Laos Invasion Report Elevates Indochina War Tensions
Japanese agency Kyodo reports 4000 to 5000 South Vietnamese paratroopers with American air support landed in Southern Laos near the Bolivens Plateau. U.S. ground forces did not cross the border, but air support was used as Washington remained largely silent. Protagonists include Sen. George Aiken and Kosygin condemning the action, with Pathet Lao noting large troop concentrations along the border.
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U.S
George Aiken
R-Vt
State Department
Kyodo
Saigon
Bolivens
Tass Monday
Alexei N. Kosygin
Indochina
Pathet Lao
Cold and Clear With Flurries And Teens Outlook
Continued cold with mostly sunny skies and a chance of flurries in higher elevations. Highs of 5 to 15. Tonight remains clear and cold with lows from minus 10 to minus 25. Wednesday will bring more clouds and higher temperatures in the teens. Yesterday's high was 6 with a low of minus 4. current morning reading at Bennington Airport is minus 11. Sunset 5:03, sunrise 7:07.
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Bennington
Bennington water board pushes fluoride referendum
Six of seven water board members want voters, not selectmen, to decide fluoridation of Bennington’s water. A petition by Lucia Howard calls for a referendum. four months after selectmen voted to fluoridate the supply no ordinance has been written. Dr. John G Long of the Health Department plans to speak Feb 9 at a Human Resources Council meeting on a dental clinic, with fluoridation likely to be discussed.
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Bennington Water Board
Ken Couch
Lucia Howard
Town Water and Sewer Commission
Howard
Water Board
John G. Long
Selectmen
Human Resources Council
State Department of Health
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Howard Hard
Docking problem vanishes on Apollo 14 moon mission
Apollo 14 crew led by Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa press toward Fra Mauro with docking trouble resolved after a 10 second burn. Ground teams expect final docking before moon landing while Saturn stage fires ahead for a Thursday moon orbit and planned 33 percent mission duration on the lunar surface.
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Bruce McCandless
McCandless
Rockefeller pushes record New York tax plan for 1971 72
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller submits an $8.45 billion budget and a $1.1 billion tax hike the largest in state history to close a projected $1.4 billion gap. The package includes a 1 cent sales tax increase, a 10 percent income tax rise, removal of auto deductions, higher gasoline and motor vehicle fees, cigarette tax up, and a $300 million borrowing plan. No new local funds are promised.
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N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
New York City
Connally defends fees as Senate inquiry opens
Treasury Secretary designate John B. Connally told the Senate Finance Committee he does not deserve to be pilloried for receiving 225000 in fees as Texas governor from Sid W Richardson estate. He said he accepted 750000 total as co executor rather than 1.2 million to become Navy secretary in 1961. He noted the 225000 was partial deferred payment and that he sacrificed 400000 to 500000 in other fees to take the Navy post. Senator Bennett backed Connally saying he did no wrong and that the charges reflected oil money stigma rather than crime. The Times report asserting improper timing was criticized as vague and unfounded.
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UPI
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John B. Connally
Texas
Connally
Senate Finance Committee
Sid W. Richardson
Navy
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Finance Committee
Bennett
New York Times
Publisher gives $500000 to St Michael's College
Vincent C. Ross of Greenwich donates five hundred thousand dollars to St Michael's College in Winooksi, the largest gift in the college's 67 year history.
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St. Michael’s College
Winooski
St. Michael's College
Vincent C. Ross
Greenwich
Inside Preview of Bennington Town Meeting and Topics
Inside preview highlights include a liberal Democrat decrying party folly in Byrd’s election as whip, warnings to pregnant women about mercury in tuna and swordfish, and updates on McCullough Mansion use. Notes on Shaftsbury state aid, Red Smith’s conservation focused sports column, and St Michael’s College fundraising in Palm Beach with donor Ross urging private higher education support.
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Byrd
Ross
Ross Enterprises
Fort Lee
N.J
Gambrell Named Georgia's Interim U.S. Senator
Gov. Carter selected David H. Gambrell 41, an Atlanta lawyer, to fill the late Richard Russell's unexpired term. Gambrell, self described aggressive pragmatist, pledged to seek a full six year term in 1972 and noted he will likely campaign ahead of a January 1973 swearing in.
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UPI
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Georgia
U.S
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Jimmy Carter
Richard B. Russell
Senate
Russell
O Shea Urges End to In-Fighting Among Vermonters Democrats
Mec KNOSBURG reports Bernard O Shea calls Vermont Democrats to end internal feud and redirect blame for 1970 defeat to the Republican congressional delegation. He criticizes Aiken and Stafford dynamics, notes GOP patronage and long tenure in Congress, and urges unity to gain in 1972. Page 12 Col 4.
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Rep
Stafford
Everest
Senate
O'Shea
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