Japan Korea Accord Ends 14 Year Talks
Tokyo reports that after 14 years of negotiations Japan and South Korea signed a treaty to establish normal relations. The move sparked large student protests in both nations with hundreds injured and arrests. The United States backed the accords and parliamentary ratification remained.
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Japan
Korea
Tokyo
UPI
Zengakuren
U.S
United States
Foreign Ministry
South Korea
Seoul
Tong Won Lee
Etsusaburo Shiina
Eisaku Sato
Committee Votes To Outlaw Joint Tax Returns
The Vermont House Ways and Means Committee voted to outlaw separate income tax filings for married couples. The move would add about $750,000 in annual revenue and is the first in a series of measures aimed at $5 million in new revenue over the next two fiscal years. Expected actions include a two cent cigarette tax increase and higher levies on telephone companies to raise additional funds for the biennium.
Algiers Near Normal After Arrests of Communists
Algiers calm returned after two days of pro Ben Bella protests as the new regime under Col. Boumedienne moved to curb Communist influence. Reports said 200 to 600 sympathizers were detained with no official confirmation, while communications with Paris resumed and army critics of Ben Bella’s advisers grew clearer.
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Algiers
APS
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Senate Gets Election Law Change Bill
The Vermont House rapidly passed a bill to streamline election laws to comply with court ordered reapportionment and sent it to the Senate. The measure faced controversy and was recommitted on Friday but cleared the House without dissent after the State and Court Expenses Committee trimmed three sections affecting town meeting election procedures.
Vermont House Debates Fall Elections Bill Controversy
The Vermont House recessed amid a dispute over special fall elections for a reappointed legislature. A motion to table the bill was pending until the U.S. District Court rules on reapportionment. The measure sets a Oct. 19 primary and Nov. 23 general to fill a newly apportioned House and Senate meeting Jan. 5.
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House
Montpelier
UPD
Vermont House
U.S. District Court
Vermont
Greenwold Youth Dies Of Auto Crash Injuries
L Perry Greenwold 18 of East Arlington dies from injuries after a one car crash on U S 7 near Arlington village. Passenger Philip Bacon 17 of Sunderland treated and released. Funeral arrangements by Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with services in Evergreen Cemetery Arlington and East Arlington Federated Church.
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Greenwold
Vermont
L. Perry Greenwold
East Arlington
Arlington
Granville Greenwold
U.S. 7
Arlington Village
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Philip Bacon
Sunderland
Bridgeport
Conn
St. Johnsbury
Stratford
Winsted
Lee Ann
Alice Persons
Young Greenwold
Church School of the Federated Church
Hanson- Walbridge Funeral Home
Vermont House Appropriations Panel OKs Con Con
The House Appropriations Committee voted 11-0 to report favorably a bill for a state constitutional convention on April 12. The move follows an 8-7 adverse report from the Judiciary Committee. The proposal calls for a 129 member convention to rewrite portions of the Vermont Constitution first drafted in 1793 and amended in 1923.
Hoff criticizes gas tax hike as unwise and untimely
Governor Philip Hoff blasts a Republican plan to raise the gas tax from 6.5 to 7.5 cents to fund highway work. He says the proposal is unnecessary and would shift costs to highway users. Hoff accuses Republicans of blocking $2 million in funds and a bond retirement bill, pledging a special session with highways as top priority.
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Hoff
House panel backs penny gas tax hike in Vermont
Montpelier The House Ways and Means Committee voted 10-2 to recommend a bill adding a penny per gallon to the state gasoline tax. The rate would rise from 6.5 to 7.5 cents,预计 raising about $3 million over the biennium.
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Montpelier
House
Ways and Means
Deep air and ground actions in Vietnam war escalate near Hanoi
U S jets bombed Son La barracks 120 miles west northwest of Hanoi and Ban Nuoc Chiu depot 70 miles northwest. Two Marines were killed near Da Nang by a land mine as ground fighting intensified. A Saigon firing squad executed a terrorist linked to a barracks assault on American officers. Premier Ky vowed crackdown on terrorists and corruption. Four Americans received gale lantry medals for Skyraider victories over a MIG jet.
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UPC
Hanoi
China
U.S
Son la
Lao Cai
Viet Nam
Ban Nuoc Chiu
da Nang
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
Gale Lantry
North Viet Nam
Uss Midway
Edward A. Greathouse
Austin
Texas
Clinnton Johnson
Royal Oak
Mich
Charles W. Hartman
Springfield
Jim S. Lynne
New Hampshire
Ohio
Air Force
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Tran van Dang
Dang
U. S
Vo Tanh Street
Council on Arts Gets First Okay
The Vermont Senate granted initial approval to a bill funding the Vermont Council on the Arts with $1,000 and approved a $100,000 supplementary appropriation. The state Board of Education would issue grants up to $5,000 to teachers for enhanced programs. Also approved were dairy law streamlining and an advisory rate setting panel for nursing home care.
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Vermont
Laconia mayor links weekend riot to Communists
Mayor Peter Lessard pressed to involve the FBI over weekend rioting by motorcycle enthusiasts claiming reliable reports that Communist trained instigators started the melee. He cited seven Hell's Angels seen in Mexico for riot training. Police reported over 80 injured, hundreds arrested, and weapons seized as officers and National Guardsmen fought bikers at The Weirs Beach.
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Laconia
N.H
UPI
Peter Lessard
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
John W. King
New Hampshire
Lessard
California
The
Hell’s Angels
Mexico
Joseph E. Regan
Thomas Lynch
Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club
Fontana
Calif
Bennington Notices and Upcoming Exhibits Highlight Local Events
On the Inside a photo report shows Bennington’s National Guard unit at Camp Drum. Parallels drawn between Ted Seaver and Rev. Joshua Young of Burlington in 1861 are noted. An exhibit by Grandma Moses opens at the Bennington Museum this summer. A tax assessment hearing in Manchester grows more contentious.
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Bennington
National Guard
Camp Drum
Ted Seaver
Joshua Young
Burlington
Grandma Moses
Bennington Museum
Manchester
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Rhodes
Weirs Beach
Hampton Beach
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