900 Sign Petition Urging End to Vietnam War
More than 900 federal workers signed a statement urging President Johnson to change war policies and pursue a political settlement in Southeast Asia. Organizers plan continued signature gathering for weeks, with signers spanning agencies though not from State, AID, or USIA due to policy rules. In related debate, supporters praised Secretary Rusk's Senate hearing performance as bolstering war support, while critics pressed Johnson to consult before sending more troops.
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Washington
UPI
Vietnam
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Michael Ambrose
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rusk
Senate
House
White House
Court Martial Ordered For White House Picket
Lt. Dennis J. Morrisseau, 25, of South Burlington Vermont, faces a court martial for disobeying an order to board a plane to Fort Jackson South Carolina en route to jungle training before Vietnam. Police had detained him after Washington picketing without a permit. Morrisseau, an inform ation officer at Fort Devens, said he would continue to act on patriotic concerns and to protest U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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Rusk
Jim Wright
D-Tex
United States
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
J. William Fulbright
Senate Committee
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Fulbright
Ft, Devens
Mass
UPI
White House
Vietnam
Ft. Devens
Dennis J. Morriseau
South Burlington
Ft. Jackson
S.C
Morrisseau
U.S. Park
Washington
Henry Giles
CCS
Brown
Tas
Kenneth Albrect
Board of County Educational Services
Caris Potter
Wilmot
Robert O. Booker
Chauncey Davenport
White
Professional and Businessmen’s Association
Bombing Hits Hanoi Haiphong Area In Heavy Strikes
UPI reports American jets carried out the heaviest blows in over a month striking 10 targets in the Hanoi Haiphong area. Pilots logged 94 missions with one raid inside Haiphong city limits as an allied reply to Viet Cong actions and Hanoi’s stance on the bombing pause. In South Vietnam, guerrillas attacked U.S. convoys, killing one GI and wounding several as a large ambush damaged numerous vehicles and sparked counterattacks that left dozens of North Vietnamese dead.
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Saigon
UPI
North Vietnam
Hanoi- Haiphong
U.S
Haiphong
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Kontum
4Th Infantry Division
Khe Sanh Fort Targeted as Vietnam Bombing Ramps Up
U S Air Force B52s twice hit the 16 000 North Vietnamese troops at Khe Sanh the Marine fortress at the western anchor of the anti invasion line Hanoi radio warned the 6 000 Marines at Khe Sanh are doomed but there was no sign of a major North Vietnamese assault beginning.
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Khe Sanh
Marine Fort
Vietnam
Hanoi
Hanoi Radio
U.S
Sign Bill Passes First Senate Test
MONTPELIER Vermont bill to ban off premises outdoor advertising by July 1969 clears its first Senate test. The Senate Conservation Development Committee backed the measure 4 to 1, with Sen. Charles Delaney dissenting. House approved bill sent to the Senate on a 95 to 54 roll call after heated debate. The panel made no changes to the House version.
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Montpelier
UPI
Senate
Senate Conservation Development Committee
Charles Delaney
Dchittenden-Grand Isle
House
Editorial and notices span Kennedy bid and resignations
Inside Poison column by Catharine Foster discusses dieting. An editorial on Robert Kennedy’s entry in the Democratic presidential race appears on page four. Pownallister resigns as noted on page six.
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Robert Kennedy
European Gold Rush Pushes Global Markets to Panic
In London and Zurich dealers closed doors as orders flood the markets. Gold sales surge on fears the United States will raise the price from $35 an ounce, devaluing the dollar. Analysts note record turnover in London and a secretive, high-volume day across Europe.
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London
UPI
Europe
United States
Zurich
Middle East
Britain
Washington
Paris
U.S. Treasury
Italy
Belgium
Switzerland
South Africa
St Michael's High School To Be Closed
Brattleboro the seventh and eighth grades of St Michael's grammar school will be closed at the end of the school year. 165 students are involved but kindergarten to sixth grade will reopen next fall. The diocese council voted 6 to 1 March 7 in Middlebury to close, due to a shortage of sisters to staff the school.
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St. Michael’s High School
Brattleboro
St. Michael’s Grammar School
Francis xX. McCarron
St. Michael’s
Middlebury
McCarron
Hoff says McCarthy gain in N H aided by hard sell
Gov. Philip Hof f cites New Hampshire campaign tactics by Johnson backers as a factor in Eugene McCarthy s significant victory. He remains committed to Johnson while noting unease over Vietnam and Tet related jitters. Hoff says King s hard selling influenced voters but he plans no immediate endorsement shift.
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Richard M. Nixon
McCarthy
Nixon
Ing
Vietnam
Democratic
Hoff
Johnson
New Hampshire
John W
King
Vermont
Hanoi
Minnesota
Cambridge NY School Principal Denied Tenure
Cambridge Central School District board refused to grant District Principal George Brown tenure citing no reason, amid strong public support from staff. Public meetings featured supporters from cafeteria staff, teachers, bus drivers and custodians, with debate over tenure procedures and district administration praise from Superintendent Homer Deerlove.
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Cambridge
N.Y
Cambridge Central School District Board of Education
George Brown
Brown
Camridge
New Jersey
Cambridge Central School
George Leyden
Allen Bailey
Cambridge Teachers Association
Homer Deerlove
Lyman White
August E. Dering
Ellen Stevens
David Wilmot
George Chapin
White
Wilmot
Long Arm of Law Reaches Vietnam
Private Henry Phiel Jr a Scranton Pa Marine faces a $30 jaywalking fine after San Diego police ticketed him for $5 before deployment. He claims pay records missing and asks for extradition. local board notes and community input surround a tenure decision unrelated to his case.
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Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
UPI
Henry Phiel Jr
San Diego
Phiel
Scranton
Witten Escapes Injury In Plane Mishap At N Y
Bennington Atty R Marshall Witten walked away unharmed after a light single engine plane he piloted flipped during taxiing at LaGuardia Airport. Backwash from a jet caused the overturn as the craft waited behind a large propeller plane. The plane, owned by Witten and others, was badly damaged and several incoming flights were diverted to Kennedy.
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New York
N. Y
Bennington
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
LaGuardia
Witten
Dean Hanson
John Irons
John Meerworth
Kennedy International Airport
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Demilitarized Zone
Poison
Catharine Foster
Pownallister
Robert F. Kennedy
N.H
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John A. Lynch
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Cambridge, N.Y
Deerlove
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