Vermont tax plans being studied in Legislature
Vermont lawmakers enter week seven of debate on tax ideas with Gov Davis plan under scrutiny. Witherspoon to help Ways and Means draft a tax package likely including limited sales tax and fines. Republicans split on compromise plan while Democrats push their own measures including higher income and corporate taxes and tax changes on rooms and meals. Senate and House committees hold hearings on tax proposals as Pavilion Hotel demolition bill moves forward for state offices and museum space.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Gerald
Witherspoon
House
Ways and Means
Francis Peisch
Burlington
Peisch
Deane C. Davis
Davis
Senate
Pavilion Hotel
State Street
Senate Appropriations Committee
Edward Janeway
Windham County
Janeway
Dorothy Shea
Washington County
Vermont Historical Society
State Museum
Israeli Jets Raid Guerrilla Positions Near Sheikh Hussein Bridge
United Press International reports two Israeli Mystere jets struck Arab guerrilla positions in Jordan in retaliation for a bazooka attack on an Israeli patrol. Jordanian officials said napalm was dropped with no casualties but some crop damage. The raid targeted a Jordan Valley area five miles south of the Allenby Bridge.
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Jordan
Amman
Jordan Valley
Sheikh Hussein Bridge
Allenby Bridge
Jerusalem
East Bank
Israel-Jordan
Sea of Galilee
Cairo
United Nations
Suez Canal
Arab al Fatah
West
Jordan River
Israel
Middle East
Moshe Dayan
Egypt
Poljacik Heads Troop C Promotion to Lieutenant
Sgt. John A. Poljacik aged 47, long time Shaftsbury sub-troop commander, promoted to lieutenant and named commander of Vermont State Police Troop C in Rutland. He will take over Feb. 24 replacing Capt. Lloyd B. Potter as state safety officials weigh a temporary successor if needed. Poljacik, a Maine native with service since 1947, is noted for extensive training including Harvard homicide seminar and Northeastern traffic law enforcement program.
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John A. Poljacik
Shaftsbury
Vermont State
Rutland
Public Safety
Erwin A. Alexander
Burlington
St. Poljacik
Lloyd B. Potter
Montpelier
Poljacik
Cpl
Gordon Mooney
William Lueczynski
Shaftsbury Barracks
Pejepscot
Maine
Ethel
North Bennington
State Police
John Pollacik Jr
Florence
Pittsford
Vermont Marble Co
Proctor
Curtiss Wright Corp
Buffalo
N.Y
Armed Services
Vermont Marble
South Shaftsbury
Fair Haven
Pollacik
Harvard University Medical School
Northeastern University
New England Police Institute
New England State Police Staff College
Vermont Public Safety Department
Three Yachts Seized By Chinese Gunboats Near Macao
Western diplomats pressed Peking for details on four Americans and 11 other people aboard three yachts harassed by Chinese gunboats in a weekend cruise from Hong Kong to Macao. A radio message said they were boarding. Among the missing are Carol Zinky and her father William Zinky, plus Simeon Baldwin and his family. gunboats also boarded ten others on two additional chartered yachts but later allowed them to pass.
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Hong Kong
UPS
Peking
Portuguese
Macao
Red
China
Mac
Carol Pauline Zinky
Hector H. Ross
Carol
William Roy Zinky
Colorado Springs
Colo
Joan von Sydow
Spokane
Wash
Christian
Christine
Sarah
Simeon Baldwin
Los Angeles
United States
Cliff Dr
Laguna Beach
Calif
Bessie Hope Donald
Bristol, Va
Baldwin
U S Pushes For Mutual Withdrawal in Vietnam Talks
Paris sources say the United States seeks a mutual withdrawal of troops from South Vietnam as a core aim of Henry Cabot Lodge’s talks. The move is part of a broader Allied push for military de escalation and potential bargaining on disengagement with Viet Cong leaders and North Vietnamese delegates.
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Paris
UPID
United States
Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Viet Cong
Tran Buu Kiem
Lodge
Hanoi
Rockefeller Proposes Stricter New York Traffic Laws
Albany N Y Gov Nelson A Rockefeller proposes tougher NY traffic penalties after a record toll. The plan includes 30 day automatic license suspensions for speeding 20 mph over limit, stricter drunk driving rules, tests for license renewals, and tire regulation. He cites 3117 traffic deaths last year, up 182 from 1967.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York State
Rockefeller
New England
Inside Columnist Warns on Atomic Plant Menace
Gerald Raftery, in an Inside column, warns of the long-range dangers of atomic plants. The discussion spans Page Letters to the editor. Overflow from this topic pushes onto Page 5. A separate item notes Vermont’s large recreational development under way in Quebec, covered on Page 6.
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Gerald Raftery
Vermont
Quebec
Stopgap measures set for Windsor Prison
Corrections Commissioner Charles G. Adams Jr. announced plans to implement stopgap improvements at Windsor Prison, the oldest U S maximum security unit. With no capital funds for a new $3 million facility, planning funds will be sought and 240 inmates will be redistributed across blocks A B minimum security farm four community correctional centers and block C. About 40 inmates may go to out of state facilities under an interstate compact, fire and safety risks will be reduced by removals and new classifications.
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Deane C. Davis
Adams
St. Johnsbury
Burlington
Rutland
Windsor
State
St. Albans
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David Lawrence
Manchester
G. Frederick Lawrence Jr
United Press International
Set. Poljacik
Istanbul
Istanbul University
Port of Call
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Izmir
Mao Tse-tung
Guma
Bennington
St. Peter’s Episcopal
Melvin McGaughey
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