Witherspoon Defends Personnel Policies
Governor Hoff announced a meeting to address charges against Tax Commissioner Gerald Witherspoon amid a large Tax Department reorganization. Garney Harvey of the state Employees Association cites merit-system violations and questions whether job eliminations or new duties were properly studied. Hoff cites communication gaps as the root issue while Harvey argues for a formal department study before reshaping staffing.
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Harvey
Hoff
Witherspoon
Tax Department
Priscilla Bing
Marie Wrafter
George Milo
State Employes Association
Union School Board Okays Contract Transfer
The Mt Anthony Union School Board at a special meeting approved transferring the architectural contract from The Architects Collaborative TAC of Cambridge MA to Ben Thompson Associates, a Cambridge firm formerly with TAC. The move involves the same designers remaining with the project, incurs no extra district cost, and makes Ben Thompson Associates liable for design issues since work began. T J Paulson of George A Fuller Co endorsed the transfer.
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Mt. Anthony Union School
Architects Collaborative
TAC
Cambridge
Mass
Ben Thompson Associates
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Eugene V. Clark
T.J. Paulson
The
George A. Fuller Co
Fuller
Transit strike ends in New York after 13 days
New York City workers return to the streets as a 13 day transit strike ends with a two year contract offering 60 to 70 million dollars in benefits for 36 thousand transit workers. Mayor Lindsay calls the settlement a triumph of reason. Michael Quill hails the deal, and eight jailed union leaders are released after court action.
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Brooklyn Bridge
John V. Lindsay
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
TWU
Joseph E. O’grady
Transit Authority
Quill
Weaver Nominated to Head HUD as First Black Cabinet Member
President Johnson announced at a news conference that Robert C. Weaver, 58, is chosen to head the newly created Department of Housing and Urban Development with a $35 000-a-year salary. Weaver has been head of the Housing and Home Finance Agency at $30 000.
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Washington
UPI
Robert C. Weaver
Senate
Johnson
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Weaver
Johnson pushes Congress on election law reforms
President Johnson urges new federal rules to ease entry to public life for individuals without wealth, expand disclosure of campaign contributions, curb proliferation of committees, and apply federal oversight to state and local campaigns. Weaver to lead HUD housing and urban redevelopment efforts as new agency begins. Senator Robertson signals smooth confirmation despite past opposition.
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UPI
Johnson
Congress
House
HHFA
HUD
Weaver
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Senate
Sen
A. Willis Robertson
DeVa
Banking Committee
Robertson
Red China Blames U S For Viet Nam Peace Hoax
In Tokyo, Communist China accused the Soviet Union of collaborating with President Johnson to push a Viet Nam peace scheme as a Soviet delegation led by Alexander Shelepin visited Beijing en route to Hanoi. Beijing rejected the visit as distrustful and pressed anti U S sentiment in its daily Peoples Daily editorial.
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UPI
China
Soviet Union
Johnson
Alexander Shelepin
Peking
Shelepin
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Moscow
Mao Tze Tung
Chou En-lai
Peking People’s Daily
U.S
Peking Peoples Daily
Central Committee of
The
Chinese Communist Party
Barry Goldwater challenges Johnson deficit figure
Former Senator Barry Goldwater called President Johnsons deficit estimate utterly ridiculous saying the 1.8 billion figure belittles Americans intelligence. He argued the deficit will be about 5 billion and criticized the Presidents budget speech for misrepresenting the true needs.
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Tucson, Ariz
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
Johnson
Goldwater
Viet Cong shoot down U S transport plane in Mekong Delta
Viet Cong guerrillas killed the pilot and co-pilot of a privately operated U S transport plane near Vi Thanh, 100 miles southwest of Saigon, and abducted a third crew member with a rope around his neck. U S Army rescue efforts and Air America involvement followed amid ongoing operations in the Vietnam War.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Mekong
Vi Thanh
Air America
U.S. Operations Mission
USOM
Air American
U S
Iron Triangle
U.S. Air Force
New York considers state liquor wholesale sales hearings
Albany N Y A proposal for the state to enter wholesale liquor distribution to retailers could cut bottle prices by up to 15 percent Two day hearings by the Joint Legislative Committee on Alcohol and Beverage Control start Tuesday in the Senate Chamber The sessions will review an interim report and the wholesale proposal plus repeal of the Feld Crawford price fixing law amid ongoing court challenges to the pricing rule and liquor authority scandals.
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Albany
N.Y
Joint Legislative Committee
Senate
Feld- Crawford
State Liquor Authority
Rockefeller
Inside Commentary on Tashkent Pact
Walter Lippmann analyzes the Tashkent pact in a column on page four. The piece surveys Cold War diplomacy and its implications for U.S. policy and press freedom.
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Walter Lippmann
Tashkent Pact
Milne seeks cutoff date for Vermont bills
UPI reports Rep Donald Milne of Washington has introduced a joint resolution to set a three week cutoff for bill introduction in Vermont. The measure would amend House and Senate rules and bar any legislation after next week in response to a recent adjournment deadline of March 12.
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Montpelier
UPI
Donald G. Milne
Washington
Vermont
Milne
House
Senate
BCIC Proposes New Shell Building Attract Industry
At its annual meeting the Bennington County Industrial Corp. BCIC discussed building a 20 000 square foot speculative shell to attract new industry. Hamilton L. Shields reported directors favor the project with robust funds and support from the Vermont Development Department industrial division. Stockholders approved redeeming up to 1000 shares, confirming surplus to redeem up to $10,000 while enabling further projects.
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Bennington County Industrial Corp
Industrial Development Corporation
Mt. Anthony Country Club
BCIC
Hamilton L. Shields
Shields
Vermont Development Department
Industrial Corporation
Vermont Container Corp
Vermont Department of Highways
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Milwaukee
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