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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1967
Page
1
President Mobutu announced that foreign mercenaries had landed in Bukavu and Kisangani and seized the airports as Tshombe loyalists engaged in a renewed civil conflict across the nation. Diplomatic dispatches described a new outbreak of fighting amid the Mobutu regime.
Thousands of youths aged 16 to 24 swarmed Lake Geneva for the Fourth of July weekend causing property damage in Fontana Williams Bay and Delavan. A 5 p.m. curfew backed by police and National Guardsmen restored order after hundreds were arrested. Governor Knowles deployed troops and locals debated preventive measures as weary Guardsmen wrapped up the response.
United Press International reports the Fourth of July weekend set the U.S. record for holiday fatalities with more than 1,000 deaths from traffic, drownings, and other causes during the 102-hour period. Texas, California, and New York led with the most deaths. drownings neared 200. The National Safety Council urged safety legislation and tougher enforcement as President Johnson and former President Truman marked the holiday with public reflection and celebrations nationwide.
Ronald Francis Lane 26 of Bennington was found competent to stand trial at a Bennington County Court preliminary hearing. Judge Robert W. Larrow set trial for July 17 for Lane who pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to second degree murder in the strangulation death of Rose E. Thibodeau in Shaftsbury. Assistant Judge Clyde Bryant will not assist. Dr. Earle O Brown Jr. testified Lane oriented and capable of aiding his defense, noting prior psychiatric examinations. Also present were Assistant Atty. Gen. Hilton H. Dier Jr. and State's Attorney John T. Carmody Jr.
Civil Air Patrol planes scouting for three missing aircraft found wreckage of two planes on Catskill Mountain peaks in the Kingston area. The Montreal to Philadelphia flight carrying George Boisvert, his wife, and a five month old, was located on Doubletop Mountain with all seven aboard confirmed dead. A second crash on Cragsmoor Mountain involved Air Force Captain Stephen Orenstein his wife and two sons from Orange County. A third missing Piper Cherokee carrying newlyweds bound for Expo 67 remains unaccounted for with searches ongoing in eastern Rensselaer County and adjoining Massachusetts amid ground and aerial operations.
On the Inside columnist Elizabeth Dwyer cautions that the good old summertime has drawbacks. Page 4 features Peer Gynt in Williams town and The Rainmaker in Wilmington reviews on Page ?. Vermont Symphony conveys to Manchester on Page 9 with concert notes and audience reaction.
Israel defied the United Nations and said it will never relinquish the old city of Jerusalem, which it annexed after last month’s war with the Arabs. The Roman Catholic Church strongly protested and there were angry outbursts from others.
Sudan and Ethiopian embassies in Nairobi denied reports that Ethiopian troops had invaded Sudan. They said the frontier is remote and unreliable reports may originate from Eritrean rebels. A Sudanese embassy spokesman suggested border wanderers caused the claim. The UN and regional actors reacted as the scene remained tense.
The Vatican renewed its demand that Jerusalem be an international city and condemned Israel's annexation of the Jordanian sector. Editorials in L Osservatore Romano and L Osservatore Della Domenica asserted the view of Pope Paul VI, amid ongoing diplomacy with Israel and Arab states. The pieces referenced past papal positions on a Jewish Arab conflict and the 1948-49 period.
In Cincinnati bands of Negro youths looted and set fires during a second straight day of racial violence. Police blamed black power advocates as fire crews battled dozen of blazes in Avondale and Rose lawn, with 11 arrests reported and no National Guard deployment planned.
James Meredith reached the Madison County Courthouse after a 165 mile walk to expose the fear of whites among Mississippi Negroes. He said the completion was not a victory but a beginning of the end of fear, noting many Negroes avoided involvement and whites showed little concern in Goodman and Pickens.
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