Town fathers approve zoning changes with one major exception
Bennington selectmen voted to accept changes in the zoning bylaws and town plan with a key exception. RC 40 roadside commercial zones are restricted to one area, while the planned unit development proposal remains in the bylaws but the Mt Anthony Country Club was not rezoned as planned.
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Bennington
Paul Sheridan
Timothy Corcoran
Gerald P. Morrissey
Peter R. Donavan
Planning Commission
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Ralph Wright
Wright
Morrissey
J. C. Jerome
Country Club
Jerome
New York
Vermont Gov Salmon weighs veto choices after signing health bill
Gov Thomas Salmon signed a health insurance standards bill and vetoed a technical flaw in the measure, while also approving Senate confirmation for all state department commissioners. The action comes amid debates on agency heads, transportation governance, and a pending vote on election ballot reform and agency rule approvals. The health bill takes effect in July, while the vetoed version would have applied next January.
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Salmon
Agency of Transportation
Senate
Banking and Insurance Commissioner
Big Minh first choice to lead Viet peace talks
Saigon lawmakers met in special session to urge Gen Duong Van Minh be premier to negotiate a cease fire with communists Minh has declined the post and Huong may step aside. U.S. and French ambassadors pressed for political changes as Hanoi and the Viet Cong pressed for full anti Thieu package before talks. Minh would back peace and neutrality but the rival side demands removal of Thieu supporters and U.S. troops. The city braces for a possible North Vietnamese and Viet Cong assault as thousands flee while talks loom.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnamese
National Assembly
Duong van
Minh
U.S
Graham Martin
Jean Marie Merillon
Tran van Huong
Viet Cong
Hanoi
Huong
North Vietnamese
Paris
United States
Pham van Ut
House
Senate
Tran van Lam
Thieu
Vietnam
Conferees ok Vietnam aid bill with troop limits
UPI reports House and Senate negotiators reach a $327 million Vietnam aid bill restricting the President’s troop use to evacuation only. The plan funds humanitarian and evacuation efforts, blocks North Vietnam use, and moves to final passage with Ford likely to sign.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
House
Senate
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sparkman
America
Germans execute diplomat after embassy siege
West German officials confirmed the six leftist terrorists who seized the Bonn embassy executed Commercial Attache Heinz W. Hildergaart after Bonn rejected all demands. Five attackers were captured. one killed himself as the siege ended in a four story blaze. Three people died, including Lt. Col. Andreas von Mirbach, with 13 injured. The attackers sought ransom and the release of anarchists. Sweden will try captives under its law. See EMBASSY on back page.
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Stockholm
UPI
Dietrich Stoecker
Heinz W. Hildergaart
Bonn
Andreas von Mirbach
Hildergaart
Luftansa
Federal Republic
West Germany
Stoecker
Olof Palme
Sweden
Salmon stresses public investment in land use plan
Gov Thomas P Salmon told the New England Assembly on Land Use in Woodstock that public investment, not private funds, will shape land planning. He pointed to Executive Order No 2 urging agency coordination and highlighted $1 billion in federal Water Quality Act funds as a catalyst for regional growth while urging careful, jointly planned investment and a strong state land use plan.
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Woodstock
Thomas P. Salmon
New England Assembly
Salmon
New England
The
American Assembly
John C. Lincoln Institute
University of Hartford
Woodstock Inn
Vermont
Montpelier
Assembly
Cambodian Moslems Killed as Khmer Rouge Attacks Refugees
United Press International reports Cambodian Muslims faced a deadly Khmer Rouge assault as about 400 refugees crossed toward Thailand. At least 25 were killed when Khmer Rouge border guards fired on fleeing crowds, while Thai forces and border police responded. Radio Phnom Penh hailed a “total victory” amid sparse communications from the capital.
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Khmer Rouge
Thailand
Cambodia
Radio
Aranyaprathet
Kris Sivara
National Security Council
Inside National and Local Highlights Across Pages Two Through Eleven
Summary of recent Missouri tornado fatalities and political veto prospects on page two, local dining by Happy Chefs and a new intelligence book review on page three, strip mining coal’s silver lining on page four, JFK death analysis and birth page five, Green Mountain Race Track river-cleaning efforts and Arlington Fourth festivities on pages six and seven, and sports roundups noting Cubs, Islanders, Penguins, and Patriots results on pages ten and eleven.
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Missouri
Ford
Meris Eggert
Albany
N.Y
Jfk
Green Mountain
Hoosie River
Arlington
Hal March
Cubs
Stone
Islanders
Penguins
Patriots
Refugees land in Guam at rate of 400 an hour
Saigon evacuees crowd Tan Son Nhut as planes run short. About 12,215 refugees have arrived by midday, with 5,000 daily flown to Guam. U.S. forces scramble to build tent city shelter for up to 50,000 as airlift faces plane shortages and missile threats loom near Saigon.
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Guam
Saigon
UPI
Tan Son Nhut
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Ford Administration
Washington
Pacific
Philippines
South Vietnam
Pentagon
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Donavan
Lee Selectmen
Paul W. Bohne III
Chicago 7
John Fraines
Fraines
Anthony Robbins
Big’ Minh
Viet
Radio Hanoi
Nhan Dan
Nguyen van Thieu
White House
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Congress
North Vietnam
Russ Garland
United Press International
Peking
le Monde
Norodom Sihanouk
Phnom Penh
Sihanouk
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