Vermont highway bill bogged down by political maneuvering
Legislation to fund a 34 million bond for a U S 7 upgrade in southwestern Vermont stalled as regional officials withdrew support from a compromise. Bennington and Rutland lawmakers resisted a plan to drop four lane reconstruction and trim the bond, with leaders and counsels trading blame amid a heated House session and public controversy.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Regional Highway Council
House
Philip H. Hoff
U.S. 7
Bennington County
Sergeant P. Wild
Rutland
Roland Q. Seward
Wallingford
Richard Mallary
Lawrence Franklin
H. Ward Bedford
Appropriations Committee
Sanford Partridge
Bennington
Mallory
Wild
Seward
Bennington Faces Split Over Road Bond Plan
Bennington lawmakers debate a council backed compromise on a state arterial roads bond plan aimed at upgrading routes by 1980. Gov. and GOP leaders worry Mallory opposition could drift to a Democratic road program while supporters insist four-lane work is limited to key segments.
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Highway Board
Bennington
Rutland
Bedford
Appropriations Committee
Hoff
Council
Joseph Carraciola
Carraciola
Wild
Seward
Mallory
John J. Daley
Daniel de Bonis
Poultney
Highway Council
Supervisor resigns in Brunswick New York
Maynard J. Dixon resigns from the Town Board effective March 1 and Richard W. Keeler of Troy’s Manning Paper Co. is named to succeed him. Dixon, a Republican elected to a fourth term, is expected to become deputy superintendent of the Rensselaer County Highway Dept and has led multiple committees including highway, taxes, law, and water resources.
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Brunswick
N.Y
Maynard J. Dixon
Richard W. Keeler
John A. Manning Paper Co
Troy
Dixon
Rensselaer County
County Board of Supervisors’ Highway
Critics Fire On LBJ Policies After Honolulu Declaration
Washington critics led by former diplomat Kennan and senators Fulbright Morse attacked the Honolulu declaration issued after the mid Pacific summit. They said it softens negotiations and risks U.S. aims in Viet Nam while urging renewed UN diplomacy and Geneva talks. Goldberg cautioned the talks strengthened U.N. leverage.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Kennan
U.S
Russia
Yugoslavia
America
Fulbright
Saigon
Morse
Honolulu
United Nations
U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
Violence spikes in Santo Domingo amid anti-American protests
In Santo Domingo violence spread with gunfire in several areas as a general strike and anti-American demonstrations intensified. At least 15 dead and over 50 wounded across three days. police opening fire on students sparked the unrest, with U.S. paratroopers briefly restoring order. casualties and shooters remain unclear.
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Santo Domingo
National Palace
Hector Garcia-Godoy
U.S
Legislature Approves 1.25 Million For Youth Offender Center
The Vermont House unanimously passed a bill authorizing 1.25 million dollars for a medium security youth offender institution. The measure advanced by voice vote with rules suspended and heads to the Senate for expected favorable action. Downtown Santo Domingo faced violent clashes as rebels called a general strike to protest a shooting at the White House. Rebel spokesman Hector Aristy said violence would continue until the armed forces obey orders to follow Caamano into exile.
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White House
Hector Aristy
Hector Garcia Godoy
Caamano
Secret moves reported for Soviet Albanian accord
In London AP dispatch reports secret moves underway for a possible reconciliation between Russia and Albania, the region's only European ally. The outline hints at discreet diplomatic channels and potential shifts in postwar alignment. Further details remain unconfirmed.
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London
APD
Russia
Albania
Humphrey Tours Vietnamese Hamlets Escorted by Choppers
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey met with U.S. and Vietnamese officials in Saigon and then flew by helicopter to three hamlets near the city. His armed escort included rocket and machine gun equipped choppers as he told villagers you have many friends in America. He began at Tan Phu near Saigon, then visited two nearby hamlets.
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Saigon
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S
Heliopter
Hamets
America
Humphrey
Tan Phu
Nguyen van Thieu
Gia Long
Tand
Nguyen Cao Ky
Major new offensive opens against Viet Cong in coast area
The U S Army launched a large operation 300 miles northeast of Saigon to drive Viet Cong from coastal zones. Troops of the 1st Air Cavalry landed by helicopter near Phu Xuang in Operation Eagles Claw, faced heavy fire, but air strikes and artillery pushed back the Viet Cong. Casualties and subsequent air and naval actions followed as the campaign broadened, with reports of downed aircraft and ongoing battles around Bong Son and Long Khanh.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
U.s.army
1St Air Cavalry Division
Phu Xuang
Bong Son
U.S. 7Th Fleet
North Viet Nam
North
Bien Hoa Air Base
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Viet Nam
Bien Hoa
Raymond, Morrieson and Knudson
Byron B. Foster
South China Sea
England
Editorial Urges No Compromise on Accelerated Highway Plan
Inside page four editorial calls for no concessions on the accelerated highway program. Also note page six operetta tonight in Dorset and page seven remarks by the Manchester school chief outlining a comprehensive education bill.
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Dorset
Manchester
King Killing Plot Allegations by Ku Klux Klan Figure
Washington reporters note a letter allegedly by 20 year old Ku Klux Klan member Daniel N. Wagner describing a plot with Eloise Witte grand empress of the Klan in Ohio to kill civil rights leader Martin Luther King. Wagner testified before the House Un American Activities Committee and faces armed robbery and concealed weapon charges.
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Washington
UPD House
KKK
Ohio
Martin Luther King
Daniel N. Wagner
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Wagner
Eloise Witte
King
Antioch College
Ku Klux Klan
Philip Manuel
William H. Morris
National Association of the
Verlin Gilliam
Klaliff
Columbus Klavern
Manuel
Vermont gets 99191 grant for Soldiers Home unit
The Veterans Administration in Washington awards 99,191 in matching funds to Vermont for a nursing home care unit at the Soldiers Home in Bennington. The grant, announced Thursday by Vermont's congressional delegation, marks the state as an early recipient under the new VA program.
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Washington
UPI
Veterans Administration
Vermont
Soldiers Home
Bennington
Milne Sent To Mental Hospital
Rep. Donald G. Milne of Barre was sent to a state mental hospital for an indefinite period after four counts of forgery were filed. Barre Mayor Granai pleaded innocent and urged transfer to a private hospital, but Judge Palmisano ordered Milne to Waterbury with a $10,000 bond. Granai will seek a writ of habeas corpus. Connarn accuses Milne of diverting about $35,000 from clients. The case will be before the Vermont Supreme Court on March 9.
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Bennington Village
Salem
West Main Street
George Greenslet
Greenslet
John Cushman
Daulton Mann
Peru
Mann
Partridge
Harold J. Wallace
Brunswick, N.Y
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Johnson
LBJ
Dominican
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China
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Europe
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Milne
Luna
Mstislav Keldysh
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Moscow
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