Cost-Conscious Trustees Vote a 20¢ Tax Increase
Bennington Village Trustees approve a general fund budget of 177350 and a 222 tax rate on the Grand List for the current fiscal year. The highway tax remains 90 cents and is expected to raise about 72000. The Grand List stands at 80000 with a net 71000 gain and 50000 loss offset. Funds shift from highway to general for tree care sewer upkeep and curb work. A village meeting will decide on a street sweeper purchase or rental.
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Bennington Village
Francis J. Hogan
Hogan
General Fund
Vermont Smoking Law Seen Little Enforced
A Vermont law banning tobacco sales to anyone under 17 carries a 20 dollar fine for sellers and a 5 dollar fine for missing posters. Local efforts to stiffen enforcement face tax-file access limits and manpower, with officials weighing penalties and possible license revocation.
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Eugene V. Clark
Bennington
Russians Refuse U S Arms Plan at Geneva Talks
Soviet delegate Semyon Tsarapkin rejected Western phased disarmament proposals as unrealistic. He said there is little likelihood of East West compromise and accused the West of lack of enthusiasm.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Bennington Reports January Unemployment at 9.9 Percent
The Bennington area posted an insured unemployment rate of 9.9 percent in January, reflecting seasonal winter factors. Initial claims reached 289, with industries including apparel, construction, wholesale retail trade, and printing driving those totals.
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Bennington
Frank H. Mudgett
Department of Employment Security
Mudgett
Supreme Court Reapportionment Action Aims for Fair Representation
The Supreme Court moves to end national paralysis on legislative redistricting. It shifts from avoiding political fields to tackling Congressional and state district gerrymandering. Longstanding malapportionment favored rural areas over growing cities, while state constitutions and Congress lagged in ensuring equal representation.
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Washington
The
Supreme Court
Congress
House
Senate
Congressmen react to Supreme Court districting ruling
Washington AP reports reaction from Rep. Emanuel Celler and Rep. Silvio Conte praising the court decision on equal population in House districts. Republicans anticipate seat gains while Democrats say the majority benefits from nationwide equal voice. Justice Harlan warns the ruling could threaten current seats.
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Washington
Supreme Court
House
Emanuel Celler
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
High Court
Democratic Party
John M. Harlan
House of Representatives
Harlan
Inside Soldiers' Home trustees seek powers to sell land
Trustees of the Inside Soldiers' Home file legal action to define their authority to sell land, aiming to settle jurisdiction and guidance. Bernard Malamud of Bennington College is elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters, reflecting a notable academic recognition.
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Bernard Malamud
Bennington College
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Makarios Vows Resistance If Turkey Intervenes in Cyprus
President Makarios told The Associated Press he would resist any Turkish intervention and seek UN Security Council aid and international help. He warned partition plans by Turkish Cypriots would be encouraged by Turkish action and called for ending guarantees treaties from 1960 while noting tensions since December.
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Bennington County
Witten
Surgeon General
Tax Department
Nicosia, Cyprus
Makarios
Turkey
Cyprus
Associated Press
Ankara
Twe
U.N
Security Council
Archibishop
Greece
Britain
Hoff backs compromise on state aid bill in Vermont
Governor Hoff says he has no objection to a House compromise that preserves aid for all towns this year and cushions losses under the Simpson formula. He supports raising participation to 40 percent in 1965 and notes the measure advances aid to Vermont children.
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Hoff
Vermont
U S Cuts Water Pipe From Cuba
At Guantanamo Bay four Cuban workers cut a 14 inch water line from the Yateras Reservoir after an order by Rear Adm John D Bulkeley. Cuban guards watched as two million gallons a day had flowed until Feb 6. The base is now independent of Cuban water supplies.
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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Guantanamo Naval Base
John D. Bulkeley
Yateras
Prosecutor Seeks Ruby Death Verdict
Dallas district attorney Henry Wade presses for the death penalty as Jack Ruby faces trial for murdering Lee Harvey Oswald. Juror candidate Hillard Stone, an illustrator, signals possible support for capital punishment while defense attorney Melvin Belli challenges Stone over just cause for dismissal. The judge overrules the objection.
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Ruby
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Dallas
Henry M. Wade
Hillard M. Stone
Melvin Belli
Joe Tonnhill
Stone
John F. Kennedy
Belli
Atty
Henry Wade
Texas
Wade
Oswald
Vermont House expands lending power for industrial authority
The Vermont House gave final approval to a bill enlarging the Industrial Building Authority lending powers to aid a new plant project in the St. Johnsbury area for Fairbanks Morse & Co. The measure also allows Norwich Hanover school district bonds and delays a 6.5 mile Bakersfield ski access road project to 1965 with conditions.
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Bakersfield
Vermont
Cold Hollow
Cold Hollow Corp
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Secretary of State
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Commission On Christian Social Concern
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Atty. R. Marshall Witten
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Robert G. Baker
Senate Rules Committee
Ment
Arlington
Manchester
Associated Press News
Cuba
Washingtonian
Bryant Burton
District of Columbia
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