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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1971
Page
2
In Jacksonville Florida the Highway Patrol anti riot tank nicknamed the Monster led 20 police cars through the east side using suffocation gas grenades to flush out alleged looters. About 166 people were arrested on disturbance charges over two nights of rioting.
Washington sources report the Nixon administration reversed its plan to veto a bill that could place up to 200000 unemployed workers on municipal payrolls, signaling a major policy shift.
Soviet historians begin a six year plan to publish a ten volume World War II history to counter Western distortions and provide a full Marxist Leninist interpretation. The first volume is slated for 1974 with completion in 1977 under Defense Minister Andrei Grechko. Nevada seeks a brand inspector to curb cattle rustling as part of state advertising efforts.
Tora, Tora, Tora opens at Manchester Cinema with a mixed first half and spectacular second half. Rio Lobo and Monte Walsh play at Bennington Drive-In. Tale of a Dean's Wife runs at College Cinema, with Pretty Maids All in a Row at Harte Theatre. Schedule notes include times for each venue.
Peace forces in the House showed their strongest stance on Vietnam while strong Republican backing gave Nixon another vote of confidence. House defeated a total withdrawal by December 31 and rejected a June 30, 1972 deadline, conditioned on freeing all POWs. Senate debates draft extension with filibuster threats and cloture moves as weeks pass.
Mohammed Hassanein Heikal of Al Ahram argues U S failure to press Israel to withdraw from occupied Arab lands risks grave developments in the Middle East. He says silence and anxiety may end as tensions rise and the Suez situation remains unsettled.
An Australian mother who bore nine children in one birth saw the eighth infant die, leaving a six inch long 12 ounce surviving boy. The sister died from lung complications, while five others perished within two days. Doctors called survival chances slim and noted the birth was the largest multiple birth in their records.
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