Vermont House Votes Down Poll Tax Bill
The Vermont House killed a Senate passed bill to end the poll tax requirement for local elections in a decisive 196 to 34 vote. Rep. Richard Schmidt called the tax an anachronism and a barrier to the right to vote, but the measure failed after local town meeting sentiments were sought.
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Vermont
House
Montpelier
UPI
Senate
Richard Schmidt
D-Burlington
Schmidt
Seaver Denied Hearing over Teaching Contract
Montpelier faced a clash as civil rights worker Edward Seaver sought a public hearing after his high school English teaching contract was canceled. City Attorney Edson McKee cited Seaver’s restless, rebellious traits and said there is no right to teach, only a contract to teach. Seaver plans a Mississippi project to aid civil rights after pressuring for a hearing.
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Montpelier
UPD
Edson McKee
Edward
Ted) Seaver
Seaver
McKee
Vermont
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Selma Bans March After Beating of Ministers Angers Negroes
In Selma Alabama the mayor said a planned march by Negroes would be unsafe and banned by city county and state authorities after three white ministers were beaten Tuesday night near a Negro restaurant. One minister, Rev. James Reed of Boston, is in critical condition with skull fractures. Police confiscated pistols from white onlookers as investigations proceed and arrests may follow. The march to the Dallas County Courthouse was previously planned after the assault, while state troopers blocked the route during a earlier march led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The day ended with King praying at a rally as many clergymen criticized the abrupt turnback.
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Selma, Ala
UPI
Selma
Joe Smitherman
Wilson Baker
Smitherman
Brown’s Chapel Church
Dallas County
Baker
Orloff F. Miller
Hingham
Mass
Clark Olsen
Berkeley
Calif
Alabama
Montgomery
Martin Luther King Jr
Good Samaritan Bill Gains Vermont Medical Backing
Vermont lawmakers heard strong support for a Good Samaritan bill protecting doctors and nurses who aid accident victims from civil malpractice suits. Groups backing the measure include the Vermont State Medical Society and the Vermont State Nurses Association. A physician testified that it is a sad fact that such a bill is needed, noting no Vermont malpractice suit has been filed against doctors rendering aid.
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Vermont State Medical Society
Vermont State Nurses Association
Vermont Safety Council
Porter Dale
Montpelier
Vermont
Anthony Baraczynski
Dbrattleboro
Clifford Harwood
Manchester Center
County anti poverty group eyes aid projects in Arlington area
Sixteen members of a Bennington County steering committee outlined potential Economic Opportunity Act projects. Priorities include reducing school dropouts, establishing a child daycare center, and aiding the elderly. A conservation camp to tackle gypsy moths was proposed by Rev. Granville Greenwold. The group plans legal incorporation, with discussions of regional unit consolidation due to state limits.
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Bennington County
United Counseling Service
Donald C. Hicks
Jane Carter
Bennington College
Charles B. Lack
Shaftsbury
June Carroll
Marie Condon
Alice Miller
Marion Downes
Joseph Lo Piccolo
Donald R. Shanks
Manchester
Gloria Gil
John C. Page
Spence Haynes
Beverly Rosen
Granville Greenwold
Arlington
George A. Sleeman
The
Federated Church of East Arlington
Pownal
Viet Cong Drive Stopped in Binh Dinh Province
U S Air Force B57 jets and Vietnamese troops halted a Viet Cong push in Binh Dinh, preserving the Pleiku Qui Nhon corridor. Viet Cong casualties reached 63 in the main ambush battle, with 18 American and Vietnamese losses reported. U.S. Marines and mountain tribesmen repelled attacks near Hoai An and Kanock, while Skyraider support aided the defense along Highway 19 and surrounding districts.
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Saigon
VPS
U.S
Binh Dinh
Qui Nhon- Pleiku
Hoai An
da Nang
Pleiku
Regional school unit forms with 60 plus members in Vermont
More than 60 members from 11 towns attended a Manchester meeting to organize a regional junior senior high school study group. Nathaniel (Terry) Tyler III was named permanent chairman and seven committees were formed with volunteers and appointees. Representatives from Arlington, Peru and Winhall will join, though not in the Bennington Rutland Supervisory District.
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Manchester
Nathaniel
Terry) Tyler III
Dorset
Neil E. Cross
Arlington
Peru
Winhall
Bennington-Rutland
Richard Bart
Hoff's Salary Set At Twenty Thousand In Pay Bill
The House Committee on State and Court Expenses approved a bill giving Gov Philip H Hoff a salary of 20000 with Jan 1 1966 as the effective date. The measure pools raises for most state officials including the secretary of state auditor treasurer and various commissioners.
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House
Hoff
Edward Conlin
Windsor
House Appropriations Committee
Philip H. Hoff
Fish and Game
Banking and Insurance
Selectmen Name 25 Member Unit To Draft New Unification Act
Town selectmen approved action to form a 25 member committee to study and draft a unification act for Bennington’s town and village governments. The slate was proposed by Arthur D. Taylor and Joseph A. Pelle Jr. and includes reps from selectmen village trustees Old Bennington North Bennington fire department and other local bodies.
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Selectmen
Bennington
Bennington Village
Arthur D. Taylor
Joseph A. Pelle Jr
Joseph Higgins
Bennington selects committee on pollution duties
In Bennington Vermont a new committee will be formed to address pollution concerns affecting the Walloomsac River. Town leaders including Selectmen and village officials will meet to organize responsibilities and chart action steps for cleaner water.
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Bennington
Walloomsac
Foote Stays Loose From GOP Politics
MONTPELIER UPI Former Republican Lt Gov Ralph A Foote says he has no plan to return to politics now. He declined to comment on the squabble over state committee policies as the party rebuilds after November defeats. Foote, who lost to Gov Philip H Hoff by about 50000 votes, said he has not studied the charges and counters that have split the party. He noted he may return someday but is focused on family life in Middlebury.
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Senate
Congress
U.S
House
Hoff
Kenalene Collins
Readsboro
Collins
Vermont
Isabelle T. Cook
Bridport
Coblins
Richard Mallary
Rairlee
Mallary
Philip H. Hoff
Montpelier
John Daley
Rutland
Democratic Senate
Judiciary Committee
Senate Social Welfare Committee
Gerald Witherspoon
Peacham
Witherspoon
Charles T. Shea
Calais
William Blachly
Blackly
State of
Blachly
Capitol
Foote
Middlebury
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Viet Nam
Kannack
Manchester Regional School Unit
Holomae
Eugene V. Kayatta
Kayatta
Pello
Old Bennnington
H. James Wallace
North Bennington
Edgar Matteson
Richard Hollister
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Paul Bohne
Stars and Moon
John Page
Nington
George Horst
North
Carmel Babcock
Taylor
Leon J. Boutin
Clement C. Gilchrist
Elizabeth Litester
James W. Proctor
William F. D. Smith
Old Benenington
Vail Farrell
Richard Corecoran
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