Soviets Offer Missile Talks In Groysko Speech
In a 90 minute address to the Supreme Soviet Andrei Gromyko said the Soviet Union is willing to begin negotiations with the United States on limiting both offensive and defensive missiles armed with nuclear warheads. He noted the Johnson administration has sought cooperation to curb missile defense costs potentially exceeding 40 billion dollars.
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Talks Predict Long Paris Peace Talks Without Summit
North Vietnam says Paris talks will be drawn out and depend on the US. Hanoi insists no summit with Ho Chi Minh until Washington shows goodwill. Xuan Thuy repeats non bargaining stance amid U.S. proposals to halt bombing rejected. Gromyko in Moscow urges firebreak on nuclear weapons and warns against conflict with the United States.
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Allied Troops Deploy People Sniffers in Saigon Clash
Allied forces report a record 417 Communist rockets sunk in Saigon assaults and claim 124 guerrillas killed using electronic devices that detect body odor. After heavy losses at Khe Sanh, Marines leave the fortress as 10 000 North Vietnamese troops press the DMZ zone. Air strikes, mobility, and firepower shift the balance, with 299 Americans killed and 2 220 wounded last week.
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Denial echoes in London court extradition hearing
James Earl Ray testified in Bow Street Magistrate Court denying he killed Martin Luther King Jr. He answered no to the question did you kill Dr. King, while witnesses placed him near Memphis boarding houses and a rooming house bathroom on the day of the assassination. The hearing continued with defense stressing the case as a political crime not covered by the treaty.
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Poor People Take Court Action To Force Use of Surplus Foods
Washington faced a suit from the Poor People's Campaign asking Agriculture Secretary Freeman to deploy a $227 million surplus to feed hungry Americans. The case seeks a restraining order to stop returning excess receipts to the Treasury at year end while lawmakers debated cuts to anti poverty and education programs.
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Russians Expected To Restrain Ulbricht
Washington officials said they doubt the Soviet Union will let East Germany curb West Berlin travel and protests rise into a crisis. NATO welcomed a potential detente but Moscow shows little interest in mutual force reductions amid tensions with Warsaw Pact members and erosion of NATO.
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Inside Letters and Vermont Recreation Plan
Catharine Foster critiques taxes poverty parks and vandalism in letters to editor and outlines a recreation plan for Vermont. Caravan Theatre revives Dorset’s first play from four decades ago, signaling a local arts revival with community roots.
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Dead Woman Revived After Morgue Attendants
Syracuse resident Virginia Torrey, declared dead en route to the morgue for an autopsy, showed throat contractions and was revived by morgue staff and ambulance crew with chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. She remains in critical condition after transfer to a hospital where doctors suspect a drug overdose.
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Rusk Visits Bonn Eases West German Berlin Fears
Secretary of State Dean Rusk traveled to Bonn to reassure West Germany over access to Berlin. He told a TV audience that free access to Berlin is a vital interest of the three Western powers and the Federal Republic, warning the Soviet Union and East Germany of NATO unity. He had been reluctant due to a urinary tract infection but complied after Bonn's invitation.
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Planners Favor Razing Pavilion in Montpelier
The Capital Planning Commission voted to demolish the 92-year-old Pavilion Hotel in Montpelier, following the Montpelier Board of Aldermen’s prior stance. The commission will report to the Pavilion Study Committee, which meets Friday, after hearing arguments to preserve the state owned building for historical and architectural reasons.
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