Bennington plans reduced tax rate after grand list boost
Bennington town listers announce a 1966 Grand List about 25 percent higher than 1965, rising from about 13.8 million to 17.5 million. Selectmen propose a general fund tax rate of 1.08 with a new 29,500 library appropriation, raising the overall rate from 1.95 to 1.80 after including libraries, and budgeting 288,450 for the general fund, about 16,000 more than 1965.
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Listers
Selectmen
Seach
Board of Health
North Rennington
Navy Plane Crashes In Antarctica
A Navy DC3 transport crashed in Antarctica on Tuesday, killing all six crewmen aboard. Seen by a nearby plane, the crash occurred during field party support flights from Air Development Squadron 6 based at Quonset Point, Rhode Island. Weather cited as a possible factor. the aircraft burned on impact. Page 16.
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UPI
Antarctica
Pentagon
Navy
Air Development Squadron 6
Quonset Point
R.I
Naval Air Station
U S Planes Hit North Viet Nam Targets Near Hanoi
U S planes pressed a strike 60 miles northwest of Hanoi amid intensified defenses during a 37 day bombing lull. The ground war continued with air assaults on military targets as anti aircraft fire rose in North Viet Nam.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Song Ma
Haiphong
Vinh
President Overhauling Food for Peace Program
President Johnson moves to broaden the Food for Peace program to combat hunger and counter communist influence. Details emerged after a secret White House meeting with congressmen, with possible delivery to Congress later this week.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Food For Peace
Congress
White House
Mark Andrews
R-N.d
Andrews
China
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Viet Nam
South America
Pay Raise Bill Passes Vermont Senate in Special Session
The Vermont Senate approved the House pay raise measure retroactive to January 1, with a 22 to 8 roll call. Debate featured Sen. George Morse proposing a $7 daily rate and $28 weekly housing cut, defeated 25 to 5. The law sets lawmakers at $10 per day and $40 weekly for room and board, plus up to $3,000 for a regular session and $1,200 for a special session.
Dirksen Gun Shy On New Parley Over Viet Nam
UPI reported that Senator Dirksen Republican Leader doubts a new Geneva conference will yield progress in Viet Nam. He warned the United States may gain no real assurances from another Geneva meeting while Mansfield and Aiken welcomed UN council moves and urged cautious action on bombing. France abstaining was seen as hopeful.
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New Parley
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Laos
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Southeast Asia
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U.N
Aiken
Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
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Council
France
Kosygin
U N Members Seek Resumption of Geneva Conference on Viet
United Nations Security Council members opened private talks to resume Geneva negotiations over Viet Nam. The vote to place the issue on the agenda passed with nine affirmatives as Russia and Bulgaria opposed and France Mali Nigeria and Uganda abstaining.
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UPI
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Jordan
Russia
Bulgaria
France
Mali
Nigeria
Uganda
Akira Matsui
Japan
S. O. Adebo
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kashmir
India
Pakistan
Soviet Union
Britain
China
Viet Nam
Compromise Plan Sought In N Y Reapportionment
ALBANY N Y A bi partisan redistricting plan may be agreed upon by Monday after a closed door session in Lt Gov Malcolm Wilsons office Republican Majority Leader Earl Brydges and Democratic Speaker Anthony Travia said they would hold up their plans at least until next week They aim for a compromise that gains broad support and fits the Supreme Courts one man one vote standard while the legislature tries to avoid court control under a February 15 deadline.
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Albany
N.Y
Malcolm Wilson
Earl W. Brydges
Anthony J. Travia
Travia
Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Inside Hoosick Falls Success Story Highlight
On the Inside a Hoosick Falls success story features community resilience and local achievement as reported on page 8. The article profiles individuals overcoming obstacles and showcases small-town perseverance and progress.
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Hoosick Falls
Indian Riot Leaders Start Hunger Strike
Indian Riot leaders and 12 others arrested for participation in Kerala food riots began a hunger strike in protest of food policy. E. S. Namboodripad and A. K. Gopalan supported the fast as student protests continued, with colleges boycotting universities and clashing with police, blocking trains and damaging transportation.
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New Delhi
UPS
Kerala
E. S. Namboodripad
Indian National Communist Party
A. K. Gopalan
Kremlin Signals Narrow Window on Nuclear Disarmament
Moscow indicates willingness to temporarily sidestep Vietnam and cooperate with global drives to resolve nuclear disarmament issues. Premier Kosygin’s Geneva-telegraphed stance to the 17-nation gathering underscores a shift, denouncing imperialist aggression in Vietnam without naming the United States.
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Kremlin
Moscow
UPI
Viet Nam
Alexei VN. Kosygin
Automation Commission urges $2 billion program for jobs
A UPI special report notes the National Commission on Technology, Automation and Economic Progress recommended President Johnson fund a $2 billion plan to employ 500,000 hard core jobless and a multi billion plan to insure needy families. It also urged a National Computer Commission, 14 years of free education, and targeted help for African Americans to overcome job obstacles. The document, filed to Johnson, argues for aggressive fiscal and monetary policies to sustain growth amid rapid technological change.
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UPI
Commission On Automation
Johnson
National Computer Commission
National Commission On Technology, Automation and Economic Progress
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