Press Group Eyes Test Case On Ketcham Openness
The Vermont Press Association weighs a test case over Deputy Attorney General Chester S. Ketcham’s view that the Racing Commission may withhold information. Editors McLaughlin Mills and others praise testing the opinion while critics call it weakening the right to know.
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Chester S. Ketcham
State Racing Commission
Gerald McLaughlin
Springfield Reporter
McLaughlin
Gordon T. Mills
Burlington Free Press
The
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Ketcham
Attorney General
Press Association
Caledonian Record
St. Johnsbury
Montpelier
the Times - Argus
Bennington Banner
Racing Commission
Finger Lakes Track Files Bankruptcy After Losses
The Finger Lakes Race Track at Canandaigua filed for bankruptcy in U.S. District Court after losing 2.855 million dollars over two seasons. Operators Finger Lakes Racing Association and Canandaigua Enterprises Corp. reported the action.
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N.Y
Finger Lakes
Canandaigua
U.S
Finger Lakes Racing Association
Canadaigua Enterprises Corp
New York
Luke H. O’brien
Associated Press
Canandaigua Enterprises
Health Dept Chief Opposes Consolidation Plan
Dr. Robert Aiken, commissioner of the state Public Health Department, rejects the proposed consolidation of health welfare and institutions into a 12 member politically appointed board. He supports combining district offices but calls new legislation unnecessary and costly. other items in the report mention a bankrupt Thoroughbred track and Canandaigua Enterprises bankruptcy filings.
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Burlington
Robert Aiken
State Public Health Department
Aiken
GE to pay 11 million in antitrust settlements
General Electric Co. agreed to about 11 million dollars in out of court settlements of 32 suits tied to the 1961 antitrust decisions. U.S. Dist. Judge Sylvester Ryan approved the agreements, with Consolidated Edison Co. of New York receiving nearly 6 million.
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NEW York
General Electric Co
U.S. Dist
Sylvester Ryan
War Crimes Trial Opens in Frankfurt With 21 Defendants
West Germany's largest war crimes trial begins in Frankfurt with 21 men charged for roles in mass murders at Auschwitz. Among the defendants are 20 former SS officials and an ex-prisoner turned custodian. The case involves murders by gas, shooting, hanging, and torture.
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Germany
West Germany
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Franz Bernhard Lucas
Johnson Urges End To Poll Taxes
President Johnson urged states to remove unreasonable voting restrictions after a presidential commission urged lowering the voting age to 18 and scrapping poll taxes and literacy tests. He said current laws need review to expand the franchise.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Viet Nam Situation Deteriorates With U S Talks
In Saigon U S Defense Secretary McNamara met the ruling military junta and top officials including Maj. Gen. Duong Van Minh and Premier Nguyen Ngoc Tho. The meeting followed an afternoon conference delivering a depressing report on progress against the Viet Cong.
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Viet Nam
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
McNamara
Duong van Minh
Nguyen Ngoc Tho
Ten Christmas Stockings Hang by Fischer Fireplace
Aberdeen South Dakota AP report. The Fischer family with quintuplets born Sept 14 now has ten children and a larger northeast Aberdeen home. Andrew Fischer keeps his job as a billing clerk while generous gifts and rights sales total near 40 000 dollars, changing their Christmas. Three quints home, two expected by Christmas, and older children in school.
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Aberdeen
S.D
Andrew Fischer
Mary Ann Fischer
Fischers
Quints
U.S. 12
Fischer Quints
Vermont ruling on college presidents salaries public records
Vermont deputy attorney general Ches ter S. Ketcham ruled that salaries of state college presidents are public records. The opinion, sought by Rep. H Ward Bedford, says board contract terms must be in minutes. The stance aligns with earlier debates on public access to records.
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Ketcham
Benjamin N. C 0Rlins
Caledonian Record
State Colleges
Racing Commission
Berliners Cheer as Wall Opens for Christmas Crossing
West Berliners surge through the barrier to reunite with relatives in East Berlin marking a rare 28 month separation. Officials anticipate up to 800,000 visitors before the January 5 deadline, with 30,000 expected to travel today. East guards enforce the one day limit while aiding the elderly and infirm.
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Berlin
Marlene Jung
West Berlin
East Berlin
Martha
Paul
Berlin Wall
ADN
Inside Christmas in Tennessee coal country described
Researchers probe states varying accident records across Tennessee. Page 12 mentions a broader study comparing how each state records coal mining incidents and industrial accidents, highlighting gaps and consistency challenges.
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Tennessee
Reds Lift Ban On Ghanaian Embassy
Soviet police ended the blockade of Ghana's embassy as protests by African students over the death of fellow student Edmund Asare Addo cooled. Ghana's ambassador asked for police protection to prevent more damage after demonstrations by about 500 Africans in Red Square. The student death sparked competing accounts the Soviet claim he froze to death after drinking, with his body found near Moscow.
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West Germany
Auschwitz
Hans Hofmeyer
Brestad
Moscow
Ghana
John B. Elliot
Red Square
Edmund Asare-Addo
Fire Destroys Double TT Barn in North Bennington
At Double TT Farm North Bennington a early morning fire destroyed a small barn housing a Holstein bull and 14 heifers were saved. About 80 to 90 firefighters from multiple departments fought the blaze which started near sawdust bedding. No injuries were reported.
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Double TT Farm
Shaftsbury
Bennington
Hewitt
Betty Stoessel
Bennington Village
Martin Percey
North Bennington Village
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