Plan G highlighted at Bennington bypass hearing
Vermont Highway Dept presented Plan G as the preferred bypass route around Bennington at a public hearing in the National Guard Armory. The plan would reroute the beltline to the east of East Main Street and Bennington Flats, with 30 to 50 percent fewer structures affected than earlier plans, and would retain the YMCA pool while rerouting alongside preserved park space. The Town Board of Selectmen and Bennington Regional Planning Commission voiced support, with the planning commission voting 4 to 1 in favor.
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Vermont Highway Dept
Bennington
National Guard
U.S. 7
Massachusetts - Vermont
Rutland
Vermont
Bennington Regional Planning Commission
Joseph Higgins
Town Board of Selectmen
Ment
Main Street
Bennington Flats
Oakerwood
Flats
YMCA
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Robert L. Hagerman
Planning Commission
Walter A. Lapham
Debate Over U.S. 7 Modernization vs Four-Lane Bypass
Walter A. Lapham of Bennington opposes a four-lane bypass for U S 7 and urges modernizing the existing highway instead. He argues the bypass would mainly attract tourists and ruin Vermont’s rural scenery, favoring widening and deeper lanes on hills to alleviate current accident conditions.
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Vermont
U.S
Bennington
U.S. 7
Lapham
Vermont Development Department
Astronauts John Young and Michael Collins Return to Cape
Gemini 10 pilots Young and Collins greet crowds at Cape Kennedy after a drizzly homecoming. They praise the mission and launch team for precision timing, declaring the voyage a success with some disappointments.
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Cape Kennedy
APS
John Young
Michael Collins
America
John
Mike
Young
Collins
Martial Law Sought In East Side Riots Cleveland
In Cleveland the East Side Hough district riot area faced calls for martial law after four nights of arson shootings and looting that damaged over 100 buildings. Three people died, including Samuel Winchester, 45, who succumbed after being shot in the hip. Guards and police curbed violence as 2,000 National Guard troops and 400 officers patrolled streets.
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Cleveland
UPI
East Side
Jackson
Hough
Huff
Ralph Locher
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Columbus
Samuel
Winchester
St. Luke
National Guard
United Press International
Richard Wagner
U S Holds North Viet Sailors For Prisoner Exchange
UPI reports the United States is detaining 19 captured North Vietnamese sailors potentially for a prisoner exchange with Hanoi for American airmen. The sailors were seized after a June 30 Tonkin Gulf attack on a U S vessel, with Geneva conventions cited as framework for possible exchange. President Johnson urged Hanoi to discuss the issue via Red Cross mediation and warned of war criminal trials for fliers.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Hanoi
State Department
U.S
South Viet Nam
Robert J. McCloskey
Tonkin Gulf
Johnson
North Viet Nam
International Red Cross
Viet Nam
Moulton Denies Loosening Vermont Sign Laws
Vermont Development Commissioner Elbert G. Moulton denied plans to ease billboard rules. He said the Aug. 4 meeting aims to find alternatives for guiding travelers to resorts and attractions while enforcing stronger scenery protections and existing highway advertising laws.
GOP Scrambles Hoff Message With Morse Code Button
Republicans seize Hoff campaign lapel pins showing initials PHH in Morse code and wear them upside down to spell HHP as a mock, prompting scrambling responses from Hoff supporters and rivals.
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Phil
Brooklyn Power Struggle Explodes Into West Side Story
New York youths clash in a power struggle described as a seething West Side Story style scene. Tension rises around a predominantly Italian American neighborhood as incidents draw police attention and local leaders urge calm.
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Brooklyn
New York
Negro Father Honors White Policeman Amid City Hall Ceremony
William West, a Black father, honored Officer William Markey who saved his newborn, despite threats from four racists to skip the City Hall event. The night of unrest in East New York left an 11 year old boy dead and several officers injured as police restored order with the Tactical Patrol Force.
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City Hall
William West
West
Coney Island
Markey
Brooklyn
East New York
Philip Lorenzo
Harlem
John V. Lindsay
The
Society For the Prevention of
Sponge
Eric Dean
Brookdale Hospital
Chuckles Fill Weekend at Wes ton and Dorset Playhouses
Fish and Game officials say disease is chronic but not insurmountable at Bennington Hatchery. Local arts preview highlights lighthearted shows across Wes ton and Dorset venues this weekend.
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Weston and Dorset
Fish and Game
Bennington Hatchery
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James W. Stanton
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Ludwig Erhard
de Gaulle
Bonn
William Markey
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