Gov Hoff seeks halt to Vermont bike races
Gov Philip Hoff asked the Vermont Motor Vehicle Racing Commission to suspend all permits for motorcycle races and scrambles after weekend violence at Grafton. Attorney General James L. Oakes urged delaying future permits while he investigates a deadly incident that drew 6,000 riders and prompted National Guard alert. Police and guardsmen patrolled Bellows Falls and Grafton as authorities sought to restore order amid scattered violence.
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UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Motor Vehicle Racing Commission
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Hoff
J. Stewart Dumas
Grafton
James L. Oakes
Oakes
Connecticut River
National Guard
Bell’s Farm
Vermont National Guard
National
New Hampshire
Bellows Falls
Man Identified in Drowned Car in Vermont Plates
The body of William King Phillips Sr. of Pleasantdale, missing since Sept. 16, 1963, was found in a Waterford canal car bearing 1963 Vermont plates. Coroner rules accidental drowning. Identification made by teeth, belt, and mason’s tools. car found during search for another Troy theft.
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Vermont
William King Phillips Sr
Pleasantdale
Phillips
Troy
New York
Saratoga County
William Werner
Albany Medical Center
Daley Targets Davis at Vermont Democratic Dinner
Democratic Lt. Gov. John J. Daley used a Vermont fund raising dinner to attack GOP gubernatorial candidate Deane C. Davis asking, Will the real Deane Davis please stand up. Hoff and former Massachusetts governor Peabody spoke as unity messages filled the Mt. Anthony Country Club gathering attended by about 200 Democrats.
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GOP
Deane C. Davis
Deane Davis
Daley
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Philip H. Hoff
Massachusetts
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Chub
Peabody
Davis
James L. Oakes
Pownal
Lake Morey Inn
Hoff
Bay State
Humphrey
McCarthy
Vermont
Philip Hoff
John Daley
Soviets Begin troop withdrawal from Czechoslovakia
CTK reported Soviet troops had resumed pulling out of Czechoslovakia easing East Bloc tensions. Witnesses noted minimal movements with three jeeps crossing into East Germany in 48 hours and additional units reportedly crossing toward Poland and East Germany at several crossings during the night.
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Hungary
Romania
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Zolierz Wilnosci
Alexei Kosygin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nikolai Podgorny
Oakes Denounces Davis Law and Order Statement
Montpelier Atty Gen James L Oakes GOP candidate for governor called Deane C Davis law and order remarks ill prepared misleading and irresponsible He accused Davis of demagoguery and 30 year absence from government He favored a modern educational program led by law officers and judges to show how courts and corrections work
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James L. Oakes
Law and Order
Deane C. Davis
Pownal
Davis
Vermont
Oakes
ACLU Considers Challenge to BREF Program in Rutland
The ACLU board will decide July 21 whether to oppose the Bennington Religious Education Foundation plan for Mt. Anthony Union High School. The program would schedule religious courses in a computer with other electives, prompting concerns of compulsory ecumenicism and impact on the guidance system. Local ministers favor a one-year trial of computer scheduling to judge any interference with nonreligious classes.
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American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
BREF
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the Voice
Mt. Anthony
Union School Board
Eugene V. Clark
Clark
Vermont
United States
Sev
Eral Supreme Court
Donald Hackel
Hackel
Church- State
Articles of Association of the Religious Education Foundation
Bennington
William B. Abernethy
North Bennington
The
Religious Education Foundation
Frederick B. Wolf
U.S. Supreme Court
Zorach
Swanton Union High School
Inside Page Headlines Preview and Page References
A columnist notes Inside Let’s glamorize scholarship by Gerald Raftery on page 4. District 32 Republicans hear their candidates on page 6. Arlington plans Christmas in July on page 7.
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Arlington
Clifford in Vietnam for war review and talks
Defense Secretary Clark Clifford arrived in Saigon on his first Vietnam visit as Pentagon chief. He met with U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker and top officials, planned talks with President Thieu, and aimed to discuss arming South Vietnamese ground forces with the M16 rifle ahead of a Honolulu summit with President Johnson.
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Nguyen van Thieu
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U.S
Honolulu
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Thieu
Whitney Announces Re-Election Plans
Whitney announces candidacy for re election to Vermont General Assembly District 32 covering Stamford Pownal Readsboro Whitingham Wilmington Dover and Searsburg. He previously served Stamford and District 32 with roles on Fish and Game committees planning bodies and county groups. He opposes guaranteed income and gun registration preferring enforcement of laws gun safety programs and public service.
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Readsboro
Whitingham
Wilmington
Dover
Searsburg
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Regional Planning Commission
Bennington County
Vermont
U.S
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