Donuts in Flats traffic lights defended by selectman
Selectman J. Dun can Campbell defended U.S. 7 traffic lights and asphalt curbing in the Flats to improve flow despite complaints from motorists and merchants about delays. He noted light timing needs adjustment but said curbs and donuts help regulate access, while Highway Commissioner John T. Gray stressed you cannot have your cake and eat it too. The debate touched on local traffic patterns and potential adjustments as the project proceeds.
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J. Duncan Campbell
Campbell
U.S. 7
John T. Gray
Highway Department
Bennington
Gray
U.S.7
Selectman
Silk Road
Park Street
Wohnus
Reinhold W. Thieme
Zlock
Joseph E. Higgins
Murphy Road
Eight Jailed for Contempt During Columbia Sit-Ins
New York State Supreme Court Justice Charles Marks sentenced eight Columbia University SDS leaders to 30 days in jail and $100 fines for contempt of court tied to a restraining order aimed at preventing disruptions on Morningside campus. He noted damage estimated at $12,000 from April 30 and May 1 occupations, and highlighted the defendants’ choice not to testify.
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New York
Jawn Sandifer
Columbia
Marks
Fayerweather Halls
Thieu rejects Viet Cong provisional government move
Saigon President Nguyen Van Thieu dismissed the Viet Cong led provisional revolutionary government as Hanoi propaganda that changes nothing in peace talks. He said the NLF lacks territorial control and that the provisional leaders are Hanoi loyalists. Thieu warned Saigon would not recognize the VC as a separate entity and affirmed Saigon as the legal government. Political observers noted Thieu’s post Midway Island flexibility on elections shaping South Vietnam’s future.
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Saigon
API
Nguyen van Thieu
Viet Cong
Paris
Thieu
Hanoi
National Liberation Front
NLF
South Vietnam
Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces
Midway Island
Nixon
Study Finds Police Grow Political Power
A National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence report notes police have become a self conscious political force, rivaling elected officials in influence in many cities and states. The study warns that police neutrality is essential to public confidence in the legal system and calls for articulating standards to curb perceived partiality.
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Washington
National Commission On the Causes and Prevention of Violence
Inside reporting on police bias and protest crackdown
A 262 page report led by Jerome H. Skolnick warns democratic society cannot rely on force to resolve grievances. It faulted J Edgar Hoover for propagating anti protest narratives and blamed overworked undertrained police for escalating mass demonstrations including Chicago 1968 and Berkeley free speech events.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Commission
Jerome H. Skolnick
Center For the Study of Law and Society
University of California At Berkeley
America
Hoover
Cambodia Moves to Reopen Ties with United States
Phnom Penh says it will re establish diplomatic relations with the United States with an exchange of charge d affaires and will sever ties with West Germany while refusing Bonn aid. Prince Norodom Sihanouk chaired the meeting announcing the shift amid reports of US gunships operating in Cambodia against North Vietnamese targets along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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UPI
Cambodia
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Norodom Sihanouk
East Germany
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U.S
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
Sihanouk
Nixon
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