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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1964

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Union School Alive in Spirit Despite Bond Setback

Mt Anthony Union School Board met after Tuesday defeat to outline options and reject an immediate new bond. They pursue cooperation, budget uses a 14000 surplus, and district meeting set with no new tax. Students urged support actions as locals discuss future education in Bennington.

Mt. Anthony John H. Williams II Mt. Anthony Union Bennington Bennington High School Union High School Williams Jane Julie Wolf David Carrier Barbara Garrison Beth Ann Maier Rosemary Christie Kenneth Porter Porter Robert B. Condon North Bennington Road Union School

Truman Turns 81 and Hails LBJ as Greatest President

Washington United Press International reports former President Harry S Truman began his 81st year with a jog from Blair House and a day of activity including a Capitol Hill walk, a National Press Club lunch, and a dinner with former Senators. He lauded Lyndon B. Johnson as the greatest president in a candid, broad interview.

Washington UPI Harry S Truman Truman Blair House Presidential Guest House White House Nate Tily Capitol Hill National Press Club Senate Johnson

Georgians Cheer LBJ After Rights Speech

President Johnson on the Appalachian poverty tour urged Southerners to reject extremist banners and stressed national unity. The Atlanta speech before 1,250 attendees included Gov. Carl Sanders and Georgia legislators as he previewed a Gainesville stop and declared his candidacy for 1964.

Atlanta UPI Johnson Appalachia Appalachia Trail Maryland Philadelphia New York Georgia Gainesville Washington West Virginia Ohio Tennessee North Carolina

Presidential visit to sharecropper on Nash County farm

President Johnson and daughter Lynda Bird toured a 20 acre Bethlehem farm in Nash County owned by sharecropper William David Marlow. Secret Service and 81 troopers guarded the site as Marlow and Brevin Stone shared the crop income from tobacco and cotton. The family lives in a six room unpainted frame house with basic amenities and modest monthly expenses.

Rocky Mount N.C Johnson Lynda Bird William David Marlow North Carolina Marlow Doris Governor Sanford Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr Commerce Terry Sanford Bethlehem Nash County Sixroom Lisit Secret Service Brevin Stone Stone

Windham College unrest over firings escalates in Putney

In Putney Vermont a clash persists between Windham College faculty and President Walter Hendricks as six instructors have left since March. The ex instructors say they will hold private, non credit seminars amid the ongoing dispute seeking a settlement.

Putney UPI Windham College Walter Hendricks

Meyer Says U S Will Recognize Red China

Montpelier Vermont U S Rep William Meyer views U S and UN recognition of Red China as inevitable. He backs draft abolition in the county a nuclear test ban education aid medicare defense cuts and peacetime conversion. He predicts Gov Hoff reelection and that Johnson could carry Vermont. Controversy at Hendricks College prompts resignations.

Philip H. Hoff Senate Johnson Vermont Meyer Fred Fayette

Western Attaches Drugging Incident Silent in Moscow

Four Western military attaches from the United States and Britain were drugged in Odessa during an official visit. Marine Lt. Col. James Landrigan, Cmdr. Sumner Shapiro, Lt. Col. William Van Meter and Lt. Cmdr. J. Harvey Samuel were identified. U.S. and British embassies filed protests as medical tests confirmed barbiturates in their bloodstreams, causing extreme drowsiness.

Moscow UPI Odessa U.S James Landrigan Navy Sumner Shapiro Air Force William van Meter J. Harvey Samuel Black Sea U. S

Dorset Native Dies In Calif Air Crash

Clara Paddock Stopp 54 of San Francisco and her daughter-in-law Judy Stopp died in a Danville California air crash that claimed 44 lives. Survived by husband and son, three sisters, two brothers, and several nieces and nephews. The pair had been returning from a Reno vacation.

Dorset Austin Clara) Stopp San Francisco Calif Burr and Burton Seminary Manchester Dale Judy) Stopp Danville Stopp Clara Paddock Martin Paddock New York City Stopps West Coast Burr Cadoret Howard Adams Ida Capen Rutland John Paddock Daniel Paddock New York Reno New Michael San Damiano Mission Pacific Air Lines Nev UPI

Candidates Debate Vermont Tax Issues in Middlebury

Three Republican candidates debated Vermont tax policy with Foote opposing a sales tax and favoring higher alcohol tax per bottle. Babcock urged a limited sales tax with personal property tax abolition, while MacBride called for across the board tax cuts and reduced government waste. The event was sponsored by the town Republican Committee.

Middlebury UPI Vermont Ralph A. Foote Ree Robert S. Babcock Roger L. MacBride Babcock MacBride Montpelier The Town Republican Committee

Vermont 300yearold State Seal Pine Tree Stands

Vermont page notes a 300 year old State Seal pine tree still standing in Arlington. The piece runs alongside reports on Inside Phone Co progress on distance dialing in Vermont and a column on feminine fashions.

Vermont Arlington

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