Foot-Dragging Aired On Vermont Billboard Law
Brattleboro Vermont dispute over whether federal standards slow the states billboard law prompts a June information meeting. District highway officials, TIC members, and local leaders seek enforcement guidelines for illegal signs and more state owned sign plazas.
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Brattleboro
Vermont Highway Department
Travel Information Council
Vermont
Windham County
Country Kitchen
West Brattleboro
Robert C. Munn
Alden ‘Pete’r Horton
Dover
William H. Schmidt
Windham Regional Planning Commission
Peter Zilliacus
Horton
Highway Department
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Department
John T. Gray
Ess
J Moore
Richard C. Thomas
Dover Hills
Bond market unease imperils Vermont towns finances
Vermont lawmakers warn municipal bonds may falter as the state faces scarce funds for schools and local debt service. Chairman Giuliani urges state bond support and a revolving fund, while rivals call for guaranteed annual state aid.
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Montpelier
Giuliani
General Assembly
Vermont Educational Buildings Finance Agency
J. Kinney O’rourke
Massachusetts League of Cities and Towns
James G. Wilxoc
National Shawnut Bank of Boston
Wilcox
Mitchell Forms Task Force To Combat Campus Violence
Atty General Mitchell orders a new task force to crack down on campus violence and to use civil rights law against troublemakers. The plan, described by Jerris Leonard, aims to target hard core student leaders with military style intelligence. testimony before a Senate subcommittee disclosed the outline. The Nixon administration joined the discussion on Thursday.
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Washington
UPI
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Jerris Leonard
Senate Appropriations
Nixon Administration
House
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
James E. Allen Jr
House Education Committee
Leonard
Appropriations
15 Year Old Pfc Dan Bullock Killed in Vietnam
Brooklyn family learns their son Pfc Dan Bullock died Saturday from multiple wounds in Vietnam making him the youngest American to fall in the war. He had lied about his age to enlist in September after growing up in a Brooklyn tenement. His father recalls his son’s desire for education and service.
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New York
UPI
Vietnam
Brooklyn
Dan Bullock
Bullock
Goldsboro
N.C
Motorist Fred D. Winn Dies On Route 9 Near Big Pond
Fred D. Winn 80 of 242 Grandview St Bennnington was found dead at the wheel of his car about 11 am after leaving Route 9 near Big Pond. State police say a heart attack is likely. Body moved to local funeral home as arrangements were not yet made.
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Woodford
Fred D. Winn
Grandview St
Bennington
Route 9
Big Pond
House Predicted to Approve Tax Surcharge Extension
Washington (UPI) House Democrats expect approval of Nixon administration income tax surcharge extension. Hale Boggs says committee will back it Monday and the House will pass next week. Liberal demands for broader reform linger after Nixon attached a major relief plan for 5 million poor families.
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House
Washington
UPI
Hale Boggs
Nixon
Boggs
D-La
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Treasury Department
White House
Soviet Recognizes Viet Cong Government in South Vietnam
The Soviet Union granted diplomatic recognition to the Viet Cong tied provisional government in South Vietnam saying it offers the speediest settlement of the Vietnam problem. Tass reported Kosygin met NLF chief Dang Minh in Moscow as recognition spread to nine nations.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
South Vietnam
Republic of
Vietnam
Communist Party
Pravda
Viet Cong
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Liberation Radio
Tass
Kremlin
National Liberation Front
NLF
Alexei N. Kosygin
Dang Quang Minh
Minh
East Germany
Poland
Syria
Yugoslavia
Withdrawal to start by mid July from Vietnam
Washington reports the first 900 of 25,000 U.S. troops to leave Vietnam will be airlifted to the continental United States before mid July for inactivation. The 9th Infantry Division battalion will lead the withdrawal, followed by two brigades plus Marine forces totaling about 17,000. Units and order of pullout to be announced by General Abrams. Marines withdrawn from near Dong Ha south of the DMZ.
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Washington
UPI
Vietnam
United States
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
9Th Infantry Division
Laird
U.S. Command
Saigon
U.S. Pacific
Honolulu
Pentagon
Creighton W. Abrams
Pentagonia
Fort Carson
Colo
Mekong
Dong Tam
Dong Ha
Allies Say Nothing Changed Over Vietnam Peace Talks
Paris reports say the rush of Communist states led by the Soviet Union to recognize the provisional revolutionary government of South Vietnam does not alter the Paris peace talks. The Kremlin and allied countries rapid recognition of the Viet Cong backed regime is described as politically inconsequential by allied sources. Algeria, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Poland are among early recognizers, with the United States projecting at least 20 recognitions soon.
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Paris
API
Soviet Union
South Vietnam
Paris Vietnam
Kremlin
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
United States
Communists Laud Summit Unity Amid Dissension Notes
IS vestia and Hungarian leader Janos Kadar trumpeted progress at the world Communist summit while downplaying dissent from British Swedish Australian Italian and Swiss parties. By week’s end two thirds of delegates had spoken five with no endorsement of the Soviet backed unity document citing sovereignty concerns and objections to attacks on Mao Zedong and the Czech invasion. Canada’s William Kashtan said delegates could voice opinions with full publication in conference and Soviet press. The report signals confidence in securing a broad endorsement of the anti imperialist unity aim.
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Moscow
UPI
Izvestia
Janos Kadar
Czechoslovakia
Kadar
Canada
William Kashtan
Inside Mt Anthony Students Accept Oceanography Program
An Inside Mt Anthony student has accepted an oceanography program. The article notes this achievement as a highlight of student science engagement and future study prospects at the school.
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Mt. Anthony
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