Bennington Sides With Village On Highway Tax Rise
Bennington selectmen and village trustees agreed to set a 1965 highway tax at $1, eight cents above the prior 92 cent rate, aiming to smooth next town meeting actions. The village budget is about $93,100 with the higher tax raising just over $80,000 for the village, while highway costs for the town could be slightly reduced in the general fund. They also agreed to share paving costs for the Soldiers' Home Deer Park parking lot, with the town funding materials and the village providing labor, and hoped for state assistance. The board also considered a request to exempt the rescue squad from taxes on its new headquarters and to exempt squad members from poll taxes, sending legal questions to Town Counsel for review.
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Sir Winston Fights On at Hyde Park Gate
London dispatch reports Sir Winston Churchill, 90, still fighting death as Lord Moran visits his Hyde Park Gate home amid ongoing medical bulletins. Lloyd Moran’s latest update says the veteran’s restlessness has eased and he slept through the night, with plans for an evening bulletin. Doctors and officials brace for the end while arranging funeral plans Churchill anticipated years ago.
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Moran
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Sir Winston
Harley Williams
Chest and Heart Association
Inaugural Parade Sees Johnson On Glory Road
Washington reports an all American inaugural parade from Capitol to White House for Lyndon B Johnson. 52000 marchers and 52 bands filled three hours of cold viewing while 200 million watched on TV. Security was tight with 3000 police and troops.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Muriel
John W. McCormack
U.S. probes possible test ban violation over Soviet venting
Washington sought a full explanation from Russia after a January 15 Soviet underground test vented, sending radioactive traces over the northern Pacific. State Department summoned the Soviet ambassador to discuss the incident and the 1963 test ban pact. Fallout could drift toward Japan and the United States, though officials cautioned the charge is not yet formal.
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UPI
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Semipalatinsky
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U.S
Japan
Governor Seeks G Fienbergs Reappointment
Bennington Municipal Judge George M. Fienberg is up for reappointment by the Senate along with nine other municipal judges. Gov. Hoff submitted seven Democrats and three Republicans for confirmation. Six more judgeships will be submitted later. The Brattleboro post changed from Republican Robert Gibson to Democrat Timothy Oconnor.
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Ernest W. Gibson
Hoff
Gibson
Timothy O’connor
Vermont lawmakers split on elder care and ballot design
Vermont legislators debate expanded medical aid for elderly residents with Sen. John J. O'Brien urging higher welfare funds and a raised income limit for Ker Mills assistance. Other actions include Rep. Edward Conlin's plan to split tickets on ballots and a push toward reapportionment hearings on bicameral versus unicameral legislature.
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Vermont
Edward Conlin
Windsor
Conlin
Great Society Seen As Excitment of Becoming
Johnson sworn in as president and urges justice liberty and union. He frames the Great Society as the excitement of becoming and pledges to expand opportunities, reject old hatreds, and unite the nation without division. The inaugural remarks underscore faith reason and action to transform unity into purpose.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Earl Warren
Lady Bird
Washington
UPI
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Liberty
Union
Johnson
Vermont education groups map statewide school district plan
The Vermont School Superintendents Association and the Vermont Education Association unveiled a plan to create comprehensive school districts by reorganizing supervisory unions. A districting commission would propose enlarging districts within six months, with incentives of 30 percent more state aid for unions that convert.
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UPI
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Vermont Education Association
Inside the Manchester bakeshop new owner featured
A local Manchester bake shop gains a new owner amid a reviewer’s note on housewifery, a columnist highlights the joys of domestic life, and the Sage of Swampacres finds signs of spring despite a snowfall across the region.
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Swampacres
Unexpected Snow Hits Parts of State
A freak snowfall drenched central Vermont with up to a foot of snow while other regions saw little or none. Waterbury had 12 inches, Montpelier-Barre about seven, Burlington under an inch, Rutland and Bellows Falls two inches, White River Junction and Bennington two inches, and Newport and St Johnsbury about five inches. Stratton Mountain reported five inches packed powder with two inches new. temperatures hovered at 22 degrees and conditions ranged from fair to good on upper slopes and fair on lower slopes.
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Waterbury
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Rutland
Bellows Falls
White River Junction
Bennington
Newport
St. Johnsbury
Stratton Mountain
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