Gunman fires at Soviet cosmonauts in Moscow motorcade
A young man fired on the triumphal cosmonaut motorcade through Moscow injuring a chauffeur and a motorcycle outrider, Tass reported. None of the cosmonauts was hurt, including Valentina Tereshkova. The gunman was detained, authorities said, with motives unclear and the incident described as a provocation.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Valentina Tereshkova
Vladimir Shatalov
Boris Volynov
Yevgeny Khrunov
Alexei Yeliseyev
Kremlin
Bucher Faces Court Martial For Loss Of USS Pueblo
Cmdr Lloyd M Bucher faces possible court martial over the loss of the USS Pueblo after testimony on how the ship surrendered to North Korean gunboats and events that followed. He testified he could not prevent capture and that most equipment was damaged or destroyed before surrender.
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Coronado
Calif
UPI
Lloyd M. Bucher
Pueblo
Bucher
U.S. Navy
Naval Court of Inquiry
Boys Town
Neb
United States
United States Cranks Up Push In Expanded Vietnam Talks
United States and South Vietnam press for an honorable peace while resisting concessions to Hanoi. Henry Cabot Lodge, guided by President Nixon, vows a firm stance against Communist terms as talks begin in Paris. Ky departs Saigon to oversee the South Vietnamese delegation.
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UPID
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Nixon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
Paris
Lodge
Pham Dang Lam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
New Zealand
Keith J. Hollyoake
Europe
Thailand
Philippines
Mao Reported Seriously Ill in China Says Truth Daily
The Truth Daily reports Mao Tse-tung is seriously ill in an undisclosed interior city after collapsing on a tour last year. It cites authoritative mainland sources saying he is not in immediate danger but requires rest and cannot receive guests, with multiple rumors surrounding his condition in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Truth Daily
Mao Tse-tung
China
Mao
Peking
Mao Tsetung
BenMont Plant Sold To Existing Managers
BenMont Papers, formerly Bennington Wax Paper Co, will transfer ownership to Exeter International Corp which already runs BenMont operations. BCIC announced the sale, with Vermont authorities supporting the move aimed at boosting sales, cutting costs, and restructuring production.
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BenMont
Bennington
Wrap-Tures Gift Wrap Inc
Exeter International Corp
Norman H. Greenberg
Bennington County Industrial Corp
BCIC
Ben Mont
Exeter International
Greenberg
Robert B. Friedlander
Boston Company
Vermont Industrial
Woodbridge
Ben Mont Papers
Bennington Wax Paper Co
J.W. Hurlbut
Daniel C. Hurlbut
Community Survey Highlights Bennington Weaknesses
A Mt Anthony Jaycees survey of 263 interviews in Bennington, North Bennington, and Shaftsbury finds parks and recreation, zoning, and teen meeting places as top needs. Zoning, internal transit, and public restrooms rate poorly. improvements in housing, unified government, planning, and traffic control are also urged. Positive ratings cover schools, utilities, libraries, and services.
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Mt. Anthony
Bennington
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Jaycees, Bennington Garden Club
League of Women Voters
Vermont Gov Davis pushes 4 percent sales tax plan
Gov Deane C. Davis unveiled a 96.1 million dollar budget for 1970 to the Vermont legislature. He warned the fiscal picture has worsened since proposing a 4 percent sales tax two weeks earlier. The plan keeps most previously planned “sin” taxes rolled into the sales tax, except motor fuel remains exempt. Davis cited an expected deficit above 7 million dollars for 1968-69 and possible higher for 1970, urging austerity while noting state programs and costs have increased dramatically.
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Montpelier
UPD
Deane C. Davis
Joint Assembly
Vermont
Davis
Standstill Budget Proposed for Vermont in 1970
Gov. Deane C. Davis unveiled a 96.1 million dollar fiscal 1970 budget describing it as a standstill program. Education and social welfare take 44.5 million, or 47 percent, with funding for local education and the University of Vermont adjusted to meet new fiscal realities.
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Davis
Vermont
Town procedures contrasted Brattleboro Bennington editorial
An Inside editorial compares town procedures in Brattleboro and Bennington. It notes differences in local governance approaches, highlighting procedural nuances and potential impacts on residents.
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Brattleboro
Bennington
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Vermont Student Assistance Corp
Burr and Burton Seminary
Hoosick Falls
Independent Party
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