Pope Arrives in Istanbul on Peace Pilgrimage
Pope Paul IV landed at Yesilkoy Airport in Istanbul to a cool greeting and met Patriarch Athenagoras on a heat scorched day. The two church leaders, first face to face since 1964, pursued steps toward healing the 900 year old schism as Turkey’s leaders watched and a Cyprus dispute cooled, with prayers planned and a visit to Jerusalem shrines and Ephesus on the itinerary.
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Istanbul
Holy Land
Cevdet Sunay
Turkey
Athenagoras
Italy
Vatican
Church of St. Esprit
Sunay
Constantinople
Jerusalem
Ephesus
Pan American World Airways
St. Paul
Yesilkoy
Pope Paul
Greece
Mediterranean
Cyprus
New Anti Mao Revolt Flares in Red China
Hong Kong dispatches report Wuhan military district near full revolt against Mao Zedong with warnings of possible civil war. Taipei and London sources note serious trouble, fading central authority, and potential collapse while Peking Radio cites a bitter power struggle and escape of key officials.
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China
Hong Kong
API
Red Army
Wuhan
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Taipei
London
Wuhen
Hanyang
Wuchang
Hankow
Peking Radio
Hupeh
Mao
UPI
K. C. Thaler
Peking
Tao Hsi-sheng
Chiang Kai-shek
Red China
Tao
Hsieh Fuchih
Wang Li
Sleeman Targets Bennington Tax Assessments at Hearing
Richard A. Sleeman told the Board of Civil Authority that Bennington’s manufacturing facilities appear immune to assessment increases and urged a 1965 66 67 tax list, alleging unfair valuations. He cited drops after Grievance Day 1965 66 and compared sales prices to assessments while demanding rules and explanations from listers.
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Board of Civil Authority
Richard A. Sleeman
Bennington
Sleeman
Listers
Main
Detroit Riots Prompt Federal Troop Takeover in 1967
Federal troops seized control of Detroit amid three days of racial unrest leaving 23 dead, over 1,500 injured, and widespread destruction. Paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st Airborne joined police and National Guard in countering sniper fire, while Gov. Romney kept the curfew and emergency measures in effect. The city reopened its border with Canada as authorities moved to restore order.
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Detroit
UPI
Johnson
Selfridge Air Force Base
Michigan
George Romney
National Guard
Motor City
82Nd
101Ist Airborne
Cyrus Vance
Defense
Inside story of Lt. Gov Daley dedication museum
Page 3 details Lt. Gov. Daley dedicating a nearby museum while an editorial urges closure in the Gibboney Affair. Pages 4 and 5 offer features on children’s issues and De Gaulle, highlighting political and cultural topics of the era.
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Lt. Gov. Daley
Plan to Abolish All Vermont Billboards
Rep Theodore Riehle proposes a plan to ban all roadside billboards in Vermont excluding on premise signs. A constitutional referendum could remove every billboard, with a state controlled system guiding new signs and directional boards for gas, food, and lodging.
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Montpelier
UPN
Theodore Riehle
South
Burlington
Vermont
Legislative Council
Riehle
Highway Department
Father Directs Search for Plane Of Missing Maryland Honeymooners
In Hoolick New York area, Francis Stevenson Jr and Carol Fink married a month ago. His father Franklin Stevenson directs volunteers from Maryland aiding a search for their single engine Cherokee missing since June 25 en route to Montreal.
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N.Y
Maryland
Montreal
Wayside
Potter Hill
Petersburg
Grafton
Berlin
Stephentown
Francis Stevenson Jr
Cartonsville
Michael
Bill Garceau
Pennsylvania
Vic Carlson
Baltimore
Francis Stevenson Ili
Carol Fink
Stevenson
Catonsville
U.S. Air Force
Stevensons
Hoosick
Beaumont
Johnson vows no tolerance for lawlessness amid Detroit riot
President Johnson declared the nation would crush lawlessness and punish rioters after ordering federal troops into Detroit. He urged citizens to return home and restore order, citing pleas from Michigan Governor Romney and Detroit Mayor Cavaugh and invoking a 1943 governor’s request to justify federal action.
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UPI
Johnson
Detroit
George W. Romney
Jerome Cavaneaugh
Harlem
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Maxwell Taylor
Clark Gifford
Tan Son Nhut
Saigon
Gree
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Lee
LBJ
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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