Prouty Criticizes War Critics at Vermont Legion Banquet
At the Vermont American Legion convention in Bennington Senator Winston L. Prouty delivered the main address criticizing critics of foreign and domestic policy. Congressman Robert Stafford Gov. Deane C. Davis and Speaker John S. Burgess also spoke as Prouty urged reordering priorities and questioned eager political shortcuts while supporting defense and space programs.
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Bennington
American Legion Convention
Winston L. Prouty
Robert Stafford
Deane C. Davis
John S. Burgess
Mt. Anthony Country Club
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House
Armed Services Subcommittee
GOP
Prouty
Senate
Philip H. Hoff
United States
Nixon
Cumaneay
Governor backs tissue mill in environmental dispute
Gov. Deane C. Davis urged a moderate path in a Bennington Region Environmental Commission case over a $7.2 million Spruce Paper Co. mill on the Hoosic River in Pownal. He called for reasonable controls and voiced opposition to stringent fuel and effluent demands, stressing job needs and state progress.
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Deane C. Davis
Bennington
Davis
Rotary Club
R. Marshall Witten
BCIC
Spruce Mills
Hoosic
Water Resources Department
Aoting
Davis Outlines Qualities for New State Education Chief
Gov. Deane C. Davis told Bennington Rotarians he wants a new commissioner of education who is as noncontroversial as possible and has rural state experience. He favors districting decisions based on local basis rather than Montpelier mandate, and while not leading the search, he retains veto power.
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Deane C. Davis
Bennington
New York City
Montpelier
James Ahern
New Haven
Conn
Commission
Ahern
National Guard
Scranton panel weighs use of war end to curb campus unrest
The Less Than Direct panel voices support for ending the Vietnam War to quell campus unrest and even to silence Vice President Agnew if needed, while criticizing testimony by Maj. Gen. Winston Wilson. Commissioners fault bureaucrats for vague answers and note Armaments shown at the hearing insult the panel compared with Kent State.
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UPI
William W. Scranton
Nixon
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Maj
Winston P. Wilson
National Guard Bureau
Reinus O. Ortique
New Orleans
Wilson
National
Ortique
Kent State
Sniper Fire Kills Two Chicago Policemen
In Chicago two officers were fatally shot by a sniper while on foot patrol near a housing project close to Old Town. The two fallen officers were identified as Sgt James Severin and Officer Anthony Rozzato.
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UPI
Old Town
Henrotin Hospital
James Severin
Anthony Rozzato
Thurmond accuses Nixon of breaking faith with South
Sen Strom Thurmond charges President Nixon with breaking faith on school desegregation and warns it could cost him re election. He denounces moves to enforce desegregation and tax exempt status for private schools practicing segregation as wrong both as policy and law. Thurmond blames Nixon's advisers from the northeast for the shift while maintaining some criticism of administration actions.
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Senate
Justice Department
Kennedy
Johnson
Northeast
Mayo resigns White House post for Chicago bank job
Robert P. Mayo resigned as White House counselor after less than three weeks, moving from budget director to become head of the Reserve Bank of Chicago. Mayo, 54, had served as Nixon budget director since the start of the administration. He will succeed Charles Scanlon, who left after 36 years to join General Motors.
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Reserve Bank
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Mayo
Nixon
Midwest
Bob
Charles J. Scanlon
General Motors Corp
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Federal Reserve Board
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