New Hampshire Convention Votes to Shrink House
The Constitutional Convention in Concord approves a plan to cut the House to 300 members from 400 and raise the Senate to 36 from 24 based on population. It backs a pay raise for lawmakers and establishes a state funded legal counsel right for offenses with possible jail terms.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Legislative Department
Con Con
House of Representatives
State Senate
Thomas Urie
New Hampton
MacBride Sees Babcock As Man To Beat
Representative Roger L. MacBride names University of Vermont professor Robert L. Babcock as his main rival for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Vermont. Lt. Governor Ralph A. Foote lags in MacBride’s view as the race narrows to a neck and neck contest among the three candidates. MacBride also cites Democratic Governor Philip H. Hoff as already losing the election over tax and school regionalization stances.
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MacBride
Babcock
Foote
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Inside Vermont Guide to Be Sold Nationally
Walter Lippmann analyzes the Republican drama after Goldwater’s win. Bill Meyer and the race track are examined in Ron Cohen’s column. A Bennington man is elected by the state Eastern Star convention in Manchester. Burr and Burton Seminary’s Class of 1964 is pictured.
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Walter Lippmann
Goldwater
Bill Meyer
Ron Cohen
Bennington
Eastern Star
Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
Reapportionment Case Ruling Near in Vermont
Circuit Judge Sterry Waterman says a decision in Vermont reapportionment suit could come soon and likely before the Sept. 8 primary. He notes the ruling may not change the 1965 legislature and would follow guidelines from Delaware or Colorado cases if those are decided first. The Vermont Independent Party suit against population-based House apportionment is defended by the attorney general and both sides vow appeals regardless of the outcome.
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St. Johnsbury
UPI
Sterry Waterman
Vermont
Green Mountain
Waterman
U.S. Supreme Court
Delaware
Colorado
Vermont Independent Party
Kim Chong Pil resigns as DPRK leader amid protests in Korea
South Korea's Kim Chong Pil resigns as chairman of the ruling Democratic Republican Party amid weeks of student-led anti-government demonstrations. Martial law tightens in Seoul as police clash with protesters in Pusan Kwangju and Kunsan. The army sets up military courts and thousands are detained.
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Korea
UPI
Kim Chong Pil
Park Chung Hee
Democratic Republican Party
Kim
South Korea
Park
Japan
Pusan
Kwangju
Kunsan
Syngman Rhee
Ball Talks With De Gaulle On Southeast Asia Differences
UPI reports Presidential envoy George Ball arrived in Paris to discuss diverging French and American views on Southeast Asia with President de Gaulle. He met Maurice Couve de Murville for 70 minutes. talks described as friendly.
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Paris
UPI
George W. Ball
Washington
Southeast Asia
Charles de Gaulle
Ball
Maurice Couve de
Murville
Couve de Murville
Johnson
Hono
Lulu
Laos
Viet Nam
de Gaulle
Soviets Bring Up Old Spy Cases Against Allied Officers
In Moscow the Red Star revived two espionage incidents, naming Lt. Col. Edgar Smith and Capt. Edmund Zvetina of Dayton Ohio and British Air Commodore A N Davis as accused spies in Tula, while contrasting U S Embassy accounts and detailing travel bans and reciprocal restrictions on attaches.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Red Star
Edgar Smith
Edmund Zvetina
Dayton
Ohio
A.N. Davis
Tula
U.S
Smith
Zvetina
Davis
Odessa
James Landrigan
Navy
Sumner Shapiro
Air Force
William van Meter
Harvey Samuel
United States
Washington
Britain
Foreign Office
Russia
Negro Leader Faces Death Threat Over St Augustine Return
United Press International reports that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said death threats followed him for returning to St. Augustine Florida to lead an integration drive. He spoke at St. Paul AME Church vowing to press on as bullets damaged his beachfront rental.
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Martin Luther King, Jr
St. Augustine
Fla
King
South
St. Paul Ame
California
Hoff Sees Some Hope For Ross Reappointment
Vermont Governor Hoff said there is some hope former Vermont Public Service Board chairman Charles Ross will be reappointed to the Federal Power Commission. Hoff noted the term expires June 22 and described progress as better than two weeks ago. He also spoke on Goldwater and stressed heightened patrols during graduation periods to curb drinking and traffic incidents.
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Burlington
FPC
Hoff
Vermont
Barry Goldwater
Lyndon Johnson
Goldwater
California
New York State
New York
Roger MacBride
Nixon Sees United GOP Winning in 1964
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon told a Garden City audience that a united Republican party can know its finest hour in 1964 by defeating President Johnson. He challenged defeatist talk, cited polls he called wrong in New Hampshire, Oregon and California, and urged campaigning on great principles.
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Garden City
N.Y
UPD
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Nixon
New Hampshire
Oregon
California
UVM May Pick Acting President
The University of Vermont board of trustees meets amid campus bets on an acting president to replace resigned John T. Fey who becomes president of the University of Wyoming. Candidates include Lyman S. Rowell and Clinton D. Cook with August 1 departure looming. The budget vote is also on the agenda.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont Board of Trustees
John T. Fey
Fey
University of Wyoming
Lyman S. Rowell
Clinton D. Cook
Cyprus Jitters Amid Turkish Threat to Invade
In Nicosia Cyprus reports widespread invasion jitters from a troop and ship buildup in Iskenderun Turkey. Ankara warned it might invade Cyprus to protect Turkish Cypriot minorities from the Greek Cypriot majority, heightening regional tension.
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Cyprus
UPI
Iskenderun
Turkey
Mediterranean
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