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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1967
Page
2
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower urges a thorough overhaul of federal election law in an article for Readers Digest. He backs full financial disclosure, curbs on campaign spending, and conflict of interest standards for Congress to avert looser rules and lavish donations.
Washington UPI report says the National Committee for an Effective Congress predicts a close presidential race and Republican gains in the House next year due to new voter psychology. The group cites possible Wallace third party impact and potential GOP control of the House, with a six seat Senate gain. They flag Vietnam as the central issue and note rising independent voters among the young.
Washington dispatch reports President Johnson observing a traditional quiet Christmas. Gift-filled stockings and a subdued public mood marked the holiday as the nation pauses from war concerns and political tumult.
Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin charged today that shady practices were involved in using government machinery for improper purposes. He urged investigations and called for accountability.
In Cordele Georgia police report a 35 year old housewife Janie Gibbs faces a preliminary hearing on murder charges for allegedly lacing her 19 year old son Roger Gibbs coffee with arsenic He also notes the deaths of her husband two other sons and a grandson and autopsy found arsenic in Roger Gibbs body The woman is jailed in Dooly county near Vienna and investigators tied the deaths to the family over recent years
In Frankfurt UPI report says heavy rain swelled three German states Bavaria Hesse and Rhineland Palatinate forcing hundreds from their homes. US troops used boats to evacuate families in Kronach and Lichtenfels counties while a pregnant woman was flown to Bamberg hospital and a bridge collapsed at Breitenguessbach. A 5 year old boy drowned in Kronach river.
City Manager Lynn Andrews canceled his odor complaint investigation at the disposal facility citing a cold and inability to smell.
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