Vermont politics dominate 1966 year in review
In 1966 Vermont politics dominated headlines with Gov. Philip H. Hoff winning a third term and fending off challenger Richard A. Snelling. The legislature, reapportioned, opened a 10 week session with Republicans controlling both chambers. Two lawyers, Rep. Donald Milne and Frederick Fayette, were convicted in separate cases. A power debate with Labrador hydro capacity stalled, while University of Vermont president Shannon McCune resigned amid turmoil. Highway deaths and a fatal family fire marked a deadly end to the year.
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House
Senate
Vermont
Hoff
Richard W. Mallary
R-Fairlee
George W.F. Cooke
R-Rutland
Shannon McCune
University of Vermont
McCune
Ambush Hits U S Army Patrol Minutes After Cease Fire
Communist forces ambushed a U S Army 1st Infantry Division patrol about 30 miles north of Saigon, shortly after a 48 hour New Year cease fire began. Fighting continued more than two hours later with light American casualties reported.
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Saigon
API
U.S. Army
1St Infantry
Sid Berry
Hattisburg
Miss
List
Quang Ngai
Phuc Pho
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
North Viet Nam
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Britain Urges Peace Talks On Vietnam Conflict
London officials urged the United States and the governments of North and South Vietnam to hold peace talks and offered to provide facilities in suitable British territory. Washington indicated the U.S. would respond favorably. The move came as calls mounted for Prime Minister Harold Wilson to distance Britain from U S bombings of North Vietnam.
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London
UPI
Britain
United States
North
South Vietnam
Washington
Foreign Office
Harold Wilson
U.S
North Vietnam
George Brown
Dean Rusk
State Department
Robert McCloskey
Brown
Rusk
South
China H Bomb Step Reported By AEC
The Atomic Energy Commission said analysis of debris from China’s December 27 test showed uranium 238 and uranium 235 as fissionable materials. The blast, thermonuclear in nature, was described as equal to a few hundred thousand tons of TNT, far above Hiroshima.
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Washington
UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
U.S
Hiroshima
Fayette Indicted For Alleged SBA Fraud in Vermont
Former Sen. Frederick J. Fayette and two others were indicted in Rutland for conspiring to defraud the Small Business Administration. Fayette Corbin and Thermal Wire Co. of America pled innocent and were freed on bail. The indictment covers false statements from 1961 to 1965 and alleged alteration of records to conceal fraud.
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David Dodge
Fayette
Fayette and
Corbin
SBA
Wire Company
Hoff Sees Vermont Economy Growing and Expanding
Gov. Philip Hoff announced strong 1966 economic indicators for Vermont with 12.6 percent personal income growth through October, a labor force rise to about 165,400, and unemployment down nearly 17 percent from 1965. He cited a Business Week survey placing Vermont second in income growth and projected 1967 revenue of 132 to 135 million while highlighting construction gains and potential for new industry including IBM in Essex Junction.
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Hoff
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Vermont
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New England
IBM
Essex Junction
Inside Columnist Says New Year Sayings On Page Three
Jean Wassick offers opening year adages to start 1967 in the Inside column. Editorial recalls civic affairs of 1966 on Page Four. A year in pictures highlights 1966 on Page Five. Necrology for the Bennington area appears on Pages Six and Seven.
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Gerald Warren
Panton
Jean Wassick
Shopping Center Roof Collapses in Colonie, NY
Part of the roof at Weston's Shopping Center in Latham collapsed before 6 a.m. Friday, forcing the store and Albany Public Market to close. The damage ran into thousands of dollars and the sprinkler system released water across both floors. Firefighters cleaned the mess using mops and buckets, and authorities warned a daytime collapse could have caused injuries.
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Colonie
N.Y
Weston’s
Latham
Albany
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Vt. News
By Charles Kershner
Philip H. Hoff
Richard A. Snelling
Shelburne
Snelling
Thomas L. Hayes
Fair Haven
Winston L. Prouty
Rvt
Hayes
Middlebury
James L. Oakes
Brattleboro
John P. Connarn
Oakes
Labrador
Quebec
Donald Milne
Windsor State Prison
Milne
Frederick Fayette
South Burlington
Rutland
Ned Handy
St. Johnsbury
Bromley Mountain
Manchester
Paul Bohne
Ringheiser
China
Disney
Rome
Italy
Walt Disney
Bennington Area
Wilcox Park
Providence
R.J
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