Czechs Bow to Demands as Soviet Troops Move
Prague reports half of the 600,000 Warsaw Pact troops may be withdrawing or repositioning within Czechoslovakia as Moscow pushes for hard line terms. Dubcek faces demands for total rule, end of liberalization, and a seven year economic tie to Russia. Citizens weigh whether to flee or endure a crackdown.
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UPI
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Alexander Dubcek
Russia
Soviet Union
Poland
East Germany
95 Die in Crash of French Jet
A Caravelle jet from Corsica plunged into the Mediterranean eleven minutes out of Nice after encountering a sudden storm, killing all 95 aboard. It was the worst air disaster since the South African Airways Boeing 707 crash at Windhoek last April, with 123 lives lost. a search party found debris.
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France
UPI
Air France
Corsica
Mediterranean
Nice
South African Airways
Windhoek
South West Africa
Caravelle Crash near Cap D Antibes Leaves Dozens Dead
A twin engine Caravelle with 89 aboard crashed about 12 miles offshore near Cap D Antibes. A spokesman said there were no survivors. Rescue boats reported stormy seas. Of the passengers 13 were children and six crew were aboard. The plane, recently put into service, was en route from Corsica to Nice No 1611. The pilot radioed an engine fire before silent contact. Could involve many Americans. many passengers were tourists. Searchers scoured for the missing craft.
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Cap D’antibes
Corsica
Nice
Ajaccio
Marseilles
France
Davis Triumphs Over Oakes In Vermont GOP Governor Nomination
Deane C. Davis, 67, insurance executive, won the Republican nomination for Vermont governor, defeating Atty. Gen. James L. Oakes by a wide margin. Davis led 38,684 to 23,398, with other statewide races showing Aiken and Tafts winners. Davis will face Democrat John J. Daley in November.
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Montpelier
Deane C. Davis
Isurance
Vermont
James L. Oakes
Davis
Oakes
U.S
George D. Aiken
William K. Tufts
Bethel
Robert T. Stafford
Guilford Atty
John G. Kristensen
Chittenden
Windham
Chittenden County
Bennington
Stafford
Atty
Thomas L. Hayes
Middlebury
GOP
Daniel B. Ruggles
Washington County
Richard C. Thomas
Republican Party
Theodore M. Riehle Jr
South Burlington
Riehle
James M. Jef
Fords
Rutland County
Thomas J. Whalen
Arlington
Vermont Educational Television Network
Hoff
Elbert G. Moulton
Bennington County
James Jeffords
Robert T. King
Theodore H. Riehle
Thomas
John T. Carmody Jr
John Daley
James Hunter
Thomas Whalen
Arthur E. George
Pownal
Tracy Kenyon Jr
Shaftsbury
Senate
County voters choose many new faces in Bennington race
Bennington County voters elected a notably changed delegation for the 1969 Vermont Legislature. In a five way contest for two Senate seats, Mrs. Madeline K. Harwood of Manchester emerged as the dominant winner, signaling a shift as several familiar figures were eliminated in the Republican primary.
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Bennington County
Madeline K. Harwood
Caracciola
Wagner
Allen
Rep
Ira Whitney
Stamford
Vermont
Atty
Harvey D. Carter Jr
Pownal
Rupert
Graf
Pawlet
Pratt
Wells
Arlington
Sandgate
Sunderland
Ruth Cole
Gordon Hard
State Drops Adultery Charge Against Rev. David Johnson
In Newport Vermont a Vermont state's attorney moved to drop an adultery charge against Rev. David L. Johnson of Irasburg after a California judge refused extradition of the woman involved. Mrs. Barbara Lawrence, 23, of Seaside, California, was found guilty of adultery there and given probation. The case highlighted cross state issues and a nighttime shooting in the minister's town.
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Rev
David Johnson
Newport
UPI
Vermont
Atty. Leonard Pearson
David L. Johnson
Irasburg
California
Orleans
Lewis B. Springer
Barbara Lawrence
Seaside
Calif
Anthony Brazil
Salinas
Lawrence
Viet Cong Attack Strikes Tay Ninh Near Saigon
About 1,000 Viet Cong attacked Tay Ninh from Cambodian bases, overrunning suburbs around the city 55 miles northwest of Saigon during a monsoon. Vietnamese and U.S. forces repelled assaults toward the city center but kept Viet Cong entrenched in hamlets west of downtown. Reports note repeated Communist defeats at Tay Ninh and mention the McNamara line project being largely abandoned along the Da Nang to DMZ stretch.
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Saigon
VPI
Cambodia
Tay Ninh
U.S
UPI
Nat Gibson
Renews Tay Ninh Line to Halt Infiltration
Wilkinson says Tay Ninh line shifted from elaborate barrier to outposts to block North Vietnamese infiltration. The province key to a third offensive against Saigon as U.S. forces surround occupied zones and attack with bombs and rockets. spokesman says situation is under control.
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Wilkinson
Tay Ninh
Saigon
U.S
Inside Look Probes Vote Whys In Editorial
An editorial examines reasons behind the vote and reflects on zoning and mobile home concerns as a model for orderly development. The piece ties local planning debates to broader development questions and community impact.
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Pownal
Drama of Regwood Road Ends As Selectmen Reject It
Bennington selectmen end the Regwood Road debate with a 2 1 vote to reject accepting the road in its current condition. Campbell and Higgins opposed. Cornell supported giving residents a road. A lengthy statement from Campbell will be printed later. Additional actions include approving a $2,004.36 bill for Morse Construction on Whipstock Road Extension and returning a $60 carnival license fee to the Bennington Jaycees after clarifying rules. The board also discussed interim zoning hearings, town finances on punch-card systems, fuel bids, and the sewer plant position.
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Bennington
Regwood
Foothills
J. Duncan Campbell
Joseph E. Higgins
Gerald E. Cornell
Col
Raymond C. Murray
Dexter Davis
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Josephine Buzzell
Cummings
Buzzell
William E. Morse Construction Co
Whipstock Road
Frances Bender
Morse
Bennington Jaycees
Mammoth Mart
Higgins
Welther
Jaycees
Donald Greenslet
Norton Barber
Barber
Punch
Off-Duty Vermont Trooper Killed in New Haven Crash
Theodore Butterfield 22, a one-year Vermont state police member, died when his private car struck a tree stump and overturned in New Haven. Butterfield, a 1967 State Police Academy graduate, was assigned to the Rutland barracks since August 1967.
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UPI
Vermont
Theodore Butafield
Butterfield
State Police Academy
Rutland
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Fred Keppler
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