Two Ex-Convicts Surrender After Three-State Terror Rampage
Ex-convicts Bowles and Gray ended a five day crime spree spanning Oregon California and Nevada after releasing California official Hale Champion and his family. They held up a bank, robbed a motel, killed a deputy and kidnapped nine including Champion and his kin. Champion described a tense release by Tonopah residents and said the fugitives treated him and his family with no major abuse.
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Tonopah
Nev
UPI
California
Carl Cletus Bowles
Wilford M. Gray
Eugene
Ore
Here
Sacramento
Calif
Hale Champion
Marie
Katherine
Bowles
Gray
Oregon
Portland
Springfield
Basalt
Coaldale
Mina
Benton Station
Champion
White House Firm on Viet Nam Policy With Lodge Move
The White House said Henry Cabot Lodge's appointment as ambassador to South Viet Nam signals no policy shift. Moyers defended policy aims of peace talks and diplomacy, noting Kennedy's speech aligned with administration goals.
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White House
House
Gerald R. Ford
Johnson
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
Dn.y
Southeast Asia
Moyers
Kennedy
Baltimore
Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Saigon
Lodge
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Viet Nam
GOP
Viet Cong Trapped In Marine Attack Near Chu Lai
U S Marines launched an amphibious counter attack reclaiming a captured base and trapping a Viet Cong battalion of 300 to 400 near Chu Lai. Heavy fighting left casualties on both sides as air strikes and artillery pounded the area. Three American advisers were killed and several Vietnamese allies also died in the clashes.
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Saigon
Upid
U. S
North
Viet Nam
Yen Bay
Hanoi
China
Chu Lai
da Nang
U.S
Bogalusa Shooting Marks Civil Rights March Incident
A white man Alton Crowe was wounded by gunfire during a Bogalusa civil rights march. Police charged Henry Austin and Milton Johnson with instigation of aggravated battery. Troopers, mayor, and governor acted to control the scene as Chicago arrests rose in relation to school desegregation tensions.
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Bogalusa
Alton B. Crowe
Henry Austin
Milton Johnson
Austin
Johnson
Crowe
Louisiana
Jesse Cutter
John McKeithen
Chicago
Benjamin Willis
U.S. Office of Education
Washington
Boston
San Francisco
First Wave Arrives for Grafton Motorcycle Scrambles
GRAFTON VT The first wave of about 10 000 motorcycle enthusiasts and racers arrived as officials prepared for potential trouble at the International Motorcycle Scrambles two day event on Perley Bell farm west of Bellows Falls. Police doubled manpower and National Guard units stood by with riot control gear while 40 state troopers patrolled the rural area to deter disturbances.
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Grafton
UPD
New England
Canada
Perley Bell
Bellows Falls
Weirs Beach
N.H
National Guard
Coyne
West Brattleboro
UPI
South Pond
Albertson
Nassau County
Camp Kenmore
Legislative Councils First Meeting Tuesday
The new legislative council will meet for the first time Tuesday at the Statehouse in Montpelier. House Speaker Franklin Billings said the session starts at 10 30 a m with Gov Philip H Hoff present and will later elect a chairman and appoint a full time director. Candidate for director includes Lewis Springer of Hartland who served as legislative draftsman. The council has seven senators seven representatives plus Billings and Lt Gov John Daley. It will study and draft legislative proposals when the assembly is not in session.
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Billings
John Daley
Assembly
Lyndonville Police Chief Slain After Subpoena Attempt
Lyndonville chief Alexander Fontecha, 45, was killed by two close range shotgun blasts at his home just hours before serving a subpoena on Ellis Metevier, 72, in an arson case. Metevier was arrested for murder. The barbed feud had long existed between the two. authorities noted a shed fire at Metevier’s home tied to the investigation.
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Lyndonville
UPT
Vermont
Ellis Metevier
Alexander Fontecha
Fontecha
State Attorney’s Office
Investi
Ralph Jardine
Jardine
Robert
Richard Woodruff
Brightlock Hospital
St. Johnsbury
New England
John Repp
Dover
N.H
Repp
John Flanagan
Aiken's Medicare Ideas Take Hold
Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont announced at noon that three of six amendments he has proposed are included in the Medicare bill under Senate debate. He named surgical benefits and beneficiary authorization to choose providers among the measures adopted thus far.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
Vermont
U.S. Senate
Aiken
Canada
Senate Finance Committee
House Ways and Means
Senate
U.S
Kennedy Calls for Political Approach to Wars of Liberation
Senator Robert F. Kennedy condemned relying on military force alone to counter Communist style revolutionary warfare. He urged a political approach first and last, saying victory in insurgencies comes through de escalation, not escalation, in a speech prepared for the International Police Academy graduation. The remarks followed changes in U S Saigon command amid ongoing Vietnam policy debate.
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Washington
UPD
Robert F. Kennedy
Free World
Kennedy
International Police Academy
America
Saigon
State Board Adopts Special School Policy
The Vermont State Board of Education approved a policy for educating trainable handicapped children aligning with recent legislation. It funds six classes with a 15 pupil limit for educable and 10 for trainable students, excludes non toilet trained or dependent youths, and requires medical and social histories plus psychological studies for placement. The board also postponed a secondary schools standard policy, named Middlebury Union High as a regional vocational center, granted 35 days of terminal leave to Commissioner Holden, and approved new advisory council appointees Faith Prior and James Kane.
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Middlebury Union High School
A. John Holden
Faith Prior
Burlington
James Kane
Springfield
Advisory Council
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Rek
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