States in Stagnation 3 Reform Program Listed
A bipartisan group of economists from the Committee for Economic Development urges state governments to shrink legislatures, rewrite constitutions, and raise elected official pay. Recommendations include governors earning at least $30,000 annually, caps on legislature size, annual sessions, four year terms, statewide unified courts, and appointed judges. The plan also favors a Connecticut style challenge primary to balance direct and convention methods.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Trustees of Bennington Village to meet this evening
Bennington Village trustees convene at 7 30 PM in the Municipal Building for their July meeting. The board usually meets on the first Tuesday, but last Tuesday fell on July 4 a holiday.
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Bennington
Met towee Tribe hosts air ride for Y Indian Guides
The last meeting of the Met towee Tribe Y Indian Guides featured Corn Blade and Little Squirrel hosting flights for big and little braves over Bennington to view homes and landmarks from the air. Tribal Chief Arnold Blackstone and son Tommy, plus Donald and Tom Johnson, Phillip Reilly and son Phil lip, Tom and David Linton, John and Lane Williams, and others took part. David E. Chaffin was named to the dean's list at Seton Hall University. Metropolitan Life Insurance reps Ralph R. Garrett and Winston W. Luther visited Bretton Woods for a company conference at Mt. Washington Hotel. VFW Auxiliary meets tonight at 8 at the post rooms to plan a July 23 Barber's Pond family picnic. Anthony Jaycees hold a general membership meeting tonight at 8 in the Second Congregational Church.
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Corn Blade
Little Squirrel
Dean
Jeffrey Hanson
Bennington
Arnold Blackstone
Tommy
Donald
Tom Johnson
Phillip Reilly
Phillip
Tom
David Linton
John
Lane Williams
Ralph R. Garrett
Pownal
Winston W. Luther
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Bretton Woods
N.H
Mt. Washington Hotel
VFW
Barber’s Pond
Eleanor Welch
Claire Smith
Janet Campbell
Anthony Jaycees
Second Congregational Church
Dairy Import Legislation Is Sought
Washington leader Rep. Barber Conable Jr with 100 colleagues calls for dairy import legislation to lock in quotas set by the Johnson administration. The plan covers all dairy products and aims to curb evasion as imports surged to 2.7 billion pounds last year and over 2 billion so far this year.
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Washington
Conable
McNamara Sees Slow Momentum On Vietnam War Effort
McNamara warned progress in Vietnam would be gradual as momentum builds. His Air Force jet carried him from Tan Son Nhut Airport in Saigon toward Washington on a trip spanning the United States. He toured the Mekong Delta and U S Army Special Forces camp at My An near the Cambodian border, amid recent Viet Cong attacks and heavy Marine combat near the DMZ.
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McNamara
Air Force
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Washington
Demilitarized Zone
Mekong Delta
My An
Cambodian
Hospital Notes July 10, 1967 Admissions
On Monday July 10 1967 several admissions were recorded including Walter J Kerwyn from Manchester Center Susan Morse from Bennington Robert Wayman from Salem NY Lena M Major from North Bennington Maureen Nugent and John Nugent from Hoosick Falls Melissa Baker and Gary Scott Baker from North Pownal and discharge of Harold Harrington from Manchester Depot.
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Walter J. Kerwyn
Manchester Center
Susan Morse
Bennington
Robert Wayman
Salem
N.Y
Lena M. Major
North Bennington
Maureen Nugent
John Nugent
Hoosick Falls
Melissa Baker
Gary Scott Baker
North Pownal
Harold Harrington
Manchester Depot
Swans and hens in Cygnus star lore across cultures
Astronomy notes trace Cygnus meaning swan to Latin roots while Arab tradition sees the constellation as a hen. Deneb, the brightest star, is linked to “the tail” in Latin or “the hen tail” in Arabic. The piece suggests ancient observers diverged in star pictures and that swans may have been Latin knowledge not shared by Arabs.
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Cygnus
Bennington Water Board Okays Project Terms Tentatively
Bennington water commissioners gave tentative approval Monday to terms and conditions for operating and financing the Bolles Brook water source and pipeline. Attorney John H. Williams II prepared the agreement with selectmen to be signed before it takes effect.
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Bennington Water Commissioners S
Bolles Brook
Water Board
John H. Williams II
Water Commissioners
Putnam
Vt. 9
Barney Road
Bennington
Woodford
The
William R
Ethel McCullough Scott
Williams
Point of Rocks
Bennington-Woodford
Highway Department
Patriotic Water Project
Great Society
Atty
John Williams
Buckler
Pleads Guilty In Death Of Charlotte Farmer
John E. Shequin a 16 year old of Colchester today pleaded guilty in Chittenden County Court to second degree murder of Charlotte farmer William M Bishop. Judge Dale W Brooks ordered Shequin returned to Windsor State Prison to await a pre sentence investigation. A competency hearing was held. the judge will rule later on whether Shequin is competent to stand trial for first degree murder. Wilbert of Burlington also 16 faces trial in the fall.
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Burlington
UPI
John E. Shequin
Colchester
Chittenden
Charlotte
William M. Bishop
Dale W. Brooks
Stowe
Shequin
Windsor
Brooks
Dennis Wilbert
Wilbert
Funeral for Susan Cleveland in New London NH
Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church New London for Mrs Susan Everett Colgate Cleveland wife of Dr Mather Cleveland and mother of U S Rep James C Cleveland who died unexpectedly at home Saturday. The Clevelands moved to New London in 1958 after summers in Bennington Vermont. The service was conducted by Rev John R Schroeder and Rev Jack W Jensen. Contributions go to the First Baptist Church. Survived by her husband three sons Mather Cleveland Jr and Newcomb Cleveland and Rep James Cleveland and three daughters Mrs Russell Woeltz Mrs Mary Enelow and Mrs Peter Hobbs, sixteen grandchildren, a sister Mrs Sloane and many nieces and nephews. The notice also invites descendants to the 1967 Vermont-New Hampshire Edson reunion on July 30 hosted by Castleton NY.
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Newport, N.H
Gladys B. Monroe
Lorraine Road
Robert Edson
Manchester
Sunapee
Business and Professional Women’s Club
South Congregational Church
Walter T. Monroe
Leighton Monroe
Naples
Fla
Merle Demick
Randolph
Cleveland Fyies
Tarrytown
N.Y
Mabelle Hennessey
Newport
Newton-Bartlett Funeral Home
St. Patrick Cemetery
New London
N.H
Susan Everett
Colgate
First Baptist Church
Cleveland
James Colby Colgate
Bennington
New York City
Om Colgate
Mt. Anthony
Anthony Colby
New Hampshire
Riverdale
Colgate Hall
College
Colby Academy
New London Garden Club
The
Women’s Aid Society
New London Women’s Club
Mather Cleveland
St. Luke’s Hospital
Rep. Cleveland
Mather Cleveland Jr
Brookline
Mass
Newcomb Cleveland
Tulsa
Okla
Russell Woeltz
Mary Enelow
Peter Hobbs
Los Angeles
Sloane
Old Bennington
Dow Jones closes higher amid mixed stock index gains
The Dow Jones average at noon on July 11, 1967 stood at 879.22 with a 3.70 rise as 30 Industrials, 20 Railroads, and 15 Utilities indices show gains. Composite average reached 325.62 up 1.92, with total volume of 6,060,000 shares traded.
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Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
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Committee For Economic Development
CED
Senate
Connecticut
Bennington Briefs
YMCA
Robert Senkier
David E. Chaffin
Seton Hall University
South Orange
N.J
Israel
Khartoum
Suez Canal
United Nations
Thant
Jordanian Jerusalem
Old City
General Assembly
Alexandria
Port Said
Adm
Igor N. Molotsov
United Arab Republic
Egyptain
Molotsov
Beirut
Hussein
Cairo
Harrison M. Goodermote
Mechanic St
Therese Goodermote
Bennington County
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mr. Goodermote
Petersburg
Henry
Hannah (Warren) Goodermote
Reina Phillips
H.T. Cushman Mfg. Co
Old Cooper Needle Shop
Cushman’s
Star Lodge F&am
Tucker Chapter
Order Eastern Star
Masonic
Mahar & Son Funeral
Alfred Scott
North Bennington Baptist Church
Grandview Cemetery
Lydia E. Firbank
Garden Grove
Calif
Charlotte (Rubert) Scott
Belmont
Ruberts
Davenport
Gage Street
Edward Firbank
California
Ter
Howald Mettler
Eugene Duffy
St. Barbara’s Catholic Church
Santa Ana
Forest Hill Cemetery
Utica
Pam Brown
Robert F. Brown
Stark Street
Gillmore
Bennington CT
Hatari
Michael Caine
Dean Martin
RT. Athaway
Starr
Panavision
United Artists
Royale
Front
Anita Cook
Dorset
Barbara Volks
Troy
Gloria Croft
Donna Maroney
Stella Carton
Judith Harrington
Evelyn Hathaway
Putnam Hospital School of Practical Nursing
Selectmen
Water Department
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Mu Gia Pass
U.S
TOWN
Vermont
Prrsues Fac
Us.dept. OF Housing and Urban Development
le Iorme
Resana
Charlotte Farmer
Mrs. Mather Cleveland
Edson
Rodgers Ae Xiction
Hammerstein
Salem’s
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