Vermont Democrats Vie for House Speaker in Reapportionment Push
Vermont Democrats nominate George Kingston of Northfield for House speaker while Republicans rally behind George W F Cook of Rutland County for Senate president pro tempore as Gov. Hoff pushes reapportionment. Kingston expects solid party support as 17 GOP upper chamber members back Cook. Hoff meets with House Democrats to discuss a 166 member reapportionment plan preserving rural representation and the one man one vote principle.
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Cook
Vital Committee On Committees
John J. Daley
Senate
Washington County
Daniel B. Ruggles III
Robert T. Gruessing III
Brat
Tleboro
Ruggles
Kingston
Daniel O’brien
O’brien
House
Hoff
U.S. Supreme Court
Besieged Burch Faces Push to Quit GOP Chairmanship
Washington Reuters United Press Inter national report says Republicans aim to oust Dean Burch as GOP chair but he vows to stay. Burch denies excluding local GOP groups and notes cooperation with the 1964 campaign. Grenier resigns as executive director but will advise the party as needed, criticizing Nelson Rockefeller amid internal factional tensions.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Burch
GOP
Burch
Barry M. Goldwater
National Committee
John E. Grenier
Grenier
Goldwater
South
Birmingham
Ala
Richard M. Nixon
Baker Probe Committee Eyes Narrowing Scandal Hearing
The Senate Rules Committee resumes Bobby Baker inquiry with witnesses including Wayne Bromley and others. Democrats seek quick wrap up while Republicans push to extend hearings into January as fresh evidence and questions surface about party politics and federal contracts.
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Washington
UPC
Senate Rules Committee
Bobby Baker
Redwood National Bank of
San Rafael
Calif
Morris Hughett
Robert N. Berman
C. Franklin Daniels
Federal Housing Agency
Maywood Boggs
Boilermakers Union
William K. Stewart
McCloskey Construction Company
Congress
Viet Nam Reds Take Outpost Three Americans Die
Three American servicemen were killed when Viet Cong guerrillas captured an outpost 125 miles southwest of Saigon. The dead were Capt Norman W Heck Jr Lt James G Dunton and Sgt 1C Guy T Freeland. A large hostile force armed with grenade launchers attacked pre dawn, killing nine soldiers and wounding ten. Reinforcements struggled to reach Dat Do as government troops fought Viet Cong in the area north of Saigon.
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Saigon
UPI
Washington
Army
Norman W. Heck Jr
Sue Heck
Lewis Ave
Ida, Mich
James G. Dunton
Viet Nam
An Lao
U.S
Dat Do
Johnson and Wilson Hold Talks on NATO Nuclear Policy
President Johnson and British Prime Minister Harold Wilson wrapped extensive talks in Washington aimed at shaping NATO nuclear strategy. They planned a joint communique and two sessions to gauge moves on a Multilateral Nuclear Force while avoiding immediate decisions. Wilson may first approach Moscow to test Russia's willingness to negotiate, with further allied briefings planned.
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Harold Wilson
Johnson
White House
Wilson
Atlantic Alliance
Angier Biddle Duke
U.S
UPI
Washington
NATO
Russia
Moscow
United States
New York
Canada
Hiroshima Pilot Committed To Mental Hospital
Former Air Force Maj. Claude Eatherly, the Hiroshima pilot, was declared insane and ordered committed to a mental hospital. He piloted the scout plane that gave the all clear for the atomic bombing, and he has long claimed guilt while others see him as an unstable egoist seeking glory. He described reoccurring dreams of fire and destruction.
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Galveston
Tex
UPI
Air Force
Claude Eatherly
Hiroshima
Eatherly
Development Commissioner Moulton urges Wilmingtonians to tell the Vermont story
A Vermont editorial outlines proposed inside reforms of the judiciary by the Vermont Judicial Council and discusses the matter in depth. Traffic counts rise in Bennington County as officials map growth. A full SVL MVL basketball schedule is on tap tonight.
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Buckler
Robert Lorette
State University of New York At Albany
Bennington Village
Ronald R. Knapp
Ivor (Tink) Pelsue
Southwestern Vermont
Lorette
Bennington
Vermont
Vermont Judicial Council
Bennington County
Moulton
Canada seeks concessions to avert UN collision over Russia dues
Canadian External Affairs Secretary Paul Martin urged the United States and the Soviet Union to make concessions to prevent a General Assembly collision over Russia's failure to pay peacekeeping assessments. He stressed world peace and prosperity as core UN goals and pledged Canada’s help in resolving the crisis, while Thant plans to take personal command of negotiations upon his return.
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United Nations, N. Y
UPI
Canada
United States
Soviet Union
General Assembly
Russia
United Nations
Paul Martin
Assembly
Thant
Martin
Security Council
U. S
C. V. Narasimhan
India
Andrei Gromyko
Adlai E. Stevenson
Gromyko
U. N
Court ruling in Florida case reopens miscegenation issue
Washington dispatch reports the Supreme Court ruling striking down Florida's interracial marriage law prompts renewed focus on miscegenation in civil rights jurisprudence. The piece notes 19 states retain anti miscegenation statutes, with 11 repealed since 1950, and highlights regional pattern with Indiana and Wyoming still upholding bans.
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Florida
Washington
UPI
Indiana
Wyoming
Supreme Court
Interra
Water Board Disputes Extra Pay Over Defective Pipe
Bennington selectmen and village water commissioners reached quick agreement on adjusting payment for extra work by McNab Construction Co. due to defective Globe-Union pipe. About 12 to 15 sections were defective, though 95 sections needed handling. no final burden split determined as the village water department weighs responsibility.
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Bennington Selectmen
Bennington Village Water Commissioners
Globe-Union
The
Water Board
David A. Deans
McNab Construction Co
Williamstown
Mass
Deans
Village Water Department
Represen
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Pathet Lao
Peking Radio
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Byron R. White
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Miami Beach
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New York State
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