Bennington Selectmen Deadlock Delays Vacancy Appointment
Government in Bennington remains stalled after two selectmen fail to agree on a successor to Richard Van Santvoora who died two weeks ago. An executive session with Selectmen Louis Sausville and Joseph Higgins, Town Agent Norton Barber, and Selectmen's Agent Alma Langlois ended without a interim appointment, now to wait until March town meeting.
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Bennington
Richard van Santvoora
Louis Sausville
Joseph Higgins
Norton Barber
Alma Langlois
J. C. Jerome
Walter Danisch
Barber
Fairdale Farms, Inc
F. Ellwood Allen
Montpelier
Vermont Aeronautics Board
State of
Vermont
Langlois
Vermont Bridge Commission
Holden Street
North Street
Shea’s
Wood Products
North Bennington
Ivor S. Pelsue
Water Resources Board
New Yorker Sets Fire at United Nations Building
A 20 year old New Yorker, Kenneth D Elia of Queens, set himself on fire outside the United Nations Building and remains in critical condition with third degree burns over 80 percent of his body at Bellevue Hospital. Passersby and a police officer extinguished the flames. he offered no explanation for the act.
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New York
UPI
New Yorker
United Nations
Kenneth D’elia
Queens
U.N
D’elia
Bellevue Hospital
Richard Baron
Chappaqua
N.Y
Louis Pagliuca
D’ella
Pagliuca
Trustees Aim to Meet Area Legislators Over High Vermont Taxes
Bennington Village trustees agreed Tuesday night to seek a meeting with area lawmakers to press for tax relief and additional local revenue. They debated new taxes such as a ski area tax and meals tax increases, while some favored cutting expenditures. The board planned to invite selectmen to join in approaching the legislators next Tuesday night.
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Bennington Village
Bennington Sclons
Joseph A. Pello
Vermont
Bennington
New Hampshire
Frederick Tifft
Leo Nash
Montpelier
Mallory
Johnson
Charles Bodine
Bodine
George Ryan
Pello
Union School Board
Tifft
High Court Upholds State on Billboard Regulations
Vermont Supreme Court upholds state police power over billboards while allowing removal of grandfathered signs at state expense. The Micalite sign on U.S. Route 2 near Interstate 89 is the only case to trigger compensation, with other pre 1967 signs potentially covered under new law. Gov Hoff hints at 1968 political plans amid ongoing billboard debates.
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High Court
Vermont Highway Department
Kelbero
Barney
Justice Barney
Theodore Riehle
South
Burlington
Atty
Louis P. Peck
Supreme Court
Civilians Massacred By Cong Terrorists
Viet Cong attacks killed 114 Montagnard tribesmen and seven popular forces defenders in Dak Son villages, with 29 missing and 47 burned. Reports said flamethrowers and grenades destroyed huts, while U.S. air power targeted North Vietnamese positions near the Cambodian border and Da Nang area.
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Saigon
UPI
Dak Son East
Dak Son West
James Magee
Joint
United States Public Affairs Office
U.S
South Vietnam
Earl Thomas
Albany, Ga
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Hanoi
da Nang
U.S. Marine
Protesters Picket Rusk in Midtown New York
Several hundred antidraft demonstrators converged on the Waldorf Astoria where Secretary of State Dean Rusk was to speak to a luncheon. Police used flying wedges to push protesters away from the hotel as about 4,000 officers kept them from reaching the induction center. Twenty five were arrested as the four day antiwar protest continued with marches and meetings across Manhattan.
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New York
UPI
Armed Forces Induction Center
Manhattan
Dean Rusk
Waldorf-Astoria
Rusk
National Association of Manufacturers
Park Avenue
Induction Center
Battery Park
City Hall
East River
New Vermont education chief greets inquiry into department
Dr. Harvey B. Scribner, 53, named Vermont education commissioner, welcomes a possible legislative investigation into the department. He says the probe could help establish accountability, while Gov. Hoff praises his readiness to lead and notes O Connor as deputy. Scribner to begin Dec 15, full time March 15, after seven years as Teaneck New Jersey superintendent. He accepts a $22,700 salary, sees pay cut vs Teaneck, and emphasizes teamwork with the department and education groups to advance rural education goals.
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Emory Hebard
R-Glover
Scribner
Education Board
Hoff
Vermont
Richard A. Gibboney
Daniel G. O’connor
O’connor
Albion
Maine
Montpelier
Teaneck
N.J
Massachusetts
Gibboney
New Jersey
Education Department
Plot to Kill Gov Rockefeller Reported in Arkansas
Arkansas and Texas state police reportedly held a man on suspicion of planning to assassinate Gov Winthrop Rockefeller. Arkansas officials said threats were made against state police director Lynn A Davis, who led gambling raids.
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Gov. Rockefeller
Arkansas
San Angelo
Tex
UPI
Texas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Little Rock
Kenneth McKee
Highway Patrol Division
Arkansas State Police
Rockefeller
McKee
Lynn A. Davis
Davis
Bill Conley
Inside Scoop From Saturn Visitors At Bennington Page 4
A brief note outlines a letter describing visitors from Saturn and their visit to Bennington. It sets a whimsical tone for local readers and hints at community reactions.
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Saturn
Bennington
President Gestido Dies in Sleep in Uruguay
Montevideo reports President Oscar Diego Gestido died in his sleep at 2 30 a.m. He was 66. Vice President Jorge Pacheco Areco assumed the presidency and was sworn in three hours later. Gestido, a retired air force general, had been elected after a 1966 referendum backing a strong executive. He had been inaugurated March 1, 1967, for a five year term.
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Montevideo
UPD
Oscar Diego Gestido
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Gestido
Areco
Air Force
National Council
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Grant
Norman Turgeon
Jon Kennedy
Kennedy
Hamilton
Education Dept
Hot Springs
Bill Struebing
Buck Hassell
Shaftsbury
MAUHS
Uruguay
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