Hoff denounces Burlington Free Press editorials over tax plan
Vermont Governor Philip Hoff challenges the Burlington Free Press for yellow journalism citing a poll on a graduated gross income tax. He plans an industrial strike investigation at Shea Inc in North Bennington where 30 of 50 workers seek a union election. Hoff laments a failed $1.78 million Bennington high school bond and hints regionalizing education to ease district burdens.
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Louis Lavin
North Bennington
Shea, Inc
Hoff
Lavin
Bennington
Mount Anthony Union
Orange
Windsor County
Snelling Proposes Salary Change for Lawmakers
Burlington Vermont UPI reports Republican lieutenant governor candidate Snelling calls for a flat $2,000 legislator salary and 10 week annual sessions of the general assembly, claiming it would save taxpayers about $200,000 per biennium. Rich Shelburne industrialist is also mentioned.
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UPI
General Assembly
Vermont
Shelburne
A. Snelling
Snelling
California Air Crash Kills 44 Near Danville
A twin engine Pacific Air Lines F27 crashed on a ranch near Danville California while en route from Stockton to San Francisco. All 44 aboard were killed including 40 passengers and 3 crew plus a FAA observer. The crash occurred about 40 miles from SFO and followed a routine radio report.
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Calif
APD
Stockton
San Francisco
Pacific Air Lines
Federal Aviation Agency
Contra Costa County
Reno
Nev
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco International Airport
FAA
Oakland
Soviets Bid for African Influence in Algeria
Moscow announces renewed Soviet aid to Algeria totaling 126.5 million dollars in long term credits plus a 110 million grant previously. Khrushchev and Ben Bella sign communique as Khrushchev heads to Africa. Plans include a steel plant, oil and gas institute, trade school, and 300 additional medical experts.
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API
Algeria
Russia
Ahmed Ben Bella
Kremlin
Red China
West
Bella
Tass
Yalta
Crimea
St Joseph Certification Considered
MONTPELIER UP I The state Board of Education meets to designate Burlington High School as an area vocational center and to certify degree granting privileges to St Joseph College in Bennington. The board will also discuss a per diem for members amid Gov Hoff pressure to present a district reorganization plan.
Johnson Makes Second Foray Into U S Poverty Pockets
President Johnson tours six Appalachian states visiting Cumberland Maryland Martinsburg West Virginia Athens Ohio and Knoxville Tennessee among others. He meets jobless workers at a Maryland unemployment office and vows an American revolution to free 30 million Americans from poverty. He addresses crowds in Cumberland and Athens urging civil rights progress and broader opportunities.
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Merriman Smith
Johnson
Appalachian
Cumberland
Maryland
Martinsburg
W. Va
Ohio
Tennessee
North Carolina
Georgia
Cumberland Town
Ohio University
Athens
Union Board Considering Next Steps After Bond Defeat
The Mt. Anthony Union School Board will discuss future steps after voters defeated its proposed bond issue for a new high school. The private meeting at Benn ington Elementary School will open to the public around 9 p.m.
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Mt. Anthony
Auto Unions NAACP To Meet on Hiring
All three members of the automobile industry agreed to meet with the NAACP to discuss alleged racial discrimination in hiring and promotion of Negroes. General Motors Corp. became the last member of the Big Three to join the discussion in Detroit.
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Detroit
UPD
Automobile
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
General Motors Corp
Louis G. Seaton
Herbert Hill
Hill
New York
Ford
Chrysler
Big Three
General Motors
NFPA Reports $318 Million in U.S. Fire Losses Last Year
NFPA estimated four hundred twenty one major fires across the United States caused 318 million dollars in damage last year. The largest loss was 8.08 million at an Atlas F missile base near Roswell New Mexico on June 1. Bayonne New Jersey saw 8.08 million in industrial and residential destruction on April 20. Nearby fires on a hot dry day also damaged over 10 million dollars across wooded areas and thousands of buildings in New Jersey and Staten Island.
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Boston
UPI
United States
National Fire Protection Association
NFPA
Roswell
N.M
Bayonne
N.J
New Jersey
Staten Island
N.Y
Inside E. L. Bigelow reviews Viereck book
The review discusses Phil Viereck's Independence Must Be Won with analysis of its themes and arguments. It highlights the author’s stance on individual rights and political independence and notes notable passages. The piece appears on page four of the issue.
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E. L. Bigelow
Phil Viereck
Aiken Backs Smith for Republican National Convention
U S Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont endorses Margaret Chase Smith for the Republican National Convention delegation to nominate her for president. Smith thanks Aiken as her best friend and top Senate leader among moderates. Representative Robert Stafford of Vermont declines to seek a delegate spot.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Aiken
Senate
Smith
United States
U.S. Senate
Robert T. Stafford
Russia Shifts Broadcasts To Red China
Washington reports that starting May 1 Russia cut radio broadcasts in 10 Western languages and increased outgoing programs to Red China Mongolia Korea and India. USIA director Carl T. Rowan cited the move as reflecting tense Moscow Western relations and a shift in messaging strategy.
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Washington
UPI
Russia
Red China
Carl T. Rowan
U.S. Information Agency
USIA
China
Mongolia
Korea
India
Tennessee Civil Rights Protests Tie Into Johnson Visit
Demonstrations in Nashville Memphis and Knoxville planned to align with President Johnsons Tennessee stop. Arrests rose to 130 in Nashville amid ongoing 11 day protest as violence concerns surface nationwide with Harlem youths alleged to form a 400 member bloods in case of trouble.
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Johnson
Nashville
Memphis
Knoxville
Appalachia
New York Times
Harlem
New York
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Manchester
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Ala
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Stanley E. Branche
Committee For Freedom Now
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Montgomery
Alabama Legislative Commission To Preserve the Peace
Freedom Army
Virgil
Gus) Grissom
John W. Young
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
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