Village police and highway workers get raise
Bennington village trustees approved a 10 percent pay hike for patrolmen and highway department workers retroactive to January. Highway workers moved from 2.08 to about 2.28 dollars per hour, patrolmen from 91 to 99.10 weekly. Superintendent salaries rose to 150 and 125 dollars weekly for the chief and assistant. The board delayed action on police chief raises pending a police committee report.
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Bennington
Village Highway Department
Highway Department
Charles Bodine
Vermont
Hoff Names Morrissey District Judge in Bennington Rutland
Gov. Philip H. Hoff named John P. Morrissey of Bennington to the Senate for confirmation as district court judge in the Bennington Rutland district. Morrissey joins other district court appointments, effective March 1, from a list provided by the judicial selection board.
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Chittenden- Addison
Carl S. Gregg
Franklin-Grand Isle - Lamoille
Samuel H. Rothman
Washington- Orange
Lewis Springer Jr
Orleans-Essex-Caledonia
Village trustees grant 3.5 percent pay rise for highway department
Three year 3.5 percent raises approved for highway department staff with two year first. 24 hour call not hourly pay cited for Michael Hogan and Merton Cross. Assistant’s salary rises from 105 to 125 weekly, superintendent from 125. Budget to be formally approved Feb 19 before village caucus, with recreation sewer and trees moved to town government and three reimbursement requests from residents to be added as special articles.
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Highway Department
Michael Hogan
Merton Cross
Bennington Town Meeting Warning Final Approval
Selectmen gave final approval to numerous articles for the March 4 floor meeting and election. Special items include a $9,000 water and sewer extension request, a $4,000 Bennington Battle Day appropriation, and funding for five hydrants in Clark's Woods at $3,000.
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Bennington
Bennington Battle Day
Clark’s Woods
Selectmen Turn Down o Man Board Request
Bennington town meeting warning excludes a five member board article after selectmen refused petitioned inclusion signed by 104 residents. Town officials noted signatures insufficient by statute, while a few members preferred not to confuse voters with extra positions. The piece mentions related budget and building items on the same warning.
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Board of Selectmen
Bennington
Leon Boutin
Selectmen
Boutin
Norton Barber
Louis Lausville
Joseph Higgins
Listers
Bennington Taxpayers’ Protective Association
Board of Sisters
Barber
Destroyer Bache Split From Stem To Stern In Storm
In Rhodes Greece a Mediterranean storm hurled the U S destroyer Bache onto rocks off the coast. Reports say the vessel was split from stem to stern by the fierce gale and surf, with damage extensive and the crew safe. The incident occurred near Rhodes as weather raged.
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U.S
Mediterranean
Rhodes
Greece
UPS
Bache
Space Chief Urges Approval of NASA Funds in 1969
NASA chief James E Webb told Congress the U.S. could be overtaken by the Soviet Union in space by the next few years as American effort contracts. He urged approving $4.37 billion for fiscal 1969, arguing the program still aims to land men on the moon by end of 1969, reliant on eight Saturn 5 flights. Separately, the Rhodes Yacht Club reported the U S S Bache ran aground in a gale with 2,000 tons of ship damaged. two crew injured, 28 aboard, 204 ashore, salvage to be assessed.
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Washington
UPI
Space Agency
James E. Webb
Congress
United States
Russia
U.S.S.R
Webb
House Space Committee
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Rhodes Yacht Club
U.S. Navy
Quartermaster
William A. Sayers
Antonio S. Galang
Edward A. Broadwell
Birmingham
Mich
Navy
Voice of America
Rhodes
Defense Dept Identifies Pueblo Casualties
The Defense Department named Fireman Duane D Hodges of Creswell Oregon as the Pueblo crewman killed after North Korea seized the USS Pueblo. Fireman Apprentice Steven E Woelk was seriously injured and Radio man 3 C Charles H Crandell and Marine Sgt Robert J Chicca were slightly injured.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Duane DD
Hodges
Creswell
Ore
North Korea
Pueblo
Pentagon
Steven E. Woelk
Charles H. Crandell
Robert J. Chicca
Jesse D. Hodges
East Orchard Street
Creswell, Ore
Inside Ford to GM proxy explains new strategy
Reporter Edith Beaumont covers a talk on the atomic complex in Washington County. Manchester Rotarians hear about an upcoming bond vote. Elizabeth Dwyer discusses why Dr. Spock is a pacifist. Inside Ford goes to General Motors for its new proxy.
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Ford
General Motors
Elizabeth Dwyer
Dr. Spock
Manchester
Edith Beaumont
Washington County
Lang Vei Camp Overrun In Early Tank Assault
Soviet built tanks led a night assault overrunning Lang Vei Special Forces camp near Laos border. U.S. sources say nine T34 tanks entered, 800 North Vietnamese attacked, camp defenders held key outposts, and allied forces reported heavy fighting with casualties feared.
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Saigon
UPS
North Vietnam
U.S
Laos
Lang Vel
Dan Nang
UPI
Robert Kaylor
Amerins
Khe Sanh
Lang Vei
Khe Sanh. At the Ringed Marine Fort
da Nang
LBJ Urges Stronger Federal Crackdown On Drugs
President Johnson in a special anticrime message to Congress called for stepped up federal action against drug abuse, with LSD as a primary target. He urged making illegal LSD sales a felony and possession a misdemeanor, urged reorganizing narcotics enforcement under a new Justice Department bureau, and warned of a need for a concentrated drive amid urban riots.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Justice Department
Bureau of Narcotics
Treasury Department
Bureau of Drug Abuse Control
Health, Education and Welfare
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Schlesinger Flays Westmoreland For Incompetent Leadership
Albany audience hears Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. condemn U S leaders in Vietnam, likening the situation to Custer’s defeat and urging decisive action. He argues escalation has failed, warns of isolation, and says policy ends only with broad public opposition. He did not offer concrete solutions.
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Albany
N.Y
Vietnam
Custer
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
American Society For Public Administration
Kennedy
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
White House
Schlesinger
Schweitzer
City College of New York
Johnson
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Sea of Japan
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Lang Wei
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Here
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Ernie Cheatham
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