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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1971
Page
2
FCC survey shows candidates for federal, state and local offices spent 50,292,164 on political broadcasts in 1970. Democrats outspent Republicans by 4.3 million nationwide. totals include 31.6 million TV and 18.7 million radio expenditures.
Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell, urges Nixon Agnew and Lindsay to rethink policies in a Ladies Home Journal feature. She blames specialization for unemployment, jokes about Agnew’s vocabulary, and questions Lindsay’s political stance, while also noting an FCC campaign spending report and state by state breakdowns.
In Washington UPI reports war critics failing to halt Vietnam involvement in Congress. Senate opponents to further funding for combat lost 55 to 42 on a plan to end U.S. combat after December 31, with a June 1 1972 alternative also defeated. House considered a nonbinding motion to withdraw troops by year end. President Nixon faced a restrained Senate showing while Vietnamization faced renewed scrutiny.
North Vietnamese troops of about 600 attacked a 160 strong Saigon marine company below the DMZ using flamethrowers and rockets. Saigon said 9 marines were killed and 7 wounded while the attackers suffered unknown casualties. Across the region, Cambodia and U.S. reports noted mortar barrages around Phnom Penh and wider Indochina fighting with American casualties reaching 45,275 killed since 1961 and 303,123 wounded.
In Victoria Trudeau and Bourassa reached concessions toward a Canadian constitution. Bourassa dropped demand for provincial control of welfare funds. Trudeau agreed language rights would apply to federal institutions only, not all provincial jurisdictions, redefining official language guarantees.
At College Cinema Williamstown Tale of a Dean's Wife continues with X rating. Harte Theatre's Pretty Maids All in a Row with Rock Hudson and Angie Dickinson is shown rated R. Four Clowns at Manchester Cinema offers a Laurel and Hardy film clip tribute. Bennington Drive-In presents Rio Lobo and Monte Walsh with showtimes listed.
In Santiago, Heriberto Salazar a 45 year old member of the VOP extremist group walked into police headquarters with a submachine gun and detonated hazardous material charges after firing on officers. Two policemen died and another was seriously wounded. Salazar and detective Mario Marin were killed in the ensuing chaos. Ronald and Arturo Rivera Calderon were later reported fatally wounded in a separate gunbattle. The incident ties to the June 8 attack on former Vice President and Interior Minister Edmundo Perez Zujovic.
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