Witherspoon Urges Enactment of Elderly Property Tax Relief
Vermont Tax Commissioner Gerald S. Witherspoon urged enactment of the Hoff administration plan to cap property tax payments for low income residents over 65 at seven percent of annual income. The measure would reimburse towns the full bill up to a $300 ceiling, with costs projected at $500,000 initial and rising to $750,000. The program, which targets households with incomes 4286 or less, would apply to elderly in nursing and old age homes and allow credits against state income tax. First credits possible in 1969 with payments after July 1, 1969, to protect biennial revenues.
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Montpelier
Gerald S. Witherspoon
Hoff Administration
House
Ways and Means
Witherspoon
Johnson Joins Mourners At Spellman Funeral
President Johnson flies to New York to attend the high requiem mass for Francis Cardinal Spellman at St Patrick Cathedral. fringe details note the crowd, a two hour rite, and telecast by networks as public and officials fill seats.
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New York
UPI
Johnson
Washington
Francis Cardinal Spellman
John V. Lindsay
Hubert H. Humphrey
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Cardinal Spellman
Fifth Avenue
Luigi Raimondi
James McIintyre
Los Angeles
Richard Cushing
Boston
Lawrence Shehan
Baltimore
Patrick O’boyle
Goldberg Tells LBJ Of Wish to Quit U.N
Washington sources say President Johnson told Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg he would not block his desire to leave the United Nations post. Goldberg, in Washington after a cabinet meeting, has discussed stepping down with Johnson though no date is set. He has felt frustration at limited latitude and progress on Vietnam and other issues.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
Goldberg
White House
Supreme Court
Labor
U.N
U.S. Vietnam
Dean Rusk
Anticrime Bill Doomed In Senate Split
Washington report recalls a split in the Senate Judiciary Committee that doom ed President Johnson’s anticrime and gun control bills for this session. Key members say action will wait until next year as liberals and conservatives clash over expanded grants, riot control, organized crime er, wiretapping, and nationwide gun legislation.
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Washington
UPD
Johnson
Congress
Senate
Judiciary Committee
John L. McClellan
Judiciary
McClellan
Supreme Court
Battle Near Bong Son Leaves 146 Communists Killed
U S cavalry killed 146 Communists in a prolonged fight near Bong Son nine miles northwest of the city, while reports said the battle continued with five American companies involved. A large defection of 37 guerrillas and a 15 year old nurse surfaced nearby.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry
Bon Son
U.S
Bong Son
Brattleboro Adopts Townwide Garbage Pickup Contract
Brattleboro will begin full townwide garbage pickup starting Jan 1, after selectmen approved a three year contract with Harry K. Shepard Inc. of Springfield for 103,800. The service covers residences and businesses, adds 71 cents to the tax rate, and uses weekly collections from covered receptacles moved off sidewalks to the town sanitary landfill.
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Brattleboro
Vermont
Harry K. Shepard Inc
Springfield
Corwin S. Elwell
Shepard
Keene, N.H
Elwell
Demonstrators Stage Protests For Stop the Draft Week
Police and university officials thwart large antiwar protests during the Stop the Draft Week, with about 2,000 in New York trying to shut the Induction Center and 39 arrests. Across campuses, demonstrators faced counter protests and police action, while University of Iowa President Bowen invited students in for coffee as he urged adherence to laws.
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New York City
Armed Forces Induction Center
New York
University of Iowa
Howard R. Bowen
Big Ten
Bowen
Philadelphia
Broad Street
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dow Chemical Co
California State College
Los Angeles
Inside page editorials urge united front on highway plan
An Inside editorial calls for area legislators to present a united front on the highway program, urging cross-district cooperation and coordinated strategy to secure funding and progress on the project.
Congress approves meat inspection bill for 60 years
The Senate and House passed a strengthened meat inspection law to ensure intras tate plants meet federal standards, with matching grants to states and federal action if progress stalls. Imported products must meet the same standards, and the bill is sent to President Johnson for signature.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Neal Smith
Dlowa
Total Death Toll Passes 300000 in Vietnam War
SAIGON UPI reports the total death toll in South Vietnam has surpassed 300,000 over six years of fighting. Officials say two of every three dead were Communist forces, with American fatalities totaling 15,265 since January 1, 1961.
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U.S
Vietnam
Leatherneck
Con Thien
North Vietnam
Vietnam War
South Vietnam
United States
Central Highlands
Dak To
Board Shows More Interest In Extended School Year
The Bennington School District board shelved a bond vote on a proposed 24 room Stark Street elementary, while weighing extending the school year to 11 months to increase space efficiency. Superintendent Kelley cited 25 to 30 percent more usable space and urged attendance at a meeting with an educational consultant to assess feasibility for elementary schools.
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Stark Street
Bennington
Mt. Anthony
Union High School
Howard F. Kelley
Kelley
Union School Board
Vermont Tree To Be Lighted Today in New York
The 65 foot Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will be lit at 5 45 p m today The ceremony includes figure skating and singing by the St Marys Episcopal Church choir Wayne Pa The tree from Coventry Vermont is decorated with 600 large bells and six thousand smaller lights in red green gold and blue
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New York
UPI
Rockefeller Center
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Wayne
Coventry
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Cyrus Vance
Robert McNamara
Vance
Humphrey
Cyprus
Spellman Funeral
John Krol
John Cody
Chicago
Paul VI
LBJ
Bill
Loc An
United Press International
Dow
John A. Greenlee
Catharine Foster
Bennington Priest
Hoosick Falls
Smith
N.Y.C
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