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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1969
Page
2
SAIGON reports United States canceled B52 bomber strikes and reduced offensive sweeps during a three day Communist cease fire honoring Ho Chi Minh. U.S. headquarters offered no comment as South Vietnam also ignored the truce.
UPI reporting that Moscow and Peking exchange hostile broadcasts urging uprisings against leaders Kosygin and Brezhnev and Mao Zedong comments on border clashes. Officials note a cooling but dangerous intra-Communist rift and warn neutrality for the United States. Meanwhile cease-fire violations in Vietnam produce American and allied casualties, with U.S. artillery held and B52s ready to resume strikes if needed.
A Latin man tired of U.S. taxes hijacked an Eastern Airlines four engine jetliner carrying 96 people from New York to San Juan and diverted to Havana Cuba. He told crew he sought freedom on the Communist island and planned revolution in the United States. The hijacker spoke English and Spanish and warned no one would be hurt.
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