Vermont sweepstakes bill moves to road fund plan
The Vermont House Ways and Means Committee voted 9-6 to back a sweepstakes modeled on New Hampshire. The panel rewrote to fund highway construction instead of education, aiming to remove gambling stigma. The bill heads to Appropriations, with floor debate likely within two weeks.
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UPI
House
Ways and Means
Vermont
New Hampshire
Granite State
Byron Hathorn
Hartford
Hathorn
House Appropriations Committee
Bate
General Committee
James Shea
D-Winooski
Edmund Paul
D-Albury
Woman Convicted in Boston in Coin Theft Case
Mary Hoover of Watertown Massachusetts was found guilty of receiving stolen property in connection with a coin collection theft from the Bennington Museum. She received a sentence of up to five years in the Massachusetts Women's Reformatory with a year of probable custody. The verdict follows the museum director curator Richard C Bars et al testimony detailing the stolen coins.
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Bennington Museum
Boston
Richard C. Barset
Mary Hoover
Watertown
Mass
Massachusetts Women’s Reformatory
Balion
Barret
Hall Park
McCullough
Vermont
Kearns Presses Funds to Pay Deputy Commissioner
Vermont officials clash over approving 12000 in the next biennium to fund deputy administration commissioner Paul Guare. William Kearns seeks Senate support, insisting the post is needed amid department workload and existing half funded by federal and state savings.
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Guare
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate OKs Bennington Merger Of Bennington Districts
The Senate passed a bill permitting the Bennington Graded District and the Greater Bennington School District to merge into a single elementary district. Final action was by a unanimous voice vote. Voters in Greater Bennington decide at the June annual meeting. Bennington trustees will vote later this calendar year.
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Benchington
Hoff Names Gray New Budget Head
MONTPELIER Vermont Budget Director George Bell leaves July 1 to join the Council of State Governments in Chicago. He is replaced by Assistant Budget Director John Gray of Enosburg, a 46 year old part time dairy farmer with 20 years Army budget experience. Gray is expected to earn Bell’s $12,500 salary. Governor Hoff designated Gray after months of departure rumors, saying he is a very competent man in budget and management work.
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Philip H. Hoff
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Army
Marines Launch Largest Da Nang Offensive Yet
U S Marines mounted a major search and clear operation west of Da Nang base, with several companies and helicopter support. Gen Green e noted the mission aims to locate and kill Viet Cong, while reports of a new battalion arriving and higher Casualties cited. He pledged more forces as needed, and the corps received a captured submachine gun for the museum from the first Viet Cong guerrilla killed in South Viet Nam.
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Viet Nam
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South Viet Nam
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Town Applies for Aid To Build CD Shelter
Bennington selectmen approve a $4,200 federal grant application to construct a 14 by 16 foot basement Civil Defense shelter in the town building. The room will house the warning system and net control radio gear, with a direct exit and ventilation, while minimally disrupting the town clerk’s office.
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Bennington
William Mattison
Town CD
Richard Diamond
Mattison
Diamond
Bennington Village
LBJ Defends Viet Policy as Air Strikes Continue
President Johnson vows to keep U S air strikes on North Viet Nam until aggression ends and unconditional peace talks are met, rejecting suspension appeals. He says defeat would threaten U S welfare and freedom, and criticizes critics who ignore attacks on embassies while focusing on bombing bridges and radar stations.
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UPI
Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
United States
White House
Voice of America
Reapportionment Bill Gets Finishing Touches
In Montpelier Vermont the final steps are taken on the reappointment compliance act to realign the Vermont House under a federal court order. The bill sets a 150 member House but rural lawmakers seek a 210 member body. It establishes the Legislative Apportionment Board and outlines district compactness while observing existing political subdivisions. Two more reapportionment bills arrive in the Senate within a week, including a 164 member House proposal and Robert Wilsons fourth redistricting plan.
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House
Senate
Robert Wilson
Bennington County
Soviets OK Cambodia Conference
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko informed France that Russia backs plans for an international Cambodia conference. Alain Peyrefitte announced after a cabinet meeting that Gromyko spoke with Maurice Couve de Murville. France and Prince Norodom Sihanouk floated the idea last year. the US also assented. Sihanouk said talks should focus strictly on Cambodian issues, not regional problems.
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UPI
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Cambodia
Alain Peyrefitte
Gromyko
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Norodom Sihanouk
United States
Sihanouk
Inside look at Peace Corps options from Inside page 3
George Sleeman surveys Peace Corps possibilities on page 3 while Elizabeth Dwyer analyzes time and motion studies on page 4. The Montpelier bill seeks licensing for private kindergartens on page 5. Manchester regional school study group schedules date for final reports on page 6. County Agent John Page urges working with nature on page 11.
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George Sleeman
Elizabeth Dwyer
Montpelier
Manchester
John Page
Page
Ministers Deny Immorality Charges at Selma March
Washington UPI reports ministers priests and nuns who joined the Selma Montgomery march denied charges of sex orgies drunkenness and other immorality. Absent proof they blame Rep Dickinson McCarthyism while church leaders cite camp tents patrols and sworn affidavits denying any misconduct by marchers.
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UPI
William Dickinson
R-Ala
Richard Dickinson
United Church of Christ
Mr. Dickinson
Selma
Montgomery
Dickinson
Japan
San Francisco Theological Seminary
James Martin
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