Special Meeting Set On Water Proposal
A town meeting on May 9 seeks voter approval to transfer flood control funds for water to Bennington Flats and northeast Bennington. Voters will also consider applying for a federal grant to establish a center for the elderly, with the town’s contribution to be decided later. The meeting will be at 8 p.m. in Bennington Elementary School.
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Flood Control Fund
Burton L. Winslow
Village Water Board
Flats
Winslow
Selectmen’s
Town Board
Water Board
Globe Union
Richard van Santvoord
Roaring Branch
County Street
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Town Water Committee
Water Boards
Arthur E. Wickenden
North Bennington Water Board
Wickenden
Bennington - Rutland
Bennington Senior Citizens Club
American Association of Retired Persons
Finneran
Eagles
North Street
Senior Citizens Club
Vermont
Eagle
Adenauer Dies at 91 Rebuilt West Germany’s Leader
Konrad Adenauer, West Germany’s chancellor from 1949 to 1963, died at his Rheendorf home at 91 after a weeklong illness. The Roman Catholic statesman founded the Christian Democratic Party and guided postwar Germany toward the Atlantic Alliance amid Cold War tensions. His death prompted flags at half staff and a state funeral arrangement by President Heirich Luebke.
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Bonn
UPI
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Rheendorf
Rhine River
Heinrich Luebke
Adenauer
Tass
Europe
Christian Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party
Paul VI
Willy Brandt
Social Democrats
NATO
Kurt-Georg Kiesinger
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Atlantic Alliance
Cologne
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
Yugoslav Author Convicted Of Criticizing Communism
Belgrade court sentences Mihajlo Mihajlov to four and a half years more in prison for persistent anti Communist writings. He receives a four year ban on public activity after release. He had already served five months of a prior year long sentence for defaming the Yugoslav system.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
UPD
Mihajlo Mihajlov
Mihajlov
Zadar University
Veljko Kovacevic
Tito
Mihailov
United States
Pope clashes with liturgy reform critics in Vatican row
Pope Paul VI attacked traditionalists and liberal reform advocates over changes in the Roman Catholic liturgy. He called certain jazz Mass forms a threat to doctrine and pastoral order and condemned attacks on Cardinal Lercaro as unjust and irreverent. The pontiff urged respect for Latin while affirming understandability of liturgical prayer. He also addressed Yugoslav editor pressures on anti Communist writings amid countercharges from Mihajlov.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican Board For Liturgical Reform
Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro
Reform Board
Cardinal Lercaro
Tito Casini
Martin Luther
Antonio Cardinal Bacci
Vatican
Paul
Governor Hoff hails Vermont session as qualified success
Governor Hoff analyzes the 1967 Vermont session in a United Press International dispatch. He cites a coalition in the House that passed the Fair Housing Bill 74-65 and advanced key measures including the State Employes Pay Bill Income Tax Reform and the Social Welfare Bill. He notes bipartisan cooperation and warns of a nearly $1 million budget deficit prompting spending reductions. He laments the failure to enact the Scenic Corridors Bill and other measures.
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House
Vermont
Ky Offers Amnesty To Red Defectors
In a live broadcast Premier Nguyen Cao Ky offered Communist defectors life liberty and society status. The openness aims to lure higher ranking Viet Cong into Saigon’s Chieu Hoi program as part of broader steps toward peace. Officials say 63,000 have defected since 1963 with recent rates surpassing 1,000 monthly.
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Saigon
API
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Border Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Inside Story on BCHS Closure and Editorial Notes
Editorial on the closing of BCHS notes the joys of reading Page 4 by columnist Elizabeth Dwyer. Manchester officials seek a federal study of the airport. The Banner announces a new bureau chief in Manchester.
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BCHS
Elizabeth Dwyer
Manchester
Hoff Submits Flood Control Proposal for Gaysville Dam
Gov. Philip Hoff submitted Vermont s plan to the U S Army Corps of Engineers for a flood control dam and reservoir at Gaysville. The multi purpose project would include a $1 million recreational complex and boost flood protection and Northeast tourism, with design studies hoped to begin soon and federal funding possible through Congress.
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Gaysville
Northeast
Congress
Rocky Makes It Official Signs N Y Lottery Bill
New York State resumes lottery by law signed by Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller. The plan forecasts $198 million yearly for education from $1 tickets, with six thousand prizes monthly and a mid July drawing. First tickets sale set for early June with drawings in plexiglass drums.
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N.Y
UPI
New York State
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New Hampshire
New York
State Capitol
Western Union
New York State Thruway
United States
Columbia
Harvard
Dartmouth
Williams
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Alfred Ellett
James Finneran
Vermont Department On Aging
John Riddle
London
Bonnie Prince Charles
Angela Ray
Australia
Anthony Tryon
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Kiesinger
Bundestag
Eugen Gerstenmaier
Philip H. Hoff
United Press International
Frank Bolsinger
Graham
Iowa
Alta
Guerrilas
Hoff
Rocky
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