Pownal Track Change in Jobless Status Stops Walkout
The Green Mountain Park track in Pownal will allow laid off workers to qualify for unemployment benefits like most Vermont workers. A DES reversal rescinded a prior seasonal determination that would have limited benefits to a set period, enabling continued access as the track opens April 4.
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Pownal
Green Mountain Park
Department of Employment Security
DES
Vermont
Vincent J. Bartimo
Banner
Bartimo
John Ford
DES Unemployment Compensation Division
Ford
Stella Hackel
Meany Attacks Wage Guidelines at UAW Convention
AFL CIO President George Meany criticized White House wage price guidelines as risking government control of the economy. He urged the AFL CIO to oppose the policy, warning that tolerating it could end free collective bargaining. Meany urged limits on executive pay and said government action could extend to salaries and dividends. The clash came as President Johnson's stance was reaffirmed at the United Auto Workers gathering.
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Atlantic City
N.J
UPD
Afl-Cio
George Meany
White House
Meany
United Auto Workers Convention
Johnson
Labor Federation
Race Crisis Cities Seek Bi racial Committee in Jacksonville
Jacksonville officials and business leaders move to form a bi racial committee to address escalating racial clashes that left one man dead and scores injured. A wave of violence has struck the city as efforts to improve race relations continue amid widespread arrests.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Greenwood
Miss
Washington
Pentagon
Rober Milius
Florida
Lester Phillips
St. Luke’s Hospital
Inside A Review of the History of Stowe by Bigelow
A Mancester Page review discusses Edwin L. Bigelow’s history of Stowe, reflecting on its themes and significance. The piece surveys the author’s approach and the work’s potential impact on readers and local memory.
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Stowe
Edwin L. Bigelow
Manchester
Boston Space Center gets final congressional OK
The House approved $10 million to start construction of a $61 million space center in greater Boston after a close vote 116 to 66. NASA had recommended Boston location and won broad backing from New England and space committee leaders despite a challenge by midwestern opponents linked to Purdue University.
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Boston
House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Senate Space Committees
GOP
Charles Halleck
R-Ind
Purdue University
Donald Rumsfeld
Rind
Space Committee
George Miller
D-Calif
Carl Albert
D-Okla
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Rumsford
McCormack
Halleck
Rumsfield
House Space Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
de Mass
Albert
Rep. J. Edward Roush
D-Ind
Kenenedy
Edeward Boland
Williams sees record Negro applicant surge for class of '68
Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts reports a surge in Negro applicants. Philip Wick, assistant director of admissions, says fourteen final applications for the class of '68 have been received and many may gain admission.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Philip G. Wick
Williams
The
Record
Wick
McNamara Seeks More Military Aid Than Johnson Request
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara told Congress the president's $1 billion military aid request falls $400 million short of what military leaders deem essential. He delivered the figures at a closed House Foreign Affairs Committee session on the proposed $3.4 billion foreign aid package.
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Washington
UPI
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
Johnson
McNamara
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
Release Doubt Over Easter For Two Downed Airmen
Berlin officials say hope fades that two American fliers Capt. David I. Holland and Capt. Melvin J. Kessler will be freed by Easter after Soviet inquiries stalled. U.S. confirms Russian delays despite earlier optimistic signals from Ambassador Dobrynin. The RB66 crew were shot down over East Germany on March 10 due to navigational error.
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Berlin
UPD
East Germany
United States
David I. Holland
Holland, Minn
Melvin J. Kessler
Philadelphia
U.S
MacArthur Develops Moderate Pneumonitis After Surgery
Washington dispatch reports General Douglas MacArthur showing signs of moderate pneumonitis in the base of his right lung and receiving antibiotics. Walter Reed Army Medical Center described pneumonitis as localized acute inflammation and said the general is progressing satisfactorily but remains in serious condition after his major operation.
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Washington
UPI
Douglas MacArthur
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Bennington Banner Price Increase Enacted March 30
The Bennington Banner raises all prices effective Monday March 30. Newsstand cost goes from seven to ten cents. Home delivery by carrier increases to 60 cents a week and mailed subscriptions rise for local and distant mailings with new monthly and quarterly rates.
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Bennington Banner
Lawrence K. Miller
Senate votes to take up civil rights bill 67 to 17
The Senate moved to consider the House passed civil rights bill after three weeks of Southern opposition. The initial vote to take up the measure was 67 to 17 with Dirksen arguing for revisions to the nondiscrimination section. Morse urged committee hearings to boost cloture support and warned against bypassing committee review.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Wayne Morse
Judiciary Committee
Oregon Democrat
Senate Gop
Everett Dirksen
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Dirksen
Morse
Tornado Warning Issued For New England Regions Today
The Weather Bureau offices in Boston and Burlington issued a tornado warning that could affect Bennington Rutland and Windham Counties. Forecasts warn of one or two tornadoes in western Massachusetts east central New York and northwestern Connecticut with heavy rain damaging winds and hail possible in southwestern Vermont between 1 and 5 p m today.
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Boston
Burlington
Bennington
Rutland
Windham
Massachusetts
New York
Connecticut
Weather Bureau
Vermont
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Clemson
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