United Nations Eye Emergency Session On Middle East
The Soviet Union shows strong momentum to secure a General Assembly emergency session to push an anti Israel agenda. Kosygin is expected to lead a Kremlin delegation to label Israel aggressor and press for withdrawal of Israeli forces. Moshe Dayan and Abba Eban may head Israel’s delegation. The United States signals no opposition. Security Council rejection of a Soviet resolution cleared the way.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPC
Soviet Union
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
Russia
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kremlin
Israel
Nikita S. Khruschev
Jerusalem
Moshe Dayan
Abba Eban
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
United States
Security Council
General Assembly
Arab Friends
Thant
600000 U S Troops Needed If Viet War Is To Be Won
UPI dispatch from Saigon reports U S infantrymen clashing with guerrillas in a Communist sanctuary north of Saigon while South Vietnamese forces defeated a Viet Cong battalion in the Mekong Delta south of the capital. Military spokesmen tallied at least 271 Communist dead in the action as Premier Nguyen Cao Ky stated Washington would.
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Saigon
UPI
Mekong
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
Viet Nam
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
D Haven
Mekong Delta
Vietna
John Hancock Hay
Charlie
Viet Cong
Hay
Virgil Kret
Vermont to study highway safety with federal funds
Governor Hoff announced a $50,000 federal grant from the Transportation Department to Vermont for a one year highway safety study, with the state providing $83,000. The project will be run by the Department of Motor Vehicles, focusing on planning in early months and development of a safety program later, while Hoff noted no immediate successor for Commissioner Holden.
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Hoff
Highway Board
Russell Holden
Holden
The
New England Power Co
Reginald Arnold
Vermont
New Hampshire
Granite State
Judge Sets Tentative Trial Date for Ronald Lane
Superior Judge Robert Larrow slated June 27 as a tentative trial date for Ronald Lane 25 of Bennington who pleads innocent and innocent by reason of insanity to the June 21 1966 strangulation of Rose Thibodeau 42 of Shaftsbury. Lane originally faced first degree murder charges but was later indicted for second degree murder. A defense motion hearing is scheduled for June 19 in Bennington County Court Manchester. Deputy Atty. Gen. Hilton Dier to prosecute.
Missing twin-engine plane searched from Albany to Kingston
Hudson reports CAP resumes search for a Piper Aztec bound for Kingston from Albany with two Connecticut men on board. Pilot Richard Johnson, 27, Branford, and co-pilot Leroy Steelman, 24, Guilford, both from Windsor Flight Service. A CAP plane earlier found wreckage near Poughkeepsie that belonged to a five year old crash.
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UPI
Albany
Kingston
Richard Johnson
Branford, Conn
Leroy Steelman
Guilford, Conn
Sprague Girds For Strike In Mass Plant
Sprague Electric Co. in North Adams prepares for a strike after workers reject the revised final contract offer. Despite four Tuesday changes in what the company calls a last-hour effort, the union voted 380 to 233 to empower negotiators to strike if no deal is reached within 72 hours.
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Mass
Racial Violence Erupts Across Ohio and South During Summer Unrest
Across Cincinnati, Dayton, and Montgomery racial tensions flare into violence with looting, arson, and shootings. A white youth and a Negro youth were wounded in Cincinnati, while a doctor was hurt by a brick. In Montgomery, 400 protesters demanded an end to police brutality and safe living conditions for Negroes. National Guard units were deployed in Ohio, and clashes followed speeches by civil rights figures. In Maywood, Illinois, a small disturbance led to eight arrests.
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United Press International
Cincinnati
Dayton
Ohio
Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
Alabama
Capitol
Tampa
Fla
James Shirk
Ollie Ingram
West End
Chicago
Maywood
James A. Rhodes
Rap Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Dodd Faces Cross Examination Over Political Donations
Senate prosecutors grilled Sen. Thomas J. Dodd in Washington over how more than 116000 in political contributions were spent on personal expenses including trips to the race track. Senate Ethics chair Sen. John C. Stennis urged censure as Dodd defended himself against double billing claims.
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UPI
Senate
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Senate Ethics Committee
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Dodd
Ethics Committee
James
Pearson
Inside Lazarus Finds a New Home
Catharine Foster notes a pavement explosion on page four while North Shire hires a deputy superintendent on page six and Lazarus secures a new home on page three. The columnist highlights local shifts, civic updates, and administrative changes across sections.
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Catharine Foster
North Shire
Israel moves to annex Jerusalem Old City in bid for direct talks
Israel begins steps to annex the Old City of Jerusalem without a peace settlement, sending cabinet into session to seek a special bill. France warns against new frontiers without broad consent, while the United States and Britain study the crisis. Dayan may join Eban at the UN as Israel pushes for possession and direct negotiations. Egypt prisoners swap offered as the war’s captives remain a problem.
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Jerusalem
Levi Eshkol
Knesset
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
Soviet Union
Assembly
France
Middle East
United States
Britain
Johnson
National Security Council
Washington
Moshe Dayan
Abba Eban
Kuwait
New York
General Assembly
Cairo
Michel Abu Jawdeh
Jordan River
Jordan
Old City
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