Anonymous anti civil rights mailings flood area
A covert campaign in Bennington and nearby towns targets the Vermont in Mississippi Project and civil rights efforts. Mailings include copies of the Congressional Record for March 30, 1965, attributed to Rep. William L. Dickinson, with anti civil rights rhetoric and insinuations about communism, sent from multiple handwritings and postmarked Bennington. Local ministers and residents report similar deliveries in Rutland, Springfield, and Troy areas.
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Bennington
Vermont
United Press International
Montpelier
Rutland
Springfield
Troy
VIM
NAACP
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Hate literature cards target civil rights activity in Vermont towns
Two cards from a package of anti civil rights hate literature mailed in Bennington and across Vermont ridicule civil rights work and link the NAACP and supporters to Communists and agitators. The same staff has appeared in Springfield and Rutland.
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Bennington
Vermont
NAACP
Springfield
Rutland
WrapTures Session Today Denies Lockout Threat
Representatives ofWrapTures Gift Wrap Inc and Local 534 planned a meeting to resolve differing views on a labor contract with the plant’s former owner Dow Chemical Co. A tense atmosphere loomed over potential work stoppage or plant closure, but the union committee countered earlier talk of a lockout by the new company. The issue centers on whether the contract with the former owner is legal and binding on the new owner.
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Ben-Mont
Local 534
Dow Chemical Co
WrapTures Gift Wrap Inc
Printing Specialties and Paper
Village Water Adequate Despite 5.14-Inch Deficit
Bennington Village reports adequate water supplies despite a May rainfall deficit of 1.5 inches and a 5.14 inch shortfall for 1965. Lake Hancock and Burgess Road reservoir are full, with limited use to build reserves. Daily demand runs 1.1 to 1.3 million gallons as commissioners consider weekly water reports and possible future restrictions.
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Bennington Village
Village Water Commissioners
C. Henry Hansen
Water Department
Lake Hancock
Stamford
Burgess Road
Hansen
Morgan Springs
Memorial Park
Floyd Harmon
Morgan Spring
Harmon
Lt. Alexander Named State Police Head
Gov Hoff nominates Lt Erwin Alexander to head Vermont State Police replacing William Baumann. Alexander, 61, native of Glover, currently heads Troop A in Burlington covering Addison Chittenden Franklin and Grand Isle Counties. He began with Motor Vehicle Department in 1928 and joined state police in 1959, stationed in Burlington since 1949. Hoff praises his experience and predicts Senate confirmation with little opposition.
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Chittenden
Franklin
Grand Isle
Alexander
Motor Vehicle Department
The
State Police Department
Burlington
Hoff
Senate
Baumann
Salary Hikes Turned Down By Vt. House
The Vermont House rejected by 132-100 a bill granting an immediate 10 percent salary raise to 3,800 state employees. A three-stage plan would raise pay in July 1965 and July 1966, costing about $2.6 million, with alternative 5/5 and 10 percent options. Governors and other officials’ pay plans follow, as does a rider proposing legislator salaries of 2500 plus mileage. The minimum state employee wage would rise from 48 to 58 per week.
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House Committee On
Philip H. Hoff
Montpelier
Hoff
Space-Weary Astronauts Face Ordeal of Earthly Welcomes
Gemini-4 astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White return from a 97 hour 56 minute mission aboard the USS Wasp off Florida. They head toward land to receive a hero’s welcome and recount the space walk as they begin the long homecoming.
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NASA
U.S
Maj
Edward White
United States
Earth
Wasp
James McDivitt
America
Russia
Florida
Proctor Votes Town Merger In Vermont Election
Proctor Vermont voters in the village cast 74 to 1 in favor of merging the village with the town. If supporters outside the village approve later this summer, the town and village would become one government unit.
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Proctor
Proctor, Vt
UPI
Proctor Village
Federal Mediator Enters Phone Strike with Union Picketing
In Boston a 12,000 phone workers strike across five New England states may end today after a meeting with Federal Mediator John J. Sullivan at the Statler Hilton. Local IBTW Local 18 pickets on Pleasant Street expect to remain until 7 p.m. Rain won’t deter them. operators have not honored the line and service remains.
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Boston
UPD
New England
John J. Sullivan
Statler-Hilton Hotel
Manage
IBTW
Banner
Bloodiest Week in Saigon War Sparks Calls for Quat Resignation
Air strikes pound North Vietnam hitting a Co Dinh power plant and a Vinh supply depot as about 1,900 government troops are killed wounded or captured in a week of Communist offensives. In Saigon 150 paratroopers kill an estimated 35 guerrillas near Bien Hoa while two American helicopter crews are wounded. A Roman Catholic movement pressures Premier Phan Huy Quat to resign, accusing him of softness toward Communists and neutrality with the North.
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Saigon
UPS
Viet Nam
Co Dinh
Hanoi
South
Vinh
Bien Hoa
Phan Huy Quat
Quat
Soviets Launch Luna 6 On Automated Moon Flight
The Soviet Union launched an uncrewed Luna-6 rocket on a 31 day lunar voyage, aiming to test an automatic station after Luna-5’s failed landing. Tass described Luna-6 as in a parking orbit before heading to the moon, following a similar Earth orbit launch method used in prior missions.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Taik
Russia
Moon
Lunar
Tass
Earth
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