India Sets Conditions on Kashmir Peace
India refused to end the Kashmir dispute and said its troops would keep fighting infiltrators despite a UN cease-fire. Defense Minister Y B Chavan told Parliament operations to liquidate infiltrators would continue, as both sides hold positions and seek a plebiscite remains unresolved.
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India
Kashmir
Pakistan
Y.B. Chavan
United Nations Security Council
Rawalpindi
Lahore
Rajasthan
Chavan
Amritsar
Karachi
Radio Pakistan
All-India Radio
Sikkim-Tibet
Mathura
UPI
Gerry Simmel
Simmel
Hemisphere Quota Limit Immigration Snag
The Senate approved a 120,000 yearly hemispheric immigration cap for Canada and Latin America starting July 1, 1968, as talks with the House continue on final reform bill. Despite a 76-18 Senate vote and a 318-95 House vote, a conference committee must reconcile the hemispheric limit before final passage.
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Washington
UPI
Canada
Latin America
Johnson
Senate House Conference Committee
Senate
House
House Republicans Battle Over Maine Project Funding
Washington Republicans vow to press their fight to remove a $300 million rivers and harbors item from the catch-all spending bill, arguing the project belongs outside the package. The dispute centers on funding for a Maine project while broader harbor and river needs are debated.
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Maine
Washington
UPI
Bennington School Board hires Heath as assistant
The Bennington Graded School Board announced the engagement of Allan J. Heath as administrative assistant under a private contract at a $4,800 annual salary. Heath, 63, retired as superintendent of the Bennington South Supervisory Union and will serve at least through the year while a replacement is chosen. George Sleeman will act as temporary superintendent during this period, as the supervisory union seeks a new leader.
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Bennington Graded School Board
Allan J. Heath
Banner
Bennington
Rutland
Heath
State Education Department
Bennington South Supervisory Union
Mt. Anthony Union
George Sleeman
Bennington High School
Village School Board
Supervisory Union Board
Vermont Gov Admits Milk Two-Price Plan Flaws
Montpelier Vermont Governor Hoff said dairy farmers should vote on a two price system for milk but warned of possible influx of cheaper western milk if prices rise. He stressed farmers must decide freely while a farm bill referendum could let orders set fluid and manufacturing milk prices. Senator Aiken opposes the provision, fearing market disruption. Rexford studies the issue for careful consideration.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Ers
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Reed Rexford
Default on Poll Tax Denial of Bail Rules in Vermont
Assistant Atty. Gen. Alan W. Cheever ruled that a person jailed for not paying poll tax is not eligible for bail. The law allows freedom via the poor debtor's oath after six months in jail if under $20, but jail costs and a $127 debt apply. A recent non-payer was jailed in Burlington for 24 hours before a relative paid.
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Chittenden
Earle B. McLaughlin
Burlington City
Henry Allard
Autumn Begins On Mugey Note
In New England on the first day of fall the heat remains high with muggy conditions. Temperatures in the upper 80s were forecast for a third straight day and Boston reached 89 degrees, close to the 1895 record of 94. Readings included Burlington 84 Montpelier 84 Lebanon 83 and Portland 86.
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Boston
UPI
New England
Burlington
Montpelier
Lebanon
N.H
Portland
Maine
40 Viet Cong Killed In Largest Arms Cache Found
Allied forces 40 miles north of Saigon kill 20 Viet Cong in sweeping operation begun 12 days ago. The cache, described as the largest enemy arms haul to date, included five tons of rice and a surgical station, training camp, and hospital unit.
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Saigon
UPS
da Nang
South Viet Nam
173Rd
U.S. Airborne Brigade
North Viet Nam
Tran van Dang
U.S
Army
Harold G. Bennett
Perryville
Ark
Communist
Goldberg Calls UN Role in Viet Nam and China
United States urged UN members to press Communists to negotiate a Viet Nam settlement. Ambassador Arthur Goldberg, in a General Assembly policy speech, attacked Communist China and urged denying Red China a UN seat. He praised UN ceasefire mediation in Kashmir and supported nuclear disarmament talks with the Soviet Union, including sharing fissile material for peaceful uses and a global ban on nuclear tests.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPD
United States
U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
General Assembly
China
Lin Piao
Peking
United Nations
Red China
Goldberg
Security Council
Kashmir
Assembly
Thant
U. S
Soviet Union
Washington
International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEA
Woodhull Seeks Independent Probe of Windsor Prison
Commissioner John Woodhull announced he will ask Governor Hoff to appoint an independent investigation team to examine conditions at Windsor State Prison. He says the inquiry will reveal facts and maintains the prison is well run, exonerating Warden Smith from brutality charges amid a former representative’s claims of shocking conditions. William Blachly described harsh punishments and a solitary naked youth with a black eye after a scuffle with guards.
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Woodhull
Blackly
Editorials on power deal and TV programming woes
On the Inside column critiques a plan to import inexpensive Canadian power and blasts broadcast scheduling. Hoosick Falls Peace Corps worker returns from East Pakistan. North Pownal families face water outage as mains repair proceeds.
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Hoosick Falls
Peace Corps
East Pakistan
FAA Probes Plane Crash in Mendon Rutland
Federal aviation authorities continue the investigation into the Mendon crash that killed four Bennington educators near Rutland. Autopsies cite multiple severe injuries from the violent impact with no coronary disease found in pilot Ralf S. Kates. Vermont Aeronautics Supervisor Richard Hurd joined investigators in Rutland.
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Rutland
Federal Aviation Authorities
Bennington
Federal Aviation Administration
Civil Aeronautics Board
Mendon
Ralf S. Kates
Vincent J. Spinelli
James H. Morgan
W. Philip Walker
Richard S. Woodruff
Woodruff
Kates
Assassination attempt on Tshombe foiled at Congo stadium
In Leopoldville during a football match between Congo and Liberia, two Congolese men with revolvers aimed at Premier Moise Tshombe were restrained by fans and handed to police. Authorities said both men admitted intent to kill him.
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Leopoldville
Congo
APD
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
King
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Khem Karan
Sialkot
Y. B
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Ringo Starr
Meureen
London
Zak
Hemisphere
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Gopalaswami Parthasarathi
New York
Bhutto
Board
St. Johns River
St. John
William C. Cramer
Rola
Public Works Committee
Cramer
White House
Florida
Frank Clark
D-Pa
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Clark
Lake Erie
Chesapeake Bay
Ative
Dinh Thanh Thon
Viet Nam
Windsor
Ron Raynolds
North Pownal
King’s Shoe Service
North Street
Greater Bennington Association
Beaumont
FAA
Vermont Aeronautics
Richard Hurd
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