Solons and School Board Weigh Sales Tax Help
Six area legislators met with the Bennington School District board to discuss easing education costs. Vermont lawmakers eyed a 4 percent limited sales tax to boost state aid to education, potentially reducing property taxes and aiding Mt Anthony Union transfer costs. The plan would fund about 60 percent of education through state aid if enacted retroactively for 1968-69.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union
Bennington Catholic High
BCHS
Salvatore Santarcangelo
George van Santvoord
D-Dist
Vermont
Santarcangelo
Stark Street
van Santvoord
David Allen
R-Dist
Hoff Pleads For More Canadian Apple Pickers
Governor Philip Hoff urged Vermont lawmakers and federal agencies to allocate additional foreign apple pickers for the fall crop. Aiden Ristau said Vermont sought 190 workers after 160 were approved, citing New Hampshire receiving 400 for a 1.6 million bushel crop while Vermont targets 1.1 million. Officials highlighted a tight local labor market and possible options from Canada or the British West Indies amid limits set by Labor Secretary Wirtz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Prouty
Labor Department
Vermont
Ristau
New Hampshire
Ristan
British West Indies
W. Willard Wirtz
Nasser Purges Military Officers After Egyptian Defeat
London reports say President Nasser ordered a sweeping purge of over 1,000 Egyptian officers after Egypt’s defeat by Israel. 700 officers were dismissed and 360 faced courts martial for desertion or dereliction of duty, as Marshal Abdul Hakim Amer and others were retired. Soviet aid, including 150 MiG fighters and 200-250 tanks, was reported to be rushing to Egypt to rebuild the armed forces.
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London
UPI
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Israel
Nasser
Abdul Hakim Amer
Armed Forces
Soviet Union
Bennington Board defers vote on $976,000 school bond
The Bennington School District postponed a planned bond election for a new elementary school on Stark Street and canceled a scheduled Sept 26 date. The board will meet with Diocesan authorities to discuss Catholic education’s future direction and BCHS sale viability. A BCHS tour may occur next week to gauge value for potential use.
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Bennington
Stark Street
Citizens Committee
Bennington Catholic
Howard F. Kelley
BCHS
Direc
Kelley
Robert F. Joyce
Burlington
Francis B. Flanagan
Bernard J. Bellemare
Msgr
Flanagan
Bellemare
Convent Avenue
Diocesan School Board
Deaths rise from cigarette cancer warn Smoking blamed for epidemic
The American Cancer Society warns that cigarette related cancer deaths are at epidemic levels in the United States. President Ashbel C Williams cites 75 000 smoking related deaths last year and 300 000 from related diseases. The society urges educational approaches over bans and advocates Congress regulate cigarette content and publish tar and nicotine data on packages.
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Atlanta
UPI
American Cancer’ Society
United States
Ashbel C. Williams
Williams
Jacksonville
Fla
Society
A. H. Letton
Letton
Congress
U.S. and Soviet Push Draft Nuclear Arms Ban
The United States and Russia jointly presented a draft treaty banning spread of nuclear armaments at the Geneva disarmament conference. Co chairs Foster and Roshchin outlined terms while control and inspection provisions remain open to dispute among Europe, IAEA, and Allies. If approved by the U.N. General Assembly, nations would sign the pact and implement measures domestically.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
Russia
William C. Foster
Alexei A. Roshchin
Soviet Union
Euratom
European Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Bloc
International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEA
Vienna
West Germany
Italy
Moscow
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
Kennedy Calls Viet Voting A Fraud
Senator Robert F. Kennedy condemned the forthcoming South Vietnamese election as a fraud and said it would harm the U S moral position. He urged halting bombing in North Vietnam and argued South Vietnam must shoulder more war risks while Premier Ky promised a military committee would rule regardless of the vote. Kennedy cited exclusions of Maj Gen Big Minh and An Truong Thanh from the ballot and urged greater South Vietnamese participation in the fighting.
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New York
UPID
Robert F. Kennedy
United States
New York Democrat
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Johnson
Kennedy
Dong van
Big) Minh
An Truong Thanh
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Big Minh
U S Loses 6 More Jets in Vietnam War Second Three Day Toll
Saigon reports six American jets lost Monday and Wednesday raising the three day air losses to the greatest of the war. An American pilot shot down two MIGs in one dogfight, with 12 planes lost this period and total aircraft losses reaching 659. Casualties for the week exceeded 90,000 overall, with 108 killed and 883 wounded.
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Air Force
David B. Waldrop
Nashville
Tenn
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Waldrop
Johnson Sends Team To Observe Viet Election
A 20 member U.S. delegation will travel to South Vietnam to observe the presidential election campaign and voting. The White House says observers come from government, labor, business, religion, and press to view the process, not supervise it.
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Johnson
Washington
UPI
South Vietnam
Saigon
White House
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Vietnam
James Antell
Burlington
U.S
On the Inside Bennington Opposes Antlerless Deer Season
An Inside editorial critiques Bennington's stance against an antlerless deer season. The piece weighs local policy, wildlife management, and public sentiment, highlighting the controversy and potential impacts on hunting traditions and herd control. Page references indicate accompanying features on local summer stock productions in Wilmington and Williams towns and a softball tournament slated for tonight.
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Bennington
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Solons
John Sullivan
Pearson Probe
Williamstown
Mass
Berkshire County Asst
Emil Ober
Bonnie Pearson
Newport
N.H
Bonnie
Joseph J. Zoilo
West Main Street
North Adams
H. Peter Pearson
Pearson
Albany
N.Y
UPD
State Firemen’s Convention
Colonie
Hoff
Canada
Bronx
Isidore Dollinger
John Birch Society
School Board
Cancer Society
Columbia University
University
Columbia
Senate
Sen
Thruston Morton
Kentucky
Soviets
U.N
Nguyen van Thieu
Christian
Wilmington
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