17 Feb 1965
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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1965
Page
1
The Vietnamese air force bombed and sank a 100 foot Viet Cong war craft 235 miles northeast of Saigon. It was the largest naval vessel the Viet Cong were known to have. The steel ship was about the size of an American submarine.
France sought U.S. acceptance of its plan to neutralize Indochina in talks with Communist China. Foreign Minister Couve de Murville prepared a Washington trip after de Gaulle’s briefing to urge that no military solution exists and that big powers disengage in Southeast Asia.
In Montpelier a Senate hearing on S.19 drew opposition from two senators facing abolition of their seats and from advocates of one man one vote. Sen. Daniel Rug gles III defended a plan keeping county lines while merging Grand Isle and Essex with neighbors, aiming for 30 senators and roughly 13 000 residents per senator. Opponents including Sen. Noel D. Viens and Sen. James N. Kennedy argued for equal population districts and a weighted vote plan. Farm Bureau president Keith Wallace opposed the plan outright, sparking a dispute over official stance and policy.
Vermont officials report that a restudy of extending the Roaring Branch floodwall is included in the proposed 1966 federal budget. Army Corps of Engineers would carry out the project if approved, with $15,000 allotted for the restudy to update costs and assess non federal shares. Local cooperation would require lands at no cost, insurance against encroachments, U.S. liability relief, and local maintenance after completion. The push followed land near the river identified for a new Mt Anthony Union High School and bond approval by voters on February 2.
A 21 member steering committee was named to organize a county action group to administer anti poverty programs in Bennington County. Paul H Guare explained grants under the President's war on poverty and urged becoming an active community capable of forming and funding projects. Priority ideas include a day care center and a preschool training center with a grant covering 90 percent of project costs and fundraising for the remaining 10 percent.
In Montpelier, at least eight House members plan to seek University of Vermont trusteeships as the House and Senate convene. Democrats Leo O'Brien and Guy McCain join Republicans Erma Puffer Lyman Hunt William Burns Edward Eucher Christine Ladear and Arthur Gibb in the candidate list, with three trustees and five Supreme Court justices plus six superior court judges to be chosen.
Vermont Governor Philip Hoff urged Democrats to support reducing the House of Representatives to 100 members arguing a smaller chamber keeps lawmakers accessible. He warned a 200 member house would dilute representation, citing Burlington needing about 40 candidates and calling for a positive approach to avoid scarcity in state government.
The Ranger 8 television probe was launched on Atlas Agena to collect about 4,000 close-up lunar photos on a 65 hour mission. The 808 pound craft started in a 115 mile Earth parking orbit and will use the second stage as a flying launch pad to reach the moon's Sea of Tranquillity in a mid course maneuver.
Village voters will decide if North Bennington Road homes and nearby businesses may tap the water main from Hicks Corners to Globe Union on Vermont 67A. Trustees and water commissioners approved incorporating the petition article for the March meeting, citing 578 valid signatures and 56 invalid removals.
President Johnson announced that the Treasury will soon issue rules that will give businesses a $700 million tax break. The statement signals new fiscal policy steps aimed at boosting corporate relief and investment.
Community minded Arlington group seeks a solution to Battenkill pollution. An editorial questions U.S. involvement in Vietnam and asks readers where the country stands.
New York police and FBI agents arrested three New York men and a Montreal woman on charges of planning to dynamite the Statue of Liberty, Washington Monument, and Liberty Bell as a symbolic act to spread terror. Rookie undercover officer Raymond Wood infiltrated the group and earned a detective promotion. The suspects, linked to the Black Liberation Front, include Robert Steele Collier, Walter A. Bowe, Khaleel S. Sayyed, and Michelle Duclos, held on bail between 50 000 and 100 000 dollars.
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