Red Chinese Shoot Down U.S. Jet Near Hainan Island
A UPI report states a U.S. Air Force F4C Phantom flying from Clark Field to Da Nang was shot down by Red Chinese aircraft near Hainan Island after entering Chinese airspace. Both pilots were rescued from the China Sea with no serious injuries. The Pentagon cited navigation gear failure as the cause.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Air Force
Hainan Island
Pentagon
China Sea
Defense Department
Clark Field
Manila
da Nang
South Vietnam
South China Sea
Hainan
Air Force
Navy
Peking
U.S
North Vietnam
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Vietnam
Glassboro talks ease tensions but leave wide gaps
Washington reports Johnson and Kosygin wrap two day Glassboro summit with cautious optimism. Both leaders acknowledge profound differences on Vietnam and the Middle East while agreeing on the urgency of a nuclear nonproliferation treaty. Johnson says discussions reduced misunderstanding and will keep leaders in touch directly and via aides.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Vietnam
Middle East
Johnson
Glassboro
Alexei N. Kosygin
New Jersey
White House
Kosygin
United Nations
New York
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Israel
Pope Proclaims 27 New Cardinals in Vatican Ceremony
Vatican City reports Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals including four Americans. He urges Jerusalem to become a free oasis of peace and prayer with guaranteed international status. The consistory elevates the College of Cardinals to 118 members with 44 countries represented.
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Jerusalem
Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Oasis of
Indonesia
Poland
College of
Patrick Louis O’boyle
Washington, D.C
John P. Cody
Chicago
John Joseph Krol
Philadelphia
Francis J. Brennan
Shenandoah
Vietnam
Middle East
City of God
Unusual Mt Anthony High School Board race in Bennington
Mrs Marian C Taylor and Dr Charles G Salem face off in a heated election marked by cost pressures enrollment shifts and the closing of Bennington Catholic High School. The candidates debate spending restraint leadership past vs future and how to balance education quality with taxpayers limits in a contest defined by local fiscal strains.
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Marian C. Taylor
Charles G. Salem
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington
Bennington Catholic High School
Taylor
Mt. Anthony Union School Board
Dr. Salem
Dr. Burnham
William Castle Sr
Shaftsbury
Union School Board
Salem
Dren
Banner
Controversy Over New School Building Policies
Dr. Salem questioned the necessity and cost of a new elementary school and an addition to BCHS as voters weighed two bond votes. He noted possible unnecessary items in the proposed building and urged careful study of space needs and tax impact amid inflation and enrollment concerns.
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Bennington
Union School Board
Anthony
Salem
BCHS
Kosygin Heads to Havana After U.S. Visit
Soviet Premier Kosygin departed New York en route to Havana for a four hour forty minute flight to meet Cuban leader Fidel Castro. The trip followed a tense ten day U.S. swing on Middle East and Vietnam policy, with Kosygin insisting on hardline positions and signaling restraint in his summit optics with President Johnson.
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New York
UPI
Alexei N. Kosygin
Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Mideast
Vietnam
Kosygin
Kennedy International Airport
U.N
Noureddin Al-Atassi
Nikolai T. Federenko
King Hussein of
Jordan
U.N. General Assembly
Johnson
Glassboro
N.J
Middle East
Peking
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Missing Plane Sought In Three-State Area
A three state air search continued for the Maryland newlyweds whose small plane is believed to have crashed Sunday afternoon. Robert Stevenson 26 and Carol 25 left Baltimore for Montreal and Expo 67 after their Piper Cherokee went silent near Albany New York. Thunderstorms and a possible loud explosion were reported as searchers scouted along the Massachusetts New York line and Vermont New York line toward Burlington. A Civil Air Patrol craft spotted a red patch near New Lebanon New York but darkness halted further checks. The Bennington Vermont area sent locals reports of a loud sound as CAP units and Bennington Aviation planes assisted in rough conditions.
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Maryland
Pittsfield
Mass
Burlington
Robert Stevenson
Carol
Baltimore
Montreal
Expo 67
Bennington County
Bennington
Manchester
Civil Air Patrol
N.Y. 20
New Lebanon
N.Y
New College Idea Proposed by Vermont Trustee
Dr. Frank Smallwood on Vermont State Colleges board proposes a fifth college using faculty from four existing colleges. He cites a Massachusetts prototype drawing on Amherst Mt Holyoke UMass and Smith to bridge liberal arts and science. He also urges greater resource sharing among the four schools to foster educational innovation.
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Amherst
Mt. Holyoke
University of Massachusetts
Smith
Smallwood
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Rose Emma Thibodeau
Lane
Robert Larrow
Charles G
Mrs
Marian Taylor
Vermont
Bankers Meet
St. Mary’s Academy
Arlington
Norshaft Lions
Alexei Kosygin
Lyndon Johnson
Glassboro State College
Castro
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