Alabama Demonstrations Stir Selma and Montgomery
Safety Director Wilson Baker arrested 313 demonstrators who tried to march to Mayor Smitherman’s West Selma home, while about 70 protesters were arrested at the Capitol in Montgomery after police ordered them off the street. An assault on a priest occurred as tensions rose. Police blocked access to key sites and Baker warned of potential violence if demonstrations continued.
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Selma
Ala
UPI
Wilson Baker
Montgomery
State Capitol
Baker
Capitol
Joe Smitherman
Smitherman
Brown’s Chapel
Given Foundation Hospital Receives 650000 for Expansion
The Irene Heinz Given Foundation funds a 650000 gift to Hen ry W. Putnam Memorial Hospital for four projects. A 20 bed third floor unit with private rooms and a 10 bed intensive care area. a new north wing kitchen and dining room. expansion of boiler room and heating capacity. and expansion of electrical and emergency generator systems. Construction could start this summer with El lerbe and Company as architect.
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Henry W. Putnam Memorial Hospital
Robert D. Stout
Irene Heinz Given
John LaPorte
Given Foundation Inc
Stout
Hos
Pital
Henry W. Putnam Jr
Ellerbe and Company of
St. Paul, Minn
Federal Court Rejects Hearing in Ruby Case
Dallas UPI reports Jack Ruby testified for the first time since shooting Lee Harvey Oswald and said killing Oswald may have been his destiny. He asserted the shot was spontaneous and that he played no part in any Communist conspiracy as a federal court listened to the proceedings.
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Dallas
UPI
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Slayer
Ruby
T. Whitfield Davidson
Joe B. Brown
Brown
Texas Civil Liberties Union
Bennington Students Join In GE Picketing
More than 50 college students picketed a General Electric plant in Pittsfield Massachusetts protesting investments in South Africa amid apartheid. Bennington and Williams College students led the action and leaflets circulated in downtown Pittsfield.
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Pittsfield
Mass
UPI
General Electric Co
South Africa
General Electric
Bennington
Williams Colleges
House Debates Vermont Reapportionment Size Fracas
In Montpelier a House committee of the whole heatedly debated reapportionment options from 90 to 246 members. Lawmakers clashed over Supreme Court authority and constitutional questions while proposing various house sizes and compromises amid sharp rhetoric from Hutchinson Cutts Granai and others. The panel said it would not back 90 or 210 and signaled the fight over size will continue.
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Montpelier
VPI
U.S. Supreme Court
W. Clark Hutchinson
Rochester
Thas
U.S
Royal Cutts
R-Townshend
Hutchinson
Cutts
C.O. Granai
R-Barre
Edward Eurich
Waitsfield
Supreme Court
Edward Conlin
Windsor
House
George Kingston
Northfield
Burlington
Richard Schmidt
Vermont
California
Emory Hebard
R-Glover
Town Honors BCHS Champs With Cheers and a Parade
Bands and cheers Mark Bennington Catholic High School Sabers as town children, parents, and hundreds gather for Labor Day parade honoring the 1965 Vermont state basketball champions. Village leaders praise coach Frank Bizzarro and players Donald Hicks and teammates, with plaques presented by the Greater Bennington Association and local merchants. The celebration ends with patriotic songs and a reception at the Town Building.
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Bennington
South Street
Joseph McDonough
Salvatore Santarcangelo
McDonough
Santarcangelo
Bizzarro
Frank Bizzarro
Sabers
BCHL
Donald C. Hicks
Greater Bennington Association
GBA
John Cufari
M,.h
Bennington Catholic High School
Vermont
Vincent J. Spinelli
BCHS
Tom Caron
Don Chaffin
Pat Kinney
Hagerman
Inside Efforts to Find Gasoline Contamination
The piece notes ongoing efforts to locate the source of gasoline contamination on the Flats. Jean Wassick urges the Vermont Legislature to act decisively on a fish or cut bait theme. Columnist Ron Cohen criticizes a failed voting rights resolution in Montpelier as a legislative nightmare. Warren Buckler guides readers through an Irish picture tour. Williams College designates new housing units named for figures from history.
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Jean Wassick
Vermont
Montpelier
Ron Cohen
Rusk Presses Russia on Laos Viet Nam Peace
Washington according to United Press International Secretary of State Dean Rusk accused the Soviet Union of not fully honoring the Geneva agreements on Laos and Viet Nam. He said Hanoi must stop molesting its neighbors and that peace would allow U S forces to return home. Gromyko’s London talks reportedly found no movement on Viet Nam, German reunification or disarmament.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
Russia
Laos
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Hanoi
Southeast Asia
U. S
Gromyko
United States
U.S
London
Johnson City Press Conference Likely Televised
President Johnson’s LBJ Ranch news conference on Saturday is expected to be televised and broadcast live. White House Press Secretary George E. Reedy said live coverage would be allowed if radio and TV outlets wish to cover it, and networks began planning to deploy cables and equipment.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Lbj Ranch
White House
George E. Reedy
New England Governors Decline King Civil Rights March
Several New England governors declined invitation to Selma to Montgomery march. Hoff sent telegrams of sympathy while Volpe Reed King Chafee cited prior duties but expressed support for civil rights and planned interfaith service in Manchester.
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Boston
UPI
New England
Martin Luther King
Alabama
John N. Dempsey
Connecticut
Hoff
King
Selma
Montgomery
Hampshire
John H, Chafee
Rhode Island
Ala
Volpe
Dr. King
Massachusetts
Satchmo Plays It Cool For Curious East Germans
In East Berlin Louis Armstrong deflects questions on U S race issues during a five day visit to East Germany. He says he loves all people and has friends who are white in the South. Armstrong emphasizes he is there to entertain not lecture, notes good reception in mixed and Southern audiences, and avoids commenting on the Berlin Wall.
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Berlin
UPI
Louis Armestrong
East Berlin
United States
Satchmo
South
Armstrong
East Germany
Armestrong
R I Lottery Path Opens After House Vote
Rhode Island House approves a pathfinder bill by 64 to 18 to amend the constitution and allow a state operated lottery. The measure moves to the Senate, with a referendum required for final approval, and follows prior failure on the Senate floor last year.
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Providence
R.I
UPI
Rhode Island House of Representatives
Senate
General Assembly
Committee On Special Legislation
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