Town caucuses set to oppose Cutts bill in joint talks
Bennington Democrats and Republicans plan joint meetings of town committees to oppose any move by the Vermont Legislature to remove reapportionment from Supreme Court jurisdiction. They seek coordinated action to ensure prompt legislative reapportionment in the state, contrasting with the Cutts Resolution.
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Bennington
Vermont
United States Supreme Court
Cutts
House of Representatives
Senate
Supreme Court
Judicial Review
Thomas D. Cook Jr
Weeks St
Cook
John H. Williams II
U.S
Vermont House
Sausville and Arnold in race for Bennington Selectman post
In Bennington Democrats and Republicans held caucuses to nominate candidates for town posts with Town Meeting set for March 2. Democrats named Alfred E. Arnold for three-year selectman, who will face Republican Louis F. Sausville, while Republicans offered incumbents for most posts and left three key offices without nominees. The event also featured debate over a Cutts Resolution related to state legislative reapportionment and its federal court context.
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Bennington
Alfred E. Arnold
North Branch Street
Selectman
Arnold
Louis F. Sausville
Dewey St
Sausville
Clayton Daigneault
State Armory
Two Vermont Women Die In Train Crash Near Northfield Falls
Two Randolph Center women, Lucy A. Brown and Virginia White, 41, were killed when their car was struck by a Central Vermont Railway passenger train at Cox Brook crossing. The auto was dragged 100 feet and hurled into Dog River after being hit as witnesses say the car stalled or moved slowly on the tracks. The southbound train delayed about 35 minutes at the scene, ten miles south of Montpelier.
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UPI
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Central Vermont Railway
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Virginia White
Montpelier
De Gaulle Proposals Widen U.S. France Rift
Washington reports that Charles de Gaulle's plan to give Red China a voice in UN reform, plus calls to drop the dollar and pound as bases of exchange and a gold standard return, deepen a policy split with the United States. Johnson counters UN reform disputes and warns against undermining NATO policy while De Gaulle pushes for a five power Geneva conference including Red China.
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Faulty Burner Blamed In Childs Death
Fire officials in North Clarendon say a defective oil burner started a fire that destroyed a trailer and killed 11 month old Tina Simonds who was left alone as her father worked and mother visited neighbors. A pet dog also perished.
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Tina Simonds
Ruthland
Rutland Hospital
Gilman Paper Eyes Move From Vermont
Gilman Paper Co. pursues an economic survey of all operations, weighing the move of its mill from Gilman while labor talks stall. About 300 workers across Local 41 and Local 119 are on strike since July 15, with Local 41 refusing to cross picket lines. Local 41 ratified a contract in November that remains unsigned, and union leaders warn of potential civil or unfair practices suits.
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Charles Claypool
Claypool
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Papermill Workers
Local 119
United Paperworkers and Papermakers Union
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Leo Savage
Rank and
Savage
Interlocking Bank Directorships Targeted By Vermont Republicans
MONTPELIER UPI Two Republicans back a plan to outlaw serving on two bank boards. The measure, proposed by Banking Commissioner Cummings Jr., would ban interlocking bank directorates, with Kenyon and Mann supporting as cautious reform. Also noted: possible no tax rise, as Hathorn says $3 million added taxes may be avoided by trimming Hoff’s $94 million general fund request and $231,000 salary boosts in the next biennium.
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Montpelier
UPI
Banking and Insurance
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Kenyon
Mann
House
Ways and Means Committee
Byron Hathorn
Hartford
Philip H. Hoff
Hathorn
Fairlee
Richard Mallory
House Appropriations Committee
Hoff
Inside page highlights and local news blurbs
Youthful explorers of Everett's Cave uncover legends proved false in a feature on page 3. An editorial on page 4 discusses GOP directions and Samuel R. Ogden critiques the Cutts Resolution. Manchester hires two policemen on page 6 and a biologist argues live bait poses no Battenkill threat.
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Thefts Cleared Up by Vermont Police
Vermont State Police say over 40 burglaries and larcenies in Rutland and Bennington areas were solved with the arrest and conviction of Robert T. Munger and Edward K. Hurley, both Rutland men. They were sentenced to one to two years in the House of Correction. Offenses spanned a year and occurred in Rutland Arlington Bennington Pownal Sunderland Shaftsbury Bondville Dorset and Peru, all tied to store burglaries.
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Dorset
Peru
House Unit For Education Bill Advances In House
Johnson's 1.2 billion school aid bill cleared its first congressional hurdle as the House general education subcommittee approved it six to zero with no Republican participation. The measure retains three new programs including 1 billion for districts serving 5 million low income children, 100 million for library and textbook purchases, and 100 million for shared time centers, while church state concerns are addressed but not substantively altered.
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UPI
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Charles E. Goodell
R-N,y
China forms patriotic front to seize Thailand
Tokyo dispatch says Communist China announced the formation of a patriotic front to overthrow the pro Western government in Thailand and eradiate American influence there. It marks Beijing’s first explicit targeting of Thailand in a campaign to seize Southeast Asia, with Bangkok as SEATO headquarters.
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UPI
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Patriotic Front
Thailand
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U.S
Bangkok
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
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China
Aiken praises Johnson farm message as excellent
Sen George Aiken R Vt ranking Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee calls President Johnson's agriculture message to Congress excellent and largely uncriticized. He says it clearly shows agriculture's importance to American consumers, the domestic economy, and international relations. He notes minor inconsistencies with the budget message but expects reconciliation by Congress.
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UPI
Johnson
Congress
George Aiken
Aiken
Senate Agriculture Committee
Hathorn Seeks Vermont Educational TV Supervised by UVM
Rep Byron Hathorn proposes a $1.8 million bond plan to establish an educational TV program in Vermont under the University of Vermont. The bill follows Gov Hoff’s budget call to advance ETV and would leverage about $1.2 million in federal support, aiming to boost Vermont education.
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