Vermont Republicans split on Vietnam air attack plan
Windham County VFYC leader Bruce Graham rejected a proposal by Rep. Stafford and Gov. Romney to curb air strikes to push North Vietnam to bargain. He urged strong attacks as history shows their effectiveness in forcing negotiations, contrasting with Korea’s failed limited war. In a separate incident, Rep. Frances Delair survived an attempted robbery at her East Montpelier home after being struck on the head. burglars failed to open her $4,000 safe and she was hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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UPI
Windham County
Vermont Federation of Young Republican Clubs
North Vietnam
Bruce Graham
Vermont
Robert Stafford
Michigan
George Romney
United States
Graham
Korea
Rep
Stafford
Vietnam
East Montpelier
Frances Delair
Barre City Hospital
Mildred Jillson
Plainfield
Delair
Barre plant supervisor a finalist for highway commissioner
MONTPELIER UP I The Jones Brothers Granite Co Barre plant manager David C Pinkham Montpelier is among three finalists for Vermont highway commissioner The board said Budget Director John T Gray Enosburg also top candidate An Ohio man completes the trio The governor Hoff will interview after the board concludes this week
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Ohio
Highway Board
Hoff
Coroner rules homicide in Battista case in Rensselaer
In Albany and Rensselaer County, Coroner Anthony Matera ruled Marguerite L. Battista died of homicide by unknown assailants after an inquest was reopened following new testimony. Husband John W. Battista is under murder inquiry, with witness Ronald Stutz tying him to the case. Separately, public education leaders opposed Blaine Amendment changes and warned against constitutional reform aiding nonpublic schools.
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Albany
Rensselaer County
Anthony E. Matera
Marguerite L
Penny) Battista
Rensselaer
Matera
Atty. M
Andrew Dwyer
Ronald Stutz
John W. Battista
Battista
William F. Haddad
Percy Sutton
Committee For Public Education and Religious Liberty
Albany Convention Keeps Voting Age At Twenty One
The Constitutional Convention voted 102 to 76 on Monday to retain 21 as New York's minimum voting age after four hours of debate. Matthew J. Troy of Kings County proposed striking 18 from the original proposal and inserting 21 to set the age.
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Albany
Kings County
Matthew J. Troy
Kennedy firms redevelop plan for Bancroft Arnold unit
In Berkshire Adams Northern Berkshire was declared a redevelopment area by the Economic Development Administration. The EDA may provide a redevelopment loan to local businessmen seeking to buy Bancroft Arnold Finishing Division, pending an update to the area's economic development plan.
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Adams
Berkshire
Economic Development Administration
Edward M. Kennedy
EDA
Bancroft Arnold
Building Collapses in North Adams Demolition
A four story brick block on Main and Marshall Streets toppled from the third and fourth floors during demolition, disrupting services. Debris struck a power line, cutting power and shutting a traffic light, with dust-spraying workers narrowly avoided.
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North Adams
Main
Marshall Streets
Berkshire Rail Strike Hits Limited County Disruptions
Pittsfield reports minor current impact from a rail strike with GE on vacation and Pfizer New England Lime Adams plants closed for vacation. Spokesmen warn that effects will worsen if the vacation period extends beyond a week as customers remain closed and shortages rise when services resume.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire County
General Electric Co
Chas, Pfizer & Co
New England Lime Co
Adams
Russian Mother Avoids Publicity After Coast Guard Rescue
A Soviet mother, Mrs. Alexsandra Minailowna Panko Terminov of Riga, gave birth aboard a Russian vessel and was rescued by U S Coast Guardsmen. She spoke briefly through an interpreter at City Hospital where her baby Slava, born on the Trubojava Slava, weighs 2 pounds 7 ounces and remains in an isolette on the danger list. The infant is expected to stay six to eight weeks, and the mother plans to contact Soviet embassy officials before any interviews.
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Boston
UPD
City Hospital
Alexsandra Minailowna Panko Terminov
Riga
Latvia
Anna Kriboshlikoff
Brookline
Terminov
Nich Bicolai
Soviet Union
Slava
U.S. Immigration Office
Death Penalty Challenged As Unconstitutional
Richard W. Leonard seeks a new trial in Nashua Superior Court for Rhode Island murder convicts Russell J. Nelson Jr. and Frederick J. Martineau, arguing death as a penalty is unconstitutional and jurors opposed to the death sentence were excluded. The pair are slated to hang November 1 for Maurice Gagnon’s 1959 Nashua murder. petition may be passed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court for ruling.
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UPI
Rhode Island
Richard W. Leonard
Nashua
Nelson
Martineau
Lincoln, R. I
Maurice Gagnon
Leonard
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Superior Court
League Writers Hold Two Day Summer Institute in Burlington
The 23rd two day Summer Institute of the League of Vermont Writers opened at the Waterman Building on the UVM campus with about 50 members and guests from Vermont and neighboring states. Speakers included Dr. John E. Little and Dr. T. D. Bassett, discussing university summer programs and anthologies, plus talks by Dr. Charles Morrissey, Charles Borst, Lewis Sebring Jr., J. Warren McClure, and Ishbel Ross on biography and journalism. An afternoon workshop covered children’s stories led by Faith Prior and Evelyn Carter.
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League of Vermont Writers
Waterman
UVM
Lillian Carlisle
John E. Little
League
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Virginia
Little
T. D. Seymour Bassetts
Carlisle
Bassett
Charles T. Morrissey
Montpelier
Vermont Historical Society
Morrissey
Vermont Republic
Charles V.S. Borst
Rutland
Antiquarian Department
Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc
Borst
Tuttle Com
J. Warren McClure
Burlington Free Press
McClure
Lake Champlain
Adirondacks
Gladys Neiburg
Edgar Ackon
St. Albans
Faith Prior
Evelyn Carter
LeMay Name to Enter New Hampshire Primary
Mt. Vernon Ohio reports retired Gen Curtis LeMay will be entered in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary next year. Shirley Fletcher leads a group planning bids in Oregon and Ohio and aims to raise about 200000 for primary work. Jacqueline Cochran backs the effort and LeMay lives in Los Angeles.
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MT. Vernon
Ohio
UPD
Air Force
Curtis LeMay
New Hampshire
Shirley Fletcher
LeMay
Oregon
Columbus
Executive Jet Aviation Co
Los Angeles
Jacqueline Cochran
Fletcher
Designer Paco Rabanne Reveals Jewelled Eye Patch
Paris designer Paco Rabanne, famed for metallic dresses, unveils his latest creation a jeweled eye patch for women inspired by Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan who wears an eye patch.
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Paris
UPI
Paco Rabane
Monday
Moshe Dayan
Public Activities Cost Staughton Lynd a Position
Chicago Board of Governors of Colleges and Universities refused to hire Yale historian Staughton Lynd 38 because of his public activities. A majority vote noted his North Vietnam trip without a valid passport and his civil disobedience stance as beyond mere dissent. Lynds visit to Chicago summer campus work for Center for Radical Research cited.
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Chicago
UPC
Yale
Staughton Lynd
U.S
North Vietnam
Chicago State College
I Illinois Board of Governors of Colleges and Universities
Lynch
Richard J. Nelson
Inland Steel Co
Lyndh
North
Vietnam
China
Lynd
Center For Radical Research
University of Illinois
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
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