Wilkins Re-Trial Today
A young Ku Klux Klansman stands trial in Haynesville Alabama for the second time in the Liuzzo slaying near Lowndes County on March 25 1965 A 21 year old unemployed auto mechanic Collie Leroy Wilkins faces a jury alongside two other Klansmen Justice moves followed last May when a decision was not reached Key witness Gary Thomas Rowe a former FBI informer linked to the case remains under federal guard as the trial resumes with new defense and prosecution teams weighing a guilty verdict
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Haynesville
Ala
UPD
Viola Liuzzo
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Detroit
Lowndes County
Selma
Montegomery
T. Weerth Thagard
Art Ahanes
Birmingham
Matt H. Murphy Jr
Alabama
Generl
Richmond Flowers
Lowndes
Wilkins
Flowers
Washington
Draft card burning arrest shocks Hooksett protesters
David J. Miller, 22, a pacifist from Syracuse, was arrested by FBI agents in Hooksett New Hampshire on charges of burning his draft card at a New York rally. He faced a U.S. Commissioner in Manchester NH later today. The incident was part of a three day Viet Nam protest at colleges nationwide.
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Hooksett
N.H
UPI
David J. Miller
FBI
New York
U.S
Viet Nam
Miller
New Hampshire
Syracuse
N.Y
Manchester
St. Anselm’s College
The
Catholic Worker
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
New York City
Hoover
Lemoyne College
Londonderry Child Dies In Jeep Crash Near Hanover
South Londonderry four year old Benjamin Wood died at a Hanover hospital after a Jeep overturned on Thompsonburg Road. Driver William B. MacGowan 17 of South Londonderry identified by state police. A separate clash in Bennington over U S policy in Southeast Asia led to an agreement to hold a public forum after a brief confrontation between protestors from Williams College and veterans in front of the South Street Town Building.
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Bennington
Stanley J. Pekalski
South Street
Elm Street
Hagerman
South Londonderry
UPI
Benjamin Wood
Hanover, N.H
Thompsonburg Road
William B. MacGowan
U.S
Southeast Asia
Leonard Goldberg
Bennington and
Williams
Southtreet
Deer Park
Williamstown
Mass
Union Street
Haley
Goldberg
U.S. 7
Williams College
Viet Nam
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Veterans
Bennington Village
Thomas R. Haley
Veterans Council of
Little Interest Shown In Primaries Here
Voters in Bennington County head to the polls tomorrow to choose candidates under the one man one vote ruling. The primaries mark a new phase in the reapportioned Vermont Legislature with limited turnout anticipated.
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Bennington County
U.S. Supreme Court
Vermont
New York's Drinking Age Again Under Attack
New York and Vermont Young Democrat presidents plan a pressure campaign to raise New York's minimum drinking age from 18 to 21. They cite neighboring-state traffic deaths as justification. The move follows prior unsuccessful efforts amid cross-border drinking trends.
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New York City
UPI
Young Democrat
New York
Vermont
New York Line
New York State Line
Brian Burns
Burlington, Vt
John Kierney
Young Democrats Convention
The Banner Prints Herald Tuesday Edition After Breakdown
The Banner will print the Rutland Herald Tuesday edition on its offset press due to a press breakdown at the Herald near the end of Monday’s run. About 1200 copies were short.
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Rutland Herald
Herald
Polling Places and Hours for Bennington Woodford District
A rundown of polling sites and hours for the Bennington Woodford legislative district primary. Subdistrict 1 uses North Bennington firehouse and Molly Stark School with 9 am to 6 pm hours. Subdistrict 2 covers Woodford Hollow School and Eagle Hose firehouse with 10 am to 7 pm and 9 am to 6 pm respectively. Subdistrict 3 votes at Bennington Elementary School from 9 am to 6 pm. Voters unsure of district may call GOP 442-5267, Democratic 442-4591, or The Banner/WBTN.
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Bennington - Woodford
North Bennington Firehouse
North Bennington Village
Molly Stark
Woodford Hollow
Town
Woodford
GOP
Democratic
Banner Office
WBTN
Light Turnout Predicted Tomorrow In Statewide Primary Balloting
Vermonters go to the polls tomorrow for a statewide primary with minimal voter interest. Clerks in Burlington, Bennington, Brattleboro, St. Albans, Hartford and Newport City expect turnout near 10 percent, far below the usual 35 percent. The primary will determine candidates for the November general election and may mark a historic moment if write-in votes fill every House seat and several Senate contests.
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Bennington
Bennington-Woodford
Manchester
Peru
Dorset
Winhall
Landgrove
GOP
Norman Farr
Repub
Montpelier
UPD
House
Senate
General Assembly
Vermont
Inside Leadership Training Course Planned
An adult leadership course is planned with details and goals outlined for future participants. Editorial notes discuss a new resort area planned for Dorset. Columnist Alan D Sophria comments on Labor Secretary Wirtz and migrant workers. Arlington will host the district library meeting.
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Ior Dorset
Alan D. Sophria
Wirtz
Navy pilots bomb Soviet built missile site in North Viet Nam
US Navy pilots from USS Independence destroyed a third Soviet built SAM site 52 miles northeast of Hanoi using 500 and 1,000 pound bombs. Cmdr Harry B. Southworth led five planes including four Skyhawks and an Intruder against heavy anti aircraft fire. No enemy planes were shot down and no rockets were fired at the attackers. Two Marines were killed in Hue Phu Bai helicopter crash nearby.
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Saigon
UPS
Communist North Viet Nam
Harry B. Southworth
Mexico, N.Y
Independence
Hanoi
Red Capital
New York
Southworth
J.B. Davis
Selma
Ala
J. C.F. Mossener
Pittsburgh
R.L. Koffarius
Aurora
Ill
Cecil E. Garber
Mount Crawford
J. Kenneth E. Jones
Kirksville
U. S
China
Hue- Phu Bai
Phu Bai
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Bennington College
Viet Forum
Londonderry
Supreme Court
Arlington
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