Lebanon Strengthens Border Defenses Amid Tensions with Israel
Lebanon ordered stronger border defenses and discussed a compulsory military service bill to draft 70 000 to 100 000 recruits this year amid clashes after the Beirut Airport raid. The plan aims to train villagers and fortify shelters while Egypt and Jordan seek Western and Soviet help to ease the Middle East crisis.
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Hanoi warns Nixon Lodge appointment won’t alter talks
North Vietnam blasted Henry Cabot Lodge’s nomination to lead the U.S. delegation as unchanged by domestic issues, with spokesperson Nguyen Thanh Le insisting the Hanoi stance on Vietnam negotiations remains the same despite the change in U.S. delegation chief.
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Nixon names Lodge to lead Paris talks for tough Vietnam stance
President elect Nixon designates Henry Cabot Lodge as chief U.S. negotiator in Paris with Lawrence Walsh Marshall Green and Philip Habib as top aides. Lodge, veteran ambassador to Saigon, signals no softening toward Hanoi as Ky heads the South Vietnamese delegation. Le, the Viet Cong ally, rejects new offers and pushes for NLF inclusion, urging an early U.S. reply. See PARIS TALKS Page 12, Col. 3.
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Soviets Venus 5 Hurtles Toward Distant Planet
Moscow reports Venus 5 has entered the second day of its four month flight covering 200 million miles to Venus. If soft landing succeeds the mission would mark a second Soviet probe to settle the cloud shrouded world, with aims toward human presence by 1980. Venus 4 showed Venus temperatures at 536 degrees, with hurricane force winds and high atmospheric pressure.
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Alexander Not Fired Has No Plans To Quit
Gov. Hoff and Public Safety Commissioner Erwin Alexander met in Burlington after a gun attack on the Rev. David L. Johnson’s home in Irasburg. The 20 minute talks yielded only no comments from Hoff, Alexander, and others present. Alexander said the disciplinary action against state police officers was unjustified and refused to act. Hoff warned removal could follow if directives were not followed.
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Bennington speaker blanks need for poverty program overhaul
DAVID SCRIBNER reports that Neil Rappaport, ex-deputy director of BROC, told Bennington Unitarian Fellowship a revolution may be needed to end poverty. He blasted OEO led programs as bureaucratized hypocrisy and warned middle class attitudes perpetuate poverty while empowering workers fearfully cling to power. He cited Vermont poverty levels, farm declines since 1942, and Bennington County's 18 percent poverty rate with widespread dilapidation, urging responsibility and local leadership among the poor.
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Witherspoon Predicts Davis Will Seek 3.5% Sales Tax
Montpelier Vermont tax chief Gerald S Witherspoon predicted Gov elect Deane C Davis will seek a 3 5 percent general sales tax with a $10 per family credit the report says He urged local tax reform by 1970 and suggested replacing the property tax variations and repealing old age assistance and poll taxes to fund state spending and avoid losses at the local level.
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Romulo Seeks Reexamining Philippines US Treaties
Philippine Foreign Secretary Carlos P. Romulo urged reexamination of the 1947 military bases and military assistance agreements and the 1951 mutual defense treaty with the United States. He cited a U S House subcommittee finding that losing bases would shift the Pacific frontier far eastward, stressing the Subic Bay Clark Air Base and Langley Point stake in defense.
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On the Inside Columnist’s take on school psychologists
Arlington natives return from Antarctica after gathering soil samples on a research expedition. Gerald Raftery offers a personal view on school psychology, and Mt Haystack hosts a unique ski instruction program beginning this season.
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Chafee Named Secretary of Navy by Nixon Bid
Providence Rhode Island Gov John Chafee a former Marine officer has been picked as Secretary of the Navy in President elect Richard Nixon's administration an aide says He leaves office after losing a bid for a fourth two year term to Democrat Frank Licht Chafee 46 flew to Washington and back to Rhode Island He enlisted at 19 served in Guadalcanal and Okinawa and was recalled for the Korean War commanding a rifle company
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