Religious Center Backers Call for Independent Study
Clergymen seeking a religious education plan with private foundation help ask Mt. Anthony Union School Board to start its own study of religion and education. New opposition from pastors—Schwebel Ellis—joins objections from Missionary Alliance Church exec committee. Community-wide, long-range study urged to shape a final plan with legal and religious considerations.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Frederick B. Wolf
William Abernethy
Francis B. Flanagan
Msgr
Flanagan
Bennington
Walter Miller
St. John the Baptist Church
North Bennington
Father Wolf
Abernethy
Wolf
Religious Foundation
Cambridge
Mass
Mr. Anthony
Mt. Anthony
Foundation
Ecumenical Center
Marian C. Taylor
Main Street
Bendi
U S Intensifies Bombing of North Vietnam
U S jets bomb Hanoi Haiphong area for a third day amid heavy anti aircraft fire and MIG sorties. Communist attacks near the DMZ inflict casualties on Marines while crowds mass along the border. Radio Hanoi claims planes shot down. U S total losses rise to 516. Escalation aims to pressure Hanoi toward talks as bridges and transformer sites near Hanoi are hit.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Hanoi-Haiphong
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Radio
Hanoi
Haiphong
United States
Vietnam
Nazi Germany
Air Force
Johnson Returns Home as Kiesinger Plans U S Visit
In Bonn President Johnson and West German Chancellor Kiesinger held over two hours of talks in the music room of the chancellor's bungalow. Johnson said no hard decisions were made and that close U S West Germany cooperation will continue with ongoing consultations before actions. Kiesinger will visit the United States later this year for detailed talks on the nuclear pact, trade, troops, monetary matters and European security. Johnson noted the talks produced no communiqué and would continue. No Kiesinger visit date was set, only “early.”
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Bonn
UPI
Johnson
Kurt-Georg Kiesinger
United States
West Germany
Washington
White House
Europe
Kiesinger
Officials Plan Meeting On Aid For Airports
Vermont aviation officials will meet May 4 to discuss airport construction aid. A 1967 bill to create a state network and allocate 600000 failed, risking a one day special session to unlock matching federal funds. The plan faced hours of conference committee contention and a shift from 25 to 40 percent state aid.
Crash off Nantucket kills crew in radar plane disaster
A four engine Air Force radar picket plane crashed off Cape Cod near Nantucket. Fifteen crewmen were feared dead with two bodies recovered. Lt. L.H. Guenet survived. Col. James P. Lyle commanded the unit. Rescue efforts included Coast Guard cutters and helicopters as searchers combed beaches and waters for remaining crew members amid a spate of similar Massachusetts crashes.
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Nantucket
Mass
UPI
Air Force
Massachusetts
Coast Guard
James P. Lyle
Springtown
Tex
Otis Air Force Base
Cape Cod
Lyle
5511St Early
Navy
L.H. Guenet
Montreal
Daley Sees Catholic Vote Not Blocking Governor Run
Lt. Gov. John J. Daley said he does not believe his Roman Catholic faith will bar him from becoming Vermont’s next governor. He urged focus on performance and progress, voiced desire for party unity, and discussed potential running mates and programs to modernize housing and the economy.
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Daley
Thomas Salmon
Rutland
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Jack Daley
Hoff
Mather
Vance
Rep
Salmon
Burlington
Francis Cain
Robert Wilson
D-Bennington
European Reds Sign Peace Declaration
European Communist leaders signed a joint declaration outlining a blueprint for peace in Europe. Soviet party chief Leonid Brezhnev and 23 other leaders from East and West Europe endorsed the plan at Karlovy Vary, a conference cut short after one day without explanation. The declaration urged unity within the communist bloc and across European states pending further steps.
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Karlovy Vary
Czechoslovakia
UPI
Europe
Leonid Brezhnev
East and
West Europe
Bennington Town Meeting Date Change for Water and Senior Center
Selectmen announced the special town meeting date moved from May 9 to May 11 to avoid a clash with Old Bennington. Voters decide on water system expansion funding and a senior citizens center. Article one offers two funding options tied to Village Water Board contributions. article two seeks a grant for a multi purpose center with up to 1000 dollars town support. A yes adds one third of a cent to the Grand List. The meeting is at 8 pm at the Elementary School on South Street.
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Bennington
Village Water Board
Vermont Interdepartmental Council On Aging
South Street
Inside Manchester Center Adds New Shop
The Inside Manchester Shopping Center welcomes a new business as part of its ongoing development. The article notes the opening on page six with local reactions and potential community impact.
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Manchester Shopping Center
Russians Honor Dead Cosmonaut Komarov at Kremlin Wall
Vladimir Komarov, first spaceflight fatality, buried in a Kremlin Wall niche after an official ceremony. Yuri Gagarin praised him as a man of the new society as Stalin’s shadow lingers nearby. Nearly 100,000 attended the state tribute amid military honors and a somber Moscow sky.
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Moscow
UPI
Vladimir Komarov
Kremlin
Russia
Komarov
Yuri Gagarin
Vladimir Mikhailovich
Soviet Union
Red Square
Chopin
Central Army
Alexei N. Kosygin
Defense
Marshal Rodion Malinovsky
Sergei Korolev
Josef Stalin
Yacht Freed From River Mud Near Baldwinsville
The 72 foot yacht Inspector II, stranded for three days in four feet of water on the Seneca River, was freed Tuesday by two tug boats from the State Department of Public Works. The 50 ton vessel, once used by New York governors, went aground during a wind storm Saturday.
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Baldwinsville
N.Y
Inspector II
Seneca River
State Department of Public Works
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