Marines Withdraw Bases Near DMZ Ahead of Dec 15
U S Marines abandoned fire support bases Russell Cates and Fuller near the DMZ and moved south to Quang Tri and Dong Ha. The withdrawal accompanies a Nixon troop cutback plan with Navy units to be pulled out by mid December. Five Marines were shot down as helicopter losses rose to 510,200 American in Vietnam. Maj Gen William Jones warned North Vietnamese would try to inflict more losses before departure.
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Saigon
U.S
Nixon
Vietnam
Que Son Valley
U.S. Americal
Que Son
3Rd Marine Division
Fuller, Russell
Cates
South Vietnam
Fuller
Russell
Rockpile
Marine Division
Quang Tri
Dong Ha
da Nang
Dmz
Con Thien
Khe Sanh
William Jones
Joplin
Abrams Subpoena Defense in Green Beret Murder Trial
New York attorney Henry B. Rothblatt said Gen. Creighton W. Abrams would likely be subpoenaed to testify at the Green Beret murder trial near Nha Trang. He urged an open court and raised the possibility of a civilian trial if security measures close parts of the case. The Army plans to try six officers for murder and conspiracy. two others’ cases are held in abeyance. Rothblatt noted Abrams’ potential testimony as crucial and expressed confidence in an acquittal. He also questioned whether CWO Edward M. Boyle would testify for the prosecution.
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Rothblatt
Abrams
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Ton Son Nhut
Vietnam
Nha Trang
Creighton W
U.S
CWO
Edward M. Boyle
New York City
Green Berets
Boyle
SFC
Alvin L. Smith Jr
Naples
Fla
Long Binh Army Post
Saigon
John SS. Berry
Sausalito
Calif
David E. Crew
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Capt
Leland J. Brumley
Duncan
Okla
Harvard establishes W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research
Harvard University announces the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute to stimulate inquiry and concentrate resources for Afro-American research. Seven Afro-American studies courses will be offered this year, with economist Richard A. Musgrave named chairman of the new department. about 70 students expected to concentrate on the field.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Harvard University
W. E. B. DuBois
NAACP
United States
Harvard
Richard A. Musgrave
Vermont Pharmacy Board Eyes Mandatory Pharmacist CE
The Vermont Pharmacy Board seeks legislation next year to require continuing education for pharmacist licensure. Chairman Herbert J. Feinberg cites backing from the Vermont Pharmaceutical Association but anticipates opposition from individual pharmacists. The bill would require lectures and seminars with credit toward license renewal to improve resident health safety.
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Burlington
VPI
State Pharmacy Board
Vermont
Herbert J. Feinberg
Regulatory and Licensing Agency
Vermont Pharmacetical Association
Feinberg
College of Pharmacy
East Georgia whey plant gets large federal grant
UPI reports a $823,120 Water Pollution Control Administration grant approved to aid a proposed 3.7 million dollar whey processing plant to be built by Foremost Dairies in East Georgia Vermont. Senator George Aiken said he is seeking a $1 million Economic Development Administration loan to support the project, which would process 375 million pounds of whey annually and dry it for use in dairy and pharmaceutical products.
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Washington
UPI
Water Pollution Control Administration
East Georgia
George Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
Economic Development Administration
Foremost Dairies
San Francisco
Vermon New York Youth Project Eyes Expanded Reach
The Vermont New York Youth Project directors consider a new direction led by executive director Benjamin Collins to expand the program to all New England and all racial groups. The bi racial effort, started last year under Gov Hoff and Mayor Lindsay, completed its second summer with a 389000 dollar season. The project mixes New York City youths with Vermonters in equal numbers and shifts to organizing by individuals rather than fixed program slots.
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New York City
Philip Hoff
New York
John Lindsay
National Commission On Civil Disorders
Rabies Confirmed in Vermont Third and Fourth of 1969
Vermont Health Department labs confirm two new rabies cases in 1969. A paralytic cow on Alvin Cook’s Orleans farm died after illness. A Fairfield dog was attacked by a fox, which was killed and tested rabid.
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Burlington
Vermont
Vermont Department of Health Laboratories
Alvin Cook
Orleans
Gerald Perry
Fairfield
Health Department
Multiple Fatal Crashes Claim Four In New York Area
Over the weekend four residents died in separate traffic accidents across New York and nearby areas. Victims include David Platt 13 Averill Park and John D. Roddy 35 Cohoes who perished in weekend head on and single vehicle crashes. Also killed were Robert E. Mack 22 Pittsfield Mass and Zdistan Zadrozniak 21 Pittsfield in separate collisions near Route 20 near the New York Massachusetts border.
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Troy
David Platt
Averill Park
John D. Roddy
Cohoes
Robert E. Mack
Pittsfield
Mass
Zdistan Zadrozniak
Platt
van Scott McCarthy
Roddy
Utica
N.Y
Route 20
New York-Massachusetts
New Lebanon
Cohoes Model Cities Chief resigns for RPI post
Paul G. VanBuskirk director of Cohoes model cities resigns as chairman to take an urban affairs position at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His exit on Oct 1 follows a Citizens party campaign in 1964 that ended 30 years of Democratic control and led to Cohoes earning an All-America City designation.
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Cohoes
Model Cities
Paul G. VanBuskirk
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
VanBuskirk
Citizens Party
Autopsy Awaited in Death of Brunswick Teacher Jerilyn Bush
Police investigate the death of 21 year old Jerilyn Jean Bush, a Brunswick school teacher, found in her Troy apartment after she failed to report to George Washington School. Authorities await autopsy results to determine cause.
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Troy
Brunswick
Jerilyn Jean Bush
George Washington
Berkshire Hillcrest Hospital Expansion Faces Halt Over Zone Change
In Pittsfield the 3 million Hillcrest Hospital expansion may stop as key municipal agencies fail to act within the allotted time on a zone change. The hospital petition includes 35 acres now state eminent domain for a new Berkshire County mental health site. Also in Pittsfield a GE ordnance air pollution detector device was named among the year’s 100 most significant new technical products by Industrial Research Inc, measuring sub microscopic particles from combustion and smog.
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Pittsfield
Hillcrest Hospital
Planning Board
The
Hospital Corp
Berkshire County Mental Health
General Electric Co
Ordnance Systems
Industrial Research, Inc
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Beneficial Finance
Beneficial Finance Co
Bennington
Main Street
Dodge
Bernz-O-Matic
H. Greenberg
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Monaco
Dart
Williams & Bugbee, Inc
East Main ST
DuBois Institute
Leo Hyduke
Mgr
Main St
Victory Boy
F&g Agenda
Montpelier
State Fish and Game Department
Victory Bag
Interagency Committee On Natural Resources
Special Fish and Game Fund
Interagency
Fish and Game
Edward Kehoe
Emergency Board
New England Power Co
City of
Burlington Rendering Co
Burlington Park Department
Whey Plant
Down In
Berkshire
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