Vermont moves to 18 voting age and legal rights
Vermont lawmakers advance two major changes. The Senate backs an 18 voting age amendment by 27-1, sending it to the House. The House approves a measure granting 18 19 and 20 year olds full legal rights, including drinking and marriage, but faces Senate scrutiny and possible death in committee.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Senate
House
Judiciary
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington County
Andrew Orzel
Rutland County
Buckley
Peter
Joseph D-Brighton
Joseph
Kenalene J. Collins
Rreadsboro
Nixon accelerates withdrawal from Vietnam pledge
Washington reports President Nixon, pledging total withdrawal, aims to accelerate U.S. troop pull-out, targeting 100,000 fewer troops in the Vietnam war zone as part of his plan announced Wednesday night.
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William P. Rogers
Defense
Melvin Laird
National Security
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Washington
UPI
Vietnam
Paris
United States
Moscow
Massachusetts enacts liquor license revocation of whites-only clubs
Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Commission revokes liquor licenses for 84 Elks and Moose lodges for whites-only membership policies, citing slavery era implications. Courts will determine legality while proceedings against Eagles and one Elks lodge halt. Maine and other groups face similar disputed licenses.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Commission
Elks and
Moose
Massachusetts
Commission
Elks
Eagles
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
GIs react to Nixon withdrawal plan sparks mixed views
United Press International reports vary among GIs as Nixon announces 100000 more troops to be pulled from Vietnam by December 1. Reactions range from skepticism about Vietnamization to support for delaying a total withdrawal.
Vermont Supreme Court upholds welfare lien on elderly man
The Vermont Supreme Court ruled that elderly welfare recipients cannot avoid a state lien on their property by transferring real estate to relatives. Lester Gilbar, 73, of Bennington sought to defeat a lien attached in 1969 under Aid to the Aged Blind or Disabled laws by deed to his granddaughter. The court stated the social welfare commissioner may discharge liens for good cause but not to benefit third parties the commissioner deems deserving.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Supreme Court
Lester Gilbar
North Bennington Road
Bennington
Momentum grows in Congress for FBI wiretap probe
In Washington momentum builds for a congressional inquiry into FBI wiretapping. The House plans to hire experts to check all telephones for bugs while leaders like Hale Boggs and Edward Kennedy push for expanded investigations. Deputy Attorney General Kleindienst supports a full inquiry to clear the air amid denials of office eavesdropping.
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Congress
FBI
House
Hale Boggs
Senate
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Ervin
Kennedy
Senate Judiciary
House Administration Committee
Richard G. Kleindienst
Administration
Hoover
Bella Abzug
Inside Vermont Still Retains Character and Mystique
On page 3 an outsider notes Vermont’s enduring character and mystery. Page 4 covers an editorial on Calley prosecutor protest letters to the President and a column critiquing administration rhetoric on revenue sharing. Page 5 reports the AEC’s historic license denial for a nuclear reactor. Page 6 notes a District Environmental Commission member facing scrutiny over a development plan.
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Vermont
Calley
Mankiewicz-Braden
District Environmental Commission
Aiken say not truly disappointed by Nixon pullout pace
Senator George Aiken R Vermont ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says he hoped Nixon would announce a faster troop withdrawal but adds he is not really disappointed. He agrees a precise withdrawal date is unlikely and suggests history will judge the Cambodian and Laotian invasions.
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Nixon
Laos
White
Terry Shelton
Dallas
Quang Tri
Shelton
Charlie
Edward Zinda
Broderick
Calif
Washington
UPI
George Aiken
R-Vt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Aiken
U.S
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
FBI clerks quit over peace group work says Hoover letter
Linda Janca and Christine Hoomes resigned from the FBI after a supervisor said their antiwar group activities were political. They will sue to regain their jobs, joined by Janice Bush who may also sue. The trio filed routine fingerprint and arrest records and had no security clearances.
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Miss Janca
J. Allison Conely
FBI
National Peace Action Coalition
NPAC
San Francisco
Conely
Miss Hoomes
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Bay State
ABC
Fraternal Order of
Maine
Joseph Brett
D-Quincy
Edmund S. Muskie
Sen
United Press International
James R. White
New York City
Southeast
Asia
Robert Dole
Kansas
Dole
Cambodia
Gilbar
State Social Welfare Board
Chapman
Henry Bacon Jr
Woodford
Bacon
Bacons
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Celler
William Broomfield
R-Nt
Kleindienst
Boggs
AEC
Sen. Aiken
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