Hoff Proposes Graduated Income Tax and Capital Gains
MONTPELIER AP Hoff administration plans to present to the legislature a graduated gross adjusted income tax and a capital gains tax. The package includes restoring the rooms and meals tax to tax food and soft drinks at $1 minimum purchase. Aimed at raising about $3 million for education, the plan would offset revenue losses from the Rooms and Meals tax revision and keep current net income based deductions.
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Montpelier
Hoff
Rockefeller Draws Strong Anti Communist Line in New Hampshire
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller declared that communists aim to dominate the world and pledged that free nations survive only with the erasure of communism. He spoke to 400 Associated General Contractors members in Manchester and challenged Senator Barry Goldwaters view of the threat.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New Hampshire
Barry Goldwater
United States
New York
Munist
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Associated General Contractors of
Manchester
GOP
Aggression Charged as U.N. Advised in Canal Zone Clash
In Panama City a breakdown with the United States after a night of gun battles left at least 10 dead. Three U.S. soldiers and seven Panamanians died with 34 U.S. troops wounded and 190 Panamanian injuries. Panama accuses the U.S. of aggression and seeks international action after rioters tried to plant a Panamanian flag in the Canal Zone.
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United States
U.S
U.s.-Panama
Canal Zone
United Nations
Aquilino Boyd
U.N
U.N. Security Council
Miami
Roberto Chiari
The
Organization of American States
Union Board Seeks Town Meeting on Site Choice
The Mt. Anthony Union School Board will ask Bennington voters to approve or disapprove selling the Town Farm land to the union district as the site for a proposed high school. A special Bennington Town Meeting will be called to resolve the site debate and gauge voter sentiment.
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Union Board
Mt. Anthony Union
Bennington
Foote Drives Toward Statehouse Bid from Vermont
Lt. Gov. Ralph A. Foote plans a gubernatorial bid in Vermont arguing for local government self reliance against centralized regional control. The Middlebury lawyer, age 41, will announce after a special session and aims to contrast Hoff's administration with a grassroots program emphasizing town cooperation and enabling legislation.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Foote
Democrats
United Nations
United States
Vermont
Democrat Hoff
Hoff
BCIC Expands Land Holding Amid Expansion Hopes
The Bennington County Industrial Corp voted to exercise an option on 44 acres of land adjoining its Lyons District park for 10 500 with a 500 option fee. The land near East Road lies beside the Roaring Branch River and is owned by Elizabeth Earnhardt of California. BCIC leaders predict a five to fifteen year expansion period and see the site as suitable for future industrial use due to flat terrain and proximity to utilities.
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Bennington County Industrial Corp
Lyons District
Roaring Branch River
East Road
Elizabeth Earnhardt
California
BCIC
Norman H. Greenberg
Bennington
Greenberg
Hamilton L. Shields
Raynolds Explains Dream and Reality of Vermont School Regions
Harold Raynolds outlines a governor task force plan to reduce Vermont 257 districts and 54 supervisory unions to 12 regional units. Nearly 100 school officials attend in Castleton to hear how regionalization might bring a closer approach to ideal education while debating local control and policy roles.
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Castleton
Vermont Education Task Force
Harold Raynolds
State Board of Education
Vermont
Southwest Superintendents Association
Castleton State College
Raynolds
John G. Kristensen
Guilford
A. John Holden Jr
Unperturbed Fishermen Reel In Limits After Ice Break
Kalispell men James Strodtbeck and Tom Jones kept fishing as their pickup sank through Duck Lake ice into 11 feet of water. They still caught their limit of trout despite the mishap.
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Kalispell, Mont
James Strodtbeck
Tom Jones
Kalispell
Duck Lake
Family Split Feud Over Oswalds Guilt Revealed
In Fort Worth Texas AP reports a rift within the Oswald family resurfaced four days after the Kennedy assassination. Marina Oswald declared belief in her husband’s guilt while his mother and brother disputed her view prompting the family to confront concerns about care for Marina and her two young daughters.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Oswald
Jack Ruby
Secret Service
Arlington
Marina
June Lee
Rachael
Robert
Forth Worth
Johnson and Panama Discuss Peace in Canal Zone Crisis
President Johnson spoke by phone with Panama's President Chiari for about 15 minutes to push a peaceful settlement of the Canal Zone crisis. A Mann-led U.S. delegation was dispatched to meet Chiari and seek order, while Gen. O Meara was instructed to restore peace and safety in the Canal Zone.
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Johnson
Roberto Chiari
Panama
Pierre Salinger
White House
Canal Zone
U.S
Thomas C. Mann
Mann
Chiari
Andrew O’meara
Salinger
Republic of Panama
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