Widespread Winds Sweep Vermont Causing Minor Damage
Strong east winds up to seventy miles per hour raked Vermont for about ten hours, damaging roofs, antennas, windows, and trees while causing widespread outages. Central Vermont Public Service and New England Telephone crews worked to restore power and lines. a few buildings suffered extensive windrelated damage.
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Storm Noted as Widespread Wind Event in Vermont
Bennington Weather Observer Paul Bohne reported winds up to 70 mph in the Thursday storm, saying the event is not a shirkshire as the disturbance was too widespread. The system affected a broad area across Vermont and into New York State.
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Nixon Urges Firm U S Policy on Viet Nam at Chicago Dinner
Nixon told a Chicago Republican dinner that Southeast Asia will fall to communism if Johnson delays a decision on Viet Nam. He called for full naval and air power to cut North Vietnamese supply lines, short of atomic weapons. He praised Barry Goldwater and urged rejecting any pullout plan. A second note said 32 minutes passed to intro speakers at the event.
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Rights Workers in Selma Organize Selective Buying Campaign
Negro integrationists in Selma Alabama launch a selective buying drive targeting white merchants as part of the civil rights campaign led by the SCLC. King was abroad in California, while Harlem leaders call for store closures in tribute to Malcolm X. Jimmie Lee Jackson, 26, dies after being shot during a Marion disturbance as state troopers clash with marchers.
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Students Demand End to War as U S Bombers Escalate
In Saigon students protested for a Vietnamese driven peace and withdrawal of foreign troops while the United States intensified air strikes against Viet Cong targets. Demonstrators urged foreign elements to withdraw and for Vietnamese people to decide their future amid diplomatic talks and troop movements. Lt Gen Nguyen Huu Co reported four thousand regulars plus guerrillas in Quang Binh and Binh Dinh, with Marine and regular army reinforcements moved into the area as U S jets hit Communist positions.
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Kosygin Calls U.S. Must Withdraw From Viet Nam And Korea
Soviet Premier Kosygin, in a nationwide broadcast, demanded withdrawal of American forces from South Viet Nam and South Korea as a prerequisite for peace in Indochina. He urged U.S. steps to ease tension, while noting Sino Soviet strains could not be resolved immediately and criticized Laos interference as a violation of international law.
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Oakes Quits Vermont GOP Finance Post In Resignation
Brattleboro lawyer James L. Oakes resigns as Vermont GOP Finance Chair effective May 1 after accusing the state committee of failed leadership and calling for a new reformist Vermont Committee for Republican Progress. He cites lack of support to recoup about $9,000 in excess quota contributions and criticizes the party’s handling of 1964 damage. Edward Janeway counters by urging either support for current leadership or a viable replacement.
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Inside Mt Anthony board hears teachers and public opinion
Editorial notes shifting attitudes toward aid for the mentally retarded. Manchester officials back the Knowles tax appraisal system. BCHS faces MSJ in a big Class L basketball showdown tonight.
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Air Force jets collide over the Atlantic near Bangor
A B47 bomber from Pease and a KC135 tanker from Dow Air Force Base collided 700 miles east of Bangor Maine while refueling and plunged into the Atlantic. About seven crewmen were aboard and a large search was launched. Both planes were under the 8th Air Force at Westover.
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Senate OKs Judges Pay as House Skips Council Bill
The Vermont Senate approved a bill boosting salaries for judges and Supreme Court justices, sending the measure to the House. The chamber also allowed Burlington to raise its school tax by 1.20 if voters approve at town meeting while tabling a Senate reapportionment bill that would remove Senate representation from Grand Isle.
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Aiken Reports Champlain Gasoline Barge Traffic in 1964
Senator George D. Aiken stated that Burlington Harbor moved more than half a million tons of gasoline motor oil fuel oil jet fuel and kerosene by barge in 1964 with no obvious harm to Lake Champlain water quality This remarks touch on opposition to a Champlain Hudson waterway and note political redrawing debates in Vermont legislature including a recommitment of a legislative council bill and a proposal to make the drafting office full time
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Highway Dept To Buy Own Depot Site
The Vermont Highway Department will relocate its Bennington area headquarters and will purchase a site at no cost to the Mt. Anthony Union School District. The move comes after a Tuesday meeting with state officials. The union board will cover moving costs estimated at 42000 dollars.
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