Unifiers Adopt Proposal For Unifying Tax Rates
The Bennington Unification Study Committee adopted a plan setting a unified tax rate of 5.33 with phased exemptions for rural Bennington and areas lacking water and sewer services. The proposal preserves 65 cent exemptions where facilities are absent and outlines varying first-year tax impacts by district, noting exemptions shrink over five years until the full rate applies townwide. See UNIFIERS Page 10, Col. 6
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Leon R. Eldred
Johnson signs cigarette hazard bill
President Johnson signs into law a bill requiring health hazard warnings on cigarette packages beginning January 1. The White House notes the measure, though criticized for not mandating warnings in cigarette advertising, will benefit public health despite calls for a veto from some congressmen.
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Fulbright Charges To Be Investigated
Washington reports the White House asked the State Department to examine Sen J William Fulbright D Arks claim that private groups pressuring led Firestone Tire to end talks with Communist Romania. Moyers said the administration still backs Firestones original plan and will review the situation to safeguard national interests.
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Prison Pilot Project Shaping Up in Vermont
Vermont Institutions Commissioner John V. Woodhall says a minimum security prison pilot could be ready by the special legislative session in January. Negotiations with a federal department progress as he seeks federal or private funding to back the project, aiming to bridge the gap between the Weeks School for juvenile offenders and Windsor Prison, opened in 1809, for general adult confinement.
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Heath Ahead In Tory Leadership Balloting
Economic expert Edward Heath led in the first round of Conservative leadership balloting in London, with 150 votes to 133 for Reginald Maudling and 15 for John Enoch Powell. A second ballot will be held Thursday as no candidate secured a majority of the 303 MPs.
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Johnson urges disarmament at Geneva conference
President Johnson called the 17 nation disarmament conference to pursue arms control deals for mankind. He listed three priorities including limiting nuclear weapons and delivering systems and a comprehensive test ban. Tsarapkin accused the West of preparing for big war and China warned the U S seeks only to maintain nuclear superiority.
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Johnson Sides with Bipartisan Talks on Viet Nam War
President Johnson convened his cabinet to outline steps to expand U S forces and equipment in South Vietnam. He spoke by telephone with Defense Secretary McNamara before the noon EDT meeting and planned calls to bipartisan leaders to discuss the crisis.
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GOP Governors Back Mainline GOP as Splinter Group Faces Pushback
In Minneapolis Republican governors lined up with national GOP chief Ray Bliss against Barry Goldwater's Free Society Association. The GOP seeks to restore a resolutions process at the National Governors Conference, while Democrats worry over past civil rights disputes. Minnesota's Karl Rolvaag stood out as an exception.
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Gardner Replaces Celebrezze As HEW Secretary in Cabinet Shuffle
President Johnson named Anthony Celebrezze to a federal judgeship and tapped John W. Gardner to replace him as Health Education and Welfare Secretary. Gardner, former Carnegie Corp. head and Johnson education task force leader, will serve as HEW chief. Celebrezze departs after lengthy tenure guiding welfare programs.
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New Zealand Mother Delivers Quintuplets in Auckland
Shirley Ann Lawson, 26, has given birth to New Zealand’s first quintuplets at National Women’s Hospital Auckland. Four girls and one boy, all in good health, placed in incubators as a precaution. The boy weighed four pounds. the girls ranged from 3 pounds 3 ounces to 4 pounds 3 ounces. The mother had been in hospital about three months awaiting the birth.
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U.S. Flyover Hits Hanoi-North Viet Nam Sites
A fleet of 46 U.S. fighter bombers attacked two North Vietnamese anti-aircraft missile sites 40 miles northwest of Hanoi. Three U.S. planes were shot down, with two parachutes seen, suggesting two pilots may have landed safely. One site reportedly destroyed and the other badly damaged.
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Bennington School Merger Vote Polls Open Until 8 PM
Voters in Bennington village and rural districts cast ballots today on a proposed merger creating Bennington School District Inc. If approved, a seven member board will govern the new district from 1966 onward with planning by a joint 10 director board in the first year. A merger committee will meet at 7 p.m. today at Bennington Elementary to discuss results.
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Inside State Republican Dinner Moves to UVM Gym
An Inside State Republican fund raising dinner is set for October 2, moving to Patrick Gymnasium at UVM this year. An editorial on Page 4 discusses bad roadside manners. Page 5 reports a New Jersey group advancing development at Sandgate ski area and new housing plans.
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