29 Mar 1967
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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1967
Page
1
Bennington selectmen backed welfare administration centralization and reclassification of state aid roads as state roads. The town board voted unanimously at its regular meeting to support the bills now before the Legislature.
Governor Lurleen Wallace and husband George plan a police powers move to seize Alabama public schools to resist federal desegregation. Reports say an address to the legislature will announce the action, as a three-judge court ordered desegregation by next fall and funding cuts for noncompliant districts.
In Montpelier the Hoff administration and Senate Republicans failed to move a single senator to reconsider the fatal vote against a fair housing bill. The Senate’s 15 to 14 defeat followed four days of debate after House passage and amid private White House talks and strategic pressure from key lawmakers.
Saigon officials disclosed that South Vietnam proposed immediate peace talks with North Vietnam, calling for an immediate peace conference once a truce is arranged. Thant's non-conditional truce call was rejected by Saigon, which urged terms of the truce to be agreed before talks. Hanoi has not formally replied and was cool to Thant’s plan.
Britain intensifies air strikes against the tanker Torrey Canyon to burn and sink the oil spill threatening coastal resorts. Jets drop napalm and bombs in renewed operations as officials weigh further action to rid seas and beaches of crude oil affecting wildlife and tourism.
In the Central Highlands near An Lao Valley two U S Army platoons of the 1st Air Cavalry Division, about 44 men each, repelled a Communist assault of roughly 150 fighters aided by mortars and a satchel charge. An American staff sergeant hurled the exploding satchel back, killing the two attackers. The three hour fight ended with the Communists retreating into the jungle with dead and wounded as air crews carried out 124 missions against North Vietnam that day.
Major radio and TV networks faced a walkout by AFTRA members over money and overtime. Picket lines appeared nationwide including NBC Today stars Hugh Downs and Frank Blair. Newsmen seek 300 weekly base plus 50 percent of sponsored program fees. networks proposed 300 weekly plus 25 percent. Tapes and live programs halted. taped post Nov 18 1966 shows may be unusable.
President Johnson bars government agencies from secret financial aid to educational or private voluntary groups after a Katzenbach committee report. Agencies are to follow a policy replacing CIA funding with public funds for overseas activities deemed in the national interest.
Columnist Elizabeth Dwyer notes a paradox as she writes that people feel happiest when feeling threatened. The piece on Page 4 explores the psychology of stress and resilience in daily life.
UPI reporter Merriman Smith calls the Manchester book a gripping and reasonably authentic account of Kennedy's assassination and aftermath. He notes bias toward Kennedy, praise for Johnson's official actions, and that errors prevent it from being definitive history. The piece remarks on the book's conflict with the Kennedy family and its one sided Kennedy viewpoint.
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