Dynamite Breaks Passumpsic Ice Jam
Ice jam on the Passumpsic River is blasted to relieve flooding risk as demolition teams clear riverside ice. Gov Hoff seeks SBA disaster-area designation for Caledonia Windham Windsor counties to obtain low interest loans and federal aid for rebuilding and highway work. Losses exceed 2.5 million in Hardwick White River Junction Windsor and St Johnsbury with bridge replacements planned.
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Corps of Engineers
Philip H. Hoffin
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White River Junction
Windsor
St. Johnsbury
Bureau of Public Roads
Hoff
SBA
White
Lamoille
Windham County
Connecticut
Committees Work Over School Aid in Vermont Budget Dispute
A conference committee will Bridge Senate and House versions of Vermont state aid to education. The Senate calls for a 2 million dollar increase while the House proposed 1.25 million. Conference members include Senators Newell Boylan and Marcoux and Representatives Partridge Mallory Parsons. Also on tap: a revival of a Sunday beer and wine bill with local option and three Hoff natural resources measures on pollution control water supplies and a hydrology study.
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Vermont
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Hoff
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Dixie
Hubert H. Humphrey
Rights Battle Looks Like A Long Engagement
Washington AP reports a protracted Senate civil rights battle has begun with Southern lawmakers pledging no compromise and using slow debate. Leaders rule out longer sessions this week while Southern senators flag brief initial speeches as factions prepare for a drawn out fight likely lasting months.
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Washington
Senate
New Hampshire Voters Test GOP as Snow Delays Cast
New Hampshire presidential primary turnout faces a blizzard as early write ins favor Lodge and Nixon push against Goldwater and Rockefeller. Maine Senator Smith tops results with eight write ins for vice president, while Democrats vote on Johnson Kennedy tickets and state sweepstakes sales.
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Richard M. Nixon
New Hampshire
Maine
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Smith
Harold E. Stassen
Nashua
Norman Lepage
Nixon
Robert F. Kennedy
John W. King
Kennedy
Johnson
King
Ski death at Stowe under investigation and autopsy details
A 31 year old New York woman Helen Shea was found dead on a roped off expert ski trail at Mt. Mansfield Stowe. Pathologist notes collapsed right lung from eight broken ribs and a torn right lung after a fall. Autopsy also shows a compound fracture of the right ankle.
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Stowe
New York
Mt. Mansfield
Richard Woodruff
Helen Shea
Woodruff
Federal Conciliator Joins Fairbanks Talks
In Fairbanks Fairbanks-Morse & Co. plant negotiations, a federal conciliator sat in as talks continued between the company and the workers union. The Saco St. Johnsbury AP report notes the presence aimed at easing bargaining.
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Fairbanks
St, Johnsbury
Fairbanks - Morse & Co
Vermont counties named disaster areas after floods and ice jams
Gov Hoff announced Caledonia and Windsor counties are designated disaster areas by the SBA following last week’s floods causing about 3 million dollars in losses. SBA loans of up to 20 years at 3 percent are available. Hardwick and Hartford area residents will meet officials as damage assessments continue. Local 234 members began working without a contract as talks with the company head toward a possible plant move and higher pay demands.
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United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
John O'Reilly
Hugh Harley
Vermont House Approves Supplemental Budget Amid Session Focus
The Vermont House passed Gov Hoff's supplemental 360000 budget in a special session. After approving the measure, the House moved to the education aid bill and voted 112 to 103 to restore a 25000 cut in the industrial development request within a 61000 total request.
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House
Appropriations Committee
Vermont papers briefed on local library and industry items
Inside Vermont reports the Headmasters Association names a full time executive director. An editorial laments a surprising House vote on Vermont industrial development. Brattleboro firm lands the Manchester library addition contract. East Dorset will gain new library quarters through a gift.
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Vermont Headmasters Association
Page
House
Vermont
Brattleboro
Manchester
East Dorset
Unemployment Figures May Understate True jobless rate
Labor Department boosts unemployment estimates by including those not in the labor force in new figures presented to Congress with President Johnsons manpower report. Secretary Willard Wirtz says the set is first of its kind and hints at higher real totals, especially among less educated white men.
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Congress
Johnson
Labor
Willard Wirtz
Labor Department
Air Freight Plane Crashes in Boston Harbor Crash
Five men die as Slick Airways four engine DC4 crashes at Castle Island Waterfront Terminal. The aircraft, en route from New York Bradley Field, hits sleet and gale while attempting an instrument landing and bursts into flames, scattering cargo sweaters over the area. Three crewmen among the dead. two lumber yard workers.
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Boston
Slick Airways, Inc
Slick Airways
New York
Bradley Field
Conn
Castle Island
Logan International Airport
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