Bennington town votes on road tax and Grand List
Bennington residents focus on highway tax and the 1966 Grand List at the town’s floor meeting. Voters set the highway tax at $1 and the general fund tax at $1.80, with a budget including extra highway funds. The move reflects local concerns over the Grand List increase and village budget needs, with debates over whether highways could be trimmed if revenues rise.
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Bennington
Selectmen
Listers
Selectman
Richard van Santvoord
North Bennington
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Fred Welling
John J. DeVito
DeVito
Ivan Massar
Massar
National Geographic Magazine
House Republicans Push Selective Service Probe
A group of 30 House Republicans urged a congressional inquiry into the Selective Service System citing evidence of inefficiency in manpower mobilization for the Vietnam War. They argued the draft process should be fair and efficient.
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UPD
House
Viet Nam
GOP
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
LBJ Proposes Broad Education Program to Congress
President Johnson sent to Congress a broad program to insure full education across the nation. The plan aims to bolster public schools, expand teacher training, and improve access to aid for students, signaling a major federal push in education policy.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
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Shepard to lead team probing fatal jet trainer crash
Astronaut Alan Shepard Jr. heads an investigation into the crash of a T38 jet trainer that killed two fellow astronauts Elliot M. See Jr. and Charles A. Bassett II near McDonnell Aircraft in St Louis. See piloted the aircraft. Bassett and See were to fly Gemini 9 with Stafford and Cernan backing. The four trained pilots were en route to simulator training when the crash occurred in rain and fog. The inquiry may take six weeks and involves NASA flight center officials and federal authorities. The Gemini 9 back-up crew landed safely at McDonnell after the crash. delays to the space program were not confirmed.
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Elliot M. Lee Jr
Charles A. Bassett II
UPD
Alan Shepard Jr
America
Elliot M. See Jr
See
Bassett
Space
Shepard
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Flight Center
Houston
Paul Haney
NASA
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
Lee
McDonnell
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
McDonnell Field
Haney
Stafford
James S. McDonnell
Space Agency
Cernan
New York Debates 18-Year Voting Age Change
The Assembly passed a proposed constitutional amendment lowering New York’s voting age from 21 to 18 by a 124 to 34 vote, sending it to the Senate, which may block or delay it. Supporters say youths mature earlier. opponents fear obligations tied to contracts and finances. Senate Leader Brydges voices reservations and suggests convention action may be needed. The measure must pass both houses again this year and in 1967 or 1968 before a final statewide vote.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Assembly
Senate
Earl W. Brydges
Lovell cites Venus contamination risk in Soviet Venus 3 claim
Jodrell Bank director Sir Bernard Lovell warned the Russians may endanger future Venus studies by contaminating the planet with Earth organisms. Tass reported Venus 3 landed on Venus, with Venus 2 passing 14,912 miles from the planet, while Americans flew by in 1962.
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England
UPI
Bernard Lovell
Britain
Venus
Earth
Lovell
FCC Outlaws Listening Devices in New Rules
The FCC bans listening devices including wired olives in martinis and bugged cigarette packs. Chairman E William Henry said the rules effective April 8 protect the little man from the big ear.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
E. William Henry
Confession in Malcolm X Killing Adds Twist to Case
Tal madge Hayer testified he fired about four shots at Malcolm X during the Audubon Ballroom killing. He said Butler and Johnson had nothing to do with it, insisting he was there and knows who was present. Malcolm X died February 21, 1965, as he prepared to address 400 followers. The state argues a prearranged plot, and prosecutors plan to pursue all three defendants.
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New York
UPI
Talmadge Hayer
Malcolm X
State Supreme Court
Hayer
Thomas Hagen
Norman
Butler
Thomas
Johnson
Malcolm
Manhattan
Audubon Ballroom
Russians claim unmanned Venus 3 landing and coat of arms
Relying on UPI reporting, the Soviet Venus 3, weighing about one ton, landed on Venus after a three and a half month voyage of roughly 24 million miles. Tass noted communications ended at final approach, leaving surface details uncertain, while the feat outpaced U.S. Mariner II’s earlier navigational milestone. Western scientists speculated the probe might have transmitted atmospheric data before loss of contact.
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Venus
Moscow
America
Mariner II
United States
UPI
Space
Earth
Moon
Reconsideration of Housing Bill Favored But Unlikely
FAIRLEE Vermont United Press International reports House Speaker Richard Mallary says it is very unlikely the House will reconsider its last week decision to kill the fair housing bill. A 73-69 vote blocked final reading and a three-fourths vote is needed to revive. Reconsideration must come from a member who originally voted against the bill, with rules suspensions required for debate. The legislature does not reconvene until Wednesday.
Air Cavalry Attack Aimed at North Viet Battalion
U S air cavalrymen descended from helicopters into a jungle battalion area near Hue and Bong Son in a major operation named Black Horse as part of White Wing. U S Marines and South Vietnamese troops pressed a blocking move, with heavy fighting and estimated enemy casualties, while US strikes targeted Viet Cong positions across the region.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
South China Sea
U.S. Air Force Skyraider
Marine Corps
173 Airborne
U.S. Navy
Air Force
North Vietnamese Panhandle
Navy
U.S. Air Force
South
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
U.S. Mlitary Command
Inside News of Legislature and Dog Show Mem ories
Carlo Walter reflects on dog show memories in a column on page 4 while page 2 covers legislative notes. A brief town meeting in Manchester is reported as a quick update on page 6.
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Slick
Manchester
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