LBJ Increases Viet Troop Count Denies Policy Shift
President Johnson said U S troop strength in Vietnam will exceed the 75,000 target due to escalating war tempo. He rejected as irresponsible talk that Gen Maxwell D Taylor's Saigon resignation reflected policy rifts and said Henry Cabot Lodge was the best choice to replace him. The remarks came at a news conference before his Texas weekend trip.
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Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Taylor
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Lodge
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Greece
Lebanon
Formosa Straits
Korea
Lyndonville barber held in police chief murder
A 72 year old Lyndonville barber Ellis Metevier was held without bond after allegedly shooting and killing Lyndonville Chief of Police who was about to serve him with a subpoena on arson accusations. Metevier was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and will face a first degree murder complaint at arraignment in Caledonia County Court.
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Alexander Fontecha
East
Vermont
Ellis Metevier
Caledonia County
Metevier
Caledonia Municipal Court
Medicare Health Plan Approved In Senate Vote
The Senate approved 68 to 21 a $7.5 billion Medicare plan for health care of Americans 65 and older, a keystone of Johnson's Great Society. The measure expands hospital care, adds voluntary insurance, and boosts Social Security benefits, with conference talks to reconcile House and Senate versions.
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UPI
Senate
President Johnson
Vermont
Aiken and
Prousty
Johnson
House
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Poll Tax Issue Is Conference Key
Washington (UPI) The House passed a voting rights bill stronger than the Senate version and backed by President Johnson. The 333 to 85 vote sent the measure to a conference committee to merge versions. The main clash was on poll taxes with the House banning them and the Senate seeking a court test of their constitutionality.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bequest of Bennington Pottery to Museum Prominent Johnson Heir Rights
Mrs Elmer Harland Johnson who died at 91 on June 10 leaves about 4000 Bennington pottery pieces to the Bennington Historical Museum enriching its mid nineteenth century ceramics. Curator Richard Carter Barret notes the gift makes the collection the world’s largest and finest of its period, with delivery likely this summer and display next spring in a gallery donated by Mrs Johnson.
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Elmer Harland Johnson
Bennington
Margaret Lillie
Richard Carter Barret
Barret
Johnson
United States
Norton Pottery
Fenton Pottery
Manchester teacher named to head higher education study
Vermont Development Department hires Elbert G. Moulton to oversee a preliminary survey on developing private higher educational facilities in the state. Gibb, a Manchester resident and Burr and Burton Seminary faculty member, will conduct consultations with educators and foundation leaders and report by October 1.
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Montpelier
Vermont Development Department
Vermont
Elbert G. Moulton
Lowrie Gibb
Burr and Burton Seminary
Moulton
Gibb
Development Department
Middlebury College
University of Vermont
Stowe Preparatory School
Burr and
Burton
Guard Prepared For Motorcyclists Ahead Of Scrambles
GRAFTON Vermont UPI Riot reports National Guard troops stood by Friday as about 10 000 riders were expected for the third annual International Motorcycle Scrambles. Officials anticipated no trouble but prepared. guards alerted from Bellows Falls with police doubled and state troopers patrolling the area ahead of the two day event.
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UPI
National Guard
Weirs Beach
N.H
New England
Canada
Perley Bell Farm
Bellows Falls
Inside Home Demonstration Agent Hints Career Path
Marion Harris urges teen-age girls to consider a home economics career. An area progress report covers Ford Foundation Curriculum Improvement Program for last year. A new trailer park, Alta Mobile Park, opens in South Pwnal beside Green Mountain Park.
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Marion Harris
Ford Foundation
Alta Mobile Park
South Pownal
Green Mountain Park
Wanchester Rejects Mitchell for Town Manager Post
Manchester officials announce Joseph Mitchell, former Newburgh city manager and White Citizens Councils field director, is not being considered for the town manager job. Ferdinand Bongartz says public opinion would hinder him. interviews for the vacancy continue with candidates from Elizabethtown and other areas.
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Joseph McDowell Mitchell
Newburgh
N.Y
Ferdinand Bongartz
Selectmen
Bongartz
Banner
Mitchell
Citizens Councils of America
White Citizens Councils
Maryland
Virginia
Oakley K. Porter
Elizabethtown
Drowned Youth’s Body Recovered By Scuba Divers
Scuba divers recovered Robert Rousseau 16 of Albertson New York who drowned when his small boat capsized on South Pond near Marlboro Vermont. Search began Thursday night with skindivers from Athol Massachusetts and Meadowwood New Hampshire. They initially located the body but could not recover it due to stirred sediment until the water cleared.
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Marlboro
UPI
Robert Rousseau
Albertson
N.Y
South Pond
Rousseau
Here
Athol
Mass
Meadowwood
N.H
Skindivers
Hunt's Appointment Still Not Official
In Montpelier, Vermont, sources say James Hunt is the likely choice for banking and insurance commissioner, though no formal nomination has been announced. Governor Hoff called it "most likely" at a news conference as James Hunt weighs the post vacated by Robert E. Cummings who departs July 19 for private practice. Hunt, previously deputy state treasurer, would face salary changes if appointed, having resigned as actuary for National Life Insurance in January to take the treasurer role.
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UPI
James Hunt
Vermont
Philip Hoff
Robert E. Cummings
Bennington
Cummings
Hunt
National Life Insurance Company
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