Deadly floods devastate Southern California in 30 year siege
UPI reports the worst California floods in decades left at least 92 dead and over 10,000 homeless as bulldozers and helicopters aided rescue. President Nixon declared a major disaster. SBA offered low cost loans. Evacuations, mudslides, and trapped residents spurred dramatic relief efforts amid scattered showers forecasted to ease.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
Sheriff’s Departments
Santa Barbara
Ventura
San Bernardino
Riverside
Nixon
Small _ Business Administration
Iris Pope
Downey
Los Angeles Basin
Benedict
Laurel
Franklin
Mandeville
Coldwater
William P. Pecora
Opposition to Sales Tax Grows in Vermont
Vermont lawmakers begin biennial session debates on Gov. Deane Davis four percent sales tax plan amid party divisions. Opposition from Republicans and Democrats mounts over joint rules, with House debates set for Wednesday and a rules panel empowered to control bill messaging deadlines.
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Montpelier
UPD
Vermont
Deane C. Davis
House
Davis
State House
Thomas Salmon
Rockingham
Rules Committee
Senate
Joint Rules
General Assembly
Mass Arrests Reported Of Franco Opponents
Opposition sources said several hundred opponents of Franco's government have been arrested since a state of emergency began Friday. Civil liberties suspended include press freedom and right to live where one chooses as censorship returns. In Madrid and Barcelona, loyalist rallies marked the anniversary of liberation and officials pledged allegiance to the regime.
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Madrid
UPI
Spain
Juan Carlos of
Borbon
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Student seeks position on UVM Board of Trustees
Kenneth H. Parker, president of the University of Vermont Student Association, seeks the first student representative on the 23 member board. He has bipartisan support from Lt. Gov. Hayes and several House leaders and reps. Parker argues trustees are out of touch with campus life and urges reforms to course and degree requirements and more practical applicability of academic work.
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UVM Board of Trustees
Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
UVM
Kenneth H. Parker
White River
Parker
Wcax-Tv
University
Deane C. Davis
Editorial and local politics pull attention on page four
Inside the edition an editorial derides a children’s matinee as not suitable for children while another columnist argues editors also steer news. Page four also highlights Hoosick Falls Independence Party’s caucus to resolve a mayoral candidate dispute and notes Ralph Fleming Jr. entering the Manchester selectman race.
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Ralph Fleming Jr
Selectman
Manchester
Iraq Hangs 14 as Spies Fueled by Fear of Israeli Reprisal
Iraq publicly hanged 14 men nine of them Jews on spying charges for Israel. Eleven executions occurred in Baghdad and three in Basra amid claims of a looming Israeli reprisal. Israel's Premier Eshkol condemned the hangings as a partisan plot to divert Iraq’s internal troubles.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Israel
Levi Eshkol
Baghdad
Liberation Square
Basra
Eshkol
Knesset
Babylon
Beirut
Liberation of Palestine
London
Britain
Cairo
Middle East
Baghdad Radio
Bakr
Is Life in Vermont Becoming More Bearable?
In Burlington, state pathologist Dr. Richard Woodruff reported Vermont’s death by own action rate in 1968 fell toward the national level. Final figures show 46 personal crisis reports in 1968, down from 60 in 1967, with 25 by gunshot. The largest death toll was in the 50 to 59 age group. Four teenagers died, and the oldest victim was 90.
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Burlington
UPD
Richard Woodruff
Vermont
Woodruff
Paris talks slow pace as leaders back away from clashes
In Paris, UPI reports Chief American negotiator Henry Cabot Lodge and South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky held a working session to map the second bargaining phase. Staff meetings preceded plenary talks, with both sides seeking to curb propaganda exchanges and move toward restricted talks for faster progress.
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UPI
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nguyen Cao Ky
Vietnam
Lodge
National Liberation Front
KNLF
U.S
Hanoi
Nguyen Than le
Xuan Thuy
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New York
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Holt, Rinehart
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University of Texas
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