Demolition Planned on Passumpsic Ice Jam Threat
Corps of Engineers prepared to dynamite a mile long ice jam on the Passumpsic River to avert a critical flood threat. The jam flooded Ralston Purina plant and two water facilities while overall damage in Vermont tops 2.5 million dollars. Authorities coordinated federal and state aid as Connecticut River floodwater receded.
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St, Johnsbury
Corps of Engineers
Passumpsic
Hardwick
White River Junction
Ralston Purina
Court Sets Precedent In Times Case
Supreme Court unanimously overturns a 500000 libel verdict against The New York Times and four Negro ministers. A public official must prove actual malice to recover damages for false statements about official conduct. Justice Brennan wrote the decision, with concurrences by Black, Goldberg, and Douglas. The case stemmed from a March 29, 1960 Times advertisement on Montgomery racial unrest.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York Times
William J. Brennan
Hugo L. Black
Arthur J. Goldberg
Exe
William O. Douglas
Times
Montgomery
L. B. Sullivan
Montgomery County
William ©. Douglas
McNamara Visits Viet Nam Amid Delta Front Tensions
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara tour South Viet Nam pledging U S support for Premier Nguyen Khanh. A helicopter crash killed two U S crewmen. McNamara donated 6800 dollars for fire victims in Can Tho as Viet Cong mortar fire burned a gasoline depot.
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U.S
Saigon
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Khanh
Can Tho
Bennington Auxiliary Police Aid Flood Traffic Control
Auxiliary state policemen from Bennington and Pownal aided traffic control in White River Junction after disaster duty called up by the state. A nine car caravan manned nine junctions and bridges, rerouting 35 000 to 40 000 cars, with a communications center set up at Hartford state police barracks.
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White River Junction
Bennington
White River
Pownal
State Department of Public Safety
Connecticut River
Hartford Police Department
Robert Johnson
Bob
Hartford State Police
Johnson plans to lower draft age to seventeen for poverty program
President Johnson will ask Congress to cut the draft age from 18 to 17 to accelerate aid to needy youths. About 500,000 yearly test failures would enter special academies offering education and vocational training, with no change to overall callup timing.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Army
Selective Service
Shriver
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Bennington Water Expansion Aims Add 2.8 Million Gallons Daily
Bennington plans to expand its water system to add at least 2.8 million gallons daily from Bolles Brook above Woodford Hollow Brook. A Boston engineering firm says taking water below the junction could ensure supply in droughts, with 10 to 15 years of demand ahead. Voters are asked to allocate 20 000 to start a sinking fund for the project, now costing more than 345 000 with rising costs and potential rights of way. Water from Bolles Brook would supplement Lake Hancock 1.6 million gallons daily from Stamford if approved.
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Bennington Water Department
Bolles Brook
Bickford Hollow Brook
Woodford
Water Resources Division
U.S. Department of the Interior
Boston, Mass
Water Department
Bennington
Lake Hancock
Stamford
Cyprus Strife Returns as Ktima Battles Reignite
In Ktima, Cyprus heavy fighting resumes after a brief cease-fire. Greek Cypriot forces press an all out attack amid Turkish Cypriot retreat reports and ongoing hostilities. Gyani and Makarios seek urgent talks as casualties rise and hostages are freed gradually.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Ktima
Prem Singh Gyani
U.N
Makarios
Ktima-Paphos
Dimitri Papageorge
Gyani
Papageorge
Kuma
No Passengers Die In Chicago Plane Crash Near O'Hare
A chartered DC-3 attempting to land in misty weather struck a Hoffman Estates home near O'Hare. Copilot Daniel Jordan was killed. pilot Virgil Provost, 40, was rescued in critical condition. All 28 passengers walked away uninjured as six residents escaped injury.
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Chicago
O’hare
Michigan
Hoffman Estates
Victor Golubski
Virgil Provost
Alsip
Daniel Jordan
Gary
Ind
Carl Selka
Provost
National Guard Faces Potential New Cost Cuts
Washington AP reports Defense Secretary McNamara may target the Army National Guard again to cut costs after the November elections. Indications show skepticism about the value of Guard and Reserve units not ready for emergencies but mobilized only in long wars. About 15 Guard and 6 Reserve divisions face lower priority and possible further reductions, costing roughly 7 million dollars per division per year.
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Washington
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Army National Guard
McNamara
National Guard
Congress
Army
Guard
Hoff seeks federal aid for Vermont ice jam damages
Gov. Philip Hoff asked the Small Business Administration and the Bureau of Public Roads to declare parts of Vermont disaster areas. The request follows ice jam damage to public facilities private businesses and homes along the White River Lamoille River Connecticut River Windsor area and Passumpsic River in St Johnsbury.
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Connecticut River
St. Johnsbury
Vermont
White River Junction
Hardwick
Windsor
Philip H. Hoff
John Dempsey
Connecticut
Endicott Peabody
Massachusetts
Hoff
Federal Office of Emergency Planning
The
Small Business Administration
Rural Area Development Agency
White River
Office of Public Safety
William H. Baumann
Montpelier
Philip HH. Hoff
Bureau of Public Roads
Passumpsic
Inside look at Rockefeller team highlighted by Kirtland King
Qn the Inside notes Kirtland King discusses Rockefeller's political team on page four. East Arlington residents unite for an addition to Bailey Hall on page five. North Bennington man named to Roosevelt University board of trustees on page five.
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Kirtland King
Rockefeller
Arlington Parish
Bailey Hall
North Bennington
Roosevelt University Board of Trustees
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Passumpsic River
Lamoille
Viet Nam
Commo Center
William Mattison
Bennington CD
Francis Sheridan
Harold Hicks
Francis Hoag
Orwin Coonz
Lawrence Sumner
Gordon Sweet
Andre Betit
Charles Richmond
Charles White
William Carroll
Raymond Harrington
Mattison
Joseph Bruso
Donald Greenslet
Harold Hilliard
John Gorman
Sargent Shriver
War On Poverty
Lamoille River
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