LBJ Proposes Slum Program And HUD Reshaping Cities
President Johnson proposed a 2.3 billion slum program to rebuild urban neighborhoods via a demonstration cities plan that could reach 100000 people. He asked Congress for incentive funds, metropolitan planning demos, a fair housing law, new towns aid, and 30 million to start a rent supplement program while naming Robert C Weaver to lead HUD.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Robert C. Weaver
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Mystery surrounds death of Manchester man in jail
Frank T. Mylott, 40, of Manchester was found dead in Caledonia County Jail. An autopsy failed to determine a cause of death. Mylott had been jailed after a West Burke complaint, and his family had recent tragedies including his son Thomas’s fatal car crash near Clarendon last December.
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ST. Johnsbury
UPI
Manchester
Caledonia County
Frank T. Mylott
Carroll Lafoe
Mylott
West Burke
Thomas Mylott
Rutland
Vermont
Route
Clarendon
Bear Delays Sitka College Work Term
Sitka Alaska. Deborah W Brown a Bennington College sophomore teaching during the winter term since January 3 reports a bear leaving hibernation prompting everyone to stay indoors. The note arrived today at Sitka College detailing the unusual hazard and disruption to duties.
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Deborah W. Brown
Bennington College
Sitka
Alaska
Rockefeller outlines New York anti-crime goals
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller told the Northern Police Conference in Watervliet that New York will fight crime with computers, cooperation, better pay, more training, and about 200 new law enforcement and probation positions. He described an electronic criminal identification system and expanded Bureau of Criminal Identification to aid local police.
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Watervliet
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Elks Lodge
New York State
Albany
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Rockefeller
Jeep Mounted Radar Foils Communist Ambush Attempt
In South Viet Nam near Highway 1 the US Army Cavalry used jeep mounted radar to detect and prevent a major ambush by 100 Viet Cong guerrillas. Armed helicopters dispersed the attackers, while Navy ships shelled Viet Cong positions in the Mekong Delta and Central regions, destroying structures and damaging vessels. Separate incidents included a grenade attack near Tan Son Nhut Airport and a Viet Cong assassination raid on Chanh Thanh hamlet, with no injuries reported.
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Saigon
UPD
U.S. Army
S List Cavalry Division
South
Viet Nam
An Duong
Qui Nhon
Navy
7Th Fleet
Shelton
Higbee
Mekong Delta
Tuy Hoa
Central Highlands
Ernest G. Small
Ham Tan
Tan Son Nhut
Chanh Thanh
Binh Chanh
North Viet Nam
Washington
North Viet Bombing Renewal Considered
Washington reports that a presidential order to resume U.S. air attacks on North Vietnam appeared imminent as Hanoi used the 34 day lull to undertake actions unseen during prior lulls. The military and political implications were under close review with signals pointing toward renewed operations pending decision.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
North Viet Nam
Johnson
White House
Hanoi
Air Force SR71 crashes in New Mexico killing one pilot
An SR71 reconnaissance jet crashed on a New Mexico ranch, killing James Zwayer and injuring co pilot William Weaver who parachuted to safety. Both pilots were with Lockheed. Witnesses described a loud explosion followed by a fire after the crash.
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Albert
N.M
API
Air Force
New Mexico
Johnson
James T. Zwayer
Lancaster
Calif
William A. Weaver
Northridge
Tucumcari
Lockheed of California Aircraft Corporation
Albert Mitchell
New Mexico National Republican
Zwayer
Lockheed
Mitchell
Rusk Urges Congress to Approve Viet Economic Aid
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged Congress to approve 275 million in emergency economic aid to South Viet Nam to support the war effort. He and Defense Secretary McNamara spoke on Capitol Hill advocating swift approval of a 12.7 billion Viet Nam war supplemental fund, mainly military with a small civilian allocation.
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Washington
UPD
Dean Rusk
Congress
South Viet Nam
Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Capitol Hill
Southeast Asia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S
Viet Nam
YMCA Kicks Off 1966 Fund Campaign
Plans are set for the YMCA 1966 Fund Campaign kick off meeting on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the YMCA building led by general fund chairman Robert D. Stout. Over 100 workers are recruited for Bennington Village teams aiming for a $4,000 village share of the $20,000 goal with report nights on Jan 31 and Feb 7 and final tallies Feb 10.
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YMCA
Robert D. Stout
General Fund
Bennington
James Merunowicz
Lucien Loomis
Philip Hall
Stout
Dean Hanson
John Stone
Burton Potter
Waldo Holden
James Davis
Philip Giddings
John Irons
Bennington College
Annette Shapiro
Harry Eddington
Old Bennington
Charles Tilgner III
Shaftsbury
Gerald Nelson
North Bennington
Fred Simmons
Hoff Comments On Big 10 Powerloop Plan
Gov Hoff said he will follow the legislature if it declines to call a constitutional convention this year. Rep Leo O Brien urged a July 1967 convention date. Hoff backed Vermont Central Public Service Cree on speeding the Big 11 power loop in New England and supported low cost power from Canada via CV and CBSP. Cree doubted private plants by 1973, arguing there will be surplus power without state purchases.
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Leo O’brien
South
Burlington
Vermont Central Public Service
Albert A. Cree
New England
Hoff
Canada
Atomic Genera
Vermont
CBSP
Quebec
Inside Vermont Editorial Voices on a Typical State
An Inside page 4 editorial questions what is typical of Vermont and signals a broader commentary on state identity. The Sage of Swampacres weighs in on Thoreau in a feature on page 7, offering a locality flavored perspective.
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Vermont
Swampacres
Thoreau
Johnson warns of higher taxes to curb inflation
President Johnson signaled a potential tax increase to head off inflation unless prices and wages are restrained. In a Congress economic report he warned the Viet Nam buildup risks overheating the economy and urged restraint despite a forecast of unemployment under 4 percent and a record 722 billion dollars in output.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Business and Labor
Congress
U S Press For Nuclear Treaty Amid Geneva Talks
U.S. disarmament chief William Foster said President Johnson charged him to press Moscow for a nuclear arms ban. He arrived for the 17 nation disarmament conference and urged making 1966 a landmark for peaceful aims. He said NATO policy and Vietnam would not be discussed at the talks.
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Geneva
UPI
U.S
William C. Foster
Johnson
Russia
Foster
Moscow
America
United States
NATO
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LBJ
John P. McConnell
USAF
Adm
David L. McDonald
Naval Operations
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Marine Corps
Senate Armed Services and Military Appropriations Committee
Lishing
da Nang
North
Laos
Putnam Memorial Hospital
William Castle, Jr
Arlington Herbert Leonard
Ann Lundergan
Bennington High
Robert E. House
Bennington County
Lovers
Lane
Loomis G. Dana
John Riddle
Dana
Pownal
Woodford
Arn
McNamara
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Armed Services
U. S
Red China
Senate Armed Services Committee
Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Army, Navy and
Air Force Chiefs of Staff
Ricard B. Russell
Dga
Gov. Hoff
Lee
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