Bennington Woodford Subdivision Sets Three New Districts
The state Reapportionment Board is to approve subdividing the Bennington Woodford district into three smaller districts, each electing two representatives. The plan, submitted by local boards, aims to balance legal voters across districts with deadlines set by a federal court order August 16. Districts mix parts of Bennington and Bennington Village areas along with North Bennington Old Bennington and Woodford.
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Bennington
Woodford
Boards of Civil Authority
Vermont House
State
Bennington - Woodford
Vermont
Bennington Village
North Bennington
Old Bennington
Remap Board Rejects District 8's Plan
The Legislative Reapportionment Board rejected District 8 redistricting plans for Hartland Hartford and Norwich returning them for revision. A minority report claimed the plan was not compact and effectively divided Hartford by a finger of land along the White River. The board seeks certification of subdistricts and voter counts after the proposed division of Hartford.
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Hartford
White River
Peter Plante
Norwich
Hartford Selectmen
Justices of the Peace
Minority
Plante
State House
Legislative
U S Consular Treaty With Soviets Approved
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a long delayed consular treaty with the Soviet Union by voice vote with one dissent from Senator Hickenlooper. The full Senate must approve. ratification by the Soviets is pending. The pact allows mutual consular offices with embassy level immunity and screening rights for personnel.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate
GOP
Dean Rusk
Hicksenlooper
Rusk
U. S
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
House Appropriations
Carlier
Bennington Eyes Federal Aid for Water System Plan
Bennington officials, led by Village Attorney John H. Williams II, plan to seek federal grants under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 to enlarge the water supply system. They must quickly file applications when funds are available, coordinate with regional housing agency staff, and finalize engineering plans with Whitman and Howard Inc. to move the project forward.
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Bennington
John H. Williams II
Bennington Water Board
Congress
Williams
George L. Aiken
Robert T. Stafford
Willaims
Vermont
House
Senate
House-Senate
Trentacosti
Seymour G. Shultz
Boston
Whitman and Howard Inc
L.M. Pittendreigh
Water Board
Bennington and Hoosick Falls Update In Brief
Inside Bennington College voices concern about speeding on its road and an editor's note on the related problem. Hoosick Falls seeks a planning consultant to replace John C. Burdis. Bennington All-Stars defeat Hoosick Arlington All-Stars 11 to 8 in a high school contest.
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Bennington College
Hoosick Falls
John C. Burdis
Bennington All-Stars
Hoosick-Arlington
Johnson says U S would leave Viet Nam if self rule assured
President Johnson told the International Platform Association that the United States would withdraw promptly from South Viet Nam if the local population could be guaranteed self determination free of alien ideology. He pledged to negotiate peace while using American power to resist Communist aggression. Johnson urged dialogue with any government and affirmed U S treaty commitments as binding. He criticized U S critics of war and warned that brute force cannot solve tyranny. Secretary Rusk urged UN involvement and potential formal action, noting Hanoi has rejected UN mediation while questioning what would happen if bombing ceased.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
United States
Viet Nam
International Platform Association
Southeast Asia
South Viet Nam
White House
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Hanoi
Laos
Rusk
United Nations
World Organization
Thanh Hoa
U. S
Lao Kay
Red China
Yen Bay
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
London
Ghana
Kwesi Armah
Defense
Robert Mc
Vermont tops nation in road kill of deer
Vermont leads the United States in accidental road-kill of deer with one deer killed per 88 licensed drivers annually, far higher than Michigan Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The Fish and Game Department urges consideration of deer control measures and notes the deer herd affects hunting and department finances.
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Vermont
Montpelier
Fish and Game Deepartment
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Deepartment
Vietnamese Paratroopers Break Nine Day Duc Co Siege
Vietnamese paratroopers attacked in waves and broke the nine day Viet Cong siege of the Ameri can Special Forces camp at Duc Co in the central highlands. Six helicopter air assaults and heavy ground fire supported the relief effort as U S forces reported killing 191 guerrillas in 24 hours and pursuing Viet Cong positions near the camp.
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Saigon
UPS
Duc Co
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Hanoi
China
Red China
UPI
U. S
South
Viet Nam
le Thanh
Cambodia
Vinh
Soviets block progress at arms talks over Viet Nam
At Geneva the Soviet Union charged U S policy in Viet Nam blocks any disarmament progress and demanded withdrawal of American forces. Semyon Tsarapkin called for NATO nuclear撤force withdrawal as a precondition while Moscow signaled willingness to continue talks on its terms. US officials dismissed the Soviet stance as uncompromising amid ongoing discussions in New York and London.
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Geneva
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
William C. Foster
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Kremlin
Viet Nam
Tsarapkin
Moscow
NATO
West Germany
Germany
Ground War Win Possible Says Taylor
General Maxwell D. Taylor said the United States and South Vietnam could make it impossible for Hanoi to win on the ground in the south. In Washington he noted current troop levels were insufficient against the growing Viet Cong strength and did not specify eventual force needs.
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Washington
UPI
Maxwell D. Taylor
United States
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Taylor
U.S
Saigon
Johnson
Viet Nam
Mafia Link Found With U S Crooks
Italian police say 10 mob bosses jailed in a seven city crackdown tied the Mafia to U S crime networks. They identified three US‑based associates Gaetano Russo Joseph Cerrito and Santo Sorge all NY or California residents. Police say leaders Frank Coppola and Giuseppe Genco Russo link Italy to American syndicates.
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Palermo
Italy
UPI
U.S
United States
Gaetano Russo
Charles
Lucky
Luciano
Joseph Cerrito
Santo Sorge
Russo
Sorge
New York
Cerrito
California
Frank Coppola
Giuseppe Genco
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Minolta
Ringheiser
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Security Council
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