Bennington Town Meeting Votes Narrowly Against Requests
Town Meeting Day in Bennington Vermont drew light turnout and rejected key spending bids. Voters defeated a $40,000 garage workshop for the sewage plant and a $50,000 airport runway extension, while approving a study committee on unification and library funding. Incumbent Selectman Louis F. Lausville won re election. several other local officials were returned.
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Bennington
Louis F. Lausville
Alfred E. Arnold
North Bennington
Norton Barber
Daley Loses Bid for Third Term in Rutland Vermont
Vermont town meetings across 246 cities and towns produced political shifts and bond approvals. Daley lost the Rutland mayoral bid 2,950 to 2,190 to Alderman Harold Nichols, while Burlington elected Democratic Francis Cain as mayor 5,520 to 3,447 over Edward Kennan, with 1,118 for independent John Burns. Bond plans included nearly 1.5 million for schools, water, and sewage.
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Montpelier
UPI
John Daley
Rutland
Vermont
Burlington
Francis Cain
Edward Kennan
John Burns
Board Will Tell Why Seaver Was Fired
The Montpelier School board will document for civil rights worker Edward Ted Seaver the reasons for not renewing his contract. The board plans a private submission to Seaver and says he is aware of the reasons. Seaver, age 25, led a Mississippi voter registration drive and helped Vermont civil rights work, while continuing his teaching duties. Seaver’s attorney condemned the move as likely to chill academic freedom and warned it could threaten teachers’ job security.
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Montpelier
Edison McKee
Seaver
Vermont
John Williams
Rutland
Red Planes Seen On Latest Air Raids
South Viet Nam reported that Communist planes attempted to intercept Vietnamese aircraft during large strikes on North Viet Nam. U S B57 bombers carried four strikes in the Mekong Delta while reports of Laos targets remain unconfirmed. Hanoi cited Soviet built Migs but kept them grounded as U S and Vietnamese planes dominated. Vietnamese Skyraider pilots saw three strange planes approaching after bombing Quang Khe naval installation, but fled.
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Saigon
UPS
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U. S
Mekong Delta
Laos
da Nang
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Tion
China
Peking Radio
Peking
Moscow
U.S
Viet Nam Press
Quang Khe
South China Sea
France and Soviet Union Agree On Asia Peace Drive
Paris reports that France accepted the Soviet proposal for joint action toward a new Geneva peace conference on Indochina. President de Gaulle welcomed a Franco Soviet push after a cabinet meeting, despite U.S. reluctance, amid concerns the Indochina war could widen.
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Paris
UPI
France
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Alain Peyrefitte
Charles de Gaulle
Geneva
China
de Gaulle
Ergei Vinogradov
Vinogradov
Peyrefitte
Indochina
Russia
Washington
United States
Inside Roadsboro votes for towne village merger
A page three report notes voters in Bennington backed the unification concept in a town merger vote while an editorial on page four endorses the idea. A photo report from Sandgate covers a turbulent town meeting and page five highlights a contentious local meeting. Pownal backs recreation planning in principle but resists funding. town meeting results appear on page six.
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Bennington
Sandgate
Pownal
RFK Presses Back On Hoffa Probe Handling
Senator Robert F. Kennedy clashes with a Senate subcommittee over charges he mishandled the Hoffa investigation while attorney general. Kennedy objected to one sided testimony from Thomas Bolan and defended his actions amid demands to air both sides of the story.
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Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
James R. Hoffa
Kennedy
Judiciary
Subcommittee
New York
Thomas A. Bolan
Bolan
Hoffa
Edward V. Long
de Mo
Long
Senate Judiciary Committee
Life Magazine
Sam Baron
Bernard Fensterwald Jr
Fensterwald
Formosa May Try No Pay U N Policy
Nationalist China may use no pay tactics seen in Russia and France to protest a U N action. They were kept off a committee negotiating the U N financial crisis. The United States pledged up to 60 million dollars to the main U N aid agencies after a four month delay. Ambassador Liu Chieh accused Soviet opposition of blocking the 33 member panel. The Taipei government weighs withholding payments though it has fulfilled charter obligations.
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United Nations, N. Y
UPI
China
Russia
France
U. N
United States
Liu Chieh
Assembly
Alex Quatson-Lackey
Soviet Union
Liu
Taipei
Formosa
Action postponed on welfare compact in Vermont
The Vermont House postponed moving ahead on a New England welfare compact until five other states act. Gov. Hoff backs the plan, while sponsor Rep. Samon seeks to reintroduce it Thursday. The body also approved a highway funding resolution seeking higher federal participation and a 90 day appeal window for urban renewal condemnation judgments.
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Philip H. Hoff
New England
Frank A. Hutchins
Stannard
Vermont
New’ England
Thomas Samon
Rockingham
House
See
FBI Report Ends Baker Probe Discrediting Reynolds Claims
The Senate Rules Committee released an FBI report that undermined most of the chief accuser Don Reynolds's charges in the Bobby Baker probe. It details alleged sex party rumors and questionable funds used by Lyndon Johnson and Mike Mansfield, while refuting Reynolds through witness testimony. The panel voted to forward the materials to a federal grand jury for possible perjury indictments, suggesting the investigation may be nearing its end.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Bobby Baker
FBI
Senate Rules Committee
Don B. Reynolds
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mike Mansfield
Reynolds
Rules Committee
B. Everett Jordan
Den.c
Carl T. Curtis
Baker
Carole Tyler
John J. Williams
R-Del
Reynlds
Justice Department
Federel Grand
Perj
Jordan
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Committee For Unification
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Grimm
Ralph W. Tudor
Harry A. Skidmore
Bennington County
Sandgate’s
Daley
Harold Nichols
Winooski
Edmund
Chick) Dupont
Charles Crowley
Vergennes
David Daigeneault
James Barry
Benjamin Gould
Manesuel Canas Jr
Barre
Cornelius Granai
Grand Isle County
South Hero
North Hero
Albury
Grand Isle
Isle la Motte
Stowe
Waterbury
Middlebury
Asia
Soviet
Roadsboro
RFK
U.N
Ronald E. Cohen
Quashes Baker
Kosygin
Alexei Kosygin
Berlin Wall
Checkpoint Charlie
East Germany
Nikita S. Khrushchev
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