League Says Unification Is Simplification
The Bennington League of Women Voters states that a single unified town government would better reflect voter wishes and improve services for tax dollars. A townwide vote set for April 26 on a proposed new town charter to unite the town, its three villages, and one fire district was rejected by 935 to 938.
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Wilson To Visit Johnson In July Talks On World Issues
London announces Prime Minister Harold Wilson will visit Washington in late July for informal talks with President Johnson. They will discuss Vietnam NATO changes after the French pullout and East West relations. Dates to be released later.
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Rioting Quietly Spreads Across Saigon and Hue
A teen Buddhist girl set herself on fire and a boy swallowed poison amid anti Ky protests in Saigon and Hue. Paratroopers and police cleared streets as militants resist, while leaders clash over strategy. Thich Tri Quang fasts, and a three day Saigon strike looms as authorities halt air traffic.
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New Powers Granted Bishops by Pope Decree
Pope Paul VI issued a decree expanding bishops powers to grant dispensations from canon law. Dispensations could apply to burial of non Catholics in Catholic cemeteries and marriages among cousins, with limits. The bishop may approve age waivers, church loans, and diocesan institutions, while the pope retains authority for specific cases. Separately, Sen. Long urged that six atom-smasher site finalists risk waste and endangering U.S. leadership in high energy physics.
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Chou En-Lai Meets Ceausescu On Romania Independence
Chou En-Lai conferred Friday with Nicolae Ceausescu in Bucharest focusing on Romania's bid for independence within the Communist bloc. Informants said talks also touched on China Soviet tensions and Vietnam with Neubert declining a U S invitation to attend a Chou reception.
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Klansmen Testifies in White Killing on Country Road
NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI UPI Oath bound Klansman James J. Jones testifies that Claude Fuller and Ernest Avants killed 65 year old Ben Chester White on a country road last Friday. Jones said White cried out before the shooting and was dumped in Pretty Creek. He added Fuller urged removal of a car used in the crime and later confessed his part.
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Marble Company Responds To Governor On Strike Talks
Vermont Governor Hoff received a reply Friday from Marble President Frank Stevenson Jr on the proposed special fact finding committee to settle a 45 day old strike. Stevenson says he will cooperate and Louis Lavin has records of growing company indebtedness. The union has not yet replied. About 700 workers walked off May 1 causing a payroll drain of 70 91 thousand dollars weekly.
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Inside Columnist Pays Tribute to Our Hero
On page 3 columnist Jean Wassick presents a poem honoring Our Hero. The piece blends reflection with quiet praise in a concise, period-voiced card. The item showcases a local writer’s tribute within the newspaper’s Inside column.
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Freedom Walkers Enter Greenwood
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Stokely Carmichael led about 600 marchers to Greenwood Mississippi courthouse. King spoke of enduring beatings and fear while Carmichael declared the protest only beginning as crowds sang and joined from the Negro district march route.
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Wheelchair Driver Fined In Buffalo
An out of state driver pleaded guilty in city court Friday to drunken driving disturbing the peace and resisting police after being arrested for piloting a wheelchair down the middle of Main Street. Miller, 71, of Providence told the judge he was here only during a bus stop and that he wanted to go to the nearest bar. Sentencing was deferred for hospital examination.
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No Vote Urged Against Unification by Village President Mallory
Henry H. Mallory, Bennington Village President, shifts stance from support to urging a No vote at the second special Town meeting on unification. He cites tax cost uncertainties, referencing the 1960 sewage project and school taxes for 1966, and states the clearest cost picture will emerge after March 1967.
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