13 Jun 1968
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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1968
Page
1
A group of Mexican-Americans jostled a State Department official as guards blocked 75 sign carrying demonstrators from entering the building for a scheduled meeting between Reliel Lopez Tijerina and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Peter Krough attempted to return inside.
A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 with 63 aboard crashed on landing at Dum Dum International Airport Calcutta during monsoon rain. Six people died including a stewardess a child and three women. Twenty four were hospitalized. several passengers were thrown clear or pulled from the burning wreckage. The flight No 1 was en route from Los Angeles to New York with a last stop in Bangkok and had clearance to land when the plane hit the ground short of the runway.
CAPE KENNEDY APS Titan 3C rocket launched at 10 04 am EDT carrying eight radio relay satellites to close the Pentagon Viet Nam direct communications gap. The 124 foot three barreled launcher used solid side boosters and achieved a 21 000 mile orbit with a six hour countdown and 25 functioning satellites for voice teletype and high quality reconnaissance.
Vermont officials including Thomas C. Davis urged establishing an income maintenance plan or guaranteed income level for needy residents during a one day poverty tour with Lt. Gov. John Daley and a 11 member task force. Davis questioned the value of education without transportation and called for work on a plan possibly using a $2 minimum wage or subsidies. Governor Hoff asked the task force to evaluate agency effectiveness in aid efforts as they begin formulating recommendations.
An Atlanta prison incident saw Arlene Granito, 25, a Newark waitress, charged after two pistols and ammunition were smuggled through a plumbing line to four inmates. The convicts held 21 hostages for 28 hours before surrendering. Granito faced $25,000 bond and a U.S. commissioner hearing. The four inmates, with combined sentences totaling 185 years, planned an escape but were thwarted.
An editorial discusses the upcoming town vote on a park plan, weighing community impact and public sentiment. The piece frames the issue as a test of local priorities and civic engagement for residents.
Viet Cong spared Saigon its typical bombing while hitting an outskirts ammo dump and spreading rumors of 100 rockets a night for 100 days. Da Nang drew a terror blast at a Navy office, wounding 17. U S raids increased to 135 missions with 90 fires in North Vietnam.
North Vietnam met Harriman’s warning during the eighth negotiating session as U S officials pressed for a halt to bombing and talks to slow the fighting. Viet Cong shells Saigon sparingly, while Hanoi rejects U S claims of terror and calls the war a response to U S aggression. Next meeting set for June 19.
In Pownal an informal Wednesday night session led to plans for an official town meeting on zoning and mobile home laws. 35 of 955 voters attended as debate focused on using the Vermont Planning and Redevelopment Act for interim two year zoning, with support for regulations and criticisms of potential arbitrariness. Frank Sparks of Hartford urged stricter mobile home rules, while Attorney Harvey Carter outlined the state act’s provisions and cautioned on practical limits and court interpretations.
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