Compensation Increase Endorsed
MONTPELIER Vermont House approves Republican sponsored bill to lift workmen's compensation weekly benefits from 41 to 52 this summer and to 54 in 1968 with a guaranteed 50 cent annual rise thereafter. Esposito amendment adds unlimited widow's death benefits, replacing 40 percent for life only if remarriage occurs. Governor Hoff also appoints four to state agencies including Robillard to Vermont Student Assistance Corp and Armstrong to Osteopathic Board.
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Francis Esposito
Rutland
Esposito
House
Luther Hackett
South
Burlington
Department of Industrial Relations
Commerce Committee
Alden
Robert Kearns
D-Bennington
Edward W. Armstrong
Bethel
Board of Osteopathic Examination and Registration
Howard I, Slocum
Middlebury
Norman G. Anderson
Brattleboro
Board of Chiropractic Examination and Registration
Frederick W. Fredette
Mormon Ministers Begin Missionary Work in Vermont
Elders Randall Wilson and Michael Young arrived in Bennington to begin a two year missionary term. They plan to teach, recruit a congregation, and share Mormon beliefs as part of the New England Mission based in Cambridge Massachusetts. They join about 230 ministers and 12 000 missionaries worldwide.
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Randall Wilson
Michael Young
Bennington
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Sullivan
Green Mountain
Joseph Smith
Brigham Young
Vermont
Upstate
New York
Elder Wilson
Idaho Falls
Idaho
New Brunswick
Canada
Elder Young
Midvale
Utah
Elders Young
Wilson
New England
Cambridge
Mass
Maritime Provinces
Sleeman Announces Parent Counseling Sessions at Mt Anthony High
Mt Anthony Union High School assistant superintendent George A Sleeman says parents of 8th to 11th graders may attend counseling sessions about next year’s courses at North Bennington High School April 3, Molly Stark April 4 and Bennington High April 10 and 11. Appointments also available by calling 447 7512 if unable to attend.
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George A. Sleeman
Mt. Anthony Union High School
North Bennington High School
Molly Stark
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Woodford
Guidance Office
Dartmouth professor to discuss Vietnam visit and Asia issues
Dartmouth Chinese professor Jonathan Mirsky will discuss his 1965 Vietnam Cambodia and Thailand trip at Bennington Elementary School on April 5 at 8 p.m. Lectures are part of a Forum series on Asia and Vietnam. previous event featured Eye Witness film and Vietnam slides.
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Jonathan Mirsky
Dartmouth College
Vietnam
Bennington
Cambodia
Thailand
Inter-University Committee
Asia
Mirsky
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Japan
Indonesia
Singapore
Malaysia
China
Forum
Brooke challenged to debate Vietnam policy by PAX
Boston based Massachusetts Political Action for Peace PAX urged Senator Edward Brooke to debate Vietnam with a counterpart such as John Kenneth Galbraith or Gen. James Gavin. PAX accused Brooke of pretrip planning with LBJ and GOP leaders to justify a change in stance after his Southeast Asia trip.
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Boston
UPI
Edward W. Brooke
Johnson
Massachusetts Political Action For Peace
PAX
Massachusetts Republican
Cambridge
John Kenneth Galbraith
Harvard
India
James Gavin
Brooke
John F. Kennedy
Southeast Asia
Senate
Edward Brooke
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
McCormack
State Democratic Advisory Council
Vietnam
Washington
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Costas Honored For Work At VFW Testimonial Dinner
Mr and Mrs Ernest Costa of Shaftsbury were honored at a VFW Post 1332 testimonial dinner for outstanding service. Costa received a plaque. Col Edward Giles praised their work for the Vermont Soldiers Home. Costa helped lead a $10,000 addition project and serves as post service officer, previously active in Fall River MA. Also in Washington tax estimates project 1967 federal, state, and local levies totaling 203 billion dollars with the average U.S. family paying about 3300 dollars.
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Ernest Costa
Shaftsbury
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
John West
Harned Fowler Post
Manchester
State Department
Col
Edward Giles
Vermont
Home
Costas
Costa
Soldiers’ Home
Fall River
Mass
Washington
UPI
Tax Foundation
Foundation
U.S
The
Dana Named Director of YMCA in Bennington Area
Loomis G. Dana was named executive director of the Bennington Area YMCA by the board on Monday. Dana has over 16 years of YMCA experience, previously serving as associate secretary for a year, with prior posts in Middletown Connecticut and Providence Rhode Island. He resides in Bennington with wife Susanne and children Richard Gregory Christine. Leonard J. Black will continue as general secretary.
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Bennington Area
YMCA
Loomis G. Dana
Dana
Middletown
Connecticut
Providence
Rhode Island
Bennington
Susanne
Richard
Gregory
Christine
Leonard J. Black
Witherspoon Defends Capital Gains Tax in Vermont
Vermont Tax Commissioner Gerald Witherspoon argues a capital gains tax could raise about 88 million annually if applied to rising property values, while 10 percent of taxpayers would pay and 80 percent gain tax relief. He criticizes opposition as special interest lobbying and notes long-term revenue loss from 1947.
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Montpelier
UPI
Gerald Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Senate
Vermont
Associated Industries of Vermont
Vermont Farm Bureau
Senate Finance Committee
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Greentree
Drysdale’s
Manchester Center
Rexall
Quinlan
Main Street
Bennington, Vermont
Dartmouth
Britwell
England
Ann Crich
Betty Crich
Peace Group
Mr. Brooke
LBJ
White House
Nantucket
James P. Kelley
Dorchester
Kelley
Charles H. Minnich
John Birch Society
Minnich
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Putney
Cohasset
Duxbury
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Helena
Mont
State Capitol
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Finast
Lloyd
Bird Houses
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
Main ST
Dial
Bennington, VT
Your Gift Headquarters
Noveck-Shultz Inc
Softred
LS Eltimele
Duntanes Furniture Incorporated
Elm Street
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