Heath to retire as Bennington supervisor after 21 years
Allan J. Heath, chief administrative officer for Bennington Village schools and head of the Bennington South Supervisory Union, will retire effective Sept. 1. He cites health reasons after a three month medical leave and notes retirement is voluntary, not disability. The board moves to recruit a successor, aiming for a four to six month search. Heath offers to assist but the board will lead the process.
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Allan J. Heath
Bennington Village
Heath
Bennington South Supervisory Union
Bennington
Supervisory Union Board
Ronald R. Knapp
Knapp
Supt
Johnson Signs War on Poverty Bill Expands Aid
Washington UPI President Johnson signed a broad war on poverty measure boosting funding by 3.25 billion over five years to fund public works, development centers, private business loans and multi state programs. Vermont educators face NYC cuts of about 50 percent as state NYC funding falls to roughly 500000 from 1 million for fiscal 1966.
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Washington
Upi
Johnson
America
White House
Appalachia
Eugene B. Foley
Commerce
Foley
Small Business Administration
Fone
Public Service
Inside Columnist on Vermont dirt road dirt roads
On the Inside columnist Ron Raynolds discusses the blacktopping of Vermont dirt roads with a tone of local concern. The page notes an interview with Bennington's curriculum project director James Morgan, and mentions local headlines including an East Dorset well digger achieving a long held dream. The state plans a $100,000 trout fishing project in Winhall and Londonderry, signaling regional development.
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Ron Raynolds
Vermont
Bennington
James Morgan
Winhall
Londonderry
B52s Hit Targets North of Saigon 25 planes and three jets engage North Viet Nam
U S forces launched a major strike north of Saigon with B52 bombers from Guam and 28 other planes targeting War Zone D and southern North Viet Nam sites. Three crewmen were reported missing after a F-4 Navy Phantom from carrier Midway was shot down near Hanoi. All aircraft returned safely, officials said.
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UPS
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SAC
Guam
U.S
Navy
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Independence
Midway
Thanh Hoa
Gemini-5 Breaks Soviet Space Mark
Gemini 5 crew Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad face thruster failures as two attitude control jets froze, yet the mission pressed toward eight days in orbit. They scrubbed some photography to conserve fuel while aiming for a Sunday splashdown after surpassing the Russian endurance record.
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Conrad
Gemini 5
Space Agency
Holloman Air Force Base
N.M
Gemini Control
Houston
U S Prolonged Bombing Pause Sought If Hanoi Pauses
London report on a British white paper cites U S State Department notes that Washington may suspend bombing North Viet Nam longer if Hanoi curbs South Viet Nam hostilities and North Vietnamese personnel lessen infiltration. The May pause failed to elicit Hanoi’s reply, the document says, while Washington remains ready to press peace talks and uphold Geneva accords principles.
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UPI
United States
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Britain
U.S. State Department
U.S
Viet Nam
State Department
Hanoi
Washington
Fas
North
Planners To Decide On Bypass Tonight
Bennington Regional Planning Commission will finalize a recommended Benn ington Bypass route at a special 8 p m meeting in Bennington County Court house. consultant John C Burdis of Albany has proposed a three quadrant beltline bypassing U S 7 and Vermont 9, combining north south and east west corridors near Bennington Village. The plan follows a prior narrower U S 7 bypass proposal and aims to present a reasonable option to the Department of Highways for approval.
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Bennington
Bennington Flats
Bennington Village
Burdis
U.S. 7
Old Bennington
State Department of Highways
Highway Department
Commission
Planning Commission
State Highway Department
Elderly farmer mutilated as civil rights case shocks Alabama
In Greensboro Alabama 89 year old Perry Sman in a coma after being beaten and his tongue cut out in his farm home. Two young Negro suspects 19 year old David Lee McAlpine and 21 year old Roosevelt Long jailed on suspicion of assault as authorities fear more participants in the attack. Governor Wallace offers 1000 dollar reward and FBI and state investigators are on the case.
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Greensboro
Ala
UPI
Perry Sman
Smaw
George Wallace
FBI
Holloway
David Lee McAlpine
Roosevelt Long
Only Raynolds Gives Up Senate Scholarship Plums
Harold Raynolds of Windsor County is the sole senator to surrender his $3,000 senatorial scholarships for distribution by the new independent board created by the 1965 Legislature. The others, including Ellery Purdy and Daniel Ruggles, have not yet turned over their awards, despite a survey showing stipends mostly benefited wealthier families.
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Sen
Ellery Purdy
Rutland County
Barrows
Daniel Ruggles
Washington County
Congress Slices $380,000 From State School Aid
The U S Congress trimmed Vermont federal education funds by about $380,000. Deputy Commissioner Max Barrows said the state “could have been much worse” as Vermont would receive about $1.9 million of the $1.2 billion total if the Senate approves the bill. Funds aim to aid economically disadvantaged youths in Vermont.
Goldberg Names New U.N. Team Under Goldberg Reorganization
U.S. Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg announces a major reshuffle to staff the United Nations mission. The lineup includes Representative James Roosevelt and Dr. James M. Nabrit Jr. with Charles W. Yost as principal deputy. Eugenie Anderson will replace Marietta Tree on the U.N. Trusteeship Council.
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Stevenson
London
Charles W. Yost
Francis T. P. Plimpton
Plimpton
U.S
Eugenie Anderson
Red Wing
Minn
Denmark
Bulgaria
Marietta Tree
America
U.N. Trusteeship Council
Dean Rusk
Supreme Court
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Hale County
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Peru
N.Y
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Allison Callanan
David Saliba
Craig Becker
Sue Gulley
Glendon Bentley
Melinda Kinney
Matthew Prouty
Irene O’brien
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Lampron
Greater Bennington
Cambridge
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Pownal
Pine Cobble School
Williamstown
Manly
State University College
Plattsburgh
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Mary Jane Scott
Buckler
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