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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1966
Page
3
Charlotte Memorial Hospital announced the birth of conjoined twins weighing eight pounds ten ounces each. The boys are joined at the chest and abdomen and are breathing normally with a normal pulse. Names are withheld. The hospital notes such births occur about one in 100000 and the twins will undergo diagnostic tests to assess shared organs.
Interior Secretary Stewart Udall urged approval of the Army Corps of Engineers pre construction funds for the Dickey Lincoln School Dam project on the St John River Maine. He warned of a likely future clash over power marketing while noting negotiations with Canada and a shift toward public private cooperation. In Maryland a separate case saw Charlene Hargis jailed up to 10 years for the deaths of her four children in October.
A 33 year old kidnapper Albert Bunn who claimed the National Guard are after me was shot dead by two Bristol detectives after trading six year old Michael Albee for water. Police pursued across rural roads to Bunns farm and rocky ledge where he had built a barricade. The boy was released unharmed minutes before the fatal shootout amid a three hour manhunt. One officer was wounded in the chase.
America aims for a 63 hour Moon landing with Surveyor 1 carrying a television camera to scan the lunar surface and gauge soil. The launch targets Monday with a 50 minute viewing window at 10 38 a m EDT, as Atlas Centaur prepares to lift the 2194 pound spacecraft.
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