Opposing Voice Rises Against Vermont Gasoline Tax Hike
Vermont legislative hearing heard strong opposition to a proposed gas tax increase. Spokesmen from the Vermont Farm Bureau the Vermont Truck and Bus Association and the Vermont Petroleum Industry urged restraint while questioning the pace of the state highway program. Rep W Arthur Simpson floated a half cent rise with a possible one cent bump to 7.5 cents to fund road projects.
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Robert Garside
Barre
Vermont Petroleum Industry
William Mertz
Washington, D.C
Vermont Truck and Bus Association
New England
Lyndonville
Witnesses Plead Fifth in Ku Klux Klan Probe
Southern Klan members Raymond McGriff and Marlin Price refused to answer House Un-American Activities questions about their alleged Klan vigilante groups the Black Knights Black Shirts and the Vigilantes. Other alleged members Joseph Sims Cecil Myers and Ohio Klansmen discussed dynamite plans and dynamiting Negro areas in Columbus Ohio. Eloise Witte of Cincinnati denied plotting to assassinate President Johnson in sworn testimony.
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Washington
UPI
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Raymond McGriff
Dothan
Ala
Marlin Price
Atlanta
Klan
Black Knights
Black Shirts
Joseph Sims
Cecil Myers
Lemuel Penn
Georgia
Barnesville
Ohio
McGriff
Price
Columbus
Ohio Klan
Eloise Witte
Cincinnati
Johnson
Campaign To Return Vermonters To Vermont Getting Results
In Montpelier the state Development Department reports success from a $10 000 Come home little Sheba advertising drive aimed at Vermonters abroad The commissioner says over 9000 letters have arrived in response to ads in New England papers The test campaign drew 6000 requests for The Beckoning Country magazine and a mailed job application package With 13000 total responses many early letters include job applications for machine operators metal workers and machinists Some returnees are already moving back to Vermont The department forwards applications to Employment Security offices for processing
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Montpelier
State Development Department
Little Sheba
Elbert Moulton
McNamara Warns of Escalation in Viet Nam War
Defense Secretary McNamara told the Senate panel that Communists show every intention to intensify the Viet Nam conflict and that the U S may substantially increase troop commitments if needed. General Wheeler and top service chiefs stressed military progress and rejected Gen Gavin’s coastal defense concept. McNamara opposed expanding bombing of North Viet Nam, arguing its power would persist despite destroying power systems, oil, harbors, and dams.
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Washington
UPL
Robert §. McNamra
U.S
McNamara
Senate Armed Services Committee
Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Earl G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Viet Nam
McNamra
Wheeler
Army
Marine Corps
James M. Gavin
United States
Trate
South Viet Nam
Gavin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North Viet Nam
United States and Soviet Union to start talks on nonproliferation treaty
At the Geneva disarmament conference the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to begin specific debate on a nuclear non-proliferation treaty. McNamara testified about 20,000 North Vietnamese infiltrators in 1965 and the Communist aim to intensify the war. Symington criticized airpower policy as top spokesmen masked views on bombing North Vietnamese targets like Haiphong.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
Soviet Union
McNamara
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Stuart Symington
Dmo
Haiphone
Butten
John P. McConnell
Air Force
Humphrey Heads to Pakistan to Explain U.S. Viet Nam Policy
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey arrived in Karachi on a Southeast Asia tour to explain U.S. Viet Nam policy and renew economic aid talks with Pakistan. He pledged increased military aid at Bangkok and planned discussions on Pakistan's food grain request and relief from drought. Observers expect tougher reception in Pakistan due to antiwar sentiment and ties with Communist China.
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Karachi
Pakistan
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Southeast Asia
U.S.A
Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
Humphrey
Bangkok
Thailand
Mohammad Ayub Khan
India
Ayub Khan
America
Saigon
Vientiane
Laos
China
Honolulu
West Pakistan
Laborer rescued after six hours buried in well
George Wood, 63, was rescued after six hours trapped in a 20 foot well in Westminster Vermont. He calmly breathed air from a hose and joked with rescuers as workers freed him. He was in good condition and to be released from Rockingham Memorial Hospital later today.
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George Wood
UPI
Westminster
Wood
Greta
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Bellows Falls
Lawrence Harlow
De Gaulle Sees Neutral Viet Nam as Only Solution
French President Charles de Gaulle states there can be no military victory in Vietnam and calls for a political settlement with full Vietnamese neutrality. He says France will take an active part when such a solution becomes possible and aims to influence events toward an end to the war. He wrote in reply to Ho Chi Minh’s January 24 letter asking Paris to assume duties under the 1954 Geneva accords.
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Paris
UPS
Charles de Gaulle
Viet Nam
France
de Gaulle
Ho Chi Minh
Santo Domingo Terror Continues
Terrorists using guns and bombs made sporadic forays through this tense capital throughout the night and early today, killing one person and injuring fifteen others, including an American Army sergeant.
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Santo Domingo
UPS
Communist Death Toll Rises In An Lao Valley Offensive
In the An Lao Valley operation near Bong Son, U S and government forces report killing 359 Viet Cong as part of a broader sweep from Jan 25. The toll raises the known Communist dead to about 1,400 with air strikes, ambushes, and counterattacks.
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Saigon
UPI
An Lao
U. S
Bong Son
U. S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
1St Cavalry
U. S. Air Force
Gulf of Siam
Inside View of Senate Dissent on Asian Policy
An editorial discusses dissent in the Senate toward the President's Asian policy, outlining viewpoints and political tensions. Page 4. The Development Department notes residents favor the Beckoning Country concept. Page 5. Manchester selectmen present a draft town budget. Page 6.
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Senate
Manchester Selectmen
Lake George seeks raise of drinking age to 21
Lake George Town Board asks New York to raise the legal drinking age from 18 to 21 arguing out of state teens flood the area during Fourth of July and Labor Day weekends. The measure cites police costs and arrests on weekends and notes most offenders come from neighboring states. A three state Albany conference seeks compromise to set 21 with neighboring states urged to follow.
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Lake George
N.Y
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Albany
New York
New Yark
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