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Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1969

Page

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U S Sees Reds Fete As Climax For Attacks

SAIGON AP reports U S military spokesmen expect Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks to remain 20 to 40 nightly, rising to a new peak before Sept 2. 41 rocket and mortar assaults and eight ground fights recorded since Thursday dawn. Casualties: 11 Americans killed and 88 wounded. over 150 allied bases hit earlier in the week. Viet Cong claim a new hard hitting offensive to extend the war, while U S bombers retaliate with up to 750 tons on North Vietnamese positions near Saigon and along the Cambodian border. One American helicopter exploded killing eight aboard during a night operation 22 miles northwest of Saigon.

Saigon U.S Ho Chi Minh Vietnam Viet Cong Liberation Radio Simlar Yay Ninh An Loc Song AHS 25Th Division

Civil Defense Boost Planned on Soviet Kazakhstan Border

A Pravda report quoted Vithaly N. Titov as saying large scale civil defense preparations are under way in Soviet Kazakhstan to protect civilians from nuclear, chemical, and biological attacks amid a border clash with China. Kazakhstan hosts missile launching sites and is preparing workers for military patriotic education to defend the motherland, amid tensions with China and the United States.

New York Times Moscow Communist Party Kazakhstan China Vithaly N. Titov Theazakhstan Pravda Kremlin United States United Press International Mongolia Titov

Mrs Johnson and daughter visit Cap Ferrat villa

Nice France AP reports Mrs Lyndon B. Johnson and her daughter Lynda Robb arrived for a vacation at the Cap Ferrat villa of Mary Lasker, the American philanthropist.

Nice France Lyndon B. Johnson Lynda Robb Cap Ferrat Mary Lasker

Defregger Case Dropped by Frankfurt Prosecutor

West German prosecutor Dietrich Rahn dropped the case against Archbishop Matthias Defregger over the 1944 Filetto di Camarda massacre. Italian police may pursue extradition. The Vatican welcomed the decision, and Munich officials said the bishop is fully rehabilitated.

Frankfurt Germany Matthias Defregger Munich Dietrich Rahn Vatican Defregger Abruzzi Filetto de Camarda Rome L'Aquila Filetto Rath Bishop Defregger West Germany

Massachusetts House Rejects 6800 Teacher Pay Bill

The Massachusetts House killed the 6800 minimum teacher pay bill for this session one day after the Senate passed it 23 to 6. Rep. John Buckley led the drive against the measure citing collective bargaining for municipal workers. Rep. George Rogers argued for state standards in education, while a postponement bid failed.

Boston Massachusetts House Senate John R. Buckley D-Abington George Rogers New Bedford House Buckley Chiropractors Joel S. Greenberg Pittsfield Edward Dever D-Arlington Insurance Committee Greenberg

Michigan teen charged in EMU freshman murder case

Ann Arbor state court orders John Norman Collins to stand trial on a first degree murder charge in the strangulation death of 18 year old Karen Sue Beineman, an Eastern Michigan University freshman. The case is linked to a series of sex slayings in the Ann Arbor Ypsilanti area with six other murders still uncharged.

Ann Arbor, Mich Eastern Michigan University Karen Sue Beineman Ann Insurance Surtax Arbor-Ypsilanti Boston Massachusetts Life John Normansurance Companies Collins Mur- Senate Ann Arbor Edward Deake

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