Vermont Firm Chooses Middlebury Site For 250-Worker Plant
A $4.8 million Standard Register plant will be built in Middlebury, Vermont, to produce precision business forms. Groundbreaking is planned in April with production by late September, employing about 238 locals. The site, two miles southeast of town on U.S. 7, is part of an expansion tied to Vermont’s industrial growth and a tax stabilization agreement with town officials.
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Death Penalty Measure Advances in Vermont House
Vermont House gave preliminary approval to a bill ending the death penalty for first time murderers with a 139 to 80 vote after lengthy debate. Final approval expected Friday. bill would abolish the electric chair for first offenders while leaving death penalty to a jury in a subsequent offense. The measure sparks strong religious and ethical debate among lawmakers.
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Hoff Names Ohio Man Tax Commissioner
Gov. Philip Hoff named 31 year old Gerald S. Witherspoon of Cleveland Heights Ohio as Vermont tax commissioner designate to succeed resigning Republican Charles T Shea by April 1 The nomination awaits Senate confirmation Witherspoon a lawyer and Princeton Fulbright alumni held key posts and honors at Chicago Hav ersford and Paris He has clerked for U S Circuit Judge Sterry Watersman and worked with Chicago police chief Orlando W Wilson Hoff hopes he can work with Shea before taking over Shea resigned citing salary concerns to enter private practice in Burlington Vermont
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Appalachia Bill Passage Marks First in Great Society Program
Washington reports final congressional approval of a 1.1 billion Appalachian aid measure, Johnson’s first major legislative victory this year. The bill funds a five-year 840 million highway program, health centers, timber development projects, and water basin surveys to improve infrastructure and fight isolation in the region.
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Inside view on juvenile delinquency
The paper questions the problem of juvenile delinquency and calls for guidance director George Sleeman to weigh in. It notes an editorial criticizing the Ted Seaver controversy in Montpelier as unnecessary. Workmen scan for gasoline leaks in Bennnington Flats. New Hoosick Falls lists party qualifications on page seven.
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Ted Seaver
Montpelier
Bennington Flats
New Hoosick Falls
South Burlington Air Guard Jet Crash Kills Two
Two Air National Guardsmen died when their F89 fighter crashed while attempting to land near Burlington Municipal Airport. The right wing struck a power line, causing a post-crash fire that spread over nearby trailers. Debris and flames covered the area as witnesses noted the canopy opened part way. The pilots’ identities were not released immediately.
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Gas Blast Kills 17 In Louisiana
A 32 inch natural gas pipeline exploded in Natchitoches Parish Louisiana engulfing a row of small homes in flames. At least 17 people were killed including many children with as many as 20 feared dead. Searchers found a possible sixteenth body and four were missing. The incident prompted emergency responses across the parish.
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UPI
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Natchitoches Parish
Aiken Backs Dirksen Amendment to state apportionment
Senator George D. Aiken backs a Dirksen amendment permitting states to choose their own legislative apportionment methods. Testifying before a Senate judiciary subcommittee he rejected claims that changing the constitution insults the Supreme Court. The measure would let states nullify the one person one vote ruling and base one chamber on non population factors.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Supreme Court
Moscow riots as Johnson opponents attack U S Embassy
In Moscow a 2000 strong mob denouncing President Johnson as a murderer broke through barriers and fought police and soldiers outside the U S Embassy. The clash, the fiercest anti American protest in over a decade, left several injured and 20 arrested as troops used water hoses and mounted police intervened. Demonstrators, including Chinese and other Asians, chanted anti American slogans and accused Johnson of bombing North Vietnam.
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First Swings of the Season in Memorial Park
Stephen Grover, above, hits during an impromptu spring practice in Memorial Park. George Squiers winds up as Steven Rice and Richard Squiers stand in the outfield. Snow remnants linger behind the batter as blue skies and warm weather lure locals outdoors.
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Steven Rice
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Rice
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Buckler
Ripton Job Corps Center Opens July 1 for 150 Men
Gov Hoff announced a Job Corps center at Ripton in the Green Mountain National Forest to start July 1 serving about 150 young men. The center will develop the Silver Lake Recreation Area with 60 tent units, 30 trailer units, picnic areas, a beach, boat ramp and dock, water and sanitation systems. See JOB CORPS Page 16, Col 5.
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