Two Held For Armed Robbery In Mass Kidnap Case
North Adams police arrested Clarence Sullivan 18 and a 16 year old from Florida after a cruiser theft linked to the abduction of 17 year old Gloria Meserina and the assault on Adams police chief Norman Bates. The suspects faced armed robbery charges plus further counts including unlawful firearm possession and drunken driving. Police chased the stolen cruiser after an anonymous tip and halted it by sideswiping with a patrol car. The girl was abducted on Notch Road and later escaped into the woods. Bates confronted the suspects at a cabin where they held him at gunpoint before fleeing.
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North Adams
Mass
UPI
Clarence Sullivan
Florida
Adams
North Adams District Court
John Gaspardi
Gloria Mesesina
Notch Road
Mount Greylock
Donald Daumais
Savoy
Norman C. Bates
Bates
McNamara Warns Soviets Seen Building New Nuclear Device
Defense Secretary McNamara said the Soviet Union may be developing a new space based weapon to fire nuclear warheads at U S targets from orbit. He described a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System with 10 minute flight times, limited accuracy, and noted the United States has secretly deployed an over the horizon radar to detect such attacks and extend warning times.
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Washington
UPS
Soviet Union
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
United States
North Pole
McNamara
Major Battlefront Seen in Vietnam
In Saigon a high ranking U.S. official warned that thousands of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops have infiltrated the Central Highlands and coastal plains, signaling a potential third major battlefront. The shift could push fighting to areas near the DMZ as Marine and Army units reinforce frontier forts. Police and civilian clashes continued along the Cambodian border.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Two Corps
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U.S. Marine
Highlands
Loc Ninh
North Vietnam
Yen Bai
Hanoi
Congo government moves to thwart mercenary invasion
Kinshasa paratroops deployed to counter an alleged mercenary assault from Angola backed by Portugal. U.N. calls for a Security Council meeting as Lubumbashi residents evacuate with families of consular staff fleeing to Zambia amid no confirmed battles or invader location. Col. Bob Denard rumored to lead mercenaries. Portugal denies base camps and urges Thant’s visit to Angola.
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Zambia
U.S
Katanga
Lubumbashi
Kinshasa
Angola
U.N
Thant
Con Con Needed To Correct Deficiencies in Vt. Court System
After two days of probing for deficiencies in Vermont's court system, a citizens conference concluded in Montpelier that a constitutional convention is needed to remedy them. The conference also decided that, as a matter of "highest priority," constitutional changes should address court reform and related governance.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Citizens’ Conference
MAUHS Resolves Empire State Red Tape Roadblock
Mt Anthony Union High School will send two buses to Hoosick Falls and Schenectady with temporary 30 day inspection stickers to avoid a repeat of a prior incident when a bus carrying Bennington first graders was impounded for lacking a New York sticker. Vermont officials sought action from New York counterparts with no late updates.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Schenectady
New York
Mt. Anthony
Hoosick Falls
Benning
Vermont
Henry J. Mallory
Malloy
Delay in Funding Halts Regional Youth Corps Projects
Washington and Maine report nationwide funding delays halt Neighborhood Youth Corps projects affecting about 3,015 youths in the Northeast with 800 students in 102 Maine schools tied to a $919,000 program. Officials warn more programs under the Office of Economic Opportunity may be cut if Congress does not restore funds.
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Washington
UPI
Northeast
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
New York
Hartford
Conn
Chicopee
Lowell
Mass
Manchester
N.H
Trenton
N.J
Maine
Calif
Lauren Medley
Bison
Ark
Finn
U.S. Labor Department
Maine Board of Education
Greater Hartford
Richard Redmond
State Department of Education
William Logan
Edmund S. Muskie
Logan
John Mahoney
Congress
Mahoney
Robert R. Devoid
Troy
New Hampshire
Devoid
Cops
Carroll
Grafton
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Sargent Shriver
U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity
Hoff
Cleo E. LaChapelle
Progress For
Providence
R.I
America
David R. Holmes
Holmes
Senate
Inside On McCarthyism Editorial Tears Pages 4
On the Inside editorial critiques the new form of McCarthyism reflecting editorial voice and period tone across the page four section of the newspaper. The piece analyzes political pressures and public fear shaping discourse.
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Vietnam
Congo
United Nations Security Council
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Tehdore Idzumbuii
Security Council
Kisenge
Hiya Grandad
Patrick Lyndon Nugent
White House
Patrick
Mauhs
Empire State
Albany
Citizens
Atty
James L. Oakes
Supreme Court
Superior Court
North Bennington
Bennington
Main Street
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