Bennington Selectmen weigh Buckley gift for offices
Town leaders study the feasibility of accepting a donated building behind Buckley’s South Street property to convert into municipal offices or combine with the current town office. Realtor T Garry Buckley offered the village or both entities a residence adjacent to his business, proposing removal for a parking area.
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Bennington
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington Village
Buckley
South Street
Selectmen’s
Alma Langlois
Trustees Eye Post Office
Bennington Village trustees discussed remodeling the 1914 U.S. Post Office across from the current village office to serve as a municipal building. They noted a new red brick neo colonial post office on Elm Street is planned, with remodels viewed as affordable.
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Bennington
U.S
Elm Street
Vermont Senate backs regionalized school districts plan
Vermont Senate unanimously approved an initial measure to create larger school districts across the state with the aim of improving education nationwide. The bill would offer 30 percent extra state aid to districts joining into regional units and would form a 15 member advisory commission to map statewide study areas.
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Montpelier
Vermont Senate
Senate Education Committee
Rutland County
Ellery Purdy
Purdy
Philip Hoff
State Education Board
Harold Raynolds
Windsor County
Vermont
Mann Seeks Seat in Realigned Vermont House
Rep Daulton Mann of Peru, who calls himself part of the GOP liberal wing, announced a run for the reapportioned Vermont legislature. In a rugged 150 member district including Manchester Dorset Winhall Landgrove and Peru he seeks reelection with Democratic support and chairs the House Banking and Insurance Committee.
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Montpelier
Mann
House Banking and Insurance Committee
Reapportionment Senate Weighs Weighted Vote Plan
The Vermont Senate held a late meeting of 30 as a committee of the whole to review four remapping plans for redistricting. George W. F. Cook predicted the weighted voting scheme would rise to the top for federal court review, with Kennedy's Essex Grand Isle plan likely next in priority.
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George W. F. Cook
Senate
Cook
Rutland County
James Kennedy
Essex County
Kennedy
Grand Isle
Chittenden
Essex
Orleans
Two U.S. planes downed in Viet Nam fighting losses rise
North Vietnamese antiaircraft guns shot down two navy planes today killing all five crewmen in the heaviest single air loss since raids began. In Pleiku Province Communist ambushes killed or missing 160 government troops as U.S. advisers reported a major setback. A Skyhawk from the Midway was shot down near Thanh Hoa with the pilot dead. a second Skyhawk was lost during a search mission. A later report said two U.S. helicopters were shot down at Le Thanh with no American casualties.
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Saigon
APS
U.S
Viet Nam
le Thanh
Pleiku
Quang Ngai
7Th Fleet
Midway
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
Gulf of Tonkin
al Skyraider
Vinh
Dong Phong Thuon
Guer
Ebony claims first Negro astronaut sidelined over race bias
Ebony magazine reports CHICAGO upi Capt. Edward Dwight Jr. the nation s first Negro astronaut was shelved from the space program after protesting racial discrimination. The June issue cites Dwight testing bomber instruments at Wright Patterson Air Force Base Dayton Ohio for the past year and mentions a 15 page single spaced report alleging racial pressure in his aerospace training.
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Chicago
UPI
Edward Dwight Jr
Ebony Magazine
Air Force
Dwight
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Charles L. Sanders
Jerome S. Cahill
Washington
Philadelphia Inquirer
Defense Department
Pownal Spring Handle Drops by $1 Million
Pownal spring harness meet at Green Mountain Park ended Monday night with total handle of 6,588,407 dollars, down over 1 million from last year. Track officials credit bad weather early in the meet and rising competition from other tracks. State Finance Division reports the 1965 average daily handle was 129,185 dollars versus 152,000 dollars in 1964.
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Pownal
Green Mountain Park
State Finance Division
Vincent J. Bartimo
Johnson Seeks Broad Policy Balance On Viet Nam And Dominican Role
President Johnson announced 2000 Marines would leave the Dominican Republic while warning of a continued Communist threat there and pledging strong support for OAS efforts toward a peaceful settlement. He asked Congress for 89 million dollars to fund Southeast Asia reconstruction and commented on Viet Nam fighting as serious but not seeking a Vietnam-style solution in the Caribbean.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
U.S
Dominican Republic
Caribbean
Mora
OAS
White House
Congress
Southeast Asia
Santo Domingo
Viet Nam
United States
Bennington School Guidance Program Highlighted
Inside feature by George Sleeman outlines the Bennington elementary guidance program. Elizabeth Dwyer contributes a portrait of George the mythical June graduate.
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George Sleeman
Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
George
Hoff vetoes good samaritan measure in Vermont
Governor Philip Hoff vetoed the proposed good samaritan bill that would grant civil immunity to any layperson or professional rendering emergency aid at accident scenes. The Vermont House will reconsider with a public hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Vermont Trial Lawyer's Association
Hoff
Vermont Surplus Surpasses Projections by 2.4 Million
Governor Hoff announced Vermont finished fiscal 1965 with a 2.4 million surplus, driven by higher income and corporate franchise tax receipts. The gain exceeds earlier estimates, with 1.45 million earmarked for a five year vocational education building program and cautions against recurring program funding. Hoff urged restraint and targeted use of the windfall for capital projects.
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Montpelier
Hoff
Vermont
Tax Department
Maine Barbers End Discrimination Against Passamaquoddy
Governor Reed announced assurances from the Maine Board of Barbers that Passamaquoddy Indians may now get haircuts in Princeton without regard to race. The issue arose after two Princeton barbers refused service, citing potential loss of other business. Barbers visited by Alfred Boudreau said they would serve all customers henceforth.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
John H. Reed
State Board of Barbers
Passamaquoddy
Princeton
Alfred Boudreau
South Portland
Reed
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Rome
Green Mountains
Trustees
Franklin County
Grand Isle County
SPACE
James McDivitt
Edward H. White
Cape Kennedy
Guido Carlosi
Adriano Durante
Syracuse
Sicily
Bennington College
New England
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