Majority of Disabled Veterans Lose Property Tax Exemptions
In Vermont, the 1961 General Assembly changes will strip most veterans with disability pensions and all widows of such pensions of property tax exemptions. Net income rules may disqualify many, while exemptions extend to 6000 dollars of appraised value, raising the tax base for most eligible veterans. Exemptions are not automatic. veterans must file by May 1 with VA certificates.
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Bennington
General Assembly
Board of Listers
Listers
Board of Sisters
Francis J. Hogan
Vermont Tax Department
Charles T. Shea
Vermont
Shea
Hogan
Veterans Administration
Vance
State Tackles $8 Million Federal Aid Backlog
Vermont highway officials move to clear an $8 million backlog of road construction vouchers by March. Legislators report about $8.2 million in federal funds owed to the state were delayed by departmental voucher submission issues.
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Montpelier, Vt
Highway Department
U S Launches Record Airlift of Mobile Fire Brigade
The U S Army begins Long Thrust II airlift with 6000 troops arriving non stop from McChord AFB to Rhine Main near Frankfurt. 87 transports including 10 C135s will move units of the 4th Infantry Division to Mannheim and Hohenfels for a four day NATO field exercise before regrouping.
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McChord Air Force Base
Washington
Rhine-Main Air Base
Frankfurt
Strike Force Command
Army-Air Force
Europe
Berlin
Charles D. Palmer
Pierre Jacquaut
NATO
William F. Train
Bavaria
Mannheim
Germany
Hohenfels
4Th Allied Tactical Air Force
McChord
Army Unwraps Reorganization Plan Tonight
The Army plans a sweeping reorganization of ordnance quartermaster and other technical services plus staff streamlining. Two new commands will group Transportation Chemical Signal Ordnance and Quartermaster functions to boost efficiency while preserving combat structure and reducing staff duties.
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Washington
Army
Kennedy
Transportation, Chemical, Signal, Ordnance
Quartermaster Corps
Army General Staff
Continental Army Command
Plattsburgh Bomber Overdue Amid Search Efforts
An Air Force B-47 bomber with a four man crew departed Plattsburgh AFB at 2 a.m. on a routine training flight and did not return by 7 a.m. A search party is scouring the area between Watertown and Messena New York.
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Plattsburgh
N.Y
Air Force
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Watertown
Messena
January Thaw Closes Ski Slopes In Southern Vt
Unseasonal rain and mild temps shut down southern Vermont ski areas. Bromley, Prospect Mountain, Stratton, Magic Mountain and Mount Snow reported closures or limited operations. Slopes iced over with varying conditions and the Mount Snow Cup races plan remains tentative for next Sunday.
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Manchester
Four Area Association
Bromley
Prospect Mountain
Woodford
Stratton
Mount Snow
Mt. Mansfield
Hoff courts Vermont Democrats as potential governor candidate
Rep. Phil Hoff D Burlington addressed about 50 Democrats in North Bennington and outlined a platform where the party serves the people, criticizes the current administration, and calls for a responsive government. He toured the state to gauge support and plans to return for further talks with local party members. Hoff, 37, a Williams College and Cornell Law School alumnus, is a Burlington lawyer with four daughters and says education must improve to keep Vermont competitive.
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North Bennington
Phillip Hoff
Burlington
Norshaft Democratic Club
Hoff
John Spencer
Cuttingsville
Vermont
Ernest Gibson
Democratic Party
Turners Falls
Mass
Williams College
Cornell Law School
Black, Wilson and
Failure to Achieve Nuclear Test Ban Disappoints Kennedy
President Kennedy called the failure to reach a nuclear test ban with the Soviet Union the biggest disappointment of his first year in the White House. He cited Western unity as the bright spot and outlined views on Laos, farm policy, civil rights, and steel contracts amid looming negotiations and potential industry strikes.
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J.F.K
Washington
Kennedy
Soviet Union
White House
Latin America
Laos
Berlin
U. S
Llewellyn Thompson
Andrei A. Gromyko
David McDonald
United Steelworkers
Need for Tax Information is Keynote of Labor-Farm Council Conference
The Vermont Labor and Farm Council held a two day conference at Goddard College on equitable local taxation. Experts discussed Vermont tax methods and proposed a state tax payers association to improve public understanding.
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Need For
Labor-Farm Council
Plainfield
Vermont
Vermont Labor and Farm Council
Goddard College
State Taxpayers’ Association
Lucien Hanks
Bennington College
Bakery Truck Driver Hurt in N Y Crash
Leo Walsh aged 22 of Cambridge sustained head cuts when a Freihofer Baking Co truck he drove skidded on icy pavement and left the ditch in Pittstown N Y. He was en route from Troy to Hoosick Falls and baked goods were scattered along the road.
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Pittstown
N. Y
Leo Walsh
Cambridge
Freihofer Baking Co
Walsh
Troy Baking
Hoosick Falls
France moves toward siege to halt Algerian violence
Algiers faces possible state of siege as authorities weigh drastic measures amid a surge of terrorism. A civilian military manifesto urges Europeans and Moslems to reject murder, promising restrictions on freedoms if attacks continue. Seven killed and nine wounded in Algiers in one evening. nationwide toll rising with 17 dead and about 40 wounded in 11 cities.
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Algiers
Algeria
Police Chief Cites Conditions Behind Scandal in Burlington
Acting Police Chief George A. McKenzie told more than 30 of Burlington’s 54 officers to be proud of their uniforms and not hang their heads. Three more officers face burglary charges while on duty, resigning after Friday arrest. each on $3,500 bail. Trial set for Jan. 25. He cited low salaries as a contributing factor to the misconduct and said patrols will work on days off to cover shifts after the recent retirements and dismissals.
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Burlington, Vt
George A. McKenzie
McKenzie
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