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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1965
Page
1
Saigon reports six American jets lost in air raids on North Vietnamese missile sites and an army barracks near Hanoi. A seventh plane was lost in a raid over the north. one pilot was rescued, five others listed as killed or captured.
Governors nervous on Viet Nam after Humphrey speech but prepared to support Johnson. California Gov Brown voiced grave misgivings about foundations of policy while Oregon Gov Hatfield warned of near World War III risk. Idaho Gov Smylie predicted tougher Viet Nam talk and a clearer gauge of national trouble.
Vermont officials wrestle with a legal conflict in the reapportionment plan. The rule requires two years residency in the state before election and in the district, yet redrawn districts may place lifelong ward residents into new districts. The secretary of state urged the board to allow candidacies this year despite not meeting the one year district residency.
Two distant teachers DeWitt Zuse of Cumberland Valley and Douglas A. Smart of Nathan Hale High School Seattle work as consultants in Southwestern Vermont Ford Foundation curriculum workshops. They guide local teachers to develop summer materials for the following school year while testing new courses in classes with real students. The program leverages colleges libraries theaters and local experts to enrich humanities education during the summer session.
About 209 voters from Bennington Village and 209 from the Rural area approved merging their elementary schools into a single district under a new charter to be known as the Bennington School District Inc. The Village vote was 182 to 26 and Rural 155 to 53 with one blank in each. The measure, approved by the state legislature, will take effect Sept. 1 and operations will shift to the new district July 1, 1966. Leaders praised the result as forward looking for local schools amid low turnout.
President Johnson announced draft calls would double to 35,000 a month, boosting South Viet Nam strength from 75,000 to 125,000. He ordered the 1st Cavalry Division from Ft. Benning to Viet Nam and said reserve units may be summoned later if needed. Johnson also named Abe Fortas to the Supreme Court and John W. Chancellor to head Voice of America. The plan aims to meet the Communist challenge in Viet Nam with more active forces and greater enlistment.
Deputy Atty. Gen. Chester S. Ketcham said 21 habeas corpus writs have been filed in Vermont courts, reflecting U.S. Supreme Court freedom rulings. Two writs granted, 13 denied, six pending. five to be heard Friday in Woodstock. Stuttle case argued with a decision pending.
The Vermont Supreme Court freed Donald Dobson, a 21 year old at arraignment, ruling a guardian cannot also be a minor's attorney. Judge Fienberg says the local Municipal Court will follow, ending guardian roles for minors in town cases. A separate Huard decision will not affect local proceedings.
On the Inside Bennington expects about 3,000 Vermont Legionnaires at this weekend's convention. Elizabeth Dwyer writes about that sexy Post Office angel. White Creek's Old Home Day will use Quaker theme of world friendship. Golfer Jim Grant leads New England qualifiers with a one under 71 at Manchester.
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