Union School Wins 734-Vote Bond Approval for New High School
Mt Anthony Union School District voters approved 2,273 to 1,539 authorizing 1.94 million dollars for a new union high school. The vote passed in all six member districts with a 30 day petition window for reconsideration. Groundbreaking eyed for July with a goal to complete before 1966-67 term, on land owned by Vermont Soldiers Home east of Park Street in Bennington Village. The project, by Architects Collaborative of Cambridge, aims for 118,800 square feet across two and three story sections.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Union District Board
Architects Collaborative
Cambridge, Mass
Marion Taylor
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Park Street
Bennington Village
Joy
Mt. Anthony Union School
John H. Williams
Union High School
Bennington plans new high school with shared time option
The plan calls for a 1,000 student capacity high school housing a library auditorium cafeteria and gym with future expansion to 1,200. Total costs are about 2 785 million dollars funded mainly by a bond issue with state aid National Defense Education funds and district credits. The project includes converting Bennington High School to a junior high and sharing time with Mt Anthony Catholic High School for roughly 60 students daily. Election turnout reached 3 819 votes with seven defective ballots in a close result amid cold unsettled weather.
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National Defense
Bennington Catholic High School
Mt. Anthony
BCHS
Robert
Red) Kearns
Gage St
Union High Plan
Kearns
William F. D
North Shire Proceeds On Regional School Idea
After a 14 month delay the Manchester panel unanimously voted to enlarge their study of a regional junior senior high school. Supt Cross urged adding two more residents from each town to the study group setting next meeting for March 9. Enrollment projections through 1973 74 show steady growth toward a regional high school of about 1000 pupils with Arlington included in potential open enrollment.
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Manchester
Bennington - Rutland
Arlington
Neil E. Cross
Supt
Cross
Robert B. Vail
H.S
J.S
Eugene V. Kayatta
Russians Leery Of German Talks
London sources say the Soviet Union opposes new four power talks on German reunification arguing no new elements exist. They insist reunification is a matter for the two German states, not a four power process, despite Bonn and Western demands. The Potsdam framework is cited as guiding but contested. Western powers plan a stance review regarding Bonn’s insistence on solutions.
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London
UPI
Soviet Union
Nyet
Yalta
Germany
West Germany
East Germany
United States
Britain
France
Bonn
Vermont House Passes Cutts Resolution On Reapportionment
The Vermont House approved the Cutts Resolution 144 to 59 to keep current representation in both chambers and shield reapportionment from the Supreme Court. It moves to the Senate amid doubts of passage and strong opposition in both chambers. The measure would call a constitutional convention to bar Court involvement and cap House size, while a companion reform panel eyed a 180 to 210 member chamber.
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Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
U.S. Supreme Court
Thomas P. Salmon
Rockingham
Supreme Court
Salmon
Daulton Mann
Peru
Charles O. Greene
Vermont
Veterans Administration Hospital
White River
Jenkins To Testify Thursday
Washington DC. Senate Rules Committee Chairman B Everett Jordan said the Bobby Baker investigation into a $25,000 payoff tied to Johnson’s 1960 campaign is near completion. Special counsel Lennox McLendon noted one phase ends as another begins with Jenkins subpoenaed to appear Thursday behind closed doors.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Bobby Baker
Johnson
B. Everett Jordan
D-N.c
Senate Rules Committee
Lennox P. McLendon
White House
Walter W. Jenkins
McLendon
Jenkins
Fighting Erupts in Vientiane as Laotian Leaders Clash
In Vientiane heavy fighting broke out as right wing Gen Phoumi Nosavan troops tried to seize the capital from a rebel coalition led by former colonels. By noon at least 30 were killed or wounded, with artillery fire feared to raise the death toll. the U.S. embassy barracks were hit but with no injuries reported.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Phoumi Nosavan
U.S. Marine
Bangkok
Thailand
Pathet Lao
Paksane
Kham _ Kong
Phoumi
Kemong
Souvanna Phouma
Savang Vathana
Souvanna
Mahosot Hopital
France
Prince Souvanna
Bounleut Saycode
Bounleut
Ouane Rattikoun
King Stays in Jail as Selma Protests Continue
United Press International reports about desegregation protests in Selma Ala where about 1300 are involved. Police arrested 520 demonstrators on Tuesday and 16 in Marion. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was jailed for marching without a permit. Governor Wallace visited Selma, while a planned march near his address did not occur. In Jackson Miss CRS officials planned talks on racial harmony amid threats of a large demonstration. Allege bombings case in New Bern stalled, and Detroit mayor backed a civil rights probe into police brutality with a suggested independent study.
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Selma
Ala
Marion
Martin Luther King Jr
New Bern
N. C
U.S
Detroit
Jerome Cavanagh
Michigan Civil Rights Commission
Vermont News Briefs Highlight Bond Vote And Legislation
An editorial hails a school bond vote as a big step forward while a Montpelier bill would place the Village water company under Public Service Board jurisdiction. The Sage of Swampacres discusses ginseng root, and a Sandgate legislator defends the small Vermont town. BCHS leads the Southern Vermont League as Ben di exits the cellar, and County Agent John Page reviews the poultry picture.
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Montpelier
Village Water Company
Public Service Board
Daley May Have To Quit Mayor's Post
In Montpelier Lt. Gov. John Daley would be forced to resign as Rutland mayor if a proposed pay raise for the lieutenant governor passes. The bill would raise the lieutenant governor salary from 5000 to 15000 annually, but requires full-time Executive Department service and bars compensation from other sources. Daley has announced a bid for another Rutland mayoral term.
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North Shire
Edna T. Wright
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NEA
Wright
Ronald E. Cohen
King
United Press International
Alabama
George Wallace
Chamber of Commerce
Wallace
Jackson
Miss
Community Relations Service
CRS
Charles Evers
Allen Thompson
Sandgate
Bendi
John Page
Daley
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