Imminent Ben Mont Sale Confirmed By BCIC
Dow Ben Mont Papers Division sale prospects are confirmed by the Bennington County Industrial Corporation which states two groups are negotiating to buy the plant and that operations would likely continue with similar or larger staffing. A temporary employment drop may occur during post purchase adjustments, with a future rehiring planned as production concentrates later in the year.
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Dow Chemical Company
Ben-Mont Papers
Bennington County
Dow
Dow Corporation
H. James Wallace
Ben- Mont
BCIC
Ben-Mont
Wallace
The
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Sausville Seeks Re election To Selectman Post
Selectman Louis F. Sausville of 341 Dewey St announces plans to run again for a full three year term on the town board. A Republican, he filled a one year term in 1964 after the resignation of Democrat Clayton Daigneault. Sausville previously served as town treasurer. Town elections are set for March 2.
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Louis F. Sausville
Dewey St
Sausville
Clayton Daigneault
Crescent Boulevard
Johnson Urges Dock Workers to Return to Work
President Johnson appealed from the White House for striking East and Gulf Coast dock workers to resume duties where contracts have been ratified and urged rapid settlement in ports without deals. Labor officials indicated several ports faced continued walkouts, with the ILA pushing for broader settlement as a 22 day strike idled hundreds of ships and cost the economy over a billion dollars.
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UPI
Johnson
Gulf Coast
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
White House
Baltimore
William Haile
ILA
Rank and File
Virginia
ILA Rank and File
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
South Atlantic
West Gulf Area
Galveston
Maine
Texas
Philadelphia
Hanoi Says It Sank Enemy Ship
Hanoi television quoted by UPI said North Vietnamese shore batteries sank a South Vietnamese warship in Communist waters Monday. Pentagon in Washington denied any U.S. ship involvement, stating no U.S. ships have been sunk damaged or fired upon.
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Tokyo
UPI
Radio
Hanoi
United States
Saigon
U.S
South Viet Nam
Washington
Pentagon
New China News Agency
Con Co
North Viet Nam
King Arrested In Selma Voter Drive
In Selma Alabama Dr Martin Luther King Jr was arrested during a mass march to protest voter registration rules about 300 others joined in similar arrests for failing to obtain parade permits King defended the right to walk together while officials broke the procession into small groups No violence occurred and a federal order limited interference with registration King urged continued demonstrations and said the fight for voting rights would continue Meanwhile a separate notice in Nottingham England invites applications to become prison officers.
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Selma
Ala
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Dallas
King
Baker
Dallas County
James Clark
Alabama
James Bevel
Pro-Reapportionment Forces Fight Over Cutts Resolution
In Montpelier UPI reports the Cutts resolution to convene a federal constitutional convention to curb Supreme Court intervention in state reapportionment faces a House vote after a favorable committee report. Critics and critics charge it would undermine the 14th Amendment while Gov Hoff’s veto looms and 34 state ratifications needed.
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Cutts
Montpelier
UPI
U.S. Supreme Court
House
Supreme Court
Senate
Philip H. Hoff
Burlington
Richard Schmidt
Hoff
Flurry of Bills Await Returning Vermont Legislators
Vermont lawmakers prepare for a new session with bills affecting school attendance age and driver license reexaminations. House measures include redefining property for state aid and establishing a welfare commission. Senate proposals seek to raise mandatory attendance age to 17 with hardship carve outs and ten year driver reexams. Slated Senate actions include high court salary raises and funding for a Senate lavatory and a 1.25 million bond for a new medium
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Montpelier
Vermont
House
Senate
Marrill Harris
Come
Commissioners of Social Welfare and Administration
Senate Social Welfare
Commissioner of Education
Supreme Court
Hoff Considers Forming Vermont Power Authority
Governor Hoff weighs creating a Vermont power authority to build and operate a large generating plant supplying 300000 kilowatts at wholesale to private and public utilities. The plan aims to alleviate urgent need for low cost power as Quebec imports wane, with Velco transmission linking state plant to utilities.
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Hoff
Vermont Power Authority
Vermont
Quebec
Public Service Board
Ernest Gibson III
Quebec Hydro-electric Commission
Vermont Electric Power Co
Velco
Rutland
Green Mountain Power
Burlington
Inside on Spargo at 89 recalls church ill and leaders
On the Inside notes author John Spargo turning 89, recalling his church illness and figures like Gladstone and Trevelyan. An editorial urges Mt. Anthony school proposal as sensible. Vermont Natural Resources Council adopts policy stances. A 4-H leader guides Norshaft teens in creative use of spare time.
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Norshaft
Johnson
Law and Justice
St. Matthew’s
Washington
Navy
John Sullivan
Lucy
Paul Betz
UPI
Mixup Affirmed Bryant Returns Certificate
Mrs. Marion McCarthy of Shaftsbury was sworn in as side judge of Bennington County Court this morning. County Clerk George H. Plumb said all other county officials would be sworn in by day’s end, including Assistant Judge Howard Estes and Sheriff John Maloney. Clyde Bryant Sr., who placed third in the race for two side judge posts, had reportedly received a certificate of election, but will return it to Montpelier after the mix up was acknowledged.
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Marion McCarthy
Shaftsbury
Bennington County
George H. Plumb
Howard Estes
John Maloney
R. Marshall Witten
Margaret Lillie
Margaret Dougherty
William Fox
Clyde Bryant Sr
Manchester
Vermont sees 36 percent rise in personal crisis reports
State Pathologist Richard Woodruff reports 75 personal crisis reports in 1964, up 20 from 1963, with 54 cases involving people over 40. He notes Vermont leads in elderly self death rates, cites arsenic in a whiskey highball as a detected case, and says most deaths by own action are selfinflicted gunshot wounds.
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Woodruff
Vermont
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New York
Norfolk
James J. Reynolds
International Longshoremen Association
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Rev. King
Nottingham
England
Royal Cutts
R-Townshend
Vermont League of Women Voters
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John Spargo
Churchill
Gladstone
Trevelyan
Mt. Anthony
Vermont Natural Resources Council
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UPD
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