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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1968
Page
2
Saigon reports a 30,000 man Communist buildup attempting to overrun a South Vietnamese camp and fighting US troops near the Cambodian frontier. Six more North Vietnamese border violations of the Demilitarized Zone are cited as breaching the Paris talks ceasefire, risking sabotage of negotiations in Paris.
UPI reports Washington condemns DMZ violations amid Paris talks strain. The State Department warns serious talks cannot proceed if the DMZ is abused as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces engage near Saigon with renewed assaults, while Saigon pressures Paris participation and U.S. negotiators press for Vietnamwide talks. 170 guerrillas killed, several Americans killed or wounded, and U.S. forces counter a large Cambodian-front attack by the North.
Brussels reports say Moscow enforces normalization on Czechoslovakia with press bans foreign press limits and travel curbs while aiming to split the party and depose Dubcek. Moscow signals will keep Czechoslovakia in the Red bloc and align internal policy, possibly using force. In Chicago, cafe counterman Carlos Figera Diaz is arrested for selling sandwiches filled with heroin. The Iron Curtain tightens as Soviet influence grows and occupation end may stretch for years.
UPI reports three Yemeni Arabs jailed and charged with planning to kill President-elect Richard Nixon. Officials probe strong ties abroad to determine if the alleged plot was part of an international conspiracy or connected to foreign involvement.
Gemini veterans Thomas Stafford John Young and Eugene Cernan were assigned to Apollo 10 a rehearsal mission planned to approach within 50 000 feet of the moon next spring The crew will test the lunar module in earth orbit then descend near the moon while the command ship remains in lunar orbit The mission aims to keep a moon landing on Apollo 11 in July as the next step
Allied garrison in Berlin staged an operational readiness test with 13 000 troops including Americans British and French to defend key sites from Tempelhof to Olympic Stadium as East German threats loom. Bonn reports Kiesinger aides fear parliament may vote new measures affecting lifelines through East Germany amid Kennedy assassination links probe.
President-elect Nixon and his wife Pat plus daughters Julie and Tricia enjoyed a theater outing in New York followed by supper at 21 West 52nd Street. The party, aided by police escorts, also included C. G. Rebozo and Friends from Readers Digest and George M. Cohan musical George M. Cohan. Nixon planned a Florida trip with key staff meetings before departure Friday night.
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