Bennington Selectmen veto Bevins junkyard bid
Bennington selectmen voted by secret ballot 2 to 1 against Lloyd Bevins license for an automotive junkyard off Ore Bed Road after a public hearing. They cited preplacement of cars on site and concerns about future area development and visibility from a relocated road, with 30 cars allowed if approved. This followed an earlier denial on North Branch Street Extension.
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Bennington
Bevins
George M. Fienberg
Norton Barber
Selectmen
Harold
Irene Gilbar
North Branch Street
Ky calls convention to arrange elections in Saigon
Saigon reports Ky agreeing to pull loyalist marines from Da Nang and convene a national political convention to draft a constitution and set elections. Buddhists boycott the session as thousands of students riot in Saigon and Hue, wrecking a newspaper office and recruiting monks to watch. Police stand by.
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Saigon
UPC
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
United States
Hue
Nguyen van Thieu
South Viet Nam
Administration Nears Decision On Bombing Red Oil Facilities
The Johnson administration nears a decision on widening air strikes against North Viet Nam to hit Hanoi Haiphong oil depots and Quang Yen refineries. Military leaders favor expansion and expect timing tied to peace talks, with renewed strikes on transport lines and fuel storage to pressure negotiations.
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Washington
UPI
Hanoi-Haiphong
Viet Nam
Johnson
Hanoi
Haiphong
Red Capital
Quang Yen
Haktphong
Hoff questions milk price cut in Vermont policy
Gov. Philip Hoff voiced strong doubt that the milk price reduction in Vermont stemmed from the U S Agriculture Department. He met with Secretary Orville Freeman and said the move seemed beyond Freeman’s control, hinting it could have come from President Johnson. Hoff urged a review and said Freeman would likely reassess in two to three months while continuing inflation fights.
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Hoff
Freeman
Washington
Johnson
Vermont
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston & Maine Railroad
Chester Ketcham
Public Service Board
ICC
Ketcham
B&m
New Haven
Bernard Leddy
Burlington
Leddy
Derby Lines
International Machinists Union
Afl-Cio
Butterfield
Union
Twist Drill Co
Fred Tifft Appointed Trustee
Fred Tifft of 314 South Street was named trustee from Ward 5 for one year by a 4 to 2 vote. He fills a vacancy created when Henry Mallory became village president. Tifft, a Bijur Lubricating employee and former Ward 5 trustee, backs unification and predicts voter approval.
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Bennington
Fred Tifft
South Street
Tifft
Henry H. Mallory
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Mallory
George Ryan
Robert J. Roy
325 Silver Sr
A&p
Joseph Carroll
Bijur Lubricating Corporation
Aiken backs state ownership to save rail service
Senator George Aiken of Vermont urged state ownership of a railroad if a line fails to provide needed services. He testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission amid Boston & Maine’s proposal to cut passenger trains in Vermont.
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B&m
New Haven
Conn
New York City
ICC
Washington
UPI
George Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston & Maine Railroad
Green Mountain
Stafford Set For Viet Trip
Rep. Robert Stafford and four Armed Services Committee colleagues will travel to South Viet Nam for an inspection of military facilities. The lawmakers depart Washington Wednesday and plan to return April 18.
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Washington
UPI
Robert Stafford
Prouty To Decide Today On Governor Bid
Vermont politics tense as Sen. Winston Prouty prepares to announce if he will run for governor against incumbent Democrat Philip Hoff. Rumors point to possible endorsement of Thomas A. Hayes by Prouty, with Snelling Lefevre and Jageway vying for the GOP support.
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Prouty
Hayes
Winston L. Prouty
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Burlington
Richard S. Snelling
GOP
Derick Webb
Reid Lefevre
Windham County
Edward Jageway
Ellery Purdy
Rutland
Robert S. Babcock
Vermont State Colleges
Lefevre
Senator Mondale: auto makers failed to warn customers of defects
Senator Walter Mondale charged GM Ford and Chrysler with not warning owners about safety defects in millions of cars. He cited defects in Lincoln Continentals Chevys Chevelles Chevrolets Pontiacs Tempests and others, proposed a "fair warning" law requiring owner notice by mail and public notice with fines and potential imprisonment for noncompliance.
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Mondale
Minnesota Democrat
George Russell
Russell
Ralph Nader
Senate Commerce Committee
Johnson
Nader
Detroit
Inside the Bennington park plan debate
An editorial weighs the proposed park plan for Bennington detailing community impacts and local governance. Elizabeth Dwyer interviews a UFO crew, offering speculative angles on urban space. Garden writer Pete Mattoon explores labor free vegetables and new gardening ideas.
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Bennington
Elephants Lead Ringling Bros Circus Parade in NY
A dozen stately elephants headed a parade of circus animals from Bronx railroad yards to Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. The Ringling Bros Circus made its annual New York visit with camels zebras llamas horses and ferocious cats in the procession under bright spring sunshine.
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New York
UPS
Bronx
Madison Square Garden
Manhattan
Ringling Bros. Circus
Canadian Power Petition Faces Supreme Court Test
MONTPELIER VPI The Vermont New England Power Exchange Corp seeks a state Supreme Court ruling on a petition to import low cost Canadian power. The case centers on regulatory approval and cross border electricity flow.
Bennington Men Named To Agency
Gov Hoff announced seven men to the nine member educational facilities financing agency. Appointees include Daulton Mann Peru S Whitney Dickey First National Bank of North Bennington Horace Shaw banker Burlington Robert Cummings Berming ton attorney former banking and insurance commissioner Robert Tracey Montpelier ex university trustee Walter Stockmeyer Dartmouth chemistry chair Norwich and Msgr John L Lynch superintendent Burlington diocese. They will appoint two others to complete the board. A CVPSC official urged rejection of the VNEPE proposal to import Canadian power arguing high costs and duplication of efforts. The PSB hearing featured witnesses in favor of low cost Canadian power from a non profit group.
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Montpelier
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Educational Facilities Financing Agency
Daulton Mann
Peru
S. Whitney Dickey
First National Bank of
North Bennington
Horace Shaw
Burlington
Robert Cummings
Bermington
Robert Tracey
University of Vermont
Walter Stock
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
CVPSC
Rutland
Public Service Board
PSB
VNEPE
Vermont
Atty
John D. Carbine
Carbine
James L
Oakes
Brattleboro
House
Franklin S. Billings
Woodstock
New England
UNEPE
Legislative Council
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Stafford
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Harry E. Cheesbrough
Chrysler
John S. Dugas
Ford
General Motors
Bernard A. Chapman
American Motors
Elizabeth Dwyer
Pete Mattoon
Canadian Power Petition
Supreme Court
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