House 3 percent sales tax passes 86 59 vote
Montpelier lawmakers push through a broad based 3 percent sales tax plan after three days of debate in the House by an 86 to 59 margin. Gov. Deane Davis welcomed the action while Democrats criticized the measure citing impact on the "little guy."
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Republican House
Ways and Means Committee
Thomas Salmon
Rockingham
Salmon
Brian Burns
Burlington
Green Mountain Race Track
Rownal
Francis Peisch
Harvey Carter
Pownal
House
Arnold
Vermont
Richard Mallary
Orange County
Senate GOP Eyes 4 Percent Vermont Sales Tax
In Montpelier key Republican leaders push for a 4 percent general sales tax to supersede the House approved 3 percent levy. Senate leaders Donald Arnold Richard Mallary back the higher rate as hearings begin and the tax moves to the Senate.
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Mallary
Senate Appropriations Committee
Edward Janeway
Windham County
Janeway
Deane C. Davis
House
Ways and Means
U.S. commanders say troop withdrawal impossible in Vietnam
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird testified that U.S. commanders in Vietnam are convinced no troop withdrawals are feasible until Hanoi fully withdraws its forces from South Vietnam. Laird spoke after returning last week.
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Washington
UPHC
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Laird
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S. Vietnam
Robert Cushman
Antiguerrilla
United States
Defense Deartment
North Vietnam
Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Cushman
Central Intelligence Agency
Army
Brattleboro Night Rider Shooting Targets Home of Former Columnist
Brattleboro police investigated a midnight shooting at the home of Kenneth Widecan, former columnist for the Brattleboro Reformer, marking Vermont’s second such attack on a black resident’s residence in six months. A 9 millimeter bullet was recovered, evidence suggests deliberate firing, and authorities say accidental discharge is unlikely.
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Brattleboro
Vermont
Kenneth Widecan
Windham County
David A. Gibson
Reginald D. Belville
Wibecan
Gibson
British Forces Occupy Anguilla After Bloodless Invasion
British paratroops Royal Marines and Scotland Yard detectives seized Anguilla to restore Anthony Lee as governor. The island offered no resistance as airstrip and airport closed to traffic, residents fearing loss of self rule while protests erupt over reintegration with the British Commonwealth.
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Anguilla
UPI
Royal Marines
Scotland Yard
Caribbean
Coral
Anthony Lee
Wallace Rey
Ronald Webster
St. Kitts
United States
Virgin Islands
Harry S Truman
St. Thomas
Lee
Red Devil
Royal Air Force
Bennington Selectmen Hire Bulldozer to Clear Roaring Branch
Bennington selectmen voted to use 1200 dollars from the flood control fund to hire a bulldozer to clear snow and brush from the Roaring Branch River. Engineer Daniel Cadiz will supervise the operation as disaster officials warned of a possible severe flood from rain and snowmelt.
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Bennington
Roaring Branch
Daniel Cadiz
Duncan Campbell
Gerald A. Cornell
Corps of Army Engineers
Roaring
Campbell
Corps
Troy
N.Y
Selectmen
Norton Barber
Selectman
Clyde E. Lanfair
George Rogers
Board of
Listers
Village Incumbents Shoo-Ins As Election Apathy Reigns
Village voters turnout was 3.5 percent of 4 000 eligible. All 11 candidates ran unopposed with no write‑ins. Absentee ballots were two. A tie on the Sleeman payment favored no. Officials note high incumbent gains and discuss apathy in local democracy.
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Bennington Village
Richard Sleeman
School St
Board of Civil Authority
Sleeman
Police Department
Miss Hurley
Henry H. Mallory
Alma Langlois
Milton Pinsker
John C. Malone
John J. DeVito
Leo T. Nash
Joseph A. Pelle
Frederick T. Butler
Seymour G. Shultz
George Allard
Allard
John Irons
Eugene V. Clark
William Hoisington
Elizabeth McGurn
Falls Dentist Paid $74,671 Under Medicaid
Hoosick Falls dentist Dr Harry Harrison received $74 671 in 1968 Medicaid payments in Rensselaer County figures by Social Services Commissioner John R Beaudoin The payments to Harrison were the largest in the county out of 1 098 475 paid for dental services The county totaled 5 755 436 for all Medicaid services including dentists doctors druggists hospitals and nursing homes Also noted were payments to other local and Vermont dentists and a few individuals named Charles G Salem William J Burnham and Francis C Tomasi
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Troy
N.Y
Hoosick Falls
Harry Harrison
John R. Beaudoin
Rensselaer County Social Services
Harrison
County Social Services Department
Rensselaer County
W. B. Chapman
Bennington
Charles G. Salem
William J. Burnham
Francis C. Tomasi
Inside Editorial on Bennnington funeral prep
An Inside editorial urges preparing a funeral for Bennington village. The piece reflects on local traditions and currents in village life as it appears on Page 4. It sets a somber tone and calls for communal readiness amid changing times.
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Bennington Village
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Walter Kennedy
Rchelsea
Peter Giuliani
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Giuliani
Senate
Nightrider
Joseph Newlin
Wellsville
Ohio
Nixon
White House
Pfc
Melvin E. Newlin
Britain
St. Kitts- Nevis-Anguilla
William Whitlock
Whitlock
Webster
Foreign Office
Hilda Hurley
the Civil Authority
Falls
People’s Party
Hoosick Falls Village
North Bennington
Louise Dalton
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