Vermont House to Consider Constitutional Convention Resolution
Rep. Royal B. Cutts prepares a joint resolution urging Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose a federal reapportionment amendment. The move follows backing by the Committee to Defend the Vermont Constitution after a Times report noted only two states remain to trigger a convention.
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U.S
Philadelphia
Hollis Putnam
Springfield
Cutts
Philip H. Hoff
District Attorney Objects to Leary Visit at RPI Debate
Rensselaer County District Attorney M Andrew Dwyer said he will try to bar LSD advocate Timothy Leary from speaking at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on April 8. Officials refused, citing free speech, while Dwyer called Leary's work scientifically valueless and warned of youth danger.
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Troy
N.Y
M. Andrew Dwyer
Rensselaer County
Timothy Leary
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Leary
Donald B. Lourie
State Council On Drug Addiction
Millbrook
Poughkeepsie
Texas
RPI
Dwyer
Tax Reform Bill Draws Fierce Vermont Hearing
In Montpelier UPI reports a Burlington banker warns that pegging Vermont’s income tax at 25 percent of federal liability would destabilize tax income. Frederick Smith of Burlington Savings Bank argues exemptions, capital gains tax, and a 25 percent federal match shift burden to higher earners and hit farmers hardest as lawmakers review House changes.
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Montpelier
UPI
Burlington
Vermont
Frederick Smith
Burlington Savings Bank
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Francis Peisch
Inside Frost Home Restoration Sparks New Hampshire Talk
On the Inside section highlights a restoration project at poet Robert Frosts New Hampshire home. A Banner editorial weighs in on the current right to know dispute. A Connecticut boys question leads to a feature on fence viewers, with the piece set for Page 5.
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Robert Frost
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Fence
Red China Faces Health Crisis Amid Pestilence Alarm
Hong Kong reports a spreading pestilence blamed on Maoist turmoil in Communist China. Shanghai radio urged doctors and nurses to mobilize as hundreds die from German measles in Hong Kong today, linking local outbreaks to deteriorating mainland health conditions during the cultural revolution.
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Hong Kong
UPSC
Shanghai
Red Guard
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Peking
New China News Agency
China
Communist China
Buttonitis Card Triggers Vermont Lawmakers Backlash
Vermont legislators faced a backlash after a mailed button reading Support MENTAL HEALTH OR Ill Kill You went to Rep. Harold Whitaker and 179 others. Whitaker, aghast, sought the attorney general, who confirmed the Office sent the card, drawing calls of a dangerous prank and a bad mistake while some lawmakers shrugged it off.
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Vermont Association For Mental Health
Whitaker
Atty
James L. Oakes
Jim Oakes
Brattleboro
Hilton
Spike) Dier
Dier
Dept. of Mental Health
Oakes
Rep. Whitaker
Windham County
Republican Committee
GOP
State Committee
Derick V. Webb
Shelburne
Attorney General’s Office
German Tourist Falls Sun Dress as Parachute Spectacle Unfolds
A German tourist in Acapulco was being towed by a speedboat during Easter week when her swimsuit slipped from her body as she dangled from a parachute. The incident drew large crowds of onlookers watching the beachside stunt.
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Acapulco
Mexico
UPI
Marines battle Viet Cong near DMZ and Da Nang
In heavy rain near the DMZ and Da Nang, U S Marines clash with North Vietnamese forces. Eleven Marines dead and 59 wounded reported in ground fighting as 130 plus N Vietnamese killed. seven helicopters hit, Gio Linh artillery remains under fire. A transport crash near Da Nang adds to the day’s losses.
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Saigon
Upz
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U.S
Gio Linh
da Nang
South Vietnam
Warren Wire Walkout Continues at Warren Wire Co
Warren Wire Local 6614 workers walkout at Warren Wire Co in Pownal protesting the firing of Terry Carey. More than 100 employees left at 9 a.m. with a picket line, seeking a company agreement before returning to work. Union plans another meeting. company has not agreed to talks. The plant, a General Cable division, employs about 350 on three shifts. contract due for renegotiation in November.
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Pownal
United Steelworkers Local 6614
Warren Wire Co
Earl Bourdon
Terry Carey
Center Pownal
Francis Bett
Bennington
Warren Wire
General Cable Corp
Bourdon
Steelworkers Union
Senator Reverses Position On Vietnam War Policy
Freshman Senator Edward W. Brooke after Southeast Asia trip switches from dove to hawk, urges continued military pressure including bombing until North Vietnam is ready to talk. Senator Clark cautions against air raids, seeking renewed efforts for negotiations. Senator Stennis pushes intensified bombing and strikes on Haiphong docks and MIG airfields around Hanoi.
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Washington
UPI
Hawks
Senate
Ho Chi Minh
Johnson
Congress
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
Southeast Asia
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Massachusetts
Republican
Brooke
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Clark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.N
Thant
Pennsylvania
Haiphong
South Vietnam
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Rep. Royal B. Cutts
LSD
Hero
House Appropriations Committee
Hoff
First Cavalry Division
Bong Son
Red
Peking Radio
Congress of Revolutionary Workers
Legislator
Reds
Dove
Hawk
Sen. John,c. Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Sen
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