington College
Wendland
U.S
Mt. Anthony
Savage
GBA
New England Craftsmen’s Council
Virginia West
Baltimore
Mary Nyburg
Assembly
Jean Delius
Buffalo
Stowe
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Vermont
New River Channel Ends 103 Year Border Dispute
El Paso and Juarez witness the last act of the El Chamizal Treaty as a dynamite blast creates a new cement-lined channel shifting 437 acres of land. Presidents Johnson and Diaz Ordaz declare the border dispute resolved, calling for friendship and peace between nations. The site, once home to 225 residents, marks a symbol of reconciliation after 103 years.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
Rio Grande
Johnson
Mexico
United States
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Juarez
U.s.-Mexican
el Chamizal
Inside Editorial on Tyranny by Seniority in Legislature
A brief page 4 commentary examines how seniority can enable unchecked power in legislative bodies, warning readers about potential tyranny through entrenched committees and long-standing rules. The piece urges reforms to restore balance and accountability.
Scranton Reports Mideast Is Extremely Explosive
New York UPI reporting Richard Nixon was told Middle East tensions were extremely explosive yet the United States could ease risks by showing friendliness to Arab states. William W Scranton said at a Pierre Hotel briefing that if no peaceful settlement emerges, raids will rise. He noted Arab views of U S bias toward Israel.
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New York
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Middle East
United States
William W. Scranton
Nixon
Scranton
Pierre Hotel
Pennsylvania
Israel
Henry A. Kissinger
William P. Rogers
Walter Lippman
U.S
Egypt
Jordan
United Nations
Pakistan
Urban Coalition
John W. Gardner
Health, Education and
Gardner
Coalition
Talks Deadlock Over Seating Rules for Vietnam Talks
Paris reports say U.S. deputy chief negotiator Cyrus Vance and Col Ha Van Lau failed to agree on five new seating proposals and other procedural details to open the expanded Vietnam conference. Both sides will meet again to hash out the sticking points, as Viet Cong officials push for independent status for each participant and warn of provisional governance in South Vietnam when conditions allow. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh underscores local elections as groundwork for a future central coalition, while extending an olive branch to Saigon officials willing to serve the Viet Cong.
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Paris
UPI
United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
Cyrus Vance
Hanoi
Col
Ha van Lau
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
South Vietnam
Washington
Nguyen Thi Binh
Mrs. Binh
Eban vows renewed peace drive after talks with UK leaders
London reports quote Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban saying no immediate danger of a new Mideast war. He pledged perseverance toward peace after meetings with Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart. Eban backs a joint peace probe led by Gunnar V. Jarring and says Egypt has rebuffed peace efforts. He linked any withdrawal from occupied lands to a firm peace accord with secure borders and stressed that Middle East peace must be agreed by those who fought in the 1977 war.
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London
UPI
Abba Eban
Israel
Mideast
Eban
Harold Wilson
Michael Stewart
Gunnar V. Jarring
United Nations
Thant
Egypt
Middle East
Czech Workers Demand Dubcek Retained Amid Reform Tensions
Prague reports say Czech factory workers warn the Soviets against removing reform leaders led by Alexander Dubcek. The labor press notes potential government reshuffle as the Communist Party Central Committee meets. Josef Smrkovsky, a top reform ally and National Assembly president, is highlighted amid signs he may be targeted.
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Prague
UPI
Alexander Dubcek
Prace
Communist Party Central Committee
Josef Smrkovsky
National Assembly
Dubcek
Smrkovsky
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Spiro T. Agnew Nixon
John A. Volpe
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Robert H. Finch
Winton M. Blount
John N. Mitchell
Maurice Stans
Commerce
George Romney
Gama
Abba Eben
Moscow
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Ukraine
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