Fire sweeps Pownal tenement in early morning blaze
Four families lost their frames two story building to fire in French Hill Vermont. Herbert Thomas Jr and his wife and children were among residents. A neighbor suffered a heart attack aiding at the scene. A second attic fire at Mrs. Margaret C. Sweet’s home endangered five children but was quickly contained. William Bull was treated after reportedly overexerting himself serving firefighters. The Harris tenement owners or all four units resided nearby as crews battled both blazes.
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Herbert Thomas Jr
French Hill
Osf
Pownal
Putnam Memorial Hospital
William Bull
Margaret C. Sweet
J. Henry Harris
Vermont Conference Fees Upheld by Attorney General
The Vermont attorney general ruled a $5 registration fee for the Saturday Viet Nam and Southeast Asia conference is legal. The fee funds access to the meeting, not entry to the State House. Sponsored by several Vermont councils, the event will feature U.S. Senator George Aiken and William Bundy among guest panelists.
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Montpelier
UPI
Louis Peck
Vermont
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
State House
Wallace Whitcomb
Gerald Fitzpatrick
Peck
Vermont Council of Churches
Vermont Council of Catholic Women
Vermont Jewish Council
Vermont Council On World Affairs
Vermont League of Women Voters
U.S
George Aiken
R-Vt
William Bundy
Montpelier Unitarian Church
Fitzpatrick
State
Stewart Meacham
Burlington
Meacham
House of Representatives Chamber
Aiken
Bundy
William Coffin
Yale University
William Griffith
Tufts
Fletcher School of Diplomacy
Tufts University
Robert Johnson
American Friends Service Committee
New York Education Aid Cut or Increase Debate Near End
Albany mayers grapple as state education aid rises by 74 million for next year. Assembly passes Democratic plan without opposition, while Senate GOP bill seeks harsher penalties by reducing aid to districts with low local tax effort. Both measures would lift the per pupil state funding ceiling from 600 to 660 dollars.
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Albany
N.Y
Assembly
Senate
U S Jets Hit North Viet Nam Power Plant Near Haiphong
U S Navy jets from the Kitty Hawk struck the Uong Bi power plant supplying about 33 percent of Haiphong and Hanoi’s electricity as the raid marked the fourth attack in four months. Ground forces reported 52 Viet Cong killed, with major action northwest of Saigon and near Tiger Island.
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Saigon
UPS
Viet Nam
Uong Bi
Hanoi-Haiphong
Haiphong
U.S
U.S. 25Th Division
Kitty Hawk
Ticonderoga
Vinh
Dien Bien Phu
Dong Hoi
al Skyraider
Tiger Island
North Vietnamese
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Viet anti government students pledge support for US effort
In Hue anti government students pledge support for the United States in the Vietnam War. In Da Nang rebels release 13 or 14 political prisoners as Buddhist leader Thich Tri Quang pushes Ky to promise elections in 3 to 5 months.
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Saigon
UPS
Hue
United States
Da _ Nang
Thich Tri Quang
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tri Quang
Ton That Dinh
1St Military Region
Nationalist Party
da Nang
Dinh
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
UPI
Mansfield proposes Asia based Viet Nam peace conference
Senate leader Mike Mansfield urged a general Viet Nam peace conference on Asian soil with bipartisan backing. He urged bypassing the UN and Geneva format to negotiate directly with Hanoi and Peking while stressing the need to secure genuine self determination for South Vietnam.
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Washington
UPC
Senate
Mike Mansfield
United States
Montana
Red China
U.S
Asia
Peking
Dean Rusk
China
Viet Nam
Rusk
Hanoi
Mansfield
United Nations
Britain
Russia
Indochina
Hoff Calls Federal Lead to Curb Inflation
Vermont Governor Philip Hoff urged the federal government to take the lead in curbing inflation, criticizing a planned telegram asking governors to defer public construction and reduce purchases. He suggested tax hikes and spending cuts, and noted dairy farmers face inflationary costs with deflationary milk prices. He praised farmer cooperation and highlighted other conference items on Viet Nam fees, road safety gains, overtime pay, tax studies, and town service consolidation.
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Vermont
Gerald Fitzpatrick
Montpelier
State House
Rev
Fitz
Windham Student Arraigned On Drug Possession Charge
In Brattleboro Municipal Court Robert N. Friedland an 18 year old Windham College student from New York was arraigned on illegal narcotics possession charges. He pled innocent and bond was set at 3000. The case was continued to April 25 with State Attorney Moore planning May 2 docket.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Robert N. Friedland
New York
Brattleboro Municipal Court
Friedland
Windham College
Putney
Timothy O’connor
O’connor
Brattleboro Atty
John S. Burgess
Guardian Ad Litem
Leroy Butler
Atty
J. Thomas Moore
Inside Pages Highlight Spring Skiing Joys
A look at spring skiing joys with a photo report on page 5 features skiers and serene slopes. Page 6 speculates on Dorset Hollow Ski area prospects, while page 8 covers the opening of the baseball season for local high schools with early results and previews.
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Dorset Hollow
Striking Electricians Stall Moon Projects
Cape Kennedy reports two key moonport construction jobs halted for a second day as striking electricians from the International Union of Electricians ignore a government request to limit picketing. About 45 percent of the Cape’s 1,146 building tradesmen were off the job, delaying the $100 million vehicle assembly building for Saturn 5 rockets and its mobile service structure.
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Cape Kennedy
UPD
Moonport
United Technology Center
UTC
Space Center
Army Corps of Engineers
Cape
International Union of Electricians
Afl-Cio
Air Force
Federal Space Agency
Boeing Strike Averted at Major U.S. Facilities
Washington AP reports Boeing Aircraft Co and the International Association of Machinists reached a seniority accord to avert a strike by about 50 000 workers at key space centers. William E Simkin of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service announced the deal after 16 hours of talks. Union meetings to ratify are set for April 27 at Cape Kennedy and other Boeing facilities. Details remain unavailable.
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Washington
APS
Boeing Aircraft Co
International Association of Machinists
U.S
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Boeing
Cape Kennedy
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Herbert Thomases
Henry Hurley
Families Free Fire
Tour North Pownal
North Village
Hagerman
Attorney General Rules
North Viet
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Royal Australian Regiment
Denver
Hoff
Patrick
Legislative Council
Windham
Same College
Aexlson
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