Music Man Leads Bennington Kids In Instrument Night
Gunnar Schonbeck of the Bennington College Music department orchestrates a wind section at Bennington Elementary School PTA. Children, guided by the musician, form a combined orchestra and choir as they pass out recorders tylophones banjo-jukes trumpets and flutes. Parents sing along as the production climaxes with heartfelt music.
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Gunnar Schonbeck
Bennington College
Bennington
PTA
Schonbeck
Lefevre Rules Out Sales Tax Now in Vermont Race
Rep. Reid Lefevre chair of the House Ways and Means Committee said he would not back a sales tax unless its need is fully demonstrated. He favors expanding revenues without a tax, opposes earmarked funds, and warns against spending sprees and tampering with the income tax while criticizing former Rep. Daulton Mann Jr.’s Hoff endorsement.
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Reid Lefevre
House
Ways and Means
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Richard A. Snelling
Lefevre
Snelling
Hoff
Daulton Mann Jr
Peru
Housewives Plan to Picket Supermarkets on Friday
Women organizing a boycott in Bennington say they will picket three large stores at 9 a.m. Friday. Organizer Mrs. Mary Brillon says a meeting will proceed tonight at the Bradford Hook and Ladder rooms. Stores named are Grand Union A&P and First National. managers declined comment or urged patience.
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Bennington
Mary Brillon
Bradford Hook and Ladder
Gage and
Safford
Harmon Road
Mrs. Brillon
Grand Union
A&p
First National
Tourge
Richard Pembroke
Robert Roy
Mistaken Viet Cong ambush kills eight Vietnamese civilians
U S troops in Saigon area fired on a group of civilians by mistake during Operation Allentown. Eight civilians including women and children were killed and seven were wounded. The incident followed reports of unidentified approaching figures and occurred as U S forces pursued Viet Cong bands near the capital. An investigation was begun by a U S military spokesman.
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Saigon
VPI
U.S
U.S. Army
1St Infantry Division
16Th Infantry
Johnson
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Pleiku
Sampan
Dmz
North Viet Nam Rejects Manila Peace Terms in Manila Conference
North Viet Nam joins China and the USSR in rejecting Manila peace terms describing the plan as an American scheme to colonize Southeast Asia. Hanoi calls the conference a farce while Washington reports battlefield activity near Saigon and Pleiku.
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Tokyo
UPI
North
Viet Nam
Red China
North Korea
Soviet Union
Manila
Hanoi
Southeast Asia
China
Johnson
Andrei Gromyko
Explosion Fire Kills 43 Aboard USS Oriskany at Sea
Investigators began probing two magnesium flare explosions that sparked a massive forward hangar fire on the carrier Oriskany off North Vietnam. The blaze killed 58 crewmen and officers and injured 58 others as Oriskany headed for Subic Bay for repairs after days of air strikes.
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UPS
Gulf of Tonkin
Viet Nam
Oriskany
Philippines
Jerome E. Hamill
San Diego
Calif
The
Saigon
Hamill
Subic Bay
San
Diego
North Viet Nam
Navy
Gulf
Johnson visits Thailand for talks with top leaders
President Johnson arrives at Utapao base for three day stopover in Thailand as U S air bases support Viet Nam raids. He meets Prime Minister Thanom and other leaders to discuss a status of forces agreement, counterinsurgency, and larger U S military aid for Thailand while tensions rise in Southeast Asia. The trip follows his Cam Ranh Bay visit and Laos border concerns.
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Thailand
UPI
Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
Cam Ranh Bay
Manila
Air Force
South
Philippines
Utapao
Southeast Asia
Thanom Kittikachorn
Kittikachorn
Thanat Khoman
Dawee Chulaspaya
Soviet accuses China of backing Peking Embassy siege
The Soviet Union officially accused Communist Chinese leaders of organizing and backing a five day siege of Russia's Peking Embassy by Red Guard demonstrators. A government note said the embassy has been sealed since Sunday and demanded China halt the demonstrations.
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UPS
Soviet Union
Russia
Peking
Red China
China
Red Guard
Inside Look at Possible Somerset City Bid
An Inside editorial weighs prospects for a future Somerset city with notes on candidates. The piece references views from a governor and discusses implications for local governance and growth.
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Somerset
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Rochester
Fulton J. Sheen
Francis Cardinal Spellman
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