Americans Pummel Hill 724 In Vietnam War Action
U S troops moved down Hill 724 in the Central Highlands as B52s bombed a North Vietnamese division. Air raids and ground assaults left hundreds of Communists killed and many U S casualties, with 735 U S air losses reported to date amid operations near Dak To and the Cambodian border.
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Saigon
APS
U.S
Central Highlands
Strategic Air Command
North Vietnam
Freida
South Vietnam
Panhandle
Hill 724
Dak To
Gls
Syria Denounces King Hussein and Hinders Peace Hopes
United Press International reports Syria denounced King Hussein of Jordan and reaffirmed its view that only a military victory over Israel can erase memories of the June war. The Foreign Ministry’s stance dimmed prospects for an early Middle East settlement, while Egypt signaled moderation.
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Syria
Hussein
Jordan
Israel
Palestine
Syrian
Foreign Ministry
Damascus Radio
Middle East
Mahmoud
Riad
United Arab Republic
U.N. Security Council
David Hacohen
Mapai
Knesset
Parliament
Sinai Peninsula
Suez Canal
Egypt
Hacohen
Tel Aviv
Damascus
Akhwara
State Farm Bureau Opposes Family Assistance Project
The Vermont Farm Bureau opposed continuation of a $35,000 farm family assistance project, arguing it keeps poorer farmers on the farm. Critics claim it benefits only those with income at or below $1,200, while the bureau supported a tax hike to fund higher salaries for extension service personnel. Keith Wallace of Waterbury was re-elected president.
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Barre
API
Vermont Farm Bureau
Edward Eurich
R-Waitsfield
Farm Bureau
Robert Davidson
University of Vermont Extension Service
Keith Wallace
Waterbury
Johnson rebukes Vietnam critics at Fort Benning rally
President Johnson denounces war critics as he tours the South praising unity and courage. He spoke to about 15,000 soldiers and families at Doughboy Stadium and decorated 15 Vietnam heroes with the Silver Star. He urged no external encouragement to prolong the war and shared a foxhole letter from a infantryman.
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FT. Benning
UPD
Johnson
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Doughboy Stadium
Ft Benning
America
U S Achieves Dual Space Spectaculars
The United States led the space race with a Saturn V test and Apollo mission placing a 140-ton satellite into two orbits before sending Apollo 11 toward the moon. A Surveyor 6 robot then achieved America’s fourth soft lunar landing near Hawaii.
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Cape Kennedy
United States
Russia
America
Soviet Union
Wernher von Braun
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Dismissal of Albany mayor drunken driving charge
Albany Mayor Erastus Corning II had a drunken driving charge dismissed after State Police lab analysis showed a blood alcohol content of .08 percent, below the legal threshold for impairment. No counterarguments were presented by the district attorney or arresting officer.
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Colonie
N.Y
Albany
Erastus Corning II
Harry J. D’agostino
State
Albany County District Attorney’s Office
A.F. Crary
Vermont State House expansion plan approved
The Vermont Building Board approved preliminary plans for a more than 2 million expansion and renovation of the historic State House. An annex behind the State House would include committee rooms a new cafeteria lounge kitchen and library connected by a glass walkway. The news corps would move to the first floor and a 119 seat auditorium with projectors and TV facilities would be added.
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State House
State House News Corps
Crow’s Nest
Legislative Council
Airport drama ends as pilot lands safely in Portland
Anthony E. Garrison and his nine year old son fled back from a Bennington to North Adams hop after a snowstorm trapped them. With about 20 minutes of fuel the pilot climbed to 11 000 feet and, guided by Albany, found Portland Airport for a visual landing. The family had earlier survived a house fire in Petersburg.
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Portland
Maine
Petersburg
N.Y
Anthony E. Garrison
Bruce
North Adams
Mohawk Aviation Corp
Bennington
Garrison
Albany
Vermont
New Hampshire
Wayne
Inside Bulldozers Raze Trees and Towns Fargo? (adjust as needed)
Feature notes bulldozers ravaging an avenue of trees. A second piece explains why the name Jermain is closely linked to White Creek. A third remembers one man’s heyday in Hoosick Falls, reflecting on local history.
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Jermain
White Creek
Hoosick Falls
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Clyde Bryant Sr
Manchester
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Coventry
Ft. Benning, Ga
LBJ
1St Cavalry Airmobile Division
Binh Son
Resuls
Robert Seamans
Federal Space Agency
Hubert Humphrey
Edward C. Welsh
Space Council
James E. Webb
Space Agency
Seamans
Pacific
Space
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Bennington County
George M. Fienberg
Bennington District Court
Robert J. Landry
Montreal
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Landry
Pownal Track
Track
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