Pownal Garden Club Becomes Force Against Local Blight
The Pownal Garden Club organized to clean up the blighted gateway at the Vermont Massachusetts line. Founder Mrs. Byron Barber and 10 others, with Rep. Kenalene Collins, plan sprucing public buildings and coordinating with town groups. Vermont Development Dept official Elbert G. Moulton pledged help, scheduling a planning meeting with County Extension Agent John Page as the club sets monthly meetings and aims for 25 charter members.
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Vermont
Massachusetts
Kenalene Collins
Pownal Center
Collins
Board of Selectmen
Boy Scouts
Vermont Development Department
Elbert G. Moulton
Montpelier
Sukarno Vows To Continue As Active Indonesian Leader
Indonesian President Sukarno acknowledged pressure to be a figurehead but vowed to remain actively the leader. He spoke to his new anti Communist cabinet, insisting he will continue in active leadership despite calls to step back.
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Sukarno
Jakarta
API
Stafford Disagrees With Ford Over Viet Nam War Charges
UPI report notes Rep. Robert T. Stafford says there were no shortages in South Viet Nam and disputes Gerald Ford's claim of shocking mismanagement. He cites bombs substituted and acknowledges past shipping issues amid ongoing military buildup.
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Washington
UPI
Robert T. Stafford
R - Vt
House
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Ford
Stafford
South Viet Nam
House Armed Services Committee
Viet Nam
Tar fire burns 73 year old in Bennington home
North Bennington an elderly man was severely burned when a tar heater exploded about 10 am at his Main Street home near Huntington's garage. Herman M Simmons 73 was found with clothes burning and sent by Bennington Rescue Squad to Putnam Memorial Hospital then transferred to Albany Medical Center.
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North Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Herman M
Jack) Simmons
Main St
Simmons
Huntington
Frederick Simmons
Snelling Announces Candidacy For GOP Nomination for Governor
Richard Snelling a 39 year old Shelburne businessman announced his bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Vermont. He urged a prudent practical and progressive Republican administration while criticizing the Hoff Democrat record and pledging to meet every Vermont voter as the campaign begins.
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Snelling
GOP
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Hoff
Viereck Named Principal of Bennington Schools
Philip Viereck, a 40 year old sixth grade teacher, was chosen as principal by the Bennington School District Inc. board. He will earn 9000 dollars and succeeds Acting Principal Therese Goodermore after the death of W Philip Walker. Viereck, a Dartmouth and Plymouth State alum, has taught in Bennington since 1954 and previously in Alaska. He and his wife reside in Shaftsbury with their four children. His duties include supervising Molly Stark and Hicks Schools to manage overflow enrollment.
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Philip Viereck
Wednesday
Molly Stark
Beech Street
New Bennington School District Inc
Viereck
Therese Goodermore
W. Philip Walker
Dartmouth College
Plymouth State College
New Hampshire
Bennington
Alaska
Vermont Education Association
Hicks
New York Hits Cigarette Bootlegging with $1 Million Tax Penalties
Albany New York more than 1 million dollars in taxes and penalties were levied against cigarette bootleggers in the fiscal year ended March 31 state tax commissioner Joseph H Murphy reported. Fourteen million cigarettes were seized in 653 raids with counterfeit stamps found on eight cases investigated. Bootleggers buy smuggled cigarettes in southern states where prices are lower and resell in New York where taxes raise costs.
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Albany
N.Y
Joseph H. Murphy
New York
De Gaulle Rejects Deadline Extension
Paris sources say President Charles de Gaulle will refuse Johnson’s request for two more years to withdraw U.S. troops from France and stick to the April 1 deadline. A note to the U.S. ambassador Bohlen is planned, following Parliament’s narrow defeat of a censure motion on NATO policy.
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UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Johnson
France
de Gaulle
U.S. Ambass
Charles E. Bohlen
Whic
U.S
North Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Georges Pompidou
Peace Seekers Kicked Out of Viet Nam KAHKONG
Six American pacifists arriving from Saigon accuse the South Vietnamese government of mobilizing Viet namese students to harass them and say US Embassy in Saigon refused help. Group leader A J Muste says they pleaded for aid but heard nothing. Police arrested the activists who were kept in a Tan Son Nhut jail before being flown out.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Saigon
A. J. Muste
New York
South Viet Nam
U.S
W. M. Davidson
Haverford
Muste
Tan Sa Nhut
Rupert Man's Son Involved In Peace Trip to Saigon
CHICAGO AP News identifies six Americans in Viet Nam urging U S withdrawal from war. One focal pacifist is Karl Meyer 28 husband of Jean Meyer 33 of Chicago housing project. He is a Committee for Non Violent Action member jailed several times including a six month term for Omaha base protests in 1959 and took part in a 1961 San Francisco to Moscow peace walk. He was born in Wisconsin and educated in West Rupert high schools. His father served one term in Congress in 1960. Also named is Barbara Demming 48 editor of Liberation, a New York pacifist magazine.
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UPI
Viet Nam
United States
Vermont
Jean Meyer
Karl
Committee For
Meyer
San Francisco
Moscow
Wellfeet
Mass
Cape Cod
Liberation
New York
Inside: Park plan labeled community project page four
An Inside editorial argues the proposed public park is a community project. The note mentions a new golf course planned in Manchester and Dorset principal to coordinate programs for the disadvantaged.
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Dorset
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