Water main extension to PMH urged as emergency
Bennington selectmen and the Water Board pressed for immediate action on an 8 inch main from Franklin Lane to Dewey Street to serve the expanded Putnam Memorial Hospital. The project aims to improve water supply for fire protection and the hospital’s new fourth floor, with costs estimated at 24 000 dollars and funds to be repaid via the hospital’s deed arrangement. Town officials noted the extension largely lies within the village and urged village trustees to call a special meeting for voter approval.
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Bennington Water Board
Water Board
Alfred Ellett
Joseph Higgins
Norton Barber
Hospital
Putnam
Trustees and Water Board
Burton Winslow
Franklin Lane
Armory
Dewey Street
Dewey
Main
Elm Street
Barber
Dewey Streets
Weeks Street
S. G. Shultz
Ellett
Shultz
Bijur
Kocher Drive
Sunday Racing Probable At Green Mountain Track
Vermont House passed legislation to permit Sunday pari mutuel racing at Green Mountain Park in Pownal. The 122-22 vote was urged by Ways and Means Chair Emory Hebard who said the state needs more money and suggested taxing sin rather than debating Sunday morality.
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Pownal
Green Mountain Park
Vermont House of Representatives
House
Ways and Means Committee
Emory Hebard
Vermont
Hebard
Vincent J. Bartimo
Bartimo
Senate
Eral
Hackett Sees $700000 Surplus If Spending Halts
Montpelier Vermont House GOP Leader Luther Hackett says a $700000 surplus could emerge for the current biennium if no further fiscal 1969 spending is authorized. He outlines a path to raise $2570000 in 1968 from budget cuts reversions tax returns and Sunday horse racing while noting a remaining unfunded gap. The plan ties surplus to Gov Hoff's supplemental program, with tax hikes rejected and belt tightening urged. Track officials express willingness to cooperate with Sunday racing, aiming to boost state revenues without harming operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackett
House
GOP
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Republican House
France Says Hanoi Ready for Talks on Vietnam War
Paris reports a French cabinet statement that Hanoi assured an unconditional halt of U S air raids would be a necessary and sufficient step to open peace negotiations. The government echoed Thant that delaying talks risks world peace as North Vietnam seeks talks through Maj Van Bo in Paris.
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Paris
UPI
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Charles de Gaulle
United Nations
Thant
Georges Gorse
France
Maj van Bo
West
Gorse
U.S
Council of Ministers
Southeast Asia
Wheeler Seeks More U.S. Troops for Vietnam
Gen Earle G Wheeler chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reported to President Johnson the need for a major troop buildup in Vietnam. He arrived from Saigon carrying a request from Gen William Westmoreland for up to 100000 additional troops beyond a 525000 ceiling, and proposed calling up 50000 reservists and Guardsmen. Wheeler, still optimistic yet noting North Vietnamese and Viet Cong initiative in parts of South Vietnam, spoke at a White House breakfast with McNamara Clifford Rusk Helms and others.
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Washington
UPI
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Johnson
White House
U.S
Vietnam
Wheeler
Saigon
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Andrews Afb
Maryland
South Vietnam
McNamara
Clark M. Clifford
Dean Rusk
Richard M. Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Court Upholds Powell Ouster From House
The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Powell cannot challenge his 1967 ouster in federal court. The ruling, unanimous, said the House action was a political question beyond judicial review. Judge Burger wrote the panel noted potential House error but emphasized separations of powers and noted residents of New York’s 18th District retain only the right to vote, not to seat that representative. Powell, a 22-year House veteran, faced charges of misusing funds during his Education and Labor Committee chairmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
U.S. Court of Appeals
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Hart
Legislative Branch
Warren E. Burger
House
New York
Congress
Education and Labor Committee
Inside Editorial backs park vote in town pages
A brief Inside Editorial urges residents to support the town park project as a local issue in Page 4 coverage. The item highlights community value and civic interest in preserving green space for residents.
Sign Bill Faces Major Test Today in House
In Montpelier UPI reports a bill to end all off premises highway advertising faces its first major House test. Rep. Orestes Valsangiacomo leads floor opposition while Gov Hoff and business groups back the bill amid party leadership efforts to line up votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Highways Committee
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont Hotel Motel Association
Associated Industries of Vermont
House Gop
Theodore Riehle
R-South
Burlington
Javits Seeks Third Term As New York Senator
Albany N Y Javits announces bid for a third term with renomination by the Republican State Committee likely. Democrats have not named a candidate as Resnick and Pike consider primaries, and a new law allows challenges with 25 percent of the vote or 10000 signatures. Javits cites Vietnam and urban crisis as key issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N.Y
Jacob K. Javits
Republican State Committee
Joseph Y. Resnick
Ellenville
Otis G. Pike
Riverhead
State Committee
Minnesota
Eugene J. McCarthy
Resnick
Pike
John G. Dow
Grand View
United Nations
Arthur Goldberg
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de Gaulle
Mainz
West Germany
Great Britain
Green Mountain Track
Joint Chiefs
Khe Sanh
Vietnam Demilitarized Zone
George M. Fienberg
John T. Carmody Jr
Bennington County
Louis F. Lausville
Selectman
R. Alma Langlois
Joseph E. Higgins
Board of Selectmen
Dwyer
Highway Department
Manchester
Israel
Roy Marsden
Javits
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