Hoff Sees Need For Tax Hike In 1968 Vermont
Gov. Philip Hoff said a slowed economy and overspending by the 1967 legislature require higher 1968 taxes while opposing a general sales tax. He cited an $18 million education aid boost and a $139.1 million biennial budget as drivers, and he noted ongoing talks on Windsor Prison and a potential regional approach to a new maximum-security facility.
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Montpelier
UPD
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Hoff
Louis Lavin
Department of Industrial Relations
Bennington
Lavin
James D. Williams
Williams
United Auto Workers Local 1371
United Press International
University of Vermont
Johnson
New England
Windsor State Prison
Windsor
Charles G. Adams
Corrections Board
Adams
House Gallery Invaded By Rats Demonstrators
Police fought about 75 Negro demonstrators in the House gallery in Washington as they protested a failed 40 million rat control bill. Eight were arrested, including Jesse Gray, and a Capitol policeman was hospitalized after coughing up blood. In Wichita, Kansas, 14 Negro youths patrolled the northeast to deter gang gatherings. Two Detroit policemen were charged with murder in the city riots. Three young Negroes’ bodies were found at the Algiers motel after a raid for snipers.
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House of Representatives
Washington
Capitol
Brooklyn
Harlem
N.Y
House
Jesse Gray
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Roman C. Pucinski
Dill
Wichita
Kan
Detroit
Ronald August
Robert Paille
Motor City
Wayne County
William L. Cahalan
Fin
Carl Cooper
Fred Temple
Aubrey Pollard
Algiers
National
Old City Returns to Normal After Israeli Crackdown
Israel today dispersed Arab strike actions in Old Jerusalem and warned against civil disobedience as normal life returned with taxis and buses resuming service. Amman Radio urged further strikes in Nablus and Hebron in what officials called a new incitement campaign.
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Israel
Old Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Amman
Nablus
Hebron
UPI
Ellav Simon
Levi Eshkol
Radio
Belgrade
Tito
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Cairo
Red Cross
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal
al Ahram
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United States
Heikal
Mohamed Anis
Mohamed Odah
Algomhouria
Arab Socialist Union
Helkal
Iraq Petroleum Corp
Explosions, Fire Hit Cities Service Refinery Near Lake Charles
A major blast and several smaller explosions at the Cities Service refinery complex southwest of Lake Charles caused a raging fire. Six to fifteen workers reportedly missing, with 11 injured hospitalized. Fire fought by mutual aid units. risk of secondary blasts due to burning lines. Local civil defense prepared for possible broader measures.
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Lake Charles
UPI
Cities Service
Breezie Ragusa
Sulphur
St. Patrick Hospital
Ragusa
Firestone Rubber Co
Hercules Powder Co
Firestone
Hercules
Bi Partisan Plan Unveiled to Ease Ghetto Tensions
A bi partisan plan to create a $1.1 billion emergency fund would let the President transfer up to two percent of the non-defense budget to address tensions in major city ghettos. Senators Percy and Ribicoff announced the bill to expand jobs and neighborhood aid.
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Washington
UPI
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Johnson
Con Con backs free college education in New York
A committee of the Constitutional Convention voted 17 to 7 to mandate free college educations for New York residents including both public and private colleges. The policy, announced by Convention President Anthony J. Travia and Judge Francis Bergan, leaves wording to a later meeting.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Anthony J. Travia
Francis Bergan
Court of Appeals
Bergan
Boy Scouts Featured In Manchester Pages Three to Four
A Boy Scout recounts a troop expedition through Expo wilderness in Manchester while an editor defends the honor of the Boy Scouts. The workshop schedule for Wednesday is noted on Page Three as part of Inside the Paper.
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Manchester
Wilds of
Expo
Boy Scouts
Navy jets bomb Haiphong barracks amid Viet Cong pressure
U S Navy jets dive bombed North Vietnam near Haiphong destroying four barracks and two ammo dumps as part of 167 Monday missions. A second strike hit CODinh army barracks southeast of Hanoi while B52s pounded guerrilla camps north of Saigon. One F4C Phantom lost. Brig Gen Freund wounded.
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Saigon
UPI
Haiphong
7Th Fleet
Constellation
North Vietnam
U.S
Nam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Air Force
John F. Freund
Freund
199Th Light Infantry
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Globe-Union
Ninth Regiment Marines
North
Old City
Con Con
White House
Ribicoff
Percy
Senate Judiciary Committee
Newark
N.J
Senate
Leonard F. Kowalewski
New Jersey Fraternal Order of Policeman
Hugh J. Addonizio
Addonizio
Kowalewski
National Guard
Judiciary Committee
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
James O. Eastland
Hart
Kennedy
J. G. Sourwine
Sourwine
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Eastland
Joseph R. Clark
D-Pa
Clark
Memorial Park Playground
Keith Hoyt
Greg Babcock
David deMercado
Holly Blodgett
Debbie Squires
Chip Rice
U.S. Navy
Red Army Barracks
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