Prayers Open Legislature Opens Vermont Session
The Vermont Legislature opened a special session in Montpelier with Rep. Richard Mallary elected House speaker after Royal B. Cutts withdrew. Mallary won 143 of 148 votes as lawmakers observed an ecumenical religious service. Senate leader George W. F. Cook appears set for re-election as president pro tempore and a joint session is planned Thursday.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Richard Mallary
Mallory
Franklin D. Billings
Woodstock
Billings
Fairlee Dairy
Dartmouth College
Harry H. Cooley
Mallary
Cooley
de Witte Mallary
Cutts
Philip H. Hoff
Reid Lefevre
Manchester
House
Ways and Means
Sanborn Partridge
Proctor
House Appropriations
Byron Hathorn
Hartford
Hathorn
Senate
Rutland
George W.F. Cook
Hoff
Regional Planning Costs Reduced for Bennington County Towns
The Ad Hoc Regional Planning Committee chaired by Robert Graf voted to cut per capita costs by 50 percent for Bennington and Manchester if regional planning advances. Nine of 16 Bennington County towns approved the compromise at a Fisher School meeting, following talks over cost credits for planning work in progress or completed.
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Arlington
Robert Graf
Rupert
Bennington
Manchester
Bennington County
Fisher School
Bernard Johnson
State Central Planning Office
Walter Hayes
Ilsley S. Zecher
Michael Powers
Manchester Planning Commission
Central Planning Office
Regional Planning Commission
Steel hike approved under wage price guidelines
The White House said the $2.75 a ton price increase by U S Steel Corp is acceptable under wage price guidelines and called on Bethlehem and Inland Steel to roll their boosts back to a similar level. Chairman Gardner Ackley stated this after discussing the move with President Johnson.
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UPI
White House
U. S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Inland Steel
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
U. S
Johnson
Ackley
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel
Interim Settlement Refused In New York Transit Strike
New TWU negotiators rejected Mayor Lindsay’s interim settlement proposal as union leader Michael J. Quill urged keeping picket lines. White House reiterated aid, but Johnson waits for city request. Quill hospitalized after a heart attack, condition serious but improving. TA offered no new counterproposal as talks stall amid a two year 180 million dollar demand.
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New York Transit
New York
UPD
Transport Workers Union
TWU
John V. Lindsay
Michael J. Quill
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Johnson
W. Willard Wirtz
Lindsay
Douglas MacMahon
Quill
Transit Authority
Michael Quill
New York City
UPI
Adenauer 90 Today
Bonn reports Konrad Adenauer marked his 90th birthday with national homage and week of celebrations led by CDU. He attended mass and planned receptions, parlor ceremonies, and an army torchlight parade while the nation sent gifts and letters of congratulations to the elder statesman.
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Bonn
UPI
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Christian Democratic Union
CDU
Adenauer
Germany
Children’s Hospital
Early Peace Hopes Dimmed by Hanoi
Washington reports indicate Hanoi condemned the U S bombing pause as a deceptive peace ploy. The North Vietnamese foreign ministry warned of a tough stance and insisted on Communist terms, while U S officials seek world pressure to restart talks and ease military activity.
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Washington
UPI
Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnamese
Foreign Ministry
Hanoi Radio
United States
Peking
White House
State Department
Johnson
Bobby Baker Indicted on Tax Evasion Charges
Former Senate aide Robert G. Baker was indicted by a federal grand jury on nine counts for tax evasion and conspiracy. The indictment alleges he understated income by 54558.91 for 1961 and 1962 and evaded 23090.97 in federal taxes.
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Washington
UPD
Senate
Robert G
Bobby) Baker
Atty
Nicholas de B. Katzenbach
Baker
Justice Department
Inside Row feature shows Reagan with Vermonters
Page 2 notes Reagan's gubernatorial candidacy announcement while a photo captures him with two Vermonters. Page 3 highlights an editorial criticizing Hoff for backtracking on a conflict of interest policy. Page 4 comments on the policy stance. Page 11 offers tax filing tips for farmers.
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Reagan
Hoff
Russell Says Bombing Pause In Vietnam Too Long
UPI reports Senator Richard B. Russell says the current bombing pause against North Vietnam has lasted too long. He argues a week was long enough, warns against flying over SAM sites near Hanoi and Haiphong, and predicts Viet Nam will dominate the upcoming Congress. He criticizes the Johnson administration’s peace push and cites the Dominican Republic as another issue.
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Washington
UPI
Richard B. Russell
DsGa
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Georgia Democrat
Hanoi
Haiphong
Russell
Johnson Administration
Dominican Republic
Caribbean
Stronger Ethics Code Proposed by New York Lawmakers
ALBANY N Y The Legislature opens with a Republican Assemblyman S William Green of Manhattan filing a bill to bar lawmakers from practicing before state agencies. He also seeks a constitutional amendment to allow abstentions without counting as votes when conflicts of interest exist, noting current rules require a majority of all members to pass bills.
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Albany
N.Y
S. William Green
Manhattan
State Court of Claims
Green
Break in Bennington increases theft tally at Vermont Container
State police disclosed another break in the Bennington area marking the fifth theft or attempted theft since last Thursday. The Vermont Container Corporation in the Brooklyn District was broken into over the weekend with vending machines damaged and other losses described as small.
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Bennington
Vermont Container Corporation
Brooklyn
Viet Cong Downed Flying Crane in Central Highlands
U S Army CH54 skycrane helicopter ferrying ammunition was shot down over the Pleiku area killing five Americans. Ground forces burned a Viet Cong base near the Cambodian border as a 1st Cavalry battalion assaulted a rest area. The crash occurred west of the Mang Yang pass on Route 19. rescuers were deterred by exploding ammunition.
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Saigon
VPS
U. S
U. S. 1St Air Cavalry Battalion
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Ia Drang Valley
Sikorsky Aircraft Division
United Aircraft Corp
Viet Nam
U.S. Army
S List Air Cavalry Division
United States
Mang Yang Pass
1St Cavalary
An Khe
UPI
Martin Stuart-Fox
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