China Says Volunteers Ready for Viet Nam War
In Saigon UPI: Peking hinted that some Chinese volunteers might aid North Viet Nam after a major U S air raid on Viet Cong supplies. Reports say units near Viet Nam Formosa and Laos pledged support. no direct intervention named. Casualties rose as U S and South Vietnamese raids hit military targets in the north.
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Saigon
UPI
China
Viet Nam
U.S
Peking
Formosa
Laos
U.S. Air Force
Vinh Linh
MATS
Travis Air Force Base
California
Holden Hopes To Restore Cuts in Education Budget
MONTPELIER Vermont Education Commissioner A John Holden says he hopes to restore at least part of the $6 million biennial education budget cuts. He told the state Board of Education that the Hoff administration is sympathetic to restoring some cuts. Crucial requests included positions in Field Administrative Services and general education for Curriculum and Instruction. The board also refused a $100,000 plan to form a 12 member state education research commission, citing likely legislative resistance while funds are being restored.
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Holden
State Board of Education
Philip H. Hoff
Education Department
Field Administrative Services
Cur
Riculum
Tom S. Arthur
Orwell
Hoff
Senate
Windsor County
Harold Raynolds
Vermont
John G. Kristensen
Brattleboro
North Atlantic Ports End Dock Strike Move With Settlement
Washington reports longshore leaders rejected a presidential panel’s mediation plan for Gulf and South Atlantic ports while agreeing to resume work at North Atlantic ports where deals were already reached. The panel urged immediate return to work and binding arbitration after 30 days, but West Gulf and South Atlantic locals balked. ILA President Gleason ordered locals with settlements to return to work at 8 a.m. Saturday. The dispute prompted court orders across New York New Orleans and Baltimore, with moves toward potential special legislation if bargaining stalls continue. Major holdouts include Miami Galveston and smaller ports along the Carolinas Georgia and Florida.
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Washington
UPS
Gulf and South Atlantic
North Atlantic
West Gulf
South Atlantic
West Gulf Coast
ILA
Thomas Gleason
W. Willard Wirtz
International
Johnson
Wirtz
Labor Department
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
National Labor Relations Board
New York
New Orleans
Baltimore
Congress
Ise
Florida
Carolinas
Mobile
Ala
Miami
Fla
Galeveston
Tex
Georgia
Vermont House Passes Temporary Succession Bill
The Vermont House approved a bill to designate the House speaker as successor to both governor and lieutenant governor when both are out of state, with final passage by unanimous vote. Other actions included state wage and tax measures, a six month appeal window for highway condemnation, and a social welfare compact among New England states. Senate plans include weighted voting debate and Hoff's support for a sweepstakes and Sunday drinking law liberalization, with a statewide referendum pending.
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House
Senate
Gov. Hoff
New England
James Kennedy
Essex County
Kennedy
Federal Court
Vermont
Hoff
Dirksen Says LBJ Plans To Step Up Viet War
Senator Dirksen quoted President Johnson saying the United States will step up actions in Vietnam. Johnson reportedly told him by telephone that Hanoi would not be bombed yet but military hardware would be increased in the south for future retaliations. After a Lincoln Day event Dirksen said the U S will retaliate with full force when needed.
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Aurora, Ill
UPI
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Johnson
United States
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Dirksen
South Viet Nam
North
Kosygin Links Imperial Provocations to Asian Solidarity
In Moscow Kosygin said imperialist provocations have drawn Asian socialist nations closer. He spoke at a public meeting and cited talks in Peking and Pyongyang, declaring the Soviet Union China and Korea share a aim to curb aggressors and halt Indochina hostilities.
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Moscow
UPD
Alexei Kosygin
Peking
Tass
Pyongyang
North Korea
Soviet Union
People’s Republic of
Indochina
Senate May Redistrict Before Cutts Debate
Senate leaders signal a plan to redistrict before debating the Cutts resolution. Supporters cite Blue Ribbon Panel recommendations to merge Essex and Orange Counties with Grand Isle and Franklin to two two senator districts, sending smaller counties’ seats to Rutland and Chittenden. Delay of the House’s Cutts measure could strain cross chamber relations as hearings and possible amendments loom.
Union School Vote May Speed Floodwall
Union school district voters last week approved a new school building and may influence the extension of a floodwall along the Roaring Branch River near the Vermont Soldiers Home site. Senator George D. Aiken reported efforts to secure authorization for engineers’ study and possible funding, noting feasibility hinges on concrete evidence the school will be built on the site.
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Mt. Anthony Union School
Roaring Branch
Vermont Soldiers
Union School Board
Bennington Selectman
Vermont
George D. Aiken
Aiken
Corps of Engineers
Sen
Ellender
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate
Subcommittee On Public Works Appropriations
Union Board
Marian Taylor
Selectmen
Alma Langhcis
Inside Adventurer breaks Everest rules climb story
On the Inside Adventurer details how the climber violated every rule while ascending Mount Everest. An editorial muses on eldercare prospects, and Dorset plans raise taxes as Manchester voters face abolition of an 88 year old fire district. BCHS Hartford game canceled. Bendi and Arlington finish with last game.
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Manchester
North Bennington Plans Transition to Mt Anthony High
North Bennington School Board discussed planning a transition period to Mt Anthony High School opens in September 1966. They urged viewing the Mt Anthony complex as our school to ease student adjustment and preserve community pride while scheduling interim courses and programs to fit the new curriculum.
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Mt. Anthony
North Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Dailey
Lionel Nowak
Lawrence F. Powers
Nowak
NBHS
Catherine Corecoran
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Norristown
John B. Cutler
Washington, N.C
Ronen
North Viet Nam
Qui Nh
Pleiku
Southeast Asia
Buckler
Fairdale
Cyrus Nell
Fairdale Farms
Labor
Commerce
John T. Connor
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Montpelier
Attorney General’s Office
LBJ
Westgate
England
Tony Smith
Ron Rude King
Smith
Red Unity
Kosygin
Cutts
Union School Vote
Mt. Everest
Dorset
Bendi
Arlington
BCHS
Hartford
William E. Dailey Jr
Stuents
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