Ky Arrives in Paris Urging Peace Against Communist Domination
South Vietnam Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky arrived in Paris for talks on Vietnam warning peace is possible but not at the price of Communist domination. He told reporters Saigon will not be conquered by force and that South Vietnam intends to replace American troops with its own forces as talks begin.
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Paris
UPD
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Orly
Republic of Vietnam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
Orly Airfield
Second Davis Tax Message Fails To Change Minds
Vermont lawmakers remained skeptical after Gov. Deane C. Davis spoke to the General Assembly for a second time on January 9 and a revised budget. Supporters and critics debated a 4 percent general sales tax to balance a $96.1 million budget, with some urging a legislative inquiry into possible education and welfare cuts. Republican leaders praised the address as candid, while Democrats pressed for fiscal scrutiny and tax alternatives remained limited.
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Davis
Miller state aid formula debated in House hearings
Montpelier Vermont officials debated the Miller formula designed to equalize funding for education by tying state aid to each town’s Grand List and pupil counts. House Education Committee Chairman Lyman Hunt outlined how aid percentages would be calculated, highlighting benefits for denser districts and penalties for wealthier towns with smaller student populations. Critics urged state takeovers of secondary education or warned that inflated land valuations distort town wealth.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Lyman C. Hunt
Essex Junction
House
Hunt
Bennington County
Arlington
Bennington ID
North Bennington
Dorset
Landgrove
Manchester
Peru
Pownal
Readsboro
Rupert
Sandgate
Searsburg
Shaftsbury
Stamford
Sunderland
Winhall
Woodford
Bennington
Emory Hebard
Glover
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Hebard
Herbert G. Ogden
Hartland
Ogden
Inside Benjie Enters the Mogenarian Age
An editorial on page four warns about nuclear plant proliferation risks. This piece argues policy gaps and public safety concerns amid expanding energy projects. The note on page six outlines Dover’s public hearings for all 28 proposed zoning amendments.
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Dover
Nixon Welcomes Hickel to Cabinet
Nixon swore in Walter J. Hickel as Interior Secretary at the White House after Alaska Governor Hickel won Senate confirmation 73 to 16. Nixon hailed Hickel while noting past criticism and asserting the administration’s priority on practical conservation and policy outcomes. Conservationists, led by Senator Proxmire, pressed for stronger restraint and the elevation of Russell Train to a top Interior post. Hickel pledged to earn the Senate’s vote of confidence and the president’s trust.
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UPI
Walter J. Hickel
Nixon
Hickel
Earl Warren
White House
Alaska
Senate
Herblock
Herbert Block
Washington Post
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Russell Train
The
Conservation Foundation
Department of Interior
Congress
Tornado Rips Through Hazlehurst Mississippi Killing 29
A 40 mile Mississippi tornado disaster left Hazlehurst hardest hit with 20 homes demolished and 35 heavily damaged as three counties faced ruined cedar lanes. Governor Williams asked Nixon to declare a disaster while hospitals coped with a surge of serious injuries. Volunteers and Red Cross workers aided rescue efforts amid widespread damage and panic.
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Bumpus Mills
Tenn
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Nixon
Hazlehurst
Red Cross
Lamar Puryear
French Riot Police Eject Students From University
Paris French riot police stormed the Vincennes Campus of the University of Paris ejecting about 2500 students planning new protests. Earlier thousands battled police in the Latin Quarter amid calls from Education Minister Edgar Faure for calm as the Sorbonne occupation escalated.
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Paris
UPI
Vincennes
University of Paris
Edgar Faure
Charles de Gaulle
Sorbonne
Rockefeller Budget Forecasts Jailbreak Provisions
Albany budget release outlines four anticipated jail breaks in the 1969-70 plan. Governor Nelson Rockefeller did not estimate the total cost of these anticipated incidents.
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Albany
N.Y
UPD
Nelson A. Rockefeller
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