Halloween Arson Strikes Bennington Village Night
Bennington officials report multiple arsons and vandalism Thursday night in Bennington. Chief William H. Fox and Fire Chief Chuck Sawyer describe widespread incidents including a car set ablaze, a trash truck fire, a freezer locker fire, a false alarm, and vandalism to bridges. Fire marshal investigation requested. police crowded main streets as area wards remained alert.
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Bennington
William H. Fox
Chuck Sawyer
Sawyer
Vermont
J. L. Vergin
Watts
Adams
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Kathleen Kelley
Main Street
Fox
North Street
Charles Knapp
Union and
Main Streets
Sonny
Pleasant Street
Box 182
Bradford
Warren Streets
East Main Street
North
Burt Henry
Silk Road
Martin Percy
North Bennington
Poll on Vermont race bias shows mixed views
Lyndon State College students release a poll of 208 residents in seven Caledonia County towns and one Essex County town. About 65 percent favor allowing decent African Americans to move to Vermont, while 35 percent oppose Negroes moving in. Of the 136 welcoming responses, 39 express no objections to Negroes settling in the northeast region.
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Lyndonville
UPI
Lyndon State College
Northeast Kingdom
Caledonia County
Essex County
Vermont
Falls Area Fires Blamed On Halloween Pranksters
Hoosick Falls residents report several suspicious fires blamed on Halloween pranksters. A vacant Colasta Company building on Mechanic Street was destroyed after 8:30 p.m. fire, threatening nearby Falls Hardware. Firefighters fought for hours as wind remained calm. Earlier, a Johnson Hill Road barn burned and a Bovie Hill Road tenant house fire followed, both suspected arson acts tied to Halloween pranks. Local owners include Delmar Pellet Company of Albany and Robert Hall contractor, with the north Hoosick Fire Department and village officials cited.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Colasta Company
Mechanic Street
Delmar Pellet Company, Inc
Albany
Falls Hardware Company
Gerald Greenberg
Bennington
Hoosick River
John Durkee
Johnson Hill Road
North
Leland Hill
Bovie Hill Road
Hoosick Fire Department
Robert Hall
LBJ Orders Bombing Halt Ends Air War Over North Vietnam
President Johnson declared a total bombing halt against North Vietnam, signaling a move toward peace talks in Paris. U.S. pilots canceled strikes, while fighting continued in South Vietnam with rockets striking Saigon Hue and My Tho. Two U.S. landing craft Westchester County was damaged by a guerrilla mine, with 16 Americans and one Vietnamese killed and 22 Americans wounded.
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UPS
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hue
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7Th Fleet
Tonkin
Washington
van Hanoi
Paris
My Tho
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
Mekong Delta
Westchester County
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Navy
Marine
South China Sea
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Hanoi Assents to Broadened Paris Peace Talks
Paris UPI North Vietnam agreed to attend broadened peace talks with South Vietnam and the Viet Cong. A North Vietnamese spokesman said the meeting in Paris would start not earlier than Nov 6 1968, following Johnson’s bombing halt. Harriman pushed for a political settlement allowing South Vietnam’s people to determine their future. Saigon planned to send technicians and experts to Paris.
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UPI
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South Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Johnson
Vietnam
Democratic Republic of
North
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Washington
Thuy
Hanoi
Harriman
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Saigon
United States
Cushman Workers On Strike Over Contract Deadline
Union members at Cushman Manufacturing in North Bennington led a strike as the Local 545 Upholsterers’ International Union members did not report for 7 am. They gathered at the North Bennington Firehouse after the contract expired at midnight. Negotiations continue with no disclosed offers. Meanwhile Local 295 United Electrical Workers members at Bijur Lubricating Co. in Bennington still work while their contract also expired and negotiations proceed.
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H.T. Cushman Mfg. Corp
North Bennington
International Union
United Electrical Workers
Bijur
AAUP Clears UVM Insurgent Inquiry
The University of Vermont was cleared of attempting to violate academic freedom following an AAUP investigation led by Dr. Gordon Lewis. The probe found no evidence that Sargent’s superiors sought to curb his public or print remarks, while allowing him to continue writing as an individual with professional training.
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Sargent
Bennington Banner
State Water Resources Board
Denning Miller
Stowe
Victory
Northeast Kingdom
Lewis
Prof. Sargent
UVM
Inside Shaftsbury candidates and Vermont tax change debate
The page lists multiple items from Inside Shaftsbury including interviews with four Lexington candidates for the legislature and Sam Ogden proposing a radical tax reform in Vermont. An editorial argues ending the war would be a victory for humanity.
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Sam Ogden
Vermont
Bennington
Vermont Solons Welcome News of Bombing Halt
In Barre, Senator George D. Aiken and colleagues welcomed President Johnson's halt of bombing in North Vietnam. Aiken predicts peace talks may yield concrete results within three months, urging substantial negotiations acceptable to North and South Vietnam and U.S. allies. Prouty and Stafford expressed cautious optimism and hoped for meaningful progress, noting uncertainty about interpretations of the order.
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National Liberation Front
Aiken
Winston Proutt
R-Vt
Johnson
Prouty
Robert T. Stafford
Rvt
Bennington
North
South
Vietnam
U.S
Former Greek Premier Papandreou Dies at 80 in Athens
George Papandreou, longtime liberal leader and three time Greek premier, died at 80 in Athens from a stroke after surgery for a bleeding ulcer. The military regime expressed sorrow and planned his state funeral. His son Andreas Papandreou, ex UC Berkeley professor, is abroad amid opposition activities and faces possible travel restrictions.
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UPI
George Papandreou
Papandreou
Hll
Andréas
Greece
University of California At Berkeley
Sweden
George Papandopoulos
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