Soviets Propose Record Peacetime Defense Budget
Moscow proposed a record peacetime defense budget of 18.3 billion dollars, with aid to North Vietnam and replacement of Arab losses from the six day war. The total budget reached 136 billion, up 14.1 billion from last year, while observers note hidden items in military spending. Garbuzov outlined the plan to 1,517 parliamentarians in the Grand Kremlin Palace, stressing defense capacity at the highest level amid claims of imperialist threats.
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Israel
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Red Star
United States
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Amert
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Kremlin
Syria
United Arab Republic
Jordan
Hussein
Nuclear Space Treaty Goes into Effect Today
Washington UPI reports a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons or military bases on the moon, planets, or in outer space goes into effect today, marking a milestone in space arms control and international security.
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Washington
UPI
Moon
Death of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara confirmed in Bolivia
Official Bolivian sources say Guevara died in a Sunday clash with Bolivian rangers near Vallegrande. Identification by newsmen and army leaders is reported, with an impending formal announcement by Gen. Alfredo Ovando. The event could impact guerrilla forces across Latin America.
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Presencia
el Diario
Joaquin Zenteno Anaya
Buddhist Leader Ends Sit-In At Independence Palace
Buddhist monk Thich Tri Quang ended a 13 day sit-in outside President-elect Nguyen Van Thieu in Saigon. Officials said he agreed to end the protest after Thieu pledged to settle the dispute. the move followed Buddhist led student demonstrations and police crackdowns on protesters.
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UPI
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Independence Palace
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Tri Quang
Thich Tam Chau
United States
National Assembly
Milwaukee Marchers Battle Club Wielding Police
Open housing marchers clashed with police in Milwaukee as club wielding officers struck at a blocked intersection. About 25 injured, including two officers, and nine adults plus one juvenile arrested as violence marked the 48th night of demonstrations led by Rev. James E. Groppi with claims of police brutality.
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Inside Editorial and Local News Highlights
An Inside column critiques federal education spending. Editorial notes on mountain foliage. Manchester school board evaluates options to ease crowded classrooms. A Pownal woman earns a poetry award.
China calls for broad anti U S front at rally
Hong Kong dispatch reports Premier Chou En lai urged a broad international front to oppose U S imperialism. He warned the Soviet Union would not be included, and cited Vietnam war impact as a factor in isolating the United States.
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United Front
Soviet Union
Reinforcements Sent To Marines at DMZ
UPI reports 3,009 more American Marines were sent to reinforce Leathernecks at the DMZ amid rising tensions in northern South Vietnam. The move, gutting areas near Da Nang for a 4,500-man Army brigade, lifts total U.S. forces in the zone to over 100,000 as planners seek a decisive push against Communist forces.
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Vietnam
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Coastal Plains
Bong Song
Officials Silent in Probe Of Mallory Shooting
In Bennington officials offered no comment on the investigation into the shooting of Albert C. Mallory 41 of Brattleboro whose body was found on Burgess Road in Woodford. Franklin Frantz 46 a Sprague Electric Co. chemist and Mt. Anthony School Board member is free on 10000 bail after pleading innocent to homicide with malice assault with a deadly weapon and breach of peace. Autopsy by Dr Richard Woodruff found Mallory died of internal bleeding from two .38 caliber gunshots in the back with entry wounds in the chest. State Police Sgt John Pollack leads the probe. grand jury action not yet ordered. Funeral set for Wednesday at Mahar & Son Funeral Home Bennington burial in Danby.
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Brattleboro
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Burgess Road
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Sprague Electric Co
North Adams
Mass
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Mt. Anthony Union
John T. Carmody Jr
Rutland City Hospital
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Woodruff
Bennington County
John Pollacik
Shaftsbury
Vermont State Police
Gore Road
Association To Be Formed To Preserve Center Shaftsbury Church
Shaftsbury residents convened to form an association to take title to and preserve the Center Shaftsbury Baptist Church a 1846 structure recently conveyed to a prospective preserving body. William A Castle Sr was elected temporary chairman and Mrs Carl Jolivette named secretary treasurer as plans to deed the church to a formal association progressed.
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Carl Jolivette
North Bennington
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Vermont Council of Arts
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Charles Morrissey
Society
State Baptist Convention
Herbert Leonard
Lady Gosford
Topping Tavern
Bennington Museum
Galusha
New York to Wage Legal Drive Against Water Polluters
New York Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz announced a vigorous legal assault on water polluters. He warned municipalities and private operators they can no longer dump sewage or toxic industrial waste into state waterways without facing full state law enforcement.
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Louis J. Lefkowitz
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