Vermont lawmakers debate real estate tax and school reforms
In Montpelier Sen. Hector T. Marcoux proposes a 1 percent real estate transfer tax with a 500 dollar cap to raise about 500000. The State Board of Education studies higher standards for high schools with staff and library requirements. Other items include local option on livestock tax, a potential sales tax for full tax abolition, and a mayoral race in Barre.
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Internal Revenue Service
Joseph Marshall
Hoff
Marcoux
Chittenden Democrat
Montpelier
Vermont
Lawrence E. Franklin
Guilford
Franklin
Agriculture Committee
Keating to address Congress revitalization on RPI campus
Senator Kenneth B. Keating will give a public talk on reviving Congress at 8 30 p.m. Thursday February 13 in West Hall auditorium on the RPI campus Athens The incident involves a parachutist over Athens Airport who claimed it was a training jump and not exhibition jumping Police say the state prohibits exhibition jumps Nancy Thompson 16 Wantagh died after leaping from an airplane ride and into a spinning propeller near North Amityville
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Troy
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N,y
Congress
RPI
West Hall
Focus
Athens
White Plains
New York
Gene Feeney
North Amityville
Nancy Thompson
Wantagh
Tramway to be built at Mt Greylock in Berkshire
Mt Greylock Tramway Authority chief Joseph Dragone says a tramway is certain and could operate by December. Allen & Co of New York offers to buy the bonds for 4 million dollars for Gov. Peabody, with a 28 000 square foot base lodge and summit facilities including a heated pool bar 300 seat restaurant kitchen and other amenities.
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North Adams
Joseph R. Dragone
Mt. Greylock Tramway Authority
James Abrams
Allen & Co
New York City
Gov. Endicott Peabody
Allen
Dragone
Beacomb Lodge
Mental Detective Arrested in Boston Strangling Case
Peter Hurkos a self described mental telepathy expert is charged with impersonating an FBI agent after claiming to aid Boston area murder probes He toured Dallas and Milwaukee cases and was paid $1000 by private clients to work with police on the 1962 Boston stranglings while asserting a single killer.
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Boston
New York
Peter Hurkos
FBI
Dallas
Kena
Polce
Wauwatosa
Wis
Hurkos
Manhattan
Milwaukee
Frank Sinatra Jr
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Brooke
Teen Ager Dies After Police Chase In Weekend Crash
A weekend string of highway fatalities includes Michael Larson 16 of Holyoke who died Sunday after a car he rode in struck a tree during a police pursuit. Other victims: Vaughn Gome 17 in Poultney Vermont, Bernard White Jr. 19 in Jamestown Rhode Island, James Kazanowski 46 in Warwick Rhode Island, Elwynn Smith 55 in Boston Massachusetts, Clifford Sargent 31 in St Albans Vermont, Vincent Richard 9 in Thompsonville Connecticut.
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New England
Michael Larson
Holyoke
Massachusetts Youth Service Board
Westfield
Vaughn Gome
Poultney
Bernard J. White Jr
Jamestown
R.I
James Kazanowski
Warwick
Elwynn Smith
Boston
Jamaica Plain
Clifford Sargent
St. Albans
Vincent Richard
Thompsonville
Conn
Rhode Island Unions Back Tax Increase Plan
The Rhode Island AFL-CIO Taxation Committee urged support for a tax program that would raise the state sales tax and adopt a limited income tax. The plan aims to fund improved education recreation and public assistance programs and includes a pay raise for state employees.
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Providence, RI
Rhode Island Afl - Cio
Organized Labor
Husband Clubbed Wife and Slain Boarder in Dexter
William L. Brooks is charged with murder and assault for beating his wife Geraldine and fatally shooting Ralph Thompson after a night of drinking. Geraldine Brooks, 24, is listed on the danger list after brain surgery. Brooks faces arraignment in district court.
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Dexter, Maine
William L. Brooks
Brooks
Ralph Thompson
Geraldine
Bangor
Atty
Howard Foley
Thompson
Senate Advances Library Aid Bill to 45 Million
The Senate sent to President Johnson a bill increasing federal library aid from 7.5 million to 45 million dollars annually and removing the rural population cap of 10 000.
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Johnson
Washington
Senate
Bennington Banner Publisher Details and Rates
Local masthead outlines offices and contacts for The Bennington Banner. It lists publication days, AP affiliation, and delivery options with subscription rates for Vermont and nationwide, including special servicemen rates.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Vermont
U.S
Bus Strike Ends In Rhode Island
Drivers and mechanics of the United Transit Co. in Providence voted 274 to 108 to accept a contract ending a two week bus strike that halted service for about 30,000 people in northeastern Rhode Island. Mechanics returned to work today and drivers will resume regular runs tomorrow.
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Providence
R.I
United Transit Co
Rhode Island
Division 18
Amalgamated Transit Workers
Henry W. Molloy Jr
Timeless Blade in Arkansas Man's Old Hoe Gains Fame
Albert Williams, 75, of Mount Vernon Arkansas believes his 1916 bought hoe with a two inch narrowed blade and original handle may be the world's biggest bar gain through years of sharpening.
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Mount Vernon
Ark
Albert Williams
Smith Campaign Begins in New Hampshire Primary
Sen Margaret Chase Smith starts a NH campaign trail for the Republican presidential nomination with a week of handshakes and talks. She plans to visit 24 communities, including Pittsburg and Concord, before the March 10 primary, stressing foreign policy and spending limits.
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Lancaster
Concord
Smith
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Norman LePage
Nashua
Pittsburg
Stewartstown
Colebrook
Whitefield
Littleton
Lisbon
Woodsville
North Woodstock
Plymouth
Ellsworth
Ashland
Meredith
Laconia
Tilton
Bristol
Canaan
Enfield
Hanover
Lebanon
Claremont
Newport
Harold C. Ostertag
R-N.y
Cyprus
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Granai
House of Representatives
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George N. Estivill
Estivill
Holy Angels
State Health Department
Highgate
PSB
Albert A. Flory
Citizens Utilities
Vermont Supreme Court
Burlington
Vermont Bankers Association, Inc
L. T. White
Charles N. Shepardson
Federal Reserve System Board of Governor
Philip H. Hoff
Keating
Chutist
Down In
Berkshire
Greylock Tramway
Cleveland
UPID
Community Action For
Hough
North Bennington Road
Timeless Blade
Bell & Howell
Main
SEALY
Sealy Firm
Dustanmes. Furniture Incorporated
Bennington, Vermont
ELM Street
Sen. Smith
N.H
Cornelius F. Hurley
Hollywood
UPI
Monty Montana
Cheyenne
Walker
Len Rt
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Chevrolet
Corvair Monza Club
Corvair
W.H. Eddington, Inc
Main Street
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