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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1969

Page

2

Study Finds UFOs Not Linked to Interstellar Travelers

Washington report from the University of Colorado on unidentified flying objects concludes there is no evidence UFOs are spacecraft from another civilization. The two year Air Force funded study says contact with intelligent life elsewhere in the next 10,000 years is extremely unlikely, with Venus or Mars as possible but doubtful hosts.

Washington UPI Air Force University of Colorado Earth Inter Edward A. Condon Colorado National Bureau of Standards Christ Venus Mars U.S

Two FBI Agents Shot and Alleged Killer Captured

Washington AP reported Billie Austin Bryant, 29, accused seven time bank robber, captured in an attic seven hours after two FBI agents Anthony Palmisano and Edwin R. Woodriffe were fatally shot outside Bryant’s estranged wife’s apartment. Bryant, muddy and meek on capture, fled after robbing a Maryland bank of 1700 dollars and was later placed on the FBI ten most wanted list.

Washington APD Tmeek FBI Billie Austin Bryant Anthony Palmisano Hyattsville Edwin R. Woodriffe Oxon Hill Bryant Maryland Robert Ross Ross Metropolitan Police Lorton Federal Reformatory Virginia

U.S. Casualties Drop In Vietnam Fighting

UPI reports last week killed 101 American soldiers, the lowest seven-day toll in two years amid a Viet Cong truce. South Vietnamese forces ended a 16 day Mekong Delta campaign in U Minh forest, killing 434 Viet Cong and freeing 90 prisoners. Communist deaths totaled 1,846. U.S. dead rose to 30,644 and wounded to 192,926. South Vietnamese losses were 150 dead and 620 wounded.

Saigon UPI Vietnam U.S Mekong U Minh Forest Propa Moa

Hanoi Charges Saigon Seeks To Torpedo Talks

North Vietnam accuses South Vietnam of trying to derail the Paris talks on Vietnam and keep the United States at war. Thieu demands a two sided table with no equal status for the Viet Cong, while both sides show little sign of immediate concessions amid delays before Nixon’s 1969 inauguration.

Paris UPD North Vietnam Nguyen van Thieu Vietnam Nguyen Thanh le Hanoi Thieu South Vietnam Saigon United States Hau van Lau Strasbourg Alsatian World Peace Movement National Liberation Front Viet Cong Richard M. Nixon U.S Nixon

Cuban escape from Guantanamo sparks diplomatic tension

Ninety three refugees recount a chaotic January dash from Havana toward the Guantanamo base, where 81 Cubans reached the fence and swam or walked through to an American ship. Reports say at least three died and as many as 100 failed, with gunfire and a tenacious escape network.

Miami UPD Guantanamo U.S Guantanamo Base Havana Cuba Camaguey Cammanera Navy

Wire Service Guild members strike Associated Press in New York

Editorial employees at the Associated Press walk off the job in the first strike by wire service editors. The strike began at 8 a.m. EST as WSG negotiates with AP after their contract expired on December 31. AP pledges to continue essential news services while talks resume under federal mediation. union demands include higher pay, shorter week, and extra birthday holiday.

New York APD Wire Service Guild WSG Associated Press Wes Gallagher United States United Telegraph Union George Byrnes Ray Mann Gallagher Mann American Newspaper Guild United Press International Guild

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