Bennington Town Meeting Sees Eight Articles on Agenda
Bennington residents gather at Bennington Elementary School for the first part of the town meeting to decide eight articles. The session plans to set the 1966 general fund and highway tax rates, with a general fund budget of 317,950 including library spending of 29,500. The general fund tax rate is estimated at 1.80, down from 1.95 last year, aided by a projected rise in the Grand List from 13.8 to 17.5 million. Two floor-article items include leasing the former Girls Club building to the Greater Bennington Association and selecting an auditor from the state for a town books audit. Voting Tuesday will be light with two polling places and hours 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Bennington
Coro
Ner
Elm
South Streets
Greater
North Bennington
Arlington
School Lane
Victor Allen
Madison
N.J
Readsboro Falls
Allen
North America
Bell Laboratories
Readsboro
Kenaje
E Collins
Winhall
Helicopter Strike Traps 400 Viet Cong on Peninsula
Marines cutting in by helicopter pinned down about 400 Viet Cong on a peninsula just south of Phu Bai. At least 40 were killed in the first hours of heavy fighting as Vietnamese army units moved to river positions paralleling the area.
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Saigon
UPC
Phu Bai
John A. Hemphill
Boise
Idaho
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Guam
Laos
Leatherneck
Task Force Delta
British Election Expected to Be Announced Tonight
Prime Minister Harold Wilson met his cabinet for 1 hour 40 minutes to draft the election plan and a March 31 general election date was reportedly set. A royal proclamation to dissolve Parliament was anticipated, with Heath leading the Conservative opposition. Separately, U S and South Vietnamese forces reported heavy fighting, including an underground hospital capture near Bong Son and multiple Marine engagements along the coast, plus new air strikes and a first appearance of F5 jet missions over North Vietnam.
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London
UPD
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Labor Party
Queen Elizabeth
Nassau
Edward Heath
House of Commons
1St Cavalry
U. S
North
Viet Nam
Highway 15
Demilitarized Zone
Vinh
Vermont Town Meeting Day Voters Face Budget and Race For Mayors
Thousands of Vermont residents head to town meetings to decide budgets officer choices and policy questions. Burlington voters face an $0.08 levy for police station work. Barre and St Albans will elect mayors. Winooski to consider city manager form. Essex Town budget hike of $25,000 on tap. St Albans mayor race features Seymour Irish Fountain with Pignona backing Seymour. Fairfield reports 10 cent bridge repair item. Tax concerns across towns dominate discussions and potential changes.
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Burlington
Winooski
Barre
St. Albans
C.O. Granai
Garth Blow
Wilfred Fisher
Anita Seymour
Irene Irish
Joseph Fountain
James Pignona
Fairfield
Black Creek
Area Legislators Questioned On Reconsideration of Housing Bill
Vermont lawmakers faced pressure from clergy and the Vermont Civil Rights Union to rethink a fair housing bill. Only three Bennington County reps backed the measure, Rep. Mann among them, who said the issue was settled. The bill would criminalize denying housing based on race creed or color. The House vote defeated the bill 73 to 69. reconsideration requires a three quarter vote to suspend rules.
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Vermont Civil Rights Union
Vermont House of Representatives
Bennington
Daulton Mann Jr
Peru
Bennington County
House
Mann
Philip H. Hoff
George van Santvoord
Daisy Myers
Bennington - Woodford
Rutland
VCRU
Joseph C. Caracciola
Marjorie Doyle
Arlington
H. James Wallace
Judiciary Committee
Vermont
Senate
Death Ends Reinstatement Battle of Dr. Woodard
New York reports the death of Dr. Richard H. Woodard at 41 after a four year fight to regain reinstatement to Porter Hospital in Middlebury Vermont. The Vermont Supreme Court had ordered a court hearing instead of a hospital board review, and Woodard had been dismissed for failing to follow medical staff rules with privileges cut from Class B to Class C. His widow and four children survive.
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New York
UPI
Richard H. Woodard
Porter Hospital
Middlebury
Dr. Woodard
New York City
Vermont Supreme Court
Woodard
Two Astronauts Die In Gemini 9 Training Crash
UPI reports astronauts Charles A. Bassett II and Elliot M. Lee Jr. were killed when their T38 jet crashed during a landing attempt at St. Louis Missouri while preparing for Gemini 9 mission. The Federal Space Agency confirmed the loss.
Humphrey and Kennedy Clash Over Viet Nam Policy
In a renewed intraparty clash, Vice President Humphrey and Sen Kennedy spar over Johnson Viet Nam policy. Republicans accuse both of using the Viet Nam debate to control the Democratic party, as Senate debate looms on a 4.8 billion defense bill. Kennedy suggests negotiating with the Viet Cong, while Humphrey warns against rewarding banditry and murder by allowing Viet Cong influence in Saigon.
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Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Democratic Party
Viet Nam
Council of Republican Organizations
Humphrey
Kennedy
Council
Senate
Wayne L. Morse
D-Ore
Congress
Gulf of Tonkin
Governor protests NEDA exclusion from Northeastern region
Albany NY Governor Rockefeller publicizes a telegram to Commerce Secretary Connor lamenting New Yorks exclusion from the Northeastern Economic Development Region. He notes NYs western central area to Buffalo fits the act and seeks a meeting to delay March 2 designation while supporters argued for NY inclusion.
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Albany
UPI
Rockefeller
U.S. Secretary of Commerce
New York State
NEDA
New York
Commerce
John T. Connor
Connor
New England
Nors
Commerce Secretary
Washington
Buffalo
Bennington County town meetings set with regional planning vote
Across Bennington County nine towns begin sessions tonight ahead of Tuesday elections. Arlington Bennington Pownal Dorset Shaftsbury Manchester readsboro Woodford Sunderland Stamford Manchester polls hours vary with liquor sale ballots closing by 3. A separate village meeting in Readsboro discusses old school building disposal and land preparation for a new fire department site.
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Bennington County
Manchester
Arlington
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Sunderland
Woodford
Readsboro
Bennington
Stamford
Sandgate
Dorset
Searsburg
Peru
Winhall
Landgrove
Rupert
Southwestern
Vermont
Massachusetts Sells Tax This Year News Review
Inside notes Massachusetts will soon impose a sales tax. Vermont offers a consumer guide detailing what the tax covers. Editorials discuss town meetings and a House vote on the power bill. Columnist Alan Sophrin critiques the DC 3 demise.
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Massachusetts
Alan Sophrin
DC 3
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Bong Son
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LBJ
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