Reapportionment Panel Sets Session Policy Guidelines
The Legislative Reapportionment Commission seeks prompt compliance with federal realignment orders as it prepares a comprehensive report for the 1965 session. The seven member panel will present guidelines at the State Capitol, while debates focus on House sizes, districting rules, and a plan replacing the current 246 members with 150 180 or 210, keeping the Senate at 30.
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Commission
House of Representatives
Senate
Johnson Sets Out Details of Great Society Plan
President Johnson begins outlining his Great Society program with a $1.2 billion five year health initiative, a 32 center regional medical network, and an education package for 1965. He plans international outreach to Europe and Latin America and will send multiple messages to Congress through Jan 20. He frames 1965 as a new quest for union, stressing unity with world nations and domestic progress.
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Johnson
Congress
UPI
Washington
America
State
United States
Europe
Latin America
House
Senate
State of the Union
Rumor: Cummings Weighs Staying as Vermont Banking Chief
In Montpelier Vermont Governor Hoff faces a staffing dilemma as Robert E Cummings Bennington attorney and state banking and insurance commissioner contemplates returning to private practice Hoff aims to keep him with talks of salary raises for department heads The plan would cost about 200000 and possibly raise governors pay to over 25000 plus higher wages for social welfare education and highways officials
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Alout
William F. Kearns Jr
Cummings
Hoff
Department of Administration
Kearns
Evacuation Safe After Propane Tank Car Derailment
In Hoosick Falls New York fire safety and railroad officials lifted a 32 000 gallon propane tank car after a derailment on Sunday lifting was done as part of Operation Propane area residents within a six block zone were evacuated starting at 9 15 this morning 15 families nearest the tank were asked to leave their homes and many sought shelter at the state armory or with neighbors authorities declared a state of emergency Sunday afternoon and used alarms loudspeakers and canvassing to relay the warning relocation followed a day of tense precautions and a planned return once the car was moved to a safer location.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Boston and Maine Railroad
Rensselaer County
Hoosick River
Lower Fourth
Willow Street
Leo Albowicz
State Armory
Boston & Maine Railroad
Miller
Miss Freedom Party Plans Legal Blitz in Mississippi
In Washington five Mississippi segregationists face a second seating fight after the House voted to seat them in the 89th Congress. MFDP vows a legal peace corps of attorneys to document discrimination as it seeks to unseat the group. Capitol intruder Robert Lloyd, a Nazi Party member, disrupted the House proceedings to protest MFDP actions.
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Washington
UPI
Mississippi
Moneday
House
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
MFDP
Capitol
Lloyd
Freedom Democratic Party
White House
Sprague Co May Reopen Bennington Plant
Sprague Electric may reopen its Bennington plant on Ben-Mont Avenue after February shutdown affected about 80 workers. William Nolan, retired senior VP and counsel now on special assignments, said the 50 000 square foot facility was once on the market but is now considered with several new developments. A final decision, possibly within two weeks, would determine whether operations resume at Bennington.
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Bennington
Sprague Electric Co
North Adams
Mass
Holden and Leonard
Ben-Mont Avenue
William Nolan
The
Banner
Five area schools ready for basketball action tonight
Page 6 notes five area schools set for basketball action tonight, highlighting matchups and expected standout players. Also mentioned are other pages with staff changes and event previews, including a summer program at Bennington High.
Survey Finds Most Sweeps Gamblers Cannot Afford It
A Massachusetts survey of 25 percent of 1964 New Hampshire Sweepstakes winners shows 80 percent could not afford to gamble. Reported by the Massachusetts Council of Churches committee on organized gambling and crime. Most winners came from low income areas with average prizes around $200.
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Boston
UPD
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Committee On
Massachusetts Council of Churches
Myron W. Fowell
Raynolds Quit Education Board Over Conflict of Interest
Harold Ron Raynolds of Springfield resigns from the Vermont Board of Education claiming a conflict as he joins the legislative branch. Gov Hoff refuses to accept pending legislative action to clarify rules. The issue highlights long standing practice of lawmakers serving on state boards.
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Raynolds
Education Board
Montpelier
Harold
Ron) Raynolds
Springfield
Fule
Hoff
State Board of Education
Windsor County
Legislative Branch
Vermont
Dir
University of Veremont
UVM
Samuel W. Fishman
Addison County
George R. J. McGregor
Chittenden
Merrell E. Perley
Enosburg
Hareld C. Billings
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George W.F. Cook
Rutland
Charles Delaney
Chittenden County
Philip H. Hoff
Russell Holmes
Canaan
Commit
U.S. Supreme Court
Hutchinson
John F. Kennedy
Mings
Charles T. Shea
Miss. Freedom Party
Sprague Co
Philip Walker
Lyndon Johnson
Harold Raynolds
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