Sunday Beer and Wine Sales Approved by Vermont House
The Vermont House passed a bill allowing grocers to sell beer and wine on Sundays from noon to 9 p.m., expanding hours from 1 to 8 p.m. It also would permit cocktails with full course dinners in restaurants during the same hours. The 117-115 vote hinged on Rep. Blachly’s late vote. passage now goes to the Senate along with related welfare and road funding items.
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Vermont House
Montpelier
UPI
House
Senate
Vermont
William Blachly
D-Calais
Pittsfield
Barre
Cornelius O. Granai
Hoff Signs Track Bill After Assurances in Vermont
Governor Philip Hoff signed a measure aiding Green Mountain Park racetrack in Pownal after being assured the track would race 160 days this year. The deal opens a 50 day spring harness meet on April 2 with 110 to 120 days of thoroughbred racing, plus capital improvements and higher salaries. The agreement uses a sliding scale, increasing the state share as wagering rises, with a postponed opening due to a House demand for 170 days.
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Montpelier
UPD
Philip H. Hoff
Green Mountain Park
Hoff
Pownal
Burlington
Martin DeMatteo
DeMatteo
Vermont House
Senate
LBJ Pins Medals On Space Twins
President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded medals to astronauts Virgil S. Grissom and John W. Young for the three orbit flight aboard the first fully maneuverable manned craft. He lauded them as brave Americans and pledged U.S. progress in space will continue toward Apollo, while also honoring Ranger program officials. The event followed Ranger 9’s successful moon photography and precedes ticker tape ceremonies in New York and civic welcomes in Chicago.
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Washington
UPS
Lyndon B. Johnson
Virgil S. Grissom
John W. Young
Grissom
Young
Johnson
United States
U.S
Robert C. Seamans Jr
The
National Aeronautics and
Florida
Andrews Air Force Base
Billboard Bill Gets General OK At Montpelier Public Hearing
Strong public support backed a Vermont bill to tighten billboard rules on interstate highways. Speakers urged restricting signs to 600 square feet on interstates and 300 square feet on state aid roads, with no two signs within a mile by the same firm. No opposition appeared at the hour hearing.
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Norton Barber
Old Bennington
Montpelier
Carleton G. Howe
Dorset
Bennington County
Thomas Foster
Foster
Rep
Royal Cutts
R-Townshend
House Highways and Bridges Committee
Ringheiser
Billboard
Borden Avery
Norwich
Four Clerics Step Into Seaver Case
Four Montpelier ministers Albert W. Anderson Donald F. Howard Wallace C. Short and Jasper A. Steele intervened in the Edward Ted Seaver case inviting the Montpelier School Board and the high school English teacher to air grievances. Seaver says he was not offered a contract next year due to civil rights work while the board cites his restless and rebellious conduct. Seaver seeks a public hearing which the board has refused. The ministers frame the move as Christians concerned for the community and note the Vermont Education Association wants only procedural review.
Four Klansmen Arrested In Slaying of Rights Worker
President Johnson announced four Ku Klux Klan members were arrested in Birmingham in the slaying of Mrs Viola Gregg Liuzzo, a Detroit mother of five. The FBI and Justice Dept described the action as swift and praised officials, as the suspects from Bessemer Birmingham and Fairfield were charged with conspiracy to violate civil rights.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Birmingham
Ala
Viola Greggo Luuzzo
White House
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Nicholas Katzenbach
Virgil S. Grissom
John W. Young
Klan
Hoover
Eugene Thomas
Bessemer
William Orville Eaton
Gary Thomas Rowe
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield
Liuzzo
Ku Klux Klan
Birminghham
Selma
Bessmer
United Klans of America, Inc
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Katzenbach
Justice
KKK
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Mich
Montgomery
State Capitol
Martin Luther King Jr
Col
Lemuel Penn
Freight service resumes on Rutland to Bellows Falls line
Gov. Hoff announced ICC authorization allowing Green Mountain Railroad Corp to operate freight on 50 miles of abandoned Rutland Railway track between Rutland and Bellows Falls Vermont. The service links with Boston and Maine at Bellows Falls and Vermont Railway at Rutland, supplementing Vermont Railway Corp freight between Bennington and Burlington.
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Bennington
Burlington
Vermont Railway Corp
Rutland
Green Mountain Railroad
Boston and Maine Railroad
Bellows Falls
Vermont Railway
Green Mountain
Boston and Maine
ICC
Chester
Blount
Baumann Named Bristol Township Police Chief
William H. Baumann, Vermont public safety commissioner since 1951, will become Bristol Township police chief. He accepted the offer at a township meeting and will take office April 15 with a two year, $12 000 annual contract. The force will number 45, the largest in Bucks County. Hoff debates replacement options including a department insider and former St Albans mayor James Malloy.
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Bristol
UPI
William H. Baumann
Vermont
Public Safety
Bristol Township
Baumann
John R. Stewart
Bucks County
Pennsylvania
New York
Philadelphia
Hoff
St. Albans
James Malloy
Senate
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LBJ
North Georgia
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Danielsville
Penn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Alabama State Capitol
Selma To Montgomery
Eeca
Footsore
Alabama Capitol
Selma To
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