Polygraphic in North Bennington seeks 1.5 million loan to expand
Gov. Hoff announced final papers for a 1.5 million long term mortgage to Polygraphic Co. that could add 100 jobs and lift payroll by up to 500 thousand dollars. The loan, insured by the Vermont Industrial Building Authority, funds working capital, inventories, equipment and a major sales expansion to diversify greeting cards beyond Christmas.
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North Bennington
Polygraphic Co
Philip H. Hoff
First National Bank of
Polygrapher Co
Bennington County Industrial Corp
Vermont Industrial Building Authority
VIBA
Bank
Polygraphic
Hameilton Shields
FTC Delays Cigarette Health Warning Labeling
The FTC agreed to a six month postponement of the cigarette health warning on packages. The new compliance date is July 1, matching the advertising warning deadline. Chairman Dixon told House Commerce Committee Chair Harris the delay aims to avoid unnecessary health protection delays.
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UPI
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Paul Rand Dixon
Oren Harris
House Commerce Committee
Harris
Dixon
Commission
Lady Bird Johnson in Burlington Vermont Reception
First Lady Lyndon B. Johnson attends a Burlington visit greeting about 4600 people including Gov. and Mrs. Hoff. She promotes Hoff’s re election, praises women and notes the new Vermont State Commission on the Status of Women.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lester B. Pearson
Roosevelt International Memorial Park
Campobello Island
Armand Hammer
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
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the Land
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
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Johnson signs $46.7 billion defense bill
President Johnson signs a record peacetime defense appropriation of 46.7 billion dollars aimed at sustaining U S military superiority in planes and missiles. The bill includes 52 million for advanced manned aircraft design and 6.4 billion for research into new weapons including a laser based death ray.
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UPI
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House Appropriations Committee
Johnnson
Mississippi Integrationists challenge Democratic credentials in Atlantic City
Three busloads of Mississippi integrationists from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party arrived in Atlantic City to protest seating the all white Mississippi delegation. They warned failure to seat them could trigger a major Negro vote boycott in November. Aaron Henry led the group and said compromise was unacceptable as it would be evil.
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Wisconsin
Barry M. Goldwater
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Johnson
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Alabama
Rauh
Four American advisers die aiding Vietnamese rangers attack
In the Mekong Delta near Phu Tuc village about 50 miles southwest of Saigon, four U S advisers were killed Thursday night as they helped two Vietnamese ranger battalions repel a Viet Cong assault on a government outpost. The outpost was overrun early Thursday.
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Shea Workers Vote on Unionizing at North Bennington Plant
Workers at Shea Inc in North Bennington vote 2:30 to 5 p m on unionizing with United Furniture Workers of America amid a labor dispute following a 30 of 50 workers leaving in April over unfair labor practices. UFWA representative Antonio Marino expresses optimism as NLRB delays and hearings loom.
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Comepany
Union
Antonio Marino
Banner
NLRB
John Coleman
National Labor Relations Board
Inside Vermont papers survey and notes from Montpelier column
Ron Cohen writes a Montpelier column reflecting on newsroom reactions to Vermont candidate coverage. Other items include play reviews for Weston, Dorset coverage, and notes on school district finance and meetings across Manchester North Bennington and Shafts on upcoming Saturday sessions.
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Ron Cohen
Montpelier
Newsman
Vermont
Goldwater Backs Social Security Raise Opposes Medicare
Senator Barry Goldwater endorsed a 5 percent increase in Social Security cash benefits for about 20 million people but rejected the administration’s aged health care plan Medicare. He warned that financing hospital and nursing care through higher Social Security taxes would burden and potentially bankrupt the system. The conflict sets a showdown over health care for 18 million seniors as the King Anderson bill eyes a Senate rider with Congress set to reconvene August 31 after the Democratic convention recess.
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Washington
UPI
Barry Goldwater
Arizonan
Johnson
New England Fall Foliage Damaged by Drought
In Massachusetts a drought damaged fall foliage by stressing water dependent trees like maples white ash and elm. Officials warn leaves may turn early and some trees could die within two to three years especially those along streets where pavement blocks moisture. Rainfall in 1964 runs five inches below normal.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts
John H. Lampert
State Department of Natural Resources
Italian Red Leader Dies In Russia
Rome reports Palmiro Togliatti, longtime Italian Communist leader, died in Yalta Crimea at 3:20 p.m. after suffered a brain hemorrhage during a Crimean vacation eight days earlier. He was 71.
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UPD
Palmiro Togliatti
Yalta
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Togliatti
Twell
Italian Communist Party
Palmiro Toglliatti
Cuba Orders Stop Buy to Cuban Foreign Trade Network
New York based reports say Cuba has instructed its overseas trade reps to halt further purchases except for sugar and nickel sectors and a medical research center. Bank sources tie the move to a cash crunch and possible suspension of credit amid upheaval in Cuban financial leadership and a collapsing world sugar market.
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UPI
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National Foreign Trade Council
NFTC
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New York Journal of Commerce
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Regina Boti
Marcelo Fernandez
Cuban National Bank
Maj
Alberto Mora
Ers
United States
Architect Decision Deferral Marks Mt Anthony Board Meeting
Mt Anthony Union School Board again delayed deciding whether to retain The Architects Collaborative of Cambridge Mass due to four absences. A heated discussion included Edma A Riley threatening resignation over the architect matter and a potential $5,000 fee if dismissed, with debate over a federal grant option.
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Edma A
Brad) Riley
North Bennington
Riley
Barton L. Jenks
Jenks
Eugene V. Clark
Jane McCullough
Franklin D. Frantz
Woodeford
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S. Whitney Dickey
First National Bank
Buckler
Burling
LBJ
Shea
Weston
Dorset
Union School Board
Manchester
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