Merry Christmas in Verse for Bennington Township Leaders
A tongue in cheek Christmas poem lists local officials and figures from Bennington's government, law enforcement, schools, and businesses. It wishes them goodwill, jokes about salaries and reforms, and ends with a note to readers to see more on page 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Santvoord
Louis
Joe
Alma Langlois
Noel
Will
Salvatore
George Ryan
Carver
Pierce
Joseph Pello
Bodine
Leo Nash
Mallory
John Williams
Silver
Ryan
Pulver
Big
Burley
Mary Hodeck
Hilda Hurley
Allard
Smith
Herb Horst
Allan Heath
Kates
Spinelli
Paul E. Kirsch
Leon Wagner
James F. Kelley
Tipple
Don Whipple
Ruth Bodine
Florence
Phil Walker
Miss Corcoran
Dr. Ily
Allen and Riley
Wiley
Union School
Marian Taylor
Bennington County
Waldo
Norton
Bernie
Nesbith
George
Bob
Rep
J. Duncan Campbell
Madkour’s
Maloney
Daniel Holland
Pollacik
Main Street
Bennington
Bomb Kills Two Americans in Saigon Bar Blast
A Communist bomb exploded at a U S officers bar in central Saigon killing two Americans and injuring 71 others, including 29 Army officers and 13 Vietnamese. The blast damaged three floors, shattered windows a quarter mile away, and prompted a large emergency response.
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Saigon
APS
U.S
Army
Air Force
Navy
Washington
Defense Department
Caravelle Hotel
Bob Hope
Johnson City budget forecast hints at big cut
President Johnson faces a budget path substantially below the 108.5 billion dollars in requests from federal departments and agencies. Budget Bureau Director Kermit Gordon voiced the finding after three days of pre-Christmas talks in Texas.
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Johnson City, Tex
Swanton Raceway Group Wins Corporation Charter
MONTPELIER UPI Secretary of State Howard E Armstrong granted a charter to Swanton Raceway Inc a group seeking to establish a pari mutuel harness track on the shores of Lake Champlain.
White Christmas Plans and Vermont Racing Hopes Mixed
The Weather Bureau predicts mild temperatures and light rain across New England through Christmas. Vermont leaders discuss a new racing track in Swanton with Chaisson named president and an option on 480 acres. construction hinges on a charter from the racing commission. Johnson eyes a $100 billion budget ceiling amid Cabinet talks and ongoing cuts.
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Otto G. Chaisson
Burlington
Coreporation
Joseph M. Kelly
West Deerfield
Mass
Raymond C. Pecor
Shelburne
Pecor
The
Racing Commission
Chaisson
W.E. Benoit
St. Albans
Green Montain Park
Pownal
Vermont
Swanton
Rainy and Warm Weather Outlook for Vermont
Rainy and warm with cloudy periods and occasional drizzle. Tonight mild with lows in the 40s. Friday mostly cloudy and showers over most of Vermont, warmer. Yesterday’s high 44 low 39. today at 7 am 45. A trace of precipitation. Sunset 4:19 sunrise 7:24. The moon reaches last quarter at 11 am Friday.
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Vermont
Christmas Floods Leave 7,000 Homeless Across Three States
Floods across northern California Oregon and Idaho leave more than 7,000 homeless and have claimed at least 13 lives. Eel River crest reached 30 feet at Fern bridge with 1955 flood comparison. Delco Idaho braces as Marsh Creek dams fail. 14 homes evacuated and National Guard aiding. California towns submerged and highways closed with damage around 36 million dollars.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Oregon
Idaho
Eel River
Fernbridge
Lyle Rasey
Mark Hatfield
Delco
Marsh Creek
Ervine Dewey
National Guard
Reapportionment Blue Ribbon Plans Revealed in Vermont
Vermont lawmakers reveal a set of reapportionment plans. Rep. Partridge says the committee may offer 2 to 3 House plans for 150 180 and 210 seats and a 30 member Senate, base varied between registered voters and population. Several cities would gain or share seats under proposed maps. Governor Hoff remains advisory and undecided amid ongoing adjustments.
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Montpelier
UPD
Sanborn Partridge
Vermont
House
Senate
Partridge
Proctor
Philip H. Hoff
Assembly
Hoff
Burlington
Winooski
Rutland
Chittenden
Mendon
Inside Vermont group urges equal state aid for schools
A Vermont superintendents association calls for equal state funding for elementary and secondary education. The editorial page offers a Christmas wish. Williamstown announces a new book recording unit for the blind to begin operations.
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Vermont
Williamstown
Bennington Talk Highlights a Vermonter’s Role in Negro Revolution
Montpelier teacher Ted Seaver spoke to about 60 white Episcopalians in Bennington about the Negro revolution. He described his Mississippi Project work with COFO CORE NAACP SNCC SCLC and the Pratt Street Freedom School aiding around 80 Negro students. Seaver’s notes covered education, loyalty oaths for Negro teachers, and views on Martin Luther King as a near-saint.
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Ted Seas Ver
Montpelier High School
Bennington
Seaver
St. Pee
Ter
Sune Day
Donald A. Webster
Mississippi
COFO
Congress of Federated Organizations
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
National Associa
Tion For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Student Non-Violent Coordinateing Committee
SSNC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Tougaloo College
Tougaloo
Miss
Pratt Street Freedom School
Jackson
Martin Luther King
Ted Seaver
Sam Block
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Greenwood
Block
Marlboro College
Vermont
Vermont Civil Rights Commission
Ringheiser
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pat Grande
Paradise
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Texas
Swanton Raceway Group
Corporation Charter
Boston
UPID
Santa Claus
New England
Six Estate
Weather Bureau
Johnson
Lbj Ranch
Gordon
George Deathrage
California Department of Water Resources
Neil Hurlbert
Weatt
Humboldt County
Sheriff’s Office
Burkea
John Day
Ore
Blue Ribbon
Benningtonians
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