Pussy Willows Budding Mark Early Spring Across Bennington County
Bennington County reports pussy willows budding despite a still wintry day as spring arrives at 2:37 a.m. In Houston Maine the temperature dipped to minus 1 with highs near freezing for central and southern New England. A Midwest storm brought up to 10 inches of snow to Wisconsin Minnesota and the eastern Great Lakes and a Texas storm yielded heavy rain and hail with fatalities in Wisconsin.
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Bennington County
Carlo Walter
New England
Houston
Maine
Central
Upper Midwest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Great Lakes
Texas
San Antonio
Trustees Prevail in Fund Hassle at Bennington Village
Bennington Village trustees defeated a water sinking fund proposal and approved using 60,000 to cut indebtedness, relieve taxes, and buy a new fire truck. The vote lowered the current year's general fund tax rate to 1.14 from 1.22 on a budget of 208,607, with raises approved for some officials and secretary salaries kept.
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Bennington
Joseph A. Pello Jr
Pello
Eagle Hose
Water Department
John DeVito
Pelle
Water Board
Gerald E. Morrissey
Morrissey
Bolles Brook
Orig
Elimin
Supreme Court Hears Segregated Housing Cases
The Supreme Court hears two cases on housing discrimination. California’s Proposition 14 argues to nullify open housing bans, while a Durham NC eviction case contests due process at low rent projects. NAACP defenders press constitutional limits on eviction power.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
U.S
Thurgood Marshall
Justice Department
High Court
California
Durham
N.C
City Housing Authority
Joyce C. Thorpe
Legal Defense Fund
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Santa Ana
Los Angeles
California Supreme Court
Solicitor General
Marshall
Thorpe
Parents’ Club
McDougald Terrace
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Youth Is Killed In Ski Accident At Bromley
William Gray Miles 17 of Arlington died after a skiing accident at Bromley in Vermont on Monday afternoon. An expert skier and Holderness School team member, he suffered a fractured skull and broken neck and died en route to Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington. Eyewitnesses were unavailable, and the cause remains uncertain though a collision with a tree was suspected. This marked Bromley’s first ski fatality in 25 years, and Vermont already saw a second fatality that year on Okemo Mountain.
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Tally
Bromley
Holderness
Plymouth
N.H
Fred Rogers
Miles
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Rogers
Vermont
Mike McClenahan
Montclair
N.J
Okemo Mountain
Okemo
Blue Ribbon
Hanoi rejects U S peace offer in early Vietnam talks
UPI reports President Johnson proposed direct talks with Ho Chi Minh on Feb 2, which Hanoi rejected. Ho said bombing must halt first and North Vietnam would not submit to talks under threat. Saigon also made peace overtures to Hanoi, but were declined. Johnson left Guam for Washington after a constructive meeting with Saigon leaders, stressing continued hard work toward peace.
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Honolulu
UPI
Johnson
United States
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Guam
Washington
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Moscow
U.S
Democratic Republic of
North
Foreign Ministry
America
Lee Johnson
Viet Cong Regiment Defeated in War Zone C Battle
UPI reports the U.S. 4th Infantry Division defeated a Viet Cong regiment of about 1,500 in War Zone C near the DMZ. Some 423 Viet Cong were killed, 30 Americans killed, 109 wounded, and three missing as the attackers fled back into Cambodia. Marines supported with a joint helicopter amphibious landing to safeguard Long Tom guns.
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UPI
U.S
Cambodia
Hanoi
Johnson
Guam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Gio Linh
North Vietnam
Thai Nguyen
Inside Hoosick Falls Soldier Named Airman of the Year
Regional news notes Hoosick Falls where a local service member is honored as airman of the year. The item highlights community aviation ties and recognizes the award among regional achievements.
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Pussy Willows
John P. Hamilton
Sisters
Trustees
Walter
Atty. Williams
Lindsay
Albany
N.Y
Senate
Earl W. Brydges
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
New York
John V. Lindsay
Peru
William Gray Miles
Arlington
Richard K. Miles Jr
Ada May (Schwarz) Miles
William G. Miles
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
Junction City
Pentagon
Banner
Mount Anthony Country Club
Seven Stones
Atlantic
Penzance
England
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