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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1968
Page
8
New federal Monday Holiday law takes effect in 1971 creating four three day weekends in addition to Labor Day. It moves Washingtons birthday Memorial Day Columbus Day and Veterans Day to specific Mondays while Labor Day remains on the first Monday in September. Religious holidays remain unchanged.
London report notes rising world shipwrecks despite navigational aids and radio. Lloyd's figures show 337 ships totaling 832,803 tons lost last peacetime year, including large freighters like Sante Fe of Chile. The Marie Celeste mystery endures as ships vanish in bad weather with hundreds lost this century. The Waratah disaster looms as one of the era's worst maritime tragedies with 400 lives.
The piece highlights the start of American education week proclaimed by President Johnson, praising the nations schools while urging broad community support, parental involvement, and constructive critique. It also outlines daily themes emphasizing moral values, national strength, lifelong learning, equal opportunity, and economic prosperity.
Chokyo Yara, backed by the Japanese Socialist and Communist parties, won Okinawa’s first popular elected chief executive seat, challenging Prime Minister Eisaku Sato’s plan for a return to Japan while risking the U.S.-Japan security pact renewal in 1970. The result deepens strains over U.S. bases and atomic weapons on theRyukyus amid leftist protests.
South Korean military spokesman said the 30 man North Korean commando force that landed on the east coast on November 2 suffered eight more deaths, bringing total fatalities in the unit to 23. The remaining eight were reported trapped about 100 miles east of Seoul.
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