Track Union Contract May Be Renegotiated
The Green Mountain Park track and the Vermont Teamsters Local 597 may renegotiate the contract covering 110 pari mutuel employees. Vermont Industrial Relations Commissioner Louis Lavin called a meeting with track representatives, Teamsters, and BSEU to resolve jurisdictional disputes and outline points of difference.
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Track
Teamsters Union
Building Service Employes International Union
BSEU
Ing
BSEIU
Employes
Pari-Mutuel
Teamsters
Raymond
George Wright
Vermont
Teamester
Wright
BSETU
Racial Worker Wins In Court Battle
The Georgia Court of Appeals overturned the assault conviction of Ralph W. Allen a 22 year old white race worker from Melrose Massachusetts ruling that Negroes may have been systematically excluded from grand and trial juries The court ordered the trial judge to hear motions and any evidence on jury exclusion and to determine if systemic racial exclusion occurred in the panels Allen was charged with assault with intent to kill a Negro policeman during a 1963 racial disturbance while participating in a Negro voter registration drive The decision clarifies that race based jury exclusion applies even to white defendants
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UPI
Georgia Court of Appeals
Massachusetts
Tueseday
Ralph W. Allen
Melrose
Mass
Allen
Trinity College
Hartford, Conn
Georgia
Robert Hall
Desault
Divoll
Trudeau
Morin
Carolyn
Durocher
Foote
Vermont Gets More Aid For Rural Areas
The U S Labor Department raised Vermont’s rural development allocation by 50000 dollars to set up mobile teams. Gov. Hoff cites aid for economically distressed regions including the Northeast Kingdom and DES officials note remoteness has limited service and job opportunities.
Viet Cong Set To Go On Offensive
In Saigon Gen Maxwell D Taylor new U S ambassador met with Premier Nguyen Khanh after arriving to South Vietnam The Communist Viet Cong circulated leaflets calling a nationwide general offensive to deter American efforts in North Vietnam The offensive announcement accompanied the heaviest Viet Cong raids in the central highlands in over a year.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
UPI
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
South Viet Nam
Taylor
Nguyen Khanh
Duong van Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Scranton Backer Calls Governor’s Efforts Amateurish
A Scranton backer in Wisconsin’s GOP delegation to the Republican National Convention called the governor’s push amateurish and said the fight is over with a large portion of the delegation likely to back Goldwater to align with a winner, while campaign aide William Moeller from New York City offered a differing view.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
Wisconsin
Goldwater
William Moeller
New York City
Goldwater Still Likely To Pick Miller For VP
Barry Goldwater planners favor William E. Miller of New York as running mate if Goldwater secures the GOP nomination. Miller, a six term congressman and Roman Catholic, is viewed as a tough fighter and strong campaigner. Miller will not seek a seventh House term.
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San Francisco
UPI
William E. Miller
New York State
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Arizona
Miller
Dwight D. Eisenhower
William Scranton
Goldwater Associates
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
Durocher Testifies He Fell For Bricklayer’s Daughter
LA Dodgers coach Leo Durocher testified in a $150000 Middlebury suit that he was beginning to fall in love with the bricklayer’s daughter Carolyn Morin while denying allegations he alienated the wife Anna Morin’s affection. The six by six jurors heard letters from 1961 and debated evidence and trial logistics in county court.
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Durocher
Middlebury
UPI
Los Angeles Dodgers
Leo Durocher
Rene Morin
Morin
Anna
Carolyn
Gerard Trudeau
Natt Divoll Jr
Trudeau
Inside Manchester group claims ski clubs violate zoning
A Manchester based protective group challenges ski clubs for zoning violations, claiming noncompliance with local ordinances. The notice appears on page eight and reflects ongoing local clashes over land use and recreation.
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Manchester ‘‘Protective’’ Group
Scranton’s anti Birch plank drive stalls in GOP platform
Pennsylvania Governor Scranton faces likely defeat as platform committee rejects his bid to condemn the Birch Society and affirm civil rights law constitutional. Romney and Lodge join attack on Goldwater on day two of hearings as Rockefeller shifts stance. Goldwater may accept a broad anti-extremist plank without naming groups.
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Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Springfield
Ill
UPI
San Francisco
Platform Committee
Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Michigan
George Romney
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
South Viet Nam
Arizona
Goldwater
GOP
Melvin R. Laird
John Birch Society
Birch Society
Senate
Laird
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Platform
Romney
Bennington Village Studies Junk Control Law
The Village of Bennington considers a junk control ordinance to ban dumping of bottles glass cans scrap metal junk paper and trash on public or private property. If approved it would require removal and empower trustees to order cleanup, supplementing state law on junked cars and licenses.
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Bennington
Villagentty
John H. Williams Jr
Salvatore Santarcangelo
John
Joseph A. Pello Jr
Pello
Santarcangelo
Williams
Rupert Woman Dies in Vermont 153 Crash
Clara Skirven Davis 66 of Rupert was killed when her 1962 Rambler left the road and struck a tree while avoiding a bicycle on Vermont 153. Cyclist James Keighon 10 of Pawlet was thrown, suffered a broken leg and facial cuts, taken to Mary McClellan Hospital. Davis died of chest injuries. body sent to Mary McClellan Funeral Home. The crash marked the county's fourth highway fatality of the year.
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Clara Skirven Davis
Rupert
Vermont
Bennington-Rutland
Lawrence B. Crosby Jr
John W. Schumaker
George Thomas
North Bene Nington
Schomaker
U.S. 7
Harwood Hill
Crosby
Schumaker
Integrationists Seek Meeting With Mississippi Governor
A group of top integration leaders announced plans to seek a audience with Gov. Paul B. Johnson after he criticized their Mississippi tour as creating tension. The activists spoke to 300 Negroes at Moss Point where a girl was wounded during a voter registration rally shooting. They traveled by motor caravan and integrated four hotels including the Edgewater Gulf Motel, with managers noting the rooms were held for late arrivals.
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Gulfport, Miss
Edgewater Gulf
Mann Will Seek Re-Election in Vermont Race
Rep Daule ton Mann Jr of Peru Vermont says he will run again this fall. A three term legislator Mann chaired the Banking and Corporations Committee in the last session. The report also notes NAACP member Robert Carter received prompt service for two bottles of scotch whisky during a Mississippi tour investigating Negro conditions, highlighting ongoing racial issues.
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Peru
UPI
Dauleton Mann Jr
Mann
Banking and Corporations Committee
Robert Carter
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Mississippi
Mississippi voter drive draw s public opposition
UPI reports a Louis Harris Poll showing 57 percent oppose Northern students aiding Negro voter registration in Mississippi while 31 percent back it. A larger majority favor sending Federal troops if violence erupts, with 71 percent in favor, 20 percent opposed, and 9 percent unsure. The poll notes only Negroes and Northern big-city residents favored the movement.
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UPI
Mississippi
Louis Harris
The
Washington Post
Harris
North
Johnson
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