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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1968
Page
2
UPI reports total American deaths in Vietnam surpassed 20,000, with 509 killed in combat last week. Weekly figures for March 9 push the war’s dead since Jan 1 1961 to 19,760, while overall casualties total 140,958 including killed, wounded, and missing.
Washington reports suggest a series of primary upsets could push President Johnson to reconsider re election. Johnson remains the favorite for renomination with New Hampshire tightening odds but not enough to deter. McCarthy and Kennedy are unlikely directly to beat Johnson, yet their pressure could influence his final decision after the primaries. Johnson has not announced a run and plans a strategy based on continuing to avoid active campaigning in most primaries.
UPI reports Sen. Eugene McCarthy will not withdraw from the 1968 Democratic race despite rising talk of Sen. Robert Kennedy entering. Kennedy, after a strong New Hampshire showing, reexamined his position but did not commit to a run, with a decision expected in days. McCarthy plans to campaign widely and considers Indiana and Oregon primaries as he remains in the race while Kennedy weighs his own plans.
In Hattiesburg Mississippi UPI reports Billy Roy Pitts, who confessed to murder and arson in the January 10 1966 ambush of Vernon Dahmer, testifies as the final witness in the trial of Cecil Victor Sessum a White Knights Klansman charged with Dahmer s killing and the nightrider firebombing. FBI agents presented maps and photos of gallon jug firebombs and a ruined home while Dahmer s widow described her husband urging her to save the children as he tried to hold off attackers. A former White Knights member Weber Rogers testified the murder was ordered by Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers and that the group used code words project three and project four to describe the attack and its aim.
University of Illinois law professors Jeffrey OConnell and Robert Keeton outline a no fault auto insurance concept to a Senate Commerce subcommittee as a two year study of the industry unfolds. The plan would pay losses up to 10000 regardless of fault, with disputes over higher amounts taken to court, aiming to reduce the auto damage suit backlog. Senators hear about a fictitious Mr T Case used to illustrate policy cancellations and about dollar detectives paid for reports, highlighting concerns over practices in underwriting and investigations.
Gov. Lurleen B. Wallace continued in serious condition after a second operation within three weeks. Doctors report the abdominal infection is being treated with large antibiotic doses. her overall status is serious but not critical, with a satisfactory first post operative day.
In Havana Castro charged that U S did not return Cuban ships and planes and threatened to confiscate hijacked American airliners. He said the United States started this, encouraged hijackings, and now faces consequences as planes and boats from Cuba remain in U S possession.
The Bennington Banner lists contact numbers for business news, advertising, and provides subscription rates for Vermont and other U.S. destinations. It notes location at 425 Main St Bennington VT and that US readers receive 3 months, 6 months, or 1 year options with varying prices.
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