Ski Areas Back Bill Cutting Roadside Signs In Vermont
Mount Snow and several Vermont ski resorts back Rep. Theodore Riehle Jr. proposed sign controls to wipe out billboards and roadside signs in favor of state directional signs. The Mount Snow Valley News editorial quotes officials on cleaner valleys, and a local poll suggests many business owners favor removing signs. Some resorts favor limited directional signs while others oppose blanket removal citing tourism needs.
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Mount Snow
Vermont
Riehle
Theodore M. Riehle Jr
South
Burlington
Legislative Council
General Assembly
Mount Snow’s View
Mount Snow Valley News
Harvey Clifford
Clifford
Dover
Ralph Rawson
Stratton Ski Area
Stratton
Bromley
Burr Vail
Fred Pabst
Vail
Thorner
LBJ in Australia for Holt memorial
President Johnson arrived in Canberra to honor late Prime Minister Harold Holt with memorial services. He criticized Congress for spending cuts, praised Holt as a Pacific leader, and noted Australia’s support in Vietnam. Demonstrators shouted, but Johnson pressed on with duties and a hospital visit at Travis.
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Canberra
Australia
UPI
Johnson
Harold Holt
LBJ
Washington
California
Hawaii
Pago Pago
American Samoa
Air Force One
Holt
Vietnam
Honolulu
Congress
White House
Asia
Melbourne
Pacific
Tures
Appropriations
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
U S Forces Repulse Repeated Red Attacks
U S forces repelled a five hour border assault near Saigon as 500 Communists attacked a U S outpost on the Cambodian border. At least 39 attackers were killed. 3 Americans died and 11 wounded. Air forces claimed MIG downings amid fresh raids on Hanoi. Police reported 23 Communist terror leaders arrested in Saigon. Guerrillas attacked Vinh Loi village injuring 18 civilians.
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Saigon
Rps
Gis
U.S
U.S. Army
25Th Infantry Division
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Paul Doumer
Sifth
Red Kings
South Vietnam
Vinh Loi
Top Junta Leaders Resign Commissions in Greek Army
In Athens the three top leaders of Greece's ruling military regime resigned their army commissions to run as civilians in promised elections. Premier Col. George Papadopoulos Deputy Premier Brig. Gen Stylianos Pattakos and Col Nicholas Makarezos became reserve officers, aiming to consolidate power amid the King Constantine counter coup fallout. The regime moves complicate the idea of restoring democratic governance and seek a mutually acceptable regent while delaying the king's return.
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Greece
Athens
George Papadopoulos
Stylianos Pattakos
Nicholas Makarezos
Constantine
Rome
Irene
91 Students Homeless In Troy Dormitory Fire
A two alarm fire at 6 30 p m Tuesday swept the upper section of a privately owned dormitory housing 91 Hudson Valley Community College students About 50 students were in the building when discovered but all were evacuated without personal injury though many lost belongings Eight Troy fire companies and crews from Wynantskill and Defreestville fought the blaze and two firefighters suffered injuries
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Troy
N.Y
Hudson Valley Community College
Wynantskill
Defreestville
Tornadoes Hammer South Across Mississippi Farm Area
Tornadoes hit the South for the third day, ripping into a Mississippi farm near Terry southeast of Jackson. One cow died, residents were unharmed, and a fire damaged the two story Troy Dorms. About seventy students found shelter at Immaculate Conception Seminary with others housed elsewhere. Fire crews cited damage and possible costs in the thousands of dollars.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Mississippi
Terry
Jackson
Miss
Immaculate Conception Seminary
HVCC
Troy Dorms
Inside Walter Lippmann on looming political season
Columnist Walter Lippmann surveys the approaching political season with sharp analysis. His page four column frames anticipated debates, coalitions, and public sentiment as campaigns gear up.
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Walter Lippmann
Ben Mont Finances Aired At Vermont Building Meet
Bennington County Industrial Corp BCIC directors Wilbur C Rice Norman H Greenberg and Hamilton L Shields traveled to Montpelier with Rice to discuss Ben Mont finanical troubles at a Vermont Industrial Building Authority meeting. VIBA has extended state guaranteed loans totaling 3 million with latest 800000 loan last summer as Ben Mont began layoffs reducing staff to a skeleton force of about 300.
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Bennington County Industrial Corp
BCIC
Ben-Mont Co
Wrap-Tures, Inc
Montpelier
Vermont Industrial Building Authority
VIBA
Wilbur C. Rice
Ben- Mont
Rice
Norman H. Greenberg
Hamilton L. Shields
Bennington
Ben-Mont
Goldberg Finishes U.N. Survey on Vietnam Policy
U.S. Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg said Johnson likely will not decide before year end on seeking U.N. action in Vietnam. He submitted a survey of Security Council views and will relay the final decision from Washington. Council members mostly oppose and post Jan 1 shifts could complicate getting nine votes.
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United Nations
UPI
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Johnson
Goldberg
Security Council
Washington
U.S. Senate
Soviet Union
France
Algeria
Pakistan
Council
Nigeria
Japan
United States
Vietnam
Pawlet Residents Oppose Antlerless Deer Season
Nearly 100 Pawlet area farmers and landowners urged state officials to end the antlerless season, arguing crop and property damage from deer and criticising non resident hunters. Fish and Game Commissioner Edward Kehoe and biologist Benjamin Day faced questions on deer numbers and license revenue.
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Pawlet
State Fish and Game Dept
Fish and Game
Edward Kehoe
Benjamin Day
State Board
Frank B. Flanagan
Robert Graf
Rupert
Graf
Fish and Games Dept
Bennington
Fish and Game Dept. Weas
Fish and Game Dept
Day
Kehoe
Vermont
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Ralph Sheldon
Pawleton
Miller
Briggs Suit Settled Out Of Court
The estate of Clarence Briggs of Bennington settled its $200,000 damage suit in U S District Court Brattleboro for his death after a truck struck him in a driveway behind the Bennington Banner building. Witnesses including Marie Watson Jo an Watson and Claire Harrington testified as the case closed with the judge dismissing the jury.
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Brattleboro
Clarence Briggs
Bennington
U.S
Briggs
Atty. A. Luke Crispe
Bennington Banner
Main Street
Anthony Celeone
Watervliet
N.Y
Philip Battaglia
Menands
Ryan, Smith and Carbine
Rutland
J. Paul Troue
Troy
Marie Watson
North Bennington
Bijur Lubricating Co
Union Street
Joan Watson
Claire Harrington
Banner
Celeone
Philip O. Ryan
Ernest W. Gibson
Federal Court
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Apex
N.C
John Lipscomb
National Liberation Front
United Press International
Elizabeth Dwyer
Manchester
Ben-Mont Finances
U.N
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