Court Test Started Opponents Challenge VI Antibillboard Law
Vermont officials Secretary of State Richard Thomas and Highway Commissioner John Gray were summoned to Windham County Court to show cause why 19 roadside signs should not be removed in southeastern Vermont. The challenge targets the antibillboard law 1968 text and state authority for aesthetic sign removal as part of a shift to a state owned directional system.
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Montpelier
UPS
Vermont
Richard Thomas
John Gray
Windham County
Newfane
United States
Windsor
Windham
Secretary of State
Travel Information Council
Thomas
Highway Department
Vermont Advertising
Rockingham
Black
Vermont Supreme Court
Micalite Sign Co
New Hampshire
Finch Quits HEW Post to Serve as Nixon Aide
Robert H. Finch resigns from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare after a brief leave for extreme fatigue and will brief his successor Elliot L. Richardson, newly named to run HEW. Richardson, veteran Eisenhower official, will face health, welfare, civil rights, and bureaucracy challenges as he assumes the post.
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Finch
HEW
Nixon
Washington
UPI
Robert H. Finch
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Elliot L. Richardson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richardson
White House
Inside Editorial and Letters on Bennington Board Races
On the Inside an editorial critiques the President's megaphone and calls for equal air time. A letter argues that teachers negotiating as a unit with school boards is timely. Also, MAUHS Board candidates for Bennington, and a cook book recipe call for area gourmets.
Ecologist Named State Water Boss
Martin Johnson 42 of Marshfield is Vermont’s new water resources commissioner with a $18 750 post. Gov Davis and EC Secretary Williams announced after a unanimous board recommendation. Johnson holds a PhD from Johns Hopkins and will assume duty Aug 1, overseeing the merged environmental conservation agency.
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Montpelier
UPI
Martin Johnson
Marshfield
Vermont
Deane C. Davis
Robert Williams
Williams
Water Resources Board
Johnson
University of Colorado School of Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Johns Hopkins University
Sleepers River
Danville
University of Vermont
Goddard College
Plainfield
Rienhold Thieme
Federal Interior Department
Washington
General Assembly
Water Resources Department
Environmental Conservation Superagency
Contingency plan to send U S troops to Thailand revealed
Washington reports heavily censored transcript of Senate hearings discloses a 1965 contingency plan that could involve U S ground forces to defend Thailand against a Communist takeover. Officials differ whether it created an official commitment while noting U S aid and SEATO assurances.
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U.S
Thailand
Washington
UPI
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Congress
Administration
Leonard Unger
United States
Lindsay Urges End to War During Williams College Talk
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay told Williams College graduates that the Vietnam War must end not to abandon the world but to restore US ability to defend vital interests. He linked inflation, recession, and urban neglect to the war and urged renewed commitment to domestic needs and Atlantic alliance unity.
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Williamstown
Mass
John V. Lindsay
New York
Indochina
Lindsay
Williams College
New York City
Goldwater Warns of Soviet Arms Buildup in Remarks
Northfield UPI report quotes Senator Barry Goldwater warning that left wing agitators are drowning out Pentagon concerns over a Soviet weapons buildup. He says Pentagon officials are growing more alarmed each week by new evidence of Soviet arms expansion.
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Goldwater
Pentagon
United States
Central Intelligence Center
Lebanon
Berlin
Cuba
Stafford Urges Lower Voting Age At Vermont Commencement
UPI reports Rep. Robert Stafford argues lowering the voting age to 18 could ease campus unrest by giving youth a voice in government. He noted his daughter Barbara graduated from Vermont College and called for an orderly end to the Indochina War. He also urged Congress to limit Cambodia funding to withdraw troops by 1971.
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National Commission On Violence
Stafford
Barbara
Vermont College
Diane
Green Mountain College
Poultney
Vermont Technical College
Randolph
Senate
Cambodia
Congress
Vietnam
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Betsy Samuelson
Henry Black
White River Junction
Vermont Outdoor Advertising Co
Skordstad Enterprises Corp
Cedar Crest
Korea
Park Chung-hee
Bennington
Mauhs Board
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Richard Stillwell
Subcommittee
Laos
Symington
Brooklyn
Wall Street
NATO
Europe
Asia
Kathleen A. O’connell
Clarence C. Chaffee
Paul W
Economics
Stanford University
Perry T. Rathbone
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Ralph W. Ellison
Barnes Woodhall
Scribner
Silk Road
Bennington Ford
Safford
America
Norwich University
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