Police Chief Decision Delayed by Trustees
The April board meeting in Bennington Village delayed naming a new police chief after the death of Edward L. Silver on November 19. The police committee, chaired by Charles Bodine, will reconvene next week to continue the search, with next meeting slated for April 11. Trustees indicated any recommendation on force size will come from the new chief. Salary hikes were made retroactive to January 1 for village workers.
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Bennington Village
Henry Mallory
Edward L. Silver
Mallory
Charles Bodine
Bodine
Police Committee
Leo Nash
Nash
Elm Street
South Street
Jefferson Avenue
Elm
Coolidge Avenue
Red Guards Propose Mao Foes Execution in Canton
Hong Kong reports Red Guards in Canton call for mass execution of Liu Shao-chi and his followers to end the purge. Travelers cite anti Mao papers and demonstrations with lines like Hang Liu. Analysts note Teng Hsiao-ping may be Mao’s next purge target amid power struggles.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Today
Canton
Liu Shao-chi
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
China
Hang Liu
Canton Radio
Liu
New Life Evening Post
Fukien
Yunan
Kwangtung
Kwangsi
Mao
Teng Hsiao-ping
Party
Peking
Teng
Red Guard
Debate over State Employee Pay Raises Continues in Vermont
In Montpelier UPI reports debate on a $7 million bill to raise pay for about 4,500 classified workers by 10 percent and commissioners and directors by roughly 14 percent plus merit pay up to eight percent. Retroactive to Jan 1 for staff and July 1 for chiefs the measure faced a late afternoon House vote without a final passage amid objections to granting the governor authority to set raises within the proposed ranges.
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Edward Conlin
Windsor
Fred Westphal
R Elmore
Vermont bankers seek higher rate ceiling to seven percent
Bankers appealed to the House Commerce Committee to raise the ceiling on interest rates from six to seven percent. They argued higher rates would increase deposits and loan capital, boost home mortgage lending, and prevent state growth lag while noting neighboring states have no rate cap. They urged delaying decision to 1968 and studying impact rather than killing the bill.
Inside Columnists and Local Meetings Highlighted
On the Inside columnist Elizabeth Dwyer questions penny allocation on page 4. Shaftsbury Fire District hosts a meeting on page 6 with lawmakers few in number. In Manchester, lister and an ex-sister engage in a continuing dispute also on page 6.
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Shaftsbury Fire District
Lister
Sister
Manchester
House-Senate Clash Nears On Appropriations Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced an omnibus general spending bill totaling 129.7 million for the next biennium, about 99 thousand more than the House version. It includes 26 line amendments totaling 1.6 million and parks 655 thousand from surplus for fiscal 1968 while trimming 1 million from education aid for 1969 to cover 899 thousand in extra second-year costs. The panel also restored funds for mental health and a farm family project, while replacing a $50 thousand legal aid earmark with an Office of Economic Opportunity project training dropouts for local government work. If approved by the Senate, the measure returns to the House for concurrence and likely goes to a conference committee.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Senate
Janeway
Committee of Conference
March Viet Cong defections top 5 557 5 557
In March 5 557 Viet Cong defected to the government under the Chieu Hoi program as U S and South Korean troops along with naval support pressed operations to drive Viet Cong from coastal rice areas. Tuesday saw terrorist attacks causing multiple deaths among police and civilians as U S forces and allies pursued coastal targets from Tuy Hoa to Quang Ngai City.
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Saigon
UPD
U.S
U.S. Army
101St Airborne Division
Brinkley
Hobart
Vietnam
Nine Cornell Students Die In Residential Club Fire
A pre dawn blaze destroyed the two story Cornell Residential Club in Cayuga Heights Ithaca New York killing nine students six women and three men. Six others were injured one critically. Bodies were moved to a campus infirmary morgue awaiting identification. The fire also choked two local rescuers with smoke.
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Cornell
Ithaca, N.Y
UPI
Cornell University
Cornell Residential Club
South Vietnam Leaders Ready to Meet Ho Chi Minh at Border
Saigon reports President Thieu would meet North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh at the Ben Hai bridge if Hanoi seeks peace and a cease-fire with no infiltration of troops or supplies. Premier Ky offered to send Defense Minister Vien to talks at Ben Hai. The leaders spoke during a national memorial day visit near Bien Hoa.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Thieu
Ben Hai
Nguyen Cao Ky
North Vietnam
Cao van Vien
Bien Hoa
Vietnam
Manila
Johnson
Fire damages apartment house in Bennington. two injured
A $5,000 blaze at 315 Pleasant St. in Bennington was brought under control by the fire department after midnight Tuesday. Owner occupant Mildred Humphreys, 63, and firefighter William Sears were injured. both were treated for smoke inhalation and a cut hand respectively. The fire, starting in a kitchen cupboard, damaged the upstairs and rear of the building while nearby residents were evacuated. The cause remained undetermined at 10 am. Insurance investigators estimated the damage with wind from the direction of an abandoned mill nearby.
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Bennington Fire Department
Pleasant St
Mildred Humphreys
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Putnam Memorial
Humphreys
William Sears
Grove St
Sears
Charles Short
Charles Sawyer
Bennington
Michael Woodward
Sawyer
Humphrey
Cooper Mill
Hamilton
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Buddy
Charlie Company
126Th Division
Quan Loi
South Vietnam
Emory Hebard
Glover
Elizabeth Dwyer
House
Richard W. Mallary
Fairlee
Republican House
Hoff
Richard Gibboney
Health Department
Vermont State Hospital
Brattleboro
Pownal Race Track
Reds
Tuy Hoa
Quang Ngai
Quang Ngai City
Boone
Cayuga Heights
Laura Levine
Tompkins County General Hospital
David Abbott
Henry Humphrey
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