Sukarno Loses Life Title as Indonesia Shifts Power
Indonesia's MPRS strips President Sukarno of his president for life status and elevates Suharto as acting president. The congress bans Marxist teachings, orders new elections within two years, and directs cabinet formation by August 17. Military loyalty braces Jakarta as Sukarno remains president but is assigned removal risk.
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UPI
Indonesia
Sukarno
Suharto
Marx
Lenin
Peoples Provisional Consultative Congress
MPRS
United Nations
International Monetary Fund
Two Accidental Deaths Mar Area Holiday
Two accidental deaths mar a local holiday weekend with a drowning at Lake Paran in North Bennington and a traffic fatality in Pawlet. Bruce E. Wood 18 and Terry S. Wager 15 are named, with details of their residences and the circumstances described by state police.
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Lake Paran
North Bennington
Pawlet
Bruce E. Wood
Lucius R. Wood
Burgess Road
Terry S. Wager
Everett C. Wager
Robinson Avenue
Young Wood
North Bennington Recreation Area
Richard M. Pettus
East Road
Edward W. Frechette
Wood
Pettus
Frechette
Barry E. Griffith
Jon Dwyer
Gary Martin
Griffith
Bennington
Oliver H. Durand
Roderick J. Humphreys
Humphreys
U S Jets Attack Red Torpedo Boats in Tonkin Gulf
Two U S Navy jets attacked North Vietnamese torpedo boats in international waters near Haiphong. One Skyhawk was downed, its pilot rescued after five hours. Reported subsequent air strikes on Hanoi and Haiphong oil dumps followed, as 91 missions were flown regionally.
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APS
Tonkin Gulf
Navy
Haiphong
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U.S. 7Th Fleet
U.S
Hanoi
South
Viet Nam
Rusk tries to ease Japanese fears over Viet Nam war
U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk addressed concern in Kyoto during the fifth annual U.S. Japan economics conference. He defended U.S. policy in Viet Nam amid anxiety over Hanoi Haiphong bombings and potential regional escalation. Thousands protested at Osaka airport and near the conference venue as Japan closely watched the conflict.
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Japan
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U.S
Dean Rusk
Viet Nam
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Haiphong
Osaka
Hanoi-Haiphong
Weekend Traffic Deaths Set New Record 577
United Press International reports the nationwide holiday weekend traffic toll reached at least 577 fatalities from 6 p.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. Monday. California led states with 46 deaths, followed by Texas 41, Ohio 31, and New York 30. Hawaii and Delaware reported none. The tally surpasses Labor Day 1965’s record of 575 and the preholiday NSC forecast of 510 to 610 deaths for the period.
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United Press International
California
Texas
Ohio
New York
Hawaii
Delaware
National Safety Council
Around the World July Fourth Objections Mar Ant-American Protests
Anti American demonstrations around the world mar July Fourth celebrations. In Paris a New York girl burned a U S flag outside the Embassy. in London police halted two youths from lighting a flag outside the British Embassy. A pacifist interrupted a reception at the U S Embassy. Swedes and Norwegians protested U S policy in Viet Nam. Danish PM Jens Otto addressed Danish Americans while denouncing bombing raids. Moscow reported officials boycotted the U S Embassy reception as the Soviet press attacked U S policy. Leftists in West Berlin and Stuttgart distributed leaflets. Rusk faced heckling in Japan and students marched in Kyoto. In Rangoon the government daily criticized Washington for restraint in Viet Nam.
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Mhanoi-Haiphong
Paris
New York
U.S
London
Viet Nam
Stockholm
United States
Jens Otto
Harold Wilson
Hanoi
Moscow
West Berlin
Stuttgart
Dean Rusk
Japan
Kyoto
Rangoon
Burma
Working Peoples Daily
Washington
Inside Carlo Walter digs garden in Searsburg
A brief arts section item notes Carlo Walter’s garden digging project in Searsburg. It mentions the feature on page four and flags a critic’s take on five one man art shows on page six.
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Carlo Walter
Searsburg
Saturn Launches Moonshot Test With Heavy Satellite
CAPE KENNEDY AP S Saturn 1 rocket orbited the 29 ton second stage as a flying fuel lab to prove it can double as a moonship launcher. The 92-foot object orbited Earth about 115 miles high after a two hour delay in an engineering test for the Apollo program and a restart capability.
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Cape Kennedy
Aps
America
Earth
Apollo
Virgil Grissom
Edward Whit
Roger Chaffee
PSC urges change to phone monitoring equipment in Vermont
The Public Service Board recommended that New England Telephone modify its monitoring gear to avoid customer privacy invasion. PSC Chairman Gibson said there is no evidence of current listening but the capability exists and national implications may follow.
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Gibson
PSB
Vermont
St. Albans
Morrisville
Burlington
Roberts
Telephone Company
New York TransitFare Raised to Twenty Cents
New York City subway and most bus fares rose to 20 cents at midnight Monday by order of the Transit Authority. The nickel fare had become a rallying point for politicians, with 15 cents in place since 1953 after a 1948 rise from a nickel. An attempt to keep 15 cents by moving $84.3 million in city funds was ruled illegal by the corporation counsel, the city’s top legal officer.
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NEW York — Subway
Transit Authority
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