Vermont House Senate Agree on Municipal Court Reorg
The House and Senate Conference Committee reached agreement on reorganizing the Vermont Municipal Court system. Five of 17 courts would be abolished and five of the remaining 12 would become full time. The plan sets full time status for Chittenden Windsor Windham Barre-Montpelier in 1967 and 1967.
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Mise
Chittenden and Rutland
Windham
Windsor
Barre - Montpelier
House
U.S
Vermont
Vermont House advances $1.2 million prison bond bill
The Vermont House gave initial approval to a Senate-passed plan for a 1.2 million bond for the first stage of a medium security prison at Windsor. The measure, amid three hours of debate, aims to replace the 158-year-old Windsor maximum security facility, with final passage expected before adjournment.
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Montpelier
UPI
Windsor
Vermont House
Philip H. Hoff
New England
Vermont
Friends of Rehabilitation
FOR
T. Wesley Grady
Underhill
Hoff
Grady
Fred Wilcock
Sheffield
Wilcock
House
Southern GOP Shows Strength. Carolina Leader Gets Policy Job
Washington report on J. Drake Edens, South Carolina GOP chairman, winning a vice chair position on the GOP Coordinating Committee, joining Donald Ross and Mrs. Willard Marriott. Eisenhower urged unity beyond liberal and conservative labels as Bliss pressed for more party funds.
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Washington
UPI
GOP
J. Drake Edens
South Carolina
Barry M. Goldwater
Edens
Republican Coordinating Committee
Donald Ross
Omaha
Neb
Willard Marriott
Washington, D.C
Collis P. Moore
More
Ore
Ross
Goldwater
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Ray C. Bliss
Bliss
GOP National Committee
Bombers Skirt China as Paratroops Fight Viet Cong Near Saigon
A joint force of about four thousand U.S. paratroops Australians and South Vietnamese attacked Viet Cong near Saigon in the war's first such operation. U.S. Marines suffered several casualties in Da Nang. air sorties surged 70 plus as jets struck targets near North Vietnam and near the Chinese border.
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UPS
U.S
da Nang
U. S
Red China
Navy
Chu Lai
South
Viet Nam
Phu Bai
Hieu Duc
Hanoi
Thuan Chan
Son la
Thuan Chanh
China
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Zone D
Vermont House Approves Compromise Scholarship Measure
The Vermont House swiftly passed a compromise scholarship bill calling for 430000 dollars in stipends over the biennium. It retains senatorial scholarships while creating an independent five member board to oversee 170000 dollars in state incentive grants and 20000 dollars in scholarships to top students. Opponents argued four point five million dollars in state funds over the years flowed to Norwich University and Middlebury College rather than to individual students.
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Ent
Norwich University
Middlebury College
Senate approves pay raise for state workers and officials
The Senate Appropriations Committee backed House bills to raise pay for about 3800 state workers and department heads. The measure increases the education commissioner from 16000 to 20000 and boosts the lieutenant governor to 12000 plus 2000 expenses. The governor’s salary would rise to 20000, with changes to effective dates and the lieutenant governor’s pay noted.
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Senate
A. John Holden
House
Chambers
Liberal Nod Boosts Lindsay’s NYC Mayoral Bid
New York UPI reports Republican John Lindsay won Liberal party backing at a convention in the Astor Hotel. The endorsement adds an estimated 300,000 to 400,000 votes, the first Liberal support for a Republican since Fiorello LaGuardia.
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New York
UPI
John Lindsay
GOP
Astor Hotel
Fiorello LaGuardia
Readsboro Rep Seeks Gypsy Moth Spray Funds Losses
Inside report says Rep. Kenalene Collins of Readsboro concedes struggle to secure funding for gypsy moth spray. House debate over fall elections outlined by Rep. George Van Santvoord as Shaftsbury voters head to night decision on annual school district budget.
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Kenalene Collins
Readsboro
George van Santvoord
House
Shaftsbury
Rutland Agrees To Rebate Railroad Taxes
Rutland city fathers agreed to abate 14000 in taxes owed by the inoperative Rutland Railway Corp The City Board for Abatement of Taxes decided the remainder of the 28000 tax bill should be paid by the firm The abatement covers the first half of fiscal 1965 The board rejected a 10000 tax settlement bid from the company
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Rutland
UPD
Rutland Railway Corp
Conferees Battle Over State Appropriations Plan
House and Senate conferees in a bargaining session aim to resolve a record omnibus appropriations bill. Disagreement centers on scholarship programs with House proposing elimination and independent board, Senate supporting expansion. Final funding will trigger tax measures to balance the budget with about four million delta and specific scholarship allocations under review.
Hoosick Falls Seeks Extra 45000 For School Wing
Hoosick Falls Central School Board votes at a special meeting to hold a district vote on adding 45000 to the central school construction budget. architect W Parker Dodge cites unsettled Albany area labor conditions and heavy local building activity as causes of high bids. The vote date may be July 26 or August 2 with bids valid 45 days after approval.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Falls Central School
Albany
Manchester May End 1870 Fire District
A Manchester Center and Manchester Depot vote 15 to 6 to approve an enabling act for dissolving Fire District No. 1 and transferring its property to the town. Town Meeting in March must also approve. The district was created in the 1870s for fire protection as property grew, now only street lighting and sidewalk work remain. If accepted, these duties shift to the Town of Manchester. the firehouse would remain with the town, with the Firefighters Association fundraising to replace it.
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Manchester
Manchester Center
Manchester Depot
Manchester Village
Prudential
Edward S. Farnum
Manchester Firefighters Association
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