Gaullists Win Overwhelming Victory in Runoff Elections
PARIS UPI Charles de Gaulle returns to Paris after a sweeping landslide in runoff voting that gives him a Gaullist majority of 350 seats in the 487 member National Assembly. Communists fall to 33 seats, left bloc down to 57. Pompidou to form broad new government. Rochet calls result aDe Gaulle blackmail by fear.
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France
National Assembly
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Colombey-les-Deux
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Elysee Palace
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Federation of the Left
Waldeck Rochet
Johnson Opens Talks on Nuclear Arms Limitation
President Johnson announced a US Soviet agreement to begin discussions soon on limiting offensive strategic weapons and missile defense systems. The move aims to reduce the nuclear arms race, with no date set for initial meetings.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Nikita H. Khrushchev
Jetliner forced to land after Soviet MiG escort
UPI reports a Sea board World Airways charter with 214 Vietnam bound passengers and 17 crew was escorted by Soviet MiGs to Iturup Island in the Kuriles after straying into Soviet airspace. Ambassador Thompson asked Kosygin to return the airliner. Kosygin said the matter was under investigation. The incident prompted Pentagon confirmation of the escort and base landing.
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UPI
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Alexei N. Kosygin
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Seaboard World Airways
Iturup
Kurile Chain
Japan
State Department
Defense Department
Dick Rossi
Los Angeles
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Air Force
Vietnam
Saigon
Seaboard
Davis Lists Assets and Discusses State Taxes
Vermont GOP candidate Deane C. Davis disclosed total net assets of 279969 in Montpelier and pressed for full public disclosure by all candidates. He linked education and property taxes, urged cost sharing, and floated raising Vermont's minimum wage to align with federal levels while opposing an income maintenance program.
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Atty
James L. Oakes
National Life Insurance Co
Vermont
Inside Page 4 Highlights and Marlboro Theatre Opening
An Inside editorial backs proposals to cover the voting age. Page 4 features columnist Gerald Raftery reflecting on the decline of railroads. Marlboro theatre opens with a Moliere production on Page 8.
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Marlboro Theatre
Moliere
State Funds Allocated For Area ETV Towers
Vermont officials announce unanimous approval by the Emergency Board of about 75000 to add translator towers in Manchester Bennington and Wilmington to receive the Vermont ETV signal from Mt Mansfield. UVM says the three translators will be ready in early September restoring statewide reception after earlier funds were exhausted.
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Mt. Ascutney
Windsor
UVM
Meridan Klanswoman Death Sparks Anti-Semitic Violence
In Meridian Mississippi police report more arrests are contemplated after a weekend gun battle left a Ku Klux Klanswoman dead and three others wounded. Victims include Thomas Tarrants of Mobile Alabama in serious condition, with Mike Hatcher and Robert Burton among the injured.
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Thomas Albert Tarrants III
Mobile
Ala
Mike Hatcher
Roberton Burton
Tarrants
Eee
Wren
Meyer Davidson
Kathy Ainsworth
Jackson
Ku Klux Klan
Gunn
Mississippi
Nightriders
Davidson
Oakes Visits Low Income Housing Site in Beech Court
Republican hopeful James L. Oakes toured Beech Court on a Saturday, hearing residents’ grievances and playing a two inning softball game. Hosts Louis J. Mason and Beverly A. Willette highlighted poor conditions, rent costs up to $20 weekly for unfurnished, infested four room apartments with no heat or screens. Oakes called gas piping unsafe and urged repairs. Local figures noted lack of building codes and discussed poll tax reform.
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James L. Oakes
Beech Court
Louis J. Mason
Bennington
Oakes
Mason
Willette
Max Fienberg
Max
Harvey Carter Jr
R. Marshall Witten
Youths Arrive For Cooperative Summer Program
About 200 New York youths arrive in Vermont as the Vermont New York Cooperative Youth Program begins. Program coordinator John Stewart says two planes bringing participants will land, with youths then split to St Johnsbury Academy St Michael s College Lyndon Johnson state colleges University of Vermont Shakespeare apprentice program and four state camps plus Girl Scout camps Mendon Washington and Camp Holy Cross and Mary Crest for study and activities.
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UPI
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Vermont
Tokyo Quake Shakes Skyscrapers and Trains
A severe earthquake struck Japan causing Tokyo skyscrapers to rock and trains to halt. Five injured and one woman, Hana Arai, 58, died of a heart attack likely triggered by the quake. Epicenter reported as Ibaragi near Tokyo. power outages and widespread tremors noted with international reports of a separate 6.6 quake in Uppsala linking to central Asia tests.
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Yokohama
Chiba
Mito
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Seismologic Institute
Uppsala
Sweden
Central Asia
Institute
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Caspian Sea
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