Village approves water main extension for Bennington plant
Bennington voters authorize a $60,000 water main addition to serve Globe-Union’s new storage battery plant east of Vermont 674A near U.S. 7. BCIC and Globe-Union plan long term loan-pack with First National Bank of North Bennington and a $100,000 town loan. The project aims for bids by July and a start in August with completion in spring 1965. local firms to get subcontract work, with 125 jobs expected for the plant.
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Bennington Village
Vermont 67A
U.S. 7
Bowen
BCIC
Globe Union
First National Bank of
North Bennington
Globe-Union
Water Board
Bennington
Edward L. Silver
Margaret Lillie
East Pownal
Buckler
Hoff warns apportionment fight could become political
Vermont Governor Philip Hoff fears reapportionment of the state legislature may become a political football. He proposes a bipartisan blue ribbon panel to draft a plan for the 1965 session, aiming for an impeccable makeup and nonpartisan process. He urges candidates to cooperate and keep the issue from campaigning, outlining broad factors to consider.
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Hoff
Two-Year Study of Town Began by Regional Planning Board
The Bennington Regional Planning Commission opened a two-year comprehensive planning study of the town and its three villages. A state official was hospitalized just before the meeting as contracts for federal grant work were to be signed. Burdis reported plans for analyzing alternative routes for relocating U.S. 7 and Vermont 9 through Bennington Village and noted the state highway department grants leeway in bypass route selection. A second contract for base maps to aid future planning was begun, with $18,022 already approved for Bennington’s program.
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Regional Planning Board
Bennington Regional Planning Commission
Burdis
U.S. 7
Vermont 9
Bennington Village
Commission
State Highway Department
Planning Board
Johnson
John Calbreath Burdis
Francis J. Hogan
Civil Rights Passage Nears Senate Approval
The Senate faced final debates as it expected to pass the sweeping civil rights bill. Up to 78 senators were seen backing the measure, with Barry Goldwater likely voting no on constitutional grounds.
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Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Everett M. Dirkesen
Ill
Dirksen
Barry Goldwater
GOP
Goldwater
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Clair Engle
D. Calif
Humphrey
Negroes Plan To Test Bill Immediately
National Negro leaders vow to test the civil rights bill the moment it becomes law. Dr Martin Luther King Jr and James Farmer preview immediate actions targeting Alabama cities and Georgia towns, with SNCC preparing a Mississippi assault and freedom schools focusing on voting and registration.
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Washington
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
St. Augustine
Fla
King
Montgomery
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Gaddeh
Selma
Ala
Albany
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Farmer
New York
James Foreman
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Mississippi
Western College For Women
Oxford
Ohio
Foreman
United Press International
Rhode Island Professor Named Windham College Head
Dr. Eugene C. Winslow a Rhode Island University chemistry professor and 18 year veteran full professor at the state university was chosen president of Windham College succeeding Walter Hendricks amid faculty student and administration strife. Windham a coeducational liberal college with 170 students will see Winslow take the helm after Hendricks resigned following controversy over policies and dismissals.
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Putney
UPI
Hendricks
Windham
Winslow
Rhode Island
Middlebury College
Cornell
Scranton Won't Visit Vermont This Weekend
Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton will not travel to Vermont or New Hampshire this weekend due to prior commitments. Moderate forces had urged a Keene New Hampshire visit and a Windham County rally in Newfane Vermont, but Scranton's aides confirmed he could not fly in for the events.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Pennsylvania
William Ww. Scranton
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Robert Gannett
Scranton
Keene, N.H
Windham County
Newfane
Inside State Garden Clubs Open Two Day Convention
Ronald Cohen notes Vermont's rural dominated legislature faces an approaching demise in his Montpelier column. Pownal Town School District gears up for its annual meeting. Civil rights leader will address Bennington College commencement tonight. Dramatic photos preview first race of Green Mountain Park flat racing season.
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State Garden Clubs
Bennington
Ronald Cohen
Montpelier
Vermont
Green Mountain Park
Barry Goldwater Opposes Civil Rights Bill Vote
UPI reports Senator Barry Goldwater will vote no on the civil rights bill. He cites constitutional concerns and the risk of a police state while affirming opposition to discrimination and defending liberties. He regrets not voting yea as with prior civil rights measures.
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Washington
UPI
Barry Goldwater
Meyer Raps Fayette Racing Ties in Senate Bid
Senate candidate William H. Meyer urged his Democratic primary foe Fred Fayette to fully disclose ties to gambling and racing since 1960. Meyer, Vermont’s lone Democratic congressman, accused Fayette of voting on race track relief while connected to the track and called the relief a miscarriage of justice, claiming Vermonters were maneuvered out of about 400000. Fayette denied current involvement with the track.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Senate
William H. Meyer
Fred Fayette
Meyer
Fayette
Chittenden County
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Vermont
Sen. Prouty
Bennington County
Second Union Charge Filed Against Shea Co
A second unfair labor practices charge was filed by the UFWA against Shea Inc. of North Bennington. The NLRB now investigates claims of union discrimination in rehiring as the case overlapped with a prior NLRB complaint. An NLRB hearing on election rights and a 60 day waiting period follow ongoing proceedings.
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North Bennington
United Furniture Workers of America
UFWA
Shea Inc
Antonio G. Marino
Ufwa International
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Marino
Ing
Bennington County
North Village
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State Armory
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Raymond B. Bowen
Benenington County Industrial Corp
The
Banner
Globe-Union Company
Milwaukee
Wis
James Brock
Monson Motor Lodge
Ronald E. Cohen
Bernard Johnson
State Central Planning Office
Putnam Memorial Hospital
R.I
Windham College
Pownal Town
Bennington College
Barry
Shea Co
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