Higgins and Sausville Win as Selectman in Bennington
Bennington Town Meeting turnout neared 2,400 voters, about 50 percent higher than 1963. Higgins won a full three year term as selectman with 1,072 votes, Lillie 929, and DiGangi 443. the airport expansion proposal failed by 56 votes.
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Higgins
Sausville
Bennington
Joseph Higgins
Everett S. Lillie
Joseph DiGangi
Independent Town Manager
Board of Selectmen
Clayton Daigneault
Election results outline town officials and ballot approvals
The town elected Louis Lausville over Gloria Gil for a third year of Daigneault’s term. Hogan was re elected to a three year term as supervisor, Carroll defeated Hadden for auditor, and Cross was re elected road commissioner. Ballot items approved include beer and wine sales, liquor sale, a $24 500 library appropriation, tax exemption for lodge premises, retirement plan study, and three year terms for town clerk tax collector and treasurer. Other results show votes for moderator clerk treasurer constables grand jurors town agent and trustee of public monies.
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Daigneault
Louis F. Lausville
Gloria Gil
Francis J. Hogan
Robert B. Condon
Joseph F. Carroll
Weston Hadden
James H. Cross
Joseph Bruso
The
Knights of Columbus
Masonic Temple
U.N. Backs Cyprus Peace Force Plan
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a plan for Secretary-General U Thant to form a Cyprus peace force and appoint a mediator to resolve the island’s constitutional dispute. Russia supports the plan despite concerns over force composition. Greece protests U.S. and Britain handling of Turkey role amid street demonstrations.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
U Thant
Cyprus
Russia
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Security Council
Nikolai Fedorenko
Rhodes
U.S. Information Agency
U.S. Coast Guard
Courier
Voice of America
George Papandreous
Ruby Pleads Innocent in Oswald Murder Case
Jack Ruby pleads innocent before a jury of four women and eight men in Dallas alleging insanity as a motive. The indictment dated November 26 accuses him of killing Lee Harvey Oswald with malice aforethought. The Texas Supreme Court again refused to rule on whether TV viewers are eligible as witnesses.
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J. Frank Wilson
Criminal District Court of Texas
Dallas County
Criminal Courts
Joe B. Brown
Dallas
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Dist
Atty
Henry M. Wade
Ruby
Oswald
Reae
Brown
Texas Supreme Court
Judge Brown
Texas
Austin
Dist. Atty
Keep Sal In Asks End to Squabble
James B. Gibney urged Harold D. Moshovells to drop legal action to remove Salvatore Santarcangelo from the village ballot. Santarcangelo, defeated by Gibney for the Citizens party nomination, filed as an independent. Moshovells questioned his right to run as an Independent nominee. Village Clerk Hilda Hurley, per Village Attorney Williams, ruled Santarcangelo's nominating petitions valid.
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Bennington
James B. Gibney
Gibney
Harold D. Moshovells
Brattleboro
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Santarcangelo
Citizen’s
Village election dispute halts over Independent party name
Moshovetis threatened court action claiming the Independent party status from the 1962 gubernatorial elections. Gibney urged dropping the case and warned that a court order could cast doubt on village leadership, while offering to join future objections if the party remains legally recognized.
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Moshovetis
Independent Party
Vermont voters approve amendment to allow student tuition to other towns
Voters at town meetings across Vermont favored a constitutional change permitting towns to send their students to schools in other communities. While official tallies are pending, reports from towns show large majorities from about five to one up to ten to one in support.
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Montpelier
McNamara Opposes Expanding War in Vietnam
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara plans to travel to South Vietnam as tensions over widening the war persist. He favors a Vietnamese-led effort, arguing U.S. troops should remain as trainers and advisers, with any strikes into the north unlikely to solve the countryside loyalty problem.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
McNamara
U.S
Red Territory
Saigon
Pentagon
Nguyen Khanh
Vermont House Eyes One Year 10 Percent Surtax Plan
The Ways and Means Committee proposed a 10 per cent surtax to fund state finances for this year only. Vermont taxpayers would face an added amount equal to 10 percent of their state personal income taxes, a result of the measure. Also noted are references to MacNamara's return trips seeking ways to resume war recovery and the unlikelihood of U S combat troops being sent to South Vietnam.
Track Tax Break Bill Introduced in Vermont House
Gov Hoff and Rep John Downs outlined a relief bill for Green Mountain Park in Pownal Vermont. The plan sets 5 percent state and 13 percent track shares for a 120 day flat season and 3 percent state along with 15 percent track for a 42 to 49 day harness season. Additional 4 percent over 200000 in handle if threshold is reached.
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Montpelier
Ways & Means Committee
Vermont
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Hoff
John H. Downs
R - St. Johnsbury
Ways & Means
Downs
Bennington Town Meeting Comedy and Civic Notes
A Bennington town meeting is described as humorous like Keystone Cops with a serious editorial aside. Complete results appear on pages 3 and 5, while Prospect Mountain Ski Club plans a second winter carnival on page 14.
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Bennington
Keystone Cops
Prospect Mountain Ski Club
Malaysia Talks Are Broken Off
The Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok talks on the Malaysia crisis broke off as Indonesia and Malaysia failed to agree on the withdrawal of anti-Malaysian guerrillas from Malaysian Borneo. Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman agreed to act as liaison among the three governments while Thailand will supervise the cease-fire.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Malaysian Borneo
Salvador P. Lopez
Thanat Khoman
Lopez
Borneo
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
Indonesian Borneo
Sarawak
Shah
Britain
Vermont Town Meetings Start Busy Voting Day Across State
Vermonters packed town meetings with large turnouts to decide on reapportionment big bonds and kindergarten school placements. Burlington approved a Wheel Plan for redistricting while rejecting a $276 000 school bond and a 20 cent tax. Winooski and Waterbury bonds were defeated or rescinded. Mayoral races in Barre and St Albans went to incumbents. Brattleboro retained its town meeting government.
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Winooski
Waterbury
Barre
Cornelius O. Granai
Wilfred J. Fisher
St. Albans
James B. Pignona
Raymond E. Prior
Brattleboro
Vermont
Fidel Castro offers water to Guantanamo
Fidel Castro proposed restoring water to Guantanamo Bay, but U.S. State Department officials rejected the offer. Castro said Cuba would supply the base if Americans chose to accept, while Washington plans desalinization to make the base self-sufficient. Castro criticized Barry Goldwater and predicted his loss, praising peace over aggression.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Washington
State Department
U.S
Pierre Salinger
White House
Cuba
Guantanamo Bay
United States
Casetto
Goldwater
CIA Funds Seen Used In All Development
Washington AP reports development of the 2,000 mile per hour All jet plane was highly secret, funded by CIA money rather than the Defense Department. President Johnson announced the aircraft during a Saturday news conference, noting limited Congress knowledge and informing a few key members.
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CIA
Washington
Congress
Central Intelligence Agency
Defense Department
Pentagon
House
Johnson
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Frank Hogan
Louis Sausville
James Cross
Norton Barber
Milton Pinsker
Mary Hodeck
Michael J. Hogan Jr
August Kelson
James M. Kinney
Thomas Maloney
Francis J. Cone
Eugene C. Burt
Peter Donavan Jr
Marian M. Cummings
James Sleeman
Barber
Pinsker
Armand U. Lampton
Elizabeth McGurn
U.N
Soviet Union
France
Roger Seydoux
Athens
Johnsone al Capone
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Cises
Aegean Sea
Sal
Independent
Moshevells
Viet Nam
Dvermont
Khanh
MacNamara
South
Associated Press
Manchester
Hartford
Cambridge
Unn
Ion School District
Chelsea
Addison
Ferrisburg
Salisbury
Democracy IN Action
Bill Keough
Arlington
Ringheiser
Gitmo
Castro
Florida
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