Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Powell Case
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Adam Clayton Powell's complaint that the House improperly deprived him of his seat in the 90th Congress. The dispute adds to ongoing tensions between legislative and judicial branches after the Court of Appeals decision against Powell on February 28, 1968.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Adam Clayton Powell
House
Senate
Johnson
Abe Fortas
U.S. Court of Appeals
Powell
High Court
Henry L. Hall
New York
18Th
William M. Kunstler
Kunstler
Bimini
House of Congress
Thomas Dodd
D-Conn
Salmon Chosen House Minority Leader in 1969 Session
Rep. Thomas P. Salmon of Rockingham defeated Rep. James Shea of Winooski to become House Minority Leader for the 1969 session. Salmon, in his fourth term, will lead party spokesmanship in the Vermont House, succeeding Leo O’Brien South Burlington.
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Middlebury
UPI
Thomas P. Salmon
Rockingham
James Shea
Winooski
Salmon
Leo O’brien
South Burlington
Chittenden and
Grand Isle County
Inside Sons and Daughters series airs again on Vermont ETV
Page 3 previews Gerald Raftery sex education column while Page 4 notes wig wearers. Page 6 reports twelve pedigreed rabbits killed by dogs in Hoosick Falls and Page 8 cites Burr and Burton Bulldogs forward Juan Martinez earning a first string soccer league spot.
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Sons and Daughters
Vermont
ETV
Gerald Raftery
Hoosick Falls
Burr and Burton Bulldogs
Juan Martinez
Page
Thieu Pressured to Attend Paris Talks Amid Saigon Stand
U S officials told South Vietnam they cannot accept a backseat role in the Paris peace talks with North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. Saigon seeks to lead the anti-Communist side or bar the Viet Cong from equal status, delaying a possible four-party conference. North Vietnam signals confidence talks may start soon with Thieu under cabinet reshuffle consideration.
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Paris
UPS
United States
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Saigon
Washington
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
North Vietnam
Hanoi- Washington
Thieu
Xuan Thuy
Manila Times
le Duc Tho
North Vietnamese
Communist Party
Moscow
Peking
U.S
Vietnam
Thuy
Czech Newsmen Join Students in Protest
Czech journalists in Prague join students in a protest against Soviet pressure and the abandonment of April reforms. A six hour union meeting criticized censorship, pledged factory committee activity to defend press freedom, and warned of a looming purge. Student sit ins spread from Prague to Bratislava and Brno as reforms were reportedly halted.
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Prague
UPI
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovak Union of Journalists
Central Committee
Party
Lucerna Hall
Gustav Husak
Communist Party
Dubcek
Reform Movement
Bratislava
Kaminsky
Technical
Charles University
Brno
Olomouc
Agricultural College
Suchdol
Bennington Considers Two Year Interim Zoning Plan
A public hearing Tuesday evening before the board of selectmen will review an interim zoning ordinance for Bennington crafted under the 1968 Vermont act. The plan aims to curb undesirable land development while a permanent zoning rule is prepared, lasting up to two years.
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Bennington
Board of Selectmen
Vermont
Selectman
J. Duncan Campbell
Campbell
North Bennington
Old Bennington
Ben
Western Reds Criticize Soviet Invasion Moves
Western Communist parties lament the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia and demand greater Moscow influence over foreign policy at a 58 nation preparatory conference. They say Moscow ignored their interests and undermined Czechoslovak sovereignty, while Russia argues action was needed to curb counterrevolutionary threats and preserve the socialist bloc.
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Budapest
UPI
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Antonin Novotny
Communist Party
Watts and All A Hunting Oddity
Jeffrey Kilburn, 17, of Highland Avenue, shot a six point buck weighing 125 pounds in Winhall. The deer carried seven large warts on its head and neck adding about 10 pounds, with grapefruitsized growths noted by Game Warden William LaCount. The warts are reported as more common north of Manchester. the rest of the animal was edible. Kilburn’s second hunt success following a prior season.
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Manchester
Jeffrey Kilburn
Arthur J. Kilburn
Highland Avenue
Winhall
Kilburn
William LaCount
New York City Teachers vote to end 11 week strike
New York City teachers voted overwhelmingly to accept a settlement ending an 11 week strike that kept more than a million students from classes. The agreement suspends three Ocean Hill-Brownsville principals, ousts the district’s local board, installs a state trustee, and creates a three member arbitration panel to govern city schools.
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New York
VPI
New York City
Ocean Hill- Brownsville
Brooklyn
John V. Lindsay
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
United Federation of Teachers
UFT
Dan O’neill
Marvin Datz
O’neill
Datz
Princeipals
Tion
Ocean Hill-Brownsville
Lindsay
Rhody McCoy
McCoy
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John F. Widmer
Upland
Calif
Con Thien
Dmz
Dems
Watts and
All
Jeff Kilburn
N.Y.C
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