Union Board Defends Budget Amid Lunch and Sports Cuts
At a special Mt. Anthony Union High School Board meeting on Tuesday night the directors warned voters at Thursday’s district meeting that a required budget cut could erase hot lunches bus transportation and all student activities including sports. They argued the 1968-69 budget was tightened as much as possible and stressed educational excellence as the board’s duty.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Bennington Tax Protective Assn
BTPA
Mt. Anthony
Arthur S. Faris
Shaftsbury
Faris
Howard F. Kelley
Brattleboro High School
Vermont
Brattleboro
Brattsboro
Kelley
Raymond Murray
Murray
Kennedy Clears Indiana Primary In Tight Indiana Race
Senator Robert F Kennedy scored a clear 42 percent victory in Indiana with 311 824 votes to Branigin 31 percent and McCarthy 27 percent Nixon led Republicans with 498 104 votes. Kennedy urged change while McCarthy praised his campaign as the leaders move toward Nebraska Oregon and California contests.
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Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Indiana
Kennedy
Roger D. Branigin
Eugene J. McCarthy
Richard M. Nixon
McCarthy
Branigin
Nixon
Sheraton-Lincoln
Bobby
United States
Claypool
Nebraska
Oregon
California
South Dakota
Viet Cong claim Saigon victory amid heavy Da Nang fighting
UPI reports renewed rocket assaults on Da Nang and Saigon with Viet Cong leaflets claiming victory. U.S. officials say Communists suffered heavy losses and only scattered guerrilla bands remain. In Saigon fighting, refugees, pagodas, and a bridge area saw casualties among civilians and soldiers. U.S. pilots shelled targets as authorities warned of ongoing danger ahead of Paris talks. Military spokesmen noted the drive appears to be withering, with unknowns about final outcomes.
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Saigon
UPS
da Nang
U.S
I Corps
Sidle
UPI
Daniel Southerland
Talks Set To Start Friday In Paris Peace Talks
Paris reports that preliminary U S North Vietnam talks will open Friday in Paris as scheduled with potential expansion to full scale peace talks. Georges Gorse confirmed after a cabinet meeting while Hanoi and Washington stay in close contact. Averell Harriman and Xuan Thuy to arrive Thursday.
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Paris
UPI
United States
North Vietnam
Georges Gorse
Charles de Gaulle
Hanoi
Washington
U.S
Averell Harriman
America
Xuan Thuy
Harriman
Trustees in Turnabout To Act on Housing Codes
Bennington Village trustees, previously opposing building and safety codes, welcomed a plan by Village President Henry Mallory to form a citizens group to select necessary codes. He cited the need for public low rent housing as a motive for renewed code enactment.
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Bennington Village
Henry Mallory
Bennington
Mallory
Charles Bodine
Neil Rappaport
Bennington - Rutland
Opportunity Council
Rappaport
Bodine
Mab DuHamel
Frost Road
North Bennington
Joseph A. Pelle Jr
Bennington youths face drug talk from county prosecutor
In Bennington County the chief law officer told a district PTA gathering that a drug problem exists among high school students. He warned they risk felonies under Vermont's new laws if caught with marijuana or narcotics. He cited difficulty in obtaining proof for prosecutions and urged targeting suppliers, not just users, while describing campus fear and a tightening appetite for enforcement. He said current statutes impose five year minimums and up to 25 years for drug sellers to minors.
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Bennington County
Bennington
John T. Carmody Jr
Carmody
Vermont
Manchester
Burr & Burton Seminary
Arlington High School
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Burr & Burton
Arlington
Inside column and notices tease for town pages
The page notes several items including an Inside column by Elizabeth Dwyer marking Mother's Day on page 4, a new minister for Manchester on page 8, Dorset voters approving a record school budget on page 8, and a Manchester pharmacist attending Israel's anniversary party on page 9.
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Dorset
Manchester
Hoff backs RFK for national spirit restore says Kennedy fits
Vermont Governor Philip Hoff, first to publicly back RFK, tells 1300 at Erie County Democratic Dinner that Kennedy has imagination and courage to restore the national spirit once felt under JFK. Hoff calls Kennedy’s Indiana primary win a solid victory and predicts future support shifts as he campaigns in Nebraska, California, and New York.
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Buffalo
N.Y
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
John F. Kennedy
Hoff
Kennedy
United States
Erie County Democratic Committee
Grover Cleveland
Memorial Auditorium
Boston
Albany
Indiana
Ning
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
WPTR
Suffolk Law School
Nebraska
California
McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Vietnam
Eugene McCarthy
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Union Board
Park Street
Little League
Krawczyk
Foe
Southerland
State
Atty
John T. Carmody
Gov. Hoff
RFK
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