Tribute poured for Vermont Chief Justice Holden
More than 300 people gathered at Paradise Restaurant in Bennington to honor James Stuart Holden, James Holden, new chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. Gov. Hoff and other officials sent congratulations as Holden, 49, became the 32nd chief justice and sixth from Bennington County.
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Vermont
Bennington
James Stuart Holden
North Bennington
Vermont Supreme Court
Paradise
Bennington County Bar Association
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Holden
Bennington County
Philip H. Hoff
George D. Aiken
Winston L
James S. Holden
Andrew V. Clements
Albany, N
Ernest W. Gibson
Brattleboro
Bennington Municipal Court
Eugene V. Clark
Christopher A. Webber
Rutland
Vermont Bar Association
Ralph A. Foote
Frederick B. Wolf
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Charles Fienberg
Buckler
Milford K. Smith
Percival L. Shangraw
St. Albans
Albert W. Barney Jr
St. Johnsbury
Harold C. Sylvester
Burlington
Ringheiser
Eldred Opposes Village Water Plan Amid Rural Needs
First Selectman Leon R Eldred urges Bennington Village residents to vote against a 20 000 sinking fund article for a new reservoir. He argues outside town developments need the water supply and that the town should fund expansion, not the village. He plans to move outside town yet backs townwide support.
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First
Bennington Selectmen’s Meeting
Eldred
Water Commissioners
School Directors Seek State Aid Revision
Vermont State School Directors Association plans to seek changes to the Aid to Education bill to protect communities with strong school funding efforts. Leaders Nichols and Simpson will draft the provision ahead of the final bill. South Burlington and Montpelier supporters seek compensation for growth and non taxable state property. Concerns include town control and legal issues over using voting funds by the village.
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Montpelier
Vermont State School Directors Association
Charles B. Nichols
USSDA
Rep. W. Arthur Simpson
Lyndon
John D. Donoghue
South Burlington
Soviets Show Interest in East West Nuclear Pact
Western sources report the Soviet Union showing interest in an East West treaty to halt plutonium production for nuclear weapons. The move aligns with five Johnson disarmament proposals at the 17 nation conference amid potential deadlock over weapon spread and delivery vehicle limits.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Johnson
Vermont Church Leaders Call for Racial Justice Appeal
Vermont faith leaders unite in the states first inter faith appeal for racial justice urging congregations to declare nondiscrimination in housing and church acceptance. The statement calls for civil rights discussion in churches and offers church offices to promote such dialogue. Leaders include Homer Bryant Max Wall Elmer Haley Lawrence Larrow Harvey Butterfield Robert Joyce Richard Naeye and Max Webster.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Homer C. Bryant
Vermont Baptist State Convention
Max H. Wall
Heavi Zedek Synagogue
Burlington
Elmer N. Haley
Troy Methodist Conference
Lawrence Larrow
Bennington - Troy
Harvey Butterfield
Six Cushman workers arraigned in Bennington case
Six Cushman Mfg Co employees in North Bennington and a Hoosick Falls railroad express worker were arraigned in Municipal Court on grand larceny charges for stealing furniture company property. Harold Hitchcock pleaded not guilty. Kenneth Sherman pleaded guilty. Bail set at 500 and 100 dollars respectively with a pre sentence investigation ordered.
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H.T. Cusheman Mfg. Co
North Bennington
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Harold Hitchcock
Bennington
Kenneth Sherman
Gage St
Raymond F. Crawford
Hitchcock
Johnson voices readiness to discuss U S Panama tensions
President Johnson said the United States is willing to engage without delay in a full review of all issues with Panama as attempts to mediate the Panama Canal dispute continue. Panama's Chiari echoed the need for U S willingness to negotiate without preconditions.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Panama
Inter-American Peace Committee
White House
Peace Committee
Organization of American States
Panaama Canal Zone
U.s.-Panama
United States
Robert Chiari
Panama City
Washington Post
Chiari
Post
Dan Kurzman
Heart Transplant Attempted in Mississippi
Surgeons at the University of Mississippi Medical Center attempted to transplant a human heart into a man dying in Jackson Mississippi. The operation involved medical researchers and hospital staff as part of a pioneering procedure in the state.
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Jackson, Miss
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Medical Center
Johnson Defends Gift Stereo as Baker Inquiry Grows
President Johnson said a 1959 stereo given to him by Robert Baker was a gift with no conditions. Senate leader Mike Mansfield urged the explanation to end the matter, while Republicans press the Baker inquiry amid the election year. Reynolds testified he bought the $542 stereo and paid for other Johnson family ventures.
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Washington
Johnson
Robert G. Baker
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Senate Rules Committee
Baker
Senate Democrats
White House
Senate Committee
Don B. Reynolds
Reynolds
Austin
Mansfield
House
Carl Albert
Ate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Charles A. Halleck
Rep
H. R. Gross
Brown
Bobby Baker
Gross
Aiken Says Engineers Will Survey Champlain Waterway
Senator George D. Aiken reports the Army Corps of Engineers hired Tech-Search of Evanston Ill to conduct an economic survey of the Champlain Waterway. He says engineers will perform most detailed work and draw all conclusions.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
R- Vt
Army Corps of Engineers
Champlain Waterway
Tech - Search
Evanston
Ill
Aiken
Army Engineers
Inside Bennington YMCA runs People-To-People program
Column notes Samuel R. Ogden targets the education task force. A screech owl enters a Dorset home via the chimney. The March of Dimes drive kicks off in the Pownals.
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Bennington
YMCA
Samuel R. Ogden
Dorset
March of Dimes
Pownals
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Albany Law School
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Ciety of
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Max H. Webster
United Church of Christ
Cushman
Chicago
Federal Building
Champlain
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