Pueblo Crew Release Report Sparks Seoul Tokyo Talks
Tokyo reports, citing Kyodo and Mainichi Shimbun, that the United States and North Korea agreed to release the entire Pueblo crew after Washington virtually accepted a North Korean claim the ship was in North Korean waters when seized. Four crewmen were said wounded and a sailor killed, with a return to Americans in a day or two, while negotiations on others’ release proceed at Panmunjom.
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Tokyo
UPI
Kyodo
Mainichi Shimbun
Seoul
United States
North Korea
Wonsan
Mainichi
Panmunjom
U.S
State Department
Washington
Munhwa Radio
High Seas
John V. Smith
United Nations Command
Korean Armistice Commission
Pak Chung Kuk
Smith
Pak
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Rusk
McNamara
Manchester Selectman To Succeed Lefevre In Legislature
Orrin H. Beattie, 52, Manchester building contractor and neighbor of the late Rep Reid Lefevre, to fill the unexpired District 25 term. Beattie and Gov Hoff praised Lefevre at a Manchester funeral. Beattie sworn in soon, will represent Dorset Landgrove Winhall Peru and Manchester. he is a WWII veteran, church member, and Morgans breeder with five children.
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Manchester
Philip H. Hoff
Orrin H. Beattie
Reid Lefevre
House of Representatives
Lefevre
Beattie
Hoff
William T. Burns
Dorset
Landgrove
Winhall
Peru
Board of Selectmen
Board of Civil Authority
Zoning Commission
Vermont State Guard Reserve
Zion Episcopal Church
Abuse claims spark Jewish congress rift in London
London World Jewish Congress vice chairman Sr. S. A. Miller said Sunday that the Soviet Union has unleashed a stream of abuse against Jews reminiscent of Nazi Germany’s anti-Semitic campaigns. He cited persistent rhetoric and state-sponsored hostility targeting Jewish communities.
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London
UPD
S. A. Miller
World Jewish Congress
Soviet Union
Nazi Germany
Viet Cong Seizes Saigon Police Substation Amid City Fighting
Viet Cong forces about 400 men captured a Saigon police substation and attacked the nearby police district headquarters during curfew hours. U.S. and government troops fought House-to-House battles in Saigon and Cholon as Viet Cong attacks widened. Across DMZ, Khe Sanh remained under heavy siege with Hill 861 exchange, Marines reporting casualties and large enemy bodies in barbed wire.
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Saigon
VPS
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
V.C
Chinese Cholon Quarter
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Hoa Lac
Thai Nguyen
Hanoi
Nguyen Cao Ky
Laos
Preliminary Motions Heard In Bruce McConnell Trial
Nearly 150 potential jurors crowded four Berkshire County jury rooms as the Superior Court prepares to select up to 16 jurors for the Bruce D. McConnell trial in Pittsfield. The 21 year old from North Adams is charged with the Aug. 20 slaying of 19 year old Bonnie Pearson of Newport New Hampshire, daughter of a former Strong Hewat Co. executive. The case, ongoing since August, features sealed motions and a delayed trial start. The investigation spans Vermont and New York after Pearson was last seen at The Five Flys club near the New York Vermont border.
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Williamstown
G. Joseph Tauro
Thomas J. O’malley
Boston Hotel Fire claims six victims in deadly blaze
Boston authorities identify six of nine killed in the Hotel Roosevelt fire in the South End. Fifteen injured including four firefighters. The century-old hotel, slated for demolition, saw victims on upper floors as ladder crews battled flames from street to roof. Fire officials probe cause while damage is estimated at $100,000.
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Boston
UPD
George Curtis
Hotel Roosevelt
South End
Leo Stapleton
Sioner
William J. Fitzgerald
Vincent B. Cromwell
Catawba St
Roxbury
Cromwell
Cocoanut Grove
Washington
East Berkeley
Dover
Matthew J. Contagno
Ralph Regan
Edward J. Ivanoski
Robert Walsh
Quincy
Joseph Davies
Paul
Everett Forest Hills Rapid Transit
James Fullerton
Pay-as-You-Go Tax Proposed For Americans Traveling Abroad
The Johnson administration proposed a graduated travel tax aimed at reducing the U.S. balance of payments deficit. It would tax travel spending outside the Western Hemisphere with 15 percent on $7 to $15 and 30 percent above $15, effective through 1969, with travelers reporting funds and return statements to customs and IRS.
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Washington
API
Johnson
U.S
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
House
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue Service
Fowler
Hemisphere
Vietnam
Washington Mobilization to Protest War in Vietnam
Washington clergy and lay leaders launch a campaign to protest the Vietnam War. The Army refused to permit a memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery led by Martin Luther King Jr. and the group plans to seek court approval. The mobilization, organized on short notice, includes Protestants Catholics and Jews and claims 90 000 members in 90 local chapters. The group released a 420 page study accusing U S forces of war crimes based on news reports and statements by religious leaders.
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Washington
UPI
Arlington National Cemetery
Richard R. Fernan
Dez
Vietnam
Martin Luther King Jr
Army
U.S
Seymour Melman
Columbia
United States
John Sheerin
The
Catholic World
Robert McAfee Brown
Davis declines to name firm in Hoff challenge
In Montpelier Vermont Republican candidate Deane Davis refused to identify a New York state based company cited in a political clash with Governor Philip Hoff. Davis said the Vermont climate made naming the firm undesirable while Hoff pressed for disclosure.
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Davis
Development Department
Hoff
Hunters Find Youth's Body in Snowbank Near Park
State Police say homicide is indicated in the death of 15 year old Albert Sitterly of Rensselaer whose body was found by two hunters Sunday afternoon in a snow bank near Saratoga Battlefield Park. The youth had been missing about two weeks. The discovery was off Sweet Road in the Town of Stillwater near the Stillwater Saratoga town line.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Rensselaer
Saratoga Battlefield Park
Albert Sitterly
Sweet Road
Stillwater
Stillwater-Saratoga
Sitterly
Inside the Bennington housing debate editorial
An Inside editorial by Gerald Raftery critiques Vermont housing woes and warns against overreliance on out-of-staters. The piece, appearing on Page 4, questions state policy and its impact on local housing demand.
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Bennington
Gerald Raftery
Vermont
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Sis) Lefevre
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O’malley
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Pearson
McConnell
Bonnie Pearson
Ralph Martel
New York State
Five Flys
N Y
New York - Vermont
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Council
Knights of Columbus
Harry Hurley
Robert E. Cummings Sr
J. J. Cunning
Herbert Horst
George Foucher
Thomas J. Donavan
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Williams
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