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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1965
Page
1
President Johnson signed into law a $1.1 billion measure, the first of his Great Society programs, to revitalize the Appalachian region from northern Pennsylvania to central Alabama. The act pledges an intensive economic rehabilitation effort for the picturesque but poor area.
Hebard proposes five reapportionment plans using registered voters as the base for a Vermont House, with sizes 90 to 210 members. Current 246 seats. Emphasis on highway development, education, health facilities, soil conservation, and coal region rehabilitation as part of a regional plan backed by Appalachian governors. The Appalachian Regional Commission was established in 1963 and federal aid progressed under Johnson. House Democrats approve the Great Society bill as written by the Senate.
UPI reports Senator George D. Aiken proposes five amendments to the administration hospital care bill to curb overstatements of benefits and align coverage with expectations. The amendments would direct referrals from outpatient clinics to nursing homes, bar benefits for high income investors, restore eligibility after catastrophe, cap drug costs, credit outpatient charges against hospitalization, and cover surgical costs in various settings.
Vermont Senate moves to amend constitutional apportionment rules by urging Congress to authorize one chamber of a bicameral legislature to be apportioned by non population bases. The vote was 17 to 12 with Democrats opposing. House previously approved a similar Cutts Resolution, while a $21,000 deficiency appropriation for Governor Hoff drew sharp debate.
In Selma Alabama a federal judge halted today's planned mass march on Montgomery delaying the civil rights protest. About 1,000 national supporters planned to join the 500 local youths as police and troops prepared for possible clashes amid King era march tensions.
Bennington Town Health Officer William H. Fox reports efforts to eliminate gasoline contamination from the water supplies of seven families on Bennington Flats. A pump is in place at Clarence Wyman’s Hicks Corners well to remove contaminated water. A buried tank leak at Walter L. Barber Inc. was unearthed and replaced. A second tank at Davey Oil Co. station is still tested. 24 hour tests are underway at other area stations under Edson F. White’s direction as regulators may follow.
Inside An editorial comments with applause on the imminent demise of the Cutts Resolution. No directive yet on pollution of the Wallowmacc River. Old Shaftsbury printing business operates from a new plant. Arlington town fathers refuse to hire a dog constable this year.
Vermont Adj. Gen. Francis W. Billado says 16 reserve units will merge into the Vermont National Guard in a state reorganization. Guard units will take over armories in Montpelier Rutland and Chester increasing overall guard strength from 2546 to 2903 with an effective date of July 1.
President Johnson condemned police brutality toward Negro demonstrators in Alabama and urged law and order while urging leaders to calm tensions. Justice officials relayed his views to Governor Wallace and Reverend King as a federal court blocked a Selma march. White House and Justice Department actions included potential court involvement and friend of the court status in a related injunction case.
Washington reports Blyth & Co led an investment group with a 329.1 million dollar bid to buy seized 11.2 million shares of General Aniline & Film Co. Atty. Gen. Katzenbach opened rival bids as the stock sale nears. A spokesman expects a market listing at about 30.75 dollars per share.
New York insurance man Norman H. Briggs aged 33, believed dead after disappearing in 1960, lived as Clay Hollister the drifter. Friends and family told how Briggs assumed the Hollister persona while working on the Kenneth Atkins ranch near Newcastle Wyoming, and how his wife learned he was alive after years.
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