Gilroy protests Riehle over sign bill in Vermont
John P. Hamilton reports Gilroy, Bennington motel and tourist groups spokesman, disputes Rep. Riehle's claims of broad support for a bill banning all billboards and most institutional signs in Vermont. He says meetings showed only qualified backing and cautions that Riehle has not released all facts.
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Theodore M. Riehle Jr
R-112
South Burlington
Vermont
Riehle
Legislative Council
Robert J. Gilroy
Bennington
Greater Bennington Association Tourist Bureau
Green Mountain Motel Association
Vermont Development Department
Inside Old Shaftsbury dump sale and editorial notes
A page brief lists sale authorization at the Inside Old Shaftsbury dump on Page 3 and an editorial warning taxpayers that delays raise costs in the new school on Page 4. It also notes Dorset club and bird topics featured on Page 6.
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Old Shaftsbury
Civilians Armed Mao Battles Rebellion
A Tokyo newspaper reported that Mao Zedong ordered arming civilians in China to fight foes amid a power struggle. The Sankei Shimbun said orders went out Thursday for arming pro rebels and supporters in Peking during the ongoing civil strife.
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Hong Kong
API
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Tokyo
Sankei Shimbun
Mao
Kiangsi
Wu Juishan
China
Canton
Liu Shao Chi
America
Vermont Surplus Rises Above Earlier Forecast
Vermont's 1966 67 biennium surplus is pegged at 11.5 million, higher than Gov Hoff's 11.35 million projection. State budget director John Gray cites 2.3 million in reversions due to unspent appropriations and retirement fund use, offsetting revenue shortfalls and supporting a healthy surplus. The report notes departments misallocating funds and not using debt funds to cover debt service.
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Tax Department
Gray
Arabs weigh oil embargo to cripple Western economies
Arab ministers meet in Baghdad to study using oil as a political weapon against Israel and the West. They consider halting Arab oil for three months to drain Europe’s reserves, aiming at Britain and West Germany, with Saudi Arabia muttering support for lifting the ban. Abba Eban defends direct talks and Jerusalem prayers mark a temple anniversary as Tito meets Aref in Baghdad. In Baghdad officials say the first move would be to halt oil flow for three months to force Europe to exhaust its petroleum reserves.
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Baghdad
Israel
United States
Western Europe
Britain
West Germany
Europe
Kennedy rejects 1972 bid and Johnson challenge
Senator Robert F. Kennedy states in a Weekend Evening Post interview he will not pursue the 1972 presidential race or accept a vice presidential offer under any circumstances. He plans only to run for re election to the Senate in 1970 and doubts a Johnson Humphrey ticket would materialize. He says he would not seek the presidency and does not expect to be offered the VP slot.
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Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
Saturday Evening Post
Kennedy
Senate
New York
Fire Bomb Incidents Mark 6-A Labor Unrest
Fire bombs targeted Globe Union workers amid a 23 day labor dispute. A bomb near a non striking employee’s home caused no damage, another near a car failed to ignite. Similar incidents occurred at a G U truck driver’s home in Cambridge and at the G U plant, with state and local authorities investigating as Vermont and Bennington County join the case.
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Arlington
Globe Union
Saber
Grim
Carrow
G U
Cambridge
N.Y
New York
Vermont
Bennington County
Donald Greenslet
Greenslet
Romney calls U S Viet policy a mistake in news conference
Michigan Governor George Romney declares U S involvement in Vietnam a mistake saying the build up endangers Southeast Asia and that involvement dragged Thailand Laos and Cambodia into the conflict. He urges destroying guerrilla infrastructure to force negotiation and criticizes heavy bombing near the Chinese border amid fears of Chinese retaliation.
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Lansing
Mich
UPI
George Romney
United States
Vietnam
U.S
Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
Michigan
GOP
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
Romney
South
North Vietnam
China
Belgium Pulling Props From Congo Economy
Rioters in Kinshasa sacked the Belgian embassy and attacked two Americans and the U S embassy as Belgium's aid to the Congo tied to a looming phaseout. In Brussels a Belgian official blamed the mob for undermining Western influence amid Mobutu era upheaval and the Bukavu fighting.
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Brussels
UPI
Congo
Kinshasa
U.S
Belgium
United States
Washington
State Department
U.S. Air Force M
Homer L. Paulhus
Albert
More Students Expected In Vermont Schools
The Vermont Education Department reports about 94,000 students will start public schools in September, up 4,000 from last year. Total enrollment in public, parochial, and special education may reach over 115,000, with 60,100 in elementary and 29,400 in secondary schools. The addition of 334 new classrooms signals rapid expansion in state education.
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
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Pittsfield
Mass
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Jerusalem
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Abdul Rahman Aref
Middle East
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Noureddin al Atassi
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