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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1969
Page
2
UPI poll shows President Nixon's antimissile system with a 48 to 48 split in the Senate, four senators undecided. The issue has become evenly balanced for the first time since it emerged.
UPI reports 1968 major fire losses fell by over 20 percent to about $314 million in major fires and $2.18 billion overall in the United States. Palm er Mass experienced the worst blaze on Oct 4, destroying over $10 million in mill buildings. Major fires struck industry, warehouses, and stores with varying gains and losses, while ABM missile debate shifts Senate votes and spending.
CAPE KENNEDY APS reports the final major ground countdown test for Apollo 11 nears completion two weeks before a July 16 liftoff. Astronauts Armstrong Collins Aldrin sit out the test for safety while medical checks confirm their fitness. Flight directors express readiness as technicians rehearse the countdown and ground support, with fuel management and cooling procedures highlighted.
UPI reports B52s bombed hillside pockets around the Green Beret camp at Ben Het as 2,000 Communist troops reportedly pulled back toward Cambodia. The siege, ongoing since May 6, saw 11,000 tons dropped in 123 raids. a relief column reopened highway 512, easing supply to the camp. Casualties in Khanh Hung theaters included 13 civilians killed and 16 wounded.
Gov Nelson Rockefeller, cheered by Haitians, met with Duvalier and Haitian officials to discuss U.S. aid and warmer ties as he concludes a Caribbean fact finding tour for President Nixon. He toured Port au Prince, met Papa Doc at the National Palace, and planned stops in Jamaica Guyana and Barbados.
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