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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1970

Page

2

Agnew Defends Johnson Against Humphrey Attack

In Jacksonville Florida Vice President Spiro Agnew denounced Hubert Humphrey as a political turncoat for calling Lyndon Johnson paranoid about Vietnam. He urged support for Gov. Claude Kirk and Rep. William Cramer, then spoke at an Orlando rally and scheduled a Bay Hill News conference.

Jacksonville Fla UPI Spiro T. Agnew Lyndon B. Johnson Agnew Hubert H. Humphrey Humphrey Johnson Florida Claude Kirk William Cramer Orlando Bay Hill Country Club Windermere New York Times Mr. Humphrey United States Kirk H. Rap Brown

Sadat Named Egypt President Succeeding Nasser After Referendum

Anwar Sadat, 51, was declared president to replace Gamal Abdel Nasser who died Sept. 28. Acting president since Nasser’s death, Sadat won a six year term by overwhelming approval from 8 million voters in a Thursday referendum.

United Press International Anwar Sadat Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser Sadat Nasser Arab Socialist Union National Assembly

Red Rally to Protest Angela Davis Arrest

New York police kept Angela Davis in the Women's House of Detention awaiting extradition hearings on California charges of kidnaping and murder. The Communist Party urged a nationwide protest, with Gus Hall calling the charges a frameup and defending Davis as a black woman fighting racism.

Red Angela Davis New York UPI Communist Party of the Hall Miss Davis San Rafael Calif Ronald Reagan California Manhattan FBI David R. Poindexter, Jr Chicago

US completes Phase Four withdrawal from Vietnam

UPI report states Nixon's Phase Four pullout ends reducing U.S. troops by over 50,000. Air Force abandoned Tuy Hoa base as Saigon casualty figures show 46 Americans killed last week, with 19 Marines and paratroopers wounded. Final phase tied to plans to drop total U.S. forces toward 384,000 by mid October and further 40,000 by Christmas.

Saigon UPI U.S Nixon Vietnam U.S. Air Force Tuy Hoa South Vietnam 199Th Light 9Th Infantry Division Army 7Th Marine Regiment 13Th Aircraft Group Marine Corps Air Force U.S. Army United States

U.S. shifts stance toward a Palestinian state in peace talks

U.S. officials, amid Jordanian conflict fallout and Nasser’s death, increasingly discuss a possible Palestinian state within a broader Israel Arab settlement. Officials cite the fedayeen’s strength in Jordan and the need to represent Palestinian aspirations as a likely element of any peace, raising two big questions: who can speak for Palestinians and how to draw borders. The changes signal a major diplomatic turning point in American policy toward the Middle East.

Shaarawi Gomaa Sadat Mahmoud Riad United Nations Middle East U.N Riad U.S William P. Rogers New York Rogers Egypt Suez Canal Israel Jerusalem David Ben Gurion Washington Nixon State Department John F. King Stewart Hensley Washington UPI Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein Fedayeen Jordan Nasser Hartford

Truce in Jordan Tense After Amman Shooting Incident

In Amman sporadic gunfire erupted after security forces stopped a civilian car linked to Fatah. One guerrilla and one security sympathizer were wounded or killed while the PLO protested government actions. The Cairo accord aims at ending military rule, with King Hussein forming a civilian government amid tensions.

Amman API Jordan Eee Fatah Palestine Liberation Organization PLO Inter- Arab Truce Team Cairo Hussein

Judge bars My Lai witnesses in Mitchell court martial

In Fort Hood Judge Col George R Robinson ruled the prosecution cannot use witnesses against S Sgt David Mitchell unless defense attorneys receive copies of prior testimony given before a House Armed Services subcommittee. The subcommittee chairman has kept the testimony secret delaying Mitchells court martial opening and blocking four witnesses.

George R. Robinson S.sgt David Mitchell House Armed Services Committee Mitchell My Lai Robinson

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