Vermont road plan hints at 1.193 billion spend
A Rutland Daily Herald report cites a Budget and Management Division secret budget showing 13 year net highway construction costs in Vermont totaling 1.193 billion dollars. State official John Gray condemned the piece as irresponsible for not clarifying the broad scope of the program.
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Philip H. Hoff
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Explosion And Fire Hit Houston
A ship collision with gasoline barges sent the Houston channel and a Shell refinery blaze into a spectacular inferno. Flames rose hundreds of feet as rescue craft and a helicopter battled the fire. Three workers injured and a guard died of a heart attack. Damages not yet estimated.
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Frank Caddy
Hoff Suggests Property Sales Tax in State Revenues
Vermont Governor Phil Hoff urged nationwide taxing of capital gains from property sales to raise revenue for state and local services. He warned expenditures would rise from 86.5 billion in 1965 toward 175 billion in a decade, and urged reforms to avoid regressive taxes while boosting state revenue through credits and broader tax sources.
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Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
National Conference On
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Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Britain reports 2.4 billion spending cut and F111 cancellation
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced a 2.4 billion budget cut including cancelling a 50 aircraft F111 order from General Dynamics with penalties around 130 million. The measures target defense reductions and withdrawal of 42,000 British forces from the Far East and Persian Gulf by end of 1971, as Britain shifts to austerity after the pound's devaluation.
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Malaysia
Lee Kuan Yew
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Charles de Gaulle
France
Death toll climbs in Sicily quakes devastate eight villages
The series of earthquakes in western Sicily left more than 250 dead and 200 hospitalized. Montevago and Santa Margherita Belice were among the hardest hit as 60,000 residents faced freezing conditions with tents and bonfires. International aid from the United States, Britain, and the Vatican joined local relief efforts.
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Sicily
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Santa Margherita Belice
Salaparata
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Britain
Vatican
Gibellina
Barre native Deane C. Davis eyes 1968 GOP governor bid
Deane C. Davis a Barre native and National Life Insurance executive, 67, says he will announce a Republican gubernatorial candidacy within ten days to two weeks. He has weighed a 1968 run and indicated he would proceed if assured of sufficient support.
Wilson Act Marks End of the Empire
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced Britain will abandon its world power role and focus on Europe after 31 hours of cabinet deliberation. The move seals the empire’s end and signals reforms to revive a sagging economy, drawing fierce protests from Labour critics over health-service cuts.
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Britain
Europe
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Fire at Tansitor Electronics causes minor damage
A fire in insulation atop the roof of the Tansitor Electronics plant on V1.9 caused minor damage and disrupted internal phone lines. Two Bennington Rural Fire Department units responded. officials say work resumed with no stoppage, while investigation continues and no cause or damage estimate is yet available.
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Rusk assures Saigon of consult before talks on Hanoi offer
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told Saigon it will be fully consulted before the United States decides whether to accept Hanoi’s invitation to talks if bombing ends. He stopped short of saying Saigon could block initial contacts, aiming to quiet Thieu’s fear of a behind the scenes deal. The statement followed Thieu’s criticism that Washington leads on peace rather than Saigon. Rusk noted the Hanoi offer requires careful exploration and may take time, and stressed consultations with Saigon and others before any decision.
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UPI
Dean Rusk
Saigon
United States
Hanoi
Rusk
United Sates
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Robert J. McCloskey
tWe
South Vietnam
New York Cab Drivers Stage 24 Hour Pay Strike
Almost a million riders faced crowded buses and subways as New York City cab drivers halted service for 24 hours to push for higher fares. Temperatures in the teens plus strong winds reduced taxi availability, with owner-drivers covering only a few runs. The action, led by the drivers’ union, signals potential for a broader strike if demands aren’t met.
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New York
UPI
New York City
Hoff Proposes Merging Departments Into One Agency
The Hoff administration filed with the House a plan to form a department of human resources by consolidating Corrections Health Mental Health and Social Welfare plus divisions of Alcoholic and Vocational Rehabilitation. Parole advisory mental health and appeals councils would join under a single commissioner reporting to the governor.
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Department of Human Resources
Corrections
Executive Branch
Peter Giuliani
Vermont
Inside taps blown for the Manchester school band
An editorial comments on property tax reform and a columnist suggests a tax on ski lifts as part of broader fiscal ideas. The items appear in a city newspaper, with page references indicating separate opinion and feature pieces.
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Carlo Wolter
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