Unicameral Advocated at Montpelier Public Hearing
Vermont lawmakers hear a push for a single legislative chamber. University of Vermont professor Andrew E. Nuquist and Middlebury College professor Harris Thurber argue for a one-house system at a House Reapportionment Committee public hearing. Former senator Robert C. Spencer voices a dissent with Bennington representative George Van Santvoord observing.
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Robert C. Spencer
Chittenden County
George van Santvoord
Bennington
Spencer
St. Michael’s College
Vermont moves toward free tuition for high school students
The Vermont Board of Education backed a plan to have towns and cities pay full tuition for students attending high schools outside their districts, aiming for free public education. It also recommended free textbooks for all Vermont high schoolers and proposed raising the state share of school construction from 30 to 40 percent to spur new building.
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State Board of Education
Vermont
Clifford McLure
Essex Junction
Temeporary Board
Windsor County
Harold
Ron) Raynolds
Route 7 Reconstruction Seen Months Away Says Holden
Holden tells Montpelier lawmakers that reconstructing Route 7 will take a long time. Russell A. Holden, Highway Commissioner, outlines current delays and planning steps to Bennington County’s legislative delegation.
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Russell A. Holden
Bennington County
State House
Walden
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Stamford
Allan Angney
James Lounsbury
Pownal
Charles Bentley
Sandgate
Edith Bauer
Landgrove
Harriet Stone
Sunderland
Marjorie Doyle
Arlington
Daisy Myers
Woodford
Plans for municipal unification and school additions advance
Ron Raynolds profiles Tom S. Arthur for the state Board of Education as Hoosick Falls Central School sees an addition approved. BCHS gears for Brattleboro trip while Bendi hosts Bellows Falls in Friday hoops. A Route 7 modernization remains years away with bids limited to a 2 mile Emerald Lake segment and a $1.1 million contract. Sen. Wilson warns Route 7 timing may clash with Interstate completion, affecting funding for nearby routes. See NEW ROUTE Page 2, Col. 3.
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Johnson Oversees Near 100 Billion Budget Plan
President Johnson prepares a budget of about 99.5 billion dollars for fiscal 1966, the largest peacetime total. Spending shifts from arms to health, education, and welfare, with 49 billion proposed for defense and calls to cut excise taxes by about 2 billion. The plan forecasts a 5.5 billion deficit and includes passes for new health and education funding totaling about 1.5 to 1.8 billion.
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Johnson vows unity as Great Society agenda begins
President Lyndon B. Johnson begins his first full term pledging to pursue a world without hate and a broad Great Society program. Inaugural address emphasizes justice and liberty, urging unity despite political divides while outlining aims on world trade and nuclear issues without detailed policy specifics. Ford notes the speech carries high and broad ideals.
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Negroes Press for Alabama Integration Drive Expansion
United Press International reports intensified civil rights actions in Alabama with 223 jailed in Selma voter registration raids to have federal court jurisdiction sought. Activists planned restaurant tests in Selma and a Dallas County courthouse march by over 100 Negro teachers if denied a special voter registration day. Dick Gregory led a four-site Tuscaloosa effort to gain admission, while Gregory and others faced earlier rejections.
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Selma
Martin Luther King Jr
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Dallas
Dick Gregory
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T. Y. Rogers
VanSantvoord For ConCon Proposal
In Montpelier two resolutions to force early legislative backing of court ordered reapportionment were withdrawn as unnecessary. Rep. Arthur Simpson said recent events removed the need and that the legislature will realign both chambers. An anti reapportionment measure with 76 signatures was introduced by Rep. Royal Cutts including several prominent community members.
Iran Premier Shot In Assassination Try
Iran Premier Hassan Ali Mansur, pro Western leader, was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt by a 19 year old youth as he stepped from a car near parliament. Surgeons operated on his neck and stomach and he remained under close surveillance. The assailant, Mohammed Bokharai, a Tehran high school senior, fired five shots. three misfired.
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Iran
UPI
Hassan Ali Mansur
Mansur
Mohammed Bokharai
Bokharai
Assadullah Alam
Shah
Rezah
Sir Winston Churchill Lingers At Lowest Ebbs Yet
LONDON reports Sir Winston Churchill, 90, clings to life as medical bulletins show no change in condition after a massive stroke. Physician Moran says the strength of his circulation waned and the ebb is accelerating, with Churchill possibly in a coma and Britons recalling his stoic stance toward death.
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George VI
China Raps New Soviet Leaders in Hard Line Move
Beijing denounces the new Soviet leaders as an ulcer to be removed by revolutionary communists. The attack mirrors Sino Albanian ties with Albania calling for Moscow’s removal while Pravda upholds peaceful coexistence amid ongoing ideological rifts and Khrushchev’s ouster.
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Albania
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Russia
Alexei Kosygin
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Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Kosygin
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