Town Meeting debates poll tax and town farm proposal
Voters at Bennington's town floor meeting approved a $1 highway tax and a $1.95 general fund tax with small increases over 1964. An advisory vote opposed abolishing poll tax voting qualification. A motion urged studying town farm land use for education and recreation, including a five acre site for a possible community planetarium project.
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Bennington
Paul W. Bohne
Harwood Hill
Park Street
Montpelier School Board Denies Seaver Contract
Civil rights worker Edward Seaver says a Montpelier High English teaching contract for next year has been withdrawn over his outside activities. He plans to finish the year and awaits the board's next move, noting the action doesn't affect his Vermont in Mississippi project. He sought a public hearing, which Superintendent Mathewson indicated the board would likely deny.
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Montpelier
UPD
Edward
Ted) Seaver
Montpelier School Board
Seaver
Vermont
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Philip Mathewson
Mathewson
House Committee On UN- American Activities
LBJ Proposes One Million Housing Units Plan
President Johnson asked Congress to fund housing for one million needy families in four years. He urged rent supplements for slum dwellers the elderly and those displaced by urban renewal or highways. The plan includes financing repair and acquisition of homes support for planned communities or new towns and a department of housing and urban development.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rent Sup
Federal Housing Administration
Federal National Mortgage Association
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Vermonters Flock to Town Meetings in 1965 Vote Clean Energy
Vermonters statewide gathered in town meeting halls and civic venues for the 1965 Vermont town meeting. Burlington voters faced races including incumbent Edward Keenan, challenger Francis Cain, and John Burns, plus tax measures on Rutland Railway right-of-way, school tax, and a sewer project. Rutland contested the mayoral race with John Daley opposing Alderman Harold Nichols. Winooski, Montpelier, Newport, Barre, Stowe, and St Albans also held races or bal- anced measures such as a $130,000 school expansion bond and urban renewal plans.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Burlington
Edward Keenan
Francis Cain
John Burns
Rutland
John Daley
Harold Nichols
Daley
Winooski
Edmund Dupont
Charles Crowley
Manuel Canas Jr
Melvin H. Carter
Newport
E.W. Logan
Barre
Stowe
St. Albans
Montreal Blast Kills 26 In Suburban Fire Ruin
Officials press a three part inquiry into the explosion that wrecked a Ville LaSalle apartment, killing 26 including 15 children. Gas leak suspected after rescue workers found two more bodies and 37 survivors in hospitals. Gas odor reported days before blast.
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Montreal
UPS
Ville LaSalle
Cials
Water shortage nears critical in Bennington Village
Bennington Village eyes new water sources as shortages loom. Demands rise at Harmon Hill Cole Spring and Sucker Pond dwindling, while Morgan Spring remains reliable with pumping costs rising. Board notes Drought risk and potential voter appeal for midyear plan.
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Bennington
Woodford
Harmon Hill
Burgess Road
C. Henry Hansen
Water Department
Stamford
Morgan Spring
Memorial Park
Alfred W. Ellett
Village
Surprise Raids Hit North Viet Nam
More than 160 American and South Vietnamese fighter bombers and B57 jets struck two targets in North Vietnam in the largest raid yet. The missiles hit a naval base at Quang Khe and a supply depot near the Laos border, with authorities claiming 70 to 80 percent damage at the base. U.S. and Saigon officials called it a show of force amid rising tension as Marines prepare to bolster South Vietnam. Moscow and Peking denounced the strikes, while U.S. and South Vietnamese forces pressed further air operations against suspected infiltrations.
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Saigon
North Viet Nam
North
Moscow
Laos
U.S. Air Force
South
Viet Nam
U.S
Xom Bang
South Viet Nam
Quang Khe
Chena
Soviet Union
Brasshats
Indochinese
Canadian Group Backs Barge Canal
UPI reports Sen. George D. Aiken of Vermont praised a Quebec Chamber of Commerce study filed with the International Joint Commission. The chamber backs a 14 to 15 foot barge canal with modern locks between Montreal and New York, rejecting a deep draft route. Aiken called the report favorable and warned against overstating traffic potential while urging careful development of recreational, commercial and industrial prospects.
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Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Montreal
New York City
Aiken
Quebec Chamber of Commerce
International Joint Commission
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Vermont GOP Faces Liberal Revolt As Young Turks Rise
The Vermont Republican Party confronts its worst financial crisis in memory with only 4.31 dollars in bank funds by Friday. Liberal moderates push to purge conservatives, led by Bennington County legislators and the so-called young turks in the General Assembly. Former state Senator James L. Oakes resigned from the GOP State Committee, signaling the revolt. Key targets include Derick Webb and Consuelo N. Bailey, while Edward G. Janeway remains in position despite past tensions. The party plans an emergency meeting in Montpelier on March 12 to propel reforms amid the cash crunch.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Republican Party
GOP
Ult
Bennington County
General Assembly
Royal Republican Hierearchy
Derick Webb
Shelburne
State Committee
Consuelo N. Bailey
South Burlington
Edward G. Janeway
Londonderry
Goldwater
Dean Burch
Oakes
Inside Vermont officials brace for spring flood risk
Vermont officials warn of potential spring floods as warm weather and melting snow raise river levels. The report notes preparations across towns and state agencies, including emergency response planning and sandbag deployment to protect communities.
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George van Santvoord
van Santvoord
Senate
House
Selectmen’s
Bohne
Willow Road
East Road
Molly Stark
Leon R. Eldred
Morgan Street
Eldred
Norton Barber
Selectmen
Alma Langlois
Louis F. Sausville
Joseph Higgins
Richard van Santvoord
Frances Bender
Hagerman
Joel T. Whittemore
LBJ
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Ellett
Morgan Springs
North Viet
By Philip Savory
James L. Oakes
Brattleboro
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