In Six Provinces More Resistance To Mao Reported
Soviet broadcasts reported bloody resistance to Mao Tse-tung s purge in six provinces of Red China. Unconfirmed clashes between Russian and Chinese forces were noted along the Sino Soviet frontier. Radio Moscow said pro Mao factions faced stiff resistance in Henan Hopeh Kwantung Heilungkiang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
UPI
Mao Tse-tung
Red China
Radio Moscow
Henan
Hopeh
China
Kwantung
Heilungkiang
Manchuria
Tibet
Inner Mongolia
Peking Wall
Russia
Peking
Mainichi Shimbun
Ussuri
Harbin
Mainichi
Radio
Moscow
Red Guard
Chu Teh
Vote Today On School Bond in Bennington District
Voters cast ballots at Bennington Elementary School to decide up to 840000 in bonds for a 24 room neighborhood elementary school on Stark Street. Polls close at 8 p.m. Absentee ballots, about 56, are being requested, a typical figure for the district. The proposed 1175638 total school cost yields 835847 to be raised after state aid. The sale would borrow up to 840000 at up to 4.5 percent interest over 20 years to relieve overcrowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Stark Street
Frances Snow
Citizens’ Committee
Eight GIs Die in Accidental Shelling Amid Vietnam War
SAIGON reports eight Americans killed and 18 wounded in two accidental shellings during renewed U S air and sea offensives. A bomb fell short near War Zone C, and an artillery round hit a company of the 1st Air Cavalry near Qui Nhon. Marines fight Viet Cong near Da Nang as U S ships shell Gulf of Tonkin batteries. Casualties include one dead and 14 wounded in the first incident and seven dead, four wounded in the second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
APS
A_ USS
U.S
North Vietnam
Johnson
da Nang
4Th Infantry
Cambodia
Qui Nhon
South Vietnam
Tts
LBJ Explains Why Bombing Resumed
President Johnson sought to soften the impact of the end of the pause in U S bombing of North Vietnam. He said the restart was necessary to keep pressure on Hanoi and to advance prospects for peace in Southeast Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LBJ
Washington
UPI
Johnson
U.S
North Vietnam
Southeast Asia
North Bennington Road
Hamilton
Ho Chi Minh peace message portends no new path
Osservatore Romano says Ho Chi Minh’s telegram to Pope Paul VI contains no new elements to spur peace in Vietnam and urges using influence to halt U S bombing for moral reasons. Johnson orders resumption of air attacks after a six day lull, while insisting the door to peace remains open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
UPI
Osservatore Romano
Ho Chi Minh
Paul VI
Vietnam
Radio
Hanoi
U.S
Vatican
North Vietnam
Holy Father
Powell Declines to Appear Before Committee
Washington (UPI) Adam Clayton Powell refuses to appear in person as a House committee weighs his right to be seated. Seven lawyers outline again that only age citizenship and residence should matter. The panel considers Powell’s legal briefs as it prepares to decide by Feb. 23 whether he may serve in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
House
Select Committee
Congress
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Powell
Ronald Goldfarb
Robert L. Carter
U.S
New York City
Yvette
Corrinne
China pledges continued aid to Viet Cong
Lin Piao told Viet Cong military leaders China will make the greatest sacrifices to assure a Communist victory in Vietnam. The telegram sent on behalf of the Chinese armed forces marked the Viet Cong Unification Day six years into the war. Lin cited his 1965 treatise on people’s war and predicted defeat of the United States despite escalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
UPI
Lin Piao
China
Vietnam
Peking Radio
Lin
South Vietnam National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
New York GOP Leader Seeks Higher School Aid
Albany Republican Assembly minority leader Perry B. Duryea Jr. proposes about 64 million more state aid to schools next year, opposing Governor Rockefeller who says the budget is tight and any increase must come with revenue measures. Duryea cites underestimated tax yields and potential cuts in other areas to fund the raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N.Y
Perry B. Duryea Jr
Assembly
Duryea
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Wilson Reports to Parliament on Vietnam Talks Near Miss
Prime Minister Harold Wilson told the House of Commons that moments in his talks with Soviet Premier Kosygin and with Foreign Secretary Brown brought Vietnam peace negotiations very near during the New Year truce. He called the failure to open talks a tragic disappointment but said Britain would persist in seeking a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPD
Harold Wilson
Alexei Kosygin
Vietnam
Kosygin
Washington
North Vietnam
Wilson
Labor Party
United States
Inside Columnist Opinions and Local Notes
Carlo Walter comments on Searsbury fire fighters. Arlington library seeks increased aid from towns. Shaftsbury school directors push beginning teacher salaries up to $5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlo Walter
Searsbury
Arlington Library
Shaftsbury
Scientists Petition For Gas Ban in Viet
Washington upi More than 5 000 American scientists urged President Johnson to end use of riot gas and anti crop chemicals in Vietnam The petition notes the weapons pose long term hazards and set dangerous precedents It cites 129 National Academy of Sciences members and 17 Nobel laureates urging a White House study on CB weapons and arms control measures to reinforce worldwide restraints The petition argues for U S restraint from initiating chemical and biological warfare warning these weapons could devastate civilians and become cheaper and easier to produce than nuclear arms
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mao
Valentine
101St Airborne Division
1St Air Cavalry Division
Panhandle
Gulf of Tonkin
Vinh
Alfred Cunningham
USS
Straits
Huff
Yvette Powell
North Viet
N.Y. Gop
Parliament
Viet
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!