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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1968
Page
2
Yugoslavia leader Tito calls for each nation to determine its own destiny in a speech marking 25 years since founding his regime. He warns that without respecting independence, international crises will persist and stabilization fails.
World Jewish Congress president Nahum Goldmann told about 2,000 delegates at the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations anniversary convention that anti-Semitism is now arising from leftists worldwide. He cited anti Israel positions and anti Zionism promoted by the so called left and Communist and non Communist movements, warning Jews to grasp the danger.
Youngstown Ohio faces a holiday break as the public school system shuts down due to sustained funding shortfalls. With 28,000 students and 45 schools, daily operating costs reach 85,000 dollars. After six failed tax levy attempts, classes resume January 2 when funds become available.
The article discusses a proposed majority vote for presidents with runoff if no candidate attains a plurality. Major Borden of the Selective Service spoke at Mt Anthony Union High School where junior and senior male students booed and disrupted the assembly with a near-miss paper airplane incident.
About 20 students from the School for International Training visited Mt Anthony High for United Nations Day. They toured the building and observed classes led by David Jarecki and Jan Noble. After a Greasepaint showing they stayed with local host students and left the next morning. A poll by the Student Council asked if girls should wear slacks, drawing 300 signatures.
In Saigon area allied air strikes waged for a second day with B52s dropping at least a million pounds of bombs on Communist infiltration corridors toward the capital, many from Cambodia. Reports say Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops bivouacked in Cambodia, while 30,000 were said gathered on the border as U.S. forces push to thwart a Saigon thrust.
New York UP I reports President elect Richard Nixon returns from Washington visit to his ailing former boss Dwight D Eisenhower. He schedules staff meetings and notes gratitude for election and forthcoming marriage of Julie Nixon to David Eisenhower. The gathering at Walter Reed Army Hospital featured standard Army Thanksgiving fare.
The fifth USS Concord was commissioned at Los Angeles Naval Base by Rear Admiral H B Bird with Rear Admiral Ben W Sarver delivering the principal speech. The Norfolk based vessel serves as a mobile logistics ship with 15000 supply items tracked by computer and high speed lines for ship to ship transfers. Built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Co in San Diego for 18.4 million dollars, the 581 foot, 16000 ton vessel carries 37 officers and 441 enlisted men and speeds about 20 knots.
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Thieves broke into Falcon Chemical Co. and stole 63 gallons of embalming fluid. Owner Everett Purnell said the stolen liquids are embalming fluid and will be hard to use, indicating a grave theft at the company in St. Louis.
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